A comparative cellular atlas of environmental plasticity in leaves (A08)

• Subject Area: Plant Cell and Developmental Biology
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 512328399

A8 (Kaufmann, Wigge, Ohler) investigates the molecular basis of cell-type specific plastic responses to temperature and nitrogen supply, including cellular differentiation trajectories. In particular, the aim will be to construct a comparative cellular atlas of environmental plasticity in leaves as important environmental sensory organs. The project will map cell-type specific regulatory responses at a genome-wide scale in a comparative manner in A. thaliana and C. bursa-pastoris using tissue-level and single-cell transcriptomics and chromatin accessibility studies. The resulting atlas will facilitate analyses in all other projects of the CRC.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1644: Phenotypic plasticity in plants – Mechanisms, constraints and evolution
• Applicant Institution: Universität Potsdam
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Kerstin Kaufmann; Professor Dr.-Ing. Uwe Ohler; Professor Philip Anthony Wigge, Ph.D.