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Hannes Kollist

Hannes Kollist

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Biology and Biochemistry

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54
Citations
10844
World Ranking
15608
National Ranking
4

Overview

Hannes Kollist is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research focuses primarily on plant science, with a significant body of work at the intersection of agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. The scientist's work covers a range of subfields including plant science, molecular biology, agronomy and crop science, global and planetary change, and atmospheric science.

Their research addresses several main topics, including plant stress responses and tolerance, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant responses to elevated CO₂, plant molecular biology research, wheat and barley genetics and pathology, genetics and plant breeding, and polysaccharides and plant cell walls.

Recent publications provide insight into their contributions to plant biology and stress responses. Notable papers include:

  • THESEUS1 modulates cell wall stiffness and abscisic acid production in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • FRET kinase sensor development reveals SnRK2/OST1 activation by ABA but not by MeJA and high CO2 during stomatal closure, 2020, eLife
  • Phosphorylation of the plasma membrane H+-ATPase AHA2 by BAK1 is required for ABA-induced stomatal closure in Arabidopsis, 2022, The Plant Cell
  • Stomatal CO 2 /bicarbonate sensor consists of two interacting protein kinases, Raf-like HT1 and non-kinase-activity requiring MPK12/MPK4, 2022, Science Advances
  • STRESS INDUCED FACTOR 2 Regulates Arabidopsis Stomatal Immunity through Phosphorylation of the Anion Channel SLAC1, 2020, The Plant Cell

Kollist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Dmitry Yarmolinsky, Ebe Merilo, Mikael Brosché, Julian I. Schroeder, and Andrius Aleliūnas. These collaborations reflect ongoing research partnerships within plant molecular biology and related fields.

The scientist's work has been published in a variety of journals with repeated contributions to venues such as New Phytologist, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Plant Cell, and Science Advances.

Best Publications

  • SLAC1 is required for plant guard cell S-type anion channel function in stomatal signalling

    Triin Vahisalu;Hannes Kollist;Hannes Kollist;Yong-Fei Wang;Noriyuki Nishimura

  • Arabidopsis PYR/PYL/RCAR Receptors Play a Major Role in Quantitative Regulation of Stomatal Aperture and Transcriptional Response to Abscisic Acid

    Miguel Gonzalez-Guzman;Gaston A. Pizzio;Regina Antoni;Francisco Vera-Sirera

  • Signalling and cell death in ozone‐exposed plants

    Jaakko Kangasjärvi;Pinja Jaspers;Hannes Kollist

  • Rapid Responses to Abiotic Stress: Priming the Landscape for the Signal Transduction Network.

    Hannes Kollist;Sara I. Zandalinas;Soham Sengupta;Maris Nuhkat

  • Closing gaps: linking elements that control stomatal movement

    Hannes Kollist;Maris Nuhkat;M. Rob G. Roelfsema

  • Impact of ozone on monoterpene emissions and evidence for an isoprene-like antioxidant action of monoterpenes emitted by Quercus ilex leaves.

    Francesco Loreto;Paola Pinelli;Fausto Manes;Hannes Kollist

  • Ozone-triggered rapid stomatal response involves the production of reactive oxygen species, and is controlled by SLAC1 and OST1

    Triin Vahisalu;Irina Puzõrjova;Mikael Brosche;Ervin Valk

  • Arabidopsis RADICAL-INDUCED CELL DEATH1 Belongs to the WWE Protein–Protein Interaction Domain Protein Family and Modulates Abscisic Acid, Ethylene, and Methyl Jasmonate Responses

    Reetta Ahlfors;Saara Lång;Kirk Overmyer;Pinja Jaspers

  • Defense-related transcription factors WRKY70 and WRKY54 modulate osmotic stress tolerance by regulating stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis.

    Jing Li;Sebastien Besseau;Petri Törönen;Nina Hannele Sipari

  • Central functions of bicarbonate in S-type anion channel activation and OST1 protein kinase in CO2 signal transduction in guard cell

    Shaowu Xue;Shaowu Xue;Honghong Hu;Amber Ries;Ebe Merilo

  • Nitric oxide modulates ozone‐induced cell death, hormone biosynthesis and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Reetta Ahlfors;Mikael Brosché;Hannes Kollist;Hannes Kollist;Jaakko Kangasjärvi

  • Large-Scale Phenomics Identifies Primary and Fine-Tuning Roles for CRKs in Responses Related to Oxidative Stress.

    Gildas Bourdais;Pawel Burdiak;Adrien Guy Bernard Gauthier;Lisette Nitsch

  • PYR/RCAR Receptors Contribute to Ozone-, Reduced Air Humidity-, Darkness-, and CO2-Induced Stomatal Regulation

    Ebe Merilo;Kristiina Laanemets;Honghong Hu;Shaowu Xue

  • The PYL4 A194T Mutant Uncovers a Key Role of PYR1-LIKE4/PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2CA Interaction for Abscisic Acid Signaling and Plant Drought Resistance

    Gaston A. Pizzio;Lesia Rodriguez;Regina Antoni;Miguel Gonzalez-Guzman

  • Stomatal VPD response: there is more to the story than ABA

    Ebe Merilo;Dmitry Yarmolinsky;Pirko Jalakas;Helen Parik

  • Guard cell SLAC1-type anion channels mediate flagellin-induced stomatal closure.

    Aysin Guzel Deger;Sönke Scherzer;Maris Nuhkat;Justyna Kedzierska

  • The F-box protein MAX2 contributes to resistance to bacterial phytopathogens in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Maria Piisilä;Mehmet A Keceli;Günter Brader;Liina Jakobson

  • A specialized histone H1 variant is required for adaptive responses to complex abiotic stress and related DNA methylation in Arabidopsis

    Kinga Rutowicz;Marcin Puzio;Joanna Halibart-Puzio;Joanna Halibart-Puzio;Maciej Lirski

  • Natural variation in ozone sensitivity among Arabidopsis thaliana accessions and its relation to stomatal conductance.

    Mikael Brosché;Ebe Merilo;Florian Mayer;Florian Mayer;Priit Pechter

  • Mutual antagonism of ethylene and jasmonic acid regulates ozone-induced spreading cell death in Arabidopsis.

    Hannele Tuominen;Kirk Overmyer;Markku Keinänen;Hannes Kollist

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikael Brosché
Mikael Brosché University of Helsinki
Jaakko Kangasjärvi
Jaakko Kangasjärvi University of Helsinki
Julian I. Schroeder
Julian I. Schroeder University of California, San Diego
M. Rob G. Roelfsema
M. Rob G. Roelfsema University of Würzburg
Jörg Durner
Jörg Durner Technical University of Munich
David B. Collinge
David B. Collinge University of Copenhagen
Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg
E. Tapio Palva
E. Tapio Palva University of Helsinki
Silke Robatzek
Silke Robatzek Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Stanislaw Karpinski
Stanislaw Karpinski Warsaw University of Life Sciences

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