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Max Planck Campus Tubingen: Tubingen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2021-03-01 to present | Group Leader (Algal Development & Evolution)
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Michael Borg

Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology GmbH: Vienna, Wien, AT

2015-01-19 to 2020-12-31 | Postdoctorate Fellow
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Michael Borg

University of Leicester: Leicester, Leicester, GB

2011-01-01 to 2014-08-01 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Biology)
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Michael Borg

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Leicester: Leicester, Leicester, GB

2006-10-01 to 2010-10-01 | PhD in Plant Developmental Biology (Biology)
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Michael Borg

University of the West of England: Bristol, Bristol, GB

2003-10-01 to 2006-05-01 | BSc Forensic Science (Applied Sciences)
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Michael Borg

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Epigenetic reprogramming of the plant paternal genome

2015-01 to 2017-01 | Award
Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Vienna, AT)
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Works (29)

Transcriptome dynamics in the Arabidopsis male germline during pollen–pistil interactions

The Plant Journal
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.70095
Contributors: Chandra Shekhar Misra; António G. G. Sousa; Hasna Khan; Asher Pasha; Nicholas J. Provart; Michael Borg; Jörg D. Becker
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The expansion and diversification of epigenetic regulatory networks underpins major transitions in the evolution of land plants

Molecular Biology and Evolution
2025-03-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaf064
Contributors: Romy Petroll; Ranjith K Papareddy; Rafal Krela; Alice Laigle; Quentin Riviere; Kateřina Bišová; Iva Mozgová; Michael Borg; Harmit Malik
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The expandedBostrychia moritzianagenome unveils evolution in the most diverse and complex order of red algae

2025-02-11 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2025.02.11.637652
Contributors: Romy Petroll; John A. West; Michael Ogden; Owen McGinley; Rory J. Craig; Susana M. Coelho; Michael Borg
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3D chromatin maps of a brown alga reveal U/V sex chromosome spatial organization

Nature Communications
2024-11-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53453-5
Contributors: Pengfei Liu; Jeromine Vigneau; Rory J. Craig; Josué Barrera-Redondo; Elena Avdievich; Claudia Martinho; Michael Borg; Fabian B. Haas; Chang Liu; Susana M. Coelho
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Interactions between U and V sex chromosomes during the life cycle of Ectocarpus

Development
2024-10-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/dev.202677
Contributors: Jeromine Vigneau; Claudia Martinho; Olivier Godfroy; Min Zheng; Fabian B. Haas; Michael Borg; Susana M. Coelho
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The expansion and diversification of epigenetic regulatory networks underpins major transitions in the evolution of land plants

2024-09-22 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.22.614159
Contributors: Romy Petroll; Ranjith K. Papareddy; Rafal Krela; Alice Laigle; Quentin Riviere; Kateřina Bišová; Iva Mozgová; Michael Borg
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3D chromatin maps of a brown alga reveal U/V sex chromosome spatial organization

2024-05-14 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.11.593484
Contributors: Pengfei Liu; Jeromine Vigneau; Rory Craig; Josue Barrera-Redondo; Elena Avdievich; Claudia Martinho; Michael Borg; Fabian B. Haas; Chang Liu; Susana M Coelho
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Cell cycle status of male and female gametes during Arabidopsis reproduction

Plant Physiology
2023-12-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad512
Contributors: Yoav Voichek; Bohdana Hurieva; Caroline Michaud; Anna Schmücker; Zaida Vergara; Bénédicte Desvoyes; Crisanto Gutierrez; Viktoria Nizhynska; Benjamin Jaegle; Michael Borg et al.
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Red macroalgae in the genomic era

New Phytologist
2023-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.19211
Part of ISSN: 0028-646X
Part of ISSN: 1469-8137
Contributors: Michael Borg; Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield; Christophe Destombe; Jonas Collén; Agnieszka Lipinska; Susana Coelho
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Genetic control of generative cell shape by DUO1 in Arabidopsis

Plant Reproduction
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-023-00462-x
Contributors: Abdur Rauf; Hoda Khatab; Michael Borg; David Twell
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The epigenetic origin of life history transitions in plants and algae

Plant Reproduction
2021-12-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-021-00422-3
Contributors: Jérômine Vigneau; Michael Borg
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Histone variants take center stage in shaping the epigenome

Current Opinion in Plant Biology
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2020.101991
Contributors: Michael Borg; Danhua Jiang; Frédéric Berger
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Ustilago maydis effector Jsi1 interacts with Topless corepressor, hijacking plant jasmonate/ethylene signaling

New Phytologist
2021-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17116
Contributors: Martin Darino; Khong‐Sam Chia; Joana Marques; David Aleksza; Luz Mayela Soto‐Jiménez; Indira Saado; Simon Uhse; Michael Borg; Ruben Betz; Janos Bindics et al.
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Epigenetic reprogramming rewires transcription during the alternation of generations in Arabidopsis

eLife
2021-01-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.61894
Contributors: Michael Borg; Ranjith K Papareddy; Rodolphe Dombey; Elin Axelsson; Michael D Nodine; David Twell; Frédéric Berger
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Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals conserved transcriptional programs underpinning organogenesis and reproduction in land plants

2020-10 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.10.29.361501
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PPR232299
Contributors: Julca I; Ferrari C; Flores-Tornero M; Proost S; Lindner A; Hackenberg D; Steinbachová L; Michaelidis C; Pereira SG; Misra CS et al.
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Michael Borg via Europe PubMed Central

The evolution and functional divergence of the histone H2B family in plants

PLOS Genetics
2020-07-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008964
Contributors: Danhua Jiang; Harmit S. Malik; Michael Borg; Zdravko J. Lorković; Sean A. Montgomery; Akihisa Osakabe; Ramesh Yelagandula; Elin Axelsson; Frédéric Berger
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Targeted reprogramming of H3K27me3 resets epigenetic memory in plant paternal chromatin.

Nature cell biology
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41556-020-0515-y
PMID: 32393884
Contributors: Borg M; Jacob Y; Susaki D; LeBlanc C; Buendía D; Axelsson E; Kawashima T; Voigt P; Boavida L; Becker J et al.
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Michael Borg via Europe PubMed Central

The atypical histone variant H3.15 promotes callus formation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Development (Cambridge, England)
2020-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1242/dev.184895
PMID: 32439757
Contributors: Yan A; Borg M; Berger F; Chen Z
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Michael Borg via Europe PubMed Central

A simple and robust protocol for immunostaining Arabidopsis pollen nuclei

Plant Reproduction
2019-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-018-00360-7
Contributors: Michael Borg; Daniel Buendía; Frédéric Berger
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Transcription factor DUO1 generated by neo-functionalization is associated with evolution of sperm differentiation in plants

Nature Communications
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07728-3
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2-s2.0-85058238945
Contributors: Higo, A.; Kawashima, T.; Borg, M.; Zhao, M.; López-Vidriero, I.; Sakayama, H.; Montgomery, S.A.; Sekimoto, H.; Hackenberg, D.; Shimamura, M. et al.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

A conserved cis-regulatory module determines germline fate through activation of the transcription factor duo1 promoter

Plant Physiology
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01192
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2-s2.0-85008682918
Contributors: Peters, B.; Casey, J.; Aidley, J.; Zohrab, S.; Borg, M.; Twell, D.; Brownfield, L.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

Chromatin remodelling during male gametophyte development

Plant Journal
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12856
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2-s2.0-84932194258
Contributors: Borg, M.; Berger, F.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

An EAR-Dependent Regulatory Module Promotes Male Germ Cell Division and Sperm Fertility in Arabidopsis

The Plant Cell
2014-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.124743
Contributors: Michael Borg; Nicholas Rutley; Sateesh Kagale; Yuki Hamamura; Mihai Gherghinoiu; Sanjeev Kumar; Ugur Sari; Manuel A. Esparza-Franco; Wataru Sakamoto; Kevin Rozwadowski et al.
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Arabidopsis fused kinase and the kinesin-12 subfamily constitute a signalling module required for phragmoplast expansion

Plant Journal
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05077.x
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2-s2.0-84867571765
Contributors: Oh, S.A.; Allen, T.; Kim, G.J.; Sidorova, A.; Borg, M.; Park, S.K.; Twell, D.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

A plant germline-specific integrator of sperm specification and cell cycle progression

Reproductive Physiology in Plants
2011 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-85059397249
Contributors: Brownfield, L.; Hafidh, S.; Borg, M.; Sidorova, A.; Mori, T.; Twell, D.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

The R2R3 MYB transcription factor DUO1 activates a male germline-specific regulon essential for sperm cell differentiation in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.081059
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2-s2.0-79953072914
Contributors: Borg, M.; Brownfield, L.; Khatab, H.; Sidorova, A.; Lingaya, M.; Twella, D.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

Life after meiosis: Patterning the angiosperm male gametophyte

Biochemical Society Transactions
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380577
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2-s2.0-77953063858
Contributors: Borg, M.; Twell, D.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

A plant germline-specific integrator of sperm specification and cell cycle progression

PLoS Genetics
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000430
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2-s2.0-63449102600
Contributors: Brownfield, L.; Hafidh, S.; Borg, M.; Sidorova, A.; Mori, T.; Twell, D.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

Male gametophyte development: A molecular perspective

Journal of Experimental Botany
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern355
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2-s2.0-67649233595
Contributors: Borg, M.; Brownfield, L.; Twell, D.
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Michael Borg via Scopus - Elsevier

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