Dr Eirini Kaiserli

  • Senior Lecturer (Molecular Biosciences)

telephone: 01413308644
email: Eirini.Kaiserli@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

Bower Building, Office 419, Lab 421, Molecular Biosciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591

Biography

Eirini’s interest in biology led her from the island of Kos, Greece to the UK. She obtained a degree in Biotechnology (with Work Placement) form the University of Glasgow in 2004. Eirini was introduced to the world of photoreceptor research during her Work Placement at Stanford University (Briggs lab, Carnegie Inst. of Washington), and subsequently completed her PhD in 2008 at the University of Glasgow (Prof. Jenkins lab) investigating the function and localisation of the first genetically encoded UV-B receptor, UVR8. After her PhD., Eirini briefly worked on phototropin research and was involved in developing the plant blue-light sensory LOV domain into a fluorescent marker at the lab of Prof. Christie (University of Glasgow). In 2009, Eirini was awarded a Human Frontiers Science Program postdoctoral fellowship to join the Chory lab at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California), where she studied the function of a novel signalling component integrating light, hormone and clock networks to promote plant growth. In 2013, Eirini received a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellowship to establish her own lab at the University of Glasgow. The focus of her research is to understand how environmental stimuli induce changes in nuclear architecture, chromatin organisation and gene expression to regulate plant growth and development. In particular, she is interested in elucidating the molecular function, composition and physiological significance of the light-regulated nuclear body complexes in plants using a multi-disciplinary approach. 

Research interests

  • Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of gene expression by light
  • Photomorphogenesis and photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis
  • Light-induced changes in nuclear architecture
  • Photobody structure and function

Research interests - further information

Postdoctoral research staff Students Technical staff

Dr Giorgio Perrella

Mhairi Davidson (PhD)
WeiWei Fang (PhD)
Elisa Velluntini (PhD)
Anna Zioutopoulou (PhD)
Alexander McLeod (MSc)
Jack Bunyan (BSc Hons)
Jessica Reynolds (BSc Hons)

 Liz O’ Donnell

Kaiserli Lab alumni

  • Nolwenn Mouniee (PGR) 2014, Internship student, University Clairmont-Ferrant, France
  • Jennifer Hall (UG) 2014, Wellcome Trust Summer Studentship, University of Glasgow
  • Katalin Paldi (PGR) 2014-15, M.Res Plant Science, University of Glasgow, current position: PhD student at GMI, Vienna
  • Jonna Aitta (UG) 2014-15, MCB Honours Project, University of Glasgow
  • Egle Begaite (UG) 2014-15 Dobbie Smith Awardee, University of Glasgow
  • Matthew Habasque (UG) 2015, Summer Internship, University of Glasgow
  • Alice Robustelli-Test (PGR) 2015, Erasmus +, University of Milan
  • Rosa Maria Castillo Bravo (PGR) 2015-16, Erasmus +, University of Seville, Current position: PhD student at the University of Galway, Ireland
  • Adam Gauley (UG) 2015-16, MCB Honours Project, University of Glasgow, Current position: PhD student at JIC, Norwich
  • Giovanni Giuriani (UG) 2016, Summer Internship, University of Glasgow
  • Dr Vanesa Tossi (EMBO short-term PDRA fellowship) 2016, Current position: Lecturer at the University of Mar del Plata, Argentina
  • Silviya Dimova (UG) 2016-17, Genetics Honours Project, University of Glasgow
  • Jennifer Fleming (UG) 2016-17, Genetics Honours Project, University of Glasgow
  • Justin Joseph (PGT) 2016-17, MRes Biomedical Sciences, University of Glasgow
  • Mihail Peychev (PGT) 2016-17, MRes Biomedical Sciences, University of Glasgow
  • Gabriela Krawiec (UG), Lab volunteer, 2016-17, University of Glasgow
  • Tajra Lulo (UG), Summer Visiting Internship, 2017, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia
  • Catriona MacIntosh (UG), Summer Internship, 2017, Genetics, University of Glasgow
  • Elisa Vellutini (PGR) 2017-18, Erasmus +, University of Pisa, IT
  • Maisoun Alalami (UG), 2017-18, Genetics Honours Project, University of Glasgow
  • Michalis Giovanakis (UG), 2017-2018, Erasmus +, University of Crete, GR
  • Anna Zioutopoulou (PGR), 2017
  • William MacIntosh-Smith (2018 MRes Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 45.

2025

Chopra, P. et al. (2025) Priming thermotolerance: unlocking heat resilience for climate-smart crops. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 380(1927), 20240234. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0234) (PMID:40439313)

Perrella, Giorgio, Vellutini, Elisa, Beveridge, Allan, Hamilton, Graham, Herzyk, Pawel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-292X and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2025) TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 integrates light signaling and flowering regulatory pathways at the chromatin level. New Phytologist, (doi: 10.1111/nph.70213) (Early Online Publication)

Robustelli Test, A. et al. (2025) Abscisic acid and GIGANTEA signalling converge to regulate the recruitment of CONSTANS to the FT promoter and activate floral transition. Journal of Experimental Botany, (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf199) (PMID:40351097) (Early Online Publication)

Osborne, R. et al. (2025) VRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signalling to coordinate growth in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell, (doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.03.001) (PMID:40147448) (In Press)

RECROP COST ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2025) Integrative approaches to enhance reproductive resilience of crops for climate-proof agriculture. Plant Stress, 15, 100704. (doi: 10.1016/j.stress.2024.100704)

Xu, Tianyuan, Patitaki, Eirini, Zioutopoulou, Anna and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2025) Light and high temperatures control epigenomic and epitranscriptomic events in Arabidopsis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 83, 102668. (doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102668) (PMID:39586185)

2024

Feng, Ziyi, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Xu, Tianyuan, Li, Jigang and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2024) TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 a multifaceted integrator of light signaling. Trends in Plant Science, (doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.014) (PMID:39701906) (Early Online Publication)

2023

Quint, M. et al. (2023) 25 years of thermomorphogenesis research: milestones and perspectives. Trends in Plant Science, 28(10), pp. 1089-1100. (doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.07.001) (PMID:37574427)

Gallusci, Philippe, Agius, Dolores R., Moschou, Panagiotis N., Dobránszki, Judit, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and Martinelli, Federico (2023) Deep inside the epigenetic memories of stressed plants. Trends in Plant Science, 28(2), pp. 142-153. (doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.09.004) (PMID:36404175)

2022

Lieberman-Lazarovich, Michal, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Bucher, Etienne and Mladenov, Velimir (2022) Natural and induced epigenetic variation for crop improvement. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 70, 102297. (doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102297) (PMID:36108411)

Patitaki, Eirini, Schivre, Geoffrey, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Perrella, Giorgio, Bourbousse, Clara, Barneche, Fredy and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2022) Light, chromatin, action: nuclear events regulating light signaling in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 236(2), pp. 333-349. (doi: 10.1111/nph.18424) (PMID:35949052) (PMCID:PMC9826491)

Fang, Weiwei, Vellutini, Elisa, Perrella, Giorgio and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2022) TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 regulates phytochrome B abundance and signaling to fine-tune hypocotyl growth. Plant Cell, 34(11), pp. 4213-4231. (doi: 10.1093/plcell/koac236) (PMID:35929801) (PMCID:PMC9614508)

Zioutopoulou, Anna, Patitaki, Eirini, O'Donnell, Liz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-3879 and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2022) Low fluence ultraviolet-B promotes ultraviolet resistance 8-modulated flowering in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 840720. (doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.840720) (PMID:35432431) (PMCID:PMC9009151)

Guarino, F. et al. (2022) An epigenetic alphabet of crop adaptation to climate change. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, 818727. (doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.818727) (PMID:35251130) (PMCID:PMC8888914)

2021

Zioutopoulou, Anna, Patitaki, Eirini, Xu, Tianyuan and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2021) The epigenetic mechanisms underlying thermomorphogenesis and heat stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plants, 10(11), 2439. (doi: 10.3390/plants10112439)

Kakoulidou, I. et al. (2021) Epigenetics for crop improvement in times of global change. Biology, 10(8), 766. (doi: 10.3390/biology10080766)

Mladenov, V. et al. (2021) Deciphering the epigenetic alphabet involved in transgenerational stress memory in crops. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(13), 7118. (doi: 10.3390/ijms22137118)

Diamantopoulou, Christina, Christoforou, Eleni, Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Czyzewski, Jakub, Mirzai, Nosrat and Spatharis, Sofie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-9821 (2021) Wavelength-dependent effects of artificial light at night on phytoplankton growth and community structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 288(1953), 20210525. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0525) (PMID:34157871)

Perrella, Giorgio, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Hamilton, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-5423 and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2021) Photobody detection using immunofluorescence and super-resolution imaging in Arabidopsis. In: Yin, Ruohe, Li, Ling and Zuo, Kaijing (eds.) Plant Photomorphogenesis: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in molecular biology (2297). Humana: New York, NY, pp. 7-19. ISBN 9781071613696 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1370-2_2)

2020

Parry, G. et al. (2020) How to build an effective research network: lessons from two decades of the GARNet plant science community. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(22), pp. 6881-6889. (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa397) (PMID:32898228) (PMCID:PMC7906777)

Inoue, S.‐I. et al. (2020) CIPK23 regulates blue light-dependent stomatal opening in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal, 104(3), pp. 679-692. (doi: 10.1111/tpj.14955) (PMID:32780529)

de Rooij, Peter G.H., Perrella, Giorgio, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and van Zanten, Martijn (2020) The diverse and unanticipated roles of Histone deacetylase 9 in coordinating plant development and environmental acclimation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(20), pp. 6211-6225. (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa335) (PMID:32687569) (PMCID:PMC7586748)

Perrella, Giorgio, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Headland, Lauren R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-0806 and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2020) The impact of light and temperature on chromatin organisation and plant adaptation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(17), pp. 5247-5255. (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa154) (PMID:32215554)

Perrella, Giorgio, Vellutini, Elisa, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Patitaki, Eirini, Headland, Lauren R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-0806 and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2020) Let it bloom: crosstalk between light and flowering signalling in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum, 169(3), pp. 301-311. (doi: 10.1111/ppl.13073) (PMID:32053223) (PMCID:PMC7383826)

2019

van der Woude, L. C. et al. (2019) HISTONE DEACETYLASE 9 stimulates auxin-dependent thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by mediating H2A.Z depletion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(50), pp. 25343-25354. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911694116) (PMID:31767749) (PMCID:PMC6911240)

Caceres, Carlos, Spatharis, Sofia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-9821, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Smeti, Evangelina, Flowers, Hugh and Bonachela, Juan A. (2019) Temporal phosphate gradients reveal diverse acclimation responses in phytoplankton phosphate uptake. ISME Journal, 13(11), pp. 2834-2845. (doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0473-1) (PMID:31350454)

2018

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Perrella, Giorgio and Davidson, Mhairi L.H. (2018) Light and temperature shape nuclear architecture and gene expression. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 45(Part A), pp. 103-111. (doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.05.018) (PMID:29909288) (PMCID:PMC6250907)

Perrella, Giorgio, Davidson, Mhairi L.H., O'Donnell, Liz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-3879, Nastase, Ana-Maria, Herzyk, Pawel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-292X, Breton, Ghislain, Pruneda-Paz, Jose L., Kay, Steve A., Chory, Joanne and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2018) ZINC-FINGER interactions mediate transcriptional regulation of hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(19), E4503-E4511. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1718099115) (PMID:29686058) (PMCID:PMC5948964)

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2018) Ultraviolet rays light up transcriptional networks regulating plant growth. Developmental Cell, 44(4), pp. 409-411. (doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.02.005) (PMID:29486191) (PMCID:29486191)

2016

Perrella, Giorgio and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2016) Light behind the curtain: photoregulation of nuclear architecture and chromatin dynamics in plants. New Phytologist, 212(4), pp. 908-919. (doi: 10.1111/nph.14269) (PMID:27813089) (PMCID:PMC5111779)

2015

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Páldi, Katalin, O’Donnell, Liz, Batalov, Olga, Pedmale, Ullas V., Nusinow, Dmitri A., Kay, Steve A. and Chory, Joanne (2015) Integration of light and photoperiodic signaling in transcriptional nuclear foci. Developmental Cell, 35(3), pp. 311-321. (doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.10.008)

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and Chory, Joanne (2015) The role of phytochromes in triggering plant developmental transitions. In: eLS. John Wiley and Sons Ltd. (doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0023714)

2013

Shani, Eilon, Weinstain, Roy, Zhang, Yi, Castillejo, Cristina, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Chory, Joanne, Tsien, Roger Y. and Estelle, Mark (2013) Gibberellins accumulate in the elongating endodermal cells of Arabidopsis root. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(12), pp. 4834-4839. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1300436110)

2012

Cloix, C., Kaiserli, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Heilmann, M., Baxter, K.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8237-9103, Brown, B.A., O'Hara, A., Smith, B.O. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3363-4168, Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 and Jenkins, G.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875 (2012) C-terminal region of the UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 initiates signaling through interaction with the COP1 protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(40), pp. 16366-16370. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1210898109)

2011

Rizzini, L. et al. (2011) Perception of UV-B by the arabidopsis UVR8 protein. Science, 332(6025), pp. 103-106. (doi: 10.1126/science.1200660) (PMID:21454788)

Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055, Kaiserli, E. and Sullivan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855 (2011) Light sensing at the plasma membrane. In: Murphy, A.S. (ed.) The Plant Plasma Membrane. Series: Plant cell monographs. Springer, pp. 423-426. ISBN 9783642134319

Christie, J.M. et al. (2011) phot1 inhibition of ABCB19 primes lateral auxin fluxes in the shoot apex required for phototropism. PLoS Biology, 9(6), e1001076. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001076) (PMID:21666806) (PMCID:PMC3110179)

2010

Sullivan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Kaiserli, E., Tseng, T.-S. and Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2010) Subcellular localization and turnover of Arabidopsis phototropin 1. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 5(2), pp. 184-186. (doi: 10.4161/psb.5.2.11082)

2009

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Sullivan, Stuart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Jones, Matthew A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3943-3968, Feeney, Kevin A. and Christie, John M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2009) Domain swapping to assess the mechanistic basis of Arabidopsis phototropin 1 receptor kinase activation and endocytosis by blue light. Plant Cell, 21(10), pp. 3226-3244. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.109.067876) (PMID:19168662)

Sullivan, Stuart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Thompson, Catriona E., Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and Christie, John M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2009) Interaction specificity of Arabidopsis 14-3-3 proteins with phototropin receptor kinases. FEBS Letters, 583(13), pp. 2187-2193. (doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.06.011) (PMID:19524572)

2008

Chapman, S., Faulkner, C., Kaiserli, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Garcia-Mata, C., Savenkov, E.I., Roberts, A.G., Oparka, K.J. and Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2008) The photoreversible fluorescent protein iLOV outperforms GFP as a reporter of plant virus infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(50), pp. 20038-20043. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0807551105)

2007

Briggs, W.R., Tseng, T.S., Cho, H.Y., Swartz, T.E., Sullivan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Bogomolni, R.O., Kaiserli, E. and Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2007) Phototropins and their LOV domains: Versatile plant blue-light receptors. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49(1), pp. 4-10. (doi: 10.1111/j.1672-9072.2007.00406.x)

Cho, H.-Y., Tseng, T.S., Kaiserli, E., Sullivan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 and Briggs, W.R. (2007) Physiological roles of the light, oxygen, or voltage domains of phototropin 1 and phototropin 2 in Arabidopsis1. Plant Physiology, 143(1), pp. 517-529. (doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089839)

Kaiserli, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and Jenkins, G.I. (2007) UV-B promotes rapid nuclear translocation of the Arabidopsis UV-B-specific signaling component UVR8 and activates its function in the nucleus. Plant Cell, 19, pp. 2662-2673. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.053330) (PMID:17720867)

2005

Brown, Bobby A., Cloix, Catherine, Jiang, Guang Huai, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Herzyk, Pawel, Kliebenstein, Daniel J. and Jenkins, Gareth I. (2005) A UV-B-specific signaling component orchestrates plant UV protection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102, pp. 18225-18230. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0507187102) (PMID:16330762) (PMCID:PMC1312397)

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Articles

Chopra, P. et al. (2025) Priming thermotolerance: unlocking heat resilience for climate-smart crops. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 380(1927), 20240234. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0234) (PMID:40439313)

Perrella, Giorgio, Vellutini, Elisa, Beveridge, Allan, Hamilton, Graham, Herzyk, Pawel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-292X and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2025) TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 integrates light signaling and flowering regulatory pathways at the chromatin level. New Phytologist, (doi: 10.1111/nph.70213) (Early Online Publication)

Robustelli Test, A. et al. (2025) Abscisic acid and GIGANTEA signalling converge to regulate the recruitment of CONSTANS to the FT promoter and activate floral transition. Journal of Experimental Botany, (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf199) (PMID:40351097) (Early Online Publication)

Osborne, R. et al. (2025) VRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signalling to coordinate growth in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell, (doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2025.03.001) (PMID:40147448) (In Press)

RECROP COST ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2025) Integrative approaches to enhance reproductive resilience of crops for climate-proof agriculture. Plant Stress, 15, 100704. (doi: 10.1016/j.stress.2024.100704)

Xu, Tianyuan, Patitaki, Eirini, Zioutopoulou, Anna and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2025) Light and high temperatures control epigenomic and epitranscriptomic events in Arabidopsis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 83, 102668. (doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2024.102668) (PMID:39586185)

Feng, Ziyi, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Xu, Tianyuan, Li, Jigang and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2024) TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 a multifaceted integrator of light signaling. Trends in Plant Science, (doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.014) (PMID:39701906) (Early Online Publication)

Quint, M. et al. (2023) 25 years of thermomorphogenesis research: milestones and perspectives. Trends in Plant Science, 28(10), pp. 1089-1100. (doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.07.001) (PMID:37574427)

Gallusci, Philippe, Agius, Dolores R., Moschou, Panagiotis N., Dobránszki, Judit, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and Martinelli, Federico (2023) Deep inside the epigenetic memories of stressed plants. Trends in Plant Science, 28(2), pp. 142-153. (doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.09.004) (PMID:36404175)

Lieberman-Lazarovich, Michal, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Bucher, Etienne and Mladenov, Velimir (2022) Natural and induced epigenetic variation for crop improvement. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 70, 102297. (doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102297) (PMID:36108411)

Patitaki, Eirini, Schivre, Geoffrey, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Perrella, Giorgio, Bourbousse, Clara, Barneche, Fredy and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2022) Light, chromatin, action: nuclear events regulating light signaling in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 236(2), pp. 333-349. (doi: 10.1111/nph.18424) (PMID:35949052) (PMCID:PMC9826491)

Fang, Weiwei, Vellutini, Elisa, Perrella, Giorgio and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2022) TANDEM ZINC-FINGER/PLUS3 regulates phytochrome B abundance and signaling to fine-tune hypocotyl growth. Plant Cell, 34(11), pp. 4213-4231. (doi: 10.1093/plcell/koac236) (PMID:35929801) (PMCID:PMC9614508)

Zioutopoulou, Anna, Patitaki, Eirini, O'Donnell, Liz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-3879 and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2022) Low fluence ultraviolet-B promotes ultraviolet resistance 8-modulated flowering in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 840720. (doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.840720) (PMID:35432431) (PMCID:PMC9009151)

Guarino, F. et al. (2022) An epigenetic alphabet of crop adaptation to climate change. Frontiers in Genetics, 13, 818727. (doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.818727) (PMID:35251130) (PMCID:PMC8888914)

Zioutopoulou, Anna, Patitaki, Eirini, Xu, Tianyuan and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2021) The epigenetic mechanisms underlying thermomorphogenesis and heat stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plants, 10(11), 2439. (doi: 10.3390/plants10112439)

Kakoulidou, I. et al. (2021) Epigenetics for crop improvement in times of global change. Biology, 10(8), 766. (doi: 10.3390/biology10080766)

Mladenov, V. et al. (2021) Deciphering the epigenetic alphabet involved in transgenerational stress memory in crops. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(13), 7118. (doi: 10.3390/ijms22137118)

Diamantopoulou, Christina, Christoforou, Eleni, Dominoni, Davide M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-9955, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Czyzewski, Jakub, Mirzai, Nosrat and Spatharis, Sofie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-9821 (2021) Wavelength-dependent effects of artificial light at night on phytoplankton growth and community structure. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 288(1953), 20210525. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.0525) (PMID:34157871)

Parry, G. et al. (2020) How to build an effective research network: lessons from two decades of the GARNet plant science community. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(22), pp. 6881-6889. (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa397) (PMID:32898228) (PMCID:PMC7906777)

Inoue, S.‐I. et al. (2020) CIPK23 regulates blue light-dependent stomatal opening in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Journal, 104(3), pp. 679-692. (doi: 10.1111/tpj.14955) (PMID:32780529)

de Rooij, Peter G.H., Perrella, Giorgio, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and van Zanten, Martijn (2020) The diverse and unanticipated roles of Histone deacetylase 9 in coordinating plant development and environmental acclimation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(20), pp. 6211-6225. (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa335) (PMID:32687569) (PMCID:PMC7586748)

Perrella, Giorgio, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Headland, Lauren R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-0806 and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2020) The impact of light and temperature on chromatin organisation and plant adaptation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(17), pp. 5247-5255. (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa154) (PMID:32215554)

Perrella, Giorgio, Vellutini, Elisa, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Patitaki, Eirini, Headland, Lauren R. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-0806 and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2020) Let it bloom: crosstalk between light and flowering signalling in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum, 169(3), pp. 301-311. (doi: 10.1111/ppl.13073) (PMID:32053223) (PMCID:PMC7383826)

van der Woude, L. C. et al. (2019) HISTONE DEACETYLASE 9 stimulates auxin-dependent thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana by mediating H2A.Z depletion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(50), pp. 25343-25354. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911694116) (PMID:31767749) (PMCID:PMC6911240)

Caceres, Carlos, Spatharis, Sofia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-9821, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Smeti, Evangelina, Flowers, Hugh and Bonachela, Juan A. (2019) Temporal phosphate gradients reveal diverse acclimation responses in phytoplankton phosphate uptake. ISME Journal, 13(11), pp. 2834-2845. (doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0473-1) (PMID:31350454)

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Perrella, Giorgio and Davidson, Mhairi L.H. (2018) Light and temperature shape nuclear architecture and gene expression. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 45(Part A), pp. 103-111. (doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2018.05.018) (PMID:29909288) (PMCID:PMC6250907)

Perrella, Giorgio, Davidson, Mhairi L.H., O'Donnell, Liz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-3879, Nastase, Ana-Maria, Herzyk, Pawel ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7439-292X, Breton, Ghislain, Pruneda-Paz, Jose L., Kay, Steve A., Chory, Joanne and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2018) ZINC-FINGER interactions mediate transcriptional regulation of hypocotyl growth in Arabidopsis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(19), E4503-E4511. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1718099115) (PMID:29686058) (PMCID:PMC5948964)

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2018) Ultraviolet rays light up transcriptional networks regulating plant growth. Developmental Cell, 44(4), pp. 409-411. (doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.02.005) (PMID:29486191) (PMCID:29486191)

Perrella, Giorgio and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2016) Light behind the curtain: photoregulation of nuclear architecture and chromatin dynamics in plants. New Phytologist, 212(4), pp. 908-919. (doi: 10.1111/nph.14269) (PMID:27813089) (PMCID:PMC5111779)

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Páldi, Katalin, O’Donnell, Liz, Batalov, Olga, Pedmale, Ullas V., Nusinow, Dmitri A., Kay, Steve A. and Chory, Joanne (2015) Integration of light and photoperiodic signaling in transcriptional nuclear foci. Developmental Cell, 35(3), pp. 311-321. (doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.10.008)

Shani, Eilon, Weinstain, Roy, Zhang, Yi, Castillejo, Cristina, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Chory, Joanne, Tsien, Roger Y. and Estelle, Mark (2013) Gibberellins accumulate in the elongating endodermal cells of Arabidopsis root. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(12), pp. 4834-4839. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1300436110)

Cloix, C., Kaiserli, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Heilmann, M., Baxter, K.J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8237-9103, Brown, B.A., O'Hara, A., Smith, B.O. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3363-4168, Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 and Jenkins, G.I. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-4875 (2012) C-terminal region of the UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 initiates signaling through interaction with the COP1 protein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109(40), pp. 16366-16370. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1210898109)

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Christie, J.M. et al. (2011) phot1 inhibition of ABCB19 primes lateral auxin fluxes in the shoot apex required for phototropism. PLoS Biology, 9(6), e1001076. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001076) (PMID:21666806) (PMCID:PMC3110179)

Sullivan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Kaiserli, E., Tseng, T.-S. and Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2010) Subcellular localization and turnover of Arabidopsis phototropin 1. Plant Signaling and Behavior, 5(2), pp. 184-186. (doi: 10.4161/psb.5.2.11082)

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Sullivan, Stuart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Jones, Matthew A. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3943-3968, Feeney, Kevin A. and Christie, John M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2009) Domain swapping to assess the mechanistic basis of Arabidopsis phototropin 1 receptor kinase activation and endocytosis by blue light. Plant Cell, 21(10), pp. 3226-3244. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.109.067876) (PMID:19168662)

Sullivan, Stuart ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Thompson, Catriona E., Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and Christie, John M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2009) Interaction specificity of Arabidopsis 14-3-3 proteins with phototropin receptor kinases. FEBS Letters, 583(13), pp. 2187-2193. (doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.06.011) (PMID:19524572)

Chapman, S., Faulkner, C., Kaiserli, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Garcia-Mata, C., Savenkov, E.I., Roberts, A.G., Oparka, K.J. and Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2008) The photoreversible fluorescent protein iLOV outperforms GFP as a reporter of plant virus infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(50), pp. 20038-20043. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0807551105)

Briggs, W.R., Tseng, T.S., Cho, H.Y., Swartz, T.E., Sullivan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Bogomolni, R.O., Kaiserli, E. and Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 (2007) Phototropins and their LOV domains: Versatile plant blue-light receptors. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49(1), pp. 4-10. (doi: 10.1111/j.1672-9072.2007.00406.x)

Cho, H.-Y., Tseng, T.S., Kaiserli, E., Sullivan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855, Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055 and Briggs, W.R. (2007) Physiological roles of the light, oxygen, or voltage domains of phototropin 1 and phototropin 2 in Arabidopsis1. Plant Physiology, 143(1), pp. 517-529. (doi: 10.1104/pp.106.089839)

Kaiserli, E. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and Jenkins, G.I. (2007) UV-B promotes rapid nuclear translocation of the Arabidopsis UV-B-specific signaling component UVR8 and activates its function in the nucleus. Plant Cell, 19, pp. 2662-2673. (doi: 10.1105/tpc.107.053330) (PMID:17720867)

Brown, Bobby A., Cloix, Catherine, Jiang, Guang Huai, Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591, Herzyk, Pawel, Kliebenstein, Daniel J. and Jenkins, Gareth I. (2005) A UV-B-specific signaling component orchestrates plant UV protection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102, pp. 18225-18230. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.0507187102) (PMID:16330762) (PMCID:PMC1312397)

Book Sections

Perrella, Giorgio, Zioutopoulou, Anna, Hamilton, Andrew ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1269-5423 and Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 (2021) Photobody detection using immunofluorescence and super-resolution imaging in Arabidopsis. In: Yin, Ruohe, Li, Ling and Zuo, Kaijing (eds.) Plant Photomorphogenesis: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in molecular biology (2297). Humana: New York, NY, pp. 7-19. ISBN 9781071613696 (doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1370-2_2)

Kaiserli, Eirini ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4591 and Chory, Joanne (2015) The role of phytochromes in triggering plant developmental transitions. In: eLS. John Wiley and Sons Ltd. (doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0023714)

Christie, J.M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-0055, Kaiserli, E. and Sullivan, S. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-7855 (2011) Light sensing at the plasma membrane. In: Murphy, A.S. (ed.) The Plant Plasma Membrane. Series: Plant cell monographs. Springer, pp. 423-426. ISBN 9783642134319

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

  • Temperature-Light-Chromatin (TLC) : Environmental signal integration in plant nuclear hubs
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2023 - 2026
     
  • IRGA-Live Clamp: An integrated infrared gas-analysis platform to investigate systemic signalling within the plant canopy
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2022 - 2023
     
  • Transcriptional regulation of plant growth in nuclear microdomains
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
    2016 - 2019
     

Supervision

  • Transcriptional control through novel protein motifs
  • Protein interactions regulating photoperiodic flowering
  • Light-induced nuclear organisation

Teaching

  • Level 4: Core Skills in Molecular and Cell Biology (Option A) - Course Co-ordinator
  • Level 4: Plant Molecular Biology (Option B)
  • Level 4: Genes & Development (Option C)
  • Level 4: Biotechnology (Option C)
  • Level 4: Honours Project Supervisor
  • Level 4: Criticial Review Supervisor
  • Head of College Scholar's Scheme tutor
  • UG Adviser of Studies
  • MSc. Biotechnology, Optogenetics
  • MSc. Biotechnology assessor & project supervisor
  • M.Res. Biomedical Sciences assessor & project supervisor
  • MSc. Food Security assessor & project supervisor
  • PhD MVLS/BBSRC Doctoral Training Programme Transferrable Skills co-organiser
  • PGR progress reviewer and supervisor
  • MVLS Mentor for Early Career Researchers
  • Organiser of the external seminar series (IMCSB), 2015 - present

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2016: Dr. J. Grieve Lectureship in Biochemistry (University of Glasgow, UK)
  • 2015: Best Presentation Award (Third Place) (International Plant Photobiology Meeting, Austin, Texas)

Research fellowships

  • 2013 - 2016: Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Group Leader Fellowship
  • 2012 - 2013: Kirby Foundation at Salk Fellowship
  • 2009 - 2012: Human Frontier Science Program Post-doctoral Fellowship
  • 2004 - 2008: Institute of Biological and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, PhD Studentship
  • 2002 - 2003: Sainsbury Undergraduate Studentship - Pre-doctoral fellowship

Professional & learned societies

  • 2018: Monitoring Editor, Plant Physiology
  • 2017: Member, American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2016: , Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice
  • 2016: Member, Royal Society of Biology
  • 2016: Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Selected international presentations

  • 2018: Invited Seminar Speaker (James Hutton Institute, UK)
  • 2018: Invited Speaker at the Plant Thermomorphogenesis Meeting (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
  • 2018: Keynote Speaker at the Young Researchers Symposium on Plant Photobiology (University of Cologne, Germany)
  • 2018: University of Essex - Invited Seminar Speaker (Essex, England, UK)
  • 2018: International Plant Photobiology Meeting (ISPP 2018) Invited Speaker (Matsue, Japan)
  • 2018: Invited Seminar Speaker (University of Edinburgh, UK)
  • 2018: Carnegie Institution of Washington - Briggs Symposium - Invited Speaker (Stanford, USA)
  • 2017: American Society of Plant Biologists (Hawaii, USA)
  • 2017: John Innes CentreNew Phytologist Next Generation Meeting - Invited Mentor (Norwich, UK)
  • 2016: Plant Science Scotland (Invergowrie, UK)
  • 2016: GARNet (Cardiff University, Wales, UK)
  • 2016: Gordon Research Conference - Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction (Galveston, Texas, USA)
  • 2016: Plant Science Summer School - Invited Tutor (Gatsby Charitable Foundation, York)
  • 2016: Invited Seminar Speaker (University of Dusseldorf, Germany)
  • 2016: Plant Science UK (John Innes Centre, Norfolk, UK)
  • 2015: EMBO Plant Development (Brno, Czeck Republic)
  • 2015: FAPESP - British Council Workshop on "Environmental and metabolic control of plant growth and development" (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
  • 2015: International Plant Photobiology Meeting (Texas, USA)
  • 2014: Gordon Research Conference- Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction (Barga, Italy)
  • 2014: International Photobiology Congress (Cordoba, Argentina)
  • 2014: Frontiers in Plant Research, John Innes Centre (Norwich, UK)