E-mail: eva.hideg@osu.cz
Expertise:
Prooxidants, including free radicals and other reactive oxygen species, are naturally occurring molecules in plant tissues. At low levels, these compounds — regulated by specific enzymes and non-enzymatic antioxidants — play a crucial role in promoting plant growth and development. However, the optimal balance of pro- and antioxidants varies depending on the plant species, its age, and the environmental conditions it faces. Different plant tissues, cells, or organelles each have their own ideal levels of these molecules. Plants have an incredible ability to adapt to changing, and sometimes extreme, environmental conditions, largely due to their capacity to maintain and restore this balance. My research focuses on understanding how plants manage this delicate balance of pro- and antioxidants. As part of the LERCO project, I contribute to designing and conducting experiments to investigate how different wavelengths of light influence the levels of these molecules in leaves.
Methods:
Photometric and fluorometric assessment of plant pro- and antioxidants, chlorophyll fluorescence- and gas-exchange based methods to study photosynthesis.