Welcome to the site of the Department of Botany and Plant Biology

Here you can find information concerning the whole Department as well as links to the specific sites of our different research groups.

Marie Barberon

Plant Nutrition and Development – Our research focuses on nutrient transport in roots

François Barja

Applied Microbiology – We study acetic acid bacteria, their cellulose production and responses to acetic acid stress

Teresa Fitzpatrick

Plant Biochemistry and Physiology – We study vitamin metabolism and its association with environmental stress responses in plants

Michel Goldschmidt-Clermont

Chloroplast Molecular Genetics

Michael Hothorn

Structural Plant Biology – We study plant signal transduction cascades in mechanistic detail

Luis Lopez-Molina

Seed Molecular Genetics – We study the control of seed germination and early post-embryonic development

Xavier Perret

Microbial Genetics – Our research focuses on nitrogen fixing symbioses between legumes and soil bacteria

Karl Perron

Molecular Bacteriology – We study metal homeostasis, virulence and antibiotic resistance

Michelle Price

Conservatory and Botanical Garden – We study plant and fungal systematics, evolution and biodiversity

Roman Ulm

Plant Molecular Biology – We study UV-B perception and signalling mechanisms in plants

Associated Research Group

Mauro Tonolla

Microbial Ecology and Biosafety – Our research focuses on the aquatic microbial ecology and on environmental pathogenic agents