New Research Unit in Cologne

15/07/2024

CEPLAS member Gunther Döhlemann (UoC) is spokesperson of the new Research Unit which will receive a DFG funding of three million euros.

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the new Research Unit ‘Mechanisms of adaptation to the host niche in plant-colonising fungi’. The Unit will begin its work in November 2024 for four years.The researchers will focus on the competition between fungi and other types of microorganisms within the plant niche. The universities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bonn, Kiel and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are part of the Research Unit.

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