Prof. Jinliang Yang from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA on "Harnessing the naturally occurring beneficial microbes for N-resilient crop development". Prof. Yang is working on plant breeding and genetics, quantitative genetics, functional genomics in maize/crops.

We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new PhD student researcher Ms Xiaofang Huang, who is funded by DFG.

We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new visiting PhD student researcher Ms Wenxin Zou who is funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council.

Thanks a lot for suggesting and organizing such a nice moment! And finally, we make our first lab photo happened in such beautiful weather! What a great birthday present for me!

We are very excited to announce that Root Functional Biology Lab is welcoming new postdoctoral researcher Dr. Xiaoming He who is funded by the DFG SPP 2089.

On June 22nd we made our lab trip to the Drachenfels.

The Emmy Noether Root Functional Biology group is seeking students who have interests on root-microbe interaction in maize.