Arp Schnittger

University of Hamburg (Germany)

Arp Schnittger’s research interest focuses on plant reproduction and meiosis. In particular, his lab addresses DNA damage repair pathways that are not only important for meiotic recombination but also crucial for cell survival of somatic cells. Remarkably, plants are much more resistant to genotoxic stresses than animals and many mutants in central DNA damage repair pathways are often viable in plants. Thus, studying cell stress response in plants offers the unique possibility to both get insights into the evolution of repair mechanisms and to gain complementary understanding into key functions of eukaryotic stress physiology.