Professor Dr. Peter Kroth

Address Universität Konstanz
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Sektion
Fachbereich Biologie
Arbeitsgruppe Ökophysiologie der Pflanzen
Universitätsstraße 10
78464 Konstanz

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Molecular analysis of the light-dependent rhythmic regulation in a marine diatom (Research Grants)
  - Functional adaptations within marine microeukaryotes to polar light regimes (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
- Completed projects
  - Physiology of diatoms in biofilms (Research Grants)
  - The molecular basis of high light photoacclimation in diatoms (Research Grants)
  - Regulation of CO2 fixation in diatom plastids (Research Grants)
  - Transport processes in complex plastids from diatoms (Research Grants)
  - Organellar metabolic networks in Stramenopiles (Heterokonts) (Research Grants)
  - Light regulation of carbon fixation in diatoms (Research Units)
  - Comparative functional biodiversity of Antarctic and Arctic Sea Ice Communities (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - Biological function of aureochromes in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Research Units)
  - Understanding the cellular role of aureochromes, a new type of blue light photoreceptors, in diatoms (Research Grants)
As Participating Researcher
- Completed projects
  - GRK 2272: R3 - Responses to biotic and abiotic Changes, Resilience and Reversibility of Lake Ecosystems (Research Training Groups)
As Project Head
- Completed projects
  - Transportvorgänge in den komplexen Plastiden der Diatomeen (CRC/Transregios)
  - Physiology and role of diatoms in biofilms (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Biogenesis and integration of metabolite translocators into membranes surrounding complex plastids (Collaborative Research Centres)