Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG)

Bioinformatics (IBG-4)

Research Projects in the Usadel group

IBG-4 is involved in national and international third-party funded projects. Here you find an overview of projects currently funded in the group of Prof. Björn Usadel:

National funding

Funded by BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

BreedPatH3 - BreedPatH Phase III

Breeding value pattern recognition in hybrid crop species. In BreedPatH Phase III, the methods and findings from Phases I and II will be applied to field bean.

Funded by the Helmholtz Association

HDS-LEE

Helmholtz School for data scientist in the life / earth and energy sciences (HDS-LEE). Interdisciplinary environment for training the next generation of data scientists.

Funded by the German Research Foundation DFG

DataPLANT

Sustainable storage and access to plant data, standardization and development of ontologies.

Funded by BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) International Bioeconomy

TEOSINTE

Analysis of genomes of a teosinte collection and assignment to adaptation to different site conditions.

Funded by BMEL/PtBLE/BÖL

HortiPrimed

This joint research project aims to investigate and establish priming of tomato young plants as protection against abiotic and biotic stress in the tomato production. Dr. Anika Wiese-Klinkenberg from IBG-4 at Forschungszentrum Jülich is the coordinator of the research activities with partners in Munich, Bonn and Geisenheim.

Funded by BMBF - Bioeconomy international 2020

PiñaFibr

Evaluation of the potential of a multi-purpose plant: Utilisation of leaf fibres of pineapple for biobased textiles.

P³roLucas is a BOOST FUND 2.0 project in the NRW-Strategieprojekt BioSC

P³roLucas

The project P³roLucas will promote lupin production in North-Rhine Westphalia. To achieve this, the project focuses on improvement of cultivation practice by exploiting the added value of bio-stimulants as a measure against biotic and abiotic stresses and develops the potential of lupin derived alkaloids as a base for novel high-value compounds.

Funded by DFG - NFDI

FAIRAgro

FAIRagro is a community-driven initiative within the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) and focuses on the agrosystem domain needed to develop sustainable crop production and agroecosystems

Funded by BMEL/PtBLE/BÖL

QCuK

A project on the quality of Cucurbitacean fruits under climate change. In collaboration with horticultural scientists, nutritionists and vegetable breeders, IBG-4 investigates courgette varieties and cultivars for their drought tolerance.

Funded by BMBF

Cornwall3

Identification and characterization of new maize mutants with improved biomass properties as a renewable resource for chemical industry feedstocks (Cornwall 3).