Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Kaufmann
Department for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute for Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Administrative Assistant
Annette Bauer
Tel: 030-2093-49770
Postdocs
Dr. Cezary Smaczniak
Molecular function of transcriptional co-regulatory machineries in plants
Tel: 030-2093-49743
Dr. Peilin Chen
Transcription factor binding site specificity across plant evolution
Dr. Sami Saarenpää
Spatial and multi-omics approaches to flower development and evolution
Dr. Tejasvinee Mody
Joined postdoc with Arun Sampathkumar/MPI-MP Potsdam
Mechanical control of flower development
Dr. Sara Bertelli
PhD Students
Manuel Neumann
Multimodal 4D floral meristem
Siye Chen
Gene expression atlas in the developing flower
Frederic Carew
Relationship between 3D genome and gene regulation
Christopher Großmann
GLK signaling and its relevance in acclimation
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
Natalia Chadala
Greta Bruzzaniti
Molecular regulation of early flower development
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
Tel: 030-2093-49747
Susanne Olstowski-Jacoby
Technician/Lab Manager
Tel: 030-2093-49747
Group Photos
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)