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Prof. Dr. Nils Stein

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Genomics, Pangenomics, and Genomic Diversity of cereal crops (barley, rye, wheat).

Most important publications

  1. Jorgensen ME, Vequaud D, Wang Y, Andersen CB, Bayer M, Box A, Braune KB, Cai Y, Chen F, Cuesta-Seijo JA, Dong H, Fincher GB, Gojkovic Z, Huang Z, Jaegle B, Kale SM, Krsticevic F, Le Roux PM, Lozier A, Lu Q, Mascher M, Murozuka E, Nakamura S, Simmelsgaard MU, Pedas PR, Pin PA, Podzimska-Sroka D, Sato K, Spannagl M, Rasmussen MW, Russell J, Schreiber M, Thomsen HC, Thomsen NW, Tulloch S, Voss C, Skadhauge B, Stein N, Willerslev E, Waugh R, Dockter C (2026) Postdomestication selection of MKK3 shaped seed dormancy and end-use traits in barley. Science 391(6780):90-95. doi: 10.1126/science.adx2022.
  2. Feng JW, Pidon H, Cuacos M, Lux T, Himmelbach A, Haghi R, Fuchs J, Haberer G, Kuo YT, Guo Y, Jayakodi M, Toegelova H, Harpke D, Knauft M, Fiebig A, Maruschewski M, Ronen M, Sharon A, Simkova H, Mayer KFX, Spannagl M, Kumlehn J, Heckmann S, Houben A, Blattner FR, Stein N, Mascher M (2025) A haplotype-resolved pangenome of the barley wild relative Hordeum bulbosum. Nature 645(8080):429-438. doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09270-x.
  3. Jayakodi M, Lu Q, Pidon H, Rabanus-Wallace MT, Bayer M, Lux T, Guo Y, Jaegle B, Badea A, Bekele W, Brar GS, Braune K, Bunk B, Chalmers KJ, Chapman B, Jorgensen ME, Feng JW, Feser M, Fiebig A, Gundlach H, Guo W, Haberer G, Hansson M, Himmelbach A, Hoffie I, Hoffie RE, Hu H, Isobe S, Konig P, Kale SM, Kamal N, Keeble-Gagnere G, Keller B, Knauft M, Koppolu R, Krattinger SG, Kumlehn J, Langridge P, Li C, Marone MP, Maurer A, Mayer KFX, Melzer M, Muehlbauer GJ, Murozuka E, Padmarasu S, Perovic D, Pillen K, Pin PA, Pozniak CJ, Ramsay L, Pedas PR, Rutten T, Sakuma S, Sato K, Schuler D, Schmutzer T, Scholz U, Schreiber M, Shirasawa K, Simpson C, Skadhauge B, Spannagl M, Steffenson BJ, Thomsen HC, Tibbits JF, Nielsen MTS, Trautewig C, Vequaud D, Voss C, Wang P, Waugh R, Westcott S, Rasmussen MW, Zhang R, Zhang XQ, Wicker T, Dockter C, Mascher M, Stein N (2024) Structural variation in the pangenome of wild and domesticated barley. Nature 636(8043):654-662. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08187-1.
  4. Jayakodi M, Padmarasu S, Haberer G, Bonthala VS, Gundlach H, Monat C, Lux T, Kamal N, Lang D, Himmelbach A, Ens J, Zhang XQ, Angessa TT, Zhou G, Tan C, Hill C, Wang P, Schreiber M, Boston LB, Plott C, Jenkins J, Guo Y, Fiebig A, Budak H, Xu D, Zhang J, Wang C, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Guo G, Zhang G, Mochida K, Hirayama T, Sato K, Chalmers KJ, Langridge P, Waugh R, Pozniak CJ, Scholz U, Mayer KFX, Spannagl M, Li C, Mascher M, Stein N (2020) The barley pan-genome reveals the hidden legacy of mutation breeding. Nature 588(7837):284-289. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2947-8.
  5. Milner SG, Jost M, Taketa S, Mazon ER, Himmelbach A, Oppermann M, Weise S, Knupffer H, Basterrechea M, Konig P, Schuler D, Sharma R, Pasam RK, Rutten T, Guo G, Xu D, Zhang J, Herren G, Muller T, Krattinger SG, Keller B, Jiang Y, Gonzalez MY, Zhao Y, Habekuss A, Farber S, Ordon F, Lange M, Borner A, Graner A, Reif JC, Scholz U, Mascher M, Stein N (2019) Genebank genomics highlights the diversity of a global barley collection. Nat Genet 51(2):319-326. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0266-x.
Prof. Dr. Nils Stein
Prof. Dr. Nils Stein

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Department Genebank
Genomics of Genetic Resources
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)

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