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<h3><font style="color:#31B404;">Research</font></h3>
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The goal of the Pecinka lab is to understand molecular and evolutionary mechanisms shaping plant genomes and epigenomes. We analyze how DNA sequence variation is generated by various mutagenic factors and how these forces are counteracted by the genome repair and maintenance mechanisms. To this end we use the model plant ''Arabidopsis thaliana'' and several other ''Brassicaceae'' and analyze them by forward and reverse genetics, molecular, biochemical, cytogenetic and bioinformatic methods.
The Pecinka lab is hosted by the [http://www.mpipz.mpg.de/10574/koornneef-dpt Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics] at the [http://www.mpipz.mpg.de/2169/en Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research] in Cologne, Germany.




The Pecinka lab is hosted by the [http://www.mpipz.mpg.de/10574/koornneef-dpt Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics] at the [http://www.mpipz.mpg.de/2169/en Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research] in Cologne, Germany.
Our goal is to understand molecular and evolutionary mechanisms shaping plant genomes and epigenomes. We analyze how DNA sequence variation is generated by various mutagenic factors and how these forces are counteracted by the genome repair and maintenance mechanisms. To this end we use the model plant ''Arabidopsis thaliana'' and several other ''Brassicaceae'' and analyze them by forward and reverse genetics, molecular, biochemical, cytogenetic and bioinformatic methods.
[[Pecinka_lab:Research | read more...]]
[[Pecinka_lab:Research | read more...]]
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*[[Pecinka_lab:Ahmed_Abdelsamad|Ahmed Abdelsamad]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Ahmed_Abdelsamad|Ahmed Abdelsamad]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Mariana_Diaz|Mariana Andrea Diaz Smoje]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Andreas_Finke|Andreas Finke]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Tom_Harrop|Tom Harrop]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Chun Hsin Liu|Chun Hsin Liu (Phoebe)]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Chun Hsin Liu|Chun Hsin Liu (Phoebe)]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Ales_Pecinka|Ales Pecinka]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Ales_Pecinka|Ales Pecinka]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Bjoern_Pietzenuk|Björn Pietzenuk]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Bjoern_Pietzenuk|Björn Pietzenuk]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Thomas_Piofczyk|Thomas Piofczyk]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Thomas_Piofczyk|Thomas Piofczyk]]
<h3><font style="color:#4169E1;">Guest Scientists</font></h3>
*[[Pecinka_lab:Nawratan_Bagwan|Navratan Bagwan]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Sabine_Le_Gall|Sabine Le Gall]]


<h3><font style="color:#4169E1;">Technitians</font></h3>
<h3><font style="color:#4169E1;">Technitians</font></h3>
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<h3><font style="color:#FF8C00;">Recent Publications</font></h3>  
<h3><font style="color:#FF8C00;">Recent Publications</font></h3>  


*Pecinka A, Liu C.-H. Drugs for Plant Chromosome and Chromatin Research. Cytogenetic Genome Research DOI: 10.1159/000360774 (2014). [http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/360774 Full text]
*Baubec T, Finke A, Mittelsten Scheid O, Pecinka A. Meristem-specific expression of epigenetic regulators safeguards transposon silencing in Arabidopsis. EMBO Reports doi: 10.1002/embr.201337915 (2014). [http://embor.embopress.org/content/early/2014/02/20/embr.201337915 Full text]
*Pecinka A, Abdelsamad Ahmed, Vu GTH. Hidden genetic nature of epigenetic natural variation in plants. Trends in Plant Science 18:625-632 (2013) [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360138513001453 Full text]
*de Meaux J, Pecinka A. The Arabidopsis genus: An emerging model to elucidate the molecular basis of interspecific differences in transposable element activity. Mobile Genetic Elements 2:142-144 (2012). [[media:deMeaux-MES-2012.pdf| PDF]]
*de Meaux J, Pecinka A. The Arabidopsis genus: An emerging model to elucidate the molecular basis of interspecific differences in transposable element activity. Mobile Genetic Elements 2:142-144 (2012). [[media:deMeaux-MES-2012.pdf| PDF]]
*Pecinka A, Mittelsten Scheid O. Stress-induced chromatin changes: A critical view on their heritability. Plant Cell Physiology doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcs044 (2012). [[media:Pecinka-PCP-2012.pdf| PDF]]
*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). [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369526612000039 abstract]
*Pecinka A, Fang W, Rehmsmeier M, Levy AA, Mittelsten Scheid O. Polyploidization increases meiotic recombination frequency in Arabidopsis. BMC Biology 9:24 (2011). [[media:Pecinka-BMCPB-2011.pdf| PDF]]


*[[Pecinka_lab:Publications|see complete list...]]
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<h3><font style="color:red">News</font></h3>
<h3><font style="color:red">News</font></h3>
*2013-02-05: Next-generation sequencing grant from the Max Planck Society approved for funding.
*2014-04: Navratan was selected as a PhD student at Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain and Tom obtained post-doctoral fellowship at Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier, France. Congratulations!
*2013-02-05 - 07: Pecinka lab organized COST Action UV4Growth school "Molecular toolkit for applied UV-B research"  
*2014-03-31: The manuscript "Drugs for Plant Chromosome and Chromatin Research" published in the special issue of Cytogenetic Genome Research [http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/360774 Full text]
 
 
 





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Research

The Pecinka lab is hosted by the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany.


Our goal is to understand molecular and evolutionary mechanisms shaping plant genomes and epigenomes. We analyze how DNA sequence variation is generated by various mutagenic factors and how these forces are counteracted by the genome repair and maintenance mechanisms. To this end we use the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and several other Brassicaceae and analyze them by forward and reverse genetics, molecular, biochemical, cytogenetic and bioinformatic methods. read more...

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Technitians


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Recent Publications

  • Pecinka A, Liu C.-H. Drugs for Plant Chromosome and Chromatin Research. Cytogenetic Genome Research DOI: 10.1159/000360774 (2014). Full text
  • Baubec T, Finke A, Mittelsten Scheid O, Pecinka A. Meristem-specific expression of epigenetic regulators safeguards transposon silencing in Arabidopsis. EMBO Reports doi: 10.1002/embr.201337915 (2014). Full text
  • Pecinka A, Abdelsamad Ahmed, Vu GTH. Hidden genetic nature of epigenetic natural variation in plants. Trends in Plant Science 18:625-632 (2013) Full text
  • de Meaux J, Pecinka A. The Arabidopsis genus: An emerging model to elucidate the molecular basis of interspecific differences in transposable element activity. Mobile Genetic Elements 2:142-144 (2012). PDF

News

  • 2014-04: Navratan was selected as a PhD student at Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), Madrid, Spain and Tom obtained post-doctoral fellowship at Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier, France. Congratulations!
  • 2014-03-31: The manuscript "Drugs for Plant Chromosome and Chromatin Research" published in the special issue of Cytogenetic Genome Research Full text