Ferenc Nagy
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 3342
- Email: Ferenc.Nagy@ed.ac.uk
Availability
Rm. G.13, Rutherford Building
Background
1981 - 1983 Research Scientist; with Pál Maliga, Institute of Plant Physiology, BRC, Szeged, Hungary
1983 - 1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, with Nam-Hai Chua, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
1986 - 1987 Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA
1987 - Group Leader, Inst. of Plant Biology, BRC, Szeged, Hungary
1988 - 1996 Group Leader, Friedrich-Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
1998 - Deputy Director, Inst. of Plant Biology, BRC, Szeged, Hungary
2000 - 2006 General Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllo, Hungary
2004 - Honorary Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany
2006 - Deputy Director, Inst. of Plant Biology, BRC, Szeged, Hungary
2008 - Professor of Plant Cell and System Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
2010 - Guest Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany
Research summary
The development of plants depends on reliable signaling mechanisms providing information on the actual state of the outer environment. The multilevel interaction of these mechanisms (e.g. light, clock and hormonal regulation) forms a regulatory network, which allows plants to respond adequately to changes in the ambient environment. In the Nagy lab @ the University of Edinburgh, our research primarily focuses on the molecular mechanism by which the phytochromes, the red/far-red absorbing photoreceptors, convert light into a biochemical signal.
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Light triggers the miRNA-biogenetic inconsistency for de-etiolated seedling survivability in Arabidopsis thaliana
(15 pages)
In:
Molecular Plant, vol. 13, pp. 431-445
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2019.10.011
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Elongated Hypocotyl 5 mediates blue light signalling to the Arabidopsis circadian clock
(13 pages)
In:
The Plant Journal, vol. 96, pp. 1242-1254
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14106
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Expression of the UVR8 photoreceptor in different tissues reveals tissue autonomous features of UV-B signalling
(11 pages)
In:
Plant, Cell and Environment, vol. 40, pp. 1104-1114
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12904
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New insights of red light-induced development: Novel molecular aspects of phytochrome B action
In:
Plant, Cell and Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12880
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Characterization of photomorphogenic responses and signaling cascades controlled by phytochrome-A expressed in different tissues: Photomorphogenesis in far-red light
(15 pages)
In:
New Phytologist
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13941
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Red light-regulated reversible nuclear localization of proteins in mammalian cells and zebrafish
(8 pages)
In:
ACS Synthetic Biology, vol. 4, pp. 951-958
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.5b00004
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SUMOylation of phytochrome-B negatively regulates light-induced signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana
(6 pages)
In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), vol. 112, pp. 11108-11113
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1415260112
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High-level expression and phosphorylation of phytochrome B modulates flowering time in Arabidopsis
(12 pages)
In:
The Plant Journal, vol. 83, pp. 794-805
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.12926
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Molecular mechanisms for mediating light-dependent nucleo/cytoplasmic partitioning of phytochrome photoreceptors
(7 pages)
In:
New Phytologist, vol. 206, pp. 965-71
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13207
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Deconvoluting the interactions of phytochrome isoforms in regulating growth and development
(3 pages)
In:
Plant, Cell and Environment, vol. 37, pp. 2649-51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.12400
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UVB-dependent changes in the expression of fast-responding early genes is modulated by huCOP1 in keratinocytes
(8 pages)
In:
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, vol. 140, pp. 215-222
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.08.002
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UV-B-Responsive association of the Arabidopsis bZIP transcription factor ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 with target genes, including its own promoter
(14 pages)
In:
Plant Cell, vol. 26, pp. 4200-4213
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.114.130716
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Natural variation reveals that intracellular distribution of ELF3 protein is associated with function in the circadian clock
In:
eLIFE, vol. 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.02206
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Comparative functional analysis of full-length and N-terminal fragments of phytochrome C, D and E in red light-induced signaling
(11 pages)
In:
New Phytologist, vol. 200, pp. 86-96
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12364
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Synthesis of phycocyanobilin in mammalian cells
(3 pages)
In:
Chemical Communications, vol. 49, pp. 8970-2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc45065a
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A red/far-red light-responsive bi-stable toggle switch to control gene expression in mammalian cells
In:
Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 41
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkt002
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Phosphorylation of Phytochrome B Inhibits Light-Induced Signaling via Accelerated Dark Reversion in Arabidopsis
(10 pages)
In:
Plant Cell, vol. 25, pp. 535-544
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.106898
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The circadian clock-associated small GTPase LIGHT INSENSITIVE PERIOD1 suppresses light-controlled endoreplication and affects tolerance to salt stress in Arabidopsis
(13 pages)
In:
Plant physiology, vol. 161, pp. 278-290
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.112.203356
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A Short Amino-Terminal Part of Arabidopsis Phytochrome A Induces Constitutive Photomorphogenic Response
In:
Molecular Plant, vol. 5, pp. 629-641
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mp/sss035
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Interaction with plant transcription factors can mediate nuclear import of phytochrome B
(6 pages)
In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), vol. 109, pp. 5892-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120764109
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)