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Condensin II mediates efficient chromatid resolution and resistance to genotoxic stress in Arabidopsis | bioRxiv . Cytidine analogs / epigenetics meet DNA damage .Cytidine analogs in plant epigenetic research and beyond | Journal of Experimental Botany.

Complex repair of zebularine-induced damage: .The interplay of homology‐directed repair pathways in the repair of zebularine‐induced DNA–protein crosslinks in Arabidopsis | The Plant Journal.

System that we use: .Zebularine induces enzymatic DNA–protein crosslinks in 45S rDNA heterochromatin of Arabidopsis nuclei | Nucleic Acids Research . First candidates: .SMC5/6 complex-mediated SUMOylation stimulates DNA–protein cross-link repair in Arabidopsis | The Plant Cell.

POSTDOC WANTED! Our group is looking for a postdoc to study DNA-protein crosslink repair in the heterochromatin. Apply to work on uncharacterized Arabidopsis proteins that were identified in the HZE genetic screen. @UEBavcr @CzechAcademy

RT @IntBarleyHub: Beáta Strejčková @BeataStrejckova @UEBavcr studies diversity of vernalization genes in the Hordeum genus which is a rich….

🌱 PhD Position in Plant Epigenetics – Apply Now! 🔬 . Are you fascinated by how plants regulate genes without changing DNA sequences? Join our research team and uncover the mysteries of plant epigenetics! 🧬. 📍 UEB Olomouc .📅 15/4 2025 .👉 [

📢📢📢 9 Ph.D. positions in monitoring plant DNA damage response available in #HeatDDR doctoral network consortium. Great PIs, topics and funding. Appy at or spread the word. Do not miss our group project #6😉

RT @JoachimSchork: Visualizing gene structures in R? gggenes, an extension of ggplot2, simplifies the process of creating clear and informa….

RT @CrevillenLab: Active chromatin marks put the brakes on #PRC2 #epigenetic gene silencing!

RT @Lnrobert2: We are seeking a new team member. If you feel like doing your PhD research focusing on gene editing in Brassica sp., do not….

#PAG32 is in full swing and our flowering expert Beata Strejckova introduces amazing natural variation of the vernalization pathway in wild Hordeum species. #HordeumPangenome consortium. #Barley #Flowering

#PAG32 in San Diego stated with the #Mutation workshop and presentation of Ales Pecinka on the role of SUMOylation in plant DNA damage reponse and DNA-protein crosslink repair. Great talks and discussions throughout the whole section.

RT @FachinettiLab: #1 Happy to share our last work published in @NatureCellBio about a new cell cycle checkpoint that senses nuclear shape….

We are Chromatin Organization and Function group at the Centre of Plant Structural and Functional Genomics of the Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR @UEBavcr in Olomouc 🇨🇿. We study the principles of plant genome and chromosome organization, regulation, and maintenance

RT @Dev_Cell: Online now: Co-essentiality analysis identifies PRR12 as a cohesin interacting protein and contributor to genomic integrity h….

RT @Akademie_ved_CR: 🎆🎇 Ohňostroje: toxická show s neúnosnými zdravotními riziky. 💥 Více v expertním stanovisku AVex⬇️..

RT @chaperones4life: Structural insights into how Cas9 targets nucleosomes

Thanks to all group members and our collaborators for such a good and productive year. And wishing everybody happy and successful 2025!.

2024 sum up (in few flat numbers). - grants: 3 closed and 2 started.-papers: 4 authored and 4 co-authored.- 3 book chapters.- PhD students: 3 defended, 2 started.- 7 visiting scientists.- 10 MSc/BSc students supervised.- 15 talks at conferences.- 2 conferences organized