The KBC Days 2009 will take place on 16-17 November 2009

All members of the KBC-Departments are welcome to two days of communication, celebration and inspiration. We cordially invite our research partners and friends who like to learn more about our centre.

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Cutting Edge Seminar 2013

Speaker
Frederic Berger
Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore


Title:
Beyond packaging : roles and functions of Histones variants in plants

Place: 
KB3A9, Lilla hörsalen KBC

Host: Laszlo Bako

For a detailed description of his research interests, please visit his homepage http://www.tll.org.sg/group-leaders/frederic-berger/. 

Publication list:


- Vu MT, Nakamura M, Calarco JP, Susaki D, Lim PQ, Kinoshita T, Higashiyama T, Martienssen RA, Berger F. (2013) RNA-directed DNA methylation regulates parental genomic imprinting at several loci in Arabidopsis. Development.
-   Calarco J, Borges F, Donoghue M, Van Ex F, Jullien P, Lopes T, Gardner R, Berger F, Feijó J, Becker J, Martienssen R.. (2012) Reprogramming of DNA Methylation in Pollen Guides Epigenetic Inheritance via Small RNA. Cell 151: 194-205.
-    Jullien PE Susaki D Yelagandula R Higashiyama T Berger F. (2012) DNA methylation dynamics during sexual reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Biology 22: 10.1016/j.cub.2.
-    Wollmann H, Holec S, Alden K, Clarke ND, Jacques P-E, Berger F. (2012) Dynamic Deposition of Histone Variant H3.3 Accompanies Developmental Remodeling of the Arabidopsis Transcriptome. PLoS Genetics 8: e1002658.
-    Holec S, Berger F. (2012) Polycomb group complexes mediate developmental transitions in plants.. Plant Physiology 158: 35-42
-    Chen Z, Higgins JD, Tan JLH, Li J, Franklin FCH, Berger F. (2011) Retinoblastoma protein is essential for early meiotic events in Arabidopsis. The EMBO Journal 30: 744-755
-   Hamamura Y, Saito C, Awai C, Kurihara D, Miyawaki A, Nakagawa T, Kanaoka M, Sasaki N, Nakano A, Berger F, and Higashiyama T.. (2011) Live-Cell Imaging Reveals the Dynamics of Two Sperm Cells during Double Fertilization in Arabidopsis thaliana.. Current Biology 21: 497-502
-    Wollmann H and Berger F. (2011) Epigenetic reprogramming during plant reproduction and seed development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 15: 63-69
-    Berger F and Twell D. (2011) The plant Germline.. Annual review Plant Biology 62: 461-484
-    Kawashima T and Berger F. (2011) Green love talks; cell–cell communication during double fertilization in flowering plants.. Annals of Botany 2011: doi: 10.1093/ao
-    Ingouff M, Rademacher S, Holec S, Šoljic L, Nie X, Readshaw A, Foo SH, Lahouze B, Sprunck S, Berger F. (2010) Zygotic Resetting of the HISTONE 3 Variant Repertoire Participates in Epigenetic Reprogramming in Arabidopsis. Current Biology 20: 2137-2143
-    Aw SJ, Hamamura Y, Chen Z, Schnittger A, Berger F. (2010) Sperm entry is sufficient to trigger division of the central cell but the paternal genome is required for endosperm development in Arabidopsis. Development 137: 2683-2690
-    Jullien PE, Berger F. (2010) DNA methylation reprogramming during plant sexual reproduction?. Trends in Genetics 26: 394–399

UPSC Seminar
Sebastian Bednarek
Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin- Madison

Title:
Seeing Stars: Conserved and Plant-Specific Clathrin-Coated Vesicle Machinery in Cytokinesis and Cell Expansion

Room: KB4C10, KBC

Host: Rishikesh Bhalerao