Research

In May 2001 I came to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies to work in Detlef Weigels lab on flower development in Arabidopsis thaliana and more specifically, on the Natural Variation of flowering time. Together with the Weigel lab I moved to Tübingen, Germany and I am currently working in his department (Department for Molecular Biology) at the Max Plack Institute for Developmental Biology towards my PhD.
For my most recent project on artificial miRNAs in rice I have been collaborating with the International Rice Research Institute on the Philippines.

Current Projects

  • Using 2nd Generation Sequencing (Illumina GA) for SNP/marker discovery and genotyping
  • Transcriptome Analysis of F1 hybrids
  • Explorative shutgun sequencing and constructing a genetic map of Arabis alpina
  • Gene silencing by small RNAs in various plant species
  • QTL mapping

Past Projects

  • Natural Variation at Flowering Locus T
  • Tracking down the florigen
  • The evolution of micro RNAs and their promoters
  • Detecting SNPs (MSQT)
  • Gene silencing by artificial miRNAs in Arabidopsis and rice
  • QTL mapping

Grants

  • Scholarship from the Max Planck Society (May 2001- Oct 2002)
  • Masters thesis support from german student exchange council [DAAD]
  • BAT 2a/2 now TVÖD 13 from the Max Planck Society since Nov, 2002
  • Travel grant from DAAD to attend a Drought Workshop (Oct 2006) at the International Rice Research Institute [IRRI], Los Baños, Philippines

Past Projects

Well, as undergrad I helped out in several projects and earned some acknowledgements:

Teaching

  • WS 2000/2001: Tutorial and assistance, Botany Course I: Morphology of plants for biologists
  • SS 2000: Tutorial and assistance, Botany Course for Biochemists