Extremely delighted to share our research into "engineering the engineer" which is now out 👨‍🔧🦠🌱 Efficient CRISPR-mediated base editing in Agrobacterium spp. pnas.org/content/118/2/… Very grateful to all co-authors 😁 Laurens Pauwels @laurenspauwels.bsky.social Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈

Happy to share our work with Savio Rodrigues, Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 and others on efficient #CRISPR-mediated base editing in #Agrobacterium, 'engineering the engineer'. Vectors easily available at gatewayvectors.vib.be @PSB_VIB pnas.org/content/118/2/…

🏆🌿#MeetTheCandidates: Congrats to our candidates for the LPI #PhDAwards! Find out more about their exciting #plantresearch on 02/06 at Arenberg Castle. Well done to Bianca Drepper, Dengkai Chi, Haibo Hu, Hannes Wilms, Yijie Zhao 🐰 and @YvesBawin! 👉forms.gle/nTJHwdEtD11oEw…

🏆#MeetTheCandidate: Meet #PhDAwards candidate Yijie Zhao 🐰! Her research uncovers the secret to combating fungal #pathogens! Volatiles in #strawberries show promise in fighting #Botrytiscinerea, offering a potential biological control solution. 🍓🔬 👉forms.gle/nTJHwdEtD11oEw…

📸at the KU Leuven Plant Institute PhD Awards yesterday. Proud of our PhD students Yijie Zhao 🐰 and Hannes Wilms for nabbing the top two spots in this student organised prize! Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!