Humboldt Universität zu Berlin AG Molekulare Genetik, Institut für Biologie

Our group is interested in how chloroplast and mitochondrial gene expression is manipulated by nuclear-encoded proteins, in particular RNA binding proteins. Such manipulations are essential for setting up the photosynthetic machinery and the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Unfortunately, despite more than 30 years of research on chloroplast gene expression, there is still almost zero insights into which particular step(s) in chloroplast gene expression is/are rate limiting for the biogenesis and maintenance of the photosynthetic and respiratory apparatus. We are on the hunt for such truly regulatory steps.