Dr. Gihwan Kim

Prof. Andreas Houben’s group DFG-funded project, research on root-specific B chromosome elimination in Aegilops speltoides, combining plant molecular biology, cytogenetics, genomics, transcriptomics, and bioinformatics. Main experience: • Wide crosses between Aegilops and wheat • Hybrid plant handling and propagation • RNA-seq analysis and genome assembly • Candidate gene knockout and overexpression • Fluorescence microscopy, immunostaining, and in situ hybridization • Laser capture microdissection and flo

Dr. Jan Bartoš‘ group DAAD-funded collaboration project Performed genome assembly and transcriptome analysis on self-generated DNA and RNA-seq data from Aegilops speltoides, using Linux-based bioinformatics tools and R.

• Populus tissue culture and transformation • UFO and PI cloning and promoter analysis • Floral phenotype analysis

Dr. Niels Müller‘s group Research on ARR17 regulation and sex determination in poplars, focusing on molecular mechanisms controlling male/female flower development. Developed and worked with heat-inducible early-flowering Populus lines, including the first established P. alba early-flowering line. Main experience: • Populus tissue culture and transformation • Heat-inducible FT early-flowering system • ARR17 cloning and promoter analysis • Molecular sex marker development • PCR, qRT-PCR • Cytokinin and meth

Research was conducted at the IPK Leibniz Institute, and the degree was awarded by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.