Pecinka lab:Ales Pecinka

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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Mailing Address
Ales Pecinka
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10
50829 Cologne
Germany
Office
0049 221 5062 465 (tel)
0049 221 5062 413 (fax)
Lab
0049 221 5062 431
email
pecinka@mpipz.mpg.de

Education and work history

• 2015-present Research group leader, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
• 2014-present Guest lecturer, Department of Plant Bhysiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
• 2010-2015 Project leader, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
• 2006-2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria. Advisor: Ortrun Mittelsten Scheid.
• 2005 Ph. D. Leibnitz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)/University of Halle-Wittenberg, Gatersleben/Halle-Saale, Germany. Advisor: Ingo Schubert.
• 2001 M. Sc. Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Other

Hiking, biking & nature (plants, bird watching, collecting mushrooms) with family and friends.

Publications

• 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). [1]

• Pecinka A, Liu C.-H. Drugs for Plant Chromosome and Chromatin Research. Cytogenetic Genome Research DOI: 10.1159/000360774 (2014). [2]

• 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). [3]

• Pecinka A, Abdelsamad A, Vu GTH. Hidden genetic nature of epigenetic natural variation in plants. Trends in Plant Science 18:625-632 (2013) [4]

2012

• 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]

• Pecinka A, Mittelsten Scheid O. Stress-induced chromatin changes: A critical view on their heritability. Plant Cell Physiology doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcs044 (2012). [5]

• 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). [6]

• Pecinka A, Fang W, Rehmsmeier M, Levy AA, Mittelsten Scheid O. Polyploidization increases meiotic recombination frequency in Arabidopsis. BMC Biology 9:24 (2011). [7]

• Pecinka, A., Dinh, H.Q., Rosa, M., Baubec, T., Lettner, N. and Mittelsten Scheid, O. Epigenetic control of repetitive elements is attenuated by prolonged heat stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22:1-12 (2010). [8]

• Baubec, T., Dinh, H.Q., Pecinka, A., Rakic, B., Rozhon, W., Wohlrab, B., von Haeseler, A. and Mittelsten Scheid, O. Cooperation of Multiple Chromatin Modifications Can Generate Unanticipated Stability of Epigenetic States in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22: 34-47 (2010). [9]

• Pecinka, A., Rosa, M., Schikora, A., Berlinger, M., Hirt, H., Luschnig, C. and Mittelsten Scheid, O. Transgenerational stress memory is not a general response in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 4:e5202 (2009). [10]

• Baubec, T., Pecinka, A., Rozhon, W. and Mittelsten Scheid, O. Effective, homogeneous and transient interference with cytosine methylation in plant genomic DNA by zebularine. Plant Journal 57:542-554 (2009). [11]

• Jovtchev, G., Watanabe, K., Pecinka, A., Rosin, F.M., Mette, M.F., Lam, E. and Schubert, I. Size and number of tandem repeat arrays can determine somatic homologous pairing of transgene loci mediated by epigenetic modifications in Arabidopsis thaliana nuclei. Chromosoma 117:267-276 (2008). [12]

• Fischer, U., Kuhlmann, M., Pecinka, A., Schmidt, R. and Mette, M.F. Local DNA features affect RNA-directed transcriptional gene silencing and DNA methylation. Plant Journal 53:1-10 (2008). [13]

• Baroux, C., Pecinka, A., Fuchs, J., Schubert, I. and Grossniklaus, U. The triploid endosperm genome of Arabidopsis adopts a peculiar, parental-dosage-dependent chromatin organization. Plant Cell 19:1782-1794 (2007). [14]

• Berr, A., Pecinka, A., Meister, A., Kreth, G., Fuchs, J., Blattner, F.R., Lysak, M.A. and Schubert, I. Chromosome arrangement and nuclear architecture but not centromeric sequences are conserved between Arabidopsis thaliana and Arabidopsis lyrata. Plant Journal 48:771-783 (2006). [15]

• Kirik, A., Pecinka, A., Wendeler, E. and Reiss, B. The chromatin assembly factor subunit FASCIATA1 is involved in homologous recombination in plants. Plant Cell 18:2431-2442 (2006). [16]

• Pecinka, A., Suchankova, P., Lysak, M.A., Travnicek, B. and Dolezel, J. Nuclear DNA content variation among Central European Koeleria taxa. Annals of Botany 98:117-122 (2006). [17]

• Lysak, M.A., Berr, A., Pecinka, A., Schmidt, R., McBreen, K. and Schubert, I. Mechanisms of chromosome number reduction in Arabidopsis thaliana and related Brassicaceae species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103:5224-5229 (2006). [18]

• Schubert, V., Klatte, M., Pecinka, A., Meister, A., Jasencakova, Z., Schubert, I. Sister chromatids are often incompletely cohesed in meristematic and endopolyploid interphase nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 172:467-475 (2006). [19]

• Watanabe, K., Pecinka, A., Meister, A., Schubert, I. and Lam, E. DNA hypomethylation reduces homologous pairing of inserted tandem repeat arrays in somatic nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal 44:531-540 (2005). [20]

• Pecinka, A., Kato, N., Meister, A., Probst, A.V., Schubert, I. and Lam, E. Tandem repetitive transgenes and fluorescent chromatin tags alter the local interphase chromosome arrangement in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Cell Science 118:3751-3758 (2005). [21]

• Lysak, M.A., Koch, M., Pecinka, A. and Schubert, I. Chromosome triplication found across the tribe Brassiceae. Genome Research 15:516-525 (2005). [22]

• Pecinka, A., Schubert, V., Meister, A., Kreth, G., Klatte, M., Lysak, M.A., Fuchs, J. and Schubert, I. Chromosome territory arrangement and homologous pairing in nuclei of Arabidopsis thaliana are predominantly random except for NOR-bearing chromosomes. Chromosoma 113:258-269 (2004). [23]

• Schubert, I., Pecinka, A., Meister, A., Schubert, V., Klatte, M. and Jovtchev, G. DNA damage processing and aberration formation in plants. Cytogenetic Genome Research 104:104-108 (2004). [24]

• Lysak, M.A., Pecinka, A. and Schubert, I. Recent progress in chromosome painting of Arabidopsis and related species. Chromosome Research 11:195-20 (2003). [25]