Lars OstergaardProject LeaderCrop GeneticsContact detailsResearch interestsIn the Østergaard lab, we use genetic and molecular approaches to study fruit development in Brassica (oilseed rape) as well as in Arabidopsis (see Research Interests for more details).At JIC, we have access to a wealth of germplasms and genomics resources in both organisms. Please visit the websites of Ian Bancroft and Martin Trick for details on the current status of Brassica genomics and development of Brassica bioinformatics tools. Selected PublicationsGirin T., Sorefan K., Ostergaard L. (2009) Meristematic sculpting in fruit development Journal of Experimental Botany 60 (5) 1493-1502 DOI:doi:10.1093/jxb/erp031 Recent Publications (2010) Fruit Development and Seed Dispersal Blackwell Publishing Ltd Fuentes S., Pires N., Ostergaard L. (2010) A clade in the QUASIMODO2 family evolved with vascular plants and supports a role for cell wall composition in adaptation to environmental changes. Plant Molecular Biology 73 (6) 605-615 DOI:10.1007/s11103-010-9640-5 Girin T., Stephenson P., Goldsack C. M., Kempin S. A., Perez A., Pires N., Sparrow P. A., Wood T. A., Yanofsky M. F., Ostergaard L. (2010) Brassicaceae INDEHISCENT genes specify valve margin cell fate and repress replum formation Plant Journal 63 (2) 329-338 DOI:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04244.x Stephenson P., Baker D., Girin T., Perez A., Amoah S., King G. J., Ostergaard L. (2010) A rich TILLING resource for studying gene function in Brassica rapa. BMC Plant Biology 10 (1) 62 DOI:10.1186/1471-2229-10-62 Ostergaard L. (2009) Don't 'leaf' now. The making of a fruit Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12 (1) 36-41 Sorefan K., Girin T., Liljegren S. J., Ljung K., Robles P., Galván-Ampudia C. S., Offringa R., Friml J., Yanofsky M. F., Østergaard L. (2009) A regulated auxin minimum is required for seed dispersal in Arabidopsis Nature 459 (7246) 583-6 DOI:10.1038/nature07875 Sundberg E., Ostergaard L. (2009) Distinct and dynamic auxin activities during reproductive development. Auxin Signaling Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 1 (6) a001628 DOI:10.1101/cshperspect.a001628 Ostergaard L., King G. J. (2008) Standardized gene nomenclature for the Brassica genus. Plant Methods 4 article 10 DOI:10.1186/1746-4811-4-10 |