Faculteit Biologie: Molecular Genetics

<body> <a name="_Top"> </a> <table id="main" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" summary="Hello"> <tr> <td valign="top" height="250" id="left" width="36"></td> <td valign="top" id="content" width="714"> <h2>Molecular Genetics</h2> <p><span lang="en-us">For our research on development and host-microbe genetics we </span>have adopted the tiny "lab weed"<i> Arabidopsis thaliana</i> as a model plant.  Our groups focus on the following research themes:</p> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" id="table1" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a target="_top" href="pd"> <img border="0" src="images/root_devel_t.gif" width="227" height="163" alt="Root Development Group"></a></td> <td valign="top"> <p><b><font size="3"><a href="pd/index.html">Plant Development</a><br> </font></b><a href="pd/index.html">(Ben Scheres, Ikram Blilou, Renze Heidstra, and Viola Willemsen)</a><br> Plant development depends largely on the activity of small regions of continuous growth and development, the meristems. The plant development group aims to understand better how meristems work. We work mostly on root tips because the root meristem has a simple cellular organization.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a target="_top" href="pmg"> <img border="0" src="images/Plant-Microbe.jpg" alt="Plant Microbe Genetics Group" width="227" height="163"></a></td> <td valign="top"><a href="pmg/index.html"> <b><font size="3"> Plant-Microbe Genetics</font> </b>(Guido Van den Ackerveken)</a><br> The molecular processes at the interface of host and pathogen determine if a plant is resistant or susceptible. Our group aims to identify the molecular players in this process and to understand their function.  <p> <a target="_top" href="pst/index.html"> <b><font size="3">Plant Defense Signaling</font> </b>(Frank Menke)</a><br> Plants possess sophisticated defense mechanisms to counteract pathogens. We study the genes and proteins involved in the innate immune response of Arabidopsis.</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> <a target="_top" href="gpb"> <img border="0" src="images/gpbioinf.jpg" alt="Genomic and Proteomics Group" width="227" height="163"></a></td> <td valign="top"><b><font size="3"> <a target="_top" href="gpb/index.html">Genomics, Proteomics , and Bioinformatics</a></font></b><br> In our genomics lab we produce and use Arabidopsis DNA microarrays and other custom arrays for expression profiling. Our proteomics research is focussed on (i) Arabidopsis protein complexes involved in plant development,  (ii) phospo-proteins in innate immunity and (iii) membrane-associated proteins functioning at the host-pathogen interface. The genomics and proteomics studies are supported by bioinformatics, which is focussed on the integration of the different types of -omics data.  </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" id="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="50"></td> <td align="left" valign="bottom"> <div class="teklein"><a target="_self" href="#_Top"> <img border="0" src="images/solis/pijl-up.gif" align="right" width="25" height="28" /></a><a href="cnt.html" target="_self"> </a> Last update: 04-Mar-2005<br /> <a href="mailto:webmaster@bio.uu.nl">webmaster@bio.uu.nl</a></div> </td> <td align="left" valign="bottom">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="10" colspan="1"> </td> <td height="10" colspan="1"> </td> <td height="10"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="40" colspan="3" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="left" valign="top" background="images/solis/fb-bvf-onder.jpg"> <table width="760" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="64" align="left"> <tr> <td height="30" width="159" nowrap> </td> <td height="30" width="176" nowrap> </td> <td height="30" width="419" nowrap> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="159" valign="top" height="34" nowrap><div align="right"> <script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript">  </script> <noscript> </noscript> <a href="http://www.bio.uu.nl/zoeken/" target=_top> <img src="images/solis/zoek.gif" border="0" alt="zoeken" width="26" height="26"></a><a target="_top" href="alt_index.html"><img src="images/solis/dutch.gif" border="0" alt="Nederlandse versie" width="30" height="26"></a></div></td> <td width="176" height="34" nowrap> </td> <td width="419" valign="top" height="34" nowrap><div align="left"> <a target="_top" href="http://www.library.uu.nl/library/12483main.html"> <img border="0" src="images/solis/librariesbot.gif" width="52" height="20"></a><a target="_top" href="http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/faculties/4476main.html"><img border="0" src="images/solis/facultiesbot.gif" width="52" height="20"></a><a target="_top" href="http://www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/servicedepartmen/6102main.html"><img border="0" src="images/solis/supportbot.gif" width="92" height="20"></a></div></td> </tr> </table> <p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="images/tpix.gif" width="36" height="1" alt="" /></td> <td><img src="images/tpix.gif" width="714" height="1" alt="" /></td> <td> <script type="text/javascript1.3" language="JavaScript">  </script> </td> </tr> </table>  </body>