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Welcome to the Institute of Molecular Physiology

The Institute of Molecular Physiology at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf is a leading research institute focusing on the molecular mechanisms of plant physiology. The institute consists of seven specialized teams at three locations, each dedicated to different areas of molecular plant research. The Institute's mission is to advance knowledge in the field of molecular plant physiology through cutting-edge research, collaboration and education. It offers students and researchers the opportunity to participate in innovative projects that address important challenges in basic research as well as environmental sustainability.

Just click on the tiles below to directly get to the web pages of the single teams.

Team Phloem development: Dr. Seomun Kwon

Our goal is to understand how the phloem develops and to develop strategies to improve plant fitness by reengineering amino acid metabolism and sugar loading routes in the phloem.

Team Signaling: Dr. Michael Wudick

We are interested to understand how a local stimulus (e.g., leaf wounding) induces a propagating systemic signal (e.g., electrical, chemical or hydraulic) that can trigger responses in distal plant parts.

Team Rice: Dr. Eliza Loo

We are developing strategies to fight against devastating rice diseases. Therefore, we provide disease-resistant rice varieties to minimize global yield losses.

Team ERC SYMPORE: Dr. Moritz Schladt

Plasmodesmata are cell-cell channels unique to plants for nutrient transport and communication. We want to unravel their structure, function and evolution using proteomics, molecular and structural biology.

Independent project: Root microbiota

The project aims to better understand how root microbes communicate with each other, and with the host (plant root) to establish local microbial niches.