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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:Ales_Pecinka|Ales Pecinka]]


*[[Pecinka_lab:Ahmed_Abdelsamad|Ahmed Abdelsamad]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Mariana_Diaz|Mariana Andrea Diaz Smoje]]
*[[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:Kashif Nawaz|Kashif Nawaz]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Ales_Pecinka|Ales Pecinka]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Fen_Yang|Fen Yang]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Bjoern_Pietzenuk|Björn Pietzenuk]]
*[[Pecinka_lab:Thomas_Piofczyk|Thomas Piofczyk]]


<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>  


*Abdelsamad A, Pecinka A. Pollen-Specific Activation of Arabidopsis Retrogenes Is Associated with Global Transcriptional Reprogramming. Plant Cell DOI: http:/​/​dx.​doi.​org/​10.​1105/​tpc.​114.​126011 (2014). [http://www.plantcell.org/content/early/2014/08/12/tpc.114.126011.full.pdf+html Open access PDF]  
*Pietzenuk B., Markus C., Gaubert H., Bagwan N., Merotto A., Bucher E., Pecinka A. (2016): Recurrent evolution of heat-responsiveness in Brassicaceae COPIA elements. Genome Biology 17:209 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1072-3 [https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-1072-3 Open access]
*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]
*Baroux C., Pecinka A., Fuchs J., Kreth G., Schubert I., Grossniklaus I. (2016): Non-random chromosome arrangement in triploid endosperm nuclei. Chromosoma doi:10.1007/s00412-016-0578-5 [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00412-016-0578-5 Open access]
*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]
*Vu G.T.H., Schmutzer T., Bull F., Cao H.X., Fuchs J., Tran T.D., Jovtchev G., Pistrick K., Stein N., Pecinka A., Neumann P., Novak P., Macas J., Deard P.H., Blattner F.R., Scholz U., Schubert I (2015): Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals Divergent Genome Size Evolution in a Carnivorous Plant Genus. Plant Genome doi:10.3835/plantgenome2015.04.0021 [https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/tpg/articles/0/0/plantgenome2015.04.0021 Open access]  
*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]  
*Rawat V., Abdelsamad A., Pietzenuk B., Seymour D.K., Koenig D., Weigel D., Pecinka A., Schneeberger K. (2015): Improving the Annotation of Arabidopsis lyrata Using RNA-Seq Data. PLoS One 10(9):e0137391. [http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137391 Open access]
 


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<h3><font style="color:red">News</font></h3>
<h3><font style="color:red">News</font></h3>
*2014-09-22: Lab field trip to Eltz castle.
*2016-10-11: Transposons and heat stress. Read about evolution of heat responsiveness in ''ONSEN'' and other TEs groups in our latest paper [https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13059-016-1072-3 Open access]
*2014-08-12: RNA duplicated genes (retrogenes) are more frequent than expected in Arabidopsis and show transcriptional profile similar to animal retrogenes. Find more in our recent Plant Cell publication [http://www.plantcell.org/content/early/2014/08/12/tpc.114.126011.full.pdf+html Open access PDF]
*2016-09-15: Fen Yang joins the lab as new PhD student. Welcome in Cologne!
*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]
*2016-08-30: Priscilla successfully defended her B.Sc. work. Congratulations!
*2016-07-27: Anna is going back to her home lab in Poland. We miss her already!
*2016-07-07: Plant Genome Stability and Change Meeting in Japan started.
*2016-06-27: Catarine is returning back to her home lab in Brazil after one year in Cologne. We will miss you!
*2016-06-25: Catarine won a prize for her talk on IWSC in Prague! Big congratulations.  
 
 
 
 





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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


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Recent Publications

  • Pietzenuk B., Markus C., Gaubert H., Bagwan N., Merotto A., Bucher E., Pecinka A. (2016): Recurrent evolution of heat-responsiveness in Brassicaceae COPIA elements. Genome Biology 17:209 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1072-3 Open access
  • Baroux C., Pecinka A., Fuchs J., Kreth G., Schubert I., Grossniklaus I. (2016): Non-random chromosome arrangement in triploid endosperm nuclei. Chromosoma doi:10.1007/s00412-016-0578-5 Open access
  • Vu G.T.H., Schmutzer T., Bull F., Cao H.X., Fuchs J., Tran T.D., Jovtchev G., Pistrick K., Stein N., Pecinka A., Neumann P., Novak P., Macas J., Deard P.H., Blattner F.R., Scholz U., Schubert I (2015): Comparative Genome Analysis Reveals Divergent Genome Size Evolution in a Carnivorous Plant Genus. Plant Genome doi:10.3835/plantgenome2015.04.0021 Open access
  • Rawat V., Abdelsamad A., Pietzenuk B., Seymour D.K., Koenig D., Weigel D., Pecinka A., Schneeberger K. (2015): Improving the Annotation of Arabidopsis lyrata Using RNA-Seq Data. PLoS One 10(9):e0137391. Open access

News

  • 2016-10-11: Transposons and heat stress. Read about evolution of heat responsiveness in ONSEN and other TEs groups in our latest paper Open access
  • 2016-09-15: Fen Yang joins the lab as new PhD student. Welcome in Cologne!
  • 2016-08-30: Priscilla successfully defended her B.Sc. work. Congratulations!
  • 2016-07-27: Anna is going back to her home lab in Poland. We miss her already!
  • 2016-07-07: Plant Genome Stability and Change Meeting in Japan started.
  • 2016-06-27: Catarine is returning back to her home lab in Brazil after one year in Cologne. We will miss you!
  • 2016-06-25: Catarine won a prize for her talk on IWSC in Prague! Big congratulations.