Lead by
Erkki Truve
Professor; Vice-Rector for Research
Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology
+372 5133520
+372 5133520
Photo: (a), (b) - wheat leaves infected with powdery mildew, (c) anther of Arabidopsis, (d) powdery mildew hyphae, (e) confocal microscope with 2 scanners, (f) TIRF/VAEM microscope with climate chamber.
Powdery mildew on a wheat leaf.
Photo author: Heiti Paves
Staff
| Kadri Järve | senior researcher, PhD (Moscow State Univ.) |
| Heiti Paves | senior researcher, PhD (Univ. of Tartu) |
| Hilma Peuša | senior researcher, PhD (St. Petersburg State Univ.) |
| Cecilia Sarmiento | senior researcher, PhD (Tallinn Univ. of Technology) |
| Merike Sõmera | researcher, PhD (Tallinn Univ. of Technology) |
| Ljudmilla Timofejeva | senior researcher, PhD (Univ. of Tartu) |
| Marina Toompuu | researcher, PhD (Univ. of Tampere) |
| Jelena Tsõmbalova | researcher, MSc (Estonian Univ. of Life Sci.) |
| Tamara Enno | senior researcher, DSc ((Inst. of Plant Physiol. and Genetics, Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Eve-Ly Ojangu | researcher, MSc (Tallinn Univ. od Technology) |
| Signe Nõu | engineer |
| Galina Sokolova | engineer |
| Lenne Nigul | assistant |
| Kairi Kärblane | engineer |
| Liina Kotkas | assistant |
| Kadri Vinkel | engineer |
PhD students and their research topics
| Birger Ilau | Viruses in myosin knockout plants |
| Irena Jakobson | Powdery mildew resistance in introgressive wheat line |
| Kristjan Kamsol | Movement of cocksfoot mottle virus |
| Diana Reis | Fine mapping of powdery mildew resistance gene in wheat |
| Kristiina Talts | Arabidopsis myosin VIIIB |
| Gabriela Uffert | Polyprotein of cocksfoot mottle virus |
| Bulat Islamov | Mechanisms of quantitative resistance in wheat |
| Karmen Tõnismann | Qualitative and quantitative resistance against Phytophthora in Estonian potato cultivars |
| Grete Nummert | Interactions between sobemoviruses and host plants |
| Jelena Gerassimenko | RNase L inhibitor as RNA silecing suppressor in plants |
MSc students
| Jan Raidloo |
| Krista Tanner |
| Kärt Sõber |
| Ann-Katrin Kehlmann |
| Agnes Kivistik |
| Eliis Ihoma |
| Milana Ussatsova |
| Tõnis Relvik |
| Siim Maiste |