Roman Podolec
Department of Botany and Plant Biology
University of Geneva, Sciences III
30 Quai E. Ansermet
CH-1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
Tel.: +41-22-379-3652
Fax.: +41-22-379-3654
Email: roman.podolec@unige.ch
Born in 1993 in Martin, Slovakia
Nationality: Slovak
2021 -
Postdoc, Department of Botany and Plant Biology, University of Geneva
2016 - 2021
PhD, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Thesis: "From perception to transcriptional regulation: an analysis of mutants affected in the UV-B signaling pathway in plants" (Supervisor: Roman Ulm).
Supported by an iGE3 PhD Salary Award (2017-2019)
2014 - 2016
MSc in Biology – Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland (Ulm Laboratory)
2011 - 2014
BSc in Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Podolec, R.*, Wagnon, T.B.*, Leonardelli, M., Johansson, H., and Ulm, R. (2022) Arabidopsis B-box transcription factors BBX20-22 promote UVR8 photoreceptor-mediated UV-B responses. Plant J., doi.org/10.1111/tpj.15806. (preprint: bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.14.464399). (*equal contribution)
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Stockenhuber, R., Akiyama, R., Tissot, N., Yamazaki, M., Wyler, M., Arongaus, A.B., Podolec, R., Sato, Y., Milosavljevic, S., Widmer, A., Ulm, R., and Shimizu, K.K. (2021) The UV RESISTANCE LOCUS 8-mediated UV-B response is required alongside CRYPTOCHROME1 for plant survival under sunlight in the field. bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.08.471623.
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Podolec, R., Demarsy, E., and Ulm, R. (2021). Perception and signaling of ultraviolet-B radiation in plants. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 72: 793-822.
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Podolec, R.*, Lau, K.*, Wagnon, T.B., Hothorn, M., and Ulm, R. (2021). A constitutively monomeric UVR8 photoreceptor confers enhanced UV-B photomorphogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118: e2017284118. (preprint: bioRxiv 233007; doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.02.233007). (*equal contribution)
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Lau, K.*, Podolec, R.*, Chappuis, R., Ulm, R., and Hothorn, M. (2019) Plant photoreceptors and their signaling components compete for COP1 binding via VP peptide motifs. EMBO J. 38: e102140. (preprint: bioRxiv 568618; doi.org/10.1101/568618). (*equal contribution)
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Podolec, R. and Ulm, R. (2018) Photoreceptor-mediated regulation of the COP1-SPA E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 45: 18-25.
