04.07.2022
Welcome New Lab Member!
We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new postdoctoral researcher Dr. Xiaoming He who is funded by the DFG SPP 2089.
04.07.2022
We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new postdoctoral researcher Dr. Xiaoming He who is funded by the DFG SPP 2089.
31.05.2022
The Emmy Noether Root Functional Biology group is seeking students who have interests on root-microbe interaction in maize.
02.05.2022
We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new PhD student Ms. Zamiga Khalilova from Azerbaijan.
19.04.2022
We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new postdoc Dr. Zhihui Wen from China Agricultural University.
02.03.2022
We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new PhD student Ms. Ling Gu from China.
20.12.2021
We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new visiting PhD student Junwen Zhao from Sichuan Agricultural University, China.
Understanding of the alteration of root morphology and root system architecture during domestication and improvement of maize will pave the way to target root traits in crop breeding programs.
We perform tissue/cell type-specific transcriptome and microbiome analyses assisted by tissue separation and laser capture microdissection (LCM) to understand the influence of root hairs and lateral roots formation on root-microbe interaction in maize.
This project aims to obtain a mechanistic understanding of the interplay of genetic control and soil nutrient availability in root-microbe interaction.
Understanding of how adaptive traits progressed between root and soil microbes under extreme environments enables to identify the genetic basis of crop improvement on root system.