Cell biology
Cell biology is about the structure, function and regulation of cells and interactions between cells in tissues and organs.
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Plant cell wall research opens up new opportunities for bioengineering
Secondary cell walls provide the plant with stability and protection against damage and pathogens. PhD student Félix Barbut from Ewa Mellerowicz’s group at UPSC and SLU has been studying the role of
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Petra Marhava receives the SPPS Early Career Prize
The Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) awards Petra Marhava with the SPPS Early Career Prize. The prize recognises her progress and contributions to plant biology over the past few years
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Vinod Kumar investigates how tissue integrity is maintained in the leaf surface
Last week, the European Commission awarded 1249 researchers with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowships. One of the awardees is Vinod Kumar from Stéphanie Robert’s group at Umeå
Omar Hmeadi
omar.hmeadi@slu.se https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=nYu9TBcAAAAJ&hl=en https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-8893-7348 https://www.linkedin.com/in/omar-hmeadi-b321ba71/ https://
Aline Colonnello Montero
aline.colonnello.montero@slu.se I am a PhD student in molecular Toxicology working mostly with effect-bassed assays as a tool to assess water quality and to identify potential adverse effects in
Florentine Ballhaus
florentine.ballhaus@slu.se all publications The plant catabolism laboratories
Yong Zou
yong.zou@slu.se Yong Zou is a molecular biologist and plant physiologist with expertise in the study of metacaspases in the regulation of stress responses in green algae.
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Large Wallenberg grant to Stéphanie Robert for studies on how plant cells get their "identity"
Professor Stéphanie Robert of SLU will lead a research project awarded over SEK 32 million by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The aim is to explore how plant cells get their "identity", how
Eduardo Pinela
eduardo.pinela@slu.se Active in research on the microbiology of anaerobic processes and fermentation technologies both to produce added-value compounds as well as biomass for different industries.
Parisa Norouzitallab
parisa.norouzitallab@slu.se Epigenetics is the study of reversible changes in gene expression and function that occur without modifications in the DNA sequence. The epigenetic variations that are
Ludwig Lundberg
ludwig.lundberg@slu.se I am a doctoral Student at the Department of Molecular Sciences. I study the probiotic activity of Lactobacillus reuteri. The bioactivity of probiotic microorganisms is
Magnus Åbrink
magnus.abrink@slu.se Associate professor (Docent), Senior Lecturer (Immunology): My current research focus on i) immunity to parasitic worm infections and the immunomodulation inflicted by secreted