Weigelworld Soccer Talent

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Team spirit inside and outside the lab – two teams participated in the Campus Soccer Tournament and one of them did not finish in last place!

Team S.W.A.T (Scientists with(out) athletic talent)

 

Team 6Flats

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Farewell to Verena

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After a very successful time in Weigelworld – first as a diploma, then as a PhD student, Verena is moving on to a new adventure.

She will continue some of her work on guppy color patterns as a Postdoc in … Read the rest

New paper on melanophore development in guppies

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Adenylate cyclase 5 is required for melanophore and male pattern development in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)

Kottler, V. A., Künstner, A., Koch, I., Flötenmeyer, M., Langenecker, T., Hoffmann, M., Sharma, E., Weigel, D., and Dreyer, C.

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In Plant Journal: new microRNA paper on THO2

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THO2, core member of the THO/TREX complex, is required for micro RNA production in Arabidopsis

Francisco-Mangilet A.G., Karlsson P., Kim M.H., Eo H.J., Oh S.A., Kim J.H., Kulcheski F.R., Park S.K., Manavella P.A.

The THO/TREX complex mediates the transport of … Read the rest

Congratulations, Dr. Verena Kottler!

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Verena successfully defended per PhD thesis today!

Its title: ‘Pigment cell organization and genetic analysis of color pattern formation in the guppy’

 

Congratulations, Verena!

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Farewell to Markus

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After 15 years in Weigelworld – first as a post-doc in San Diego, later as a group leader in Tübingen – Markus will move North and start his new lab at the Umeå Plant Science Center. We wish you all … Read the rest

Weigelworld Retreat 2015

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We spent two days discussing future research directions – follow the link below to see some pictures.

Link to retreat pictures.

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Nature Review Genetics: Comparative genomics of Arabidopsis relatives

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Beyond the thale: comparative genomics and genetics of Arabidopsis relatives.

Koenig D, Weigel D.

For decades a small number of model species have rightly occupied a privileged position in laboratory experiments, but it is becoming increasingly clear that our knowledge … Read the rest

Nature Plants: Reduced symmetric DNA methylation in Arabis alpina

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Genome expansion of Arabis alpina linked with retrotransposition and reduced symmetric DNA methylation

Willing E. M., Rawat V., Mandáková T., Maumus F., James G. V., Nordström K., Becker C., Warthmann N., Chica C., Szarzynska B., Zytnicki M.,Albani M., Kiefer C., … Read the rest

Plant Journal: Rapid divergence of miRNAs and miRNA targets

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Rapid divergence and high diversity of miRNAs and miRNA targets in the Camelineae.

Smith LM, Burbano HA, Wang X, Fitz J, Wang G, Ural-Blimke Y, Weigel D.

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short RNAs involved in gene regulation through translational inhibition and … Read the rest