Welcome to the Dresselhaus labs!

Our labs are integrated in the Department Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry, which represents one of the two plant sciences departments at the University of Regensburg. The department is additionally part of the Regensburg Center of Biochemistry and Biophysics (RZBB).

The working groups (AGs) of the department focus their research activities on the understanding of various molecular mechanisms related to plant reproduction and development as well as the interaction with the biotic and abiotic environment. The research objectives are the most important crop plants maize and wheat as well as Tripsacum dactyloides and Arabidopsis thaliana as model systems. Applied research relates to overcoming hybridization barriers, to engineer parthenogenesis as a component of apomixis (asexual reproduction through seeds), to develop disease resistance and to increase biomass and bioenergy yield potentials in cereals.

Research Topics

	Cell polarity, identity and communication (AG Dresselhaus/Hammes/Sprunck)
	Female gametophyte and embryonic pattern formation (AG Dresselhaus)
	Pollen tube growth, guidance and sperm delivery (AG Dresselhaus/Márton)
	Germ cell specification and gamete interactions (AG Sprunck)
	Parthenogenesis (AG Dresselhaus)
	Vascular tissue differentiation and macromolecular trafficking (AG Hammes)
	Biomass and bioenergy production (AG Dresselhaus/Gahrtz)
	Cereal biotechnology (AG Gahrtz)

Teaching

The labs are also involved in a number of teaching activities in the areas of

Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Cellular Plant Biochemistry Plant Physiology and Biotechnology