Our Team

Principal Investigator


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Prof. Dr. Kerstin Kaufmann

Department for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Postdocs and Associated Project Leaders


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Dr. Cezary Smaczniak

Molecular function of transcriptional co-regulatory machineries in plants

Tel: 030-2093-49743

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Dr. Peilin Chen

Transcription factor binding site specificity across plant evolution

PhD Students


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Manuel Neumann

Multimodal 4D floral meristem

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Siye Chen

Gene expression atlas in the developing flower

Frederic Carew

Relationship between 3D genome and gene regulation

Christopher Großmann

Redox control in stem cell fate

Yuting Lai

Cis-regulatory code of organogenesis

Yingjue Zhang

Transcriptional basis of meristem development in tomato

Xinkai Zhou

Single cell gene expression atlas of environmental plasticity in leaves

Zhaohui He

Molecular basis of floral organ growth plasticity

Sofya Koblova

Organ plasticity in response to light and temperature

Paniz Rasooli

DNA sequence and epigenetic regulation by PcG/TrxG

Undergraduate Students


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Master and bachelor student projects are available: please feel free to Contact Us!

Staff


Johanna Müschner

Technician/Lab Manager

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Susanne Olstowski-Jacoby

Technician/Lab Manager

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Alumni


  • Xiaocai Xu, PhD student (2017-2023), graduated Dec 2022
  • Rosario Vega León, PhD student (2019-2023), graduated Feb 2023
  • Ute Duderstadt-Gries, Secretary (2019-2022)
  • Dr. Julia Schumacher, PhD student (2013-2019), graduated Nov 2019; Postdoc (2019-2022)
  • Bhausaheb Pawar, PhD student (2017-2021), graduated Dec 2021
  • Fayaz Imamrasul Shaikh, PhD student (2019-2021)
  • Li Chen, PhD student (2016-2021), graduated Apr 2021
  • Dr. Dijun Chen, Postdoc (2015-2019)
  • Dr. Wenhao Yan, Postdoc (2013-2019)
  • Dr. Izabel Moraes, Postdoc (2015-2018)
  • Suzanne de Bruijn, PhD student (2012-2017), graduated Nov 2017
  • Hilda van Mourik, PhD student (2012-2017), graduated Nov 2017
  • Christopher Wils, PhD student (2012-2017)
  • Dr. Mohammad Mehrnia, Postdoc (2016-2017)
  • Dr. Diego Durantini, Postdoc and Lab Manager (2012-2014)