Projects

1. German Research Foundation “Activation tagging in aspen using an inducible two component Ac/Ds-enhancer element system”
2005-2007 (summary, in English)

2. in tight cooperation with Prof. Lörz/Dr. Becker (University Hamburg) German Ministry of Education and Research “Targeted integration of transgenes and elimination of marker genes using the FLP/FRT- system from yeast”

3. Umweltbundesamt and Ministerium für Umwelt, Natur und Forsten, Schleswig-Holstein “Modelling of gene flow for risk assessment of genetically modified trees’
2002-2004 (summary, in German)

4. German Ministry of Education and Research “Establishment of male and female sterility in transgenic aspen for prevention of a vertical gene transfer in ecosystems”
2001-2006 (summary, in German)

5. Umweltbundesamt and Ministerium für Umwelt, Natur und Forsten, Schleswig-Holstein “Investigations of expression and stability of transgenes in woody angiosperm plants (aspen, Populus tremula L.)“
2001-2004 (summary, in German)

6. German Research Foundation ”Identification and characterization of male and female determining genes in aspen (Populus tremula L.)” [in cooperation with PD Dr. Birgit Ziegenhagen]
2001-2004 (summary, in German)

7. German Research Foundation ”Ultrastructural analysis of development and genetic regulation of callus formation after wounding“ [in cooperation with Dr. Claudia Grünwald and Uwe Schmidt, Institute for Wood Biology, BFH]
2001-2003 (summary, in German)

8. German Ministry of Education and Research ”Isolation of tree-specific genes by a transposon tagging approach.”
2000-2003 (summary)

9. EU-project ”Construction and application of a multifunctional and saturated genetic map for coniferous species”
2000-2003

10. German Ministry of Education and Research ”Investigations on hormone and carbohydrate metabolism in rolC transgenic aspen (Populus tremula und P. tremula x P. tremuloides) and possible consequences on phytopathogenic properties”
1999-2001

11. German Ministry of Education and Research ”Investigations on the stability and expression of foreign genes in aspen (Populus tremula und P. tremula x P. tremuloides) under field conditions.”
Project 1: Stability 1997-2001
Project 2: Mycorrhiza 1998-2001EU-project ”Genetic improvement of wood quality: increasing selection efficiency for different end uses”
1998-2001

12. German Research Foundation ”Comparable investigations on stability and expression of foreign genes in the annual potato (Solanum tuberosum) and the woody plant species aspen (Populus tremula)”

and

„Supplemental investigations on the stabilizy of rolC and iaaL in the woody plant species aspen (Populus tremula) and hybrid aspen (P. tremula x P. tremuloides) (final report, in German)
1997-1998

13. EU concerted action ”Tree breeding for improved wood and fibre quality using advanced biotechnologies”
1997-1998

14. EU-project ”Stability and expression of foreign genes in Populus”
1994-1997

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