Characterisation of a novel branch in plant immunity signalling and assessment of its utility to engineer tomato and other dicot crop plants with increased pathogen resistance

Characterisation of phosphoregulation mechanisms in jasmonate-mediated plant stress responses

Characterization of the composition, functioning and role of transcription factor condensates in jasmonate signaling

Design of a bioactive metabolite discovery pipeline by exploiting the chemical warfare during tomatofungi interactions

Regulatory proteins acting at the crossroads of light and jasmonate signaling: characterization of their molecular function and their impact on crop quality

Understanding biotic stresses in plant roots through molecular interactomics in tomato

Characterization of a novel branch in immunity signalling in dicot plants

Characterization of a novel branch in immunity signalling in dicot plants

Design of novel chemical-molecular tools to enlarge and adapt the endoplasmic reticulum of crop and medicinal plants for superior production of bioactive metabolites

Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms by which the phytohormone jasmonate triggers the concurrent remodeling of the plant endoplasmic reticulum and reprogramming of plant metabolism.

Elucidation of the regulatory networks that steer triterpene biosynthesis in the model legume Medicago truncatula

Engineering yeast for the screening and sustainable production of high-value pharmaceutical and pesticidal triterpenoids

Functional analysis of novel F-box signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana

Functional characterization of a new peptide hormone that regulates plant secondary metabolism.

Gene discovery in the metabolic pathways of Ecuadorian Quinoa (chenopodium quinoa)

Hyperactivation of jasmonate-related transcription factors involved in the regulation of secondary metabolism in plants

Identification and characterisation of novel regulators of the abundance and functioning of the COI1 protein, the receptor of the plant hormone jasmonate

Identification and characterization of the elusive receptor of salicylic acid in a novel branch of immunity signalling in dicot plants

identification and functional characterisation of conserved regulatiors of triterpene saponin biosynthesis in leguminous plants

Identification of the targets of the RGLG-type E3 ubiquitin ligases from Arabidopsis thaliana

Mapping of the key events in the development of the tomato crazy root disease

Novel transporters and synthetic peptides as tools for production of bioactive plant terpenoids

Small Metabolite Affinity Purification.

Study of the Arabidopsis TXL peptides, potential new hormones that regulate plant metabolism in concert with jasmonates

Study of ubiquitination of the key proteins in the jasmonate signal transduction cascades of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana

Transcriptome analysis of new molecules that activate F-box-LRR signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana

Unraveling the biosynthetic pathway of sesquiterpene lactones in industrial chicory and witloof using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing

Unraveling the transcriptional and posttranslational control of plant triterpene biosynthesis.

Unravelling the role and importance of ER-stress related proteostasis machineries in the response of tomato roots to the phytohormone jasmonate

W&T grant Linlin Qi

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION BY JASMONATE OXYLIPINS IN ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA

Deciphering phosphorylation code regulating JA receptor COI1 subcellular localization in Arabidopsis

ReHiFiNMR - Rejuvenation of High-Field NMR equipment for the continued and enhanced characterization of complex molecular architectures and their interactions