easyGWAS paper in Plant Cell

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A Cloud-based Platform for Comparing the Results of Genome-wide Association Studies

Grimm, D. G., Roqueiro, D., Salomé, P. A., Kleeberger, S., Greshake, B., Zhu, W., Liu, C., Lippert, C., Stegle, O., Schölkopf, B., Weigel, D., and Borgwardt, K. M. 

The … Read the rest

EMBO fellowship awarded to Lei

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Congrats to Lei for securing an EMBO Long Term Fellowship!… Read the rest

Methods for Genotyping-by-Sequencing

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A guide to genotyping-by-sequencing, in Methods in Molecular Biology

Rowan, B. A., Seymour, D. K., Chae, E., Lundberg, D. S., & Weigel, D. (2017).

A major goal for biologists is to understand the connection between genes and phenotypic traits, and … Read the rest

Farewell to Claude

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We’re saying farewell to Claude;

After a very successful time in Weigelworld, he will move South and establish his own group at the GMI in Vienna.

We wish you all the best!

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With VIB colleagues: Variation in Gibberellin Responses

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Natural Variation of Molecular and Morphological Gibberellin Responses

Nam, Y. J., Herman, D., Blomme, J., Chae, E., Kojima, M., Coppens, F., Storme, V., Van Daele, T., Dhondt, S., Sakakibara, H., Weigel, D., Inzé, D., Gonzalez, N.

Although phytohormones such as … Read the rest

Farewell to Wanyan

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We’re saying goodbye to Wanyan and wish her all the very best for her future.

Thank you for a wonderful three years in the lab, and we hope you find the time to visit us soon!

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Detlef tells us why he loves Genetics

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Essay on Occasion of having Been Awarded the GSA Medal 2016

The Genetics Society of America (GSA) Medal is awarded to an individual for outstanding contributions to the field of genetics in the last 15 years. Recipients of the GSA … Read the rest

AraPheno is online

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AraPheno: a public database for Arabidopsis thaliana phenotypes

Seren, Ü., Grimm, D. G., Fitz, J., Weigel, D., Nordborg, M., Borgwardt, K. M., and Korte, A.

Natural genetic variation makes it possible to discover evolutionary changes that have been maintained in … Read the rest

Genetics of heterosis

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Genetic architecture of nonadditive inheritance in Arabidopsis thaliana hybrids

Seymour D.K., Chae E., Grimm D.G., Martín Pizarro C., Habring-Müller A., Vasseur F., Rakitsch B., Borgwardt K.M., Koenig D., Weigel D.

The ubiquity of nonparental hybrid phenotypes, such as hybrid vigor … Read the rest