SP1

Project investigators:
Markus Schwarzländer, Jennifer Selinski
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This project explores how oxygen availability shapes plant-microbe interactions, focusing on the respiratory burst in terrestrial barley and aquatic seagrass. Using biosensors, transcriptomics, and metabolomics, we study mitochondrial respiration, particularly Alternative Oxidase (AOX)

Photo: The redox-sensor Grx1-roGFP2 in barley
© Pedro Barreto (Schwarzländer Lab)

SP2

Project investigators:
Nazgol Emrani, Karin Schwarz,
​Christian Jung
In SP2, we will explore genetic diversity of quinoa germplasm for resistance to co-occurring abiotic and biotic stress. Using comprehensive metabolomics and transcriptomics, we will identify genetic and metabolic adaptations associated with increased stress tolerance for a better understanding of  the agriculturally relevant fitness trade-offs.

Photo: © Nazgol Emrani

SP3

Project investigators:
Sabine Hilt, Thorsten Reusch
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This project studies two aquatic plants and their stress responses to single and multiple abiotic and biotic stressors. Model species are the marine seagrass Zostera marina, which is studied at GEOMAR Kiel, and the freshwater pondweed Stuckenia pectinata, whose research base is located at the IGB Berlin.​

Photo: Seagrass meadow © Pekka Tuuri
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SP4

Project investigators:
Alexandra Erfmeier, Eric Kemen, Karin Schrieber
We use sea rocket (Cakile maritima) plants and their endophytic microbes as a study system to investigate adaptive trait divergence in the metaorganism across a latitudinal scale. Our focus is on the co-evolution of combined resistance to heat and drought stress in northern versus southern European populations.

Photo: Cakile maritima plants grown in climate chambers.

SP5

Project investigator:
Eva Stukenbrock
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SP5 will characterize the robustness of stress resistance in domesticated and wild barley by assessing the impact of combined abiotic and biotic stresses on the metabolome, proteome and microbiome in leaf apoplast. We will identify molecular and microbial traits contributing to enhanced stress tolerance.

​Photo: Infected barley © Anica Schmauch

Z1

Project investigators:
Silvio Waschina, Karin Schwarz,
​Remco Stam
The Z1 project explores how five plant species (sea rocket, quinoa, barley, pondweed, and seagrass) respond to combined biotic and abiotic stressors. Using transcriptome and metabolome analysis, it aims to uncover shared and species-specific stress responses and identify core metabolic pathways involved in plant adaptation.

Z2

Project investigators:
Eric Kemen, Thorsten Reusch
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