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  • 2002 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Denise Zickler is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research spans several interconnected disciplines within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions across agricultural and biological sciences. The main subfields associated with their work include molecular biology, plant science, cell biology, genetics, and biophysics.

Their research topics cover a range of areas such as chromosomal and genetic variations, DNA repair mechanisms, genomics and chromatin dynamics, microtubule and mitosis dynamics, evolution and genetic dynamics, plant disease resistance and genetics, as well as fungal and yeast genetics research.

Denise Zickler's recent publications include:

  • "Meiosis: Dances Between Homologs," 2023, Annual Review of Genetics
  • "Evolution of crossover interference enables stable autopolyploidy by ensuring pairwise partner connections in Arabidopsis arenosa," 2021, Current Biology
  • "The 3D Topography of Mitotic Chromosomes," 2020, Molecular Cell
  • "Sister chromatids separate during anaphase in a three-stage program as directed by interaxis bridges," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "RNAi-Related Dicer and Argonaute Proteins Play Critical Roles for Meiocyte Formation, Chromosome-Axes Lengths and Crossover Patterning in the Fungus Sordaria macrospora," 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Some of the notable co-authors include Nancy Kleckner, Liangran Zhang, Eric Espagne, Lingluo Chu, and Maria Mukhina.

Their publications appear in various scientific venues, reflecting a broad scope of research impact. Frequent publication venues include Annual Review of Genetics, Current Biology, Molecular Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Chromosoma.

Denise Zickler has received recognition as a member of prominent organizations, holding memberships in the Academia Europaea since 2002 and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Meiotic chromosomes: integrating structure and function.

    D. Zickler;N. Kleckner

  • Recombination, Pairing, and Synapsis of Homologs during Meiosis

    Denise Zickler;Nancy Kleckner

  • THE LEPTOTENE-ZYGOTENE TRANSITION OF MEIOSIS

    D Zickler;N Kleckner

  • Meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA

    Patrick K.T. Shiu;Namboori B. Raju;Denise Zickler;Robert L. Metzenberg

  • Early Decision: Meiotic Crossover Interference prior to Stable Strand Exchange and Synapsis

    Douglas K Bishop;Denise Zickler

  • A mechanical basis for chromosome function

    Nancy Kleckner;Denise Zickler;Gareth H. Jones;Job Dekker

  • From early homologue recognition to synaptonemal complex formation.

    Denise Zickler

  • De novo assembly of a 40 Mb eukaryotic genome from short sequence reads: Sordaria macrospora, a model organism for fungal morphogenesis.

    Minou Nowrousian;Jason E Stajich;Meiling Chu;Ines Engh

  • Meiotic double-strand breaks at the interface of chromosome movement, chromosome remodeling, and reductional division

    Aurora Storlazzi;Sophie Tessé;Silvana Gargano;Françoise James

  • Coordinate variation in meiotic pachytene SC length and total crossover/chiasma frequency under conditions of constant DNA length

    Nancy Kleckner;Aurora Storlazzi;Denise Zickler

  • A Gene Essential for De Novo Methylation and Development in Ascobolus Reveals a Novel Type of Eukaryotic DNA Methyltransferase Structure

    Fabienne Malagnac;Birgit Wendel;Christophe Goyon;Godeleine Faugeron

  • Recombination Proteins Mediate Meiotic Spatial Chromosome Organization and Pairing

    Aurora Storlazzi;Silvana Gargano;Gwenael Ruprich-Robert;Matthieu Falque

  • Meiotic crossover patterns: obligatory crossover, interference and homeostasis in a single process.

    Shunxin Wang;Denise Zickler;Nancy Kleckner;Liangran Zhang

  • Localization and roles of Ski8p protein in Sordaria meiosis and delineation of three mechanistically distinct steps of meiotic homolog juxtaposition

    Sophie Tessé;Aurora Storlazzi;Nancy Kleckner;Silvana Gargano

  • Inefficient Crossover Maturation Underlies Elevated Aneuploidy in Human Female Meiosis

    Shunxin Wang;Terry Hassold;Patricia Hunt;Martin A. White

  • A few of our favorite things: Pairing, the bouquet, crossover interference and evolution of meiosis.

    Denise Zickler;Nancy Kleckner

  • Division spindle and centrosomal plaques during mitosis and meiosis in some Ascomycetes

    Denise Zickler

  • A nonmammalian homolog of the PAF7 gene(Zellweger syndrome) discovered as a gene involved in caryogamy in the fungus Podospora anserina

    Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier;Marguerite Picard;Catherine Thompson-Coffe;Denise Zickler

  • Spo76p Is a Conserved Chromosome Morphogenesis Protein that Links the Mitotic and Meiotic Programs

    Diana van Heemst;Françoise James;Stefanie Pöggeler;Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier

  • Correlation between pairing initiation sites, recombination nodules and meiotic recombination in Sordaria macrospora.

    D. Zickler;P. J. F. Moreau;Anh Dao Huynh;A.-M. Slezec

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Kleckner
Nancy Kleckner Harvard University
Romain Koszul
Romain Koszul Université Paris Cité
Stefanie Pöggeler
Stefanie Pöggeler University of Göttingen
Robert L. Metzenberg
Robert L. Metzenberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
Kirsten Bomblies
Kirsten Bomblies John Innes Centre
Gareth H. Jones
Gareth H. Jones University of Birmingham
Jason E. Stajich
Jason E. Stajich University of California, Riverside
Job Dekker
Job Dekker University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Terry J. Hassold
Terry J. Hassold Washington State University
John W. Hutchinson
John W. Hutchinson Harvard University

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