Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Organismbiologi

 
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Members


Anja Bylin

Dept. of Agricultural research for Northern Sweden, div. crop science
901 83 Umeå
Phone: 090-7868761
E-mail: Anja.Bylin@njv.slu.se
Project title: Endophytic fungi in grasses
Key words:
Homepage:

 

Anna Johansson

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-671000
E-mail: Anna.H.Johansson@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Biological pest management control of oil seed rape for sustainable oil production
Key words:
Homepage: research group

 

Anna Berlin

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671803
E-mail: Anna.Berlin@mykopat.slu.se

Project title: Epidemiology and population biology of Puccinia graminis for control of stem rust in Sweden
Key words: Puccina graminis, population biology, epidemiology
Homepage: Anna Berlin

Photo: Organism Biology Anna Berlin

Anna Åsman

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673238
E-mail: Anna.Asman@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Exploiting the world of sncRNA to lay the basis for new controlling strategies against Phytophthora infestans in potato
Key words: small non-coding RNA, oomycete, host-pathogen interaction, effector, RNAi, Phytophtora infestans, northern blot, real-time PCR
Homepage: research group

Photo: Organism Biology Anna Åsman

Atefeh Ramezanian

Dept. of Crop Production Ecology
Box 7014
Phone: 018-672338
E-mail: Atefeh.Ramezanian@mark.slu.se
Project title: Role of parent material and biological interactions of soil in micronutrient cycling for sustainable crop and animal production
Key words: micronutrients, microbial communities, soil parent material, community level profiling (CLP), X-ray powder diffraction
Homepage:

Photo: Organism Biology Atefeh Ramezanian

Chatchai Kosawang

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671509
E-mail: Chatchai.Kosawang@slu.se
Project title: Three-way interactions between Fusarium species, their plant hosts and biocontrol organisms
Key words:
Homepage:

 

Christina Nord

Dept. of Chemistry
Box 7015
Phone: 018-671557
E-mail: christina.nord@kemi.slu.se
Project title: Sekundärmetaboliter från mikroorganismer antagonistiska mot rotticka
Key words:
Homepage:

 

Daniel Vestman

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673331
E-mail: Daniel.Vestman@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Differentiation of stem cells and meristems during embryo development in Norway spruce
Key words: Norway spruce, conifers, embryo development, somatic embryogenesis, plant stem cells, NAC-genes, gene expression
Homepage: Research group homepage

Photo Daniel Vestman

Daniel Uddenberg

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673242
E-mail: Daniel.Uddenberg@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Regulation of phase changes during the life cycle of Norway spruce
Key words: Norway spruce, somatic embryogenesis, chromatin remodeling, gene expression, phase changes
Homepage: research group

Photo: Organism Biology Daniel Uddenberg

David Hansson

Dept. of Chemistry
Box 7015
Phone: 018-671557
E-mail: David.Hansson@kemi.slu.se
Project title: Rottickans sekundärmetaboliter - effekter av odlingsbetingelser, konkurrens och närvaro av värdväxt
Key words:
Homepage:

 

Do Thi Xuan

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671837
E-mail: Do.Thi.Xuan@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Functional and molecular biodiversity of rice straw degradation
Key words: rice stubble, cellulolytic activity, chitinolytic activity, microbial diversity, rice crop rotation, phylogeny
Homepage: Do Thi Xuan

Photo: Organism Biology Do Thi Xuan

Elisabet Eriksson

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671819
E-mail: Elisabet.Eriksson@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Succession of wood-inhabiting fungal communities in decaying Norway spruce logs 
Key words: wood-inhabiting fungi, Norway spruce, fungal communities, temporal dynamics, dead wood, boreal forest
Homepage: Elisabet Eriksson

Photo: Organism Biology Elisabeth Eriksson

Enid Ming Zhao

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-67
E-mail: ming.zhao@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Microbial interactions in the N2-fixing legume narrow leafed Lupine
Key words: microbe, lupine, nitrogen fixation, interactions
Homepage:

Photo: Organsim Biology Enid Ming Zhao

Eric Morssing Vilén

Dept. of Chemistry
Box 7015
Phone: 018-67
E-mail: Eric.Morssing.Vilen@kemi.slu.se
Project title: NMR studies of biomolecule structures and properties
Key words: NMR, biomolecules, carbohydrates, structures, interactions
Homepage: research group

Photo Eric Morssing Vilen

Eric Pederson

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673244
E-mail: Eric.Pederson@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Evolutionary pathways in plant development, from moss to flowering plants
Key words: Physcomitrella patens, Auxin, Cytokinin, Auxin Biosynthesis pathways, Plant Growth and Development, Evolutionary pathways, SHI Genes
Homepage: Eric Pederson, research group

Photo Eric Pederson

Erica Sterkenburg

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671837
E-mail: Erica.Sterkenburg@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Factors shaping the fungal community in boreal forest soil
Key words: microbail community analysis, high-throughput sequencing, soil fungi, carbon and nutrient cycling, diversity, forestry
Homepage:

  

Photo: Organsim Biology Erica Sterkenberg

Ernesto Uetimane Junior

Dept. of Forest Products
Box 7008
Phone: 018-672404
E-mail: Ernesto.Uetimane.Junior@sprod.slu.se
Project title: Applied wood anatomy to mechanical strength and drying
Key words:
Homepage:

  

 

Georgios Tzelepis

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671803
E-mail: georgios.tzelepis@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Functional differentiation of fungal chitinases
Key words: Chitinases, phylogenetic analysis, knock out mutants, fungal - fungal interactions, biocontrol, Neurospora crassa, Clonostachys rosea IK726, Aspergillus nidulans
Homepage: 

Photo: Georgios Tzelipis

Girma Bedada


Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Phone: 018-673328
E-mail: Girma.Bedada@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Genome and molecular analysis & identification of genes and genetic variations responsible for abiotic stresses tolerance in barley.
Key words:  genomics, evolution, bioinformatics, phylogenetics, population genetics, abiotic stress, salt stress, drought stress, transposable elements, gene expression and transcriptome, barley, cereal, crop
Homepage: rresearch group,   research group 2

 

Photo: Organism Biology Girma Bedada

Greta Hulting

Dept. of Microbiology
Box 7025
Phone: 018-673206
E-mail: greta.hulting@mikrob.slu.se
Project title: Studies of interactions with Streptococcus egui and the host
Key words:
Homepage:

 

Gustav Nestor

Dept. of Chemistry
Box 7015
Phone: 018-671552
E-mail: Gustav.Nestor@kemi.slu.se
Project title: NMR studies of biological systems and biomolecular interactions
Key words: hyaluronan, conformation, carbohydrates, hydrogen bonding, fish metabolites, metabonomics, NMR spectroscopy
Homepage: Gustav Nestor

Photo: Organism Biology Gustav Nestor

Hanna Millberg

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672379
E-mail: Hanna.Millberg@slu.se
Project title: Forest pathogens and endophytes in Sweden under conditions of climate change and intensified forest management
Key words:
Homepage:

 

 

Hanneke Marjolijn Peele

 

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673248
E-mail: Hanneke.Peele@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Resistance against Leptosphaeria maculans in Arabidopsis thaliana
Key words: RLM3 gene localization and interaction, DZC domain function in immunity and dimerization, necrotrophic fungi, truncated R proteins, avirulence proteins L. maculans
Homepage: Hanneke Peele, research group 

Photo: Organism Biology Hanneke Peele

Islam Abd El Daim

Dept. of Forest Mycology & Plant Pathology 
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
P.O. Box 7080
E-mail: islam.abdeldaim@slu.se
Phone: 018-672708
Project title: Microbial priming alleviates plant stress
Key words: PGPR, Abiotic stress, Beneficial bacteria, Priming, Drought, Wheat, Barley, Arabidopsis
Homepage:

Izabela Cierlik

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
P.O. Box 7080
E-mail: Izabela.Cierlik@vbsg.slu.se
Phone: 018-673244
Projet title: Genetic and hormonal regulation of fruit and flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Key words: Arabidopsis thaliana; development; flower; genetic regulation;
Homepage: Izabela Cierlik

Photo: Izabela Cierlik

Jane Njuguna

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672794
E-mail: Jane.Njuguna@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Role of Botryosphaeriaceae pathogens in agroforestry systems in Kenya
Key words: forest pathology, pathogens, canker and dieback disease, environmental stress, latent pathogens, Botryosphaeriaceae
Homepage: Jane Njugana

Photo Jane Njugana

Jessica Schenck

Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management/
Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026 (Mykopat)
Phone: 018-671819, 671651, 073-5352433
E-mail: Jessica.Schenck@huv.slu.se
Project title: Fungi in haylage
Key words: feed, horses, haylage, fungi community, microscope, PCR, sequencing
Homepage: Jessica Schenck, research group

Photo Jessica Schenck

Jia Sun

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673315
E-mail: jia.sun@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Characterization of the roles of Nt-Ric and Nt-Up1 in the regulation of polar pollen tube growth
Key words:
Homepage:

 

Jim Nygren

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673326
E-mail: Jim.Nygren@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Evolution of genetic mechanisms of resistance to Wheat dwarf virus in wild and cultivated wheat (Triticum)
Key words: virus, transmission, leaf hoppers, resistance, genetic variation
Homepage: 

 

Jonas Roos

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673246
E-mail: Jonas.Roos@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Microbial interactions and control measures of Verticillium wilt
Key words: Verticillium, Arabidopsis, Brassica napus, pathogen, defense signaling, resistance gene, PCR, genotyping, gene expression, microsclerotia, fungi
Homepage: Research group
Photo Jonas Roos

Josefine Liew

Dept. of Crop Production Ecology
Box 7043
Phone: 018-671420
E-mail: Josefine.Liew@vpe.slu.se
Project title: Dormancy in reproductive vegetative buds in creeping perennials dominating the agricultural weed flora in Scandinavia
Key words: dormancy, perennial weed*, root*, rhizome*, adventitious, axillary, agriculture, weed*, organic, reproduction, sprouting capacity, development, growth, Sonchus arvensis, Cirsium arvense, Tussilago farfara, Equisetum arvense, Elymus repens
Homepage: Josefine Liew, research group

Photo Josefine Liew

Jörg Stephan

Dept. of Ecology
Box 7044
Phone: 018-672408
E-mail: Jorg.Stephan@slu.se
Project title: Causes and consequences of herbivore aggregation and insect outbreak risk in climate change perspective 
Key words: insect, behaviour, climate change, plasticity, microevolution, symbiosis, bottom up, top down, bio-control, plant defence
Homepage: Jörg Stephan 

 

Kai Wilkinson

Dept. of Chemistry
Box 7015
Phone: 018-672224
E-mail: kai.wilkinson@kemi.slu.se
Project title: Particulate Impurities in the Air: Express-Analysis and Health Effects
Keywords: particle, nano, air pollution, particulate matter, monitoring

 

   Photo Kai Wilkinson

Kajsa Himmelstrand

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672379
E-mail: Kajsa.Himmelstrand@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Polymorphic and comparative studies of the genome and metabolome of the Heterobasidon annosum complex
Key words:  Heterobasidon annosum, root and but rot, conifer trees, mitochondrial genome, secondary metabolites, pathogenicity, molecular evolution
Homepage: Kajsa Himmelstrand
Research group homepage

Photo Kajsa Himmelstrand

Karin Önneby

Dept. of Microbiology
Box 7025
Phone: 018-673284
E-mail: Karin.Onneby@microb.slu.se
Project title: Reduction of pesticide residues in soil by addition of microorganisms
Key words: pesticides, microbial degradation, Sphingomonas, bioaugmentation, bioprophylaxis, microbial formulations
Homepage: research group, DOM
Photo Karin Onneby

Konstantia Gkarmiri

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology
Box 7026
Phone:
E-mail: Konstantia.Gkarmiri@slu.se
Project title: Agronomic, metabolomic and genomic aspects of plant growth promoting Serratia bacteria and their role in sustainable agriculture a system biology approach

 

Leke Walter Nkeabeng

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673374, 073-8448561
E-mail: Walter.Nkeabeng.Leke@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Molecular epidemiology of begomoviruses that infect vegetable crops in Cameroon
Key words: molecular plant virus epidemiology, geminivirus ecology, begomoviruses, Maize streak viruses, betasatellites associated with begomoviruses, alphasatellites, whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci, vegetable crops, PCR, FTA cards technology, rolling cycle amplification (RCA), sequencing and sequence analysis, infectious clones
Homepage: Walter Nkaebeng, research group
Photo Leke Walter Nkeabeng

Lena Lundqvist

Dept. of Chemistry
Box 7015
Phone: 018-671552
E-mail: lena.lundqvist@kemi.slu.se
Project title: Analys av biomolekyler med hjälp av NMR
Keywords:

 

Lina Grönberg

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672653
E-mail: Lina.Grönberg@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Variation and survival of Phytophthora infestans
Key words: 
Homepage: Lina Grönberg

Photo: Organism Biology Lina Grönberg

Lisbeth Linse

Dept. of Crop Production Ecology
Box 7043
Phone: 018-67 23 38; 0736- 73 73 25
E-post: Lisbet.Linse@vpe.slu.se
Project title: Boron in biological systems with focus on legumes in crop production
Key words: Boron, legumes, symbiosis, N2-fixation, mycorrhizal fungi, plant health
Homepage: 

 

 

Photo: Lisbeth Linse

Lotta Avesson

Dept. of Molecular Biology
Box 590
Phone: 018-4714524
E-mail: Avesson@xray.bmc.uu.se
Project title: Small regulatory RNAs in control of development in Dictyostelium discoideum
Key words: non-coding RNAs, miRNAs, RNAi, ribonucleoproteins, Dictyostelium discoideum, development, evolution, deep sequencing, northern blot, RNA/protein pull down
Homepage: research group

Photo Lotta Avesson

 Louise Andersson

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 0418-437354
E-mail: louise.andersson@syngenta.com
Project title: Molecular studies of Rhizoctonia solani and its corresponding resistance genes in sugar beet
Key words: Rhizoctonia solani, sugar beet, root rot, deep sequencing, resistance genes, transformation, transcriptome, pathogenicity factors

Malin Abrahamsson

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Phone: 018-673331
E-mail: malin.abrahamsson@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Propagation of Scots pine via somatic embryos
Key words: Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, somatic embryogenesis, embryo patterning

 

Photo: Organism Biology Malin Abrahamsson

Maria Westerholm

 

Dept. of Microbiology
Box 7025
Phone: 018-673216
E-mail: Maria.Westerholm@mikrob.slu.se
Project title: Syntrophic acetate oxidation in ammonia enriched methanogenic systems
Key words: anaerobic cultivation, anaerobic digestion, qPCR, T-RFLP, clone library
Homepage: research group

Photo: Organism Biology Maria Westerholm

Na Guan

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Phone: 018-6713248
E-mail: Na.Guan@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Plant hormones in plant defense
Key words: ABA, auxin, L. maculans, Arabidopsis, defense
Homepage: research group

 

Nadeem Shad

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Phone: 018-673328
E-mail: Nadeem.Shad@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Molecular epidemiology of viruses infecting cereals and grasses
Key words: 
Homepage:

 

Naeem Sattar

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673374, mobile +46738768012
E-mail: naeem.sattar@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Molecular virus-host interactions of begomoviruses and associated satellites infecting dicots.
Key words: interaction, begomovirus, betasatellite, dicots
Homepage:

Photo: Organism Biology Naeem Sattar

Natalija Arhipova

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672729
E-mail: Natalija.Arhipova@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Root rot in conifer forests of Latvia - Impact and possibilities for silvicultural control
Key words:  root and butt rot, Picea abies, Heterobasidion, stump removal
Homepage:

Photo: Organism Biology Natalija Arhipova

Nurun Nahar

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673241
E-mail: Nurun.Nahar@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Enzymatic regulation of sterol and glycoalkaloid biosynthesis in potato
Key words:
Homepage:



Pierre Andersson

Dept. of Chemistry
Box 7015
Phone: 018-671552
E-mail: Pierre.Andersson@kemi.slu.se
Project title: Isolation and characterization of active metabolites from bacteria and fungi
Key words:
Homepage: Pierre Andersson



Quang Tran Ho

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-671000
E-mail: tran.ho.quang@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Application of molecular markers for early selection of Eucalyptus urophylla in Vietnam
Key words: Cellulose, CesA, Eucalyptus , Fst, genetic correlation, genetic variation, lignin, microsatellite, Qst, wood properties
Homepage: research group

Photo: Organsim Biology Tran Ho Quang

Ramesh Vetukuri

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673237
E-mail: Ramesh.Vetukuri@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Small RNAs in P. infestans
Key words:
Homepage: Research group



Rebecka Strandberg

Dept. of Evolution, Genomics and Systematics, Uppsala University
Norbyvägen 18D, 752 34 Uppsala
Phone: 018-471 64 65
E-mail: Rebecka.Strandberg@ebc.uu.se
Project title: Evolution of reproductive systems in Neurospora
Key words: Evolution, heterothallism, homothallism, phylogeny, Q-PCR
Homepage: Rebecka Strandberg, research group 

 

Photo: Organism Biology Rebecka Strandberg

Sara Hosseini

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672653
E-mail: Sara.Hosseini@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Host-pathogen interaction in closely related Phytophtora species
Key words:
Homepage:

Photo: Sara Hosseini

Saraswoti Neupane

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672653
E-mail: Saraswoti.Neupane@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Interactions between fungal pathogens and bacterial antagonists and their influence on oilseed rape emergence and early establishment
Key words: Brassica napus, poor emergence,  biocontrol, plant-microbe interaction
Homepage:

Photo Sara Neupane

Selcuk Aslan

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673328
E-mail: Selcuk.Aslan@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Carbon allocation in higher plant and production of biofuel
Key words: Carbon flux, wax ester synthesis, vegetative tissues, N. benthamiana and A. thaliana
Homepage:

Photo: Organism Biology Selcuk Aslan

Shakawat Hossein

Dept. of Crop Production Ecology
Box 7043
Phone: 018-672349, 073-6345247
E-mail: Shakhawat.Hossain@vpe.slu.se
Project title: Impact of Brassica cover crops on the management of pea crops and Aphanomyces root rot of pea
Key words: brassica, cover crops, green manure, allelopathy, glucosinolates, pea, Aphanomyces euteiches, microbial community, soil quality, GC, HPCL, PCR, T-RFLP
Homepage: Shakawat Hossein, research group

Photo Shakhawat Hossain

Shashidar Asari

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673328
E-mail: Shashidar.Asari@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Biological pest management in oilseed rape for organic oil production
Key words:
Homepage:

Photo: Shashidar Asari

Srisailam Marupakula

Dept of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671819
E-mail: srisailam.marupakula@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Mycorhiza and its associated bacterial interactions
Key words:
Homepage:

Photo: Srisailam Marupakula

Srivathsa Nallanchakravarthula

Dept of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671819
E-mail: Srivathsa.nallanchakravarthula@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: ‘Managing soil microbial activity  to enhance nutrient acquisition and sustainable pathogen control in Strawberry’.
Key words: Strawberry, Community analysis, DGGE, Biofumigation, sustainable agriculture and pathogen control.
Homepage: Srivathsa Nallanchakravarthularesearch group

Photo: Organism Biology Srivathsa Nallanchakravarthula

Stina Bengtsson

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671819
E-mail: Stina.Bengtsson@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Biology and genetic variation of Chalara fraxinea
Key words: ash dieback, population study, microsatellites, seasonal dependent activity, secondary metabolites
Homepage: Stina Bengtsson

Photo Stina Bengtsson

Sultana Nilufar Jahan

 

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673238
E-mail: Sultana.Jahan@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Exploring the genetic basis of potato defense mechanisms to P. infestans
Key words: Phytophthora infestans, RXLR effector protein, translocation, SiRNA, qRT-PCR, Northern blot, microarray, confocal microscopy.

Photo: Organism Biology Sultana Jahan

Syed Rehmathulla Shah

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673322
E-mail: Syed.Shah@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Root development and symbiosis in seabuckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides)
Key words: seabuckthorn, plant physiology, microscopy, enzyme activities, RT-PCR, biological nitrogen fixation
Homepage: Syed Shah

Photo Syed Shah

Tobias Bölscher

Dept. of Chemistry
Box 7015
Phone: 018-672224
E-mail: tobias.bolscher@slu.se

Project title: Thermodynamic principles of soil organic matter decomposition in a changing world
Key words: soil organic matter, thermodynamic, decomposition, carbon-use efficiency, microcalorimetry, microbial community
Homepage: Tobias Bölscher

Tom Martin

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673246
E-mail: Tom.Martin@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Enhancing maize breeding to turcicum leaf blight by fungal population genetics and plant genomics
Key words: plant breeding, fungal pathogens, turcicum leaf blight, plant defence, maize, sorghum
Homepage: Tom Martin, research group

Photo: Organism Biology Tom Martin

Tianqing Zhu

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673236
E-mail: tianqing.zhu@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Genetic regulation of early stage during embryo development in conifers
Key words: Somatic embryogenesis, Norway spruce, WOX gene family, gene expression, transcription factors
Homepage:

Photo: Organsim Biology Tianqing Zhu

Ulrike Beuch

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673374
E-mail: Ulrike.Beuch@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: The distribution, diversity and evolution of potato mop top virus in Sweden
Key words:
Homepage:



Usman AriF

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673237
E-mail: usman.arif@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: The distribution, diversity and evolution of potato mop top virus in Sweden
Key words:
Homepage:



Veronika Ståldal

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673244
E-mail: Veronika.Staldal@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Fruit development in Arabidopsis
Key words: Arabidopsis thaliana, fruit development, auxin, style, gynoecium, SHI/STY-family, YUC4, qRT-PCR, microarray, NPA, mutants
Homepage: research group

Photo Veronika Ståldal

Wilson Castelblanco

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673286
E-mail: Wilson.Castelblanco@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Genetics of the domestication in the tropical crop cassava (Manihot esculenta spp. esculenta)
Key words: genetics, cassava, domestication, crop evolution, QTL mapping, biodiversity, molecular markers, CGIAR, CIAT, tropical agriculture
Homepage: Wilson Castelblanco, research group
Photo Wilson Castelblanco

Xiao Di

Dept. of Molecular Biology
Box 590
Phone: 018-4714007
E-mail: yu.xiao.di@molbio.slu.se
Project title: The mechanism of fimbriae subunit and trafficking by chaperone/usher machinery
Key words:
Homepage:



Ylva Persson

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672376
E-mail: Ylva.Persson@mykopat.slu.se
Project title:
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Homepage: Ylva Persson
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 Zhen Liao

Dept. of Molecular biology
Box 590
Phone: 018-471 49 01 
E-mail: zhen.mol@gmail.com
Project title: Small regulatory RNA in Dictyostelium discoideum
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Åsa Svanström

Dept. of Microbiology
Box 7025
Phone: 018-673327
E-mail: asa.svanstrom@mikrob.slu.se
Project title: Genetics and stress physiology of Aspergillus sp.
Key words: Aspergillus niger, stress, trehalose, germination, transformation, gene knockout, lactic acid bacteria metabolites, food preservatives
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Agata Maworyta

Dept. of Molecular Biology
Box 590
Phone: 018-4714000
E-mail: Agata@xray.bmc.uu.se
Project title: Structural studies on epoxide hydrolase
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Elke Mangelsen

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-673239
E-mail: elke.mangelsen@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Seed development of barley (Hordeum vulgare) and thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana): Impact of diurnal changes, heat stress and WRKY transcription factors
Key words: functional genomics, gene regulation, transcription factor, microarrays, cereal, crop, grains, storage compounds, abiotic stress, heat
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Ella Wessén

Dept. of Microbiology
Box 7025
Phone: 018-673222
E-mail: Ella.Wessen@microb.slu.se
Project title: Ammonia oxidizing bacteria and archaea in soil – environmental controls and ecological roles
Key words: terrestrial ecosystem, microbial ecology, bacteria, archaea, soil organic matter, fertilization, phyla, community profiling, ammonia oxidation, AOB, AOA, 16S rRNA, amoA gene, qPCR, T-RFLP
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Emma Larsson

Dept. of Plant Biology and Forest Genetics
Box 7080
Phone: 018-67
E-mail: Emma.Larsson@vbsg.slu.se
Project title: Embryo development in conifers - the establishment of bipolar embryos
Key words: Somatic embryogenesis, polar auxin transport, cup-shaped cotyledon, pattern formation, embryo, Norway spruce
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Inga Bödeker

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-672379
E-mail: Inga.Bodeker@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Fungal oxidative enzymes in litter and humus degradation
Key words: Boreal forest, ectomycorrhizal fungi, soil organic matter, decomposition, enzymes, classII peroxidases, primer design, PCR, qPCR, community analysis, pyrosequencing, enzyme assays, litterbags
Homepage: Inga Bödeker

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Johanna Boberg

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671806
E-mail: Johanna.Boberg@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Functioning of litter decomposing fungi in nitrogen and carbon circulation in the boreal forest (November 2009)
Key words: climate, forest pathology, fungal communities and distribution patterns, litter decomposing fungi, C and N cycling, fungal translocation
Homepage: Johanna Boberg

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Karl Lundén

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671803
E-mail: Karl.Lunden@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Heterobasidion - conifer pathosystem. Heterologous array analysis and transcriptonal shift from saprotrophic to necrotrophic growth (February 2010)
Key words: Heterobasidion annosum, symbiosis, nutritional mode, saprotroph, Clv-l-like, gene expression, Pinus sylvestris, array, auxin, mycorrhiza
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Kerstin Dalman

Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology
Box 7026
Phone: 018-671806
E-mail: Kerstin.Dalman@mykopat.slu.se
Project title: Heterobasidion root rot: Molecular analysis towards an understanding of the pathogenicity
Key words: Heterobasidion annosum, root rot, forest pathogen, conifer, genetic linkage map, QTL mapping, phylogeny, haplotype network, historical biogeography, divergence times, PEG transformation, association mapping, SNP
Homepage: Kerstin Dalman

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Sanjeewani Sooriyaarachchi

 

Dept. of Molecular Biology
Box 590
Phone: 018-4714007
E-mail: Sanjeewani.Sooriyaarachchi@molbiol.slu.se
Project title: structural studies fo binding protein
Key words: structural studies, antimicrobial peptides, plant proteins, plant pathogens
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