Collaborative paper: Methylome and apple fruit development
High-quality de novo assembly of the apple genome and methylome dynamics of early fruit development
Daccord et al.
Nature Genetics (2017) doi:10.1038/ng.3886
Using the latest sequencing and optical mapping technologies, we have produced a high-quality de novo assembly of the
Biennial department retreat Bad Urach
We spent May 18-19 in Bad Urach
A great two days in Bad Urach, discussing not only exciting science, but also how we can improve ourselves as scientists, both individually and as a team.
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With Mathieu lab: TE-related plant proteins in gene silencing
Arabidopsis proteins with a transposon-related domain act in gene silencing
Latest paper: Arabidopsis proteins with a transposon-related domain act in gene silencing
Yoko Ikeda, Thierry Pélissier, Pierre Bourguet, Claude Becker, Marie-Noëlle Pouch-Pélissier, Romain Pogorelcnik, Magdalena Weingartner, Detlef Weigel, Jean-Marc Deragon
RNA helicases and hybrid breakdown in A. thaliana
Chlorosis caused by two recessively interacting genes reveals a role of RNA helicase in hybrid breakdown in Arabidopsis thaliana
Björn Plötner, Markus Nurmi, Axel Fischer, Mutsumi Watanabe, Korbinian Schneeberger, Svante Holm, Neha Vaid, Mark Aurel Schöttler, Dirk Walther, Rainer Hoefgen,
Sediment DNA revolutionizing ancient genetics
Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments
Targeted enrichment of sediment DNA revolutionizing ancient genetics
Viviane Slon, Charlotte Hopfe, Clemens L. Weiß, Hernán A. Burbano, Svante Pääbo, Matthias Meyer
Although a rich record of Pleistocene human-associated archaeological assemblages exists, the … Read the rest
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Dangerous Mix NLR proteins in autoimmunity: higher order complexes
Activation of a Plant NLR Complex through Heteromeric Association with an Autoimmune Risk Variant of Another NLR
When independently evolved immune receptor variants meet … Read the rest
Awesome collaborators collecting microbe field samples!
Many thanks to Joy Bergelson, Ben Brachi, Svante Holm, Magnus Nordborg et al.
The Bergelson, Dean, Holm and Nordborg labs are regularly sampling Arabidopsis thaliana field sites in Sweden. Many thanks for their efforts to collect microbial samples, which we … Read the rest
Join us as a postdoc in Computational Genomics
A post-doctoral position is available in the area of comparative genome annotation
More information and the full ad is here.… Read the rest
Moi’s paper on adaptation to climate change on bioRxiv
Genomic basis and evolutionary potential for extreme drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana
On the potential of Arabidopsis to adapt in situ to #climatechange (with many helpers)
Expósito Alonso, M., Vasseur, F., Ding, W., Wang, G., Burbano, H. A., Weigel, D.… Read the rest
Congrats Karsten Borgwardt – Full Professor ETH
We congratulate former WeigelWorld member Karsten Borgwardt
Prof. Dr. Karsten M. Borgwardt (*1980), currently Associate Professor at ETH Zurich, has been appointed as Full Professor of Data Mining at ETH. Karsten is a highly renowned scientist who works on one … Read the rest
March for Science – Earth Day April 22
Around the world – and also in Tübingen.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/ScienceMarchTUE/ and marchforscience.com
Genomics of rapid Evolution in Novel Environments network
Today, on Charles Darwin’s 208th birthday, we announce the launch of GrENE-net
Today, on Charles Darwin’s 208th birthday, we announce the launch of GrENE-net. A coordinated distributed global evolution experiment to study the Genomics of rapid Evolution in Novel Environments, … Read the rest
PhD opening to work on grain amaranths
Research Associate (TV-L E13 65%)
Population and quantitative genomics of heterosis in cultivated Amaranth
The three species of grain amaranth are ancient crops whose grains have a high nutritional value. Their domestication history is characterized by hybridization and gene flow. … Read the rest
Offer to temporary bench or desk space
We are offering scientists temporary bench or desk space…
We are offering scientists temporary bench or desk space, library access and will help with finding accommodation for US-based scientists who are stranded abroad due to the White House Executive Order … Read the rest
New Marie Curie Fellowships to Anjar & future member Fernando Rabanal
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Rules of epiallele switching
DNA sequence properties that predict susceptibility to epiallelic switching
Transgenerationally heritable epialleles are defined by the stable propagation of alternative transcriptional … Read the rest
easyGWAS paper in Plant Cell
A Cloud-based Platform for Comparing the Results of Genome-wide Association Studies
The … Read the rest
