Research Area 5
SMART Plants for Dynamic Environments
Development of SMART Plant Prototypes for Optimized Performance
Research Area 5 aims to establish a systematic framework for the design and development of SMART plant prototypes that enhance yield and resource use efficiency through the targeted modulation of adaptive and acquired traits. The core objective is to engineer plants with dynamic, responsive phenotypes - capable of sensing environmental signals, processing them via genetically encoded logic circuits, and executing context-appropriate developmental and metabolic responses.
While natural evolution has enabled plants to adapt to fluctuating environments over long timescales, it is often constrained by trade-offs and pleiotropic effects. We seek to overcome these limitations to enable the rational design of novel trait combinations that are not accessible through conventional breeding.
Coordinators
Prof. Dr. Nicolaus von Wirén
Telephone+49 0394825603
Physiology and Cell Biology
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
https://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/research/physiology-and-cell-biology/molecular-plant-nutrition
Prof. Dr. Guido Grossmann
Telephone+49 0211 81 14746
Institute of Cell and Interaction Biology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Members
Dr. Anna Elisabeth Backhaus
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 5
Prof. Dr. Petra Bauer
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,5
Dr. Laura Dixon
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 5
Prof. Dr. Oliver Ebenhöh
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5
Dr. Pau Formosa-Jordan
Contributing Investigator, Research area 1, 3, 4, 5
Dr. Rubén Garrido Oter
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3,4,5
Dr. Ricardo F. H. Giehl
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,2,5
Prof. Dr. Guido Grossmann
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,5
Dr. Thomas Hartwig
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4,5
Dr. Götz Hensel
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 2, 3, 5
Prof. Dr. Tatjana Hildebrandt
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,5
Prof. Dr. Andreas Houben
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 3
Dr. Tobias Jores
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 3,5
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. Inna Lermontova
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 3, 5
Dr. Shizue Matsubara
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,5
Dr. Hanna Mozghovska
CEPLAS Researcher, Research Area 3,4,5
Dr. Isabel ML Saur
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 2,5
Dr. Urte Schlüter
Group leader, Research Area 1, 5
Prof. Dr. Korbinian Schneeberger
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1,4,5
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Simon
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,3,4,5
Prof. Dr. Nils Stein
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1, 4, 5
Dr. Jędrzej Jakub Szymański
Contributing Investigator, Research Area 1, 3, 4, 5
Prof. Dr. Nadine Töpfer
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1, 4, 5
Dr. Uriel Urquiza
Group Leader, Research Area 3, 4, 5
Prof. Dr. Björn Usadel
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,4,5
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
Prof. Dr. Alga Zuccaro
Principal Investigator, Research Area 2,3,4,5
Prof. Dr. Matias Zurbriggen
Principal Investigator, Research Area 1,2,3,4,5