Research Groups
Basic Research in Plant Molecular Biology
Research at the GMI is curiosity driven and covers many aspects of modern biology, including epigenetics, population genetics, chromosome biology, developmental biology, signal transduction, and biotrophy. Research is carried out by independent research groups, led either by senior group leaders with renewable contracts, or junior group leaders with temporary (5+3 years) appointments. All groups enjoy substantial core funding, as well as external grants (the Vienna BioCenter success rate with ERC grant applications is over 60%).

Claude Becker
Genomics and Epigenomics of Plant-Plant and Plant-Environment Interactions

Frederic Berger
Chromatin Architecture and Function

Armin Djamei
Effectomics: Exploring the Toolbox of Plant Pathogens

Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid
Epigenetic Changes in Plants

Magnus Nordborg
Population Genetics

Youssef Belkhadir
Plant Cell Signaling at the Interface of Growth and Defense

Yasin Dagdas
Autophagy Mediated Cellular Quality Control Mechanisms in Plants

Arturo Marí-Ordóñez
Mechanisms of recognition and silencing of transposons in plants

Michael Nodine
Developmental Genomics

Kelly Swarts
Tree-ring Genomics