The focus of our group is plant growth and development. The plant hormone auxin plays a central role in these processes. We are looking for a motivated student who is interested in a project on the PILS putative auxin facilitator family at the endoplasmic reticulum. The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana will be used to study the importance of PILS proteins in auxin-dependent plant development. The work will include molecular cloning, co-immunoprecipitation, Western Blot, microscopy and plant work. If you are interested or want to know more about the master project, do not hesitate to contact us!

Contact: Ass.Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn; juergen.kleine-vehn@boku.ac.at
Dr. Sascha Waidmann; sascha.waidmann@boku.ac.at
Start: Individual agreement
Duration: 6-9 month, paid