معرفی
Dr. Sebastian Marquardt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, leading the Molecular Plant Biology section. His research focuses on uncovering molecular mechanisms of the non-coding genome and its role in organismal fitness.
- Education: PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of East Anglia (dissertation: Linking RNA Processing to Chromatin via Flowering Time Study)
Research interests include:
- RNA polymerase II transcription in non-coding regions
- Short promoter-proximal RNAs (sppRNAs) and their correlation with gene expression
- Chromatin-based signaling during transcriptional interference
- Co-transcriptional RNA processing and modification
Recent publications address topics like non-coding RNA isoforms in food security, co-transcriptional miRNA processing, and histone chaperone mechanisms in Arabidopsis. His work emphasizes transcriptional dynamics over RNA product functionality.
Scientific awards include:
- EMBO Young Investigator Program (2020)
- Hallas-Møller Investigator Award (2015)
- European Research Council Starting Grant (2017)
- Novo Nordisk Ascending Investigator (2021)
Marquardt supervised BSc thesis student Julie Overgaard Hansen and hosted researcher Lucia Gonzalo (2023). His laboratory developed innovative methods for detecting non-coding transcription units missed by conventional approaches.
