
Stefanie Rosa (Group Leader)
Stefanie Rosa (Group Leader)
since 2022 Senior Lecturer, SLU - Uppsala.
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2018 - 2022 Associate Senior Lecturer, SLU - Uppsala.
2016 – 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Markus Grebe, Potsdam Universität – Humboldt Fellowship.
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2013 – 2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Prof. Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK.
2011 – 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Volker Haucke and Prof. Stephan Sigrist, Freie Universität Berlin – Marie Curie DRS- COFUND Fellowship.
2006 – 2011 Ph.D., Prof. Peter Shaw and Dr. Rita Abranches, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, and New University of Lisbon, Portugal – FCT stipend.
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2001 – 2005 Undergraduate studies, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Alejandro Cárdenas (Postdoc)
since 2021 Post-doc , SLU - Uppsala.
2016 – 2021 Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, mention in Molecular Genetics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
Plant Systems Biology Lab
Supervisor: Dr. Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez​
2015 – 2016 MSc. in Biotechnology, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
Supervisor: Dr. Loreto Holuigue
​​2010 - 2014 ​Biotechnology engineering, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile
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Valentin Bapteste (PhD student)
since 2025 PhD student , SLU – Uppsala (Sweden).
2023 MSc thesis at Borg’s Lab, Max Planck Institute for Biology (MPI), Tübingen (Germany)
2022 – 2023 MSc in Plant Biology (year 2), University of Montpellier (France)
2021 – 2022 Sabbatical Year, internship at Berger’s group, Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), Vienna (Austria)
2021 1st year MSc student at UMR DIADE, Team CERES, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier - FR
2020 – 2021 MSc in Biology (year 1), Plant Biology, University of Montpellier (France)
2020 BSc thesis at Team MeMO UMR BPMP, Montpellier (France)
2019 – 2020 BSc in Biology, Plant Functional Biology, University of Montpellier (France)
​​2017 – 2019 Preparatory Classes, Biology Chemistry Physics Science of the Earth (BCPST), Thiers High School, Marseille (France)

2018 - 2023 PhD student , SLU - Uppsala.
2015 – 2017 Master Degree in Plant Biology, Paris-Saclay University
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Characterization of putative DPB3 and DPB4 proteins function during the cell cycle in Arabidopsis thaliana (Supervisor : Cécile RAYNAUD), IPS2, Orsay, France
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2012 – 2015 Bachelor Degree in Functional Biology of Plants, Montpellier 2 University
Study of the mechanisms involved in the regulation of NRT2.1 nitrate transporter in response to sugar in Arabidopsis thaliana (Supervisor : Laurence LEJAY), BPMP, Montpellier, France
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Study and characterization of specific inhibitor of cell cycle in response to water stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. (Supervisor : Lîen BACH), BPMP, Montpellier, France
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Svenja Reeck (Master student)
2017-2018 M.Sc. Genetic and Molecular Plant Science (Uppsala University/ Stockholm University/
SLU, Uppsala (Sweden)
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2013-2017 B. Sc. Natural Sciences (Biowissenschaften)
University of Potsdam, Potsdam (Germany)
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2011-2013 African Studies
University of Leipzig, Leipzig (Germany)
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2004-2011 Abitur (A-levels)
Beethoven High School, Berlin (Germany)
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2008-2009 Exchange year
Grassy Park High School, Cape Town (South Africa)
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Alida Melissa Bouatta (Master student)
2017-2018 Master Biology Health, mention Genetics Physiology and Pathology
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2015-2017 Bachelor in Cell Biology and Physiology at Clermont Auvergne University
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2012-2015 Bachelor's degree in Fundamental and Applied Genetics at Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology.
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2011-2012 1st year in Science of the Earth and Universe at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene
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Xue Zhang (Postdoc)
2020-2023 Post-doc , SLU - Uppsala.
2015 – 2019 PhD in Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Strasbourg, France
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes (IBMP), CNRS
Supervisors: Dr. Wen-Hui Shen & Dr. Alexandre Berr
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2012 – 2015 MSc in Plant Protection, Zhejiang University, China
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2008 – 2012 BS in Plant Protection, Hainan University, China
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2021-2024 Postdoc , SLU - Uppsala.
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2016 – 2021 PhD o Chromatin Molecular Complexes laboratory, Mendel Centre of Genomics and Proteomics, CEITEC MU, Brno, Czechia
2008 – 2015 Magister degree at Biology, department of Molecular biology, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia Diploma thesis: “Analysis of microbial communities from Uzon caldera, Kamchatka”
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