// Welcome
to the website of the Research Training Group (RTG) 2498 “Communication and Dynamics of Plant Cell Compartments”, a structured education program that connects Plant Research Groups at the MLU Weinberg-Campus in Halle (Saale) and beyond.
The RTG 2498 is a structured education program, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG. Different departments from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg 
and Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry provides graduate students a stimulating and interdisciplinary scientific environment with access to divers methodological and instrumental competencies.
// General Information // Interdisciplinary Methods Platform // Qualification Program
The research of the RTG 2498 centers on the interplay of selected plant cell compartments, which are key factors defining the properties of plant cells. Communication and dynamic of cell compartments is a central part of the reaction of plants to developmental and environmental changes. Investigating intercompartmental processes and signaling is essential to better understand the entire plant organism.
The RTG 2498 provides a cooperative, interdisciplinary and international community sharing a common research interest. Within the RTG currently 16 internal and associated PhD students are comprehensively supported by 11 RTG Project Leaders and Cooperating Scientists, with different scientific backgrounds ranging from agricultural/nutritional sciences to plant physiology, and from botany to biochemistry and advanced analytics.
// Graduates & Associated // Project Leaders // Cooperating Scientists
One central aspect of the qualification program of the RTG 2498 are Science Trainings and Complementary Activities. PhD Student Seminars, Colloquiums and meetings with international guests and RTG internal retreats are regularly organized. To additionally offer the PhD students a broad spectrum of elective Trainings the RTG closely collaborates with other PhD programs of the MLU (InGrA, PhD Network, etc.) and IPB (DouCou).
The MLU Weinberg-Campus in Halle (Saale) is home to an exceptionally large number of research groups focusing on plant sciences. The participating institutes have a documented history of joint research.
// Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology // Institute of Biology
// Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences // Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
In the “Member Area” you can find logos, banners, and files for download, further information and links.
The Gallery of photos of RTG events and the possibility to leave comments are password protected. To get access, contact rtg2498@bct.uni-halle.de
// Downloads and Information // Gallery 
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Latest news
28 Jun// HPSC with Martina Ried
On 28 June 2022 Dr. Martina Ried, leader of the group Symbiosis Signaling at the Dept. of Molecular Signal Processing in the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry will present insights to her current research. The
23 Jun// Get-together of Reserach Schools
The Research School Network Halle invites all participating doctoral researchers to the second summer meeting. Doctoral researchers from research schools in Natural Sciences have the opportunity to get into contact in a stimulating atmosphere, which
07 Jun// HPSC with Patrick Bienert
On 07 June, 2022 we welcome Prof. Dr. Gerd Patrick Bienert head of the Crop Physiology group at TUM Munich as a guest of the RTG. The research of his group focuses on the understanding
Review published on “Regulators regulated: Different layers of control for plasma membrane phosphoinositides in plants”
New review on the regulation of Phosphoinositides related to RTG project Nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling of plant PI4P 5-kinases (P10) was recently published by project leader Mareike Heilmann in collaboration with Ingo Heilmann in the journal Current
09 May// HPSC with Roland Lill
On 09 May, 2022 we welcome Prof. Dr. Roland Lill from the Institute of Cytobiology, Center for Synthetic Microbiology of the Philipps University Marburg as a guest of the RTG. The research of his group
Bettina Hause – new member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Bettina Hause for the great honor to have been recently accepted as a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences‘ Mathematical and Natural Sciences Class in March 2022. Read more
