Professor Dr. Dominik Begerow

Address Universität Hamburg
Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften und Mikrobiologie
Abteilung Organismische Botanik und Mykologie
Ohnhorststraße 18
22609 Hamburg

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - The genomic basis of host specificity as tool for species recognition and delimitations in Ustilaginales - a parasite group with high gene flow (Priority Programmes)
  - Coordination Funds (Priority Programmes)
- Completed projects
  - Phylogenie, Wirtsspezifität und Kospeziation der Gattung Microbotryum (Research Grants)
  - The role of mating genes in the speciation processes of smut fungi (Heisenberg Fellowships)
  - The role of mating genes in the speciation processes of smut fungi (Research Grants)
  - Diversity of glomeromycota, basidiomycetous yeasts and genes encoding laccase like multicopper oxidases along land use gradients at the German biodiversity exploratories (Research Grants)
  - Functional role of phyllosphere fungi in litter decomposition in response to land use (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - Microevolution of fungal plant parasites by means of adaptation to host and climate - a case study using the Acacia rust genus Ravenelia (Research Grants)
  - Impact of deadwood on functional diversity and biogeochemical traits in underlying forest soils (Infrastructure Priority Programmes)
  - Coordination Funds (Priority Programmes)
  - Understanding the Phylogeny, Evolution and Host Specificity of the Exobasidiales (Ustilaginomycotina) (Research Grants)
As Leader
- Completed projects
  - Feldemissions-Rasterelektronenmikroskop mit STEM und Kryopräparationssystem (Major Research Instrumentation)
As Spokesperson
- Current projects
  - SPP 1991: Taxon-Omics: New approaches for discovering and naming biodiversity (Priority Programmes)
As Participating Person
- Completed projects
  - Koevolution zwischen Brandpilzen und ihren Wirten (Research Grants)
  - Assessing fungal diversity in soil, using the microarray chip technology (Research Grants)
As Host
- Completed projects
  - Rückkehrstipendium (WBP Return Grant)