Åsa Strand

Research qualifications: Docent

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Professor at Department of Plant Physiology Section: Umeå Plant Science Centre - UmU Role: Assistant head of department

KB. K4 (UPSC), Artedigränd 7, Fysiologisk botanik, UPSC, KB. F4 (B4.36.45) Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Research: The aim of our research is to dissect and elucidate the signaling pathways between the chloroplast and the nucleus that regulate the expression of nuclear genes encoding chloroplastic proteins.

We use an integrative approach with a combination of genetics, molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry to understand the language of the chloroplasts.

For more detailed information, Åsa Strand@UPSC

Pseudomonas syringae infectivity correlates to altered transcript and metabolite levels of Arabidopsis mediator mutants

Scientific Reports, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 14, (1)

Blomberg, Jeanette; Tasselius, Viktor; Vergara, Alexander; et al.

CDK8 of the mediator kinase module connects leaf development to the establishment of correct stomata patterning by regulating the levels of the transcription factor SPEECHLESS (SPCH)

Plant, Cell and Environment, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 47, (12) : 5237-5251

Hermida-Carrera, Carmen; Vergara, Alexander; Cervela-Cardona, Luis Manuel; et al.

An interplay between bZIP16, bZIP68, and GBF1 regulates nuclear photosynthetic genes during photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis

New Phytologist, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 240, (3) : 1082-1096

Norén Lindbäck, Louise; Ji, Yan; Cervela-Cardona, Luis; et al.

Chitosan-modified polyethyleneimine nanoparticles for enhancing the carboxylation reaction and plants' CO₂ uptake

ACS Nano, American Chemical Society (ACS) 2023, Vol. 17, (4) : 3430-3441

Routier, Cyril; Vallan, Lorenzo; Daguerre, Yohann; et al.

GENOMES UNCOUPLED1 plays a key role during the de-etiolation process in Arabidopsis

New Phytologist, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 235, (1) : 188-203

Hernández-Verdeja, Tamara; Vuorijoki, Linda; Jin, Xu; et al.

How retrograde signaling is intertwined with the evolution of photosynthetic eukaryotes

Current opinion in plant biology, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 63

Calderon, Robert H.; Strand, Åsa

A fully assembled plastid-encoded RNA polymerase complex detected in etioplasts and proplastids in Arabidopsis

Physiologia Plantarum, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 171, (3) : 435-446

Ji, Yan; Lehotai, Nora; Zan, Yanjun; et al.

Specific functions for Mediator complex subunits from different modules in the transcriptional response of Arabidopsis thaliana to abiotic stress

Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 10, (1)

Crawford, Tim; Karamat, Fazeelat; Lehotai, Nora; et al.

Emerging from the darkness: interplay between light and plastid signaling during chloroplast biogenesis

Physiologia Plantarum, Vol. 169, (3) : 397-406

Hernandez-Verdeja, Tamara; Vuorijoki, Linda; Strand, Åsa

Two dominant boreal conifers use contrasting mechanisms to reactivate photosynthesis in the spring

Nature Communications, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 11, (1)

Yang, Qi; Blanco, Nicolás E.; Hermida-Carrera, Carmen; et al.

Dual and dynamic intracellular localization of Arabidopsis thaliana SnRK1.1

Journal of Experimental Botany, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 70, (8) : 2325-2338

Blanco, Nicolas E.; Liebsch, Daniela; Guinea Diaz, Manuel; et al.

The role of retrograde signals during plant stress responses

Journal of Experimental Botany, Oxford University Press 2018, Vol. 69, (11) : 2783-2795

Crawford, Tim; Lehotai, Nóra; Strand, Åsa

Establishment of Photosynthesis through Chloroplast Development Is Controlled by Two Distinct Regulatory Phases

Plant Physiology, American Society of Plant Biologists 2018, Vol. 176, (2) : 1199-1214

Dubreuil, Carole; Jin, Xu; Barajas-López, Juan de Dios; et al.

Redox regulation of PEP activity during seedling establishment in Arabidopsis thaliana

Nature Communications, Vol. 9

Guinea Diaz, Manuel; Hernandez-Verdeja, Tamara; Kremnev, Dmitry; et al.

Retrograde Signals Navigate the Path to Chloroplast Development

Plant Physiology, Vol. 176, (2) : 967-976

Hernandez-Verdeja, Tamara; Strand, Åsa

A quantitative model of the phytochrome-PIF light signalling initiating chloroplast development

Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group 2017, Vol. 7

Dubreuil, Carole; Ji, Yan; Strand, Åsa; et al.

Differential response of Scots pine seedlings to variable intensity and ratio of red and far-red light

Plant, Cell and Environment, John Wiley & Sons 2017, Vol. 40, (8) : 1332-1340

Razzak, Abdur; Ranade, Sonali Sachin; Strand, Åsa; et al.

Circadian and Plastid Signaling Pathways Are Integrated to Ensure Correct Expression of the CBF and COR Genes during Photoperiodic Growth

Plant Physiology, Vol. 171, (2) : 1392-1406

Norén, Louise; Kindgren, Peter; Stachula, Paulina; et al.

The Recovery of Plastid Function Is Required for Optimal Response to Low Temperatures in Arabidopsis

PLOS ONE, Vol. 10, (9)

Kindgren, Peter; Dubreuil, Carole; Strand, Åsa

Chloroplast transcription, untangling the Gordian Knot

New Phytologist, Vol. 206, (3) : 889-891

Kindgren, Peter; Strand, Åsa

Interaction between plastid and mitochondrial retrograde signalling pathways during changes to plastid redox status

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, Royal Society Publishing 2014, Vol. 369, (1640)

Blanco, Nicolas E.; Guinea-Diaz, Manuel; Whelan, James; et al.

Plastid encoded RNA polymerase activity and expression of photosynthesis genes required for embryo and seed development in Arabidopsis

Frontiers in Plant Science

Kremnev, Dmitry; Strand, Åsa

Plastid-to-nucleus communication, signals controlling the running of the plant cell

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Molecular Cell Research, Vol. 1833, (2) : 425-437

Barajas-Lopez, Juan de Dios; Blanco, Nicolas E.; Strand, Åsa

PAPP5 is involved in the tetrapyrrole mediated plastid signalling during chloroplast development

PLOS ONE, Vol. 8, (3)

Barajas-Lopez, Juan de Dios; Kremnev, Dmitry; Shaikhali, Jehad; et al.

Cyclin-dependent Kinase E1 (CDKE1) Provides a Cellular Switch in Plants between Growth and Stress Responses

Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 288, (5) : 3449-3459

Ng, Sophia; Giraud, Estelle; Duncan, Owen; et al.

The plastid redox insensitive 2 mutant of Arabidopsis is impaired in PEP activity and high light-dependent plastid redox signalling to the nucleus

The Plant Journal, Vol. 70, (2) : 279-291

Kindgren, Peter; Kremnev, Dmitry; Blanco, Nicolas E.; et al.

Interplay between HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90 and HY5 Controls PhANG expression in response to the GUN5 Plastid Signal

Molecular Plant, Oxford University Press 2012, Vol. 5, (4) : 901-913

Kindgren, Peter; Norén, Louise; Barajas Lopez, Juan de Dios; et al.

The CRYPTOCHROME1-Dependent Response to Excess Light Is Mediated through the Transcriptional Activators ZINC FINGER PROTEIN EXPRESSED IN INFLORESCENCE MERISTEM LIKE1 and ZML2 in Arabidopsis

The Plant Cell, Vol. 24, (7) : 3009-3025

Shaikhali, Jehad; Barajas-Lopez, Juan de Dios; Ötvös, Krisztina; et al.

Redox-mediated Mechanisms Regulate DNA Binding Activity of the G-group of Basic Region Leucine Zipper (bZIP) Transcription Factors in Arabidopsis

Journal of Biological Chemistry, Rockville: The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2012, Vol. 287, (33) : 27510-27525

Shaikhali, Jehad; Norén, Louise; Barajas-Lopez, Juan de Dios; et al.

A novel proteomic approach reveals a role for Mg-protoporphyrin IX in response to oxidative stress

Physiologia Plantarum, Wiley 2011, Vol. 141, (4) : 310-320

Kindgren, Peter; Eriksson, Mats-Jerry; Benedict, Catherine; et al.

Interaction between Mg-protoporphyrin IX and HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 81 is essential for regulation of LHCB expression during plant stress response:

Kindgren, Peter; Barajas López, Juan de Dios; Shaikhali, Jehad; et al.

Retrograde signaling and plant stress: plastid signals initiate cellular stress responses

Current opinion in plant biology, Current Biology 2008, Vol. 11, (5) : 509-513

Piñas Fernández, Aurora; Strand, Åsa

In vivo visualization of Mg-ProtoporphyrinIX, a coordinator of photosynthetic gene expression in the nucleus and the chloroplast

Plant Cell, Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD, USA: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine 2007, Vol. 19, (6) : 1964-1979

Ankele, Elisabeth; Kindgren, Peter; Pesquet, Edouard; et al.

Genome-wide gene expression analysis reveals a critical role for CRYPTOCHROME1 in the response of Arabidopsis to high irradiance

Plant Physiology, Vol. 144, (3) : 1391-406

Kleine, Tatjana; Kindgren, Peter; Benedict, Catherine; et al.

Altering flux through the sucrose biosynthesis pathway in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana modifies photosynthetic acclimation at low temperatures and the development of freezing tolerance

Plant, Cell and Environment, Vol. 26, (4) : 523-535

Strand, Åsa; Foyer, C H; Gustafsson, Petter; et al.

The properties of the chlorophyll a/b-binding proteins Lhca2 and Lhca3 studied in vivo using antisense inhibition

Plant Physiol, Vol. 127 : 150-158

Ganeteg, U.; Strand, Åsa; Gustafsson, P.; et al.

Decreased expression of two key enzymes in the sucrose biosynthesis pathway, cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and sucrose phosphate synthase, has remarkably different consequences for photosynthetic carbon metabolism in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

The Plant Journal, Vol. 23, (6) : 759-770