Markus Stetter
@mgstetter.bsky.social
Professor for Plant Ecological Genomics at the University of Cologne. Interested in plant biology, population genetics and domestication
Now out in its final version: 'Domestication shaped the chromatin landscape of grain amaranth'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Domestication shaped the chromatin landscape of grain amaranth - Nature Communications
The interplay between the chromatin landscape and plant domestication remains unclear. Here, the authors report the genome assembly and chromatin landscape map of amaranth and reveal the association b...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Now out in its final version: 'Domestication shaped the chromatin landscape of grain amaranth'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Markus Stetter
Two 4-year PhD positions available for Oct 2026 🪴 We're part of CNAP with 12 plant/microbe research groups combining excellent fundamental science with innovation.
1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Two 4-year PhD positions available for Oct 2026 🪴 We're part of CNAP with 12 plant/microbe research groups combining excellent fundamental science with innovation.
1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
1st - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth for smallholder farmers
tinyurl.tools/fa83da49
Reposted by Markus Stetter
🌱 Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics!
Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf.
More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position
Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf.
More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position
Career – Schneeberger Lab
schneebergerlab.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌱 Postdoc position in Plant Genomics/Bioinformatics!
Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf.
More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position
Love genome plasticity, computational methods, and solving big questions in plant biology? Join our newly established Institute for Crop Biology at HHU Düsseldorf.
More info on schneebergerlab.org/career/
Apply by Nov. 30 | 3-year position
Sad to miss #ESEB2025, but check out work from our lab. The poster of Tom Winkler (P01.272) on repeated evolution under ecological selection during domestication tonight. And the talk of Margarita Takou on the detection of polygenic selection from time series data on Tuesday 15:30.
August 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Sad to miss #ESEB2025, but check out work from our lab. The poster of Tom Winkler (P01.272) on repeated evolution under ecological selection during domestication tonight. And the talk of Margarita Takou on the detection of polygenic selection from time series data on Tuesday 15:30.
How can climate distribution models help to harness crop diversity? We look at recent advances in grain amaranth genomics and breeding to suggest how leveraging genetic diversity of underutilized crops could contribute to resilient and sustainable cropping systems.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Assessing and mining grain amaranth diversity for sustainable cropping systems - Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Global challenges and new demands require adaptation of cropping systems. Plant genetic diversity can contribute to adapt and improve crops and create more sustainable agricultural systems. In order t...
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July 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
How can climate distribution models help to harness crop diversity? We look at recent advances in grain amaranth genomics and breeding to suggest how leveraging genetic diversity of underutilized crops could contribute to resilient and sustainable cropping systems.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Now published. Led by Dr. Akanksha Singh, we studied what happened to grain amaranth once it arrived to India. Surprisingly differentiation stayed high and populations adapted individually. No gene flow, high diversity.
ntroduced populations can conserve lost genetic variation. The introduction of grain amaranth to India shows how crop evolution continued outside the domestication area and could enable future adaptation 🌱
w/ @mgstetter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70124
w/ @mgstetter.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/eva.70124
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Now published. Led by Dr. Akanksha Singh, we studied what happened to grain amaranth once it arrived to India. Surprisingly differentiation stayed high and populations adapted individually. No gene flow, high diversity.
Reposted by Markus Stetter
Talking Biotech 459 - where did the key domestication mutations in corn come from? Were they present in resident gene pools waiting to be selected, or new mutations? I discuss with @jrossibarra and his student Regina Fairbanks.
@aspb @ASHS_Hort @UF_IFAS share.transistor.fm/s/bed2ffa6
@aspb @ASHS_Hort @UF_IFAS share.transistor.fm/s/bed2ffa6
May 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Talking Biotech 459 - where did the key domestication mutations in corn come from? Were they present in resident gene pools waiting to be selected, or new mutations? I discuss with @jrossibarra and his student Regina Fairbanks.
@aspb @ASHS_Hort @UF_IFAS share.transistor.fm/s/bed2ffa6
@aspb @ASHS_Hort @UF_IFAS share.transistor.fm/s/bed2ffa6
Reposted by Markus Stetter
New preprint from the lab: 'Domestication shaped the chromatin landscape of grain amaranth'. #domestication #chromatin #amaranth www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Domestication shaped the chromatin landscape of grain amaranth
Plant domestication has had profound impacts on the morphology and genetic diversity of crops. Beyond sequence diversity, changes in chromatin structure can play an important role in plant adaptation....
www.biorxiv.org
April 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
New preprint from the lab: 'Domestication shaped the chromatin landscape of grain amaranth'. #domestication #chromatin #amaranth www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Markus Stetter
Cologne Spring Meeting starts with “Plant Ecological Genetics: From Lab to Nature and Back” talk by @meauxjuliette.bsky.social Exploring the bridge between laboratory insights and real-world plant ecology. #EcologicalGenetics #PlantScience
March 18, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Cologne Spring Meeting starts with “Plant Ecological Genetics: From Lab to Nature and Back” talk by @meauxjuliette.bsky.social Exploring the bridge between laboratory insights and real-world plant ecology. #EcologicalGenetics #PlantScience
Reposted by Markus Stetter
Our work on selection and how it shaped the diversity of European maize landraces is now published. Read for diversity changes not following expansion routes but climatic gradients, & genetic load accumulation.
With @mgstetter.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
With @mgstetter.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Local Selection Shaped the Diversity of European Maize Landraces
The introduction of populations to novel environments can lead to a loss of genetic diversity and the accumulation of deleterious mutations due to selection and demographic changes. We investigate ho...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Our work on selection and how it shaped the diversity of European maize landraces is now published. Read for diversity changes not following expansion routes but climatic gradients, & genetic load accumulation.
With @mgstetter.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
With @mgstetter.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Markus Stetter
Today we celebrate a wide diversity in plant sciences at the Symposium of our institute at @unicologne.bsky.social with support from @ceplas.bsky.social & @trr341.bsky.social #PlantScience
February 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Today we celebrate a wide diversity in plant sciences at the Symposium of our institute at @unicologne.bsky.social with support from @ceplas.bsky.social & @trr341.bsky.social #PlantScience
I’m very happy to share that I will start as associate professor for plant ecological genomics at the University of Cologne in January 2024. Huge thanks to my great team, mentors, collaborators and everyone who helped to make this happen!
December 18, 2023 at 1:10 PM
I’m very happy to share that I will start as associate professor for plant ecological genomics at the University of Cologne in January 2024. Huge thanks to my great team, mentors, collaborators and everyone who helped to make this happen!