Plants are primary producers and the basis of human life on earth. Our general research focus is on development, evolution and ecology of plants thereby integrating plant anatomy and cell biology, genomics, metabolomics, proteomics, signalling and metabolic modeling, systems theory and ecosystems research. An applied focus is on large whole genome germplasm collections of crop species, e.g. legumes, potato, tomato, wheat, pearl millet, barley and grapevine. We investigate gene functions in the environmental and agroecological context, with a focus on plant stress physiology, plant-microbe interaction and adaptation in the era of a global climate crisis.
- Molecular Ecophysiology
- Plant anatomy and physiology
- Plant signalling
- Plant-microbe interaction
- System theory in biology and ecology
- Molecular Systems Biology University of Vienna
Djerassiplatz 1
1030 Vienna
Team:
Wolfram Weckwerth
Speaker
Research Areas: Molecular Systems Biology
- Contact
- Dep. of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Unit Molecular Systems Biology - Systems Theory in Ecology and Biology; and VIME - Vienna Metabolomics Center
PhD Students:
- Lena Fragner
- Hannes Kramml
- Wan Li
- Shuang Zhang
- Mengke Li
- Kaijie Liang
- Yuhang Meng
- Stefan Plott
- Iro Pierides
Verena Ibl
Research Areas: Plant cell biology in crop seeds (dealing with protein trafficking during the endosperm development with the focus on the ESCRT protein machinery)
PhD Student:
- Madeleine Schnurer
- Stefan Plott
PhD Student:
- Maryamalsadat Zekri
- Caroline Ivesic
- Luigi Schillaci
Steffen Waldherr
Research Areas: Computational Methods for Bio-/Chemical Processes
PhD Student:
- Michiel Busschaert
- Pablo Rolle Concha
- Iro Pierides
