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

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

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

Discovery of novel bioactive fungal metabolites driving tomato-fungi chemical warfare.

Characterization of novel interactors of the stress hormone abscisic acid.

Characterization of a novel branch in immunity signalling in dicot plants.

Regulation of Jasmonic Acid signaling by protein phosphorylation.

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

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

Unravelling of the signaling cascades that modulate plant specialized metabolism in response to jasmonates and changing temperatures.

Towards the engineering of the plant endoplasmic reticulum for sustainable production of specialized metabolites

Doctoral project Jacopo Di Sora

Mapping the protein interaction landscape of T-DNA proteins in tomato hairy root development

From protein structural changes to protein functions: discovering novel jasmonate signaling regulators by Limited Proteolysis-Mass Spectrometry

Unraveling of the sesquiterpene lactone biosynthetic pathway in Cichorium intybus using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing

Towards mapping of the key events in the development of the tomato hairy root disease

Doctoral project Clara Williams

Doctoral project Bianca Ribeiro

Doctoral project Yuechen Bai

Doctoral project Gwen Swinnen

Doctoral project Marie-Laure Erffelinck

Doctoral project Philipp Arendt

Doctoral project Jan Mertens

Doctoral project Jonas Goossens

Doctoral project Janine Colling

Doctoral project Astrid Nagels Durand

Doctoral project Amparo Cuéllar Pérez

Doctoral project Michiel Matthijs

Doctoral project Michele Fabris

Doctoral project Azra Gholami

Design of a bio-active metabolite discovery pipeline by exploiting the chemical warfare during tomato-fungi interactions

A masquerade in the root: Unravelling the role of R. irregularis nuclear-localized effector proteins

Unraveling the functional roles of endogenous phytohormones in mammals

Exploring plant growth promoting rhizobacteria to alleviate salt stress in Arabidopsis and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)

Doctoral project Nathan De Geyter

Doctoral project Sandra Soetaert

Characterisation of the role of novel jasmonate-interacting proteins in plant stress signaling.

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

Characterization of a novel branch in immunity signalling in dicot plants

Characterization of a novel branch in immunity signalling in dicot plants

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

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.

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

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

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

W&T grant Linlin Qi

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

Small Metabolite Affinity Purification.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unraveling the transcriptional and posttranslational control of plant triterpene biosynthesis.

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

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

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

Functional analysis of novel F-box signalling pathways 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

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