Unravelling the functional interaction between secretory carrier membrane proteins and plasma membrane aquaporins.

Doctoral project Klaas Yperman

Doctoral project Jie Wang

Exploring knockout strategies at the protein level in plants

Linking cargoes to adaptor complexes of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants

Structural elucidation of the endocytic TPLATE complex of Arabidopsis thaliana

Insight into trafficking and functionalities of SCAMP proteins in Arabidopsis

Reaching beyond the core: Appendage Domains Interactions in Arabidopsis Endocytosis

Temperature-dependent phospho-regulation of key players in clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants

CryoEM-based structural visualization of plant endocytic complexes.

Investigating the role of endomembrane trafficking in heat-induced microspore embryogenesis in Brassica napus.

Adaptor protein complex dependent alterations in cargo composition under abiotic stress conditions

Doctoral project Astrid Gadeyne

Doctoral project Klaas Yperman

Doctoral project Jie Wang

Doctoral project Xiuyang Zhao

Small-molecule dissection of brassinosteroid signalling

Doctoral project Guilherme Pereira de Oliveira

Linking cargoes to adaptor complexes of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants

Plant phosphorylation regulation under high temperature.

Seeing is Believing: Shedding Light on the Mode of Action of a Biocontrol Agent in Wheat

PARALLEL SPINDLE 1 and heat stress induced polyploidization of plants

Identification of chemical compounds that specifically interact with Arctical, a novel interactor of Arabidopsis Auroral, using chemical genetics

ZAP post in the context of ERC project T-REX

Temperature-dependent dynamics of intracellular protein localization using live cell imaging microscopy

Structural visualization of the endocytic TPLATE complex

Dominant negative modulation of plant endocytosis to identify fast-cycling cargoes of the TPLATE and AP-2 adaptor complexes

Functional and structural characterization of the appendage domains of the large endocytic adaptors in plants to achieve a mechanistic understanding of their differential role.

Kinase-dependent regulation of plant endocytosis upon temperature stress.

Microspore embryoGENESIS: a path to life or death.

Characterizing cargoes of the TPLATE complex: focus on Callose Synthases (GSLs) and Secretory Carrier Membrane Proteins (SCAMPs)

Elucidating the proteome composition of the various adaptor complexes under temperature stress

Structural elucidation of the endocytic TPLATE complex

Interactome analysis of the appendage domains belonging to the endocytic adaptor complexes in plants.

Identifying plasma membrane target proteins of abiotic stress conditions.

Characterization of the control mechanisms on plane orientation of formative divisions during root branching.

Cargo identification and dynamic organization of the plant-specific TPLATE endocytic complex and its interplay with AP2

Functional analysis of the role of post-translational modifications of TPLATE Complex subunits for clathrin-mediated endocytosis in plants

Division zone determination during plant somatic cytokinesis

ZAP post in the context of ERC project T-REX