Thesis supervisor: Péter Kaló
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Mezőgazdasági Biotechnológiai Kutatóintézet, Nemzeti Agrárkutatási és Innovációs Központ, Gödöllő, Szent-Györgyi A. u. 4 Abbreviation of location of studies: NAIK
Description of the research topic:
Legumes compose the third largest family of flowering plants. Medicago truncatula and other leguminous plants are able to establish nitrogen-fixing symbiotic associations with soil bacteria belonging to the genus rhizobia. The legume-rhizobial symbiosis accounts for a significant proportion of biological nitrogen fixation worldwide. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation takes place in specialized organs on the root, termed nodules. The aim of our research is to study the molecular steps of the invasion and the functioning of the symbiotic nodule to better understand the molecular basis of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. We use plant mutants to analyze the development of the symbiotic nodule. In order to assess the actual function of the genes (Nod or Fix genes) conditioning the mutant phenotype, we plan to clone these genes. The project of the PhD student would be to characterize the symbiotic phenotype of the mutants, identify the impaired genes, characterize their gene products and determine its function in the symbiotic process.
Required language skills: English Further requirements: Jó kommunikációs készség. Együttműködés a csoport jelenlegi tagjaival. Szakirodalom követése. Felhasználói szintű számítógépes ismeretek.
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