Pecinka Lab

Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v. v. i. Šlechtitelů 31 Olomouc, CZ-783 71 Czech Republic Contact

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Research The goal of the Pecinka lab is to understand molecular mechanisms shaping plant genomes. To this end we use the model species Arabidopsis thaliana and several other Brassicaceae and analyze them using forward and reverse genetics, molecular, biochemical, cytogenetic and bioinformatic methods. Our is hosted by the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany. Our wiki site was developed under OpenWetWare, an open access effort to promote sharing of information among biologists. read more...

Lab Members Ahmed Abdelsamad Chun Hsin Liu (Phoebe) Ales Pecinka Björn Pietzenuk Thomas Piofczyk Giang Vu Visiting Students Pawel Mikulski Miriam Schleinitz Technitians Barbara_Eilts Petra Pecinkova see complete list... http://www4.clustrmaps.com/stats/maps-no_clusters/openwetware.org-wiki-Pecinka_Lab-thumb.jpg

Recent Publications Pecinka A, Mittelsten Scheid O. Stress-induced chromatin changes: A critical view on their heritability. Plant Cell Physiology doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcs044 (2012). [1] Alcázar R, Pecinka A, Aarts MGM, Fransz PF, Koornneef M. Signals of speciation within Arabidopsis thaliana in comparison with its relatives. Curr Opin Plant Biol 15:205-211 (2012). [2] Pecinka A, Fang W, Rehmsmeier M, Levy AA, Mittelsten Scheid O. Polyploidization increases meiotic recombination frequency in Arabidopsis. BMC Biology 9:24 (2011). [3] Pecinka A, Dinh HQ, Rosa M, Baubec T, Lettner N, Mittelsten Scheid O. Epigenetic control of repetitive elements is attenuated by prolonged heat stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22: 3118–3129 (2010). [4] Pecinka A, Rosa M, Schikora A, Berlinger M, Hirt H, Luschnig C, Mittelsten Scheid O. Transgenerational stress memory is not a general response in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 4:e5202 (2009). [5] see complete list... Seminars Group meeting, journal clubs, and seminars News 2012-06-07: Pecinka lab website starts to run on the OpenWetWare 2012-03-28: The review on Stress-Induced Chromatin Changes was published in PCP [6] 2012-01: The review by Alcazar et al. on Signals of speciation in Arabidopsis and its relatives was published in COPB [7] 2011-09: Grant on Epigenetic Control of Repetitive DNA in Arabidopsis lyrata funded by DFG