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Thomas Laux is affiliated with the University of Freiburg in Germany and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work focuses extensively on plant science, with significant contributions to molecular biology and plant reproductive biology.

Their research covers a range of topics including plant molecular biology research, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, plant tissue culture and regeneration, plant gene expression analysis, legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis, and single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Ying Hua Su, Federico Peruzzo, Feng Xiong, Xian Sheng Zhang, and Limin Pi. Their studies have been published in venues such as New Phytologist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Plants, and eLife.

Significant publications by Thomas Laux include:

  • Integration of pluripotency pathways regulates stem cell maintenance in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A root phloem pole cell atlas reveals common transcriptional states in protophloem-adjacent cells, 2022, Nature Plants
  • miR394 enhances WUSCHEL-induced somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2023, New Phytologist
  • A coherent feed-forward loop in the Arabidopsis root stem cell organizer regulates auxin biosynthesis and columella stem cell maintenance, 2024, Nature Plants
  • Stem cell ageing of the root apical meristem of Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Best Publications

  • The Stem Cell Population of Arabidopsis Shoot Meristems Is Maintained by a Regulatory Loop between the CLAVATA and WUSCHEL Genes

    Heiko Schoof;Michael Lenhard;Achim Haecker;Klaus F.X Mayer

  • Role of WUSCHEL in Regulating Stem Cell Fate in the Arabidopsis Shoot Meristem

    Klaus F.X Mayer;Heiko Schoof;Achim Haecker;Michael Lenhard

  • The WUSCHEL gene is required for shoot and floral meristem integrity in Arabidopsis.

    Thomas Laux;Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jürgen Berger;Gerd Jürgens

  • Conserved factors regulate signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana shoot and root stem cell organizers

    Ananda K. Sarkar;Marijn Luijten;Shunsuke Miyashima;Michael Lenhard;Michael Lenhard

  • Expression dynamics of WOX genes mark cell fate decisions during early embryonic patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Achim Haecker;Rita Groß-Hardt;Bernd Geiges;Ananda Sarkar

  • Termination of stem cell maintenance in Arabidopsis floral meristems by interactions between WUSCHEL and AGAMOUS.

    Michael Lenhard;Andrea Bohnert;Gerd Jürgens;Thomas Laux

  • The SHOOT MERISTEMLESS gene is required for maintenance of undifferentiated cells in Arabidopsis shoot and floral meristems and acts at a different regulatory level than the meristem genes WUSCHEL and ZWILLE

    Karin Endrizzi;Bernard Moussian;Achim Haecker;Joshua Z. Levin

  • Role of the ZWILLE gene in the regulation of central shoot meristem cell fate during Arabidopsis embryogenesis

    Bernard Moussian;Heiko Schoof;Achim Haecker;Gerd Jürgens

  • The WUSCHEL and SHOOTMERISTEMLESS genes fulfil complementary roles in Arabidopsis shoot meristem regulation.

    Michael Lenhard;Gerd Jürgens;Thomas Laux

  • The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase BIG BROTHER Controls Arabidopsis Organ Size in a Dosage-Dependent Manner

    Sabine Disch;Elena Anastasiou;Vijay K. Sharma;Thomas Laux

  • Differential expression of WOX genes mediates apical-basal axis formation in the Arabidopsis embryo.

    Holger Breuninger;Enno Rikirsch;Marita Hermann;Minako Ueda

  • The WUS homeobox-containing (WOX) protein family.

    Eric van der Graaff;Thomas Laux;Stefan A Rensing

  • Plant Stem Cell Niches

    Ernst Aichinger;Noortje Kornet;Thomas Friedrich;Thomas Laux

  • Organizer-Derived WOX5 Signal Maintains Root Columella Stem Cells through Chromatin-Mediated Repression of CDF4 Expression

    Limin Pi;Ernst Aichinger;Eric van der Graaff;Cristina I. Llavata-Peris

  • Stem cell homeostasis in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem is regulated by intercellular movement of CLAVATA3 and its sequestration by CLAVATA1.

    Michael Lenhard;Thomas Laux

  • Roles of the Middle Domain–Specific WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX Genes in Early Development of Leaves in Arabidopsis

    Miyuki Nakata;Miyuki Nakata;Noritaka Matsumoto;Ryuji Tsugeki;Enno Rikirsch

  • WUSCHEL signaling functions in interregional communication during Arabidopsis ovule development.

    Rita Gross-Hardt;Michael Lenhard;Thomas Laux

  • Mechanical induction of lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Franck Anicet Ditengou;William D. Teale;Philip Kochersperger;Karl Andreas Flittner

  • Analysis of the Transcription Factor WUSCHEL and Its Functional Homologue in Antirrhinum Reveals a Potential Mechanism for Their Roles in Meristem Maintenance

    Martin Kieffer;Yaniv Stern;Holly Cook;Elena Clerici

  • Transcriptional Activation of Arabidopsis Axis Patterning Genes WOX8/9 Links Zygote Polarity to Embryo Development

    Minako Ueda;Zhongjuan Zhang;Thomas Laux

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Lenhard
Michael Lenhard University of Potsdam
Gerd Jürgens
Gerd Jürgens University of Tübingen
Matthew R. Tucker
Matthew R. Tucker University of Adelaide
Tobias Würschum
Tobias Würschum University of Hohenheim
Klaus F. X. Mayer
Klaus F. X. Mayer Technical University of Munich
Stefan A. Rensing
Stefan A. Rensing University of Freiburg
Bernard Moussian
Bernard Moussian University of Tübingen
Dolf Weijers
Dolf Weijers Wageningen University & Research
Ueli Grossniklaus
Ueli Grossniklaus University of Zurich
Qiang Gao
Qiang Gao Beihang University

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