Understanding how auxins and cytokinins build a plant.
Four working groups studying auxin and cytokinin homeostasis, hormone–environment stress responses, and RNA processing in plant development, combining transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling across the lab’s model systems.
Four groups, one shared question
How do plant hormones coordinate growth, development, and stress response — at the cell, tissue, and whole-plant level.
Auxin transport
Molecular mechanisms of polar auxin transport and its regulation across the plasma membrane and endomembrane system.
Cytokinin homeostasis
Transport and metabolism of cytokinins, and how their dynamic distribution shapes plant developmental responses.
Environmental stress
Hormone cross-talk in abiotic and biotic stress responses, toward strategies for improved stress tolerance.
RNA processing
RNA processing in hormonal pathways, with a focus on mRNA methylation and splicing.
Join the lab
We welcome motivated students and postdocs from all backgrounds. Reach out to the group leader whose research matches your interests to discuss opportunities.
Lab news
25
Sep
Vojtěch Schmidt defends his PhD
Auxin transport evolution in green algae — defense and reviewer talks, held online.
13
Jun
New article on cytokinins and heat stress
Published in Plant Stress: increasing cytokinin levels modulates heat stress tolerance.
07
Mar
PIN transporters characterized in Chara braunii
Kurtović et al., New Phytologist — auxin transport in a complex streptophyte alga.
Auxins and Cytokinins in Plant Development
We organize the ACPD symposium series. The next meeting is expected June 27 – July 2, 2027. Subscribe for updates.
Who’s in the lab
Researchers, postdocs, PhD and master’s students, and technical staff across all four groups.
