Research articles
Balcerowicz, M.*, Mahjoub, M.*. Nguyen, D., Lan, H.. Stoeckle, D., Conde, S., Jaeger, K., Wigge, P., Ezer, D. (2021) An early-morning gene network controlled by phytochromes and cryptochromes regulates photomorphogenesis pathways in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 14: 983-996 (* shared first authors)
Chung, B.Y.W.*, Balcerowicz, M.*, Di Antonio, M., Jaeger, K.E., Geng, F., Franaszek, K., Marriot, P., Brierley, I., Firth, A.E., Wigge, P. (2020) An RNA thermoswitch controls daytime growth in Arabidopsis. Nat. Plants 6: 522-532 (* shared first authors)
Brestovitsky, A., Ezer, D., Waidmann, S., Maslen, S.L., Balcerowicz, M., Cortijo, S., Charoensawan, V., Martinho, C., Rhodes, D., Jonak, C., Wigge, P.A. (2019) DEK influences the trade-off between growth and arrest via H2A.Z-nucleosomes in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv.
Balcerowicz, M., Kerner, K., Schenkel, C., Hoecker, U. (2017) SPA Proteins Affect the Subcellular Localization of COP1 in the COP1/SPA Ubiquitin Ligase Complex during Photomorphogenesis. Plant Physiol. 174: 1314-1321.
Balcerowicz, M., Ranjan, A., Rupprecht, L., Fiene, G., Hoecker, U. (2014) Auxin represses stomatal development in dark-grown seedlings via Aux/IAA proteins. Development 141: 3165-3176.
Yeoh, C.C., Balcerowicz, M., Zhang, L., Jaudal, M., Brocard, L., Ratet, P., Putterill, J. (2013) Fine mapping links the FTa1 flowering time regulator to the dominant spring1 locus in Medicago. PLoS One 8: e53467.
Balcerowicz, M.*, Fittinghoff, K.*, Wirthmueller, L., Maier, A., Fackendahl, P., Fiene, G., Koncz, C., Hoecker, U. (2011) Light exposure of Arabidopsis seedlings causes rapid de-stabilization as well as selective post-translational inactivation of the repressor of photomorphogenesis SPA2. Plant J. 65: 712-723. (* shared first authors)
Yeoh, C.C., Balcerowicz, M., Laurie, R., Macknight, R., Putterill, J. (2011) Developing a method for customized induction of flowering. BMC Biotechnol. 11: 11-36.
Review articles
Hardy, E.C., Balcerowicz, M. (2024) Untranslated yet indispensable—UTRs act as key regulators in the environmental control of gene expression. J. Exp. Bot. erae073 (Advance Access)
Thomas, S.E., Balcerowicz, M., Chung, B.Y.W. (2022) RNA structure mediated thermoregulation: What can we learn from plants? Front. Plant Sci. 13, 938570.
Balcerowicz, M., Shetty, K. N., Jones, A. M. (2021) Fluorescent biosensors illuminating plant hormone research. Plant Physiol. 187: 590-602.
Balcerowicz, M. (2020) PHYTOCHROME‐INTERACTING FACTORS at the interface of light and temperature signalling. Physiol. Plant. 169: 347–356.
Balcerowicz, M.# and Hoecker, U. (2014) Auxin – a novel regulator of stomatal development. Trends Plant Sci. 19: 747-749. (#corresponding author)
Putterill, J., Zhang, L., Yeoh, C.C., Balcerowicz, M., Jaudal, M., Varkonyi-Gasic, E. (2013) FT genes and regulation of flowering in the legume Medicago truncatula. Funct. Plant Biol. 40: 1199-1207.
Methods & Protocols
Balcerowicz, M.#, Wigge, P.A., Di Antonio#, M., Chung, B.Y.W.# (2024) Monitoring Real-Time Temperature Dynamics of a Short RNA Hairpin Using Förster Resonance Energy Transfer and Circular Dichroism. In: Chen, M. (eds) Thermomorphogenesis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2795. Humana, New York. (#corresponding authors)
Balcerowicz, M., Di Antonio, M., Chung, B.Y.W. (2021) Monitoring real-time temperature dynamics of a short RNA hairpin using Förster Resonance Energy Transfer and Circular Dichroism. Bio-protocols 11: e3950
Commentaries
Quint, M., Delker, C., Balasubramanian, S., Balcerowicz, M., Casal, J. J., Castroverde, C. D. M., Chen, M., Chen, X., De Smet, I., Fankhauser, C., Franklin, K. A., Halliday, K. J., Hayes, S., Jiang, D., Jung, J.-H., Kaiserli, E., Kumar, S. V., Maag, D., Oh, E., Park, C.-M., Penfield, S., Perrella, G., Prat, S., Reis, R. S., Wigge, P. A., Willige, B. C., van Zanten, M. (2023) 25 Years of thermomorphogenesis research: milestones and perspectives. Trends Plant Sci. 28: 1098-1100.
News & Views, Research Highlight Articles
Balcerowicz, M. (2024) Detecting the ebb and flow of a phytohormone: a ratiometric biosensor to analyse gibberellin dynamics. Plant J. 117: 925-926
Balcerowicz, M. (2024) Stop the flow: Improving somatic embryogenesis using auxin transport inhibitors. Plant J. 118: 293-294
Balcerowicz, M. (2024) Abort the mission: how shading triggers abortion of flower buds in sacred lotus. Plant J. 117: 977-978
Balcerowicz, M. (2024) Left out in the rain: ethylene emerges as a novel regulator of responses to air humidity Plant J. 117: 651-652
Balcerowicz, M. (2024) Bolstering the defence line: The vital role of helper NLRs in tomato disease resistance. Plant J. 117: 5-6
Balcerowicz, M. (2023) Thermomorphogenesis goes like clockwork: how the circadian clock fine-tunes temperature responses through competing transcriptional repressors. New Phytol. 237: 9-11.
Balcerowicz, M. (2022) Ancient sun protection: the evolutionary origin of plant UV-B signaling. Plant Physiol. 188: 29-31
Ahmad, Z., Balcerowicz, M. (2022) Shining light on molecular details of SPA2, a repressor of photomorphogenesis. Plant Physiol. 187: 17-18.
Balcerowicz, M., Shetty, K. N., Jones, A. M. (2021) O auxin, where art thou? Nat. Plants 7: 546-547.
Balcerowicz, M. (2021) Filling the grain: transcription factor OsNF-YB1 triggers auxin biosynthesis to boost rice grain size. Plant Physiol. 185: 757-758.
Balcerowicz, M. (2021) Coming into bloom: a light-sensitive transcription factor complex tells roses when to flower. Plant Physiol. 186: 812-813.
Balcerowicz, M. (2020) Tomatoes Turn Pale in the Heat: High Temperature Reduces Red and Green Pigmentation via Phytochromes. Plant Physiol. 183: 810-811.
Balcerowicz, M. (2020) A New Order through Disorder: Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Reshape the Cytoskeleton under Drought Stress. Plant Physiol. 183: 425-426.