The Arabidopsis Functional Genomics Network

AFGN-2010 Young Researcher Exchange Program

NSF/DFG: 2010/AFGN Young Researcher Exchange Program

List of AFGN Applicants/Awardees

Name (AFGN group)

Project

Host lab in US

State; duration

Christine Kuhns (PhD student in Prof. D. Bartels group, University Bonn)

Oxidative stress pathways

Prof. Ron Mittler, University of Nevada, Reno

granted; 3 months

Vera Bonardi (PhD student in Dr. D. Leisters group; MPI Cologne)

Chloroplast protein phosphoryl-ation and stress adaptation

Prof. Krishna Niyogi, UC Berkeley

granted; 3 months

Dirk Hannes Zimmermann (PhD student in Prof. A. Schallers group, University Stuttgart-Hohenheim)

Subtilases; methods of  proteomic analyses

Prof. S. H. Howell, Iowa State University, Ames

granted; 1 month

Sachin Kotak (PhD student in Dr. P. von Koskull-Dörings group, University Frankfurt)

Developemental roles of heat stress transcription factors

Prof. E. Vierling, University of Arizona, Tucson

granted; 3 months

Applications can be sent at any time to the coordinator of AFGN by email attachement (klaus.harter@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de). The applications will be reviewed and decided by members of the AFGN Steering committee within 1 month.
Group leaders (AFGN principal investigators) are excluded from application.