Katharina Braeutigam

Katharina Braeutigam

Assistant Professor
✅ Accepting Students

Education

  • Ph.D., Friedrich-Schiller University Jena Germany (2008)

Research

Our lab integrates modern data analyses techniques, genome-wide epigenomic data, molecular biology and classical physiology to study questions related to the three key themes. We are interested in understanding:

  • lasting effects of environmental exposure i.e. “memory effects” in plants
  • the role of epigenetic phenomena in plant developmental transitions
  • application of “memory effects” to prepare plants to future climates

Current Lab Members

  • Oscar Nunez, PhD Student
  • Michael Yankov, MSc

Become a Lab Member

Bright, interested and enthusiastic minds are always welcome at the Braeutigam Lab. Please contact Dr. Braeutigam directly to see what is possible (katharina.braeutigam@utoronto.ca).

Recent Publications

For a complete list of publications, visit Dr. Braeutigam's Research Gate page.

  • Cronk, Q., Soolanayakanahally, R., & Bräutigam, K. (2020). Gene expression trajectories during male and female reproductive development in balsam poplar (Populus balsamifera L.). Scientific Reports, 10, Article 64938. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64938-w
  • Müller, N. A., Kersten, B., Leite Montalvão, A. P., Mähler, N., Bernhardsson, C., Bräutigam, K., Carracedo Lorenzo, Z., Hoenicka, H., Kumar, V., Mader, M., Pakull, B., Robinson, K. M., Sabatti, M., Vettori, C., Ingvarsson, P. K., Cronk, Q., Street, N. R., & Fladung, M. (2020). A single gene underlies the dynamic evolution of poplar sex determination. Nature Plants, 6(6), 630–637. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0672-9
  • Chang, C. Y., Bräutigam, K., Hüner, N. P. A., & Ensminger, I. (2020). Champions of winter survival: Cold acclimation and molecular regulation of cold hardiness in evergreen conifers. New Phytologist, 228(1), 54–65. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16904
  • Bräutigam, K., & Cronk, Q. (2018). DNA methylation and the evolution of developmental complexity in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 1447. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01447
  • Bräutigam, K., Soolanayakanahally, R., Champigny, M., Mansfield, S., Douglas, C., Campbell, M. M., & Cronk, Q. (2017). Sexual epigenetics: Gender-specific methylation of a gene in the sex determining region of Populus balsamifera. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 45388. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep45388
  • Tsai, A. Y., Chan, K., Ho, C. Y., Canam, T., Capron, R., Master, E. R., & Bräutigam, K. (2017). Transgenic expression of fungal accessory hemicellulases in Arabidopsis thaliana triggers transcriptional patterns related to biotic stress and defense response. PLOS ONE, 12(2), e0173094. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173094