Departmental Research Groups

African Plant Genomics

Departmental Group Leader: Patience Chatukuta

The African Plant Genomics group uses a genome-centred approach to study the diversity of under-researched subsistence crops in southern Africa together with scientists based on the African continent. The insights from our research will inform the conservation and improvement of these crops.

Plant Immunogenomics

Departmental Research Group Leader: Gal Ofir

Plant immunity meets evolutionary genomics.
We are searching for new immunity genes in plant genomes.

Ecological Genetics

Departmental Group Leader: Rebecca Schwab

We study the spatial and temporal dynamics of virulence and resistance in a plant-oomycete pathosystem to understand how genetic heterogeneity of disease resistance evolves.

Pathocom

The PATHOCOM project is funded by an ERC Synergy Grant. It is running from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2027, and is a joint effort of the groups of Detlef Weigel at the Max Planck Institute, Fabrice Roux at the CNRS, and Joy Bergelson at NYU.