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Niels Sandal

Niels Sandal

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Molecular Biology

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43
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Overview

Niels Sandal is a researcher affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark. Their academic work primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Plant Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Cell Biology.

The core topics of Sandal's research include:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Sandal's recent scholarly contributions include papers published across various journals, reflecting research interests in plant molecular interactions, genetics, and ecosystem dynamics. Notable publications are:

  • Insights into the evolution of symbiosis gene copy number and distribution from a chromosome-scale Lotus japonicus Gifu genome sequence (2020, DNA Research)
  • Extreme genetic signatures of local adaptation during Lotus japonicus colonization of Japan (2020, Nature Communications)
  • A Promiscuity Locus Confers Lotus burttii Nodulation with Rhizobia from Five Different Genera (2022, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions)
  • Natural variation identifies a Pxy gene controlling vascular organisation and formation of nodules and lateral roots in Lotus japonicus (2021, New Phytologist)
  • Widespread and transgenerational retrotransposon activation in inter- and intraspecies recombinant inbred populations of Lotus japonicus (2022, The Plant Journal)

Sandal's collaborative network includes frequent co-authorship with the following researchers:

  • Jens Stougaard
  • Stig Uggerhøj Andersen
  • Haojie Jin
  • Shusei Sato
  • Jesús Montiel

Their work appears regularly in several publication venues, with multiple contributions to

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • DNA Research
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Plant recognition of symbiotic bacteria requires two LysM receptor-like kinases

    Simona Radutoiu;Lene Heegaard Madsen;Esben Bjørn Madsen;Hubert H. Felle

  • A receptor kinase gene of the LysM type is involved in legume perception of rhizobial signals.

    Esben Bjørn Madsen;Lene Heegaard Madsen;Simona Radutoiu;Magdalena Olbryt

  • A plant receptor-like kinase required for both bacterial and fungal symbiosis

    Silke Stracke;Catherine Kistner;Satoko Yoshida;Lonneke Mulder

  • Positional Cloning of a Gene for Nematode Resistance in Sugar Beet

    Daguang Cai;Michael Kleine;Sirak Kifle;Hans-Joachim Harloff

  • Shoot control of root development and nodulation is mediated by a receptor-like kinase

    Lene Krusell;Lene H. Madsen;Shusei Sato;Grégoire Aubert

  • A gain-of-function mutation in a cytokinin receptor triggers spontaneous root nodule organogenesis

    Leïla Tirichine;Niels Sandal;Lene H. Madsen;Simona Radutoiu

  • Deregulation of a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase leads to spontaneous nodule development.

    Leïla Tirichine;Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku;Satoko Yoshida;Yasuhiro Murakami

  • Receptor-mediated exopolysaccharide perception controls bacterial infection

    Y. Kawaharada;S. Kelly;M. Wibroe Nielsen;C. T. Hjuler

  • Seven Lotus japonicus genes required for transcriptional reprogramming of the root during fungal and bacterial symbiosis.

    Catherine Kistner;Thilo Winzer;Andrea Pitzschke;Lonneke Mulder

  • The sulfate transporter SST1 is crucial for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus root nodules

    Lene Krusell;Katja Krause;Thomas Ott;Guilhem Desbrosses

  • Chromosomal map of the model legume Lotus japonicus

    Andrea Pedrosa;Niels Sandal;Jens Stougaard;Dieter Schweizer

  • Symbiotic mutants deficient in nodule establishment identified after T-DNA transformation of Lotus japonicus

    L Schauser;K Handberg;N Sandal;J Stiller

  • The Sym35 Gene Required for Root Nodule Development in Pea Is an Ortholog of Nin from Lotus japonicus

    Alexey Y. Borisov;Lene H. Madsen;Viktor E. Tsyganov;Yosuke Umehara

  • Cytokinin Induction of Root Nodule Primordia in Lotus japonicus Is Regulated by a Mechanism Operating in the Root Cortex

    Anne Birgitte Heckmann;Niels Sandal;Anita Søndergaard Bek;Lene Heegaard Madsen

  • Rearrangement of Actin Cytoskeleton Mediates Invasion of Lotus japonicus Roots by Mesorhizobium loti

    Keisuke Yokota;Keisuke Yokota;Eigo Fukai;Lene H. Madsen;Anna Jurkiewicz

  • 5' Analysis of the soybean leghaemoglobin lbc(3) gene: regulatory elements required for promoter activity and organ specificity.

    Jens Stougaard;Niels N. Sandal;Anette Grøn;Astrid Kühle

  • Interplay of flg22-induced defence responses and nodulation in Lotus japonicus

    Miguel Lopez-Gomez;Niels Sandal;Jens Stougaard;Thomas Boller

  • An analysis of synteny of Arachis with Lotus and Medicago sheds new light on the structure, stability and evolution of legume genomes

    David J. Bertioli;Marcio C. Moretzsohn;Lene H. Madsen;Niels Sandal

  • Mycorrhiza Mutants of Lotus japonicus Define Genetically Independent Steps During Symbiotic Infection

    Eva Wegel;Leif Schauser;Niels Sandal;Jens Stougaard

  • Evolution and regulation of the Lotus japonicus LysM receptor gene family.

    Gitte Vestergaard Lohmann;Yoshikazu Shimoda;Mette Wibroe Nielsen;Frank Grønlund Jørgensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens Stougaard
Jens Stougaard Aarhus University
Shusei Sato
Shusei Sato Tohoku University
Kjeld A. Marcker
Kjeld A. Marcker Aarhus University
Stig Uggerhøj Andersen
Stig Uggerhøj Andersen Aarhus University
Martin Parniske
Martin Parniske Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Euan K. James
Euan K. James James Hutton Institute
Masayoshi Kawaguchi
Masayoshi Kawaguchi National Institute for Basic Biology
Satoshi Tabata
Satoshi Tabata Tokyo University of Science
David J. Bertioli
David J. Bertioli University of Georgia

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