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Mark Beilstein

Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology | Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Member of the Graduate Faculty | Associate Professor, Plant Sciences

School of Plant Sciences-Res

About

Evolution in the plant family Brassicaceae mustard family) Plant telomeres Evolution of protein complexes Evolution of Long Intergenic Non-coding RNAs

Research Area

plant genetics, evolution, evolutionary biology, plant biology, brassicaceae, molecular biology, genetics, non-coding rnas, evolutionary analysis, salt tolerance

STC: Center for Research On Programmable Plant Systems
Active·2021·$3.2M / $1.8M·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
plant systems, research center, programmable systems, biotechnology, genetic engineering
Bench Fees for Sana Shakoor
2020·$3.5K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
research funding, financial management, academic collaboration, educational expenses, research grants
RESEARCH PGR: Deciphering the Link Between RNA Directed DNA Methylation and Reproduction in Brassicaceae
2016·$1.1M / $2.3M·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
rna, dna methylation, reproduction, brassicaceae, pgr
RESEARCH-PGR: Deciphering the Link Between RNA Directed DNA Methylation and Reproduction in Brassicaceae
2016·$9.8K / $19.5K·
External
Co-Investigator (COI)
rna, dna methylation, reproduction, brassicaceae, pgr
Structural, Functional, and Evolutionary Analysis of Long Non-coding RNAs in Control of Stress Response and the Epigenome in Diverse Plant Species (REU)
2016·$9K / $18K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
non-coding rnas, stress response, epigenetics, plant species, evolutionary analysis

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Recent

Mating system is associated with seed phenotypes upon loss of RNA-directed DNA methylation in Brassicaceae

2023

plant genetics, epigenetics, reproductive biology, molecular biology, genetic inheritance

Identification and functional annotation of long intergenic non-coding RNAs in Brassicaceae

2022

non-coding rnas, functional annotation, brassicaceae, identification, long intergenic

A Conserved Long Intergenic Non-coding RNA Containing snoRNA Sequences, Affects Arabidopsis Germination and Development

2022

Evolutionary analysis of the LORELEI gene family in plants reveals regulatory subfunctionalization

2022

evolutionary analysis, lorelei gene family, regulatory subfunctionalization, plants, genetic regulation

Biased gene retention in the face of introgression obscures species relationships

2020

gene retention, introgression, species relationships, biased gene, observes species

Duplication and functional divergence of a calcium sensor in the Brassicaceae

2020

calcium signaling, plant genetics, gene duplication, protein evolution, biological divergence

Divergence-Based Introgression Polarization

2020

genetics, evolution, bioinformatics, population, ecology

N6‐methyladenosine and RNA secondary structure affect transcript stability and protein abundance during systemic salt stress in Arabidopsis

2020

rna modification, transcript stability, protein abundance, salt stress, plant biology

Evolutionary and biochemical analyses reveal conservation of the Brassicaceae telomerase ribonucleoprotein complex

2020

evolutionary biology, biochemistry, genetics, plant biology, molecular biology

Agrobacterium-mediated floral-ditransformation of the obligate outcrosser Capsella grandiflora

2019

plant transformation, genetic engineering, floral biology, agrobacterium tumefaciens, reproductive biology

Nirav Merchant
Willem van Leeuwen
Judith Brown
Samara Klar
Rod Wing

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Undergrad Research Opp Paid, For Credit
Prerequisite Courses: MCB181, CHEM151, CHEM152 Majors: MCB, BIOL, PLS, BCHM, PHYS

Researchers Develop Tools to Listen, Talk to Plants with $25M from NSF
2021
Looking for the Missing Link in RNA Molecules
2015
Blog Series: UA Students Studying, Researching Abroad
2014
UA Conference for Undergrad Research Celebrates 25th Year
2014

Animal and Plant Genetics
Research in Ecology and Evolution
Introductory Biology I

Virus Inducible Switch
2021·Technology
Programmable Plants
2019·Technology
Howl-itosis: Engineered Bacteria for Dog and Cat Oral Microbiota to Improve Health and Breath
2017·Technology

20+ Collaborators

$6.3M / $6M Funding

30+ Publications