News1 March 2024|EventCongratulations, Lucas!Photo: UHH/StirnThe next PhD defence to celebrate: on March 1st, 2024 Lucas Lang defended his thesis on "Exploring the DREAM - Characterisation of the Arabidopsis...19 September 2023|EventCongratulations, Franzi!Photo: UHH/RoeperOn September 19th, 2023 Franziska Böwer successfully defended her PhD thesis on the "Analysis of the Chromosome Distribution Machinery in Arabidopsis...7 September 2023|EventCongratulations, Kostas!Photo: UHH/StirnOn September 7th, Konstantinos Lampou defended his PhD thesis "Revisiting the spindle assembly checkpoint and elucidating chromosome congression in...27 March 2023|PublicationA KNOT(EN) coordinates recombinationPhoto: UHH/MIN/SchnittgerAn international research team led by the Department of Biology at Universität Hamburg has discovered a new protein in plants that enables homologous...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en2 January 2023|Developmental BiologyProtein identified that regulates crossover processesPhoto: UHH/MIN/SchnittgerBy sequencing 1,000 plants, an international research team led by the Department of Biology at Universität Hamburg has discovered that two important...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en13 December 2022|PublicationNew mechanism discovered in meiosisPhoto: UHH/MIN/SchnittgerResearchers from the Department of Biology at Universität Hamburg have discovered a new mechanism in the plant Arabidopsis that controls the correct...Contribution from the news channel MIN-en8 December 2022|EventCongratulations, Oscar!Photo: UHH/RoeperOn December 8th, Oscar Sanz Mora defended his PhD thesis "Identification and functional characterization of the meiotic cyclin SOLO DANCERS1 (SDS1)...14 October 2022|PublicationPathways of molecular evolution of cell division control discoveredPhoto: UHH/SchnittgerNew insights into the molecular evolution of cell division control An international research team led by the Department of Biology at Universität...11 April 2022|Developmental BiologyOpen PhD positionPhoto: UHH/SchnittgerWe are looking for a PhD student to strengthen our research group and support us in the analysis of chromosome movements during meiotic prophase I. ...1 April 2022|EventCongratulations, Mariana!Photo: UHH/StirnOn April 1st, 2022, no joke, Mariana Romeiro Motta successfully defended her thesis on "Characterizing the microtubule-associated function of B1-type...21 January 2022|EventCongratulations, Joke!Photo: UHH/RoeperCongratulations to Dr. Joke De Jaeger-Braet for the successful defense of her thesis "The meiotic progression of Arabidopsis thaliana under elevated...21 December 2021|PublicationCaught in the Act: Live-Cell Imaging of Plant MeiosisPhoto: UHH/PrusickiLive-cell imaging is a powerful method to obtain insights into cellular processes,particularily with respect to their dynamics. This is especially...9 December 2021|PublicationB1-type cyclins control microtubule organization during cell division in ArabidopsisPhoto: UHH/BelcramA highly elaborated control system guides cells through mitosis during which sister chromatids are separated and distributed to the newly forming...28 October 2021|PublicationClimate change affects heredity in plantsPhoto: UHH/De Jaeger-BraetClimate change will also have an influence on plant heredity. A team led by the Department of Biology at the University of Hamburg has now...28 September 2021|PublicationNew publication on the DREAM complexPhoto: UHH/LangA new paper on the interactome of the plant Retinoblastoma homolog RBR1, a key regulator of proliferation and differentiation, was published on...31 August 2021|Developmental BiologyCongratulations, Viola!Photo: UHH/RoeperOn August 31st, Viola Kuttig successfully defended her PhD-thesis "Dissecting the molecular function and regulation of the meiotic α-kleisins REC8 and...22 April 2021|EntwicklungsbiologieCongratulations, Marti!Photo: UHH/OnoCongratulations, Dr. Martina Balboni to your PhD thesis "Dissecting the molecular mechanism of chromosome axis remodeling during meiosis in...23 September 2020|Developmental BiologyLab excursionPhoto: UHH/RöperDue to the Corona restrictions, we were only able to organize our excursion in smaller groups. In four teams we explored Hamburg and had to answer...28 August 2020|Developmental BiologyCongratulations!Photo: UHH/M. RöperCongratulations to Dr. Kostika Sofroni to his PhD thesis: "Control of meiotic progression through cyclin-dependent kinase complexes".15 July 2020|Developmental BiologyCDKD-dependent activation of CDKA;1 controls microtubule dynamics and cytokinesis during meiosisPhoto: UHH/K. SofroniCDKD-dependent activation of CDKA;1 controls microtubule dynamics and cytokinesis during meiosisShow all news