The lab has three main interests:

1. Developing novel genome-scale CRISPR tools, that allow targeting multiple genes from the same family to overcome functional redundancy in plants. sgRNA libraries and biotechnological tools are applied to Arabidopsis, as well as crops (e.g., tomato and rice).

 

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2. Understand the molecular factors regulating plant hormones transport mechanisms (auxin, ABA, gibberellin, cytokinin); and nutrient uptake (e.g., nitrate and iron).

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3. Reveal how plants sense and respond to water stress? 

A $10M ERC-SyG grant with Malcolm Bennett (Nottingham University), Christine Ziegler (University of Regensburg) and Thorsten Hamann (NTNU).