Quantitative biology experiments and novel approaches for identifying integrators (Z01)

• Subject Area: Biology
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 270050988

In the central scientific project Z1, we are bundling our efforts in quantitative biology approaches at the level of the individual projects, central acclimation kinetics, genetic screens and the identification of candidate mutations. In the new funding period, we will also provide absolute quantification of RNAs and proteins in tobacco chloroplasts, realize a DNA barcoding approach in Chlamydomonas to identify modulators of acclimation to fluctuating light and employ microbial adaptive evolution approaches. Moreover, modulators and integrators will be tested in the model crop Camelina sativa for their potential to optimize crop yield under challenging environmental conditions.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 175: The Green Hub: Central Coordinator of Acclimation in Plants
• Applicant Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Project Heads: Privatdozentin Dr. Tatjana Kleine; Professorin Dr. Edda Klipp; Professor Dr. Dario Leister; Professor Dr. Ekkehard Neuhaus; Professor Dr.-Ing. Uwe Ohler, until 6/2020; Professor Dr. Christian Schmitz-Linneweber; Professor Dr. Michael Schroda