Publications

Crawford T, Pratx L & Bäurle I (2026) Principles and mechanisms of plant acclimation to heat stress. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 27: 668–683. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-026-00977-x.

Schneider R, Bäurle I, Nikoloski Z & Lenhard M (2026) Plant Phenotypic Plasticity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Breeding and Climate Change Adaptation. Annu Rev Plant Biol 77: 707–731. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-063025-111942.

Sánchez de Medina Hernández V, Nava-García MM, Bianchi A, Clavel M, Papareddy RK, Benchalel L, Andreev VI, Mathur V, Mohseni A, García-León M, Gao P, de la Concepción JC, Picchianti L, Grujic N, Kobylinska R, Abdrakhmanov A, Duvergé H, Anand G, Leibrock N, Ma J, Raffeiner M, Crawford TS, Argirò L, Matuszkiewicz M, Wun CL, Kanne JV, Meinhart A, Roitinger E, Bäurle I, Kang BH, Petersen M, Üstün S, Kulathu Y, Clausen T, Ramundo S, Dagdas Y (2025) Cross-species interactome analysis uncovers a conserved selective autophagy mechanism for protein quality control in plants. Developmental Cell 61(3):655-675. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.11.001.

Pratx L, Dakhiya Y, Nissen R, Purushotham P, Hoffie I, Kumlehn J, Kappel C, Bäurle I (2025) Conserved heat shock factors HvHSFA2 and HvHSFA3 control barley heat stress memory through diverged mechanisms. Nat Communications 16(1):10411. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-66651-6.

Oberkofler V, Baltzer J, Szymanski W, Bäurle I (2025). Promoter and domain swap analysis delineates heat stress memory-specific determinants of heat shock factor HSFA2. Plant Physiology 199(3):kiaf585. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf585.

Oberkofler V, Bäurle I (2024) Plant Epigenetic Editing to Analyze the Function of Histone Modifications in Gene-Specific Regulation. Methods Mol Biol 2842,193-207. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4051-7_10.

Pratx L, Crawford T, Bäurle I (2024) Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory. Curr Opin Plant Biol 81,102590. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102590.

Crawford T, Siebler L, Sulkowska A, Nowack B, Jiang L, Pan Y, Lämke J, Kappel C, Bäurle I (2024) The Mediator kinase module enhances polymerase activity to regulate transcriptional memory after heat stress in Arabidopsis. EMBO Journal 43, 437. doi.org/10.1038/s44318-023-00024-x.

Pratx L, Wendering P, Kappel C, Nikoloski Z, Bäurle I (2023). Histone retention preserves epigenetic marks during heat stress-induced transcriptional memory in plants. EMBO Journal 42, e113595. doi.org/10.15252/embj.2023113595.

Oberkofler V, Bäurle I (2024). Plant Epigenetic Editing to Analyze the Function of Histone Modifications in Gene-Specific Regulation. Methods Mol Biol 2842,193-207. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4051-7_10.

Pratx L, Crawford T, Bäurle I (2024) Mechanisms of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory. Curr Opin Plant Biol 81,102590. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102590.

Kappel C, Friedrich T, Oberkofler V, Jiang L, Crawford T, Lenhard M, Bäurle I (2023). Genomic and epigenomic determinants of heat stress-induced transcriptional memory in Arabidopsis. Genome Biology 24,129. doi: 10.1186/s13059-023-02970-5.

Bäurle I, Laplaze L, Martin A (2023). Preparing for an uncertain future: molecular responses of plants facing climate change. Journal of Experimental Botany 74,1297-1302. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac493.

Oberkofler V, Bäurle I (2022). Inducible epigenome editing probes for the role of histone H3K4 methylation in Arabidopsis heat stress memory. Plant Physiology 189, 703-714. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac113.

Perrella G, Bäurle I, van Zanten M (2022). Epigenetic regulation of thermomorphogenesis and heat stress tolerance. New Phytologist 234, 1144-1160. doi: 10.1111/nph.17970.

Friedrich T, Oberkofler V, Trindade I, Altmann S, Brzezinka K, Lämke J, Gorka M, Kappel K, Sokolowska E, Skirycz A, Graf A, Bäurle I (2021) Heteromeric HSFA2/HSFA3 complexes drive transcriptional memory after heat stress in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, 12, 3426. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23786-6.

Oberkofler V, Pratx L, Bäurle I (2021). Epigenetic regulation of abiotic stress memory: maintaining the good things while they last. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 61, 102007. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102007.

Urrea Castellanos R, Petrovic N, Altmann S, Brzezinka K, GorkaM, Graf A, Bäurle I. (2020). FORGETTER2 protein phosphatase and phospholipase D modulate heat stress memory in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 104, 7-17. Doi: 10.1111/tpj.14927.

Bloomer RH, Hutchison CE, Bäurle I, Walker J, Fang X, Perera P, Velanis CN, Gümüs S, Spanos C, Rappsilber J, Feng X, Goodrich J, Dean C (2020). The Arabidopsis epigenetic regulator ICU11 as an accessory protein of Polycomb Repressive Complex 2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 117, 16660-16666. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920621117.

Bäurle I, Trindade I (2020). Chromatin regulation of somatic abiotic stress memory. Journal of Experimental Botany 71, 5269-5279. Doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa098.

Liu J, Feng L, Gu X, Deng X, Qiu Q, Li Q, Zhang Y, Wang M, Deng Y, Wang E, He Y, Bäurle I, Li J, Cao X, He Z (2019) An H3K27me3 demethylase-HSFA2 Regulatory Loop Orchestrates Transgenerational Thermomemory in Arabidopsis. Cell Research 29, 379-390. DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0145-8.

Friedrich T, Faivre L, Bäurle I, Schubert D (2019) Chromatin-based mechanisms of temperature memory in plants. Plant Cell & Environment 42, 762-770. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13373.

Brzezinka K, Altmann S, Bäurle I (2019). BRUSHY1/TONSOKU/MGOUN3 is required for heat stress memory. Plant Cell & Environment 42, 771-781. DOI: 10.1111/pce.13365.

Liu HC, Lämke J, Lin SY, Hung MJ, Liu, KM, Charng YY, Bäurle I (2018) Distinct heat shock factors and chromatin modifications mediate the organ-autonomous transcriptional memory of heat stress. Plant Journal 95, 401-413. DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13958.

Bäurle I (2017). CAN’T REMEMBER TO FORGET YOU: Chromatin-based priming of somatic stress responses. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology, in press. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.09.032.

Lämke J, Bäurle I (2017). Epigenetic and chromatin responses to environmental stress and stress memory in plants. Genome Biology 18, 124. doi: 10.1186/s13059-017-1263-6.

Brzezinka K, Altmann S, Czesnick H, Nicolas P, Górka M, Benke E, Kabelitz T, Jähne F, Graf A, Kappel C, Bäurle I (2016). Arabidopsis FORGETTER1 mediates stress-induced chromatin memory through nucleosome remodeling. eLife 5, e17061. doi: 10.7554/eLife.17061.

Huu CN, Kappel C, Keller B, Sicard S, Takebayashi Y, Breuninger H, Nowak MD, Bäurle I, Himmelbach A, Burkart M, Ebbing-Lohaus T, Sakakibara H, Altschmied L, Conti E, Lenhard M (2016). Presence versus absence of CYP734A50 underlies the style-length dimorphism in primroses. eLife 5, e17956. doi: 10.7554/eLife.17956.

Bäurle I. Plant Heat Adaptation: priming in response to heat stress (2016). F1000Research. Apr 18;5. pii: F1000 Faculty Rev-694. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.7526.1.

Lämke J, Brzezinka K, Bäurle I (2016). HSFA2 orchestrates transcriptional dynamics after heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Transcription 7, 111-114.

Kabelitz T, Brzezinka K, Friedrich T, Gorka M, Graf A, Kappel C, Bäurle I (2016). A jumonji protein with E3 ligase and histone H3 binding activities affects transposon silencing in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 171, 344-358.

Lämke J, Brzezinka K, Altmann S, Bäurle I (2016). A hit-and-run heat shock factor governs sustained histone methylation and transcriptional stress memory. EMBO J. 35, 162-175.

Hilker M, Schwachtje J, Baier M, Balazadeh S, Bäurle I, Geiselhardt S, Hincha, DK, Kunze R, Mueller-Roeber B, Rillig MC, Rolff J, Romeis T, Schmülling T, Steppuhn A, van Dongen J, Withcomb S, Wurst S, Zuther E and Kopka J (2015). Priming and memory of stress responses in organisms without a nervous system. Biological Reviews, doi: 10.1111/brv.12215.

Kabelitz T, Bäurle I (2015). Get the Jump – Do 3’UTRs protect transposable elements from silencing? Mobile Genetic Elements 5, 51-54.

Kabelitz T, Kappel C, Henneberger K, Benke E, Nöh C, Bäurle I (2014). eQTL mapping of transposon silencing reveals a position-dependent stable escape from epigenetic silencing and transposition of AtMu1 in the Arabidopsis thaliana lineage. Plant Cell 26, 3261-3271.

Stief A, Brzezinka K, Lämke J, Bäurle I (2014). Epigenetic responses to heat stress at different time scales and the involvement of short RNAs. Plant Signaling & Behavior 9, e970430.

Stief A, Altmann S, Hoffmann K, Pant BD, Scheible W-R, Bäurle I (2014). Arabidopsis miR156 regulates tolerance to recurring environmental stress through SPL transcription factors. Plant Cell 26, 1792-1807.

Sicard A, Stacey N, Hermann K, Dessoly J, Neuffer B, Bäurle I, Lenhard M (2011). Genetics, evolution, and adaptive significance of the selfing syndrome in the genus Capsella. Plant Cell 23, 3156-71.

Sonmez C, Bäurle I, Magusin A, Dreos R, Laubinger S, Weigel D, Dean C (2011). RNA 3' processing functions of Arabidopsis FCA and FPA limit intergenic transcription. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 108, 8508-8513.

Geraldo N, Bäurle I, Kidou SI, Hu X and Dean C (2009). FRIGIDA delays flowering in Arabidopsis via a co-transcriptional mechanism involving direct interaction with the nuclear cap binding complex. Plant Physiology 150, 1611-1618.

Manzano D, Marquardt S, Jones AME, Bäurle I, Liu F and Dean C (2009). Altered interactions within FY/AtCPSF complexes required for Arabidopsis FCA-mediated chromatin silencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 106, 8772-8777.

Bäurle I and Dean C (2008). Differential interactions of the autonomous pathway RRM proteins and chromatin regulators in the silencing of Arabidopsis targets. PLoS ONE 3, e2733-2741.

Liu F, Quesada V, Crevillen P, Bäurle I, Swiezewski S and Dean C (2007). The Arabidopsis RNA binding protein FCA requires a Lysine Specific Demethylase 1 homologue to effect FLC down-regulation. Molecular Cell 28, 398-407.

Bäurle I*, Smith L, Baulcombe D and Dean C* (2007). Widespread role for the flowering time regulators FCA and FPA in RNA-mediated chromatin silencing. Science 318, 109-112. *corresponding authors

Bäurle I and Dean C (2006). The Timing of Developmental Transitions in Plants. Cell 125, 655-664.

Bäurle I and Laux T (2005). Regulation of WUSCHEL transcription in the stem cell niche of the Arabidopsis shoot meristem. Plant Cell 17, 2271-2280.

Bäurle I and Laux T (2003). Apical meristems: The plant’s fountain of youth. Bioessays 25, 961-970.

Hamann T, Benkova E, Bäurle I, Kientz M, and Jürgens G (2002). The Arabidopsis BODENLOS gene encodes an auxin response protein inhibiting MONOPTEROS-mediated embryo patterning. Genes & Development 16, 1610-1615.

Sweere U, Eichenberg K, Lohrmann J, Mira-Rodado V, Bäurle I, Kudla J, Nagy F, Schäfer E, and Harter K (2001). Interaction of the response regulator ARR4 with phytochrome B in modulating red light signaling. Science 294, 1108-1111.

Lohrmann J, Sweere U, Zabaleta E, Bäurle I, Keitel C, Kozma-Bognar L, Brennicke A, Schäfer E, Kudla J, and Harter K (2001). The response regulator ARR2: a pollen-specific transcription factor involved in the expression of nuclear genes for components of mitochondrial ComplexI in Arabidopsis. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 265, 2-13.

Eichenberg K, Bäurle I, Paulo N, Sharrock RA, Rüdiger W, and Schäfer E (2000). Phytochromes C and E have different spectral characteristics from those of phytochromes A and B. FEBS Letters 470, 107-112.

Lohrmann J, Buchholz G, Keitel C, Sweere U, Kircher S, Bäurle I, Kudla J, Schäfer E, and Harter K (1999). Differential expression and nuclear localization of response regulator-like proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biology 1, 495-505.

Scagliarini S, Rotino L, Bäurle I, Asard H, Pupillo P, and Trost P (1998). Initial purification study of bean hypocotyl plasma membrane. Protoplasma 205, 66-73.