Assistant Professor, Biology
Hendriks K, Mandáková T, Hay NM, Ly E, van Huysduynen AH, Tamrakar R, Thomas SK, Toro-Núñez O, Pires JC, Nikolov LA, Koch MA, Windham MD, Lysak MA, Forest F, Mummenhoff K, Baker WJ, Lens F, Bailey CD. 2021. The best of both worlds: combining lineage specific and universal bait sets in target enrichment hybridization reactions. Applications in Plant Sciences 9(7): e11438.
Plant Cell Atlas Consortium*, Jha SG, Borowsky AT, Cole BJ, Fahlgren N, Farmer A, Huang SC, Karia P, Libault M, Provart NJ, Rice SL, … 27 authors…, Rhee SY. 2021. Vision, challenges and opportunities for a Plant Cell Atlas. Elife 7;10:e66877. *as member of the PCA Consortium
Cai L, Arnold B, Xi Z, Khost D, Patel N, Reardon C, Manikam S, Sasirat S, Nikolov LA, Mathews S, Sackton TB, Davis C. 2021. Deeply altered genome architecture in the endoparasitic flowering plant Sapria himalatana Griff. (Rafflesiaceae). Current Biology 31: 1002-1011.e9.
Nikolov LA. 2019. Brassicaceae flowers: diversity amid uniformity. Journal of Experimental Botany doi:10.1093/jxb/erz079.
Nikolo LA, Shushkov P, Nevado B, Gan X, Al-Shehbaz IA, Filatov D, Bailey CD, Tsiantis M. 2019. Resolving the backbone of the Brassicaceae phylogeny for investigating trait diversity. New Phytologist 222: 1638-1651.
Nikolov LA, Runions A, Das Gupta M, Tsiantis M. 2019. Leaf development and evolution. In Current Topics in Developmental Biology, volume 131, Plant Development and Evolution, pages 109-139. #shared co-first authorship
Nikolov LA, Davis C. 2017. The big, the bad, and the beautiful: biology of the world’s largest flowers. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 10.1111/jse.12260.
Nikolov LA, Tsiantis M. 2017. Using mustard genomes to explore the genetic basis of evolutionary change. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 36: 119-128.
Gan X, Hay A, Kwantes M, Haberer G, Hallab A, Dello Ioio R, Hofhuis H, Pieper B, Cartolano M, Neumann U, Nikolov LA, Song B, Hajheidari M, Briskine R, Kougioumoutzi E, Vlad D, Broholm S, Hein J, Meksem K, Lightfoot D, Shimizu KK, Shimizu-Inatsugi R, Imprialou M, Kurdna D, Wing R, Sato S, Huijser P, Filatov D, Mayer K, Mott R, Tsiantis M. 2016. The Cardamine hirsuta genome highlights the pervasive role of transcription factors and tandem gene duplications in morphological diversity. Nature Plants 2: 16167.
Nikolov LA, Tsiantis M. 2015. Interspecies gene transfer as a method for understanding the genetic basis of evolutionary change: progress, pitfalls, and prospects. Frontiers in Plant Science 6: 1135.
Nikolov LA, Tomlinson PB, Sugumaran M, Endress PK, Kramer EM, Davis C. 2014. Rafflesiaceae possess the most reduced endophyte yet give rise to the world’s largest flowers. Annals of Botany 114: 233-242.
Nikolov LA, Staedler YM, Sugumaran M, Schönenberger J, Endress PK, Kramer EM, Davis C. 2014. Floral structure and development in Rafflesiaceae with emphasis on their exceptional gynoecia. American Journal of Botany 101: 225-243.
Nikolov LA, Endress PK, Sugumaran M, Sasirat S, Vessabutr S, Kramer EM, Davis C. 2013. Developmental origins of the world’s largest flowers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 110: 18578-18583. (research highlight in Nature)
Zhang W, Steinmann VW, Nikolov L, Kramer EM, Davis C. 2013. Divergent genetic mechanisms underlie reversals to radial floral symmetry from diverse zygomorphic flowered ancestors. Frontiers in Plant Science 4: 302.
Schmalisch M, Maiques E, Nikolov L, Camp AH, Chevreux B, Muffler A, Rodriguez S, Perkins J, Losick R. 2010. Small genes under sporulation control in the Bacillus subtilis genome. Journal of Bacteriology 192: 5402-5412.
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