I am looking for two PhD students to explore precise genome editing and GWAS tools for crop improvement. Candidates with CSIR/DBT JRF fellowships and some molecular biology lab experience are preferred. DM RT [email protected] scholar.google.com/citations?user…

NEWS & VIEWS: Two in one: Splice isoforms of a HY5-homolog in rice regulate plant height in light and darkness (Yadukrishnan Premachandran) buff.ly/3puG0vp Yadukrishnan Prem ASPB #PlantSci

Glad to share my latest news & views article in Plant Physiology. For me, it was also an opportunity to pay tributes to the lasting legacy left by Prof. J.P. Khurana Delhi University.

Pleased to share Initiation of B-type starch granules in wheat endosperm requires the plastidial α-glucan phosphorylase PHS1 academic.oup.com/plcell/article… . Here we show an essential role played by PHS1 in plants, a discovery that remained elusive despite decades of investigation.

So Oxford Nanopore discovered something a few days ago - and it has to do with light. And they posted this image (sorry, too good not to share off the community). Yes, that’s 469% increased output. So, we decided to give it a shot and …

2. Wiblingen Abbey Library, Ulm, Germany 🇩🇪

These anamorphic sculptures are by artist Matthieu Robert-Ortis. Called "Capitalism and The Age of Aquarius" and "Epigenetics", their shape changes according to your point of view.

Our first inking that something might be amiss with the accepted story of maize origins occurred 13 years ago. Thanks to the efforts of Ning Yang those hints from long ago are now a new model of maize origins, out today: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Lysenko probably killed more human beings than any individual scientist in history. He condemned perhaps millions of people to starvation through bogus agricultural research—and did so without hesitation. theatlantic.com/science/archiv… H.t. Wynn Lare

🗳️As we elect our new representatives to the #IndianParliament in the next few weeks, looking forward to politicians who would be interested in building the next laws for #genomics in the country Are there any ? Please tag or share if you know any. #Elections2024

It’s a wrap. The last day of the conference started with a inspiring keynote of Mark Cooper who revisited the breeders equation followed by some last excellent talks. Thanks to everyone who joined, you made the conference really exciting!

It pains me to see facile critiques of GWAS on here from our clinical/biostats friends while the many actually good reasons to be critical of GWAS get little attention. So here's a thread on what GWAS does, what critics get wrong, and where GWAS is genuinely still lacking. 🧵:

We will host the International Quinoa Symposium 2024 from 24 to 26 July at the University of Hohenheim. quinoa-symposium-2024.org The deadline for abstract submission has been elongated to 11 June and the early bird registration is possible until 16 June #quinoa

#aBIOTECH online first! Simultaneous genetic transformation and genome editing of mixed lines in soybean (Glycine max) and maize (Zea mays) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Whoa: nature.com/articles/s4158… fabulous new work from Miten Jain Oxford Nanopore and team: "Multi-pass, single-molecule nanopore reading of long protein strands"

I feel immense satisfaction knowing that my PhD work has proven valuable to other researchers. It’s rewarding to see my efforts contribute to the broader scientific community.

#InnoVarINVITE 🧬Exploring innovations in genotyping ✅This session showcased advances in genotyping, incl. trait-specific markers, reference collection management, epigenetic marks for sport ID, trait mapping & the reduction of reference collections. ℹ️linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

1/ We love talking about “natural” food, but here’s the truth: Almost everything we eat has been modified by humans. From Apples to Zucchini, our ancestors transformed wild plants into the crops we rely on today. Here’s the story of how humans shaped our food 🧵:

We created the publicly accessible RiceDevLeaf Database (nipgr.ac.in/DEV-LEAF/), integrating gene expression and regulatory networks across developmental stages. This platform is a valuable resource for exploring genetic regulation of leaf development and photosynthesis.

Big kudos to Vikram Jathar, Ph.D. and Aashish Ranjan for leading this insightful study on leaf development and photosynthesis. Grateful to have played a part in it!