Methods & Techniques: 2D and 3D visualization of herbaceous plant–plant contact zones using high-resolution X-ray computed tomography

Hildah K. Kithinji, et al. Parasitic Plant Evolution (Wicke lab)

Societal Impact Statement also available in Swahili.

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Wiley Plant Science

New lab toys:

These ones from ⁦Leica Camera AG⁩ have lenses so powerful they can see through lies and tricks of a cereal killer!

The Early Dodder Gets the Host: Decoding the Coiling Patterns of Cuscuta campestris with Automated Image Processing biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

📦Trying out the new PhyloshapeR package (by Ignacio Ramos Gutiérrez)
🥳Amazing tool, easy to use, cool outputs!
🗺️Here the species of my thesis (tropical woody plants) in the shape of South America!

Making genome editing a success story in Africa. The status of genome-editing regulatory practices and discussions in African countries are diverse. Only South Africa is a contrarian that currently regulates all genome-editing products as GMOs.
nature.com/articles/s4158…

I am truly honored to receive this award at the AGBT AGBT Meeting conference! I'm grateful for the constant support from my mentor, Prof. Giles Oldroyd Giles E D Oldroyd (he/they) 🏳️‍🌈, the incredible teams at Cancer Research Centre UK Cambridge & 10x Genomics, and our funders ENSA & Gates Ag One.🌱🔬

I used to think the tree was just beautiful. Little did I know this was a parasite growing on the tree.

⁦Jonne Rodenburg⁩ would be proud. Because he taught me everything about Striga field work. He just does not know that he taught me.. 😉

⁦Jonne Rodenburg⁩ would be proud of me. Because ⁦Jonne Rodenburg⁩ taught me everything I know about Striga field work.

But I don’t suppose he knows that.

It is a good time to plant✌🏽

Our story of how microbes protect sorghum from Striga is out! cell.com/cell-reports/f…
Excited to see what developments the second phase of this project will bring.
And at UU_Plants we're getting into full speed to study how microbes reshape root cells and stress resilience

Finally out! Well done Sachiko and co! Uncovering microbiomes of the rice phyllosphere using long-read metagenomic sequencing disq.us/t/4nmque2

Join us in celebrating the winner of the Black in Plant Science Research Excellence Award 🎉Bernice Waweru 🎉
Bernice has a long track record of excellent research and commitment to social equity, diversity and inclusion.

🎊CONGRATULATIONS!🎊

How to Make Genome Editing a Success Story in Africa, in Nature Biotechnology with Thomas Auer Fredros Okumu LSTM Vector Biology LSTM Lizette CRID-Cam Lily Paemka USTTB url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/bEjFCng0kUlA…

Sharing this beautiful correspondence done in collaboration with among others ⁦Hussein Abkallo, Ph.D.⁩ ⁦Leena Tripathi⁩

We present some thoughts about how to make genome editing a success story in Africa

⁦ISAAA_AfriCenter⁩ nature.com/articles/s4158…

Making genome editing a success story in Africa | Nature Biotechnology: Abkallo, H.M., Arbuthnot, P., Auer, T.O. et al. Nat Biotechnol (2024).
doi.org/10.1038/s41587…

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I have been to Norwich The Sainsbury Laboratory

Best place to learn about plants and microbes.

And to meet Jonathan D G Jones and Sophien Kamoun

And ran faster than Sophien Kamoun 😂