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 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...

Lab Members Mariana Andrea Diaz Smoje Andreas Finke Chun Hsin Liu (Phoebe) Ales Pecinka Björn Pietzenuk Thomas Piofczyk Technitians Barbara Eilts Petra Pecinkova see complete list...

Recent Publications Piofczyk T, Jeena G, Pecinka A. 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 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). Open access PDF Pecinka A, Liu C.-H. Drugs for Plant Chromosome and Chromatin Research. Cytogenetic Genome Research DOI: 10.1159/000360774 (2014). Full text see complete list... News 2015-03-23: PhD/Post-doc position in comparative analysis of stress-induced chromatin changes available [Flyer] 2015-02-10: "Arabis alpina" genome reveals peculiar pattern of DNA methylation. See more in the current Nature Plants paper by Schneeberger lab Full text 2015-02-05: Arabidopsis natural variation in response to UV stress reveals connections to pathogen-like responses. Read more in our Plant Physiology and Biochemistry paper Full text 2014-10-20: Thomas successfully defended his PhD. Congratulations!