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Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

IPMB - Department of Plant and Microbial Biology

Research and teaching at the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology (IPMB) focus on genetic, epigenetic, molecular, cellular, biochemical, metabolic, developmental, and evolutionary aspects of plants and microorganisms as well as their interactions with each other and the environment.
IPMB currently has five Full, one Associate, and three Assistant Professors:

Leo Eberl (Microbiology)
Ueli Grossniklaus (Plant Developmental Genetics, Director IPMB)
Beat Keller (Plant Molecular Biology/Phytopathology)
Jakob Pernthaler (Limnology)
Cyril Zipfel (Molecular and Cellular Plant Physiology, Vice Director IPMB)
Marcel van der Heijden (Agroecology and Plant-Microbiome Interactions)
Sylvain Bischof (Epigenetics and Chromatin Biology)
Joëlle Schläpfer (Plant-Soil Interactions)
Sara Simonini (Molecular Embryology)

The operations of IPMB are led by Managing Director Tina Wentz. Furthermore, Philipp Aerni, Director of the Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at the School of Management, University of Fribourg, is affiliated with IPMB.

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SNSF Proposals

Applicants who are interested to submit an SNSF STARTING GRANT application with IPMB as the host institute should send a motivation letter and CV inluding a publication list to the Vice Director
(cyril.zipfel@botinst.uzh.ch;
cc christina.wentz@botinst.uzh.ch )
by October 1st, 2025, respectively.