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

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 &…

Plant-PATH member Inès Benhammouche defends her PhD thesis

Huge congratulations to Dr. Inès Benhammouche on successfully defending her PhD thesis on July 2nd!

 

Plant-PATH Center informally celebrates its opening date

Plant-PATH colleagues gathered at Emma Emma Café in Aarhus to celebrate the official opening of the center. Over coffee and a custom-made logo cake,…

Inside the Plant-PATH Lab: Protein Purification in Action

Plant-PATH researchers Assia Khalild (ULB) and Lynette Nel (AU) have successfully purified membrane proteins in Aarhus, paving the way for advanced…

Plant-PATH director, Bjørn Panyella Pedersen, holds his inaugural lecture

On 12 June, Professor Bjørn Panyella Pedersen marked his appointment with an inaugural lecture, drawing a full audience of family, friends, and…

Welcoming Alexander Snow to Plant-PATH

We are pleased to welcome Alexander Snow to the Plant-PATH Center at Aarhus University. Alex will spend the next two years working on the structural…

New research center at MBG to shape the future of climate-resilient crops

The Danish National Research Foundation has awarded 60 million DKK to a new center at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics. The center…

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Recurring events

Plant-PATH Pulse:

  • Center wide meetings every four weeks - 1 hour meeting online. 

Upcoming meetings 

25/06/2026 - TBA.

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

Topic of previous meeting including the date of meeting.

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 focus “Western Blot Art” - 26/03/2026

  • Presenter: Johannes Busch

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

  • Presenter: Lynette Nel

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

  • Presenters: Johannes Busch and Assia Khalild

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 22.05.2026
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Leila Margot Henkes