User:Dolf Weijers

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• Dolf Weijers, PhD
• Assistant Professor
• Laboratory of Biochemistry
• Wageningen University
• Dreijenlaan 3
• 6703 HA Wageningen
• the Netherlands
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Education

• 2002, PhD, Leiden University, the Netherlands
• 1997, BSc, Hogeschool Enschede (honours)

Career

• 2001 - 2005, Post-doctoral fellow (Gerd Juergens laboratory), ZMBP Tuebingen, Germany
• 2006 - 2007, Junior group leader, Wageningen University, Laboratory of Biochemistry
• 2008 - present, (Tenured) Assistant professor, Wageningen Universiy, Laboratory of Biochemistry

Funding

• 2001 - 2003, EMBO long-term fellowship
• 2006 - 2012, NWO VIDI Grant "Cell Fate Specification in the Plant Embryo"
• 2006 - 2011, NWO ALW Grant "Mechanisms of Plant Embryo Inititation"
• 2008 - 2011, EU FP7 ITN "Signals and Regulatory Networks in Early Plant Embryogenesis"

Research interests

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Publications

1. Laplaze L, Benkova E, Casimiro I, Maes L, Vanneste S, Swarup R, Weijers D, Calvo V, Parizot B, Herrera-Rodriguez MB, Offringa R, Graham N, Doumas P, Friml J, Bogusz D, Beeckman T, and Bennett M. Cytokinins act directly on lateral root founder cells to inhibit root initiation. Plant Cell. 2007 Dec;19(12):3889-900. DOI:10.1105/tpc.107.055863 |
2. Michniewicz M, Zago MK, Abas L, Weijers D, Schweighofer A, Meskiene I, Heisler MG, Ohno C, Zhang J, Huang F, Schwab R, Weigel D, Meyerowitz EM, Luschnig C, Offringa R, and Friml J. Antagonistic regulation of PIN phosphorylation by PP2A and PINOID directs auxin flux. Cell. 2007 Sep 21;130(6):1044-56. DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2007.07.033 |
3. Dharmasiri N, Dharmasiri S, Weijers D, Karunarathna N, Jurgens G, and Estelle M. AXL and AXR1 have redundant functions in RUB conjugation and growth and development in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 2007 Oct;52(1):114-23. DOI:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03211.x |
4. Weijers D, Schlereth A, Ehrismann JS, Schwank G, Kientz M, and Jürgens G. Auxin triggers transient local signaling for cell specification in Arabidopsis embryogenesis. Dev Cell. 2006 Feb;10(2):265-70. DOI:10.1016/j.devcel.2005.12.001 |
5. Friml J, Benfey P, Benková E, Bennett M, Berleth T, Geldner N, Grebe M, Heisler M, Hejátko J, Jürgens G, Laux T, Lindsey K, Lukowitz W, Luschnig C, Offringa R, Scheres B, Swarup R, Torres-Ruiz R, Weijers D, and Zazímalová E. Apical-basal polarity: why plant cells don't stand on their heads. Trends Plant Sci. 2006 Jan;11(1):12-4. DOI:10.1016/j.tplants.2005.11.010 |
6. Weijers D, Sauer M, Meurette O, Friml J, Ljung K, Sandberg G, Hooykaas P, and Offringa R. Maintenance of embryonic auxin distribution for apical-basal patterning by PIN-FORMED-dependent auxin transport in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2005 Sep;17(9):2517-26. DOI:10.1105/tpc.105.034637 |
7. Dharmasiri N, Dharmasiri S, Weijers D, Lechner E, Yamada M, Hobbie L, Ehrismann JS, Jürgens G, and Estelle M. Plant development is regulated by a family of auxin receptor F box proteins. Dev Cell. 2005 Jul;9(1):109-19. DOI:10.1016/j.devcel.2005.05.014 |
8. Weijers D, Benkova E, Jäger KE, Schlereth A, Hamann T, Kientz M, Wilmoth JC, Reed JW, and Jürgens G. Developmental specificity of auxin response by pairs of ARF and Aux/IAA transcriptional regulators. EMBO J. 2005 May 18;24(10):1874-85. DOI:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600659 |
9. Weijers D and Jürgens G. Auxin and embryo axis formation: the ends in sight?. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2005 Feb;8(1):32-7. DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2004.11.001 |
10. Friml J, Yang X, Michniewicz M, Weijers D, Quint A, Tietz O, Benjamins R, Ouwerkerk PB, Ljung K, Sandberg G, Hooykaas PJ, Palme K, and Offringa R. A PINOID-dependent binary switch in apical-basal PIN polar targeting directs auxin efflux. Science. 2004 Oct 29;306(5697):862-5. DOI:10.1126/science.1100618 |
11. Weijers D and Jürgens G. Funneling auxin action: specificity in signal transduction. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2004 Dec;7(6):687-93. DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2004.09.006 |
12. Fiers M, Hause G, Boutilier K, Casamitjana-Martinez E, Weijers D, Offringa R, van der Geest L, van Lookeren Campagne M, and Liu CM. Mis-expression of the CLV3/ESR-like gene CLE19 in Arabidopsis leads to a consumption of root meristem. Gene. 2004 Feb 18;327(1):37-49. DOI:10.1016/j.gene.2003.11.014 |
13. Friml J, Vieten A, Sauer M, Weijers D, Schwarz H, Hamann T, Offringa R, and Jürgens G. Efflux-dependent auxin gradients establish the apical-basal axis of Arabidopsis. Nature. 2003 Nov 13;426(6963):147-53. DOI:10.1038/nature02085 |
14. Weijers D, Van Hamburg JP, Van Rijn E, Hooykaas PJ, and Offringa R. Diphtheria toxin-mediated cell ablation reveals interregional communication during Arabidopsis seed development. Plant Physiol. 2003 Dec;133(4):1882-92. DOI:10.1104/pp.103.030692 |
15. Weijers D, Geldner N, Offringa R, and Jürgens G. Seed development: Early paternal gene activity in Arabidopsis. Nature. 2001 Dec 13;414(6865):709-10. DOI:10.1038/414709a |
16. Weijers D, Franke-van Dijk M, Vencken RJ, Quint A, Hooykaas P, and Offringa R. An Arabidopsis Minute-like phenotype caused by a semi-dominant mutation in a RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S5 gene. Development. 2001 Nov;128(21):4289-99. DOI:10.1242/dev.128.21.4289 |
17. Benjamins R, Quint A, Weijers D, Hooykaas P, and Offringa R. The PINOID protein kinase regulates organ development in Arabidopsis by enhancing polar auxin transport. Development. 2001 Oct;128(20):4057-67. DOI:10.1242/dev.128.20.4057 |

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