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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.
Our goal is to understand molecular and evolutionary mechanisms shaping plant genomes and epigenomes. We analyze how DNA sequence and chromatin changes are generated by endo- and exogenous factors and how these forces are balanced by the genome repair and epigenetic mechanisms. To this end we use mainly the model plant ''Arabidopsis thaliana'' and several other ''Brassicaceae'' and analyze them by forward and reverse genetics, molecular, biochemical, cytogenetic and bioinformatic methods.
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<h3><font style="color:#4169E1;">Lab Members</font></h3>
<h3><font style="color:#4169E1;">Lab Members</font></h3>


*[[Pecinka_lab:Ahmed_Abdelsamad|Ahmed Abdelsamad]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Heinrich Bente|Heinrich Bente]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Mariana_Diaz|Mariana Andrea Diaz Smoje]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Andreas_Finke|Andreas Finke]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Andreas_Finke|Andreas Finke]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Chun Hsin Liu|Chun Hsin Liu (Phoebe)]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Chun Hsin Liu|Chun Hsin Liu (Phoebe)]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Catarine Markus|Catarine Markus]]
*[[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]]
<h3><font style="color:#4169E1;">Guest Scientists</font></h3>
*[[Pecinka_lab:Nawratan_Bagwan|Navratan Bagwan]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Swarit_Jasial|Swarit Jasial]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Laura_Monforte_Lopez|Laura Monforte Lopez]]


<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>  


*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]]
*Liu C-H, Finke A, Diaz M, Rozhon W, Poppenberger B, Baubec T, Pecinka A. (2015): Repair of DNA Damage Induced by the Cytidine Analog Zebularine Requires ATR and ATM in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell doi/10.1105/tpc.114.135467 [http://www.plantcell.org/content/early/2015/05/28/tpc.114.135467.full.pdf+html 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]]
*Baranauskė S, Mickutė M, Plotnikova A, Finke A, Venclovas Č, Klimašauskas S, Vilkaitis G. (2015): Functional mapping of the plant small RNA methyltransferase: HEN1 physically interacts with HYL1 and DICER-LIKE 1 proteins. Nucleic Acids Research 43:2802-2812 [http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/5/2802.long Full text]
*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]
*Willing, Rawat et al. (2015): Genome expansion of Arabis alpina linked with retrotransposition and reduced symmetric DNA methylation. Nature Plants 1:1-7 [http://www.nature.com/articles/nplants201423 Full text]
*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]]
*Piofczyk T, Jeena G, Pecinka A. (2015): Arabidopsis thaliana natural variation reveals connections between UV radiation stress and plant pathogen-like defense responses. Plant Physiology Biochemistry DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.01.011 (2015) [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0981942815000212 Full text]
 
 
 


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<h3><font style="color:red">News</font></h3>
<h3><font style="color:red">News</font></h3>
*2013-04-22: New post-doc Andreas Finke joined the group
*2015-06-18: Phoebe defended her PhD work at University of Cologne. Amazing!
*2013-02-05: Next-generation sequencing grant from the Max Planck Society approved for funding.
*2015-06: Thomas leaving the lab after 4.5 years, Henrich starting his masters and Catarine joining the group for one year of her PhD.
*2013-02-05 - 07: Pecinka lab organized COST Action UV4Growth school "Molecular toolkit for applied UV-B research"
*2015-06-15: Ahmed successfully defended his PhD work at University of Göttingen. Congratulations!
*2015-06: Not only DNA demethylation - cytidine analog zebularine triggers DNA damage response in Arabidopsis. Read more in our recent Plant Cell paper [http://www.plantcell.org/content/early/2015/05/28/tpc.114.135467.full.pdf+html PDF]
*2015-05: Andreas co-authored on the paper showing physical interaction between specific miRNA components. Congratulations! [http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/5/2802 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 and chromatin changes are generated by endo- and exogenous factors and how these forces are balanced by the genome repair and epigenetic mechanisms. To this end we use mainly 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...

Lab Members

Technitians


see complete list...



Recent Publications

  • Liu C-H, Finke A, Diaz M, Rozhon W, Poppenberger B, Baubec T, Pecinka A. (2015): Repair of DNA Damage Induced by the Cytidine Analog Zebularine Requires ATR and ATM in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell doi/10.1105/tpc.114.135467 PDF.
  • Baranauskė S, Mickutė M, Plotnikova A, Finke A, Venclovas Č, Klimašauskas S, Vilkaitis G. (2015): Functional mapping of the plant small RNA methyltransferase: HEN1 physically interacts with HYL1 and DICER-LIKE 1 proteins. Nucleic Acids Research 43:2802-2812 Full text
  • Willing, Rawat et al. (2015): Genome expansion of Arabis alpina linked with retrotransposition and reduced symmetric DNA methylation. Nature Plants 1:1-7 Full text
  • Piofczyk T, Jeena G, Pecinka A. (2015): Arabidopsis thaliana natural variation reveals connections between UV radiation stress and plant pathogen-like defense responses. Plant Physiology Biochemistry DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.01.011 (2015) Full text

News

  • 2015-06-18: Phoebe defended her PhD work at University of Cologne. Amazing!
  • 2015-06: Thomas leaving the lab after 4.5 years, Henrich starting his masters and Catarine joining the group for one year of her PhD.
  • 2015-06-15: Ahmed successfully defended his PhD work at University of Göttingen. Congratulations!
  • 2015-06: Not only DNA demethylation - cytidine analog zebularine triggers DNA damage response in Arabidopsis. Read more in our recent Plant Cell paper PDF
  • 2015-05: Andreas co-authored on the paper showing physical interaction between specific miRNA components. Congratulations! Full text





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