T0 Translational
​Plant Biology

Our purpose is to contribute to solving real world problems related to sustainable agriculture. Our aim is to find leads in Brachypodium that can be translated to cereal crops. This means we work on the very early steps of translational research (T0), close to basic biology but already geared towards translation.  
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Plant Molecular Biology

We use state of the art methods to investigate how biotic and abiotic factors affect the molecular biology of a plant. Most recently, we have been applying Interactome Capture as a way to catalog RNA binding proteins in plants.

RNA Biology

Our favorite molecule has become RNA. There is a fascinating new RNA world opening up in recent years. We think that generating new knowledge about RNA and how it is regulated will generate new opportunities for improvement of crops.
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Comparative Biology

Our research involves translating findings from model systems to crops. Most knowledge in plants is available for the model system Arabidopsis. This provides large potential for translational research to crops. But the evolutionary gap between Arabidopsis and cereal crops is very large. We use our background in evolutionary biology to translate findings from models to crops and use Brachypodium as an intermediary model.