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2026

Lamour, J., Serbin, S. P., Rogers, A., Acebron, K. T., Ainsworth, E., Albert, L. P., Alonzo, M., Anderson, J., Atkin, O. K., Barbier, N., Barnes, M. L., Bernacchi, C. J., Besson, N., Burnett, A. C., Caplan, J. S., Chave, J., Cheesman, A. W., Clocher, I., Coast, O., Coste, S., Croft, H., Cui, B., Dauvissat, C., Davidson, K. J., Doughty, C., Ely, K. S., Evans, J. R., Féret, J.-B., Filella, I., Fortunel, C., Fu, P., Furbank, R. T., Garcia, M., Gimenez, B. O., Guan, K., Guo, Z., Heckmann, D., Heuret, P., Isaac, M., Kothari, S., Kumagai, E., Kyaw, T. Y., Liu, L., Liu, L., Liu, S., Llusià, J., Magney, T., Maréchaux, I., Martin, A. R., Meacham-Hensold, K., Montes, C. M., Ogaya, R., Ojo, J., Oliveira, R., Paquette, A., Peñuelas, J., Placido, A. D., Posada, J. M., Qian, X., Renninger, H. J., Rodriguez-Caton, M., Rojas-González, A., Schlüter, U., Sellan, G., Siegert, C. M., Silva-Perez, V., Song, G., Southwick, C. D., Souza, D. C., Stahl, C., Su, Y., Sujeeun, L., Ting, T.-C., Vasquez, V., Vijayakumar, A., Vilas-Boas, M., Wang, D. R., Wang, S., Wang, H., Wang, J., Wang, X., Weber, A. P. M., Wong, C. Y. S., Wu, J., Wu, F., Wu, S., Yan, Z., Yang, D., and Zhao, Y. (2026). The Global Spectra-Trait Initiative: A database of paired leaf spectroscopy and functional traits associated with leaf photosynthetic capacity. Earth System Science Data, 18, 245–265. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-245-2026

Lapasiya, T., Gao, Y., Wu, P.-Y., Haweit, A., van Inghelandt, D., Stich, B. and Shrestha, A. (2026). Genetic architecture and cellular basis of flag leaf size variation in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany, 77(4), eraf487, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf487

Parker, M. T., Amar, S., Freudigmann, J., Walkemeier, B., Dong, X., Solier, V., Marek, M., Huettel, B., Mercier, R. and Schneeberger, K. (2026). Platform‑agnostic single‑cell analysis of meiotic recombination events. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.02.701279 

Silvestre, S., Prigent, S., Pétriacq, P., Hassall, K. L., LeBoulch, M., Da Costa, A., Tellier, F., Alberghini, B., Aldorino, E., Hallab, A., Großkinsky, D. K., Cassan, C., Monti, A., Prieto, J., Leon, P., Yambanis, Y. H., Gibon, Y.,  Usadel, B., Faure, J.-D., Zanetti, F., Jonak, C. and Haslam, R. P. (2026). Assessment of phenotypic trait plasticity in the oilseed Camelina sativa using integrated early stage abiotic stress and field studies. Plant Physiology, 200(3), kiag052, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiag052

Spanner, R., Sallam, A. H., Guo, Y., Jayakodi, M., Himmelbach, A., Fiebig, A., Simmons, J., Bethke, G., Lee, Y., Pacheco Arge, L. W., Qiu, Y., Badea, A., Baum, M., Belzile, F., Ben‑David, R., Brueggeman, R., Case, A., Cattivelli, L., Davis, M., Dockter, C., Doležel, J., Dreiseitl, A., Gavin, R., Glick, L., Greiner, S., Hamilton, R., Hayes, P. M., Heisel, S., Henson, C., Kilian, B., Komatsuda, T., Li, C., Liu, C., Mahalingam, R., Maruschewski, M., Matny, O., Maurer, A., Mayer, K. F. X., Mayrose, I., Moscou, M., Muehlbauer, G. J., Oono, Y., Ordon, F., Özkan, H., Pecinka, A., Perovic, D., Pillen, K., Pourkheirandish, M., Russell, J., Šafář, J., Salvi, S., Sanchez‑Garcia, M., Sato, K., Schmutzer, T., Scholz, U., Scott, J., Singh Brar, G., Smith, K. P., Sorrells, M. E., Spannagl, M., Stein, N., Tondelli, A., Tuberosa, R., Tucker, J., Turkington, T., Valkoun, J., Verma, R. P. S., Vinje, M. A., von Korff, M., Walling, J. G., Waugh, R., Wise, R. P., Wulff, B. B. H., Yang, S., Zhang, G., Morrell, P. L. and Mascher, M. (2026). Whole‑Genome Resequencing of the Wild Barley Diversity Collection: A Resource for Identifying and Exploiting Genetic Variation for Cultivated Barley Improvement. G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 16(1), jkaf261. https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaf261 

Thome J, Trimborn L., Waldmann H, Reize C, Weiler-Tersch L, Schenkel C, Weeks H, Fichtner F, Linstädter A, de Meaux J, Hoecker U. (2026). Plant-plant competition limits Arabidopsis shoot branching and silique production independently of soil mineral nutrients, strigolactones and BRANCHED1. Plant, Cell & Environment, 49:2413-2429  https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.70388

Villhauer, H., Hellwig, T., Labarosa, S.J., Moore, J., Wysocki, A., Straube, H., Durka, W., Brankov, M., Konowalik, K., Blume, D.V.M., Kheloufi, A., Mansouri, L.M., Blanco Moreno, J.M., Neira, P., Torra, J., da Silva, L.P., Santi, F., Royo-Esnal, A., Rodríguez-García, E., Romeralo, C., Hampe, A., Manzanares-Vázquez, V., Myśliwy, M., Bomanowska, A., Straube, J., Nikolić, N., Kolanowska, M., Mudrák, O., Nobis, M., Rewicz, A., Metzger, S., Radak, B., Nowak, S., Nosalewicz, A., Backhaus, A.E., Szitár, K., Ilić, M., Einspanier, S., Krzemińska, I., Pincebourde, S., Kaczmarek, K., Baranow, P., Wagner, M., Mitschunas, N., Bignon, A., Sahri, A., Leclerc, M., Nobis, A., Saatkamp, A., Drouzas, A.D., Zarantonello, A.E., Lexa, M., Kopriva, S., von Korff, M. and Bucharova, A., (2026). Climate-driven in-situ trait variation in an annual ruderal grass across Europe. bioRxiv, 2026.01.19.700245. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.19.700245

Walther, B., Klamann, L., Weirauch, S., Mashhady, G., Mai, H.-J., Bauer, P., (2026). A citizen science research project for secondary schools on urban plant ecology and plant ecological genetics. Authorea. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.176892149.92870199/v1

Wu, X., Bellagio, T., Peng, Y., Czech, L., Lin, M., Lang, P., Epstein, R., Abdelaziz, M., Alexander, J., Caton‑Darby, M., Alonso‑Blanco, C., Andersen, H. L., Berbel, M., Bergelson, J., Burghardt, L., Delker, C., Dimitrakopoulos, P. G., Donohue, K., Durka, W., Escribano‑Avila, G., Franks, S. J., Fritschi, F. B., Galanidis, A., Garcia‑Fernández, A., García‑Muñoz, A., Hamann, E., Herber, M., Hutt, A., Iriondo, J. M., Juenger, T. E., Keller, S., Koehl, K., Korte, A., Korte, P., Kuschera, A., Lara‑Romero, C., Leventhal, L., Maag, D., Marcer, A., March‑Salas, M., de Meaux, J., Méndez‑Vigo, B., Morente‑López, J., Morton, T. C., Münzbergova, Z., Muola, A., Pärtel, M., Picó, F. X., Quarles‑Chidyagwai, B., Quint, M., Reichelt, N., Rudak, A., Schmitt, J., Seifan, M., Snoek, B. L., Stam, R., Stinchcombe, J. R., Stift, M., Taylor, M. A., Tiffin, P., Till‑Bottraud, I., Traveset, A., Valay, J.‑G., van Zanten, M., Vandvik, V., Violle, C., Wódkiewicz, M., Weigel, D., Bossdorf, O., Colautti, R., Vasseur, F., Scheepens, J. F. and Exposito‑Alonso, M. (2026). Rapid adaptation and extinction across climates in synchronized outdoor evolution experiments of Arabidopsis thaliana. Science, 391(6792), eadz0777. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz0777 


2025

Baby, D., Weldi S., Knopf, M., Venkadasamy, V. L., Erickson, J. L., Bauer P. (2025). A three amino acid sequence gates protein stability control of bHLH104 and iron uptake in Arabidopsis thaliana. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.18.689088 

Dannfald, A., Cadoudal, A., Carpentier, M.‑C., Merret, M., Rigal, Q., Vialaret, J., Attina, A., Kindermans, J., Berrissou, C., Koprivova, A., David, A., Hirtz, C., Favory, J.‑J., Kopriva, S., Drouard, L., Deragon, J.‑M. (2025). Loss of tRNA uridine thiolation affects mRNA translation, protein production, and sulfur‑compound metabolism in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.25.678457 

Dunken, N., Thomsen, T. and Zuccaro, A. (2025) Purine-based infochemicals and immunometabolites: a comparative review of emerging signaling pathways in plants and animals. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 49, fuaf029. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuaf029

Elfarargi, A.F., Gilbault, E., Döring, N., Dinis, H., Weber, A.P.M., Loudet, O. and Hancock, A.M., (2025). Dissecting the genetic basis of drought escape across multiple traits in colonizing Arabidopsis thaliana lineages. bioRxiv, 2025.04.07.647068. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.07.647068 

Endo, K., Basak, A.K., Wilkens, A., Mirzaei, M., Kopriva, S. and Yamada, K. (2025). Arabidopsis MEB3 functions as a vacuolar metal transporter to regulate iron accumulation in roots. Frontiers in Plant Science, 16, 1517144. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2025.1517144

Feng, J.‑W., Jiang, C., Strejčková, B., Szecówka, M., Haraldsson, E. B., Lux, T., An, C., Bayer, M., Bertrand, Y. J. K., Chudecká, M., Corrales, S. V., Čegan, R., Fiebig, A., Gao, G., Haghi, R., Himmelbach, A., Houben, A., Jin, Y., Krak, K., Komatsuda, T., Kuo, Y.‑T., Mahelka, V., Mayer, K. F. X., Melonek, J., Pecinka, A., Sakuma, S., Šimková, H., Small, I., Spannagl, M., Stein, N., Toegelová, H., Waugh, R., Wicker, T., Zhang, H., Zhu, Z., Šafář, J., Kopecký, D., Blattner, F. R., Yang, P. and von Korff, M. (2025). A genus‑wide pangenome of Hordeum. Research Square. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7766969/v1 

Flexas, J., Fernie, A. R., Usadel, B., Alonso‑Forn, D., Ardiles, V., Ball, M. C., Ballesteros, D., Bravo, L., Brodribb, T. J., Carriquí, M., Castanyer‑Mallol, F., Cavieres, L. A., Chondol, T., Clemente‑Moreno, M. J., Coopman, R. E., Corcuera, L., De Vries, J., Diaz‑Espejo, A., Dolezal, J., Ergo, V., Fernández, H., Fernández‑Marín, B., Galmes, J., García‑Plazaola, J. I., Quintanilla, L. G., Gulías, J., Hernández, A., Luo, K., Martínez‑Abaigar, J., Nadal, M., Niinemets, Ü., Núñez‑Olivera, E., Ostria‑Gallardo, E., Perera‑Castro, A. V., Pérez‑López, U., Ribas‑Carbo, M., Roig‑Oliver, M., Rojas, R., Sáez, P. L., Tosens, T., Viveros, R., Xiong, D., Yan, J., Zhang, Y. and Gago, J. (2025). What can we learn from the ecophysiology of plants inhabiting extreme environments? From “sher‑plants” to “shercrops”. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(17), 4831–4848. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf236 

Hancock, A., Portalier, S., Fulgione, A., Stetter, M.G. and de Meaux, J. (2025). The molecular basis of adaptation to climatic factors and range change in plants. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 56, pp. 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102723-053810 

Haraldsson, E.B., Anokye, M., Rütjes, T., Toegelová, H., Tulpová, Z., Šimková, H., Feng, J.-W., Mascher, M. and von Korff, M., (2025). A chromosome-scale genome assembly of Hordeum erectifolium: genomic, transcriptomic and anatomical adaptations to drought in a wild barley relative. bioRxiv, 2025.08.27.672388. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.27.672388

Hellwig, T., Döring, N., Haraldsson, E.B. and von Korff, M., (2025). Convergent life-history evolution in Hordeum: Phylogenomic insights into climatic niche variation and functional genetic differentiation among annual and perennial wild relatives of barley. bioRxiv, 2025.08.11.669716. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.11.669716

Karunarathne, P., Reutemann, A. V., James, J. E., Zhou, Q., Sassone, A., Rose, L. E. and Hojsgaard, D. (2025). Navigating the challenges in apomixis population genetics: insights from past, present, and future perspectives. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 44(4), 261–292. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2024.2440296 

Karunarathne, P., Klümpen, M. and Rose, L. E. (2025). Unlocking the forgotten dimension of biodiversity: a scalable genetic diversity index for multi‑species analysis. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.03.657643

Karunarathne, P., Schäfer, Y., Glushkevich, A., Scott, A. D., Abraham, L., de Meaux, J., Novikova, P. Y., Wiehe, T. and Rose, L. E. (2025). Copy number variation: a substrate for plant adaptation and stress response in Arabidopsis, bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.15.670553

Khan, A.S., Zumkeller, S.M., Schmitz, G., Calic, I., Ali, T., Rahnamae, N., Hördemann, L., Abdelwahed, L., Szymanski, J. and de Meaux, J. (2025). The complex molecular basis of enhanced stress resilience in extreme drought-tolerant Arabis grassland species. bioRxiv, 680103. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.02.680103

Knopf, M.C. and Bauer, P. (2025). Affordable non-invasive machine-aided phenotyping identifies phenotypic variation to soil stress across the Arabidopsis thaliana life cycle. Physiologia Plantarum, 177(4), e70427. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70427

Krämer, U. (2025). Changing paradigms for the micronutrient zinc, a known protein cofactor, as a signal relaying also cellular redox state. Quantitative Plant Biology, 6, e7. https://doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2025.4

Lu, Z., Zhou, Y., Yang, G., Rose, L.E., Hu, F. and Li, Z., (2025). Mining genes underlying perennial-to-annual transitions in Oryza with comparative genomics. bioRxiv, 2025.09.01.673603. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.01.673603 

Otto, M., Wiehe, T. (2025) Inferring the history of gene copy number evolution. bioRxiv, 671444. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.21.671444 

Pahujani, S. and Krug, J., (2025). Complexity and accessibility of random landscapes. SciPost Phys. Lect. Notes, p.108.  https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhysLectNotes.108 

Pahujani, S., Zhang, Y., Stetter, M. G. and Krug, J. (2025). Adaptive Dynamics of Quantitative Traits in a Steadily Changing Environment. bioRxiv, 2025-09. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.28.679017

Parker, M. T.; Amar, S.; Campoy, J. A.; Krause, K.; Tusso, S.; Marek, M.; Huettel, B.; Schneeberger, K. (2025). Scalable eQTL mapping using single-nucleus RNA-sequencing of recombined gametes from a small number of individuals. PLOS Biology, 23(4), e3003085. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003085

Peltz, N., Armbruster, L., Stephens, C., Joisten-Rosenthal, V., Thomsen, T., Yan, A.W., Dunken, N., Granado, R., Kopriva, S., de Meaux, J., Langen, G., Koprivova, A., Usadel, B. and Zuccaro, A., (2025). A fungal root endophyte functionally complements host immunity and mitigates natural immune variation in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv, 2025.12.02.691812. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.02.691812

Rahnamae, N., Metzger, L., Hördemann, L., Korfmann, K., Khan, A.S., Özoglan, Y., Dent, C.I., Amar, S., Wijfjes, R.Y., Ali, T., Schmitz, G., Stich, B., Tellier, A. and de Meaux, J. (2026), Contemporary hybridization among Arabis floodplain species creates opportunities for adaptation. New Phytologist, 249: 1542-1557. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70779 

Schäfer, Y., Zheng, Y., Karunarathne, P., Parida, A.C., Pietzenuk, B., Kumar, V., Rose, L. E., Krämer, U. and Wiehe, T., (2025). Interlocus gene conversion causes mosaic divergence in tandem paralogues – simulating HMA4 evolution in Arabidopsis halleri. bioRxiv, p. 2025.10.29.685298. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.29.685298

Scott, A. D., Kolesnikova, U. K., Glushkevich, A., Steinmann, L., Tikhomirov, N. P., Pfordt, U., Bohutínská, M., Burns, R., Seregin, A. P., Kolar, F., Schmickl, R. and Novikova, P. Y. (2025). Multiple autopolyploid Arabidopsis lyrata populations stabilized by long‑range adaptive introgression across Eurasia. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 42(8), msaf153. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf153

Shrestha, A., König, T., Meikle, L. A., Westhoff, P., Erban, A. and Stich, B. (2025). Morphological, Physiological, and Metabolic Responses of Diverse Barley Inbreds to Dry Down and Moderate Drought Stress. Food and Energy Security, 14(3), e70102. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.70102 

Shukla,V., Basu, S., Koprivova, A. and Ristova, D. (2025). Clade I TGA transcription factors are negative regulators of sulfate uptake and metabolism. bioRxiv, 658247. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.06.658247

Stetter, M.G., Joshi, D.C. and Singh, A., (2025). Assessing and mining grain amaranth diversity for sustainable cropping systems. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 138, p. 171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-04940-w

Takou, M., Schulz, K., & Stetter, M. G. (2025). Local selection shaped the diversity of European maize landraces. Molecular Ecology, 34, e17720. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17720

Tergemina, E., Ansari, S., Salt, D.E. and Hancock, A.M. (2025). Multiple independent MGR5 alleles contribute to a clinal pattern in leaf magnesium across the distribution of Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist, 246:1861-1874. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70069 

Tjeng, B., Arimond, M., Grindeland, H. B., Dalla Libera, A., and Fulgione, A., (2025). ParaMask: a new method to identify multicopy genomic regions, corrects major biases in whole-genome sequencing data. Genome Biology, 26, 368. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-025-03836-8

Tjeng, B., Mehak, M., Grindeland, H. B., Zohren, J., Dalla Libera, A., Wunder, J., Alonso-Blanco, C., Coupland, G. and Fulgione, A., (2025). Adaptation to seasonal drought in Arabis alpina is linked to the demographic history and climatic changes since the last glacial maximum. bioRxiv, 2025.09.09.671043. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.09.671043 

Tran, N.L.T., Ali, T., Schmitz, G. and de Meaux, J. (2025) Heat-induced secondary dormancy contributes to local adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Molecular Ecology, 34(19), e70086. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70086

Triesch, S., Reichel-Deland, V., Valderrama Martín, J. M., Melzer, M., Schlüter, U. and Weber, A. P. (2025). Single-nuclei sequencing of Moricandia arvensis reveals bundle sheath cell function in the photorespiratory shuttle of C3-C4 intermediate Brassicaceae. Journal of Experimental Botany, 76(17), 5129-5144. eraf245. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf245 


2024

Abdrabbou, M.M., Babaki, M., Boissonnet, T., Bortolomeazzi, M., Dahms, E., Fuchs, V.A.F., Hoevels, M., Kandpal, N., Möhl, C., Moore, J.A., Schauss, A., Schrader, A., Stöter, T., Thönnißen, J., Valencia-S., M., Weil, H.L., Wendt, J. and Zentis, P. (2024) NFDI4Bioimage - TA3-Hackathon - UoC-2023 (Cologne-Hackathon-2023, GitHub repository) (v1.0.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10617006

Croce, R., Carmo-Silva, E., Cho, Y.B., Ermakova, M., Harbinson, J., Lawson, T., McCormick, A.J., Niyogi, K.K., Ort, D.R., Patel-Tupper, D., Pesaresi, P., Raines, C., Weber, A.P.M. and Zhu, X.G. (2024) Perspectives on improving photosynthesis to increase crop yield. Plant Cell, 36(10), 3944–3973. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koae132

de Jager, N., Shukla, V., Koprivova, A., Lyčka, M., Bilalli, L., You, Y.,  Zeier, J., Kopriva, S. and Ristova, D. (2024). Traits linked to natural variation of sulfur content in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(3), 1036-1050. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad401

Krämer, U. (2024). Metal Homeostasis in Land Plants: A Perpetual Balancing Act Beyond the Fulfilment of Metalloproteome Cofactor Demands. Annual Review Plant Biology. 75(1), 27-65. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-070623-105324

Lian, Q., Huettel, B., Walkemeier, B., Mayjonade, B., Lopez-Roques, C., Gil, L., Roux, F., Schneeberger, K. and Mercier, R. (2024) A pan-genome of 69 Arabidopsis thaliana accessions reveals a conserved genome structure throughout the global species range. Nature Genetics, 56, 1287–1298. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-024-01715-9

Li, X.-M., Jenke, H., Strauss, S., Wang, Y., Bhatia, N., Kierzkowski, D., Lymbouridou, R., Huijser, P., Smith, R.S., Runions, A. and Tsiantis, M. (2024) Age-associated growth control modifies leaf proximodistal symmetry and enabled leaf shape diversification. Current Biology, 34(19), 3755–3767.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.068

Li, X.-M., Jenke, H., Strauss, S., Bazakos, C., Mosca, G., Lymbouridou, R., Kierzkowski, D., Neumann, U., Naik, P., Huijser, P., Laurent, S., Smith, R.S., Runions, A. and Tsiantis, M. (2024) Cell-cycle-linked growth reprogramming encodes developmental time into leaf morphogenesis. Current Biology, 34(3), 541–556.e15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.050

Mohr, I., Eutebach, M., Knopf, M. C., Schommen, N., Gratz, R., Angrand, K., Genders, L., Brumbarova, T., Bauer, P. and Ivanov, R. (2024). The small ARF-like 2 GTPase TITAN5 is linked with the dynamic regulation of IRON-REGULATED TRANSPORTER 1. Journal of Cell Science, 137(23), jcs263645. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263645 

Nicholas de Jager, V., Shukla, V., Koprivova, A., Lyčka, M., Bilalli, L., You, Y., Zeier, J., Kopriva, S. and Ristova, D. (2024) Traits linked to natural variation of sulfur content in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(3), 1036–1050.  https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad401

Schmitz, G., Linstädter, A., Frank, A. S. K., Dittberner, H., Thome, J., Schrader, A., Linne von Berg, K.-H., Fulgione, A., Coupland, G. and de Meaux, J. (2024). Environmental filtering of life-history trait diversity in urban populations of Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Ecology, 112, 14–27. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14211

Triesch, S., Denton, A.K., Bouvier, J.W., Buchmann, J.P., Reichel-Deland, V., Guerreiro, R.N.F.M., Busch, N., Schlüter, U., Stich, B., Kelly, S. and Weber, A.P.M. (2024) Transposable elements contribute to the establishment of the glycine shuttle in Brassicaceae species. Plant Biology, 26(2), 270–281. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13601


2023

Baumgarten, L., Pieper, B., Song, B., Mane, S., Lempe, J. and Tsiantis, M. (2023) Pan-European study of genotypes and phenotypes in the Arabidopsis relative Cardamine hirsuta reveals how adaptation, demography, and development shape diversity patterns. PLOS Biology, 21(7), e3002191. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002191

Großkinsky, D.K., Faure, J.D., Gibon, Y., Haslam, R.P., Usadel, B., Zanetti, F. and Jonak, C. (2023) The potential of integrative phenomics to harness underutilized crops for improving stress resilience. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1216337. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1216337

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Prizes and Awards

Best talk prize to Varsa Shukla April 2025

Varsa Shkla  was awarded the 1st prize for the best presentation, highlighting its clarity and rigor, at the PlantACT! 2025 in Madrid.

Talk title: “Adaptative potential of sulfate content in Arabidopsis thaliana

Klaus Liebrecht Prize to Lisa Mahdi April 2024

Lisa Mahdi received the Klaus Liebrecht Prize for her outstanding research on elucidating the molecular interactions between a plant and its microbiota

Poster prize to Justine Floret May 2023

Justine Floret was awarded the 1st prize for the best student poster presentation at the PopBio 2023 conference in Stuttgart.

Poster title: The urban niche of Arabidopsis thaliana