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
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
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.
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
Pearls review on plant immunity
Cooperation and conflict in the plant immune system.
Chae, E., Tran, D. T. N., and Weigel, D.
Plants have a sophisticated innate immune system with which they defend themselves against a myriad of pathogens. During the past two decades, work … Read the rest
How to validate the identity of genetic stocks – letter in Plant Cell
A proposal regarding best practices for validating the identity of genetic stocks and the effects of genetic variants
Bergelson, J., Buckler, E. S., Ecker, J. R., Nordborg, M., and Weigel, D.
Colleagues from the medical field have estimated that up … Read the rest
Arabidopsis, Alter! – Leaf sampling completed
We harvested thousands of leaf samples from a large subset of the 1001G genotypes grown in challenging conditions in Madrid and Tübingen.
Winds and snow threatened the success of the experiment, but we verified how tough both Arabidopsis and researchers … Read the rest
Join us as a Computational Biologist/ (Bio)Informatician
We are looking for motivated team players (PhD student or Postdoctoral level) to join our efforts in generating multi-reference plant and meta-genomes.
More information and the full ad is here.… Read the rest
Heavy winds challenge field experiment
A stormy night in Tübingen blew away the cover of our foil tunnel harboring hundreds of Arabidopsis accessions undergoing a fitness experiment.
Thanks to all who helped repairing it so quickly!
Special thanks to all the members from Oliver Bossdorf’s … Read the rest
Genetics Society of America awards Detlef the 2016 GSA Medal
Detlef has been awarded the GSA Medal for his outstanding contributions to the field of genetics in the last 15 years.
The society honors both seminar contributions to the understanding of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana and the development of multiple … Read the rest
Genome-edited crops: regulatory framework proposal in Nature Genetics
A proposed regulatory framework for genome-edited crops
Huang, S., Weigel, D., Beachy, R. N., and Li, J.-y.
Crop breeding is being revolutionized by rapid progress in DNA sequencing and targeted alteration of DNA sequences by genome editing. Here we propose … Read the rest
Farewell to Danelle, Dan, Nacho, and Paula
We’re saying goodbye to Nacho, Danelle, Dan and Paula – all the best for their new adventures!
Here is where the new adventures will start:
- CRAG in Barcelona, Spain (Nacho; now Group Leader)
- UC Riverside in California, USA (Dan; now
Shake it off – 2015 Weigelworld clip is out
See more in the ‘About Us’ section….or here.… Read the rest
EMBO fellowship awarded to Talia
Congrats to Talia for securing an EMBO Long Term Fellowship!… Read the rest
