Recent WeigelWorld grad Moi to start his own lab

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Moi will start his own group at the Carnegie Institution

Moi, who obtained his PhD from WeigelWorld last year, will join the Department of Plant Biology of the Carnegie Institution as a staff associate in the summer of 2019. Moi … Read the rest

Out in eLife: Balancing selection in Capsella

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Long-term balancing selection drives evolution of immunity genes in Capsella

Koenig et al., eLife 2019;8:e43606 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.43606

Genetic drift is expected to remove polymorphism from populations over long periods of time, with the rate of polymorphism loss being accelerated when … Read the rest

Cell-type specific RNA-seq and ChIP-seq

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Phloem companion cell-specific transcriptomic and epigenomic analyses identify MRF1, a novel regulator of flowering

You et al. Plant Cell DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00714

The phloem plays essential roles in source-to-sink relationship and in long-distance communication to coordinate growth and development throughout the … Read the rest

PLoS Biology: The magic of heterosis explained

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Nonlinear phenotypic variation uncovers the emergence of heterosis in Arabidopsis thaliana

François Vasseur , Louise Fouqueau, Dominique de Vienne, Thibault Nidelet, Cyrille Violle, Detlef Weigel

PLoS Biology https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000214

Heterosis describes the phenotypic superiority of hybrids over their parents in traits … Read the rest

Detlef elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Other new members this year include Michelle Obama & gender theorist Judith Butler

Detlef has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This year, more than 200 individuals with compelling achievements in academia, business, government, and public … Read the rest

HFSP fellowships to two recent PhD graduates

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Patricia Lang and Giovanna Capovilla both won HFSP support!

Congratulations to Patricia Lang, who will work on “Evolutionary genetics of stomata-related climate change-adaptation through space and time”, and Giovanna Capovilla, who will work on “Prochlorococcus cyanophage: lysogenic potential … Read the rest

Congratulations, Dr. Karelina & Dr. Van de Weyer!

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A first: Two PhD defenses on one day!

Both Anna-Lena and Darya investigated the amazing diversity of NLR genes in Arabidopsis thaliana:

Anan-Lena’s PhD thesis is entitled “The pan-NLR’ome of Arabidopsis thalianaGenome-Wide Analysis of Nucleotide-Binding Domain Leucine-Rich Repeat (NLR) Variation … Read the rest