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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
76
Citations
21519
World Ranking
5033
National Ranking
122

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Sjef Smeekens is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research focuses primarily on plant science and molecular biology, with significant output in agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields they work in include plant science, molecular biology, ecology, biotechnology, and food science.

The core topics of Sjef Smeekens' scientific work encompass plant molecular biology research, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, effects of light on plants, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and studies on plant pathogenic bacteria.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Johannes Hanson, Martijn van Zanten, Shahram Shokrian Hajibehzad, Savani S. Silva, and Niels Peeters.

They have contributed to multiple academic journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Journal
  • New Phytologist

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sjef Smeekens include:

  • MYC2-Activated TRICHOME BIREFRINGENCE-LIKE37 Acetylates Cell Walls and Enhances Herbivore Resistance, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The chemical compound 'Heatin' stimulates hypocotyl elongation and interferes with the Arabidopsis NIT1-subfamily of nitrilases, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • Arabidopsis bZIP11 Is a Susceptibility Factor During Pseudomonas syringae Infection, 2021, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
  • Arabidopsis thaliana rosette habit is controlled by combined light and energy signaling converging on transcriptional control of the TALE homeobox gene ATH1, 2023, New Phytologist
  • Using a thermal gradient table to study plant temperature signalling and response across a temperature spectrum, 2024, Plant Methods

Best Publications

  • SUGAR-INDUCED SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN PLANTS

    Sjef Smeekens

  • Sucrose-Specific Induction of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis Requires the MYB75/PAP1 Gene

    Sheng Teng;Joost Keurentjes;Leónie Bentsink;Maarten Koornneef

  • Towards functional characterisation of the members of the R2R3‐MYB gene family from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Harald D. Kranz;Marten Denekamp;Raffaella Greco;Hailing Jin

  • Fructan: More Than a Reserve Carbohydrate?

    Irma Vijn;Sjef Smeekens

  • Improved Performance of Transgenic Fructan-Accumulating Tobacco under Drought Stress.

    E. A. H. Pilon-Smits;M. J. M. Ebskamp;M. J. Paul;M. J. W. Jeuken

  • Sugar signals and molecular networks controlling plant growth.

    Sjef Smeekens;Jingkun Ma;Jingkun Ma;Johannes Hanson;Filip Rolland

  • Sugar signals and the control of plant growth and development

    Jeroen Lastdrager;Johannes Hanson;Johannes Hanson;Sjef Smeekens

  • Trehalose 6-phosphate is indispensable for carbohydrate utilization and growth in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Henriette Schluepmann;Till Pellny;Anja van Dijken;Sjef Smeekens

  • Trehalose‐6‐phosphate synthase 1, which catalyses the first step in trehalose synthesis, is essential for Arabidopsis embryo maturation

    Peter J. Eastmond;Anja J. H. Van Dijken;Melissa Spielman;Aimie Kerr

  • Fructans: beneficial for plants and humans.

    Tita Ritsema;Sjef Smeekens

  • Sucrose: metabolite and signaling molecule.

    Julia Wind;Sjef Smeekens;Johannes Hanson

  • Trehalose Mediated Growth Inhibition of Arabidopsis Seedlings Is Due to Trehalose-6-Phosphate Accumulation

    Henriette Schluepmann;Anja van Dijken;Mahnaz Aghdasi;Barry Wobbes

  • The role of the transit peptide in the routing of precursors toward different chloroplast compartments

    Sjef Smeekens;Cynthia Bauerle;Johan Hageman;Kenneth Keegstra

  • Photosynthesis, sugars and the regulation of gene expression.

    Jónatas V. Pego;Anne J. Kortstee;Casper Huijser;Sjef C.M. Smeekens

  • Arabidopsis Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase 1 Is Essential for Normal Vegetative Growth and Transition to Flowering

    Anja J.H. van Dijken;Henriette Schluepmann;Sjef C.M. Smeekens

  • Sugar Sensing and Sugar-Mediated Signal Transduction in Plants.

    Sjef Smeekens;Fred Rook

  • Sucrose‐specific signalling represses translation of the Arabidopsis ATB2 bZIP transcription factor gene

    Rook F;Gerrits N;Kortstee A;van Kampen M

  • A conserved upstream open reading frame mediates sucrose-induced repression of translation

    Anika Wiese;Nico Elzinga;Barry Wobbes;Sjef Smeekens

  • The Arabidopsis SUCROSE UNCOUPLED‐6 gene is identical to ABSCISIC ACID INSENSITIVE‐4: involvement of abscisic acid in sugar responses

    Casper Huijser;Anne Kortstee;Jónatas Pego;Peter Weisbeek

  • Sugar sensing and signaling in plants.

    Sjef Smeekens;Hanjo A. Hellmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Weisbeek
Peter Weisbeek Utrecht University
Johannes Hanson
Johannes Hanson Umeå University
Matthew J. Paul
Matthew J. Paul Rothamsted Research
Wolf B. Frommer
Wolf B. Frommer Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
John D. Armstrong
John D. Armstrong Marine Scotland
Paul P. Dijkwel
Paul P. Dijkwel Massey University
Peter J. M. Rottier
Peter J. M. Rottier Utrecht University
Leónie Bentsink
Leónie Bentsink Wageningen University & Research
Berend Snel
Berend Snel Utrecht University
Richard G. F. Visser
Richard G. F. Visser Wageningen University & Research

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