This course is designed for our MSc students to provide state-or-the-art insights into several fields of plant molecular biology.
duration: winter term
level: MSc, 1st semester
credits: 3 SWS (lecture) and 3 SWS (practical course)
max. participants: 45 students
| Lecturer | Area | Title |
| Hartman | Introduction | From growth and development to environmental plasticity and biotechnological innovation |
| Reski | Growth and Development | Evolution and molecular control of plant generation changes |
| Barbez | Growth and Development | Cell wall |
| Kleine-Vehn | Growth and Development | Vacuoles and growth; plant hormones, organ growth |
| Ragni | Growth and Development | Plant phenotyping, plant stem cells, cell to cell communication |
| Hiltbrunner | Environmental plasticity | Light sensing and signalling, adaptation to neighbors, tropisms |
| Ott | Environmental plasticity | Beneficial interactions, root nodule symbiosis, lateral root vs. nodule development; arbuscular mycorrhiza, molecular discrimination of friends and foe, pathogenic interactions; plant susceptibility in changing environments |
| Hartman | Environmental plasticity | Abiotic stress: perception, signalling and acclimation; salt, cold and heat stress drought, mechanical and flooding Stress |
| Welsch | Biotechnology | Gene editing and GMOs |
| Reski | Biotechnology | Moss technology |
| Decker | Biotechnology | Biotech and Production |
| Ott | Biotechnology | Resistance engineering; academic biotech consortia; social debate, challenges and intellectual property |
| Hartman | Biotechnology | GMO discussion |
| Barbez | Conclusion | Career perspectives |