Studying modes of BES1 activity in heat stress responses of plants

• Applicant: Professorin Dr. Brigitte Poppenberger-Sieberer
• Subject Area: Plant Cell and Developmental Biology ; Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics
• Term: from 2020 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 436926970

In plants, trade-offs between growth and abiotic stress responses exist and strongly impact crop productivity. Growth promoting hormones are implicated in the cross-talk between growth and stress response pathways and the plant steroids brassinosteroids (BRs) play central roles. In this project it is proposed to study BR modes of activity in heat stress resistance, with a focus on the BR-regulated transcription factor BES1 and using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants