2021

Dorone, Yanniv, Boeynaems, Steven, Flores, Eduardo, Jin, Benjamin, Hateley, Shannon, Bossi, Flavia, Lazarus, Elena, Pennington, Janice G., Michiels, Emiel, De Decker, Mathias, Vints, Katlijn, Baatsen, Pieter, Bassel, George, Otegui, Marisa S., Holehouse, Alex S., Exposito-Alonso, Moises, Sukenik, Shahar, Gitler, Aaron D. and Rhee, Seung Y. (2021) A prion-like protein regulator of seed germination undergoes hydration-dependent phase separation. Cell, 184 (16). 4284-4298.e27. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.009

Graeff, Moritz, Rana, Surbhi, Wendrich, Jos R., Dorier, Julien, Eekhout, Thomas, Aliaga Fandino, Ana Cecilia, Guex, Nicolas, Bassel, George, De Rybel, Bert and Hardtke, Christian S. (2021) A single-cell morpho-transcriptomic map of brassinosteroid action in the Arabidopsis root. Molecular Plant . doi:10.1016/j.molp.2021.07.021 (In Press)

Chustecki, Joanna M., Gibbs, Daniel J., Bassel, George and Johnston, Iain G. (2021) Network analysis of Arabidopsis mitochondrial dynamics reveals a resolved tradeoff between physical distribution and social connectivity. Cell Systems, 12 (5). 419-431.e4. doi:10.1016/j.cels.2021.04.006

Mitchell, Jack, Mukhtar, Nur K. and Bassel, George (2021) Low temperature stimulates spatial molecular reprogramming of the Arabidopsis seed germination programme. Seed Science Research, 30 (1). pp. 2-12. doi:10.1017/S0960258519000266

2020

Xu, Hao, Lantzouni, Ourania, Bruggink, Tonko, Benjamins, Rene, Lanfermeijer, Frank, Denby, Katherine J., Schwechheimer, Claus and Bassel, George (2020) A molecular signal integration network underpinning Arabidopsis seed germination. Current Biology, 30 (19). pp. 3703-3712. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.012

(2020) Accurate and versatile 3D segmentation of plant tissues at cellular resolution. eLife, 9 . e57613. doi:10.7554/elife.57613

(2020) Extensive signal integration by the phytohormone protein network. Nature, 583 (7815). pp. 271-276. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2460-0

Duran-Nebreda, Salva, Johnston, Iain G. and Bassel, George (2020) Efficient vasculature investment in tissues can be determined without global information. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 17 (165). 20200137. doi:10.1098/rsif.2020.0137

2019

Hartman, Sjon, Liu, Zeguang, van Veen, Hans, Vicente, Jorge, Reinen, Emilie, Martopawiro, Shanice, Zhang, Hongtao, van Dongen, Nienke, Bosman, Femke, Bassel, George, Visser, Eric J. W., Bailey-Serres, Julia, Theodoulou, Frederica L., Hebelstrup, Kim H., Gibbs, Daniel J., Holdsworth, Michael J., Sasidharan, Rashmi and Voesenek, Laurentius A. C. J. (2019) Ethylene-mediated nitric oxide depletion pre-adapts plants to hypoxia stress. Nature Communications, 10 (1). 4020 . doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12045-4

Mimault, Matthias, Ptashnyk, Mariya, Bassel, George and Dupuy, Lionel X. (2019) Smoothed particle hydrodynamics for root growth mechanics. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 105 . pp. 20-30. doi:10.1016/j.enganabound.2019.03.025

Duran-Nebreda, Salva and Bassel, George (2019) Plant behaviour in response to the environment : information processing in the solid state. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374 (1774). 20180370. doi:10.1098/rstb.2018.0370

Montenegro-Johnson, Thomas, Strauss, Soeren, Jackson, Matthew D. B., Walker, Liam, Smith, Richard S. and Bassel, George (2019) 3DCellAtlas Meristem : a tool for the global cellular annotation of shoot apical meristems. Plant Methods, 15 (1). 33. doi:10.1186/s13007-019-0413-0

Jackson, Matthew D. B., Duran-Nebreda, Salva, Kierzkowski, Daniel, Strauss, Soeren, Xu, Hao, Landrein, Benoit, Hamant, Olivier, Smith, Richard S., Johnston, Iain G. and Bassel, George (2019) Global topological order emerges through local mechanical control of cell divisions in the arabidopsis shoot apical meristem. Cell Systems, 8 (1). 53-65.e3. doi:10.1016/j.cels.2018.12.009

Sánchez-Montesino, Rocío, Bouza-Morcillo, Laura, Marquez, Julietta, Ghita, Melania, Duran-Nebreda, Salva, Gómez, Luis, Holdsworth, Michael J., Bassel, George and Oñate-Sánchez, Luis (2019) A regulatory module controlling GA-mediated endosperm cell expansion is critical for seed germination in arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 12 (1). pp. 71-85. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2018.10.009

Bassel, George (2019) Multicellular systems biology : quantifying cellular patterning and function in plant organs using network science. Molecular Plant, 12 (6). pp. 731-742. doi:10.1016/j.molp.2019.02.004

2018

Bassel, George (2018) Information processing and distributed computation in plant organs. Trends in Plant Science, 23 (11). pp. 994-1005. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2018.08.006

Johnston, Iain G. and Bassel, George (2018) Identification of a bet-hedging network motif generating noise in hormone concentrations and germination propensity in Arabidopsis. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 15 (141). 20180042. doi:10.1098/rsif.2018.0042

2017

Jackson, Matthew D. B., Duran-Nebreda, Salva and Bassel, George (2017) Network-based approaches to quantify multicellular development. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 14 (135). 20170484. doi:10.1098/rsif.2017.0484

Duran-Nebreda, Salva and Bassel, George (2017) Bridging scales in plant biology using network science. Trends in Plant Science, 22 (12). pp. 1001-1003. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2017.09.017

Jackson, Matthew D. B., Xu, Hao, Duran-Nebreda, Salva, Stamm, Petra and Bassel, George (2017) Topological analysis of multicellular complexity in the plant hypocotyl. eLife, 6 . e26023. doi:10.7554/eLife.26023

Topham, Alexander T., Taylor, Rachel E., Yan, Dawei, Nambara, Eiji, Johnston, Iain G. and Bassel, George (2017) Temperature variability is integrated by a spatially embedded decision-making center to break dormancy in Arabidopsis seeds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (25). pp. 6629-6634. doi:10.1073/pnas.1704745114

Souza, Nátali Maidl, Topham, Alexander T. and Bassel, George (2017) Quantitative analysis of the 3D cell shape changes driving soybean germination. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68 (7). pp. 1531-1537. doi:10.1093/jxb/erx048

Mitchell, Jack, Johnston, Iain G. and Bassel, George (2017) Variability in seeds : biological, ecological, and agricultural implications. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68 (4). pp. 809-817. erw397. doi:10.1093/jxb/erw397

2016

Stamm, Petra, Strauss, Soeren, Montenegro-Johnson, Thomas D., Smith, Richard and Bassel, George (2016) In silico methods for cell annotation, quantification of gene expression, and cell geometry at single-cell resolution using 3DCellAtlas. In: Plant Hormones. New York, NY: Humana Press, pp. 99-123. ISBN 9781493964673

Vesty, Eleanor F., Saidi, Younousse, Moody, Laura A., Holloway, Daniel, Whitbread, Amy, Needs, Sarah, Choudhary, Anushree, Burns, Bethany, McLeod, Daniel, Bradshaw, Susan J., Bae, Hansol, King, Brian Christopher, Bassel, George, Simonsen, Henrik Toft and Coates, Juliet C. (2016) The decision to germinate is regulated by divergent molecular networks in spores and seeds. New Phytologist, 211 (3). pp. 952-966. doi:10.1111/nph.14018

Bassel, George (2016) To grow or not to grow? Trends in Plant Science, 21 (6). pp. 498-505. doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2016.02.001

Hossain, Mohammad R., Bassel, George, Pritchard, Jeremy, Sharma, Garima P. and Ford-Lloyd, Brian V. (2016) Trait specific expression profiling of salt stress responsive genes in diverse rice genotypes as determined by modified significance analysis of microarrays. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7 . 567. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00567

Nieuwland, Jeroen, Stamm, Petra, Wen, Bo, Randall, Ricardo S., Murray, James A. H. and Bassel, George (2016) Re-induction of the cell cycle in the Arabidopsis post-embryonic root meristem is ABA-insensitive, GA-dependent and repressed by KRP6. Scientific Reports, 6 (1). 23586 . doi:10.1038/srep23586

Bassel, George and Smith, Richard S. (2016) Quantifying morphogenesis in plants in 4D. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 29 . pp. 87-94. doi:10.1016/j.pbi.2015.11.005

Finch-Savage, William E. and Bassel, George (2016) Seed vigour and crop establishment : extending performance beyond adaptation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67 (3). pp. 567-591. doi:10.1093/jxb/erv490

Stamm, Petra, Topham, Alexander T., Mukhtar, Nur Karimah, Jackson, Matthew D. B., Tomé, Daniel F. A., Beynon, Jim L. and Bassel, George (2016) The transcription factor ATHB5 affects GA-mediated plasticity in hypocotyl cell growth during seed germination. Plant Physiology, 173 (1). pp. 907-917. doi:10.1104/pp.16.01099

2015

Bassel, George (2015) Accuracy in quantitative 3D image analysis. The Plant Cell, 27 (4). pp. 950-953. doi:10.1105/tpc.114.135061

Montenegro-Johnson, Thomas D., Stamm, Petra, Strauss, Soeren, Topham, Alexander T., Tsagris, Michail, Wood, Andrew T.A., Smith, Richard S. and Bassel, George (2015) Digital single-cell analysis of plant organ development using 3DCellAtlas. The Plant Cell, 27 (4). pp. 1018-1033. doi:10.1105/tpc.15.00175

(2015) MorphoGraphX : a platform for quantifying morphogenesis in 4D. eLife, 4 . doi:10.7554/eLife.05864

Abbas, Mohamad, Berckhan, Sophie, Rooney, Daniel J., Gibbs, Daniel J., Vicente Conde, Jorge, Sousa Correia, Cristina, Bassel, George, Marín-de la Rosa, Nora, León, José, Alabadí, David, Blázquez, Miguel A. and Holdsworth, Michael J. (2015) Oxygen sensing coordinates photomorphogenesis to facilitate seedling survival. Current Biology, 25 (11). pp. 1483-1488. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.03.060

2014

Bassel, George, Stamm, P., Mosca, G., Barbier de Reuille, P., Gibbs, D. J., Winter, R., Janka, A., Holdsworth, M. J. and Smith, R. S. (2014) Mechanical constraints imposed by 3D cellular geometry and arrangement modulate growth patterns in the Arabidopsis embryo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (23). pp. 8685-8690. doi:10.1073/pnas.1404616111

(2014) Nitric oxide sensing in plants is mediated by proteolytic control of group VII ERF transcription factors. Molecular Cell, Volume 53 (Number 3). pp. 369-379. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2013.12.020

Gibbs, Daniel J., Voß, Ute, Harding, Susan A., Fannon, Jessica, Moody, Laura A., Yamada, Erika, Swarup, Kamal, Nibau, Candida, Bassel, George, Choudhary, Anushree, Lavenus, Julien, Bradshaw, Susan J., Stekel, Dov J., Bennett, Malcolm J. and Coates, Juliet C. (2014) AtMYB93 is a novel negative regulator of lateral root development in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 203 (4). pp. 1194-1207. doi:10.1111/nph.12879

Yoshida, Saiko, Barbier de Reuille, Pierre, Lane, Brendan, Bassel, George, Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw, Smith, Richard S. and Weijers, Dolf (2014) Genetic control of plant development by overriding a geometric division rule. Developmental Cell, 29 (1). pp. 75-87. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2014.02.002

(2014) Nitric oxide sensing in plants is mediated by proteolytic control of group VII ERF transcription factors. Molecular Cell, 53 (3). pp. 369-379. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2013.12.020

2013

Dekkers, Bas J.W., Pearce, Simon, van Bolderen-Veldkamp, R.P., Marshall, Alex, Widera, Paweł, Gilbert, James, Drost, Hajk-Georg, Bassel, George, Müller, Kerstin, King, John R., Wood, Andrew T.A., Grosse, Ivo, Quint, Marcel, Krasnogor, Natalio, Leubner-Metzger, Gerhard, Holdsworth, Michael J. and Bentsink, Leónie (2013) Transcriptional dynamics of two seed compartments with opposing roles in Arabidopsis seed germination. Plant Physiology, 163 (1). pp. 205-215. doi:10.1104/pp.113.223511

2012

Gonzalez-Guzman, Miguel, Pizzio, Gaston A., Antoni, Regina, Vera-Sirera, Francisco, Merilo, Ebe, Bassel, George, Fernández, Maria A., Holdsworth, Michael J., Perez-Amador, Miguel Angel, Kollist, Hannes and Rodriguez, Pedro L. (2012) Arabidopsis PYR/PYL/RCAR receptors play a major role in quantitative regulation of stomatal aperture and transcriptional response to Abscisic Acid. The Plant Cell, 24 (6). pp. 2483-2496. doi:10.1105/tpc.112.098574

Martínez-Andújar, Cristina, Pluskota, Wioletta E., Bassel, George, Asahina, Masashi, Pupel, Piotr, Nguyen, Theresa T., Takeda-Kamiya, Noriko, Toubiana, David, Bai, Bing, Górecki, Ryszard J., Fait, Aaron, Yamaguchi, Shinjiro and Nonogaki, Hiroyuki (2012) Mechanisms of hormonal regulation of endosperm cap-specific gene expression in tomato seeds. The Plant Journal, 71 (4). pp. 575-586. doi:10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05010.x

Bassel, George, Gaudinier, Allison, Brady, Siobhan M., Hennig, Lars, Rhee, Seung Y. and De Smet, Ive (2012) Systems analysis of plant functional, transcriptional, physical interaction, and metabolic networks. The Plant Cell, 24 (10). pp. 3859-3875. doi:10.1105/tpc.112.100776

2011

Bassel, George, Glaab, Enrico, Marquez, Julietta, Holdsworth, Michael J. and Bacardit, Jaume (2011) Functional network construction in Arabidopsis using rule-based machine learning on large-scale data sets. The Plant Cell, 23 (9). pp. 3101-3116. doi:10.1105/tpc.111.088153

Bassel, George, Lan, H., Glaab, E., Gibbs, D. J., Gerjets, T., Krasnogor, N., Bonner, A. J., Holdsworth, M. J. and Provart, N. J. (2011) Genome-wide network model capturing seed germination reveals coordinated regulation of plant cellular phase transitions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108 (23). pp. 9709-9714. doi:10.1073/pnas.1100958108

Gibbs, Daniel J., Lee, Seung Cho, Md Isa, Nurulhikma, Gramuglia, Silvia, Fukao, Takeshi, Bassel, George, Correia, Cristina Sousa, Corbineau, Françoise, Theodoulou, Frederica L., Bailey-Serres, Julia and Holdsworth, Michael J. (2011) Homeostatic response to hypoxia is regulated by the N-end rule pathway in plants. Nature, 479 (7373). pp. 415-418. doi:10.1038/nature10534

Dekkers, Bas J. W., Willems, Leo, Bassel, George, van Bolderen-Veldkamp, R. P. (Marieke), Ligterink, Wilco, Hilhorst, Henk W. M. and Bentsink, Leónie (2011) Identification of reference genes for RT–qPCR expression analysis in Arabidopsis and tomato seeds. Plant and Cell Physiology, 53 (1). pp. 28-37. doi:10.1093/pcp/pcr113

Bassel, George, Holdsworth, Michael J. and Provart, Nicholas J. (2011) Seed bioinformatics. In: Kermode, A., (ed.) Seed Dormancy. Methods in Molecular Biology, 773 . Humana Press, pp. 403-419. ISBN 9781617792304

2010

Nonogaki, Hiroyuki, Bassel, George and Bewley, J. Derek (2010) Germination—still a mystery. Plant Science, 179 (6). pp. 574-581. doi:10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.02.010

Martin, Ruth C., Asahina, Masashi, Liu, Po-Pu, Kristof, Jessica R., Coppersmith, Jennifer L., Pluskota, Wioletta E., Bassel, George, Goloviznina, Natalya A., Nguyen, Theresa T., Martínez-Andújar, Cristina, Arun Kumar, M.B., Pupel, Piotr and Nonogaki, Hiroyuki (2010) The microRNA156 and microRNA172 gene regulation cascades at post-germinative stages in Arabidopsis. Seed Science Research, 20 (2). pp. 79-87. doi:10.1017/S0960258510000085

Martin, Ruth C., Asahina, Masashi, Liu, Po-Pu, Kristof, Jessica R., Coppersmith, Jennifer L., Pluskota, Wioletta E., Bassel, George, Goloviznina, Natalya A., Nguyen, Theresa T., Martínez-Andújar, Cristina, Arun Kumar, M.B., Pupel, Piotr and Nonogaki, Hiroyuki (2010) The regulation of post-germinative transition from the cotyledon- to vegetative-leaf stages by microRNA-targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER-BINDING PROTEIN LIKE13 in Arabidopsis. Seed Science Research, 20 (2). pp. 89-96. doi:10.1017/S0960258510000073

2009

Usadel, Bjorn, Obayashi, Takeshi, Mutwil, Marel, Giorgi, Federico M., Bassel, George, Tanimoto, Mimi, Chow, Amanda, Steinhauser, Dirk, Persson, Staffen and Provart, Nicholas J. (2009) Co-expression tools for plant biology : opportunities for hypothesis generation and caveats. Plant, Cell & Environment, 32 (12). pp. 1633-1651. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02040.x

Sliwinska, Elwira, Bassel, George and Bewley, J. Derek (2009) Germination of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds is not completed as a result of elongation of the radicle but of the adjacent transition zone and lower hypocotyl. Journal of Experimental Botany, 60 (12). pp. 3587-3594. doi:10.1093/jxb/erp203

2008

Bassel, George, Fung, Pauline, Chow, Tsz-fung Freeman, Foong, Justin A., Provart, Nicholas J. and Cutler, Sean R. (2008) Elucidating the germination transcriptional program using small molecules. Plant Physiology, 147 (1). pp. 143-155. doi:10.1104/pp.107.110841

Bassel, George and Provart, Nicholas J. (2008) Gene expression analyses for elucidating mechanisms of hormonal action in plants. In: Cutler, S. and Bonetta , D., (eds.) Plant Hormones. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, pp. 21-37. ISBN 9781934115329

2006

Bassel, George, Mullen, Robert T. and Bewley, J. Derek (2006) ABI3 expression ceases following, but not during, germination of tomato and Arabidopsis seeds. Journal of Experimental Botany, 57 (6). pp. 1291-1297. doi:10.1093/jxb/erj101

2005

Gong, Xuemei, Bassel, George, Wang, Aoxue, Greenway, John S. and Bewley, J. Derek (2005) The emergence of embryos from hard seeds is related to the structure of the cell walls of the micropylar endosperm, and not to Endo-β-mannanase activity. Annals of Botany, 96 (7). pp. 1165-1173. doi:10.1093/aob/mci269

2004

Bassel, George, Zielinska, Elzbieta, Mullen, Robert T. and Bewley, J. Derek (2004) Down-regulation of DELLA genes is not essential for germination of tomato, soybean, and Arabidopsis seeds. Plant Physiology, 136 (1). pp. 2782-2789. doi:10.1104/pp.103.034876

2001

Bassel, George, Mullen, Robert T. and Bewley, J. Derek (2001) α-Galactosidase is synthesized in tomato seeds during development and is localized in the protein storage vacuoles. Canadian Journal of Botany, 79 (12). pp. 1417-1424. doi:10.1139/b01-122