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| Head of Department | Prof. Dr. Hermann Bauwe |
| Phone | +49-381-498-6111 (Tel) |
| +49-381-498-6112 (Fax) | |
| PUR, the Plant Physiology Department at the University of Rostock, is the leading center of Molecular Plant Sciences in Germany's Northeast. | |
| Our scientific research focusses on the metabolic process of photorespiration, which enables plants and photosynthetic microorganisms to live in oxygen-containing environments. | |
| We teach BSc and MSc students Molecular Plant Biology including Molecular Ecophysiology and Gene Technology. | |


