Funding

Current funding

    • EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Philippe Rieu)
    • SNF sinergia grant “Illuminating the functions, cellular locations and regulation of inositol pyrophosphate nutrient messengers” 07/2022 – 06/2026
    • SNF grant “Structural and functional investigation of plant membrane receptor kinases and their cytoplasmic signaling cascades” 10/2021/ – 09/2025

    Funding history

    • ERC consolidator grant “System-wide discovery and analysis of inositol pyrophosphate signaling networks in plants.” 2019-2025
    • HHMI International Research Scholar Award 09/2017 – 09/2023
    • SNF grant “Plant membrane receptor kinase complexes and their connection to cytoplasmic signaling cascades” 10/2017/ – 09/2021
    • SNF sinergia grant “Discovery and mechanistic dissection of novel signaling pathways controlling phosphate homeostasis in eukaryotes” 01/2017 – 07/2021
    • ERA CAPS grant “Activation and regulation of plasma membrane receptor signaling complexes controlling plant development and immunity, and their connection to downstream signaling cascades” 01/2018 – 01/2021
    • UNIGE – UZH seed funding with Martin Jinek, University of Zurich. 2019-2020
    • EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Martina Ried)
    • HFSP postdoctoral fellowship (to Satohiro Okuda)
    • ERC starting grant “Identity and functions of polyphosphate polymerases in eukaryotes” 01/2013 – 12/2017
    • EMBO young investigator award 01/2015 – 12/2017
    • SNF grant “Molecular mechanism for peptide hormone sensing by plant membrane receptor kinases” 09/2014 – 09/2017
    • EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Kelvin Lau) 2015-2017
    • EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Benjamin Brandt) 2015-2017
    • HFSP Career Development Award “The roles of small co-receptor kinases in initiating plant membrane signaling” 08/2012 – 08/2016
    • EMBO advanced postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago)  2016
    • EMBO longterm postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago) 2014-2016
    • DFG grant “Aktivierung von entwicklungssteuernden LRR-Rezeptorkinasen durch gemeinsame Korezeptorproteine” 04/2014-11/2014
    • FEBS postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago) 2012-2014
    • Max Planck Research Group Leader position and core funding (2012-2014)
    • Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-Term fellowship, 2008-2011
    • EMBO Long-Term Fellowship, 2007-2008
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation (post-graduate), 2007
    • Fellow of the Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation (graduate), 2004-2006
    • Predoctoral Fellowship by the EMBL International PhD Programme (graduate), 2002-2004
    • German National Merit Foundation (undergraduate), 1998-2002