Professor Lars Ostergaard

Project Leader
Crop Genetics
John Innes Centre
Norwich Research Park
Colney
Norwich NR4 7UH
UK
Tel: +44 (0)1603 450000; Fax: +44 (0)1603 450045
E-mail: lars.ostergaard@bbsrc.ac.uk
http://www.jic.ac.uk/profile/lars-ostergaard.asp
Area of expertise: Fruit development; Arabidopsis brassica; plant hormones; model-to-crop translation
Co-editor until: October 31, 2011

• Sorefan K, Girin T, Liljegren SJ, Ljung K, Robles P, Galván-Ampudia CS, Offringa R, Friml J, Yanofsky MF, Østergaard L (2009) A regulated auxin minimum is required for seed dispersal in Arabidopsis. Nature 459,583-586.
• Girin T, Sorefan K, Østergaard L (2009) Meristematic sculpting in fruit development. J. Exp. Bot. 60, 1493-1502.
• Østergaard L (2009) Don’t ‘leaf’ now. The making of a fruit. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 12, 36-41.
• Østergaard L, King GJ (2008) Standardized gene nomenclature for the Brassica genus. Plant Methods 4, 10.
• Sparrow PAC, Irwin JA, Goldsack CM and Østergaard L (2007) Brassica transformation: commercial application and powerful research tool. Transgenic Plant Journal 1, 330-339.
• Østergaard L, Kempin SA, Bies D, Klee HJ, and Yanofsky MF (2006) Pod shatter-resistant Brassica fruit produced by ectopic expression of the FRUITFULL gene. Plant Biotech. J. 4, 45-51.
• Østergaard L and Yanofsky MF (2004) Establishing gene function by mutagenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 39, 682-696.
• Liljegren SJ, Roeder AHK, Kempin SA, Gremski K, Østergaard L, Guimil S, Khammungkhune D, Yanofsky MF (2004) Control of fruit patterning in Arabidopsis by INDEHISCENT. Cell 116, 843-853.
• Rhew RC, Østergaard L, Saltzman E, Yanofsky MF (2003) Genetic control of methyl halide production in Arabidopsis. Curr. Biol. 13, 1809-1813.