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VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology: Ghent, BE

2024-01-01 to present | Staff scientist
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Thomas Eekhout

VIB Single Cell Core: Ghent, BE

2022-01-01 to present | Single Cell Expert
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Thomas Eekhout

VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology: Ghent, BE

2019-01-01 to 2023-12-31 | Postdoctoral assistant (Center for Plant Systems Biology)
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Thomas Eekhout

Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie: Gent, BE

2014-01-01 to 2018-12-21 | PhD student (Center for Plant Systems Biology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Ghent University: Ghent, BE

2014-01-01 to 2018-12-21 | PhD (Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics)
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Thomas Eekhout

Universiteit Gent: Gent, BE

2011-09-19 to 2013-07-01 | Master of Science in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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Thomas Eekhout

Universiteit Gent: Gent, BE

2008-09-17 to 2011-07-01 | Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Biotechnology
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Funding (1)

Identification and characterization of mutants with higher DNA stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana and Zea mays

2014-01 to 2018-01 | Grant
Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (Brussels, BE)
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Works (24)

Dual and spatially resolved drought responses in the Arabidopsis leaf mesophyll revealed by single‐cell transcriptomics

New Phytologist
2025-03-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Rubén Tenorio Berrío; Eline Verhelst; Thomas Eekhout; Carolin Grones; Lieven De Veylder; Bert De Rybel; Marieke Dubois
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Dual and spatially resolved drought responses in the Arabidopsis leaf mesophyll revealed by single-cell transcriptomics

2024-08-30 | Preprint
Contributors: Rubén Tenorio Berrío; Eline Verhelst; Thomas Eekhout; Carolin Grones; Lieven De Veylder; Bert De Rybel; Marieke Dubois
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Neoantigen-targeted dendritic cell vaccination in lung cancer patients induces long-lived T cells exhibiting the full differentiation spectrum

Cell Reports Medicine
2024-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2666-3791
Contributors: Joline Ingels; Laurenz De Cock; Dieter Stevens; Rupert L. Mayer; Fabien Théry; Guillem Sanchez Sanchez; David Vermijlen; Karin Weening; Saskia De Smet; Nele Lootens et al.
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Best practices for the execution, analysis, and data storage of plant single-cell/nucleus transcriptomics

The Plant Cell
2024-03-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Carolin Grones; Thomas Eekhout; Dongbo Shi; Manuel Neumann; Lea S Berg; Yuji Ke; Rachel Shahan; Kevin L Cox, Jr; Fabio Gomez-Cano; Hilde Nelissen et al.
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Scywalker: scalable end-to-end data analysis workflow for nanopore single-cell transcriptome sequencing

2024-02-24 | Preprint
Contributors: Peter De Rijk; Tijs Watzeels; Fahri Küçükali; Jasper Van Dongen; Júlia Faura; Patrick Willems; Lara De Deyn; Lena Duchateau; Carolin Grones; Thomas Eekhout et al.
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Cell type–specific attenuation of brassinosteroid signaling precedes stomatal asymmetric cell division

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2023-09-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Eun-Ji Kim; Cheng Zhang; Boyu Guo; Thomas Eekhout; Anaxi Houbaert; Jos R. Wendrich; Niels Vandamme; Manish Tiwari; Claire Simon--Vezo; Isabelle Vanhoutte et al.
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Distinctive and complementary roles of E2F transcription factors during plant replication stress responses

Molecular Plant
2023-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1674-2052
Contributors: Maherun Nisa; Thomas Eekhout; Clara Bergis; Jose-Antonio Pedroza-Garcia; Xiaoning He; Christelle Mazubert; Ilse Vercauteren; Toon Cools; Rim Brik-Chaouche; Jeannine Drouin-Wahbi et al.
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PAT1-type GRAS-domain proteins control regeneration by activating DOF3.4 to drive cell proliferation in Arabidopsis roots

The Plant Cell
2023-04-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Anchal Bisht; Thomas Eekhout; Balkan Canher; Ran Lu; Ilse Vercauteren; Geert De Jaeger; Jefri Heyman; Lieven De Veylder
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Plant lineage-specific PIKMIN1 drives APC/CCCS52A2 E3-ligase activity-dependent cell division

Plant Physiology
2023-03-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Alex Willems; Yuanke Liang; Jefri Heyman; Thomas Depuydt; Thomas Eekhout; Balkan Canher; Hilde Van den Daele; Ilse Vercauteren; Klaas Vandepoele; Lieven De Veylder
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Non-cell autonomous and spatiotemporal signalling from a tissue organizer orchestrates root vascular development

Nature Plants
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2055-0278
Contributors: BaoJun Yang; Max Minne; Federica Brunoni; Lenka Plačková; Ivan Petřík; Yanbiao Sun; Jonah Nolf; Wouter Smet; Kevin Verstaen; Jos R. Wendrich et al.
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Maize ATR safeguards genome stability during kernel development to prevent early endosperm endocycle onset and cell death

The Plant Cell
2021-08-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Jose Antonio Pedroza-Garcia; Thomas Eekhout; Ignacio Achon; Maher-Un Nisa; Griet Coussens; Ilse Vercauteren; Hilde Van den Daele; Laurens Pauwels; Mieke Van Lijsebettens; Cécile Raynaud et al.
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A Mutation in DNA Polymerase α Rescues WEE1KO Sensitivity to HU

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
2021-08-30 | Journal article
Contributors: Thomas Eekhout; José Antonio Pedroza-Garcia; Pooneh Kalhorzadeh; Geert De Jaeger; Lieven De Veylder
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A single-cell morpho-transcriptomic map of brassinosteroid action in the Arabidopsis root.

Molecular plant
2021-08-04 | Journal article
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G2/M-checkpoint activation in fasciata1 rescues an aberrant S-phase checkpoint but causes genome instability

Plant Physiology
2021-08-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Thomas Eekhout; Martina Dvorackova; José Antonio Pedroza Garcia; Martina Nespor Dadejova; Pooneh Kalhorzadeh; Hilde Van den Daele; Ilse Vercauteren; Jiri Fajkus; Lieven De Veylder
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Arabidopsis casein kinase 2 triggers stem cell exhaustion under Al toxicity and phosphate deficiency through activating the DNA damage response pathway

The Plant Cell
2021-05-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Pengliang Wei; Manon Demulder; Pascale David; Thomas Eekhout; Kaoru Okamoto Yoshiyama; Long Nguyen; Ilse Vercauteren; Dominique Eeckhout; Margot Galle; Geert De Jaeger et al.
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The Cyclin CYCA3;4 Is a Postprophase Target of the APC/CCCS52A2 E3-Ligase Controlling Formative Cell Divisions in Arabidopsis

The Plant Cell
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Alex Willems; Jefri Heyman; Thomas Eekhout; Ignacio Achon; Jose Antonio Pedroza-Garcia; Tingting Zhu; Lei Li; Ilse Vercauteren; Hilde Van den Daele; Brigitte van de Cotte et al.
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Rocks in the auxin stream: Wound-induced auxin accumulation and ERF115 expression synergistically drive stem cell regeneration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020-07-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Balkan Canher; Jefri Heyman; Maria Savina; Ajay Devendran; Thomas Eekhout; Ilse Vercauteren; Els Prinsen; Rotem Matosevich; Jian Xu; Victoria Mironova et al.
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The plant WEE1 kinase is involved in checkpoint control activation in nematode‐induced galls

New Phytologist
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Danila Cabral; Mohamed Youssef Banora; José Dijair Antonino; Natalia Rodiuc; Paulo Vieira; Roberta R. Coelho; Christian Chevalier; Thomas Eekhout; Gilbert Engler; Lieven De Veylder et al.
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Hitting pause on the cell cycle

eLife
2019-04-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Thomas Eekhout; Lieven De Veylder
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A Spatiotemporal DNA Endoploidy Map of the Arabidopsis Root Reveals Roles for the Endocycle in Root Development and Stress Adaptation

The Plant Cell
2018-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Rahul Bhosale; Veronique Boudolf; Fabiola Cuevas; Ran Lu; Thomas Eekhout; Zhubing Hu; Gert Van Isterdael; Georgina M. Lambert; Fan Xu; Moritz K. Nowack et al.
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Tissue-Specific Control of the Endocycle by the Anaphase Promoting Complex/Cyclosome Inhibitors UVI4 and DEL1

Plant Physiology
2017-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Jefri Heyman; Stefanie Polyn; Thomas Eekhout; Lieven De Veylder
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Modification of DNA Checkpoints to Confer Aluminum Tolerance.

2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Eekhout T; Larsen P; De Veylder L
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Lack of RNase H2 activity rescues HU-sensitivity of WEE1 deficient plants.

2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Eekhout T; Kalhorzadeh P; De Veylder L
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The Arabidopsis SIAMESE-RELATED cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors SMR5 and SMR7 regulate the DNA damage checkpoint in response to reactive oxygen species.

2014-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Yi D; Alvim Kamei CL; Cools T; Vanderauwera S; Takahashi N; Okushima Y; Eekhout T; Yoshiyama KO; Larkin J; Van den Daele H et al.
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Review activity for Plant molecular biology. (1)