Dr. K. (Kaisa) Kajala

Dr. K. (Kaisa) Kajala

Universitair hoofddocent
Experimental and Computational Plant Development
030 253 6849
k.kajala@uu.nl

See my GoogleScholar profile for an up-to-date list of publications including my pre-prints.

Publicaties

2024

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Manzano, C., Morimoto, K. W., Shaar-Moshe, L., Mason, G. A., Cantó-Pastor, A., Gouran, M., De Bellis, D., Ursache, R., Kajala, K., Sinha, N., Bailey-Serres, J., Geldner, N., del Pozo, J. C., & Brady, S. M. (2024). Regulation and function of a polarly localized lignin barrier in the exodermis. Nature Plants. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-024-01864-z
Li, L., Wonder, J., Helming, T., van Asselt, G., Pantazopoulou, C. K., van de Kaa, Y., Kohlen, W., Pierik, R., & Kajala, K. (2024). Evaluation of the roles of brassinosteroid, gibberellin and auxin for tomato internode elongation in response to low red:far-red light. Physiologia Plantarum, 176(5), Article e14558. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.14558
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/242969600/Physiologia_Plantarum_-_2024_-_Li_-_Evaluation_of_the_roles_of_brassinosteroid_gibberellin_and_auxin_for_tomato_internode.pdf
Cantó-Pastor, A., Kajala, K., Shaar-Moshe, L., Manzano, C., Timilsena, P., De Bellis, D., Gray, S., Holbein, J., Yang, H., Mohammad, S., Nirmal, N., Suresh, K., Ursache, R., Mason, G. A., Gouran, M., West, D. A., Borowsky, A. T., Shackel, K. A., Sinha, N., ... Brady, S. M. (2024). A suberized exodermis is required for tomato drought tolerance. Nature Plants, 10(1), 118-130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01567-x
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/452058/s41477-023-01567-x.pdf?sequence=1
Jo, L., & Kajala, K. (2024). ggPlantmap: an open-source R package for the creation of informative and quantitative ggplot maps derived from plant images. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(17), 5366-5376. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae043
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/239358946/erae043.pdf
Huber, M., Julkowska, M. M. M., Snoek, L. B., van Veen, H., Toulotte, J., Kumar, V., Kajala, K., Sasidharan, R., & Pierik, R. (2024). Towards increased shading capacity: A combined phenotypic and genetic analysis of rice shoot architecture. Plants People Planet, 6(1), 128-147. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10419
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434551/Plants_People_Planet_-_2023_-_Huber_-_Towards_increased_shading_capacity_A_combined_phenotypic_and_genetic_analysis_of.pdf?sequence=1

2023

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Caspi, Y., Pantazopoulou, C., Prompers, J., Pieterse, C. M. J., Pol, H. E. H., & Kajala, K. (2023). Why did glutamate, GABA, and melatonin become intercellular signalling molecules in plants? eLife, 12(12), Article e83361. https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.83361
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434545/elife-83361-v1.pdf?sequence=1
Pantazopoulou, C., Buti, S., Nguyen, C. T., Oskam, L., Weits, D., Farmer, E., Kajala, K., & Pierik, R. (2023). Mechanodetection of neighbor plants elicits adaptive leaf movements through calcium dynamics. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 5827. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41530-0
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/434529/s41467-023-41530-0.pdf?sequence=1

2021

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Huber, M., Julkowska, M. M., Snoek, B. L., Veen, H. V., Toulotte, J., Kumar, V., Kajala, K., Sasidharan, R., & Pierik, R. (2021). Towards increased shading potential: a combined phenotypic and genetic analysis of rice shoot architecture. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.25.445664
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/422813/2021.05.25.445664v1.full.pdf?sequence=1
Kajala, K., Gouran, M., Shaar-Moshe, L., Mason, G. A., Rodriguez-Medina, J., Kawa, D., Pauluzzi, G., Reynoso, M., Canto-Pastor, A., Manzano, C., Lau, V., Artur, M. A. S., West, D. A., Gray, S. B., Borowsky, A. T., Moore, B. P., Yao, A. I., Morimoto, K. W., Bajic, M., ... Brady, S. M. (2021). Innovation, conservation, and repurposing of gene function in root cell type development. Cell, 184(12), 3333-3348.e19. Article e19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.04.024
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413326/PIIS0092867421005043.pdf?sequence=1
Artur, M. A. S., & Kajala, K. (2021). Convergent evolution of gene regulatory networks underlying plant adaptations to dry environments. Plant Cell and Environment, 44(10), 3211-3222. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14143
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/413324/pce.14143.pdf?sequence=1
Courbier, S., Snoek, B. L., Kajala, K., Li, L., van Wees, S. C. M., & Pierik, R. (2021). Mechanisms of far-red light-mediated dampening of defense against Botrytis cinerea in tomato leaves. Plant Physiology, 187(3), 1250-1266. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab354
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/418934/kiab354.pdf?sequence=1

2020

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Courbier, S., Grevink, S., Sluijs, E., Bonhomme, P., Kajala, K., Van Wees, S. C. M., & Pierik, R. (2020). Far‐red light promotes Botrytis cinerea disease development in tomato leaves via jasmonate‐dependent modulation of soluble sugars. Plant, Cell and Environment, 43(11), 2769-2781. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13870
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/409952/pce.13870.pdf?sequence=1
Bjornson, M., Kajala, K., Zipfel, C., & Ding, P. (2020). Low-cost and High-throughput RNA-seq Library Preparation for Illumina Sequencing from Plant Tissue. Bio-protocol, 10(20). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.3799
https://research-portal.uu.nl/ws/files/234733770/Bio-protocol3799.pdf
Gray, S. B., Rodriguez‐medina, J., Rusoff, S., Toal, T. W., Kajala, K., Runcie, D., & Brady, S. M. (2020). Translational regulation contributes to the elevated CO2 response in two Solanum species. Plant Journal, 102(2), 383-397. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14632
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/407827/tpj.14632.pdf?sequence=1

2019

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kajala, K., Walker, K. L., Mitchell, G. S., Krämer, U., Cherry, S. R., & Brady, S. M. (2019). Real-time whole-plant dynamics of heavy metal transport in Arabidopsis halleri and Arabidopsis thaliana by gamma-ray imaging. Plant Direct, 3(4), Article e00131. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.131
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/389638/Kajala_et_al_2019_Plant_Direct.pdf?sequence=1
Reynoso, M. A., Kajala, K., Bajic, M., West, D. A., Pauluzzi, G., Yao, A. I., Hatch, K., Zumstein, K., Woodhouse, M., Rodriguez-Medina, J., Sinha, N., Brady, S. M., Deal, R. B., & Bailey-Serres, J. (2019). Evolutionary flexibility in flooding response circuitry in angiosperms. Science, 365(6459), 1291-1295. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax8862
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/388446/1291.full.pdf?sequence=1

2018

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Toal, T. W., Ron, M., Gibson, D., Kajala, K., Splitt, B., Johnson, L. S., Miller, N. D., Slovak, R., Gaudinier, A., Patel, R., De Lucas, M., Provart, N. J., Spalding, E. P., Busch, W., Kliebenstein, D. J., & Brady, S. M. (2018). Regulation of root angle and gravitropism. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 8(12), 3841-3855. https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.118.200540
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/376857/3841.full.pdf?sequence=1
Reynoso, M., Pauluzzi, G., Cabanlit, S., Velasco, J., Bazin, J., Deal, R., Brady, S., Sinha, N., Bailey-serres, J., & Kajala, K. (2018). Isolation of Nuclei in Tagged Cell Types (INTACT), RNA Extraction and Ribosomal RNA Degradation to Prepare Material for RNA-Seq. Bio-protocol, 8(7). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2458
Reynoso, M., Pauluzzi, G., Kajala, K., Cabanlit, S., Velasco, J., Bazin, J., Deal, R., Sinha, N., Brady, S. M., & Bailey, J. (2018). Nuclear transcriptomes at high resolution using retooled INTACT. Plant Physiology, 176(1), 270-281. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.00688

2017

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Maher, K. A., Bajic, M., Kajala, K., Reynoso, M., Pauluzzi, G., West, D., Zumstein, K., Woodhouse, M., Bubb, K. L., Dorrity, M. W., Queitsch, C., Bailey-Serres, J., Sinha, N., Brady, S. M., & Deal, R. (2017). Profiling of accessible chromatin regions across multiple plant species and cell types reveals common gene regulatory principles and new control modules. Plant Cell, 29(12). https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00581
Turco, G. M., Kajala, K., Kunde-Ramamoorthy, G., Ngan, C.-Y., Olson, A., Deshphande, S., Tolkunov, D., Waring, B., Stelpflug, S., Klein, P., Schmutz, J., Kaeppler, S., Ware, D., Wei, C.-L., Etchells, J. P., & Brady, S. M. (2017). DNA methylation and gene expression regulation associated with vascularization in Sorghum bicolor. New Phytologist, 214(3), 1213-1229. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14448
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/359379/Turco_et_al_2017_New_Phytologist.pdf?sequence=1

2014

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kajala, K., Ramakrishna, P., Fisher, A., Bergmann, D. C., De Smet, I., Sozzani, R., Weijers, D., & Brady, S. M. (2014). Omics and modelling approaches for understanding regulation of asymmetric cell divisions in arabidopsis and other angiosperm plants. Annals of Botany, 113(7), 1083-1105. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcu065
Ron, M., Kajala, K., Pauluzzi, G., Wang, D., Reynoso, M. A., Zumstein, K., Garcha, J., Winte, S., Masson, H., Inagaki, S., Federici, F., Sinha, N., Deal, R. B., Bailey-Serres, J., & Brady, S. M. (2014). Hairy root transformation using Agrobacterium rhizogenes as a tool for exploring cell type-specific gene expression and function using tomato as a model. Plant Physiology, 166(2), 455-69. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.114.239392
Kajala, K., Coil, D. A., & Brady, S. M. (2014). Draft Genome Sequence of Rhizobium rhizogenes Strain ATCC 15834. Genome Announcements, 2(5). https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01108-14

2012

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Kajala, K., Brown, N. J., Williams, B. P., Borrill, P., Taylor, L. E., & Hibberd, J. M. (2012). Multiple Arabidopsis genes primed for recruitment into C₄ photosynthesis. Plant Journal, 69(1), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04769.x

2011

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Bräutigam, A., Kajala, K., Wullenweber, J., Sommer, M., Gagneul, D., Weber, K. L., Carr, K. M., Gowik, U., Mass, J., Lercher, M. J., Westhoff, P., Hibberd, J. M., & Weber, A. P. M. (2011). An mRNA blueprint for C4 photosynthesis derived from comparative transcriptomics of closely related C3 and C4 species. Plant Physiology, 155(1), 142-56. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.110.159442
Kajala, K., Covshoff, S., Karki, S., Woodfield, H., Tolley, B. J., Dionora, M. J. A., Mogul, R. T., Mabilangan, A. E., Danila, F. R., Hibberd, J. M., & Quick, W. P. (2011). Strategies for engineering a two-celled C(4) photosynthetic pathway into rice. Journal of Experimental Botany, 62(9), 3001-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/err022
Brown, N. J., Newell, C. A., Stanley, S., Chen, J. E., Perrin, A. J., Kajala, K., & Hibberd, J. M. (2011). Independent and parallel recruitment of preexisting mechanisms underlying C₄ photosynthesis. Science, 331(6023), 1436-9. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1201248

2010

Wetenschappelijke publicaties

Brown, N. J., Palmer, B. G., Stanley, S., Hajaji, H., Janacek, S. H., Astley, H. M., Parsley, K., Kajala, K., Quick, W. P., Trenkamp, S., Fernie, A. R., Maurino, V. G., & Hibberd, J. M. (2010). C acid decarboxylases required for C photosynthesis are active in the mid-vein of the C species Arabidopsis thaliana, and are important in sugar and amino acid metabolism. Plant Journal, 61(1), 122-33. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.04040.x