Tore Brembu
About
Biomineralization, the formation of complex inorganic structures by organisms, is a widely distributed process in nature. One of the most spectacular examples of biomineralization is the diatom cell wall (frustule), which is a three-dimensional silica structure with intricate, species-specific patterns ranging from nano- to micrometer scale. While a number of proteins have been identified that take part in the deposition and patterning of silica within a specialized compartment (the silica deposition vesicle, SDV), the process as a whole is poorly understood. There is extensive interaction between the inside of the SDV and cytosolic factors such as the cytoskeleton, but the mechanisms of these interactions are unknown. We have established gene editing in the biomineralization model diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana and are currently performing funtional studies of genes involved in biomineralization.
I am starting a new project which aims to combine biotechnology and nanophotonics to obtain tailored biological based photonic crystals. This project is based on the recent finding that diatoms form high-quality photonic crystals in their cell wall, with highly reproducible photonic properties in the visible spectral range. Thus, diatoms have potential to act as a platform for producing highly cost-effective, environmentally friendly and natural photonic crystals for a wide range of applications.
Publications
2020
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Osuna-Cruz, Cristina Maria;
Bilcke, Gust;
Vancaester, Emmelien;
De Decker, Sam;
Bones, Atle M.;
Winge, Per.
(2020)
The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms.
Nature Communications
Academic article
2019
-
Sharma, Amit Kumar;
Mühlroth, Alice;
Jouhet, Juliette;
Maréchal, Eric;
Alipanah, Leila;
Kissen, Ralph.
(2019)
The Myb like transcription factor Phosphorus Starvation Response (PtPSR) controls conditional P acquisition and remodeling in marine microalgae.
New Phytologist
Academic article
-
Najafi, Javad;
Brembu, Tore;
Vie, Ane Kjersti;
Viste, Rannveig;
Winge, Per;
Somssich, Imre.
(2019)
PAMP-INDUCED SECRETED PEPTIDE 3 modulates immunity
in Arabidopsis.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
2018
-
Alipanah, Leila;
Winge, Per;
Rohloff, Jens;
Najafi, Javad;
Brembu, Tore;
Bones, Atle M..
(2018)
Molecular adaptations to phosphorus deprivation and comparison with nitrogen deprivation responses in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
2017
-
Brembu, Tore;
Mühlroth, Alice;
Alipanah, Leila;
Bones, Atle M..
(2017)
The effects of phosphorus limitation on carbon metabolism in diatoms.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Academic literature review
-
Brembu, Tore;
Chauton, Matilde Skogen;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M.;
Vadstein, Olav.
(2017)
Dynamic responses to silicon in Thalasiossira pseudonana - Identification, characterisation and classification of signature genes and their corresponding protein motifs.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Vie, Ane Kjersti;
Najafi, Javad;
Winge, Per;
Cattan, Ester;
Wrzaczek, Michael;
Kangasjärvi, Jakko.
(2017)
The IDA-LIKE peptides IDL6 and IDL7 are negative modulators of stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
2016
-
Moeys, Sara;
Frenkel, Johannes;
Lembke, Christian;
Gillard, Jeroen;
Devos, Valerie;
Van den Berge, Koen .
(2016)
A sex-inducing pheromone triggers cell cycle arrest and mate attraction in the diatom Seminavis robusta.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
2015
-
Vie, Ane Kjersti;
Najafi, Javad;
Liu, Bin;
Winge, Per;
Butenko, Melinka Alonso;
Hornslien, Karina Stensland.
(2015)
The IDA/IDA-LIKE and PIP/PIP-LIKE gene families in Arabidopsis: Phylogenetic relationship, expression patterns, and transcriptional effect of the PIPL3 peptide.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
-
Alipanah, Leila;
Rohloff, Jens;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M.;
Brembu, Tore.
(2015)
Whole cell response to nitrogen depletion in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
2014
-
Valle, Kristin Collier;
Nymark, Marianne;
Aamot, Inga;
Hancke, Kasper;
Winge, Per;
Andresen, Kjersti.
(2014)
System responses to equal doses of photosynthetically usable radiation of blue, green, and red light in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Tooming-Klunderud, Ave ;
Nederbragt, Alexander Johan;
Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd;
Bones, Atle M..
(2014)
The chloroplast genome of the diatom Seminavis robusta: New features introduced through multiple mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer.
Marine Genomics
Academic article
2013
-
Nymark, Marianne;
Valle, Kristin Collier;
Hancke, Kasper;
Winge, Per;
Andresen, Kjersti;
Johnsen, Geir.
(2013)
Molecular and photosynthetic responses to prolonged darkness and subsequent acclimation to re-illumination in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Chauton, Matilde Skogen;
Winge, Per;
Brembu, Tore;
Vadstein, Olav;
Bones, Atle M..
(2013)
Gene regulation of carbon fixation, storage, and utilization in the diatom phaeodactylum tricornutum acclimated to light/dark cycles.
Plant Physiology
Academic article
-
Liu, Bin;
Butenko, Melinka Alonso;
Shi, Chunlin;
Bolivar, Jenny;
Winge, Per;
Stenvik, Grethe-Elisabeth.
(2013)
NEVERSHED and INFLORESCENCE DEFICIENT IN ABSCISSION are differentially required for cell expansion and cell separation during floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
2011
-
Brembu, Tore;
Jørstad, Margrethe;
Winge, Per;
Valle, Kristin Collier;
Bones, Atle M..
(2011)
Genome-wide profiling of responses to cadmium in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Sørmo, Christopher Gravningen;
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M..
(2011)
Arabidopsis thaliana MIRO1 and MIRO2 GTPases Are Unequally Redundant in Pollen Tube Growth and Fusion of Polar Nuclei during Female Gametogenesis.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
2009
-
Nymark, Marianne;
Valle, Kristin Collier;
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Hancke, Kasper;
Andresen, Kjersti.
(2009)
An integrated analysis of molecular acclimation to high light in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Butenko, M;
Vie, Ane Kjersti;
Brembu, Tore;
Aalen, RB;
Bones, Atle M..
(2009)
Plant peptides in signalling: looking for new partners.
Trends in Plant Science
Academic literature review
2006
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M.;
Yang, Zhenbiao.
(2006)
A RHOse by any other name: a comparative analysis of animal and plant Rho GTPases.
Cell Research
Academic literature review
-
Sørmo, Christopher;
Leiros, Ingar;
Brembu, T.;
Winge, Per;
Os, vibeke;
Bones, Atle M.
(2006)
The crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana RAC7/ROP9: The first RAS superfamily GTPase from the plant kingdom.
Phytochemistry
Academic article
2005
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M..
(2005)
Catching the WAVEs of plant actin regulation.
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
Academic literature review
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M..
(2005)
The small GTPase AtRAC2/ROP7 is specifically expressed during late stages of xylem differentiation in Arabidopsis.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
2004
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Seem, Martin;
Bones, Atle M..
(2004)
NAPP and PIRP encode subunits of a putative WAVE regulatory protein complex involved in plant cell morphogenesis.
The Plant Cell
Academic article
2000
-
Winge, Per;
Brembu, Tore;
Kristensen, Ralf;
Bones, Atle M..
(2000)
Genetic structure and evolution of Rac-GTPases in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Genetics
Academic article
1997
-
Winge, Per;
Brembu, Tore;
Bones, Atle M..
(1997)
Cloning and characterization of rac-like cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant Molecular Biology
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Osuna-Cruz, Cristina Maria;
Bilcke, Gust;
Vancaester, Emmelien;
De Decker, Sam;
Bones, Atle M.;
Winge, Per.
(2020)
The Seminavis robusta genome provides insights into the evolutionary adaptations of benthic diatoms.
Nature Communications
Academic article
-
Sharma, Amit Kumar;
Mühlroth, Alice;
Jouhet, Juliette;
Maréchal, Eric;
Alipanah, Leila;
Kissen, Ralph.
(2019)
The Myb like transcription factor Phosphorus Starvation Response (PtPSR) controls conditional P acquisition and remodeling in marine microalgae.
New Phytologist
Academic article
-
Najafi, Javad;
Brembu, Tore;
Vie, Ane Kjersti;
Viste, Rannveig;
Winge, Per;
Somssich, Imre.
(2019)
PAMP-INDUCED SECRETED PEPTIDE 3 modulates immunity
in Arabidopsis.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
-
Alipanah, Leila;
Winge, Per;
Rohloff, Jens;
Najafi, Javad;
Brembu, Tore;
Bones, Atle M..
(2018)
Molecular adaptations to phosphorus deprivation and comparison with nitrogen deprivation responses in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Brembu, Tore;
Mühlroth, Alice;
Alipanah, Leila;
Bones, Atle M..
(2017)
The effects of phosphorus limitation on carbon metabolism in diatoms.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences
Academic literature review
-
Brembu, Tore;
Chauton, Matilde Skogen;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M.;
Vadstein, Olav.
(2017)
Dynamic responses to silicon in Thalasiossira pseudonana - Identification, characterisation and classification of signature genes and their corresponding protein motifs.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Vie, Ane Kjersti;
Najafi, Javad;
Winge, Per;
Cattan, Ester;
Wrzaczek, Michael;
Kangasjärvi, Jakko.
(2017)
The IDA-LIKE peptides IDL6 and IDL7 are negative modulators of stress responses in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
-
Moeys, Sara;
Frenkel, Johannes;
Lembke, Christian;
Gillard, Jeroen;
Devos, Valerie;
Van den Berge, Koen .
(2016)
A sex-inducing pheromone triggers cell cycle arrest and mate attraction in the diatom Seminavis robusta.
Scientific Reports
Academic article
-
Vie, Ane Kjersti;
Najafi, Javad;
Liu, Bin;
Winge, Per;
Butenko, Melinka Alonso;
Hornslien, Karina Stensland.
(2015)
The IDA/IDA-LIKE and PIP/PIP-LIKE gene families in Arabidopsis: Phylogenetic relationship, expression patterns, and transcriptional effect of the PIPL3 peptide.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
-
Alipanah, Leila;
Rohloff, Jens;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M.;
Brembu, Tore.
(2015)
Whole cell response to nitrogen depletion in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
-
Valle, Kristin Collier;
Nymark, Marianne;
Aamot, Inga;
Hancke, Kasper;
Winge, Per;
Andresen, Kjersti.
(2014)
System responses to equal doses of photosynthetically usable radiation of blue, green, and red light in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Tooming-Klunderud, Ave ;
Nederbragt, Alexander Johan;
Jakobsen, Kjetill Sigurd;
Bones, Atle M..
(2014)
The chloroplast genome of the diatom Seminavis robusta: New features introduced through multiple mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer.
Marine Genomics
Academic article
-
Nymark, Marianne;
Valle, Kristin Collier;
Hancke, Kasper;
Winge, Per;
Andresen, Kjersti;
Johnsen, Geir.
(2013)
Molecular and photosynthetic responses to prolonged darkness and subsequent acclimation to re-illumination in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Chauton, Matilde Skogen;
Winge, Per;
Brembu, Tore;
Vadstein, Olav;
Bones, Atle M..
(2013)
Gene regulation of carbon fixation, storage, and utilization in the diatom phaeodactylum tricornutum acclimated to light/dark cycles.
Plant Physiology
Academic article
-
Liu, Bin;
Butenko, Melinka Alonso;
Shi, Chunlin;
Bolivar, Jenny;
Winge, Per;
Stenvik, Grethe-Elisabeth.
(2013)
NEVERSHED and INFLORESCENCE DEFICIENT IN ABSCISSION are differentially required for cell expansion and cell separation during floral organ abscission in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
-
Brembu, Tore;
Jørstad, Margrethe;
Winge, Per;
Valle, Kristin Collier;
Bones, Atle M..
(2011)
Genome-wide profiling of responses to cadmium in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
Environmental Science and Technology
Academic article
-
Sørmo, Christopher Gravningen;
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M..
(2011)
Arabidopsis thaliana MIRO1 and MIRO2 GTPases Are Unequally Redundant in Pollen Tube Growth and Fusion of Polar Nuclei during Female Gametogenesis.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Nymark, Marianne;
Valle, Kristin Collier;
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Hancke, Kasper;
Andresen, Kjersti.
(2009)
An integrated analysis of molecular acclimation to high light in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
PLOS ONE
Academic article
-
Butenko, M;
Vie, Ane Kjersti;
Brembu, Tore;
Aalen, RB;
Bones, Atle M..
(2009)
Plant peptides in signalling: looking for new partners.
Trends in Plant Science
Academic literature review
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M.;
Yang, Zhenbiao.
(2006)
A RHOse by any other name: a comparative analysis of animal and plant Rho GTPases.
Cell Research
Academic literature review
-
Sørmo, Christopher;
Leiros, Ingar;
Brembu, T.;
Winge, Per;
Os, vibeke;
Bones, Atle M.
(2006)
The crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana RAC7/ROP9: The first RAS superfamily GTPase from the plant kingdom.
Phytochemistry
Academic article
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M..
(2005)
Catching the WAVEs of plant actin regulation.
Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
Academic literature review
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Bones, Atle M..
(2005)
The small GTPase AtRAC2/ROP7 is specifically expressed during late stages of xylem differentiation in Arabidopsis.
Journal of Experimental Botany
Academic article
-
Brembu, Tore;
Winge, Per;
Seem, Martin;
Bones, Atle M..
(2004)
NAPP and PIRP encode subunits of a putative WAVE regulatory protein complex involved in plant cell morphogenesis.
The Plant Cell
Academic article
-
Winge, Per;
Brembu, Tore;
Kristensen, Ralf;
Bones, Atle M..
(2000)
Genetic structure and evolution of Rac-GTPases in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Genetics
Academic article
-
Winge, Per;
Brembu, Tore;
Bones, Atle M..
(1997)
Cloning and characterization of rac-like cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plant Molecular Biology
Academic article