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Ueli Grossniklaus

Ueli Grossniklaus

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Genetics
Switzerland
2024
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
Switzerland
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
109
Citations
38815
World Ranking
554
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Switzerland Leader Award
  • 2011 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ueli Grossniklaus is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and focuses research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Research topics central to Grossniklaus's work include Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant and animal studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and Fern and Epiphyte Biology.

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Grossniklaus are:

  • Hannes Vogler
  • Valeria Gagliardini
  • Bradley J. Nelson
  • Nuno D. Pires
  • Renato Paro

Grossniklaus has published regularly in several venues, with the most frequent including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Among their recent papers are:

  • Structural basis for recognition of RALF peptides by LRX proteins during pollen tube growth, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 3D mechanical characterization of single cells and small organisms using acoustic manipulation and force microscopy, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Plant cell wall patterning and expansion mediated by protein-peptide-polysaccharide interaction, 2023, Science
  • Low-Input High-Molecular-Weight DNA Extraction for Long-Read Sequencing From Plants of Diverse Families, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Adaptive reduction of male gamete number in the selfing plant Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, Nature Communications

Grossniklaus has contributed to scholarly books, including a publication by Springer International Publishing titled Introduction to Epigenetics (2021).

The scientist has been recognized by professional organizations and awards, including membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and election to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2011 in the field of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.

Best Publications

  • A Gateway Cloning Vector Set for High-Throughput Functional Analysis of Genes in Planta

    Mark D. Curtis;Ueli Grossniklaus

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • Maternal Control of Embryogenesis by MEDEA, a Polycomb Group Gene in Arabidopsis

    Ueli Grossniklaus;Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada;Marilu A. Hoeppner;Wendy B. Gagliano

  • P-element-mediated enhancer detection: a versatile method to study development in Drosophila.

    Hugo J. Bellen;Cahir J. O'Kane;Clive Wilson;Ueli Grossniklaus

  • The Arabidopsis Somatic Embryogenesis Receptor Kinase 1 Gene Is Expressed in Developing Ovules and Embryos and Enhances Embryogenic Competence in Culture

    V. Hecht;J.P. Vielle-Calzada;M.V. Hartog;E.D.L. Schmidt

  • The FERONIA Receptor-like Kinase Mediates Male-Female Interactions During Pollen Tube Reception

    Juan Miguel Escobar-Restrepo;Norbert Huck;Sharon Kessler;Valeria Gagliardini

  • Cellular efflux of auxin catalyzed by the Arabidopsis MDR/PGP transporter AtPGP1.

    Markus Geisler;Joshua J. Blakeslee;Rodolphe Bouchard;Ok Ran Lee

  • Genome-Scale Proteomics Reveals Arabidopsis thaliana Gene Models and Proteome Dynamics

    Katja Baerenfaller;Jonas Grossmann;Jonas Grossmann;Monica A. Grobei;Roger Hull

  • APOMIXIS: A Developmental Perspective

    Anna M. Koltunow;Ueli Grossniklaus

  • Regulation of Arabidopsis tapetum development and function by DYSFUNCTIONAL TAPETUM1 (DYT1) encoding a putative bHLH transcription factor

    Wei Zhang;Yujin Sun;Ljudmilla Timofejeva;Changbin Chen

  • Arabidopsis MSI1 is a component of the MEA/FIE Polycomb group complex and required for seed development

    Claudia Köhler;Lars Hennig;Romaric Bouveret;Jacqueline Gheyselinck

  • The Polycomb-group protein MEDEA regulates seed development by controlling expression of the MADS-box gene PHERES1.

    Claudia Köhler;Lars Hennig;Charles Spillane;Stephane Pien

  • P-element-mediated enhancer detection: an efficient method for isolating and characterizing developmentally regulated genes in Drosophila.

    Clive Wilson;Rebecca Kurth Pearson;Hugo J. Bellen;Cahir J. O'Kane

  • Conserved Molecular Components for Pollen Tube Reception and Fungal Invasion

    Sharon A. Kessler;Hiroko Shimosato-Asano;Nana F. Keinath;Samuel E. Wuest

  • The Arabidopsis mutant feronia disrupts the female gametophytic control of pollen tube reception

    Norbert Huck;James M. Moore;James M. Moore;James M. Moore;Michael Federer;Ueli Grossniklaus;Ueli Grossniklaus

  • Maintenance of genomic imprinting at the Arabidopsis medea locus requires zygotic DDM1 activity

    Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada;Julie Thomas;Charles Spillane;Alison Coluccio

  • Genome-Wide High-Resolution Mapping of Exosome Substrates Reveals Hidden Features in the Arabidopsis Transcriptome

    Julia A. Chekanova;Julia A. Chekanova;Brian D. Gregory;Sergei V. Reverdatto;Huaming Chen

  • Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance: how important is it?

    Ueli Grossniklaus;William G. Kelly;Anne C. Ferguson-Smith;Marcus Pembrey;Marcus Pembrey

  • Delayed activation of the paternal genome during seed development

    Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada;Ramamurthy Baskar;Ramamurthy Baskar;Ueli Grossniklaus;Ueli Grossniklaus

  • The Arabidopsis mutant feronia disrupts the female gametophytic control of pollen tube reception. Development

    James M. Moore;Norbert Huck;Michael Federer;Ueli Grossniklaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Spillane
Charles Spillane University of Galway
Claudia Köhler
Claudia Köhler Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Walter J. Gehring
Walter J. Gehring University of Basel
Hong Ma
Hong Ma Pennsylvania State University
Frédéric Berger
Frédéric Berger Austrian Academy of Sciences
David Twell
David Twell University of Leicester

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