I am really proud to share our study on microbes, Striga and sorghum is now online in Cell Reports! doi.org/10.1016/j.celr… and the press release is here: biology.ucdavis.edu/news/soil-micr… This was an epic effort led by the incredible Dorota Kawa and many more + Harro Bouwmeester

Our latest view on centromeres of fungal pathogens! Thanks to Heitman lab at Duke for the encouragement to write a review for PLOS Pathogens, and Aswathy_N_P, HashimReza to portray how centromeres mediate genome innovations and MML@jncasr for comments and suggestions!

We are hiring! We have a open position for a PostDoc (2+1 years) in our group at the IPMB-Zurich to study epigenetic mechanisms that guide cell fate acquisition during plant embryogenesis. For more info and how to apply here: botinst.uzh.ch/en/aboutus/ope…

🔥Thrilled to announce our recent work🔥 Repeat-based holocentromeres of the woodrush Luzula sylvatica reveal new insights into the evolutionary transition from mono- to holocentricity Now on bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Congrats on great work from Yennifer Mata-Sucre 🇻🇪 Marie Krátká

Very delighted to receive ERC advanced support for our centromere work - we will be advertising positions later this year! Congrats to all successful applicants cam.ac.uk/research/news/…

🔥Our first cover🤩on Nature Plants March issue🔥 read our paper here: nature.com/articles/s4147…

The mysteries of Myristica. We, in collaboration with Prof. Andreas Houben's group Leibniz IPK confirmed the holocentric nature of Nutmeg (𝘔𝘺𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴). Read our latest article on Chromosome Research. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

CENH3-based haploid induction in onion nature.com/articles/s4159…

Another story in four parts. You can surface sterilize used soda bottles and they make GREAT baffle flasks for microbial protein production. Two orders of magnitude in savings and minimal effort to sterilize with dilute bleach + distilled water rinse. RFP in various volumes @ 37C

Disrupting the 🌱double fertilization (by inactivating the gamete Fusogen HAP2) to induce diploid seedless watermelon 🍉🍉 Nature Plants ▶️A sexually and vegetatively reproducible diploid seedless watermelon inducer via ClHAP2 mutation 📖doi.org/10.1038/s41477…

MiMe-based-Super-Hybrid-Tomatoes on the Max Planck Society homepage mpg.de/en Yazhong Wang Charlie Underwood

Postdoc Position Available I am seeking an enthusiastic postdoctoral researcher to join my lab OMRF, studying Astyanax mexicanus cavefish to explore metabolic adaptation. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in metabolism and basic molecular biology skills. Please RT

Interested in cardio genomics, stem cells/organoids and transgenic animal models related research...Please apply to our Ph.D program...Hurry...The deadline is November 15, 2024... instem.res.in/academic/phd-m…

Post-doc position available in my lab at SLCU. If you are passionate about plant development, live imaging and learning exciting tools like genetic mosaics and quantifying cellular growth please apply! jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49272/

New Article: "Chromosomal inversion at the DG1 promoter drives double-grain spikelets and enhances grain yield in sorghum" rdcu.be/edwuw 36kb inversion in DG1 promoter increases DG1 expression, inducing double-grain spikelets by restoring fertility to the lower floret.

New Letter: "Sporophyte-directed gametogenesis in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/ed0V0 In flowering plants the gametophyte develops within the sporophyte. Male gametophyte development in Arabidopsis is directed by the sporophyte through repression of gametogenesis genes.

▶️Maternal haploid induction in maize via mutation of Gamete Expression protein 1 (ZmGEX1) 🌱 Plant Biotechnology Journal 📖 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pb…

It was fun putting this vignette together with Malcolm Bennett et al......The Plant Cell What do we learn from Arabidopsis for Crop Innovation? academic.oup.com/plcell/article… IISER Pune Department of Biotechnology DSTIndia Thanks Shuang, it was great working with you on this

Celebrating with our traditional paper cake! 📄🍰🌹

We are thrilled to have our spatial single-cell atlas of the Arabidopsis lifecycle in Nature Plants. It turns out that it is easy to generate aesthetic images when the spatial expression of 1,000 genes is available! 1/n Natanella Illouz-Eliaz 🎗️ Tatsuya Nobori Joe Ecker nature.com/articles/s4147…