Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance in Plants
Who we are Work area Other interests

Dr. Dietmar Funck

Group leader
room M922/M923
Tel.: +49 7531 882880
Dietmar.Funck(a)uni-konstanz.de

amino acid and RNA metabolism
all sorts of stress
(for plants and humans)
coordination
teaching
attending meetings

formerly substitute for
Iwona Adamska

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

Nana Shanidze

PhD student
room M925
Tel.: +49 7531 882908
Tel. internal: 2281
Nana.Shanidze(a)

uni-konstanz.de

Riboswitches as tool to regulate gene expression in plants

painting

Nina Laible

PhD student
room M920
Tel.: +49 7531 884322
Tel. internal: 2281
Nina.Laible(a)web.de

identification and localisation of mitochondrial and plastidic proline transporters

origami
coach driving

Luise Schönemann

PhD student
room M920
Tel.: +49 7531 884322
Tel. internal: 2281
Luise.Schoenemann(a)

uni-konstanz.de

Subcellular compartmentation and interactions of arginine and proline metabolism

arts and crafts
PhD student spokesperson

Nils Plinke

Bachelor student
room M922
Tel.: +49 7531 882880
Tel. internal: 2281
Nils.Plinke(a)

uni-konstanz.de

Characterisation of arginases in Arabidopsis


Bachelor or Master projects are available

please contact Dietmar Funck about further PhD

or PostDoc projects and possibilities for funding

Former Members
Sandra I. Scharsich Bachelor student artificial riboswitches
Franziska Grathwol Bachelor student characterisation of arginases in Arabidopsis
Marie Maier Bachelor student characterisation of arginases in Arabidopsis
Felina Lenkeit Bachelor student artificial riboswitches
Gudrun Winter PhD student/Postdoc structural and functional characterisation of arginine catabolism
Bastian Franzisky Master student regulation of salt tolerance by proline metabolism
Anja Müller-Meißner Bachelor student alternative pathways for proline synthesis
Iljas Müller Bachelor mRNA 3'-end processing
Dr. Magdalena Szechynska-Hebda Postdoc the role of the DEG7 protease in programmed cell death
Eileen Ott Bachelorina mRNA 3'-end processing
Leo Schink Bachelor regulation of salt tolerance by proline metabolism
Anja Thiel Master student mRNA 3'-end processing
Alexander Rex Bachelor artificial riboswitches
Lisa Grupp
(née Schleicher)
Master student characterisation of proline degradation mutants
Dr. Qiyan Wang-Müller Guest Researcher cytoskeleton dynamics
Lukas Baumgarten Bachelor characterisation of proline synthesis mutants
Christoph Frick Research Assistant protein-protein interactions
Felix Schneider Bachelor Y2H screening with ornithine-aminotransferase
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 Eckard
(née 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