Plant Developmental Biology
Welcome to the Schneitz lab! We are interested in the genetic and molecular basis of the regulatory pathways controlling organ development.
The lab is located at the Life Sciences Center Weihenstephan of the TU Munich. We also participate in the 
Munich Center of Molecular Life Sciences and the lab is a member of the Munich Systems Biology Forum.
Our work focuses on several aspects:
Pattern Formation
- SEM micrograph of an Arabidopsis ovule with a pollen tube accomplishing fertilization.
We use the ovule, the major female floral organ required for sexual reproduction in higher plants, as a model system to study pattern formation in an organ primordium of Arabidopsis thaliana. In particular we are investigating the 
molecular mechanism coordinating polarity development along the proximal-distal and adaxial-abaxial axes.
Shaping Beauty
- A mature Arabidopsis flower.
How do flowers know how big they have to grow? What controls organ number, size and shape? We want to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying the inter-cell-layer communication network that regulates apical and floral meristem development.
Functional Genomics of Receptor-like Kinase Genes
- Evolutionary tree of the SRF/LRRV gene family.
With a reverse genetics approach we are investigating the function of the STRUBBELIG RECEPTOR FAMILY (SRF, also known as LRRV) of receptor-like kinases in plant development.
Financial Support
Our present research is funded by the German Research Foundation, the Free State of Bavaria, and the TU Munich.
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