Lukáš Fischer

The paper shows that DNA repair pathway choice in cells depends on division status, not taxonomy, revealing a previously overlooked 5' Complementarity-Mediated End Joining (5CMEJ) pathway in non-dividing cells.

This study knocks out the BEL5 gene in tetraploid potato using CRISPR-Cas9, showing delayed tuberization but comparable yields, and develops improved gene editing methodology for polyploid crops.

This paper identifies SPT6L as a conserved AGO-hook protein in the plant RdDM pathway, showing its role in chromatin dynamics and DNA methylation.