Unique opportunity for a group leader combining the fields of #AI and #plantscience research at VIB VIB Plant Science VIB.AI ! Spread the word and check it out! jobs.vib.be/j/89923/group-…

A new £38 million research centre has launched today, that will develop planet-friendly alternatives to animal proteins that could soon be a nutritious part of our diets! Our Co-Director louise dye will lead the University of Sheffield team. Read more👇 sheffield.ac.uk/news/helping-a…

Ok, this is a big one! Proud to present our latest story on hydropatterning-a process that allows plants to sense moisture gradients in soil and activate branching. Johannes Scharwies defines the genetic basis for this response in maize and Arabidopsis! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

To all plant cell surface immune receptor aficionados out there – here’s a potentially interesting new contribution from our lab: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… Congratulations to all co-authors! Against all odds, this work has found a good home after all...😉

Great to have my third first author paper out! Go have a read if you are interested in new crop protection strategies against oomycete pathogens

Last chance to apply! Postdoctoral position in root nodule symbiosis @UNIL, Switzerland🇨🇭. Please RT #PlantSciJobs. Deadline: 06.09.2024. Please apply via the portal. career5.successfactors.eu/career?company…

My favourite discovery ever has just come online. Can I please tell you about some seriously wacky molecular biology? The story starts with a reverse transcriptase that SOMEHOW defends bacteria from viruses. (👇 I recommend sound ON for the video 🎹) 1/

#GMO wheat is coming to the United States! A great example of #innovation in the cereals space. 🌱

Bio-protocol: Phylogenomics of Plant NLR Immune Receptors to Identify Functionally Conserved Sequence Motifs sco.lt/5bePT6

PLOS Biology: GetGenome: Overcoming inequalities in access to genomics technology sco.lt/5kjZdA

Excited to share our latest manuscript on virus maturation! We've successfully solved the structures of five intermediates in the NωV maturation process and unraveled the intricate structural reorganization required for infection. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

We are thrilled to share a truly exciting discovery by cryo electron tomography: the “hemifusome”- a new cellular organelle complex containing a hemifusion diaphragm! Tavakoli et al. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Amirrasoul Tavakoli, shiqiong hu and @Becharakachar Tweetorial below (1/8)

Job alert! Postdoc position in Alex Canto-Pastor’s new lab at Yale Alex Cantó-Pastor

I just published: Resurrection is now a thing: Reviving plant immunity for a sustainable future Resurrect Bio Ltd is pioneering sustainable agriculture through Disease Resistance Resurrection. Find out more 👇 link.medium.com/HbvSr41YyMb

🚀Excited to announce: Open-source AlphaFold3 implementation! 🚀 I am thrilled to announce one of the models we have been building for the last 8-weeks at Ligo - an open-source implementation of DeepMind’s frontier model, AlphaFold3! Here’s what we have learned, a thread (1/11):

It is a good day when it starts with a talk by Coll & Valls Lab. Have a look to their recent work on the function of metacaspase 1 in context of stress granules academic.oup.com/plcell/article… #PP2024

Just out 📣 It is my pleasure to share our latest review on #effector #proteases from plant pathogens by Jessica Lee Erickson and yours truly : sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Dr. Daniela Cárdenas, a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr. Liliana Cano’s Laboratory at #UFIFASIRREC, inoculates a healthy sugarcane leaf with fungal spores to study orange rust, a plant disease associated with the fungus. Liliana Cano UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department #OrangeRust

We’re presenting AlphaProteo: an AI system for designing novel proteins that bind more successfully to target molecules. 🧬 It could help scientists better understand how biological systems function, save time in research, advance drug design and more. 🧵 dpmd.ai/3XuMqbX

‘Positive response’ from Defra on implementing Precision Breeding Act fruitnet.com/fresh-produce-…