Thesis supervisor: Péter Kaló
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Szent István University, Doctoral School of Biological Sciences, Plant Genomics and Plant-microbe Interaction Group, Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Gödöllő Abbreviation of location of studies: PGPMI
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 nodule invasion and function to better understand the molecular basis of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. We use plant symbiotic mutants generated by EMS or insertion mutagenesis and fast-neutron bombardment to analyze the development of the symbiotic nodule. In order to assess the actual function of the genes (Nod and Fix genes) conditioning the mutant phenotype, we plan to clone these genes. The project of the PhD student would be the characterization of the symbiotic phenotype of the mutant plants, identification of the impaired genes, characterization of their gene products and analyzing their function in the symbiotic process.
Required language skills: English Number of students who can be accepted: 1
Deadline for application: 2017-11-30
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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