Master Project and Individual Project subjects - IMPRES

This page provides future Master Project and Individual Project students an overview of subjects that are under study in the lab at the moment. The kind of envisaged research tasks for the students is very briefly explained (see content or medialinks). Of course, students can suggest other but related topics for their Projects.

Prof. Hamada Abd Elgawad (hamada.abdelgawad@uantwerpen.be)

• Maize recovery after chilling stress (medialink)
  
• Functional analysis of drought tolerance promoting endophytes in the growth zone of maize leaves (content, medialink)
• The role of sugar supply and signalling in the regulation of maize leaf growth (content, medialink)
• Unravelling the entrance/release of endodormancy in deciduous tress (medialink) 

Prof. Han Asard (han.asard@uantwerpen.be)​

• How do plants respond to precipitation changes at the physiological and molecular level? (content)

Prof. Gerrit Beemster (gerrit.beemster@uantwerpen.be)

• Chilling stress responses in the Maize Leaf Growth Zone (content)
  
• Functional analysis of drought tolerance promoting endophytes in the growth zone of maize leaves (content, medialink)
• The role of sugar supply and signalling in the regulation of maize leaf growth (content, medialink)
  

Prof. Els Prinsen (els.prinsen@uantwerpen.be)

• Studying the long-term effects of the nuclear Chernobyl accident on a radiosensitive plant, Pinus sylvestris (content)

• When plants get tanned (content,medialink)

• ‘Forever chemicals’ in a changing environment: Temperature-dependent accumulation and effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to plants (content, medialink)

Prof. Kris Vissenberg (kris.vissenberg@uantwerpen.be)

• In the heath of the moment: study towards the mechanistic effect of temperature changes on root and root hair architecture and nutrient uptake (content)
• Regulation of root hair development through environmental changes (content)
• Characterization of protein kinase target mutants and their involvement in root hair growth and environmental responses (content)
• Regulation of root hair growth by RALF peptides and receptor-like kinases (content)