Doris Rentsch

Prof. Dr. Doris Rentsch is the head of the Molecular Plant Physiology section at the Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on nutrient transport mechanisms, particularly organic nitrogen compounds like amino acids and peptides, in both plants (Arabidopsis thaliana) and parasitic protozoa (Trypanosoma brucei, Leishmania donovani).

• Key projects include peptide transporter characterization for nitrogen allocation in plants.
• Source-sink transport engineering in tomatoes (collaboration with Oxford University and Max-Planck Institute) to improve crop yield.
• Studying amino acid transporters in parasites for insights into pathogenicity.
• Identifying novel transporter functions and collaborating on protein regulation.

Transport research spans from biochemical characterization to applied agricultural studies, with implications for plant nutrition and parasitic disease mechanisms.