2016 Campus Soccer Tournament

Two incredibly good department teams participated in this year’s Campus Soccer Tournament

Absolute winner spirit – we keep practicing to become next year’s champions!

Thanks to our numerous fans for believing in us, and thanks to the PhD reps for … Read the rest

Temporal patterns of damage and decay of DNA from herbaria specimens

Temporal patterns of damage and decay kinetics of DNA retrieved from plant herbarium specimens

Weiss, C. L., Schuenemann, V. J., Devos, J., Shirsekar, G., Reiter, E., Gould, B. A., Stinchcombe, J. R., Krause, J., Burbano, H. A.

Herbaria archive a … Read the rest

First major phase of 1001 Genomes Project concluded

1135 genomes Reveal the Global Pattern of Polymorphism in Arabidopsis thaliana

The 1001 Genome Consortium

Arabidopsis thaliana serves as a model organism for the study of fundamental physiological, cellular, and molecular processes. It has also greatly advanced our understanding of … Read the rest

Epigenetic stress memory – elife paper with Gutierrez-Marcos lab

Hyperosmotic stress memory in Arabidopsis is mediated by distinct epigenetically labile sites in the genome and is restricted in the male germline by DNA glycosylase activity.

Wibowo, A., Becker, C., Marconi, G., Durr, J., Price, J., Hagmann, J., Papareddy, R., Read the rest

Congratulations, Dr. EunCheon Lim!

EunCheon successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled ‘A large-scale computational framework for comparative analyses in population genetics and metagenomics’

Congratulations, EunCheon!

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Congratulations, Dr. Danelle Seymour!

Danelle successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled ‘On the Genetics and Genomics of Arabidopsis thaliana and its Relatives’ and received the exceptional summa cum laude grade.

Congratulations, Danelle!

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Growth inhibition by allelochemicals – don’t need much

Allelochemicals of the phenoxazinone class act at physiologically relevant concentrations.

Venturelli, S., Petersen, S., Langenecker, T., Weigel, D., Lauer, U. and Becker, C.

Plants compete with their neighbors via the release of chemical compounds into the rhizosphere. These phytotoxins originate … Read the rest

Farewell to Jane

We’re saying goodbye to Jane and wish her all the best for her new adventures in agroecology in France!

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Collaborative paper with Oliver Mathieu’s group

Epigenome confrontation triggers immediate reprogramming of DNA methylation and transposon silencing in A. thaliana F1 epihybrids.

Rigal, M., Becker, C., Pélissier, T., Pogorelcnik, R., Devos, J., Ikeda, Z., Weigel, D., and Mathieu, O.

Genes and transposons can exist in variable … Read the rest

Talia receives HFSP fellowship

Congratulations to Talia for receiving an HFSP post-doctoral fellowship!Read the rest