SPP1529 Adaptomics projects renewed

Our two projects in the SPP1529 (Research Focus Program of the German Research Council DFG) have been renewed

One on variation in Capsella, with Magnus Nordborg and Barbara Neuffer, and one on adaptation of various Brassicaceae along a steep rainfall … Read the rest

Dissection of miRNA pathways using protoplasts

Mol Plant. 2014 Oct 24. pii: ssu119. [Epub ahead of print]

Dissection of miRNA pathways using Arabidopsis mesophyll protoplasts.

Martinho C, Confraria A, Elias CA, Crozet P, Rubio-Somoza I, Weigel D, Baena-González E.

microRNAs (miRNAs) control gene expression mostly post-transcriptionally … Read the rest

Trowel: superior error correction module for Illumina

Trowel: a fast and accurate error correction module for Illumina sequencing reads.
Lim EC, Müller J, Hagmann J, Henz SR, Kim ST, Weigel D.
Bioinformatics. 2014 Jul 29. pii: btu513. [Epub ahead of print]

MOTIVATION:
The ability to accurately read … Read the rest