Principal and Contributing Investigators

Dr. Florian Altegoer
Florian Altegoer
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2

Institute of Microbiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Ute Armbruster

Principal Investigator, Research Area 1, 3

Institute of Molecular Photosynthesis
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Ilka Axmann
CEPLAS Ilka Axmann
Principal Investigator, Research Area 3,4

Institute for Synthetic Microbiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Petra Bauer
CEPLAS Petra Bauer
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2

Institute of Botany
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Michael Bonkowski
CEPLAS Michael Bonkowski
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2

Zoological Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Marcel Bucher
CEPLAS Marcel Bucher
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Jijie Chai
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. George Coupland
CEPLAS George Coupland
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4

Department of Plant Developmental Biology
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Gunther Döhlemann
CEPLAS Gunther Döhlemann
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Oliver Ebenhöh
CEPLAS Oliver Ebenhöh
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4

Institute for Quantitative and Theoretical Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Michael Feldbrügge
CEPLAS Michael Feldbrügge
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 3

Institute of Microbiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Fabio Fiorani
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1

Institute of Bio and Geosciences-2 (IBG-2)
Head of the research group Jülich Plant Phenotyping Center (JPPC)
Forschungszentrum Jülich

Dr. Pau Formosa-Jordan
Contributing Investigator, Research area 1, 3, 4

Department of Plant Developmental Biology
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4

Institute of Molecular Physiology
Heinrich Heine University

Dr. Rubén Garrido Oter
CEPLAS Rubén Garrido Oter
CEPLAS Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2,3,4

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Guido Grossmann
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3

Institute of Cell and Interaction Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Georg Groth
CEPLAS Georg Groth
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1

Institute of Biochemical Plant Physiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Tonni Grube Andersen
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 2

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Stéphane Hacquard
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Thomas Hartwig
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3, 4

FIND-CIS group
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Angela Hay
CEPLAS Angela Hay
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3

Department of Comparative Development and Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Götz Hensel
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 2, 3

Head of Centre for Plant Genome Engineering
Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hildebrandt
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3

Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Ute Höcker
CEPLAS Ute Höcker
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Martin Hülskamp
CEPLAS Martin Hülskamp
Principal Investigator, Research Area 3

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

apl. Prof. Dr. Peter Jahns
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3

Institute for Photosynthesis and Stress Physiology of Plants
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Tobias Jores

Contributing Investigator, Research Area 3

Institute of Synthetic Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Gunnar W. Klau
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,4

Institute of Informatics
Heinrich Heine University

Prof. Dr. Markus Kollmann
CEPLAS Markus Kollmann
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 4

Institute of Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Stanislav Kopriva
CEPLAS Stanislav Kopriva
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Maria von Korff Schmising
CEPLAS Maria von Korff Schmising
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,4

Institute for Plant Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Martin Lercher
CEPLAS Martin Lercher
Principal Investigator, Research Area 3,4

Computational Cell Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Takaki Maekawa
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences
Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Dr. André Marques

Contributing Investigator, Research Area 3

Department of Chromosome Biology
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Shizue Matsubara
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3

Institute of Bio and Geosciences-2 (IBG-2)
Forschungszentrum Jülich

Prof. Dr. Anna Matuszyńska

Contributing Investigator, Research Area 4

Institute for Computational Life Science
RWTH Aachen

Prof. Dr. Juliette de Meaux
CEPLAS Juliette de Meaux
Principal Investigator, Research Area 4

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Raphaël Mercier
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 4

Department of Chromosome Biology
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Sabine Metzger
Sabine Metzger CEPLAS
Plant Metabolism and Metabolomics Facility

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Dr. Polina Novikova
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 4

Department of Chromosome Biology
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Jane E. Parker
CEPLAS Jane Parker
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Markus Pauly
CEPLAS Markus Pauly
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4

Institute for Plant Cell Biology and Biotechnology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Adélaïde Raguin

Contributing Investigator, Research Area 4

Institute for Computational Cell Biology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Laura Rose
CEPLAS Laura Rose
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,4

Institute of Population Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Isabel ML Saur
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Korbinian Schneeberger

Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,4

Department of Plant Developmental Biology
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Paul Schulze-Lefert
CEPLAS Paul Schulze-Lefert
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3,4

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schurr
CEPLAS Ulrich Schurr
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,4

Institute of Bio and Geosciences-2 (IBG-2)
Forschungszentrum Jülich

Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Simon
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4

Institute of Developmental Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Yvonne Stahl

Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1

Institute for Developmental Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Markus Stetter

Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,4

Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Stich
CEPLAS Benjamin Stich
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4

Institute for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics of Plants
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Jędrzej Jakub Szymański
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 3, 4

Institute of Bio- and Geosciences - Bioinformatics (IBG-4)
Forschungszentrum Jülich

Prof. Dr. Bart Thomma
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Nadine Töpfer
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1, 4

Institute for Plant Sciences, COPT Center
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Miltos Tsiantis
CEPLAS Miltos Tsiantis
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4

Department of Comparative Development and Genetics
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Franziska Turck
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1

Department of Plant Developmental Biology
Group Epigenetic Regulation of Plant Development
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Björn Usadel
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,4

Institute of Bio and Geosciences-2 (IBG-2)
Forschungszentrum Jülich

Prof. Dr. Andreas P.M. Weber
CEPLAS Andreas Weber
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Philipp Westhoff

Plant Metabolism and Metabolomics Facility
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Dr. Kathrin Wippel
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2

Department of Plant Microbe Interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zeier
CEPLAS Jürgen Zeier
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2

Institute of Plant Molecular Ecophysiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Alga Zuccaro
CEPLAS Alga Zuccaro
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3,4

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Matias Zurbriggen
CEPLAS Matias Zurbriggen
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4

Institute of Synthetic Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Former CEPLAS members

Jun-Prof. Dr. Maria Albani
CEPLAS Maria Albani
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,4

Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne c/o Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Dr. Thomas Drepper
CEPLAS Thomas Drepper
Research Area D

Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf c/o Forschungszentrum Jülich

Dr. Marion Eisenhut

Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1

Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Ulf-Ingo Flügge
CEPLAS Ulf-Ingo Flügge
Research Area D

Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Dr. Tamara Gigolashvili
CEPLAS Tamara Gigolashvili
Research Area D

Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Karl-Erich Jaeger
CEPLAS Karl-Erich Jaeger
Research Area D

Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Dr. Eric Kemen
CEPLAS Eric Kemen
Research Area C

Plant – microbe and microbe – microbe interactions
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Karl Köhrer
CEPLAS Karl Köhrer

Centre for Biological and Medical Research (BMFZ)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

PD Dr. Veronica Maurino
CEPLAS Veronica Maurino
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1

Institute of Plant Molecular and Developmental Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Peter Nürnberg

Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG)
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Uwe Rascher
CEPLAS Uwe Rascher
Research Area D

Institute of Bio and Geosciences-2 (IBG-2)
Forschungszentrum Jülich

Dr. Richardt Reinhardt

Max Planck Genome Centre Cologne (MP-GC)
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Lutz Schmitt
CEPLAS Lutz Schmitt
Research Area D

Institute of Biochemistry I
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Kai Stühler
CEPLAS Kai Stühler
Research Area B

Centre for Biological and Medical Research (BMFZ)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Klaus Theres
CEPLAS Klaus Theres
Research Area A

Genetic and molecular analysis of shoot branching in higher plants
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

Prof. Dr. Vlada Urlacher
CEPLAS Vlada Urlacher
Research Area D

Institute of Biochemistry II
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Michelle Watt
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2

Institute of Bio and Geosciences-2 (IBG-2)
Forschungszentrum Jülich

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Werr
CEPLAS Wolfgang Werr
Research Area A

Botanical Institute, Cologne Biocenter
University of Cologne

Prof. Dr. Peter Westhoff
CEPLAS Peter Westhoff
Research Area B

Institute of Plant Molecular and Developmental Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf