The relationship between microbial biomass and disease in the Arabidopsis thaliana phyllosphere
Karasov et al., bioRxiv 828814, posted November 3, 2019.
A central goal in microbiome research is to learn what distinguishes a healthy from a dysbiotic microbial community. … Read the rest
Combining whole genome shotgun sequencing and rDNA amplicon analyses to improve detection of microbe-microbe interaction networks in plant leaves
Regalado, Lundberg et al., bioRxiv 823492, posted October 30, 2019.
Microorganisms from all domains of life establish associations with plants. … Read the rest
Finding genetic variants in plants without complete genomes
Voichek, Y., & Weigel, D., bioRxiv 818096, posted October 25, 2019.
Structural variants and presence/absence polymorphisms are common in plant genomes, yet they are routinely overlooked in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). … Read the rest
Multiple modes of convergent adaptation in the spread of glyphosate-resistant Amaranthus tuberculatus
Kreiner et al., PNAS, published September 30, 2019
While evolution has been thought of as playing out over millions of years, adaptation to new environments can occur very … Read the rest
Amazing: this year’s soccer team made it all the way to the semifinals!
Congratulations, everyone!
Our 9-players team and tournament impressions:
Update on a Developmental Cell paper with duplicated image
We have found issues with our article ‘Sequence and Expression Differences Underlie Functional Specialization of Arabidopsis MicroRNAs miR159 and miR319’, published in Developmental Cell in July 2007.
1. Even … Read the rest
Natural selection on the Arabidopsis thaliana genome in present and future climates
Moises Exposito-Alonso, 500 Genomes Field Experiment Team, Hernán A. Burbano, Oliver Bossdorf, Rasmus Nielsen & Detlef Weigel
Nature, published online August 28, 2019
Through the lens of evolution, … Read the rest
A Species-Wide Inventory of NLR Genes and Alleles in Arabidopsis thaliana
Van de Weyer et al. Cell 178, 1260-1272
Infectious disease is both a major force of selection in nature and a prime cause of yield loss in agriculture. In … Read the rest
RPW8/HR repeats control NLR activation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Barragan et al., PLoS Genetics, published July 25, 2019
In many plant species, conflicts between divergent elements of the immune system, especially nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLR), can lead to hybrid necrosis. … Read the rest
After a very successful 7 years in Weigelworld, first as a Postdoc, then as a group leader, Hernán will relocate to London, and start his new lab at UCL.
We wish you all the best!
Clemens, Hernán’s first grad student … Read the rest
