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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Enrico Coen is affiliated with the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research focuses largely on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with additional work relevant to Mechanical Engineering, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their research include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Tree Root and Stability Studies, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Enrico Coen's frequent collaborators include Yongbiao Xue, Jordi Chan, Richard Kennaway, Yue Zhang, and Sihui Zhu. Their work has been published notably in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Current Biology, Science, Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, and The Plant Cell.

Among their recent scientific papers are:

  • The mechanics of plant morphogenesis, 2023, Science
  • Interaction between Autonomous and Microtubule Guidance Systems Controls Cellulose Synthase Trajectories, 2020, Current Biology
  • Origin, loss, and regain of self-incompatibility in angiosperms, 2021, The Plant Cell
  • Brassinosteroid coordinates cell layer interactions in plants via cell wall and tissue mechanics, 2023, Science
  • Norwich COVID-19 testing initiative pilot: evaluating the feasibility of asymptomatic testing on a university campus, 2020, Journal of Public Health

Enrico Coen has been recognized with several professional distinctions, including membership in the National Academy of Sciences (2001), Academia Europaea (1998), and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). They were also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom in 1998.

Best Publications

  • The war of the whorls : genetic interactions controlling flower development

    Enrico S. Coen;Elliot M. Meyerowitz

  • An epigenetic mutation responsible for natural variation in floral symmetry

    Pilar Cubas;Coral Vincent;Enrico Coen

  • floricaula: A homeotic gene required for flower development in antirrhinum majus

    Enrico S. Coen;JoséM. Romero;Sandra Doyle;Robert Elliott

  • Genetic Control of Surface Curvature

    Utpal Nath;Brian C. W. Crawford;Rosemary Carpenter;Enrico Coen

  • The TCP domain: a motif found in proteins regulating plant growth and development

    Pilar Cubas;Nick Lauter;John Doebley;Enrico Coen

  • Origin of floral asymmetry in Antirrhinum

    Da Luo;Rosemary Carpenter;Coral Vincent;Lucy Copsey

  • Complementary floral homeotic phenotypes result from opposite orientations of a transposon at the plena locus of Antirrhinum.

    Desmond Bradley;Rosemary Carpenter;Hans Sommer;Nigel Hartley

  • Control of organ asymmetry in flowers of Antirrhinum.

    Da Luo;Rosemary Carpenter;Lucy Copsey;Coral Vincent

  • Control of inflorescence architecture in Antirrhinum

    Desmond Bradley;Rosemary Carpenter;Lucy Copsey;Coral Vincent

  • Evolution and development of inflorescence architectures.

    Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz;Yvette Erasmus;Yvette Erasmus;Brendan Lane;Brendan Lane;Lawrence D. Harder;Lawrence D. Harder

  • Separation of shoot and floral identity in Arabidopsis.

    Oliver J. Ratcliffe;Desmond J. Bradley;Enrico S. Coen

  • A common gene regulates pigmentation pattern in diverse plant species.

    Justin Goodrich;Rosemary Carpenter;Enrico S. Coen

  • Origin of Allelic Diversity in Antirrhinum S Locus RNases

    Yongbiao Xue;Rosemary Carpenter;Hugh G. Dickinson;Enrico S. Coen

  • Dynamics of concerted evolution of ribosomal DNA and histone gene families in the melanogaster species subgroup of Drosophila.

    Enrico Coen;Tom Strachan;Gabriel A Dover

  • The genetics of geometry

    Enrico Coen;Anne-Gaëlle Rolland-Lagan;Mark Matthews;J. Andrew Bangham

  • Transposable elements generate novel spatial patterns of gene expression in antirrhinum majus

    Enrico S. Coen;Rosemary Carpenter;Cathie Martin

  • Regulatory Genes Control a Key Morphological and Ecological Trait Transferred Between Species

    Minsung Kim;Min Long Cui;Pilar Cubas;Pilar Cubas;Amanda Gillies

  • Molecular analysis of instability in flower pigmentation of Antirrhinum majus, following isolation of the pallida locus by transposon tagging.

    Cathie Martin;Rosemary Carpenter;Hans Sommer;Heinz Saedler

  • Rate of turnover of structural variants in the rDNA gene family of Drosophila melanogaster

    Enrico S. Coen;John M. Thoday;Gabriel Dover

  • Floral asymmetry involves an interplay between TCP and MYB transcription factors in Antirrhinum

    Susie B. Corley;Rosemary Carpenter;Lucy Copsey;Enrico Coen

Frequent Co-Authors

Pilar Cubas
Pilar Cubas Spanish National Research Council
Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz
Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz University of Calgary
Yongbiao Xue
Yongbiao Xue Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gabriel A. Dover
Gabriel A. Dover University of Leicester
Cathie Martin
Cathie Martin Norwich Research Park
Rüdiger Simon
Rüdiger Simon Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
John H. Doonan
John H. Doonan Aberystwyth University
Robert Sablowski
Robert Sablowski John Innes Centre
Steven J. Rothstein
Steven J. Rothstein University of Guelph
Qiang Gao
Qiang Gao Beihang University

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