Partner 5. Metabolic Networks, Department 2 of the MPI-MP

Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Am Mühlenweg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany

Prof. Mark Stitt, E-mail: mstitt@mpimp-golm.mpg.de

http://www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/institut/info-abt2-e.html  

Prof. Dr. Mark Stitt accepted a position as Director of Department 2 (Metabolic Networks) at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology in December 2000, and the facilities will be developed and the group will move from Heidelberg, where he was previously Director of the Botany Institute of the University of Heidelberg, to Golm in summer 2001. The techniques available in the group include metabolic profiling using a broad range of techniques, enzymology, flux determination, molecular biology and screening (forward genetics). He will supervise the parts of the proposal relating to metabolic analysis. An infrastructure is being established in which GC-MS, a range of HPLC set-ups, capillary electrophoresis and enzyme-based analyses are supported by central units in the Department. It should also be mentioned that Dr. Anne Krapp (now at INRA Versailles) was until autumn 2000 a member of the group, and that part of the programme will involve a continuation of projects that she directly or indirectly contributed to during her period as a PostDoc in Heidelberg.

Participating scientists:

• Prof. Mark Stitt

• Dr.Yves Gibon  

• Dr. Wolf-R. Scheible