Research Group
Cell Biology

Our research group studies plant cell biology. The focus is on abiotic stress tolerance that allowed plants to live on land. We combine different structural- and ultrastructural investigations with physiological, metabolic and transcriptomic analysis to understand plant resistance to unfavorable conditions dominating in early evolution of land plants. Our main research objects are green algae of the streptophytic lineage (sister clade to land plants), but we cover also the cell biology of other algae and higher plants from polar and alpine habitats.

Confocal laser scanning image of the marine alga Ulva

Confocal laser scanning image of the marine alga Ulva

PhD student Charlotte Permann measuring in the field

PhD student Charlotte Permann measuring in the field

Transmission electron micrograph of the green alga Zygnema

Transmission electron micrograph of the green alga Zygnema

Main research topics

  • Effects of abiotic stress on cellular level (desiccation, light- and UV)
  • Composition and organization of cell walls (green algae, different spores)
  • Metabolic and transcriptomic changes induced by abiotic stress
  • Isolation and cultivation of green algae from extreme habitats

Research group leader

Andreas Holzinger

Members

Academic staff

Administrative and technical staff

  • Christine Rossetti

Emeriti and retired staff

Research Assistants

  • Charlotte Permann

Graduate students

  • Ana Akiko Pfleger
  • Anagha Santhosh

Master and diploma students

  • Tamara Loacker
  • Nina Rittmeier
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