Congratulations, Dr. Dominik Grimm!
Dominik successfully defended his PhD thesis today.
Dominik worked with Karsten Borgwardt (now ETH Zürich) and among other things developed easyGWAS: https://easygwas.tuebingen.mpg.de
… Plant-plant competition through HDAC inhibitors
Plants release precursors of histone deacetylase inhibitors to suppress growth of competitors
Venturelli, S., Belz, R., Kämper, A., Berger, A., von Horn, K., Wegner, A., Böcker, A., Zabulon, G., Langenecker, T., Kohlbacher, O., Barneche, F., Weigel, D., Lauer, U., Bitzer, … Read the rest
eLife paper on assessing ancient DNA authenticity from low-coverage data
Contesting the presence of wheat in the British Isles 8,000 years ago by assessing ancient DNA authenticity from low-coverage data
Weiss, C..L., Dannemann, M., Pruefer K., Burbano, H.A.
Contamination with exogenous DNA is a constant hazard to ancient DNA studies, … Read the rest
New paper connecting GA signaling and ambient-temperature mediated flowering
Gibberellic acid signaling is required for ambient temperature-mediated induction of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana
Galvão, V. C., Collani, S, Horrer, D., Schmid, M.
Distinct molecular mechanisms integrate changes in ambient temperature into the genetic pathways that govern flowering time in … Read the rest
In PNAS: Role of RCF as a HYL1 cofactor in miRNA biogenesis
The KH domain protein RCF3 is a tissue-biased regulator of the plant miRNA biogenesis cofactor HYL1
The biogenesis of microRNAs (miRNAs), which regulate … Read the rest
Markus officially installed as a professor in Umeå
Formal ceremony and public lecture on the occasion of the university’s 50th birthday.
Picture of Markus with Ove Nilsson (left), also former Weigelworld postdoc and now director of the Umeå Plant Science Centre.
… Congratulations, Dr. Jörg Hagmann!
Jörg successfully defended his PhD thesis today!
Its title: ‘Characterizing short-term evolution of DNA methylation in A. thaliana using next-generation sequencing’
Congratulations, Jörg!
… Population genomics review in ARGG
Population genomics for understanding adaptation in wild plant species
Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the foundation of modern biology. However, it has proven remarkably difficult to demonstrate at the genetic, genomic, and … Read the rest
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Award
Collaborative project on disease resistance gene diversity funded
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $2.3M to the Two Blades Foundation (2Blades), a charitable organization that supports the development of durable disease resistance in crop plants and their deployment in … Read the rest
Farewell to Chang and Silvio
We’re saying goodbye to Chang and Silvio and wish them all the best for their personal and scientific future!
Chang moved over to the other side of the hill, and just started his own group at the Center for Plant … Read the rest
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