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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Jörg Dieter Becker

Citation names

  • Becker, Jörg
  • Becker, Jorg D.
  • Becker, J

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BB1F-0D42-9552
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6845-6122
Google Scholar ID
KaTzKYAAAAAJ
Researcher Id
A-5930-2011
Scopus Author Id
55464193000

Email addresses

  • jbecker@itqb.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Avenida da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Developmental Biology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Plant Breeding and Plant Protection
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Reproductive Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Education
Degree Classification
2001/02/08
Concluded
 Doktorarbeit (Doutoramento)
Universität Bielefeld Fakultät für Biologie, Germany
"Functional analysis and localization of symbiosis-relevant proteins of the broad bean Vicia faba L." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 1 - very good (magna com laude)
1996/08/14
Concluded
 Diplom Biologie (Licenciatura)
Universität Bielefeld Fakultät für Biologie, Germany
"Expression of nodule-specific proteins of Vicia faba L. in E. coli and purification of the proteins for the induction of antibodies" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 1 - very good
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/02/24 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2008/03/01 - 2021/02/23 Principal Investigator (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2001/03/01 - 2008/02/29 Postdoc (Research) Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2004 - Current Co-founder of SME Gene Express Lda Gene Express Lda, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2019/06/01 Head of Genomics Unit Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2008/08/01 - 2017/12/31 Head of Gene Expression Unit Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2002/04/01 - 2008/08/01 Director of Affymetrix Core Facility Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
1996/09/01 - 2000/08/31 Scientific Employee Universität Bielefeld Fakultät für Biologie, Germany
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/01/01 - 2024/09/01 SAMEorNOT - Single cell RNA-seq analysis of individual sperm cells to identify transcriptomic differences potentially involved in preferential fertilization
1010599247
Supervisor
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/02/29 - Current CRISPIT - Bridging Fundamental Knowledge & Novel Technologies to Increase Rice Heat Tolerance
101086293
Researcher
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Life Sciences for a Healthy and Sustainable Future
LA/P/0087/2020
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Microbiologia Molecular Estrutural e Celular, Portugal

Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil EPE, Portugal

Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Portugal

BioResources 4 Sustainability, Portugal

Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal

iNOVA4Health, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/02/01 - 2025/01/31 Heat stress during the progamic phase: Impact on male gametophytes of angiosperms at transcriptome and proteome level
PTDC/ASP-PLA/2007/2020
Principal investigator
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018/10/01 - 2021/09/30 Heterogeneous expression in isomorphic male gametes - a single cell transcriptomics approach to explore preferential fertilization in Arabidopsis thaliana
PTDC/BIA-FBT/28484/2017
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/10/01 - 2021/09/30 MossTech: Advanced use of mosses for biotechnological solutions
765115
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2018/06/14 - 2021/06/13 Developmental and transgenerational effects of oxytocin-like peptides on social behavior: an eco-evo-devo approach using zebrafish as a model
PTDC/BIA-COM/30627/2017
Researcher
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Fundação Champalimaud, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/01/01 - 2020/12/31 An OMICS Network to Prevent and Control Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance (ONEIDA)
SAICTPAC/0015/2015
Technical development
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Portugal
Concluded
2017/06/01 - 2020/05/30 GenomePT - National Facility for Genome Sequencing and Analysis
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022184
Technical development
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior
Concluded
2018/09/01 - 2019/08/06 The sperm cell core genetic program - a combined clinical and basic research approach to the diagnosis of male infertility
PTDC/MEC-AND/30221/2017
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/07/01 - 2018/12/31 Evolution of Sexual Reproduction in Plants
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 147468
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/04/01 - 2015/09/30 The other Side of the Mirror: mRNA Transport and Non-Cell-Autonomous Activity in the Male Germ Unit
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 133266
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/04/01 - 2014/09/30 ROOT-INT- Role of a two-component regulatory system in the early interaction between Sinorhizobium meliloti and plant root hairs
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 113733
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2014/02/28 PLANTORIGINS: PLANT developmental biology: discovering the ORIGINS of form
PITN-GA-2009-238640
Principal investigator
Gene Express Lda, Portugal
 European Commission
Concluded
2010/04/01 - 2013/12/31 Functional genomic analysis of the Portuguese grapevine germplasm: Development of molecular tools for agro-economical applications and conservation of genetic variability
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 100552
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/05/01 - 2013/10/31 AsyFlower - Evolution of the gene regulatory network controlling flower dorsoventral asymmetry.
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 98873
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2013/07/31 Identification of conserved germ cell genetic modules as potential precursors of totipotency
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 103787
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/02/01 - 2013/07/31 The role of sperm derived microRNAs during double fertilization in Arabidopsis
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 103778
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/11/01 - 2011/10/31 Development of bioassays for herbicide toxicity based on gene expression profiling using yeast cells (HERBITOXBIOAS)
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 64230
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/10/01 - 2011/04/30 AWAKE of GREEN BIOTECH in Portugal: Waste elimination using genetically manipulated fungal species in an ionic liquid environment
PT0015
Researcher
Gene Express Lda, Portugal
 EAA grant mechanism
Concluded
2007/12/01 - 2011/03/31 Regulation of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and virulence of Burkholderia cepacia by protein-tyrosine phosphorylation
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 65210
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/03/01 - 2010/12/31 Role of the exopolysaccharides in the early steps of Rhizobium-legume symbiosis
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 66977
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/11/01 - 2010/11/30 Herpesvirus-encoded microRNAs as novel regulators of host gene expression: molecular function during latent infection in B-lymphocytes.
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 65017
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/11/01 - 2010/10/31 Expression profiling studies to specify the symbiotic genetic programme of the model legume Medicago truncatula
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 70592
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2009/06/30 Large scale screen for genes important in production associated phenotypes in Vitis
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 82577
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2009/06/30 Arteriogenesis: identification of new members of the Notch pathway involved in arterial cell fate determination
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 82490
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2007/01/01 - 2008/06/30 A Comparative Analysis of the Arabidopsis Sperm Cell Transcriptome to decipher the role of the Male Gametes in Double Fertilization
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 82123
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2007/12/31 Large scale screen for genes important in production associated phenotypes in Vitis
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 58320
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/07/01 - 2007/12/31 Arteriogenesis: identification of new members of the Notch pathway involved in arterial cell fate determination
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 56015
Researcher
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/01/01 - 2007/06/30 A Comparative Analysis of the Arabidopsis Sperm Cell Transcriptome to decipher the role of the Male Gametes in Double Fertilization
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 61270
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002/01/01 - 2004/12/31 Whole genome approach to ion dynamics regulation of pollen tube growth and morphogenesis
POCTI/BCI/41725/2001
Principal investigator
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2023/12/21 - Current RECROP - Reproductive Enhancement of CROP resilience to extreme climate
CA22157
Member
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Santos, Mário R.; Bispo, Cláudia; Becker, Jörg D.. "Isolation of Arabidopsis Pollen, Sperm Cells, and Vegetative Nuclei by Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)". In Methods in Molecular Biology, edited by Schmidt, Anja, 193-210. Springer New York, 2017.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-4939-7286-9_16
  2. Boavida, Leonor C.; Hernandez-Coronado, Marcela; Becker, Jörg D.. "Setting the Stage for the Next Generation: Epigenetic Reprogramming During Sexual Plant Reproduction". In Nuclear Functions in Plant Transcription, Signaling and Development, edited by Pontes, O; Jin, H, 93-118. Springer New York, 2015.
    Published • 10.1007/978-1-4939-2386-1_6
  3. Becker, Jorg D.; Moreira, Leonilde M. "Análise do transcritoma através da tecnologia de microarrays". In O Mundo do RNA: novos desafios e perspectivas futuras, edited by Arraiano, Cecilia M.; Fialho, Arsénio M., 195-221. Lisbon, Portugal: Lidel-edições técnicas, 2007.
    Published
  4. Pooja Jain; Francisco Couto; Mário J. Silva; Jorg D. Becker. "Literature based Functional Annotation of Genes". In BKDB2005 - Bioinformatics: Knowledge Discovery in Biology, edited by Couto, FM; Silva, MJ; Fernandes, P, 29-33. Lisbon, Portugal, 2005.
    Published
  5. Küster, Helge; Fruhling, M.; Albus, U.; Becker, Jorg D.; Böhner, S.; Frosch, S.C.; Geise, G.; et al. "The Rhizobium-legume symbiosis: Characterization of marker genes for the organogenesis and functioning of nitrogen-fixing root nodules in the grain legume broad bean (Vicia faba L.)". In Recent Research Developments in Plant Physiology, edited by Pandalai, S.G., 1-12. Trivandrum, India: Research Signpost, 2001.
    Published
  6. Becker, Jorg D.; Hohnjec, N.; Albus, U.; Frosch, S. C.; Frühling, M.; Pühler, A.; Perlick, A. M.. "The Broad Bean Nodulin Vfenod18: Expression Analysis and Immunological Localization in Vicia faba L. Nodules". In Nitrogen Fixation: From Molecules to Crop Productivity, edited by Pedrosa, F.O.; Hungria, M.; Yates, M.G.; Newton, W.E., 343-343. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands, 1999.
    Published • 10.1007/0-306-47615-0_187
  7. Küster, H.; Finke, M. G.; Becker, Jorg D.; Pühler, A.; Perlick, A. M.. "Isolation of Two Transcript Sequences of Different Sizes Encoding Modular Nodulins of Vicia hirsuta: Expression Properties and Analysis of Transgenic Nodules Containing Antisense Constructs". In Biological Nitrogen Fixation for the 21st Century, edited by Elmerich, C.; Kondorosi, A.; Newton, W.E:, 343-343. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands, 1998.
    Published • 10.1007/978-94-011-5159-7_201
  8. Perlick, Andreas M.; Frühling, Martin; Schröder, Gerald; Albus, Ulrike; Frosch, S. Christian; Becker, Jorg D.; Böhner, Steffen; et al. "Analysis of genes expressed in root nodules of broad bean (Vicia faba L.)". In Biological Fixation of Nitrogen for Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture, edited by Legocki, A.; Bothe, H.; Pühler, A., 91-94. Berlin, Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-642-59112-9_18
  9. Küster, Helge; Frühling, Martin; Schröder, Gerald; Frosch, S. Christian; Becker, Jorg D.; Perlick, Andreas M.; Pühler, Alfred. "Alternative exon combinations account for a specific modular structure of the Vicia faba L. nodulins Nvf 28/32". In 2nd European Nitrogen Fixation Conference & NATO Advanced Research Workshop Biological Fixation of Nitrogen for Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture, edited by Wójtowicz, A.; Stepkowska, J., 107-107. Poznan, Poland: Scientific Publishers OWN, 1996.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Matamá, Teresa; Costa, Cristiana; Fernandes, Bruno; Araújo, Rita; Cruz, Célia F.; Tortosa, Francisco; Sheeba, Caroline J.; et al. Corresponding author: Cavaco-Paulo, Artur. "Changing human hair fibre colour and shape from the follicle". Journal of Advanced Research (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2023.11.013.
    Open access • In press • 10.1016/j.jare.2023.11.013
  2. Flores-Tornero, María; Becker, Jorg D.. Corresponding author: Becker, Jorg D.. "Fifty years of sperm cell isolations: from structural to omic studies". Journal of Experimental Botany 74 12 (2023): 3449-3461. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad117.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/jxb/erad117
  3. Flores-Tornero, María; Sapeta, Helena; Becker, Jörg D.. Corresponding author: Becker, Jörg D.. "Improving the haploidization toolbox: Maternal factors take the stage". Molecular Plant 16 4 (2023): 651-653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.02.008.
    Published • 10.1016/j.molp.2023.02.008
  4. Misra, Chandra Shekhar; Antonio GG Sousa; Barros, Pedro M.; Kermanov, Anton; Becker, Jorg D.. Corresponding author: Becker, Jorg D.. "Cell-type specific alternative splicing in the Arabidopsis germline". Plant Physiology (2022):
    Open access • Accepted
  5. Klodová, Bozena; Potesil, David; Steinbachová, Lenka; Michailidis, Christos; Lindner, Ann-Cathrin; Hackenberg, Dieter; Becker, Jorg D.; et al. Corresponding author: Honys, David. "Regulatory dynamics of gene expression in the developing male gametophyte of Arabidopsis". Plant Reproduction (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00497-022-00452-5.
    Published • 10.1007/s00497-022-00452-5
  6. Brattig Correia, Rion; M. Almeida, Joana; Wyrwoll, Margot J.; Julca, Irene; Sobral, Daniel; Misra, Chandra Shekhar; Guilgur, Leonardo G.; et al. Corresponding author: Navarro-Costa, Paulo. "The conserved transcriptional program of metazoan male germ cells uncovers ancient origins of human infertility". BioRxiv (2022): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.03.02.482557v1.
    Open access • Published
  7. Gomes Pereira, Sónia; Sousa, Ana Laura; Nabais, Catarina; Paixão, Tiago; Holmes, Alexander J.; Schorb, Martin; Goshima, Gohta; et al. Corresponding author: Becker, Jörg D.. "The 3D architecture and molecular foundations of de novo centriole assembly via bicentrioles". Current Biology 31 19 (2021): 4340-4353.e7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.063.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.063
  8. Julca, Irene; Ferrari, Camilla; Flores-Tornero, María; Proost, Sebastian; Lindner, Ann-Cathrin; Hackenberg, Dieter; Steinbachová, Lenka; et al. Corresponding author: Becker, Jörg D.. "Comparative transcriptomic analysis reveals conserved programmes underpinning organogenesis and reproduction in land plants". Nature Plants 7 8 (2021): 1143-1159. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00958-2.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41477-021-00958-2
  9. Gomes, Sara C.; Ferreira, Mirela R.; Tavares, Andreia F.; Silva, Inês N.; Becker, Jörg D.; Moreira, Leonilde M.. Corresponding author: Moreira, Leonilde M.. "A Histone-Like Nucleoid Structuring Protein Regulates Several Virulence Traits in Burkholderia multivorans". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 87 14 (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.00369-21.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/aem.00369-21
  10. Horn, Armin; Pascal, Arnaud; Loncarevic, Isidora; Volpatto Marques, Raíssa; Lu, Yi; Miguel, Sissi; Bourgaud, Frederic; et al. Corresponding author: Simonsen, Henrik T.. "Natural Products from Bryophytes: From Basic Biology to Biotechnological Applications". Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences (2021): 1-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07352689.2021.1911034.
    Open access • Published • 10.1080/07352689.2021.1911034
  11. Almeida, Joana; Brattig Correia, Rion; Misra, Chandra Shekhar; Becker, J; Navarro-Costa, Paulo. "Oral Presentations Abstracts Full Text (Conference Proceeding of the International Conference Andrology 2020)". Andrology 8 S2 (2020): 68-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/andr.12937.
    Published • 10.1111/andr.12937
  12. Borg, Michael; Jacob, Yannick; Susaki, Daichi; LeBlanc, Chantal; Buendía, Daniel; Axelsson, Elin; Kawashima, Tomokazu; et al. "Targeted reprogramming of H3K27me3 resets epigenetic memory in plant paternal chromatin". Nature Cell Biology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41556-020-0515-y.
    Published • 10.1038/s41556-020-0515-y
  13. Pereira, Patrícia A.; Boavida, Leonor C.; Santos, Mário R.; Becker, Jörg D.. "AtNOT1 is required for gametophyte development in Arabidopsis". The Plant Journal (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14801.
    Published • 10.1111/tpj.14801
  14. Zhang, Yunming; Ramming, Anna; Heinke, Lisa; Altschmied, Lothar; Slotkin, R. Keith; Becker, Jörg D.; Kappel, Christian; Lenhard, Michael. "The poly(A) polymerase PAPS 1 interacts with the RNA-directed DNA-methylation pathway in sporophyte and pollen development". The Plant Journal 99 4 (2019): 655-672. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14348.
    Published • 10.1111/tpj.14348
  15. Ferrari, Camilla; Proost, Sebastian; Janowski, Marcin; Becker, Jörg; Nikoloski, Zoran; Bhattacharya, Debashish; Price, Dana; et al. "Kingdom-wide comparison reveals the evolution of diurnal gene expression in Archaeplastida". Nature Communications 10 1 (2019): 737. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08703-2.
    Open access • Published • 10.1038/s41467-019-08703-2
  16. Misra, Chandra Shekhar; Santos, Mário R.; Rafael-Fernandes, Mariana; Martins, Nuno P.; Monteiro, Marta; Becker, Jörg D.. "Transcriptomics of Arabidopsis sperm cells at single-cell resolution". Plant Reproduction 32 1 (2019): 29-38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00497-018-00355-4.
    Published • 10.1007/s00497-018-00355-4
  17. Prudêncio, Pedro; Guilgur, Leonardo G; Sobral, João; Becker, Jörg D; Martinho, Rui Gonçalo; Navarro-Costa, Paulo. "The Trithorax group protein dMLL3/4 instructs the assembly of the zygotic genome at fertilization". EMBO reports 19 8 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.201845728.
    Open access • Published • 10.15252/embr.201845728
  18. Silva, Inês N.; Pessoa, Filipa D.; Ramires, Marcelo J.; Santos, Mário R.; Becker, Jörg D.; Cooper, Vaughn S.; Moreira, Leonilde M.. "The OmpR Regulator of Burkholderia multivorans Controls Mucoid-to-Nonmucoid Transition and Other Cell Envelope Properties Associated with Persistence in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung". Journal of Bacteriology 200 17 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00216-18.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/jb.00216-18
  19. Gil, Fátima N.; Gonçalves, Alina C.; Becker, Jörg D.; Viegas, Cristina A.. "Comparative analysis of transcriptomic responses to sub-lethal levels of six environmentally relevant pesticides in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Ecotoxicology 27 7 (2018): 871-889. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10646-018-1929-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s10646-018-1929-1
  20. Figueira, Inês; Tavares, Lucélia; Jardim, Carolina; Costa, Inês; Terrasso, Ana P.; Almeida, Andreia F.; Govers, Coen; et al. "Blood–brain barrier transport and neuroprotective potential of blackberry-digested polyphenols: an in vitro study". European Journal of Nutrition 58 1 (2017): 113-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-017-1576-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s00394-017-1576-y
  21. Ortiz-Ramírez, Carlos; Michard, Erwan; Simon, Alexander A.; Damineli, Daniel S. C.; Hernández-Coronado, Marcela; Becker, Jörg D.; Feijó, José A.. "GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR-LIKE channels are essential for chemotaxis and reproduction in mosses". Nature 549 7670 (2017): 91-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature23478.
    Published • 10.1038/nature23478
  22. Silva, Inês N.; Ramires, Marcelo J.; Azevedo, Lisa A.; Guerreiro, Ana R.; Tavares, Andreia C.; Becker, Jörg D.; Moreira, Leonilde M.. "Regulator LdhR and d-Lactate Dehydrogenase LdhA of Burkholderia multivorans Play Roles in Carbon Overflow and in Planktonic Cellular Aggregate Formation". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83 19 (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01343-17.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/aem.01343-17
  23. Ministro, Augusto; de Oliveira, Paula; Nunes, Raquel J.; dos Santos Rocha, André; Correia, Adriana; Carvalho, Tânia; Rino, José; et al. "Low-dose ionizing radiation induces therapeutic neovascularization in a pre-clinical model of hindlimb ischemia". Cardiovascular Research 113 7 (2017): 783-794. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvx065.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/cvr/cvx065
  24. Ruprecht, Colin; Proost, Sebastian; Hernandez-Coronado, Marcela; Ortiz-Ramirez, Carlos; Lang, Daniel; Rensing, Stefan A.; Becker, Jörg D.; Vandepoele, Klaas; Mutwil, Marek. "Phylogenomic analysis of gene co-expression networks reveals the evolution of functional modules". The Plant Journal 90 3 (2017): 447-465. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13502.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/tpj.13502
  25. Rocheta, Margarida; Coito, João L.; Ramos, Miguel J. N.; Carvalho, Luísa; Becker, Jörg D.; Carbonell-Bejerano, Pablo; Amâncio, Sara. "Transcriptomic comparison between two Vitis vinifera L. varieties (Trincadeira and Touriga Nacional) in abiotic stress conditions". BMC Plant Biology 16 1 (2016): 284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12870-016-0911-4.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12870-016-0911-4
  26. Navarro-Costa, Paulo; McCarthy, Alicia; Prudêncio, Pedro; Greer, Christina; Guilgur, Leonardo G.; Becker, Jörg D.; Secombe, Julie; Rangan, Prashanth; Martinho, Rui G.. "Early programming of the oocyte epigenome temporally controls late prophase I transcription and chromatin remodelling". Nature Communications 7 1 (2016): 12331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12331.
    Published • 10.1038/ncomms12331
  27. Boavida, Leonor C.; Becker, Jörg D.. "Plant Evolution: What Does It Take To Be an Egg?". Current Biology 26 13 (2016): R527-R530. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.044.
    Published • 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.044
  28. Wibowo, Anjar; Becker, Claude; Marconi, Gianpiero; Durr, Julius; Price, Jonathan; Hagmann, Jorg; Papareddy, Ranjith; et al. "Hyperosmotic stress memory in Arabidopsis is mediated by distinct epigenetically labile sites in the genome and is restricted in the male germline by DNA glycosylase activity". eLife 5 (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.13546.
    Open access • Published • 10.7554/elife.13546
  29. Alves, Paula C.; Hartmann, Diego O.; Núñez, Oscar; Martins, Isabel; Gomes, Teresa L.; Garcia, Helga; Galceran, Maria Teresa; et al. "Transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling of ionic liquid stimuli unveils enhanced secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans". BMC Genomics 17 1 (2016): 284. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2577-6.
    Published • 10.1186/s12864-016-2577-6
  30. Ortiz-Ramírez, Carlos; Hernandez-Coronado, Marcela; Thamm, Anna; Catarino, Bruno; Wang, Mingyi; Dolan, Liam; Feijó, José A.; Becker, Jörg D.. "A Transcriptome Atlas of Physcomitrella patens Provides Insights into the Evolution and Development of Land Plants". Molecular Plant 9 2 (2016): 205-220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2015.12.002.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.molp.2015.12.002
  31. Oliveira, Rui F.; Simões, José M.; Teles, Magda C.; Oliveira, Catarina R.; Becker, Jorg D.; Lopes, João S.. "Assessment of fight outcome is needed to activate socially driven transcriptional changes in the zebrafish brain". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 5 (2016): E654-E661. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1514292113.
    Open access • Published • 10.1073/pnas.1514292113
  32. MacAlister, Cora A.; Ortiz-Ramírez, Carlos; Becker, Jörg D.; Feijó, José A.; Lippman, Zachary B.. "HydroxyprolineO-arabinosyltransferase mutants oppositely alter tip growth inArabidopsis thalianaandPhyscomitrella patens". The Plant Journal 85 2 (2015): 193-208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13079.
    Published • 10.1111/tpj.13079
  33. Jiang, Hua; Yi, Jun; Boavida, Leonor C.; Chen, Yuan; Becker, Jörg D.; Köhler, Claudia; McCormick, Sheila. "Intercellular communication in Arabidopsis thaliana pollen discovered via AHG3 transcript movement from the vegetative cell to sperm". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 43 (2015): 13378-13383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510854112.
    Open access • Published • 10.1073/pnas.1510854112
  34. Kappel, Christian; Trost, Gerda; Czesnick, Hjördis; Ramming, Anna; Kolbe, Benjamin; Vi, Son Lang; Bispo, Cláudia; et al. "Genome-Wide Analysis of PAPS1-Dependent Polyadenylation Identifies Novel Roles for Functionally Specialized Poly(A) Polymerases in Arabidopsis thaliana". PLOS Genetics 11 8 (2015): e1005474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005474.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005474
  35. Gil, Fátima N.; Becker, Jörg D.; Viegas, Cristina A.. "Potential Mechanisms Underlying Response to Effects of the Fungicide Pyrimethanil from Gene Expression Profiling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 62 23 (2014): 5237-5247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf5007775.
    Published • 10.1021/jf5007775
  36. Santos, Mário R.; Marques, Andreia T.; Becker, Jörg D.; Moreira, Leonilde M.. "The Sinorhizobium meliloti EmrR Regulator Is Required for Efficient Colonization of Medicago sativa Root Nodules". Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 27 4 (2014): 388-399. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/mpmi-09-13-0284-r.
    Open access • Published • 10.1094/mpmi-09-13-0284-r
  37. Pereira, Patrícia A.; Navarro-Costa, Paulo; Martinho, Rui Gonçalo; Becker, Jörg D.. "Evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of male germline development in flowering plants and animals". Biochemical Society Transactions 42 2 (2014): 377-382. http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bst20130261.
    Published • 10.1042/bst20130261
  38. Monteiro, J.; Aires, R.; Becker, J.D.; Jacinto, A.; Certal, A.C.; Rodríguez-León, J.. "V-ATPase proton pumping activity is required for adult zebrafish appendage regeneration". PLoS ONE 9 3 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84899944094&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0092594
  39. Limpens, E.; Moling, S.; Hooiveld, G.; Pereira, P.A.; Bisseling, T.; Becker, J.D.; Küster, H.. "Correction: Cell- and tissue-specific transcriptome analyses of medicago truncatula root nodules (PLoS ONE)". PLoS ONE 9 1 (2014): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84896479566&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/annotation/d8bce646-4127-410a-b4dd-d2d2779a4745
  40. Martins, I.; Hartmann, D.O.; Alves, P.C.; Martins, C.; Garcia, H.; Leclercq, C.C.; Ferreira, R.; et al. "Elucidating how the saprophytic fungus Aspergillus nidulans uses the plant polyester suberin as carbon source". BMC Genomics 15 1 (2014): 613. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904445837&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Published • 10.1186/1471-2164-15-613
  41. Becker, J.D.; Takeda, S.; Borges, F.; Dolan, L.; Feijo´, J.A.. "Transcriptional profiling of Arabidopsis root hairs and pollen defines an apical cell growth signature". BMC Plant Biology 14 1 (2014): 197. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905754422&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/s12870-014-0197-3
  42. Rocheta, Margarida; Becker, Jörg D.; Coito, João L.; Carvalho, Luísa; Amâncio, Sara. "Heat and water stress induce unique transcriptional signatures of heat-shock proteins and transcription factors in grapevine". Functional & Integrative Genomics 14 1 (2013): 135-148. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10142-013-0338-z.
    Published • 10.1007/s10142-013-0338-z
  43. Nunes, Raquel J.; de Oliveira, Paula; Lages, Ana; Becker, Jörg D.; Marcelino, Paulo; Barroso, Eduardo; Perdigoto, Rui; et al. "Transthyretin Proteins Regulate Angiogenesis by Conferring Different Molecular Identities to Endothelial Cells". Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 44 (2013): 31752-31760. http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m113.469858.
    Open access • Published • 10.1074/jbc.m113.469858
  44. Wang, Mingyi; Verdier, Jerome; Benedito, Vagner A.; Tang, Yuhong; Murray, Jeremy D.; Ge, Yinbing; Becker, Jörg D.; et al. "LegumeGRN: A Gene Regulatory Network Prediction Server for Functional and Comparative Studies". PLoS ONE 8 7 (2013): e67434. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067434.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0067434
  45. Limpens, Erik; Moling, Sjef; Hooiveld, Guido; Pereira, Patrícia A.; Bisseling, Ton; Becker, Jörg D.; Küster, Helge. "Cell- and Tissue-Specific Transcriptome Analyses of Medicago truncatula Root Nodules". PLoS ONE 8 5 (2013): e64377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064377.
    Open access • Published • 10.1371/journal.pone.0064377
  46. Costa, Mário; Nobre, Margarida Sofia; Becker, Jörg D; Masiero, Simona; Amorim, Maria Isabel; Pereira, Luís Gustavo; Coimbra, Sílvia. "Expression-based and co-localization detection of arabinogalactan protein 6 and arabinogalactan protein 11 interactors in Arabidopsis pollen and pollen tubes". BMC Plant Biology 13 1 (2013): 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2229-13-7.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/1471-2229-13-7
  47. Boavida, L.C.; Qin, P.; Broz, M.; Becker, J.D.; Mccormick, S.. "Arabidopsis tetraspanins are confined to discrete expression domains and cell types in reproductive tissues and form homo and heterodimers when expressed in yeast". Plant Physiology 163 2 (2013): 696-712. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84885203239&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1104/pp.113.216598
  48. Ferreira, S.A.; Silva, N.I.; Oliveira, H.V.; Becker, J.D. (BB1F-0D42-9552); Givskov, M.; Ryan, P.R.; Fernandes, F.; Moreira, L.M.. "Comparative transcriptomic analysis of the Burkholderia cepacia tyrosine kinase bceF mutant reveals a role in tolerance to stress, biofilm formation, and virulence". Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 9 (2013): 3009-3020. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84876314570&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/AEM.00222-13
  49. Calarco, Joseph P.; Borges, Filipe; Donoghue, Mark T.A.; Van Ex, Frédéric; Jullien, Pauline E.; Lopes, Telma; Gardner, Rui; et al. "Reprogramming of DNA Methylation in Pollen Guides Epigenetic Inheritance via Small RNA". Cell 151 1 (2012): 194-205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2012.09.001.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.cell.2012.09.001
  50. Ortu, Giuseppe; Balestrini, Raffaella; Pereira, Patrícia A.; Becker, Jörg D.; Küster, Helge; Bonfante, Paola. "Plant Genes Related to Gibberellin Biosynthesis and Signaling Are Differentially Regulated during the Early Stages of AM Fungal Interactions". Molecular Plant 5 4 (2012): 951-954. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mp/sss027.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/mp/sss027
  51. Seabra, Ana R.; Pereira, Patrícia A.; Becker, Jörg D.; Carvalho, Helena G.. "Inhibition of Glutamine Synthetase by Phosphinothricin Leads to Transcriptome Reprograming in Root Nodules ofMedicago truncatula". Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 25 7 (2012): 976-992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/mpmi-12-11-0322.
    Open access • Published • 10.1094/mpmi-12-11-0322
  52. Borges, Filipe; Gardner, Rui; Lopes, Telma; Calarco, Joseph P; Boavida, Leonor C; Slotkin, R; Martienssen, Robert A; Becker, Jörg D. "FACS-based purification of Arabidopsis microspores, sperm cells and vegetative nuclei". Plant Methods 8 1 (2012): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4811-8-44.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/1746-4811-8-44
  53. Bento, Margaret; Correia, Elizabeth; Tavares, Ana T.; Becker, Jörg D.; Belo, José A.. "Identification of differentially expressed genes in the heart precursor cells of the chick embryo". Gene Expression Patterns 11 7 (2011): 437-447. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gep.2011.07.002.
    Published • 10.1016/j.gep.2011.07.002
  54. Gil, Fátima N.; Gonçalves, Alina C.; Jacinto, Maria João; Becker, Jörg D.; Viegas, Cristina A.. "Transcriptional profiling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae relevant for predicting alachlor mechanisms of toxicity". Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 30 11 (2011): 2506-2518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.640.
    Published • 10.1002/etc.640
  55. Goncalves, Lisa; Filipe, Mario; Marques, Sara; Salgueiro, Ana-Marisa; Becker, Jorg D.; Belo, Jose Antonio. "Identification and functional analysis of novel genes expressed in the Anterior Visceral Endoderm". The International Journal of Developmental Biology 55 3 (2011): 281-295. http://dx.doi.org/10.1387/ijdb.103273lg.
    Open access • Published • 10.1387/ijdb.103273lg
  56. Borges, F.; Pereira, P.A.; Slotkin, R.K.; Martienssen, R.A.; Becker, J.D.. "MicroRNA activity in the Arabidopsis male germline". Journal of Experimental Botany 62 5 (2011): 1611-1620. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952325140&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/jxb/erq452
  57. Becker, J.D.; Borges, F.; Pereira, P.A.; Slotkin, R.K.; Martienssen, R.A.. "Erratum: MicroRNA activity in the Arabidopsis male germline (Journal of Experimental Botany (2011) 62 (1611-1620))". Journal of Experimental Botany 62 10 (2011): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79960216101&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/jxb/err108
  58. Boavida, L.C.; Borges, F.; Becker, J.D.; Feijó, J.A.. "Whole genome analysis of gene expression reveals coordinated activation of signaling and metabolic pathways during pollen-pistil interactions in Arabidopsis". Plant Physiology 155 4 (2011): 2066-2080. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79953683122&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1104/pp.110.169813
  59. Silva, I.N.; Ferreira, A.S.; Becker, J.D.; Zlosnik, J.E.A.; Speert, D.P.; He, J.; Mil-Homens, D.; Moreira, L.M.. "Mucoid morphotype variation of Burkholderia multivorans during chronic cystic fibrosis lung infection is correlated with changes in metabolism, motility, biofilm formation and virulence". Microbiology 157 11 (2011): 3124-3137. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-80155192290&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1099/mic.0.050989-0
  60. Hogekamp, C.; Arndt, D.; Pereira, P.A.; Becker, J.D.; Hohnjec, N.; Küster, H.. "Laser microdissection unravels cell-type-specific transcription in arbuscular mycorrhizal roots, including CAAT-Box transcription factor gene expression correlating with fungal contact and spread". Plant Physiology 157 4 (2011): 2023-2043. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82755171786&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1104/pp.111.186635
  61. Schlüter, J.-P.; Reinkensmeier, J.; Daschkey, S.; Evguenieva-Hackenberg, E.; Janssen, S.; Jänicke, S.; Becker, J.D.; Giegerich, R.; Becker, A.. "A genome-wide survey of sRNAs in the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing alpha-proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti". BMC Genomics 11 1 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77950914774&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/1471-2164-11-245
  62. Mira, N.P.; Becker, J.D.; Sá-Correia, I.. "Genomic expression program involving the Haa1p-regulon in Saccharomyces cerevisiae response to acetic acid". OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology 14 5 (2010): 587-601. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77958169154&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1089/omi.2010.0048
  63. Santos, M.R.; Cosme, A.M.; Becker, J.D.; Medeiros, J.M.; Mata, M.F.; Moreira, L.M.. "Absence of functional TolC protein causes increased stress response gene expression in Sinorhizobium meliloti". BMC Microbiology 10 (2010): 180. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77953714926&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/1471-2180-10-180
  64. Slotkin, R.K.; Vaughn, M.; Borges, F.; Tanurdžic, M.; Becker, J.D.; Feijó, J.A.; Martienssen, R.A.. "Epigenetic Reprogramming and Small RNA Silencing of Transposable Elements in Pollen". Cell 136 3 (2009): 461-472. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-59349118366&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.cell.2008.12.038
  65. Dos Santos, S.C.; Tenreiro, S.; Palma, M.; Becker, J.; Sá-Correia, I.. "Transcriptomic profiling of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae response to quinine reveals a glucose limitation response attributable to drug-induced inhibition of glucose uptake". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 53 12 (2009): 5213-5223. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-71249094263&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1128/AAC.00794-09
  66. Mira, N.P.; Lourenço, A.B.; Fernandes, A.R.; Becker, J.D.; Sá-Correia, I.. "The RIM101 pathway has a role in Saccharomyces cerevisiae adaptive response and resistance to propionic acid and other weak acids". FEMS Yeast Research 9 2 (2009): 202-216. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-59149103060&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2008.00473.x
  67. Borges, Filipe; Gomes, Gabriela; Gardner, Rui; Moreno, Nuno; McCormick, Sheila; Feijó, José A.; Becker, Jörg D.. "Comparative Transcriptomics of Arabidopsis Sperm Cells". Plant Physiology 148 2 (2008): 1168-1181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.108.125229.
    Open access • Published • 10.1104/pp.108.125229
  68. Trindade, A.; Kumar, S.R.; Scehnet, J.S.; Lopes-Da-costa, L.; Becker, J.; Jiang, W.; Liu, R.; Gill, P.S.; Duarte, A.. "Overexpression of delta-like 4 induces arterialization and attenuates vessel formation in developing mouse embryos". Blood 112 5 (2008): 1720-1729. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-52649121738&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1182/blood-2007-09-112748
  69. Johnston, A.J.; Meier, P.; Gheyselinck, J.; Wuest, S.E.J.; Federer, M.; Schlagenhauf, E.; Becker, J.D.; Grossniklaus, U.. "Genetic subtraction profiling identifies genes essential for Arabidopsis reproduction and reveals interaction between the female gametophyte and the maternal sporophyte". Genome Biology 8 10 (2007): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-39749117921&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1186/gb-2007-8-10-r204
  70. Becker, J.D.; Feijó, J.A.. "How many genes are needed to make a pollen tube? Lessons from transcriptomics". Annals of Botany 100 6 (2007): 1117-1123. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-35348964707&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1093/aob/mcm208
  71. Neves, H.; Weerkamp, F.; Gomes, A.C.; Naber, B.A.E.; Gameiro, P.; Becker, J.D.; Lúcio, P.; et al. "Effects of Delta1 and Jagged1 on early human hematopoiesis: Correlation with expression of Notch signaling-related genes in CD34+ cells". Stem Cells 24 5 (2006): 1327-1337. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33749059386&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1634/stemcells.2005-0207
  72. Teixeira, M.C.; Fernandes, A.R.; Mira, N.P.; Becker, J.D.; Sá-Correia, I.. "Early transcriptional response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to stress imposed by the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid". FEMS Yeast Research 6 2 (2006): 230-248. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33645054024&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00041.x
  73. Marsch-Martinez, N.; Greco, R.; Becker, J.D.; Dixit, S.; Bergervoet, J.H.W.; Karaba, A.; De Folter, S.; Pereira, A.. "BOLITA, an Arabidopsis AP2/ERF-like transcription factor that affects cell expansion and proliferation/differentiation pathways". Plant Molecular Biology 62 6 (2006): 825-843. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-33750896066&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s11103-006-9059-1
  74. Sessa, G.; Carabelli, M.; Sassi, M.; Ciolfi, A.; Possenti, M.; Mittempergher, F.; Becker, J.; Morelli, G.; Ruberti, I.. "A dynamic balance between gene activation and repression regulates the shade avoidance response in Arabidopsis". Genes and Development 19 23 (2005): 2811-2815. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-28444433437&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1101/gad.364005
  75. Pina, C.; Pinto, F.; Feijó, J.A.; Becker, J.D.. "Gene family analysis of the Arabidopsis pollen transcriptome reveals biological implications for cell growth, division control, and gene expression regulation". Plant Physiology 138 2 (2005): 744-756. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-26944493068&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1104/pp.104.057935
  76. Boavida, L.C.; Vieira, A.M.; Becker, J.D.; Feijó, J.A.. "Gametophyte interaction and sexual reproduction: How plants make a zygote". International Journal of Developmental Biology 49 5-6 (2005): 615-632. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27744503998&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1387/ijdb.052023lb
  77. Boavida, L.C.; Becker, J.D.; Feijó, J.A.. "The making of gametes in higher plants". International Journal of Developmental Biology 49 5-6 (2005): 595-614. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-27744456025&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1387/ijdb.052019lb
  78. Feijó, J.A.; Costa, S.S.; Prado, A.M.; Becker, J.D.; Certal, A.C.. "Signalling by tips". Current Opinion in Plant Biology 7 5 (2004): 589-598. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-4444300835&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.07.014
  79. Becker, J.D.; Boavida, L.C.; Carneiro, J.; Haury, M.; Feijó, J.A.. "Transcriptional Profiling of Arabidopsis Tissues Reveals the Unique Characteristics of the Pollen Transcriptome". Plant Physiology 133 2 (2003): 713-725. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0142152461&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1104/pp.103.028241
  80. Becker, Jorg D.; Feijó, José A.. "Profiling Genomes with Oligonucleotide Arrays". Boletim de Biotecnologia 74 3 (2003): 2-6.
    Open access • Published
  81. Frosch, S.C.; Becker, J.D.; Schultze, M.; Schlesier, B.; Kahmann, U.; Pühler, A.; Perlick, A.M.. "Characterization of NVf32: A narbonin-like nodulin of high abundance in Vicia faba L". Plant Science 162 3 (2002): 401-411. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036185768&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/S0168-9452(01)00577-5
  82. Becker, J.D.; Moreira, L.M.; Kapp, D.; Frosch, S.C.; Pühler, A.; Perlick, A.M.. "The nodulin VfENOD18 is an ATP-binding protein in infected cells of Vicia faba L. nodules". Plant Molecular Biology 47 6 (2001): 749-759. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0035543847&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1023/A:1013664311052
  83. Moreira, L.M.; Becker, J.D.; Puhler, A.; Becker, A.. "The Sinorhizobium meliloti ExpE1 protein secreted by a type I secretion system involving ExpD1 and ExpD2 is required for biosynthesis or secretion of the exopolysaccharide galactoglucan". Microbiology 146 9 (2000): 2237-2248. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033832765&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1099/00221287-146-9-2237
  84. Hohnjec, N.; Kuster, H.; Albus, U.; Frosch, S.C.; Becker, J.D.; Puhler, A.; Perlick, A.M.; Fruhling, M.. "The broad bean nodulin VfENOD18 is a member of a novel family of plant proteins with homologies to the bacterial MJ0577 superfamily". Molecular and General Genetics 264 3 (2000): 241-250. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0033757457&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published
  85. Hohnjec, N.; Becker, J.D.; Pühler, A.; Perlick, A.M.; Küster, H.. "Genomic organization and expression properties of the MtSucS1 gene, which encodes a nodule-enhanced sucrose synthase in the model legume Medicago truncatula". Molecular and General Genetics 261 3 (1999): 514-522. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032967839&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s004380050995
Magazine article
  1. Sapeta, Helena; Vendeirinho, Mariana; Flores-Tornero, María; Becker, Jorg D.. "Melhorar os tomateiros para melhor enfrentar verões severos", Vida Rural, 2023
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Becker, Jorg D.. "Lokalisierung und Funktionsanalyse von Symbiose-relevanten Proteinen der Ackerbohne Vicia faba L.". PhD, Universität Bielefeld, 2001. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/36448609_Lokalisierung_und_Funktionsanalyse_von_Symbiose-relevanten_Proteinen_der_Ackerbohne_Vicia_faba_L.

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Dataset
  1. Becker, Jörg. E-MTAB-3638 - Global expression profiling of Physcomitrella patens Hydroxyproline O-arabinosylatransferases (hpat) mutants.
  2. Becker, Jörg. E-MTAB-3069 - Transcription profiling by array of Physcomitrella patens samples from all major tissues and 4 different sporophyte developmental stages.
  3. Becker, Jorg D.. GSE38486 - Transcriptional Profiling of Arabidopsis Root Hairs and Pollen Defines an Apical Growth Signature. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE38486.
  4. Becker, Jorg D.. GSE73341 - Expression data from Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells exposed or not to low-dose ionizing radiation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE73341.
  5. Becker, Jorg D.. GSE108033 - Maternal gene expression data from dMLL3/4-depleted Drosophila embryos. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE108033.
  6. Becker, Jorg D.. GSE133490 - Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis mature pollen grains from wild type and heterozygous NOT1 mutants. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE133490.
  7. Silva Inês Nunes; Becker, J; Moreira, Leonilde. Series GSE97006-. Expression data from Burkholderia multivorans ATCC 17616 wild-type and Bmul_2557 (ldhR) gene deletion mutant.. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE97006. 2017.
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Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2017/08/01 - 2024/01/25 LOTUS domain-containing proteins: functions in germline formation and dispersal of Physcomitrium patens.
Supervisor of Anton Kermanov
 Biologia Integrativa e Biomedicina (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2018/04 - 2023/07 Towards photosynthetic cell factories from moss: Elucidating regulatory elements in the biosynthesis of terpenoids and flavonoids in the moss Physcomitrium patens.
Supervisor of Armin Horn
 Biologia de Plantas - Plantas para a Vida (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Toward a role for LOTUS domain containing proteins during sexual reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana
Supervisor of Clément Charles Marie Roumégoux
 Biotechnology for Sustainability (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/08/01 - 2021/07/29 Transcriptome dynamics in the Arabidopsis thaliana male germ unit: From mature pollen grain to pollen tube
Supervisor of Chandra Shekhar Misra
 Biologia (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2016/08/01 - 2021/06/25 De novo centriole biogenesis during spermatogenesis in the model bryophyte Physcomitrium patens
Supervisor of Sónia Alexandra Gomes Pereira
 Biologia (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2014 - 2015 Deciphering the role of antherozoid specific DNA methyltransferases in Physcomitrella patens
Supervisor of Sónia Alexandra Gomes Pereira
 Biotecnologia (Master)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Comparative transcriptome analysis in the moss Physcomitrella patens and the genetic basis of key reproductive innovations
Supervisor of Marcela Hernández Coronado
 Biologia (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Portugal
2009 - 2012 Genetic and Epigenetic Control of Germline Specification in Arabidopsis Pollen
Supervisor of Filipe de Sousa Borges
 Biologia (PhD)
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal