Sarah Weldi

The IBG-4 (Bioinformatics) division of the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences develops and applies methods and algorithms to achieve a fundamental understanding of high-dimensional data and processes in the bioeconomy/life sciences and to understand, predict and optimize the biological functions of molecules, genes and enzymes for breeding and for industrial and pharmaceutical applications, also on the basis of their structures. IBG-4 has a focus on omics/data-based bioinformatics on plant data storage, the evaluation of new genome analysis methods, and the integration, interpretation, and visualization of high-dimensional omics data from the field of bioeconomy and plant science. More information here

I am a biologist currently doing my PhD at IBG-4 within the Quantitative Bioeconomy group. My research focuses on helping reestablish common buckwheat as a drought tolerant and dual use agronomically relevant crop in Germany. I aim to elucidate effects of drought stress in common buckwheat on phenotype, secondary metabolite accumulation and gene expression to help identify regulatory mechanism and future breeding approaches.