Acclimation of Photosynthesis
Understanding the factors controlling photoacclimation of plants under dynamically changing environmental conditions.
We aim to better understand how plant photosynthesis adjusts operational modes and components to ever-changing environments. To continuously monitor and quantify dynamic responses to fluctuating environments reproduced in controlled and semi-controlled conditions, we combine non-invasive methods and novel experimental setups that are established in our group. Quantitative traits thus measured in vivo and in situ in various genotypes (accessions, varieties, mutants) will be linked to genetic information, gene expression and biochemical composition of the plants and leaves on the one hand, and environmental data on the other hand, to identify genetic, physiological and environmental factors that determine the pattern and capacity of photosynthetic acclimation.
Our current research focuses are (i) dynamic regulation of photosynthetic reactions in fluctuating (oscillating) light, (ii) natural variation in acclimation to changing temperature and sink-source interaction, and (iii) turnover of thylakoid membrane components.
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG)
- Plant Sciences (IBG-2)
Room 413