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Professor Kay Schneitz focuses on the molecular and cellular basis of plant morphogenesis. His recent research group addresses fundamental problems in biology, particularly the signaling pathways that regulate the integrity of plant cell walls and how cells coordinate their behavior during morphogenesis. His experimental strategies utilize molecular genetic approaches combined with state-of-the-art microscopy techniques and artificial intelligence-driven 3D image processing. He studied molecular cellular biology at the University of Basel’s Biozentrum, where he earned his doctorate in 1992, researching the genetic basis of development in Drosophila. After receiving a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Ciba-Geigy Jubilee Foundation, he conducted postdoctoral research with Professor R. E. Pruitt at Harvard University from 1992 to 1995. He later decided to switch fields to plant development. Upon returning to Switzerland, he received the START Fellowship in 1998, and by 2002, he became an associate professor at Technical University of Munich (TUM). Additionally, he serves as an editor for several scientific journals.
Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany
Teaching and research in the field of Plant Developmental Biology.