Johan Zicola

Post-doc

I am working on the role of small RNAs (sRNAs) in hybrid vigor (heterosis) using as plant models Arabidopsis, rapeseed, and maize. I use transcriptomic (mRNA and sRNA) and phenotypic (yield) data to identify heterosis-associated sRNAs and the potential mRNA they can regulate via RNA interference. I share my time between bioinformatics analyses, library preparations, and other lab work. My previous toy subjects were gene regulation via cis-regulatory elements in maize and Arabidopsis (Franziska Turck, MPIPZ Cologne) and GWAS on epigenetic variation in wild Arabidopsis populations (Angela Hancock, MPIPZ).

Model of interactions between genomes mediated by small RNAs.

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