Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Institut für Biowissenschaften
Abteilungen IfBi
The Autotrophy-Heterotrophy Switch in Cyanobacteria: Coherent Decision-Making at Multiple Regulatory Layers. Subproject: Metabolic regulation of carbon allocation from the CBB cycle under different CO2 supply (HA2002/23-1, project period 2018-2021)
Small Proteins in Prokaryotes, an Unexplored World. Subproject: The role of µ proteins in metabolic regulation of cyanobacteria (HA2002/22-1, project period 2017-2020)
Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in Bacteria. Subproject: Linking second messenger nucleotide signaling with CO2 homeostasis in cyanobacteria: unravelling the SbtB-based network. (HA 2002/24-1, joint project together with Prof. Karl Forchhammer, University of Tübingen, project period 2019-2022)
Increasing Agricultural Yield through Formate Production and Assimilation via Optimized Synthetic Pathways. Subproject 2: Establishing novel pathways in the cyanobacterial host (031B0194B, project period 2016-2020)
Rewiring Photorespiration using Natural and Synthetic Pathways to Sustainably Increase Crop Yield. Subproject: Development and implementation of advanced photorespiratory bypasses in cyanobacteria (99852430-UROS, project period 2020-2024).
Impact of microcystin on RubisCO and the carbon concentrating mechanism of Microcystis aeruginosa (HA2002/20-1, joint project together with Prof. Elke Dittmann, University of Potsdam, project period 2016-2020)
Subproject: The role of inorganic phosphate supply on the development of cyanobacterial summer blooms in the Baltic Sea (joint project together with Prof. Matthias Labrenz, IOW, project period 2019-2022)
Role of DNA methylation for gene expression regulation in cyanobacteria (HA 2002/17-1, joint project together with Prof. Wolfgang R. Hess, University Freiburg, project period 2015-2020)
Acclimation of desert biological soil crusts inhabiting cyanobacteria to hydration/dehydration cycles: Metabolic acclimation of Leptolyngbya ohadii (project leader Dr. Nadav Oren, project period 2019 – 2022)
Redox regulation of mitochondrial metabolism – thioredoxins as master switches to control plant carbon fluxes in a changing environment, Dr. Stefan Timm (University of Rostock), joint project together with Prof. Danilo M. Daloso (University of Fortaleza, Brazil), Prof. Alisdair R. Fernie (Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany) and Prof. Peter Geigenberger (Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany)