Research Area 1
Optimizing Plant Performance by Mapping the Interface between Development and Metabolism
The goal of Research Area (RA) 1 is to determine how three largely disconnected fields, metabolism, life history, and development, are integrated to optimize plant performance.
Reproductive success and plant performance depend on integrating developmental decisions with metabolism across different scales, from cells to tissues, organs, and whole plants. For example, efficient photosynthetic carbon assimilation requires distinct spatial patterns of cellular differentiation in leaves, whereas the timing of floral induction is modulated according to the carbon status. These established examples inspired RA1 to initially focus on the interface between carbon metabolism, developmental processes, and life-history traits. A major underlying approach is to exploit variation between related species that use different strategies for integrating development and metabolism, such as those with compound versus simple leaves, C3 versus C4 metabolism, or annual versus perennial life history. We will utilize these systems to determine (1) how leaf form and anatomy are functionally related to photosynthetic physiology and plant performance; (2) how plant metabolic status is integrated with developmental decision making in meristems to influence yield and fitness; and (3) how vasculature and plasmodesmata contribute to resource allocation between plant organs and tissues at different developmental stages. A central goal is to determine predictive links between developmental processes and metabolic pathways at critical stages of the plant life cycle.
Coordinators
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Simon
Telephone+49 211 8114045
Institute of Developmental Genetics
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Dr. Shizue Matsubara
Telephone+49 2461618690
Institute of Bio and Geosciences-2 (IBG-2)
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Members
Dr. Eltayb Abdellatef
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1, 2
Prof. Dr. Ute Armbruster
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1, 3
Dr. Anna Elisabeth Backhaus
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 5
Prof. Dr. Petra Bauer
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,5
Linus Börnke
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,3
Prof. Dr. George Coupland
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4
Dr. John C. D'Auria
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3
Dr. Gwendolyn Davis
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1,2
Dr. Laura Dixon
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 5
Dr. Steven Dreissig
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3
Prof. Dr. Oliver Ebenhöh
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5
Sabrina Egli
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2
Dr. Franziska Fichtner
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1
Dr. Pau Formosa-Jordan
Contributing Investigator, Research area 1, 3, 4, 5
Prof. Dr. Wolf B. Frommer
Dr. Ricardo F. H. Giehl
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,5
Moritz Göbel
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1
Dr. Tonni Grube Andersen
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 2
Dr. Marjorie Guichard
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elena Hamann
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,4
Dr. Thomas Hartwig
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4,5
Dr. Götz Hensel
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 2, 3, 5
Dr. Alexander P. Hertle
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hildebrandt
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,5
Prof. Dr. Ute Höcker
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1
Dr. Anne Hofmann
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1
Dr. Suhyun Jin
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1
Dr. Poonam Kanwar
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1,2
Prof. Dr. Gunnar W. Klau
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,4
Prof. Dr. Stanislav Kopriva
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5
Prof. Dr. Maria von Korff Schmising
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,4,5
Dr. Shizue Matsubara
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,5
Prof. Dr. Raphaël Mercier
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1, 4
Dr. Yohanna Miotto
Nathaniel Oragbon
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1,2,4
Dr. Alice Pajoro
Prof. Dr. Markus Pauly
Jana Peter
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1
Dr. Jesús Praena Tamayo
Dr. Daniela Ristova
Group leader, Research Area 1, 2
Dr. Urte Schlüter
Group leader, Research Area 1, 5
Prof. Dr. Korbinian Schneeberger
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,4,5
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schnurbusch
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,5
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schurr
Amanta Seifried
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1, 3
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Simon
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4,5
Prof. Dr. Nils Stein
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1, 4, 5
Prof. Dr. Markus Stetter
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,4
Dr. Jędrzej Jakub Szymański
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 3, 4, 5
Meik Thiele
Doctoral Researcher, Research Area 1
Prof. Dr. Nadine Töpfer
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1, 4, 5
Prof. Dr. Miltos Tsiantis
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4
Dr. Franziska Turck
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1
Prof. Dr. Björn Usadel
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,4,5
Dr. Thirulogachandar Venkatasubbu
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 1
Prof. Dr. Nicolaus von Wirén
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5
Dr. Agatha Alexandra Walla
Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Area 1, 3, 5
Prof. Dr. Andreas P.M. Weber
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4,5
apl. Prof. Dr. Stefanie Weidtkamp-Peters
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,4
Dr. Michael Wudick
Group leader, Research Area 1, 2
Prof. Dr. Matias Zurbriggen
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5