RAISSIG LAB

The Raissig Lab studies developmental, cytological and physiological aspects of different stomatal morphologies in land plants. We use genetic approaches like mutant screens and gene editing, (time-lapse) confocal microscopy, and physiological methods like infrared-based, leaf-level gas exchange measurements. Our lab works on the grass model Brachypodium distachyon that features physiologically superior four-celled stomata and the "go-to" model Arabidopsis thaliana with standard two-celled stomata. Furthermore, we are currently establishing novel model systems like Kalanchoë laxiflora with "intermediate" stomatal morphologies that maintain subsidiary-like cells around stomatal guard cells.

Primary location: Bern Switzerland