Institut for Molekylærbiologi og Genetik

Plant-PATH Center for Active Transport of Plant Hormones

Aarhus Universitets segl

News and past events

Magnus Kjærgaard presenting at Plant Path kickoff
Chloé Martens presenting at Plant Path kickoff
Bjørn receving a gift from Poul Nissen
Assia Khalild and Lynette Nel during Assia's visit to BPP lab at Aarhus University - June 2025
Ines Benhammouche's PhD defence - July 2025
Camilla Andersen receiving Best Poster Prize at Plant Membrane Biology EMBO Workshop - August 2025
Bjørn Amsinck and Camilla Andersen in front of Kronborg Castle for the Plant Membrane Biology EMBO Workshop - August 2025
Lynette Nel showing BPP main lab to new Bachelor students - August 2025
Magnus Kjærgaard presenting during the Plant-PATH center opening - September 2025
Attendee's enjoying presentation at the Plant-PATH opening - September 2025
Chloé Martens presenting during the Plant-PATH center opening - September 2025
Attendee's enjoying presentation at the Plant-PATH opening - September 2025
Ulrich Hammes, Lukas Schulz and Sarah Koutnik-Abele enjoying the Plant-PATH opening - September 2025
Bjørn Panyella Pedersen receiving a gift from his former supervisor Poul Nissen - September 2025
MK lab practising presentations during their lab retreat - January 2026
MK lab after completing an escape room for their lab retreat - January 2026

News

Second research exchange within Plant-PATH: Assia and Johannes visit from Brussels

Over the past few weeks, Pedersen lab had the pleasure of hosting the two PhD students from the Chloé Martens lab in Brussels. Assia joined the lab…

Nisserun 2025 best costume winners!

Yes, you heard that right - members of Plant-PATH won the prize for Best Costume at this year's annual Christmas lunch's three-kilometre run in…

Three new PhD students join Plant-PATH

Plant-PATH is growing, we’re excited to welcome three new PhD students! Maria Bednarczyk and Lucas Wilson have joined Magnus Kjærsgaard’s lab at…

New collaboration with Maria João Pedrosa Moreno on membrane permeability

Margarid, Bjørn and Maria together

PhD student Bjørn Lildal Amsinck has returned from a research exchange at the Coimbra Chemistry Centre, Coimbra University, where he investigated…

Plant-PATH Center holds its official opening ceremony

The Plant-PATH Center for Active Transport of Plant Hormones celebrated its greatly anticipated official launch, bringing together members from across…

Three master’s students join Plant-PATH team in Aarhus

The Bjørn Panyella Pedersen lab welcomes three new master’s students who will contribute to the Plant-PATH center's research on plant hormone…

Plant-PATH at 2025 EMBO Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology

Plant-PATH members joined leading researchers in Helsingør, Denmark, for the 2025 EMBO Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology. Center Director Bjørn…

New students given a tour of the Plant-PATH labs

Plant-PATH postdoc, Lynette Nel, welcomed a group of bachelor students to the center's labs at Aarhus University and through an engaging tour she made…

Plant-PATH researchers reveal how plants grow new roots: Nature Plants publication

How does a plant know where to grow a new root? Read how researchers from the Plant-PATH Center have discovered how this happens...

Welcome to the Plant-PATH team, Kasper Andreasen Clowes

We are excited to announce that Kasper has officially started his PhD within Bjørn Panyella Pedersen's lab at the department of Molecular Biology &…

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Recurring events

Plant-PATH Pulse:

  • One hour online center-wide meetings every month, where all four Plant-PATH groups have a chance to meet and informally discuss their group's progress. Each meeting has a different theme, with a short presentation followed by further discussion in breakout rooms.  

Interested in joining any of the meetings? Contact Leila Henkes for details

Previous Pulse meetings

 

Introductory group updates: “What's happening in your group” - 29/01/2026 

  • Presenters: Sarah Koutnik-Abele, Johannes Busch, Lucas Wilson and Bjørn Lildal Amsinck.

Method focus: “Flavours of biomolecular simulations” - 26/02/2026

  • Presenter: Lorena Zuzic

Problem focused: “Western Blot Art” - 26/03/2026

  • Presenter: Johannes Busch

Research update: “Brief Projects' Progress” - 23/04/2026

  • Presenter: Lynette Nel

Method focused: “HDX-MS and the general workflow” - 21/05/2026

  • Presenters: Johannes Busch and Assia Khalild

Problem focused: “Expression of PINs in HEK cells - a story about loss and frustration” - 25/06/2026

  • Presenter: Lukas Schulz

Past events

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The Center for Active Transport of Plant Hormones (Plant-PATH) is a Center of Excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation.

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Revideret 18.06.2026
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Leila Margot Henkes