2025
Article
Rupp O., Roessner L. H., Kong D., Becker A. (2025) Rup: RNA-seq usability assessment pipeline: quality control for bulk RNA-seq experiments in eukaryotes. Journal of Visualized Experiments (225), e69253, https://doi.org/10.3791/69253
Ingelfinger J., Zander L., Seitz P., Trentmann O., Tiedemann S., Sprunck S., Dresselhaus T., Meyer A., Müller-Schüssele S. The secreted redox sensor roGFP2-Orp1 reveals oxidative dynamics in the plant apoplast – in press
Schulz R. & Theißen G. Overexpression of the MADS-box gene CRM3 in the fern Ceratopteris richardii affects sporophyte development – in press
Becker A., Chen X., Dresselhaus T., Gutsche N., Müller-Schüssele S., Sprunck S., Theißen G., de Vries S., Zachgo S. Sexual reproduction in land plants: an evolutionary perspective. Plant Reproduction 38, 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00497-025-00522-4
Ali Z., Tan Q.W., Lim P.K., Chen H., Pfeifer L., Julca I., Lee J., Vinter F., Layens A., Alvarado C., de Vries J., de Vries S., et al. Comparative transcriptomics in ferns reveals key innovations and divergent evolution of secondary cell wall. Nature Plants. DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01978-y
Schafran P., Hauser D.A., Nelson J.M., Xu X., Mueller L.A., Kulshrestha S., Smalley I., de Vries S., Irisarri I., de Vries J., Davies K., Villarreal J.C.A., Li F.-W. Pan-phylum genomes of hornworts reveal conserved autosomes but dynamic accessory and sex chromosomes. Nature Plants. 11:49-62. DOI: 10.1038/s41477-024-01883-w
Chen, J., Wang, H., Wang, J., Zheng, X., Qu, W., Fang H., Wang, S., H, L., Hao, S., Dresselhaus T. Fertilization-induced synergid cell death by RALF12-triggered ROS production and ethylene signaling. Nature Communications 16, 3059. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58246-y
Beaulieu C., Libourel C., Mbadinga Zamar D.L., El Mahboubi K., Hoey D.J., Greiff G.R.L., Keller J., Girou C., San Clemente H., Diop I., Amblard E., Castel B., Théron A., Cauet S., Rodde N., Zachgo S., Halpape W., Meierhenrich A., Laker B., Bräutigam A., SLCU Outreach Consortium, Szovenyi P., Cheng S., Tanizawa Y., Aziz S., Leebens-Mack J.H., Schmutz J., Webber J., Grimwood J., Jacquet C., Dunand C., Nelson J.M., Roux F., Philippe H., Schornack S., Bonhomme M., Delaux P.M.. The Marchantia polymorpha pangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment. Nature Genetics. 57(3): 729-740. DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-02071-4.
Kock C., Helmig J., Gutsche N., Dierschke T., Müller-Schüssele S.J., Zachgo S. Redox buffering and H2O2 orchestrate the vegetative development of Marchantia polymorpha. the Plant Journal, 123, e70317. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.70317.
Talk
Chen X. Functional analysis of RALF gene family members in maize and their evolution. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
Garrecht J. The role of LEUNIG and SEUSS transcriptional regulators during land plant evolution. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
Rupp O. Cross-plant comparison of gene expression. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
Schulz R. Tools for genetic studies of the model fern Ceratopteris richardii. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
Tiedemann S. Evolution and function of EC1 and other ECA1 gametogenesis-related small secreted cysteine-rich proteins. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
Trupp M. Contribution of the TGA TF to the evolution of sexual reproduction. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
Poster
De Vries S. Evolution of the miR156/529-SPL network in land plants. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
Ingelfinger J. & Müller-Schüssele S. The secreted redox sensor roGFP2-Orp1 reveals oxidative dynamics in the plant apoplast. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
Keßler M. CoExPlore: Interactive comparative analysis of co-expression networks. International ICIPS Symposium: Evolution of Plant Reproduction, 25-28/03, Berlin (Germany).
2024
Article
Bohle F., Klaus A., Ingelfinger J., Tegethof H., Safari N., Schwarzländer M., Hochholdinger F., Hahn M., Meyer A. J., Acosta I. F., Müller-Schüssele S. (2024). Contrasting cytosolic glutathione redox dynamics under abiotic and biotic stress in barley as revealed by the biosensor Grx1–roGFP2. Journal of Experimental Botany 75 (8): 2299-2312. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae035
Dierschke T., Levins J., Lampugnani E.R., Ebert B., Zachgo S., Bowman J.L. Control of sporophyte secondary cell wall development in Marchantia by a Class II KNOX gene. Current Biology 34: 5213–5222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.09.061
Laker B., Halpape W., Meierhenrich A., Zachgo S., Bräutigam A. Genome sequence assembly of the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis ecotype BoGa and its gene annotation. Bielefeld University DOI: https://doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2991996
Rössner C., Griep S. & Becker A. A land plant phylogenetic framework for GLABROUS INFLORESCENCE STEMS (GIS), SUPERMAN, JAGGED and allies plus their TOPLESS co-repressor. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 201: 108195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108195
Wang W., Malka R., Lindemeier M., Cyprys P., Tiedemann S., Sun K., Zhang X., Xiong H., Sprunck S., Sun M.X. EGG CELL 1 contributes to egg-cell-dependent preferential fertilization in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 10: 268–282. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01616-5
Zhou L.Z., Wang L., Chen X., Ge Z., Mergner J., Li X., Küster B., Längst G., Qu L.J., Dresselhaus T. The RALF signaling pathway regulates cell wall integrity during pollen tube growth in maize. The Plant Cell: 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad324
Poster
Garrecht J. The role of LEUNIG and SEUSS transcriptional regulators during land plant evolution. International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences, 15-19/09, Halle (Germany).
Ingelfinger J. Evolution and diversification of the NADPH oxidase family in plants. International Botanical Congress, 21-27/07, Madrid (Spain).
Schulz R. Establishing CRISPR-Cas9-mediated mutagenesis for Ceratopteris richardii to investigate the role of MADS-box genes in fern. International Botanical Congress, 21-27/07, Madrid (Spain)
Talk
Garrecht J. The role of LEUNIG and SEUSS transcriptional regulators during land plant evolution. International Botanical Congress, 21-27/07, Madrid (Spain).
Becker A. On the molecular evolution of carpels – where are we now? International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, 6-10/07, Rhode Island (USA).
Tiedemann S. Evolution and function of EGG CELL 1 and related secreted small cysteine-rich proteins International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, 6-10/07, Rhode Island (USA).
2023
Article
Zachgo S. Nuclear redox processes in land plant development and stress adaptation. Biological Chemistry: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/hsz-2022-0288/html
Gutsche N., Koczula J., Trupp M., Holtmannspötter M., Appelfeller M., Rupp O., Busch A., Zachgo S. MpTGA, together with MpNPR, regulates sexual reproduction and independently affects oil body formation in Marchantia polymorpha. New Phytologist 241: 1559–157. https://academic.oup.com/plcell/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plcell/koac219/6670628c219
Poster
Sprunck S. EC1, small cysteine-rich proteins secreted by the egg cell for sperm-egg interactions. Plant Peptides and Receptors Meeting, 02-04/10, Lyon (France).
Tiedemann S. Function and evolution of EC1 and other ECA1 gametogenesis-related cysteine-rich miniproteins. Plant Peptides and Receptors Meeting, 02-04/10, Lyon (France).
Becker A. Introduction the research unit “ICIPS”: Innovation and Coevolution In Plant Sexual reproduction. 23rd International Congress of Genetics, 16-21/07, Melbourne (Australia).
Garrecht J., Roessner C., Schulz R., Becker A. Establishing the homosporous fern Ceratopteris richardii as a genetic model organism. Plant Biology Europe Congress organized by the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology, 3-6/07, Marseille (France).
Chen X., Zhoua L., Wang L., Rupp O., Dresselhaus T. Functional analysis of RALF gene family members in maize and their evolution. 5th European Maize Meeting, 14-16/06, Bologna (Italy).
Rössner C. The C1-1i type Zing Finger JAGGED from the EvoDevo point of view. 36th Conference Molecular Biology of Plants, 6-9/02, Hennef (Germany).
Talk
Becker A. Innovation and coevolution in land plant sexual reproduction, a case study in carpel evolution. 36th Conference Molecular Biology of Plants, 6-9/02, Hennef (Germany).
Book Chapter
Zhou, L., Dresselhaus, T. Chapter Five: Multiple roles of ROS in flowering plant reproduction. Advances in Botanical Research “Oxidative Stress Responses in Plants“ (Edited by Frank van Breusegem & Ron Mittler; Published by Elsevier Ltd), Volume 105: 139-176.
https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.abr.2022.10.002
2022
Article
Bowman J., Arteaga-Vazquez M., Berger F., Briginshaw L., Carella P., Aguilar-Cruz A., Davies K., Dierschke T., Dolan L., Dorantes-Acosta A., Fisher T., Flores-Sandoval E., Futagami K., Ishizaki K., Jibran R., Kanazawa T., Kato H., Kohchi T., Levins J., Lin S., Nakagami H., Nishihama R., Romani F., Schornack S., Tanizawa T., Tsuzuki M., Ueda T., Watanabe Y., Yamato K., Zachgo S. The renaissance and enlightenment of Marchantia as a model system. The Plant Cell: https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/34/10/3512/6670628
Marchant D.B., Chen G., Cai S., Chen F., Schafran P., Jenkins J., Shu S., Plott C., Webber J., Lovell J. T., He G., Sandor L., Williams M., Rajasekar S., Healey A., Barry K., Zhang Y., Sessa E., Dhakal R., Wolf P.G., Harkess A., Li F.-W., Rössner C., Becker A., Gramzow L., Xue D., Wu Y., Tong T., Wang Y., Dai F., Hua S., Wang H., Xu S., Xu F., Duan H., Theißen T., McKain M., Li Z., McKibben M.T.W., Barker M.S., Schmitz R.J., Stevenson D., Zumajo-Cardona C., Ambrose B.A., Leebens-Mack J.H., Grimwood J., Schmutz J., Soltis P.S., Soltis D.E., Chen Z.H. Dynamic genome evolution in a model fern. Nature Plants: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01226-7
Poster
Garrecht J., Becker A. Using protoplasts transformation to assess the efficiency of multiple guideRNAs of a CRISPR/Cas system in planta. Botanik-Tagung – International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences, 28/08-01/09, Bonn (Germany).
Malka R., Tiedemann S., Cyprys P., Lindemeier M., Tornero M. F., Sprunck S. Evolution and function of secreted small cysteine-rich EC1 proteins. 26th International Congress of Plant Sexual Reproduction, 20-24/06, Prague (Czech Republic).
Schulz R., Gramzon L., Theissen G. Establishing the fern Ceratopteris as a model system to investigate the evolutionary origin of the seed. EURO EVO DEVO, 31/05-03/06, Naples (Italy).
Talk
Becker A. A short introduction to ICIPS (DFG Research Unit 5098) and an update on the establishment of C-fern genetic resources. Non-Seed Plant Meeting of the UK Genetics Society, 10-13/12, Bristol (UK).
Müller-Schüssele S. I stressed this plant, and all I got was more ROS. 3rd Annual MADLand Meeting, 13-16/09, Herzogenhorn (Germany).
Becker A. A short introduction to ICIPS (DFG Research Unit 5098) and an update on the establishment of C-fern genetic resources. 3rd Annual MADLand Meeting, 13-16/09, Herzogenhorn (Germany).
Zachgo S. How stressful was plant terrestrialization? Contribution of transcription factors and redox processes in land plant adaptation. EURO EVO DEVO, 31/05-03/06, Naples (Italy).
2020
Article
Becker, A. A molecular update on the origin of the carpel. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 53: 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2019.08.009
DFG Research Unit ICIPS (FOR 5098) 