New Hot Paper Comment by Detlef Weigel

Detlef Weigel answers a few questions answers a few questions about this month's new hot paper in field of Plant & Animal Science.

From •>>January 2002

Field: Plant & Animal Science
Article Title: "Activation tagging in Arabidopsis"
Authors: Weigel, D;Ahn, JH;Blazquez, MA;Borevitz, JO;Christensen, SK;Fankhauser, C;Ferrandiz, C;Kardailsky, I;Malancharuvil, EJ;Neff, MM;Nguyen, JT;Sato, S;Wang, ZY;Xia, YJ;Dixon, RA;Harrison, MJ;Lamb, CJ;Yanofsky, MF;Chory, J
Journal: PLANT PHYSIOL
Volume: 122
Page: 1003-1013
Year: APR 2000
* Salk Inst Biol Studies, Plant Biol Lab, 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA.
* Salk Inst Biol Studies, Plant Biol Lab, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA.
* Salk Inst Biol Studies, Howard Hughes Med Inst, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA.
* Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Biol, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA.
* Samuel Roberts Noble Fdn Inc, Div Plant Biol, Ardmore, OK 73402 USA.

This, year I accepted a position at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology. Since May 2001, I am also a Director of the newly founded Department of Molecular Biology at the Institute. My lab is currently being built and completion is anticipated for summer of next year. http://www-biology.ucsd.edu/faculty/weigel.html

Why do you think your paper is highly cited?

It introduces a new resource—a set of genetically modified lines that have been made available to the entire plant community—and describes the technology behind it.

Does it describe a new discovery or new methodology that's useful to
others?

New methodology in gain-of-function genetics that serves as a powerful complement to gene knock outs.

Could you summarize the significance of your paper in layman's
terms?

It introduces a powerful new method that has become widely used in plant genetics.

Detlef Weigel received his Ph.D. from Max Planck Institute in Tübingen, Germany. He was an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow and ACS California Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Weigel is the recipient of an NSF Young Investigator Award.

ESI Special Topics, January 2002
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