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Research Our goal is to understand how circadian clocks work and why they play such an important role in growth and stress responses. We study the regulation and role of circadian rhythms in plants and algae. Circadian rhythms are necessary for optimal growth and survival in several photosynthetic species, including Chlamydomonas rheinhardtii, Synechocystes sp. and Arabidopsis thaliana. Although circadian clocks share a basic architecture, they differ in their molecular components and appear not to be conserved between different taxa. We work on the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana and have recently started analyzing rhythms in the heterokont alga Nannochloropsis oceanica. read more...

Lab Members Eva Farre Linsey Newton Eric Poliner Cameron Cummings Lauren Bedro Traverse Cottrell Open Positions: graduate student

Publications Poliner E, Zienkiewicz K, Pullman J, Newton L, Benning C, Farré EM. A toolkit for Nannochloropsis oceanica CCMP1779 enables gene stacking and genetic engineering of the eicosapentaenoic acid pathway for enhanced fatty acid production. Plant Biotechnology Journal (in press) Pubmed Zienkiewicz K, Zienkiewicz A, Poliner E, Du ZY, Vollheyde K, Herrfurth C, Marmon S, Farré EM, Feussner I, Benning C (2017). Nannochloropsis, a rich source of diacylglycerol acyltransferases for engineering of triacylglycerol content in different hosts. Biotechnology for Biofuels 10:8 Pubmed Liu T, Newton L, Liu MJ, Shiu SH, Farre EM. A G-box-like motif is necessary for transcriptional regulation by circadian pseudo-response regulators in Arabidopsis(2016) Plant Physiology 170(1):528-39 PubMed. NOTE: An updated corrected version of the manuscript has been published online (Jan. 20, 2016) Poliner E, Panchy N, Newton L, Wu G, Lapinsky A, Bullard B, Zienkiewicz A, Benning C, Shiu S-H, Farré EM (2015) Transcriptional coordination of physiological responses in Nannochloropsis oceanica CCMP1779 under light/dark cycles. Plant J. 83(6):1097-113 Pubmed Horak E, Farré EM (2015)The regulation of UV-B responses by the circadian clock. Plant Signaling and Behavior 10(5):e1000164. Takeuchi T, Newton L, Burkhardt A, Mason S, Farre EM (2014) Light and the circadian clock mediate time specific changes in sensitivity to UV-B stress under light/dark cycles. Journal of Experimental Botany 65(20):6003-12 PubMed Braun R, Farré EM, Schurr U, Matsubara S (2014) Effects of light and circadian clock on growth and chlorophyll accumulation of Nannochloropsis gaditana. Journal of Phycology 50(1):515–525 [1] Liu T, Carlsson J, Takeuchi T, Newton L (2013) Direct regulation of abiotic responses by the Arabidopsis circadian clock component PRR7. Plant J 76(1):101-14PubMed Farré EM, Liu T (2013) The PRR family of transcriptional regulators reflects the complexity and evolution of plant circadian clocks. Curr Opin Plant Biol 16(5):621-9PubMed see complete list...

Announcements Congratulations Cameron for his Poster Award at the Spring University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum ! We are looking for rotation students interested in working on rhythms. Group meeting, journal clubs, and seminars

Links Farre Lab NSF funded Teaching & Research program for pre-service teachers MSU Links For Graduate students Other Circadian Labs Plant Genomics Undergraduate Program at MSU Tools Other Interesting Links Rhythm Movies Plant humor: Gardening Tips http://www.openwetware.org http://openwetware.org/images/0/01/80x15_openwetware.png Funding NSF MSU