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PFLANZE * UMWELT * KLIMA * INTERAKTION (PUKI)

(01/23)

We research the adaptations of plants to their environment:

● Can plants adapt quickly enough to climate change?

● How do plants in the city cope with extreme environmental conditions?

● Can ecological research contribute to plant-friendly cities?

 

We will provide information on how you can become part of our citizen science project and help answer these questions!


NEW PUBLICATION

(02/24)

We are happy that Ksenia’s findings about the formation of bimolecular condensates of FIT transcription factor have now been published in the Journal of Cell Biology. She found evidence that blue light signaling and nutrition signaling can intersect, whereby the condensates may serve as regulatory hubs. She has performed an elegant microscopy study to demonstrate accumulation of hetero- and homomeric FIT complexes in condensates, the relevance of a particular FIT phosphorylation site important for FIT activity and co-localization with markers suggesting functions of the condensates in splicing regulation, which is a promising avenue for future research since alternative splicing is found among FIT target genes.

Please check out the press releases:

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1035107 (in English)

https://www.hhu.de/news-einzelansicht/biomolekulare-kondensate-schaltzentralen-fuer-die-pflanzliche-eisenversorgung (in German)

Ksenia Trofimov, Regina Gratz, Rumen Ivanov, Yvonne Stahl, Petra Bauer, and Tzvetina Brumbarova, Corresponding Author(s): Petra Bauer, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf. FER-LIKE IRON DEFICIENCY-INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR (FIT) accumulates in nuclear condensates, Journal of Cell Biology (2024).

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202311048


KLAUSURTERMINE WINTERSEMESTER 2023/24

(01/24)

Die Prüfungstermine im Fachbereich Biologie werden auf den Seiten der WE Biologie veröffentlicht. Für das Modul Bio120 liegen sie wie folgt:

* 1. Prüfungsfenster: Freitag, 23.02.2024

* 2. Prüfungsfenster: Montag, 25.03.2024

* 3. Prüfungsfenster: Mittwoch, 07.08.2024

Weitere Informationen zu den bevorstehenden Klausuren finden sich unter ILIAS. Sollten darüberhinaus Fragen bestehen, kontaktieren Sie bitte .


NEW RESEARCH PROJECT

(12/23)

We welcome Shahirina Khan as guest PhD researcher in our group from October 2023 till April 2024.

Her project is dedicated to research on iron biofortification of banana. On the photo, Shahirina is growing banana plantlets stemming from various germplasm with different abilities to allocate and accumulate iron in fruits. This work is highly relevant for improving plant nutrition properties.

Shahirina’s work is part of a collaboration with Siddharth Tiwari’s group at the National Agri-food Biotechnological Institute (NABI) Mohali. Her stay is financed via CEPLAS.

Petra Bauer

Head of Institute

Prof. Dr. Petra Bauer
Institut für Botanik
Heinrich Heine Universität
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf Building: 26.14
Floor/Room: 01.75
D-40225 Düsseldorf
+49 211 81-13479

Lucia Gold

Secretary

Lucia Gold
Institut für Botanik
Heinrich Heine Universität
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf Building: 26.14
Floor/Room: 01.73
+49 211 81-14727

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