Research

Plant-Trichoderma interactions

- Signalling and mechanisms for plant cell protection against antibiotic peptides from the symbiotic fungus Trichoderma spp..

- Identification of sugar beet genes needed for competence for biostimulation and biocontrol. Collaboration with SLU, DLF Research AB.

- Trichoderma interactions with quinoa and cañahua for biocontrol of Peronospora infections. Collaboration with UMSA-La Paz, Bolivia.

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Paleophysiology (PlantEra)

Why did some plant clades survive mass extinctions? Plant function under paleomimetic growth conditions. Collaboration with Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Linneaus University, Copenhagen University. /KAW https://kaw.wallenberg.org/forskning/soker-uraldriga-vaxters-strategier-overlevnad-0

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Redox biology

How plants adjust their metabolism and avoid oxidative stress depending on nitrate and ammonium as N source; Collaboration with  CSU-San Marcos and Warsaw University.

Google scholar

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Education

I am deeply involved in several undergraduate courses, at basic and advanced level. Major assignments (including course design, coordination and much of the teaching) include the 15 credits advanced course in Plant Biology, the 15 credits basic course in Molecular Biology, and the 15 credits advanced course in Methods in Molecular Biology. I also teach smaller parts of the 12 credits basic course in Botany, and the 15 credits advanced courses in Molecular Genetics and Molecular Genetics of Eukaryotic Organisms. Within postgraduate training, I co-organise the 1-week methods course Quantitative PCR Methods within the Postgraduate Courses in Life Science program. In both undergraduate and postgraduate education I also supervise and examine students.

Connected to education, I am also involved in textbook development, being a principal contributor to 4 editions of the internationally dominant textbook of Plant Physiology https://learninglink.oup.com/access/taiz7e , which has been issued in at least eleven different languages.