{"id":1469,"date":"2026-02-25T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T13:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/?page_id=1469"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:08:09","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/en\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide hero-chair-cooperation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-chair-content-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-chair-content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Short overview of the different working groups<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hero-mobile-optional is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"hero-text\">Research in the Cell Biology Division is concerned with molecular mechanisms and structures in algae and plant cells, which underlie the perception and transduction of signals or the modification of cellular processes by signaling. We are focusing on light and gravity signaling, and on the control of polar cell growth. Experimental systems covering a wide range of the evolutionary spectrum are studied:\u00a0<em>Euglena gracillis<\/em>\u00a0(photosynthetic protist),\u00a0<em>Chlamydomonas<\/em>\u00a0(green alga),\u00a0<em>Physcomitrium patens<\/em>\u00a0(moss) and tobacco (vascular plant). Investigations are based on cutting edge cell biological, molecular biological, biochemical and genetic methodology.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-chair-bg-left is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column hero-chair-bg-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-dark-theme\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-1582 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/files\/2026\/04\/FAU_NAT_2025_FATHER-SUN_1278-1024x683.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/files\/2026\/04\/FAU_NAT_2025_FATHER-SUN_1278-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/files\/2026\/04\/FAU_NAT_2025_FATHER-SUN_1278-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/files\/2026\/04\/FAU_NAT_2025_FATHER-SUN_1278-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/files\/2026\/04\/FAU_NAT_2025_FATHER-SUN_1278-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/files\/2026\/04\/FAU_NAT_2025_FATHER-SUN_1278-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#70797f\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center hideParagraph has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group big-buttons is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-meta-headline\" id=\"headline-e23368d4-edca-46c7-a84c-cb7efdc6ea3e\">Research Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group big-buttons-content-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"fau-big-button-teaser-group fau-big-button-teaser-group--small fau-big-button-teaser-group--filled fau-big-button-teaser-group--light fau-big-button-teaser-group--faculty-showcase wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-big-button\">\n        <div class=\"fau-big-button-teaser-group__buttons\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/en\/research\/group-benedikt-kost\/\" class=\"fau-big-button-teaser-group__button fau-big-button-teaser-group__button--nat\" role=\"button\">\n                    <p class=\"big-button-title\">\n                        Group Benedikt Kost                    <\/p>\n                                            <p>\n                            Mechanism and regulation of polar plant cell growth                        <\/p>\n                                        <span class=\"arrow-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zellbio.nat.fau.de\/en\/research\/group-sabine-mueller\/\" class=\"fau-big-button-teaser-group__button fau-big-button-teaser-group__button--nat\" role=\"button\">\n                    <p class=\"big-button-title\">\n                        Group Sabine M\u00fcller                    <\/p>\n                                            <p>\n                            Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Morphogenesis                        <\/p>\n                                        <span class=\"arrow-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"fau-big-button-teaser-group__button fau-big-button-teaser-group__button--nat\" role=\"button\">\n                    <p class=\"big-button-title\">\n                        Group Maria Ntefidou                    <\/p>\n                                            <p>\n                            in progress                        <\/p>\n                                        <span class=\"arrow-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"fau-big-button-teaser-group__button fau-big-button-teaser-group__button--nat\" role=\"button\">\n                    <p class=\"big-button-title\">\n                        Group Peter Richter                    <\/p>\n                                            <p>\n                            in progress                        <\/p>\n                                        <span class=\"arrow-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short overview of the different working groups Research in the Cell Biology Division is concerned with molecular mechanisms and structures in algae and plant cells, which underlie the perception and transduction of signals or the modification of cellular processes by signaling. 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