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 four Full, one Associate, and two Assistant Professors:

Leo Eberl (Microbiology)
Ueli Grossniklaus (Plant Developmental Genetics, Director IPMB)
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)
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.