Research Focus
To cope with short term environmental changes, plants have evolved complex signaling networks that start with stress perception and end with appropriate cellular responses.
In this context we are analysing the molecular basis of Ca2+-dependent signaling pathways in plant organelles and the role of Ca2+, ROS and plant hormones in drought stress.
In addition to the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, we are investigating the staple crops barley and potato.
Prof. Dr. Ute C. Vothknecht
IZMB - Zellbiologie der Pflanzen
Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn
Tel.: +49 (0)228 73 5999
E-Mail: vothknecht@uni-bonn.de
NEWS
Congratulations to Shamin, Sabarna and everyone else for another nice collaborative work published in EMBO Reports
(https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.1038/s44319-025-00471-z)
Nice collaborative review that came out of the International Workshop on Desiccation Sensitivity and Tolerance across life forms (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58656-y).
Congratulations to Sabarna and Fatima on the publication of their work on the impact of calcium signaling on the transcriptomics response to oxidative stress in barley (https://lnkd.in/e5nBthqn).
Congratulations to Annelotte and our former Post-Doc Andras as well as our collaborators Roland (Durham University) and Sophia (FAU Erlangen) for their nice work on stress induced Ca2+ transients in potato as part of the EU H2O20 project ADAPT.
Group photo 2024