Molecular analyses on the coordination of carbohydrate metabolism and growth in Arabidopsis thaliana
Dr. Anika Wiese
Tenure Track Junior Group
In order to understand the mechanisms of molecular growth control, detailed techniques for the detection of growth are combined with molecular approaches. The classic model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) serves as a tool here due to its simple transformability and the availability of mutants. Genes that are controlled by growth or that control growth themselves will be identified in microarray experiments and by screening mutant populations. Mutants with changed carbohydrate metabolism or defects in the detection of carbohydrates are examined to understand the coordination of carbon balance and growth. The growth of plants, the expression of growth-associated genes and the spatio-temporal distribution of sugars during growth will be observed non-invasively and correlated.
Central Junior Group
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ICGIII - Phytosphere:
Junior professor Dr. Ingar Janzik: Connections of primary sugar metabolism with secondary metabolism, shikimate pathway
International:
Prof. Dr. J.C.M. Smeekens und Dr. H. Schlüpmann: University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Molecular Plant Physiology - Mutants in sugar signal cascades
Funding:
The position of the head of the Junior Group, Anika von Wiese, is financed from the Tenure Track programme for women of Research Centre Jülich. Further information at Tenure Track Programme for Female Scienists
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Dr. Anika Wiese
Tenure Track Junior Group
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Wiese, Anika, Dr. Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, ICG-III 52425 Jülich Tel. : +49 2461 61 8688 Fax : +49 2461 61 2492  a.wiese@fz-juelich.de |
In order to understand the mechanisms of molecular growth control, detailed techniques for the detection of growth are combined with molecular approaches. The classic model plant Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) serves as a tool here due to its simple transformability and the availability of mutants. Genes that are controlled by growth or that control growth themselves will be identified in microarray experiments and by screening mutant populations. Mutants with changed carbohydrate metabolism or defects in the detection of carbohydrates are examined to understand the coordination of carbon balance and growth. The growth of plants, the expression of growth-associated genes and the spatio-temporal distribution of sugars during growth will be observed non-invasively and correlated.
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| Fig. 1: Arabidopsis plant under growth visualization using the DISP method (digital image sequence processing). In order to prevent the leaf from moving, it must be fixed by weights. Photos: Dr. M. Christ |
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Sven Martin
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Cooperations
ICGIII - Phytosphere:
Junior professor Dr. Ingar Janzik: Connections of primary sugar metabolism with secondary metabolism, shikimate pathway International:
Prof. Dr. J.C.M. Smeekens und Dr. H. Schlüpmann: University of Utrecht, Netherlands, Molecular Plant Physiology - Mutants in sugar signal cascades Funding:
The position of the head of the Junior Group, Anika von Wiese, is financed from the Tenure Track programme for women of Research Centre Jülich. Further information at
Tenure Track Programme for Female Scienists
last change 15.05.2007 | ICG3 Admin | Print