Find our old web page
This page is under construction. To find more information about the department follow the link.
About us
Plant Biology is part of BioCenter, a modern research facility on the Ultuna campus in Uppsala. The department is home to nearly 100 researchers, postdoctoral fellows, doctoral students, and technical and administrative staff.
Research
The Department of Plant Biology is at the forefront of innovative research on plants and their interactions with the environment. Our work bridges fundamental science and practical applications, with the aim of advancing sustainable agriculture and forestry in a rapidly changing world.
Education
We offer world-class education in plant sciences and organizes and teaches a wide range of basic and advanced biology courses at both undergraduate and PhD levels within SLU's educational programs.
For employees
Here you will find internal information about organization, equipment, instructions and important addresses.
News
-
How “double-genomes” help plants diversify - and what that means for crops and climate resilience
A new study led by scientists at SLU, Uppsala and Charles University, Prague, just published in the leading journal PNAS, sheds light on a powerful but little-understood force in evolution: whole-genome duplication, a rare event where an organism gains an extra full set of chromosomes. -
Breeding 360: Cross-disciplinary collaboration in focus
On May 6–7, the SLU Breeding Network held its meeting titled Breeding 360: Collaboration across disciplines at Campus Ultuna.
Research
Reserach groups
-
Evolution of developmental control
We address the evolutionary origin of mechanisms for developmental control in plants. We also do applied research aiming to promote the planting value of cereal seeds. -
Autophagy and Cell Death in Plant-Microbe Interactions
We investigate how plants respond to and defend against microbial pathogens, focusing on two fundamental, evolutionarily conserved processes: autophagy and programmed cell death. -
Plant Genome Dynamics and Evolution
Welcome to the Yant Lab at SLU! -
Regulation of Plant Growth & Development by the Environment
Our group is interested in understanding how environmental factors such as light and temperature regulate plant growth and development
Research projects
-
RNA processing in plant temperature acclimation
The project aims to understand the role of RNA processing in the regulation of plant growth and development in response to changes in ambient temperature -
Regulation of flowering and flower development
How do plants know when and how to make a flower? These are the questions we are trying to answer in this project using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model.