MASC has its origin in the 1990s and was founded by a group of dedicated Arabidopsis researchers
Today 34 countries are involved in MASC actions and global progress is published in the annual MASC report and documented on this website!
MASC subcommittees coordinate collaborative large-scale projects initiated by MASC members
MASC oversees the organisation of 'The International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR)'Prepared by: Thorsten Hamann This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Norwegian University of Science and Technology
October 9th 2020
The Arabidopsis community in Norway consists of groups based in Bergen, Hamar, Oslo, Stavanger, Ås, Tromsø and Trondheim. Main focus areas of research are developmental processes, response to biotic and abiotic stress as well as photosynthesis. Topics of particular interest include peptide-based and cell wall signaling processes, epigenetics and gametophytic development, jasmonic acid-based defense responses and adaptation to cold stress. Of particular interest is the translation of relevant research findings to tree species of commercial interest due to the sizeable commercial interest in forestry in Norway.
Despite the small overall size of the community the members continue to generate high quality outputs (exemplified by the publications listed), that attract significant interest.
Selected Publications
Blagojevic D, Lee Y, Brede DA, Lind OC, Yakovlev I, Solhaug KA, Fossdal CG, Salbu B, Olsen JE (2019) Comparative sensitivity to gamma radiation at the organismal, cell and DNA level in young plants of Norway spruce, Scots pine and Arabidopsis thaliana. Planta. 2019; 250(5): 1567-1590. doi: 10.1007/s00425-019-03250-y.
Engelsdorf T, Kjaer L, Gigli-Bisceglia N, Vaahtera L, Bauer S, Miedes E, Wormit A, James L, Chairam I, Molina A, Hamann T (2019) Functional characterization of genes mediating cell wall metabolism and responses to plant cell wall integrity impairment. BMC Plant Biol. 2019; 19(1): 320. doi: 10.1186/s12870-019-1934-4.
Grytten I, Rand KD, Nederbragt AJ, Storvik GO, Glad IK, Sandve GK (2019) Graph Peak Caller: Calling ChIP-seq peaks on graph-based reference genomes. PLoS Comput Biol. 2019; 15(2): e1006731. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006731.
Hornslien KS, Miller JR, Grini PE (2019) Regulation of Parent-of-Origin Allelic Expression in the Endosperm. Plant Physiol. 2019; 180(3): 1498-1519. doi: 10.1104/pp.19.00320.
Olsson V, Joos L, Zhu S, Gevaert K, Butenko MA, De Smet I (2019) Look Closely, the Beautiful May Be Small: Precursor-Derived Peptides in Plants. Annu Rev Plant Biol. 2019; 70: 153-186. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042817-040413.
Zakhartsev M (2019) Using a Multi-compartmental Metabolic Model to Predict Carbon Allocation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Methods Mol Biol. 2019; 2014: 345-369. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9562-2_27.
Major Funding Sources
• Norwegian Research Council
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