Subprojects https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/fbz/fb09/institute/phyto/RU5116/subpro https://www.uni-giessen.de/@@site-logo/logo.png Inhaltspezifische Aktionen Subprojects Subproject Titel A1 Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Kogel (JLU Gießen) Additional scientists: Dr. Ena Šečić, Dr. Maria José Ladera Carmona RNA communication in mutualistic microbe-plant interactions: Molecular targets and biotechnological strategies for improved crop plant production A2 Prof. Dr. Ralph Panstruga (RWTH Aachen University) Additional scientists: MSc. Hannah Thieron, MSc. Mansi Singh, MSc. Pietro Spanu Cross-kingdom RNA transfer in the barley-powdery mildew interaction A4 Dr. Arne Weiberg (LMU Munich) The role of fungal Argonautes and other types of RNA-binding proteins in Botrytis-plant cross-kingdom RNAi B1 Dr. Silke Robatzek (LMU Munich, Heisenberg Fellow)Additional scientists: MSc. Alessa Ruf The role of bacterial extracellular RNAs in plant infections with Xylella B2 Prof. Dr. Julia Kehr (Universität Hamburg) Extracellular RNAs in vascular wilt diseases B3 Prof. Dr. Michael Feldbrügge (Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf) Comparative analysis of cross kingdom RNA transfer in smut/plant pathosystems AP Dr. Vera Göhre (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) Cross-kingdom RNA communication during smut fungal infection byThecaphora thlaspeos B4 Prof. Dr. Albrecht Bindereif and Dr. Christian Preußer (JLU Giessen) Vesicle-mediated RNA transfer: from factors and mechanisms to functions C1 Prof. Dr. Alexander Goesmann (JLU Giessen) Bioinformatic methods for the investigation of cross-kingdom RNA communication Mentoring Program M1 Dr. Alexandra C.U. Furch (Friedrich-Schiller-Univerität Jena) Fungal attacks – analysis of systemic phloem located reactions following symbiotic and pathogenic fungal infection M2 Dr. Ena Šečić (JLU Giessen) Investigation of non-coding RNAs in plant-endophyte symbiosis M3 Dr. Vera Göhre (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf) (AP) Cross-kingdom RNA communication during smut fungal infection byThecaphora thlaspeos