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![Screenshort from the alternanz lecture by Dr. Michael Blanke Screenshort from the alternanz lecture by Dr. Michael Blanke](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/inres-gartenbauwissenschaft-hielt-vorlesungen-fuer-masterstudent-innen-in-indien-im-rahmen-des-bildungsprojekts-smart-horticultural-practices/screenshot-blanke-1.jpg/@@images/7555a08e-d886-41fc-b1d2-a8fbce695dc7.jpeg)
![KoGa KoGa](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/passing-on-the-koga-coordination/featured.jpg/@@images/ebe04031-bedf-47df-a84c-f83d55673102.jpeg)
![Prof. Dr. Wulf Amelung (INRES - General Soil Science and Soil Ecology) and Prof. Dr. Frank Ewert (INRES - Crop Science) Prof. Dr. Wulf Amelung (INRES - General Soil Science and Soil Ecology) and Prof. Dr. Frank Ewert (INRES - Crop Science)](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/highly-cited-bonn-researchers-1/amelung-ewert.png/@@images/58f4e075-de01-4732-9875-82f65d3621d2.png)
![HortiBonn at Tropentag in Berlin HortiBonn at Tropentag in Berlin](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/hortibonn-tropentag-2023/tropentag-hortibonn-720x582-72dpi.jpg/@@images/918711df-ee93-47f2-bd6f-d2a518605d4a.jpeg)
![Maize plant infected with the fungus Ustilago maydis. Maize plant infected with the fungus Ustilago maydis.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/how-a-harmful-fungus-renders-its-host-plant-defenseless/maispflanze-die-mit-dem-pilz-ustilago-maydis-infiziert-ist.jpeg/@@images/7a9781d8-8e26-4494-9933-9f2f1382b790.jpeg)
![Illustration Illustration](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/how-a-harmful-fungus-renders-its-host-plant-defenseless/illustration.jpeg/@@images/3277072a-704f-4406-a48e-2071d87ec247.jpeg)
The molecule Topless (TPL) normally suppresses auxin signaling (AUX) in the plant. The fungus's five Tip effectors remove this inhibition, allowing the corn cells to grow and divide.
![Excellence Slam Excellence Slam](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/science-live-at-the-arkadenhof/excellence-slam.jpeg/@@images/f7da52c7-f138-4ea0-a335-d068911cbcc9.jpeg)
In a "competition" in the Arkadenhof, scientists from the Clusters of Excellence present their research in an entertaining way. Here is an archive image from the past Slam 2018.
![Microscopic image of the mitochondria in a root tip of Arabidopsis thaliana. Microscopic image of the mitochondria in a root tip of Arabidopsis thaliana.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/how-calcium-ions-get-into-the-cellular-power-stations-of-plants/12752-z3d6g0f5-webl-2x.jpg/@@images/15e64bdb-196f-4d89-b0b4-7b67e9934547.jpeg)
The interior of the mitochondria (matrix) is marked by a fluorescent protein.
![Microscopic image of mitochondria (green) and chloroplasts (red) in mesophyll cells in a leaf of Arabidopsis thaliana. The interior of the mitochondria (matrix) is marked by a fluorescent protein; in the chloroplasts, the chlorophyll fluoresces. Microscopic image of mitochondria (green) and chloroplasts (red) in mesophyll cells in a leaf of Arabidopsis thaliana. The interior of the mitochondria (matrix) is marked by a fluorescent protein; in the chloroplasts, the chlorophyll fluoresces.](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/how-calcium-ions-get-into-the-cellular-power-stations-of-plants/12751-k4ysf9y8-newsml.jpg/@@images/6c28afea-e409-4017-a8ec-8a9df5398252.jpeg)
![Microscopic image of the mitochondria in a root tip of Arabidopsis thaliana. The interior of the mitochondria (matrix) is marked by a fluorescent protein. This protein indicates the local calcium ion concentration, which is shown here by a colour gradient (blue: low, white: high). Microscopic image of the mitochondria in a root tip of Arabidopsis thaliana. The interior of the mitochondria (matrix) is marked by a fluorescent protein. This protein indicates the local calcium ion concentration, which is shown here by a colour gradient (blue: low, white: high).](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/how-calcium-ions-get-into-the-cellular-power-stations-of-plants/12751-mn5x9e26-newsml.jpg/@@images/3862aff7-f808-4bac-8f48-7093dad3e0db.jpeg)
![Inspecting the root system of a maize seedling Inspecting the root system of a maize seedling](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/maisgene-kontrollieren-winzige-helfer-im-boden/hochholdinger-yu-lannert-030.jpg/@@images/db011b78-8527-4119-85c8-5e6542ec1822.jpeg)
Prof. Dr. Frank Hochholdinger (left) and Dr. Peng Yu (right) from the Chair of Crop Functional Genomics at the University of Bonn.
![Prototyping grants from diverse disciplines Prototyping grants from diverse disciplines](https://www.inres.uni-bonn.de/en/about/news/prototypisierungsgrants-3-ki-fuer-forschungsinfrastruktur-nachhaltige-roboter-und-antivirales-nasenspray/2023-2_meldunggranteesp-grant.jpg/@@images/38da2d51-de68-4498-b825-729f93514e47.jpeg)