Lachezar Nikolov, Ph.D.


Work Titles
UCLA Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Member, Cell & Developmental Biology GPB Home Area Member, Genetics & Genomics GPB Home Area
Education:
Degrees:
Ph.D., Harvard University
B.A., Harvard University
Fellowship:
Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt – Bayer
Max Planck Gesellschaft, Max Planck Postdoctoral Fellowship
Honors and Awards:
Botanical Society of America, Katherine Esau Award for Structural Botany
Botanical Society of America, Developmental and Structural Section Student Travel Award

Contact Information:

Email Address:

nikolov@ucla.edu


Publications:

A selected list of publications:

Nikolov Lachezar A, Tsiantis Miltos   Using mustard genomes to explore the genetic basis of evolutionary change Current opinion in plant biology, 2017; 36: 119-128.
Gan Xiangchao, Hay Angela, Kwantes Michiel, Haberer Georg, Hallab Asis, Ioio Raffaele Dello, Hofhuis Hugo, Pieper Bjorn, Cartolano Maria, Neumann Ulla, Nikolov Lachezar A, Song Baoxing, Hajheidari Mohsen, Briskine Roman, Kougioumoutzi Evangelia, Vlad Daniela, Broholm Suvi, Hein Jotun, Meksem Khalid, Lightfoot David, Shimizu Kentaro K, Shimizu-Inatsugi Rie, Imprialou Martha, Kudrna David, Wing Rod, Sato Shusei, Huijser Peter, Filatov Dmitry, Mayer Klaus F X, Mott Richard, Tsiantis Miltos   The Cardamine hirsuta genome offers insight into the evolution of morphological diversity Nature plants, 2016; 2(11): 16167.
Nikolov Lachezar A, Tsiantis Miltos   Interspecies Gene Transfer as a Method for Understanding the Genetic Basis for Evolutionary Change: Progress, Pitfalls, and Prospects Frontiers in plant science, 2015; 6(9): 1135.
Nikolov Lachezar A, Tomlinson P B, Manickam Sugumaran, Endress Peter K, Kramer Elena M, Davis Charles C   Holoparasitic Rafflesiaceae possess the most reduced endophytes and yet give rise to the world's largest flowers Annals of botany, 2014; 114(2): 233-42.
Nikolov Lachezar A, Staedler Yannick M, Manickam Sugumaran, Schönenberger Jürg, Endress Peter K, Kramer Elena M, Davis Charles C   Floral structure and development in Rafflesiaceae with emphasis on their exceptional gynoecia American journal of botany, 2014; 101(2): 225-43.
Nikolov Lachezar A, Endress Peter K, Sugumaran M, Sasirat Sawitree, Vessabutr Suyanee, Kramer Elena M, Davis Charles C   Developmental origins of the world's largest flowers, Rafflesiaceae Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013; 110(46): 18578-83.
Zhang Wenheng, Steinmann Victor W, Nikolov Lachezar, Kramer Elena M, Davis Charles C   Divergent genetic mechanisms underlie reversals to radial floral symmetry from diverse zygomorphic flowered ancestors Frontiers in plant science, 2013; 4(46): 302.
Schmalisch Matthias, Maiques Elisa, Nikolov Lachezar, Camp Amy H, Chevreux Bastien, Muffler Andrea, Rodriguez Sabrina, Perkins John, Losick Richard   Small genes under sporulation control in the Bacillus subtilis genome Journal of bacteriology, 2010; 192(20): 5402-12.

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