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Stefan Jansson

Contact

E-mail
stefan.jansson@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 53 54

Works at

Affiliation
Professor at Department of Plant Physiology Units: Umeå Plant Science Centre - UmU Role: Head of department
Location
KB. K3 (UPSC), Artedigränd 7, Fysiologisk botanik, UPSC, KB. K3 (B3.36.45) Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Research:  Light, Senescence and Natural Variation

For more detailed information, Stefan Jansson@UPSC

A kaleidoscope of photosynthetic antenna proteins and their emerging roles
Plant Physiology
Arshad, Rameez; Saccon, Francesco; Bag, Pushan; et al.
An atlas of the Norway spruce needle seasonal transcriptome
The Plant Journal
Bag, Pushan; Lihavainen, Jenna; Delhomme, Nicolas; et al.
Solubilization method for isolation of photosynthetic mega- And super-complexes from conifer thylakoids
Bio-protocol, Vol. 11, (17)
Bag, Pushan; Schröder, Wolfgang P.; Jansson, Stefan; et al.
GIGANTEA influences leaf senescence in trees in two different ways
Plant Physiology, Oxford University Press 2021, Vol. 187, (4) : 2435-2450
Fataftah, Nazeer; Bag, Pushan; André, Domenique; et al.
Stem girdling affects the onset of autumn senescence in aspen in interaction with metabolic signals
Physiologia Plantarum, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 172, (1) : 201-217
Lihavainen, Jenna; Edlund, Erik; Björkén, Lars; et al.
Adaptive Introgression Facilitates Adaptation to High Latitudes in European Aspen (Populus tremula L.)
Molecular biology and evolution, Oxford University Press 2021, Vol. 38, (11) : 5034-5050
Rendón-Anaya, Martha; Wilson, Jonathan; Sveinsson, Sæmundur; et al.
Variation in non-target traits in genetically modified hybrid aspens does not exceed natural variation
New Biotechnology, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 64 : 27-36
Robinson, Kathryn M.; Möller, Linus; Bhalerao, Rishikesh P.; et al.
Inferring the Genomic Landscape of Recombination Rate Variation in European Aspen (Populus tremula)
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, GENETICS SOCIETY AMERICA 2020, Vol. 10, (1) : 299-309
Apuli, Rami-Petteri; Bernhardsson, Carolina; Schiffthaler, Bastian; et al.
Direct energy transfer from photosystem II to photosystem I confers winter sustainability in Scots Pine
Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 11, (1)
Bag, Pushan; Chukhutsina, Volha; Zhang, Zishan; et al.
Specific thylakoid protein phosphorylations are prerequisites for overwintering of Norway spruce (Picea abies) photosynthesis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, National Academy of Sciences 2020, Vol. 117, (30) : 17499-17509
Grebe, Steffen; Trotta, Andrea; Bajwa, Azfar Ali; et al.
Leaf shape in Populus tremula is a complex, omnigenic trait
Ecology and Evolution, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 10, (21) : 11922-11940
Mähler, Niklas; Schiffthaler, Bastian; Robinson, Kathryn M.; et al.
The unique photosynthetic apparatus of Pinaceae: analysis of photosynthetic complexes in Picea abies
Journal of Experimental Botany, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 70, (12) : 3211-3225
Grebe, Steffen; Trotta, Andrea; Bajwa, Azfar A.; et al.
Gene-edited plants: What is happening now?
Physiologia Plantarum, Wiley-Blackwell 2018, Vol. 164, (4) : 370-371
Jansson, Stefan
Gene-edited plants on the plate: the 'CRISPR cabbage story'
Physiologia Plantarum, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 164, (4) : 396-405
Jansson, Stefan
Darkened leaves use different metabolic strategies for senescence and survival
Plant Physiology, Vol. 177, (1) : 132-150
Law, Simon R.; Chrobok, Daria; Juvany, Marta; et al.
Functional and evolutionary genomic inferences in Populus through genome and population sequencing of American and European aspen
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, NATL ACAD SCIENCES 2018, Vol. 115, (46) : E10970-E10978
Lin, Yao-Cheng; Wang, Jing; Delhomme, Nicolas; et al.
Autumn senescence in aspen is not triggered by day length
Physiologia Plantarum, John Wiley & Sons 2018, Vol. 162, (1) : 123-134
Michelson, Ingrid H.; Ingvarsson, Pär K.; Robinson, Kathryn M.; et al.
Stable accumulation of photosystem II requires one-helix protein1 (OHP1) of the light harvesting-like family
Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Biologists 2018, Vol. 176, (3) : 2277-2291
Myouga, Fumiyoshi; Takahashi, Kaori; Tanaka, Ryoichi; et al.
Fine-Tuning of Photosynthesis Requires CURVATURE THYLAKOID1-Mediated Thylakoid Plasticity
Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Biologist 2018, Vol. 176, (3) : 2351-2364
Pribil, Mathias; Sandoval-Ibanez, Omar; Xu, Wenteng; et al.
A major locus controls local adaptation and adaptive life history variation in a perennial plant
Genome Biology, BioMed Central 2018, Vol. 19
Wang, Jing; Ding, Jihua; Tan, Biyue; et al.
Contrasting patterns of cytokinins between years in senescing aspen leaves
Plant, Cell and Environment, Vol. 40 : 622-634
Edlund, Erik; Novak, Ondrej; Karady, Michael; et al.
Active-site plasticity revealed in the asymmetric dimer of AnPrx6 the 1-Cys peroxiredoxin and molecular chaperone from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group 2017, Vol. 7
Mishra, Yogesh; Hall, Michael; Locmelis, Roland; et al.
Genetic variation in resistance of Norway spruce seedlings to damage by the pine weevil Hylobius abietis
Tree Genetics & Genomes, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2017, Vol. 13, (5)
Zas, Rafael; Björklund, Niklas; Sampedro, Luis; et al.
Challenges facing European agriculture and possible biotechnological solutions
Critical reviews in biotechnology, Vol. 36, (5) : 875-883
Ricroch, Agnes; Harwood, Wendy; Svobodova, Zdenka; et al.
Enhanced resistance of PsbS-deficient rice (Oryza sativa L.) to fungal and bacterial pathogens
Journal of Plant Biology, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg 2016, Vol. 59, (6) : 616-626
Zulfugarov, Ismayil S.; Tovuu, Altanzaya; Kim, Chi-Yeol; et al.
An intact light harvesting complex I antenna system is required for complete state transitions in Arabidopsis
Nature plants, Nature Publishing Group 2015, Vol. 1, (12)
Benson, Samuel L; Maheswaran, Pratheesh; Ware, Maxwell A; et al.
Phosphorylation of Lhcb2 at Thr3 is important for state transitions
Pietrzykowska, Malgorzata; Jansson, Stefan
Comparative physiology of allopatric Populus species: geographic clines in photosynthesis, height growth, and carbon isotope discrimination in common gardens
Frontiers in Plant Science, Frontiers Media 2015, Vol. 6
Soolanayakanahally, Raju Y; Guy, Robert D; Street, Nathaniel R; et al.
The Plant Genome Integrative Explorer Resource: PlantGenIE.org
New Phytologist, Vol. 208, (4) : 1149-1156
Sundell, David; Mannapperuma, Chanaka; Netotea, Sergiu; et al.
Insights into conifer giga-genomes
Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Biologists 2014, Vol. 166, (4) : 1724-1732
de La Torre, Amanda R; Birol, Inanc; Bousquet, Jean; et al.
No evidence of geographical structure of salicinoid chemotypes within Populus tremula
PLOS ONE, Public library science 2014, Vol. 9, (10) : e107189-
Keefover-Ring, Ken; Ahnlund, Maria; Abreu, Ilka Nacif; et al.
The light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding proteins Lhcb1 and Lhcb2 play complementary roles during state transitions in Arabidopsis
The Plant Cell, Vol. 26, (9) : 3646-3660
Pietrzykowska, Malgorzata; Suorsa, Marjaana; Semchonok, Dmitry A.; et al.
Populus tremula (European aspen) shows no evidence of sexual dimorphism
BMC Plant Biology, Vol. 14 : 276-
Robinson, Kathryn; Delhomme, Nicolas; Mahler, Niklas; et al.
Geographic structure in metabolome and herbivore community co-occurs with genetic structure in plant defence genes
Ecology Letters, Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell 2013, Vol. 16, (6) : 791-798
Bernhardsson, Carolina; Robinson, Kathryn M.; Abreu, Ilka N.; et al.
Non-photochemical quenching capacity in arabidopsis thaliana affects herbivore behaviour
PLOS ONE, Vol. 8, (1) : e53232-
Johansson Jänkänpää, Hanna; Frenkel, Martin; Zulfugarov, Ismayil; et al.
Very rapid phosphorylation kinetics suggest a unique role for Lhcb2 during state transitions in Arabidopsis
The Plant Journal, Wiley-Blackwell 2013, Vol. 76, (2) : 236-246
Leoni, Claudia; Pietrzykowska, Malgorzata; Kiss, Anett Z.; et al.
The Norway spruce genome sequence and conifer genome evolution
Nature, Nature Publishing Group 2013, Vol. 497, (7451) : 579-584
Nystedt, Björn; Street, Nathaniel Robert; Wetterbom, Anna; et al.
Comparative Nucleotide Diversity Across North American and European Populus Species
Journal of Molecular Evolution, Vol. 74, (5-6) : 257-272
Ismail, Mohamed; Soolanayakanahally, Raju Y.; Ingvarsson, Pär K.; et al.
Metabolic profiling reveals metabolic shifts in Arabidopsis plants grown under different light conditions
Plant, Cell and Environment, John Wiley & Sons 2012, Vol. 35, (10) : 1824-1836
Johansson Jänkänpää, Hanna; Mishra, Yogesh; Schröder, Wolfgang P; et al.
Arabidopsis plants grown in the field and climate chambers significantly differ in leaf morphology and photosystem components
BMC Plant Biology, BioMed Central 2012, Vol. 12 : 6-
Mishra, Yogesh; Johansson Jankanpää, Hanna; Kiss, Anett Z; et al.
Genetic Variation in Functional Traits Influences Arthropod Community Composition in Aspen (Populus tremula L.)
PLOS ONE, Vol. 7, (5) : e37679-
Robinson, Kathryn M.; Ingvarsson, Pär K.; Jansson, Stefan; et al.
PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION5 Is Essential for Proper Acclimation of Arabidopsis Photosystem I to Naturally and Artificially Fluctuating Light Conditions
The Plant Cell, Vol. 24, (7) : 2934-2948
Suorsa, Marjaana; Jarvi, Sari; Grieco, Michele; et al.
Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (AhpC) from the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120
Acta Crystallographica. Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, International Union of Crystallography 2011, Vol. 67, (10) : 1203-1206
Mishra, Yogesh; Hall, Michael; Chaurasia, Neha; et al.
A systems biology model of the regulatory network in Populus leaves reveals interacting regulators and conserved regulation
BMC Plant Biology, Vol. 11 : 13-
Street, Nathaniel Robert; Jansson, Stefan; Hvidsten, Torgeir
Fitness analyses of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants depleted of FtsH metalloproteases and characterization of three FtsH6 deletion mutants exposed to high light stress, senescence and chilling
New Phytologist, Wiley 2011, Vol. 191, (2) : 449-458
Wagner, Raik; Aigner, Harald; Pružinská, Adriana; et al.
Endophytic fungi in European aspen (Populus tremula) leaves - diversity, detection, and a suggested correlation with herbivory resistance
Fungal diversity, Vol. 41, (1) : 17-28
Albrectsen, Benedicte R.; Björkén, Lars; Varad, Akkamahadevi; et al.
Large scale geographic clines of parasite damage to Populus tremula L
Ecography, Vol. 33, (3) : 483-493
Albrectsen, Benedicte R; Witzell, Johanna; Robinson, Kathryn M; et al.
Cohort-structured tree populations
Heredity, Vol. 105, (4) : 331-332
Jansson, Stefan; Ingvarsson, Pär K.
Genetic differentiation, clinal variation and phenotypic associations with growth cessation across the Populus tremula Photoperiodic Pathway
Genetics, Vol. 186 : 1033-1044
Ma, Xiao-Fei; Hall, David; St. Onge, Katherine; et al.
Local and systemic transcriptome responses to herbivory and jasmonic acid in Populus
The Genetics & Genomes, Vol. 5, (3) : 459-474
Babst, Benjamin A; Sjödin, Andreas; Jansson, Stefan; et al.
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Films and features

The genetic scissors that revolutionized genetic engineering

Stefan Jansson, plant researcher, explains how the CRISPR-Cas9 gene shears work and how it can be used.