Super excited to see our paper online Plant Cell Reports! Thanks to all co-authors for their valuable contributions. rdcu.be/dyu60 HapGen Lab Kalika Prasad Sudev Sankar Maruthi Naga Ramesh Bondada Anju P S School of Biology, IISER-Thiruvananthapuram IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Congratulations to the teams of Dr. Ravi Maruthachalam and collaborator Kalika Prasad for their publication in Plant Cell Reports HapGen Lab rdcu.be/dyu60.

When the lab lies amidst greenery, plant exploration is a must do hobby. Some pictures from our recent plant hunt. Nutmeg (𝓜𝔂𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓪 𝓯𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓼), Black pepper (𝓟𝓲𝓹𝓮𝓻 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓻𝓾𝓶) and some shed peacock feathers from our exploration yesterday.

1-step creation of CMS lines using a BoCENH3-based haploid induction system in Brassica rdcu.be/dBEfp Cyto-swapping in maize by haploid induction with a cenh3 mutant rdcu.be/dBEfQ News&Views: Haploids fast-track hybrid plant breeding rdcu.be/dBEgz

Exciting read alert! 📚 Explore the intricate balance between DNA repair, chromatin dynamics, and RNA metabolism in safeguarding plant genomes. This review article is a part of the master thesis work done by Meega Reji nature.com/articles/s4147…

Proud to present our lab members on their graduation day !! Congratulations Rohan , Ritu , Meega and Prabal 🥳🥳🥳

It's no longer Mohit cause it's Dr.Mohit. Hurray!!! Congratulations Mohit Rajabhoj on this special day of your Academic journey 💞🎉💐💐

Retrotransposon addiction promotes centromere function via epigenetically activated small RNAs nature.com/articles/s4147… Nature Plants

Poster's presented : Mariya Joyson and Jacob Gigi Kurian | ജേക്കബ് ജിജി കുര്യൻ presented posters for Rhetor 5.0 organised by Proteus . Mariya presented her work on understanding kinetochore proteins in Arabidopsis. Jacob presented his work on Nutmeg Holocentromere.

HapGen Lab wishes you a happy and prosperous Onam. 🌸🪷💮🏵️🌼🪻Some pics of the pookalam (flower carpet) created by the lab members.