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Daniel Kierzkowski

ResearcherSciences biologiquesUniversité de Montréal

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Daniel Kierzkowski

Researcher

Sciences biologiques

Natural Sciences

Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (6 NSERC, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Plant reproduction Organ patterning Plant biomechanics Plant Development Auxin Arabidopsis thaliana Fruit development Live-imaging

Latest papers

Mechanical conflicts control fruit morphogenesis in Arabidopsis.
Current biology : CB · 2026 · senior author
How to grow a leaf: Generating, maintaining, and modulating flatness.
Current opinion in plant biology · 2026 · senior author
Plant growth and development: Multilayered control of plant development.
Current opinion in plant biology · 2026 · first author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

High speed centrifuge
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$83,360
Understanding the Establishment of Leaf Abaxial-Adaxial Pre-Patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Hormonal control of stamen filament growth
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$200,000

All 9 grants and awards

14 publications.

Mechanical conflicts control fruit morphogenesis in Arabidopsis.

Wang B, Gómez-Felipe A, Bauer A, Fenestre A, Giri A, Smith RS, Kierzkowski D

Current biology : CB2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.08.035 PMID: 42716023

How to grow a leaf: Generating, maintaining, and modulating flatness.

De Carufel A, Branchini E, Timmermans MCP, Kierzkowski D

Current opinion in plant biology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2026.102915 PMID: 42314377

Plant growth and development: Multilayered control of plant development.

Kierzkowski D, Smit M

Current opinion in plant biology2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2026.102898 PMID: 42096913

Mechanical interactions between tissue layers underlie plant morphogenesis.

Silveira SR, Collet L, Haque SM, Lapierre L, Bagniewska-Zadworna A, Smith RS, Gosselin FP, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Kierzkowski D

Nature plants2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41477-025-01944-8 PMID: 40140530

Unravelling the internal connections of plants.

Burian A, Kierzkowski D

The New phytologist2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/nph.19718 PMID: 38548692

Two orthogonal differentiation gradients locally coordinate fruit morphogenesis.

Gómez-Felipe A, Branchini E, Wang B, Marconi M, Bertrand-Rakusová H, Stan T, Burkiewicz J, de Folter S, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Wabnik K, Kierzkowski D

Nature communications2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47325-1 PMID: 38575617

Using positional information to provide context for biological image analysis with MorphoGraphX 2.0.

Strauss S, Runions A, Lane B, Eschweiler D, Bajpai N, Trozzi N, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Yoshida S, Rodrigues da Silveira S, Vijayan A, Tofanelli R, Majda M, Echevin E, Le Gloanec C, Bertrand-Rakusova H, Adibi M, Schneitz K, Bassel GW, Kierzkowski D, Stegmaier J, Tsiantis M, Smith RS

eLife2022

DOI: 10.7554/elife.72601 PMID: 35510843

The Relationship between AGAMOUS and Cytokinin Signaling in the Establishment of Carpeloid Features.

Gómez-Felipe A, Kierzkowski D, de Folter S

Plants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

DOI: 10.3390/plants10050827 PMID: 33919177

Mechanochemical feedback mediates tissue bending required for seedling emergence.

Jonsson K, Lathe RS, Kierzkowski D, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Hamant O, Bhalerao RP

Current biology : CB2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.016 PMID: 33417884

Interplay between Cell Wall and Auxin Mediates the Control of Differential Cell Elongation during Apical Hook Development.

Aryal B, Jonsson K, Baral A, Sancho-Andres G, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Kierzkowski D, Bhalerao RP

Current biology : CB2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.055 PMID: 32197084

High speed centrifuge

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Morse, David

Keywords: Cells; Centrifugation; Organelles; Proteins

$83,360

Understanding the Establishment of Leaf Abaxial-Adaxial Pre-Patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Kierzkowski, Daniel D

Keywords: Abaxial-Adaxial symmetry; Arabidopsis thaliana; Axillary bud; Cell divisions; Confocal time-lapse imaging; Growth tracking; Leaf development; Organ patterning; Plant Development; Shoot apical meristem

$25,000

Hormonal control of stamen filament growth

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Kierzkowski, Daniel D

Keywords: auxin; jasmonate; life-imaging; organogenesis; plant development; plant reproduction; stamen

$200,000

Making a seed pod that can shatter: the role of mechanics in valve margin development in Brassica fruits

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Kierzkowski, Daniel D

Keywords: fruit development; live-imaging; matemetical modelling; organ patterning; plant biomechanics; plant growth; plant reproduction; pod-shattering

$135,000

How do nectaries form in Arabidopsis flowers?

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Kierzkowski, Daniel D

$25,000

Electron microscopy analysis of (nano)materials with environmental, biological and industrial importance

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Masson, Jean-François

$150,000

Integrated understanding of organogenesis in plants

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Kierzkowski, Daniel

$12,500

Integrated understanding of organogenesis in plants

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kierzkowski, Daniel

Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana; Biomechanics; Differentiation; Flower; Growth analysis; Microscopy; Morphogenesis; Organ patterning; Time-lapse imaging

$228,000

Towards resilient flowers in a changing environment: How plants regulate the growth of their male organs?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Kierzkowski, Daniel

Keywords: stamen development; plant morphogenesis; plant reproduction;growth tracking; image analysis; Mechanical modelling; plant biomechanics; Arabidopsis thaliana; auxin; environmental stress

$273,310

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Daniel Kierzkowski

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Mechanical conflicts control fruit morphogenesis in Arabidopsis.

How to grow a leaf: Generating, maintaining, and modulating flatness.

Plant growth and development: Multilayered control of plant development.

Mechanical interactions between tissue layers underlie plant morphogenesis.

Unravelling the internal connections of plants.

Two orthogonal differentiation gradients locally coordinate fruit morphogenesis.

Using positional information to provide context for biological image analysis with MorphoGraphX 2.0.

The Relationship between AGAMOUS and Cytokinin Signaling in the Establishment of Carpeloid Features.

Mechanochemical feedback mediates tissue bending required for seedling emergence.

Interplay between Cell Wall and Auxin Mediates the Control of Differential Cell Elongation during Apical Hook Development.

High speed centrifuge

Understanding the Establishment of Leaf Abaxial-Adaxial Pre-Patterning in Arabidopsis thaliana

Hormonal control of stamen filament growth

Making a seed pod that can shatter: the role of mechanics in valve margin development in Brassica fruits

How do nectaries form in Arabidopsis flowers?

Electron microscopy analysis of (nano)materials with environmental, biological and industrial importance

Integrated understanding of organogenesis in plants

Integrated understanding of organogenesis in plants

Towards resilient flowers in a changing environment: How plants regulate the growth of their male organs?

Frequent collaborators

Anne-Lise Routier-Kierzkowska