Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Cambridge
47 Bateman Street
Cambridge CB2 1LR
Research Interests
Within the last decade it has been established that plant responses to light and temperature are tightly interconnected. Having a strong background in plant photobiology, I am interested in the mechanisms by which light modulates temperature responses. I use genetic and biochemical approaches to analyse the effect of light on temperature signalling pathways.
Key Publications
Balcerowicz M & Hoecker U (2014) Auxin – a novel regulator of stomata differentiation. Trends Plant Sci. 19: 747–749
Balcerowicz M, Ranjan A, Rupprecht L, Fiene G & Hoecker U (2014) Auxin represses stomatal development in dark-grown seedlings via Aux/IAA proteins. Development 141: 3165–3176
Putterill J, Zhang L, Yeoh CC, Balcerowicz M, Jaudal M & Gasic EV (2013) FT genes and regulation of flowering in the legume Medicago truncatula. Funct. Plant Biol. 40: 1199–1207
Yeoh CC, Balcerowicz M, Zhang L, Jaudal M, Brocard L, Ratet P & Putterill J (2013) Fine Mapping Links the FTa1 Flowering Time Regulator to the Dominant Spring1 Locus in Medicago. PLoS ONE 8: e53467
Balcerowicz M*, Fittinghoff K*, Wirthmueller L, Maier A, Fackendahl P, Fiene G, Koncz C & Hoecker U (2011) Light exposure of Arabidopsis seedlings causes rapid destabilization as well as selective post-translational inactivation of the repressor of photomorphogenesis SPA2. Plant J. 65: 712–723
*equal contribution
Yeoh CC, Balcerowicz M, Laurie R, Macknight R & Putterill J (2011) Developing a method for customized induction of flowering. BMC Biotechnol. 11: 36