Lab NewsHot off the press! December 10, 2012 Christian’s final original research paper as a first author out now. The climax of a fruitful collaboration started more than 8 years ago! Konstantin Tomanov, Christian S. Hardtke, Ruchika Budhiraja, Rebecca Hermkes, George Coupland and Andreas Bachmair (2012): SUMO Conjugating Enzyme with Active Site Mutation Acts as Dominant Negative Inhibitor of SUMO Conjugation in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, in press.