Wolfgang Busch, PhD

Professor und Direktor
Labor für molekulare und zelluläre Pflanzenbiologie
Integratives Biologielabor
Hess Chair in Plant Science

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Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch receives NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award

LA JOLLA—Salk Institute Professor Wolfgang Busch, director of the Harnessing Plants Initiative and Hess Chair in Plant Science at Salk, has received a 2025 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award. …


Zwei-in-eins-Wurzelschutz schützt Pflanzen vor Umweltstressoren und bekämpft den Klimawandel

LA JOLLA—Plants may burrow into the ground and stretch toward the sun, but they’re ultimately stuck where they sprout—at the mercy of environmental threats like temperature, drought, and microbial infection. …


Study reveals key gene protecting plants from harmful metals in soil

LA JOLLA—The negative impact of human activity on Earth doesn’t just affect our planet’s atmosphere—it goes much deeper, into its soils. For instance, excessive application of manure or sewage sludge …


Wichtige Nährstoffe helfen Pflanzen, Hitze zu überstehen

LA JOLLA—Global temperatures are on the rise, with experts projecting an increase of 2.7°F by 2050. Because plants cannot regulate their own temperatures, they are especially sensitive to these temperature …


Künstliche Intelligenz hilft Wissenschaftlern bei der Entwicklung von Pflanzen zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels

LA JOLLA—The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) declared that removing carbon from the atmosphere is now essential to fighting climate change and limiting global temperature rise. To support these …


Die Steuerung der Wurzelwachstumsrichtung könnte dazu beitragen, Ernten zu retten und den Klimawandel abzumildern

LA JOLLA—Above ground, plants stretch toward the sun. Below ground, plants tunnel through the earth. As roots soak up water and nutrients from surrounding soil, they grow and stretch to …


Iron influences plant immunity and may promote resiliency against climate change

LA JOLLA—Plants and animals alike rely on iron for growth and regulation of microbiomes—collections of bacteria, fungi, and more that co-exist in places like the human gut or the soil …


Salk Institute erhält $50 Millionen von der Hess Corporation zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels durch Pflanzenwissenschaft

LA JOLLA — Hess Corporation wird dem Salk Institute’s Campaign for Discovery: The Power of Science, einer siebenjährigen, $750 Millionen umfassenden Spendenkampagne, $50 Millionen spenden, um die Menschen und …


Salk Institute Professoren Joanne Chory und Wolfgang Busch sprechen bei PlantACT!

LA JOLLA—PlantACT! Plants for Climate Action, eine europäische Initiative, die von Klimawissenschaftlern zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels gegründet wurde, wird die Salk-Professoren Joanne Chory und Wolfgang …


Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch named first incumbent of the Hess Chair in Plant Science

LA JOLLA—Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch has been recognized for his contributions and dedication to advancing science through research by being named the first holder of the Hess Chair in Plant …


Salk Institute und Sempra Energy kündigen Projekt zur Förderung der Forschung zur pflanzenbasierten CO2-Abscheidung und -Speicherung an

SAN DIEGO und LA JOLLA – Das Salk Institute und Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) gaben heute ein neues Projekt zur Förderung der pflanzenbasierten Kohlenstoffabscheidung und -speicherung, Forschung, Bildung und Umsetzung bekannt, um zu helfen ...


Salk befördert Wolfgang Busch zum ordentlichen Professor

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute has promoted Wolfgang Busch to the rank of professor for his groundbreaking contributions to plant biology. The promotion was based on recommendations by Salk faculty and …


The Salk Institute to receive $12.5 million gift from Hess Corporation to accelerate development of plant-based carbon capture and storage

LA JOLLA—Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative (HPI) will receive a $12.5 million gift from Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) to advance two projects to enhance plants’ natural ability to store carbon and …


Getting to the root of how plants tolerate too much iron

LA JOLLA—Iron is essential for plant growth, but with heavy rainfall and poor aeration, many acidic soils become toxic with excess iron. In countries with dramatic flood seasons, such as …


Gene identified that will help develop plants to fight climate change

LA JOLLA—Hidden underground networks of plant roots snake through the earth foraging for nutrients and water, similar to a worm searching for food. Yet, the genetic and molecular mechanisms that …


Salk Institute Initiative erhält über $35 Millionen zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels

LA JOLLA – Die Harnessing Plants Initiative des Salk Institute zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels mit Hilfe von Pflanzen unter der Leitung von Professor Joanne Chory, geschäftsführende Direktorin der Harnessing Plants Initiative, wird mit einer Summe von mehr gefördert …


A better dye job for roots—in plants

LA JOLLA—(June 1, 2017) Once we start coloring our hair, we may be surprised to learn that we begin to have a problem in common with plant biologists: finding the …


Helping plants pump iron

Seedlings (bottom) and roots (top) of Arabidopsis thaliana plants reveal that one variant of the FRO2 gene (right) is better for growth in low-iron conditions than the other FRO2 variant (left).

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Salk Institute hires star scientists in plant biology and cancer research

LA JOLLA—The Salk Institute is pleased to welcome Wolfgang Busch as an associate professor and Edward Stites as an assistant professor, leaders of plant science and cancer research, respectively.

“Salk’s mission …


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MS, Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
PhD, Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology and University of Tübingen, Germany


Auszeichnungen & Ehrungen

  • NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, 2025
  • Society for Experimental Biology President's Medal, 2015
  • Annals of Botany Lecture, ICAR, 2014

  • Genome Web Young Investigator, Genomeweb Intelligence Network, 2013
  • Doctoral Thesis Award, Reinhold-und-Maria-Teufel Foundation, 2009
  • Fellowship of the Cusanuswerk, 2004