Agri-Explore is an ESF+ funded project, consisting of 10 sub-projects (P01 – P10), and a graduate school together with POLY-Sustainable Polymers. It integrates several institutes of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, as well as one of the Core Facilities of the Biocenter and IPK-Gatersleben. Find out below more about the participating projects!
P01 – SWITCH eT
eNA mediated plant protection against Turnip yellow mosaic virus
PIs: Prof. Dr. Sven-Erik Behrens // Dr. Selma Gago Zachert // Dr. Torsten Gursinsky
PhD candidate: Gregor Wittig
P02 – DIARESIST
Optimization of Diabrotica resistance in Maize by enhanced nematode attraction
PIs: Prof. Dr. Jörg Degenhardt // Dr. Claudia Schaff // Janik Telleria Marloth
PhD candidate: Niloufar Ashrafi
P03 – DeLiTeS
Dissecting light and temperature signaling modulators to generate climate resilient crops
PI: Dr. Carolin Delker
PhD candidate: Lieselotte Rauh
P04 – PRIME-ED
Prime editing in barley for gene function discovery and trait design
PIs: Dr. Sophia Gerasimova // Dr. Jochen Kumlehn
PhD candidate: Ignacio Ysern Fornes
P05 – SWITCH-ER
Endoplasmic reticulum domains involved in switching non-oleogenic to oleogenic metabolism in Brassicaceae
PIs: Prof. Dr. Ingo Heilmann // Dr. Mareike Heilmann //
PhD candidate: Marie Schomburg
P06 – TIC-TOC
Telescripting In Crops – Targeting Occurrence and Control
PIs: Prof. Dr. Sascha Laubinger // Maria Bonatelli
PhD candidate: Maren Maruschewski
P07 – POLPRO
Control of pollen production under changing environment conditions
PIs: Dr. Etienne Meyer // Prof. Dr. Kristina Kühn
PhD candidate: Supriya Gupta
P08 – EURECA
Enhancing Universal Crop Resilience by Harnessing Organellar Calcium Signalling
PIs: Prof. Dr. Edgar Peiter // Dr. Franziska Daamen
PhD candidate: Nils Wörz
P09 – BARLEY-RESILIENCE
Utilizing wild barley genes in breeding, which increase drought resilience, and characterizing their molecular function
PIs: Prof Dr. Klaus Pillen // Dr. Andreas Maurer // Dr. Thomas Schmutzer
PhD candidate: Marcin Reumann
P10 – TIGER
Tissue culture-free Genome Engineering for enhanced Resilience
PI: Dr. Martin Hartmut Schattat
PhD candidate: Vanessa Brückner