Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance in Plants

Who we are Work area Other interests

Dr. Dietmar Funck

Group leader
room M952/M948
Tel.: +49 7531 882880
dietmar.funck(a)uni-konstanz.de

all sorts of stress
(for plants and humans)
coordination
teaching
preparing tea
attending meetings
being important


traveling northern Europe
hunting and gathering
classical music (i.e. everything older than 1990)
hiking
wildflowers
(follow the link to see some samples)

Dr. Qiyan Wang-Müller

room M902
Tel.: +49 7531 882908
Tel. internal: 2281
qiyan.wang-mueller@gmx.ch


the contribution of amino acid metabolism and cytoskeleton dynamics
to tolerance against abiotic stress
personal page

coordinating international scientific communication and cooperation


Gudrun Müller

PhD student
room M902
Tel.: +49 7531 882908
Tel. internal: 2281
gudrun.2.mueller(a)

uni-konstanz.de

structural and functional analysis of proline and arginine metabolism

Nina Laible

PhD student
room M902
Tel.: +49 7531 882908
Tel. internal: 2281
Nina.Laible(a)web.de

identification and localisation of mitochondrial and plastidic proline transporters

Luise Schönemann

PhD student
room M948
Tel.: +49 7531 882880
Tel. internal: 2281
Luise.Schoenemann(a)

uni-konstanz.de

Subcellular compartmentation and interactions of arginine and proline metabolism

Christoph Frick

research assistant
room M948
Tel.: +49 7531 882880
Tel. internal: 2281
Christoph.Frick(a)

uni-konstanz.de

Protein interaction studies by bimolecular fluorescence complementation
(split YFP system)

Bachelor or Master projects are available

please contact Dietmar Funck about PhD or PostDoc projects and possibilities for funding
Former Members
Oliver Woll Diploma student inducible silencing of proline biosynthesis
Sunniva Dalmühle Bachelorette the role of proline synthesis in stress tolerance
Matthias Kohlndorfer Diploma student inducible silencing of proline biosynthesis
Sonja Wenndorf Bachelorette the role of proline degradation in pathogen defence
Nina Ebert Bachelorina identification of proline transporters
Marion Schneider Teacher Candidate characterisation of proline synthesis mutants
Barbara Weber Bachelorette identification of proline transporters
Tanja Güntert Research Assistant characterisation of ornithine-aminotransferase
Nina Kaczmarek Research Assistant interaction of SA and GSH functions