apl. Prof. Dr. Rob Roelfsema
Group apl. Prof. Dr. M. Rob G. Roelfsema
Biocentre University of Wuerzburg
Julius-von-Sachs-Institute für Biosciences
Chair for Molecular Plantphysiology and Biophysics - Botany I
Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 2
97082 Würzburg
Germany
Tel.: +49 931 31-86121
Fax: +49 931 31-86158
rob.roelfsema@uni-wuerzburg.de
Room: 207b
Staff
apl. Prof. Rob Roelfsema (Head)
Dr. Shouguang Huang (Postdoc)
Florence Muraya (Doctoral Researcher)
Focus of Research
Plants harbor a variety of sensors, with which can perceive information form their environment, to adapt their growth to the prevailing environmental conditions. The perception of environmental signals by plants and their impact on plant growth is the focus of my research. In this context, the mode of action of stomata is of special interest to me. Stomata are pores in the leaf surface that are open and closed by guard cells and regulate gas exchange between the plant and atmosphere. Stomatal opening depends on the uptake of potassium salts into guard cells and their storage in vacuoles, which are topics that are studied in the projects described below.
