Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Research Group

Group leader

Zigmunds Orlovskis

Harnessing mechanisms of mycorrhizal network-mediated plant-to-plant stress signals

Postdocs

Ayman Osman

Bioinformatics for discovery of small RNAs in common mycorrhizal network dependent plant signalling.

Naveen Arakkal Thaiparambil

Interaction of endemic plant growth promoting bacteria isolates and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for enhanced crop health.

PhD students

Dawood Shah

Mechanisms for pathogen resistance and suceptibility in CMN-mediated plant signals.

Annija Kotova

Isolation and characterisation of mycorrhizal communities towards development of novel microbial preparations for plant growth.

MSc & BSc students

Kārlis Blūms

Stress and pathogen responses of silver birch and hybrid aspen to CMN-mediated neighbor signals.

Annija Andersone

Utilization of fluorescent and magnetic nano-particles for characterization of the dynamics of molecular trafficking via mycelial networks.

2026

Postdocs:

Dr. Ayman Osman, https://osman12345.github.io/ (previously Linköping University, Sweden)
Dr. Naveen Arakkal Thaiparambil, https://linktr.ee/NaveenArakkal (previously Golden Jubilee Research Fellow at World Vegetable Center, Taiwan), awardee of PostDoc Latvia fellowship

PhD students: