Unit of Plant Molecular Cell Biology

Funding

Our research activities are currently supported by the following third party funds:

Novo-Nordisk Foundation-funded project within the Challenge Programme: "PlantsGoImmune: A New Paradigm for Disease-free Crops of Tomorrow"

DFG-funded priority program 2237: "MAdLand - Molecular Adaptation to Land: plant evolution to change"

DFG-funded research unit FOR5116: "exRNA"

We thank the previous funders of our research activities:

DFG-funded priority program SPP1819: "Rapid evolutionary adaptation: Potential and constraints"

DFG-GACR co-funded project "Interplay of MLO and exocyst complex proteins in localized secretion in plant cells"

ANR-DFG co-funded project "X-KINGDOM-MIF"

RWTH seed fund of the DFG-Exzellenzinitiative (2018-2019)

DFG/ERA-NET-Project “DURESTrit”

DFG project “TAL effector nuclease (TALEN)-mediated generation of broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistant mlo plants”

BMELV/FNR grant 22030411 “Improvement of biotic stress tolerance in wheat by mlo-based broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistance for the sustainable production of bio-ethanol”

RWTH diversity fund of the DFG-Exzellenzinitiative (2014-2016)

RWTH fellow of the DFG-Exzellenzinitiative (2013)

RWTH seed fund of the DFG-Exzellenzinitiative (2012-2013)

RWTH seed fund of the DFG-Exzellenzinitiative (2011-2012)