I have failed...but I couldn't be happier. A small thread on recent experiments 🧬🔀🧵 1/n

Curious how you can engineer agricultural soil microbiomes and predict associated plant phenotypes? Read our review that just came out in Trends in Microbiology: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ighs_,2CiQu… Congratulations, Chiara Berruto!!

Detective bacteria programmed to sense problems in soil to warn plants. nature.com/articles/s4146… Research and art by Alice Boo Tyler Toth #biotech #synbio

DNA constructs encoding the new CBE6 variants are now available from Addgene here: addgene.org/browse/article… Happy editing!

#TansleyReview Linking the key physiological functions of essential micronutrients to their deficiency symptoms in plants Lilay et al. Grmay H. Lilay 📖 ow.ly/o1gJ50QKKsH

I'm so proud of my students Jesus Galeana & Eugene Li for putting together this amazing resource on carbon nanomaterials and their biological applications in collaboration with Abraham G. Beyene lab! Give it a read, we cover everything from animals to plants to microbes 🐭🌾🦠

Please retweet! Time to register for #IWC2024 taking place in Perth Western Australia 22-27 September. iwc2024.com #wheat wheatgenome IWYP Hosted by Murdoch University Murdoch's Centre for Crop & Food Innovation & SABC in collab with GRDC Wheat Initiative

Ever considered measuring genetic variant effects with prime editing but hesitated due to low and variable editing? Last month, 3 papers showed that large-scale screens can work 💪. A 🧵 comparing the papers of the Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera lab, the Britt Adamson lab, and Greg Findlay

Free 4-hr virtual summit: "The State of CRISPR and Gene Editing" June 5, 11 am ET. webinars.liebertpub.com/e/the-state-of…

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Check out our short review on engineering plant–microbe communication for improving plant nutrient use efficiency: authors.elsevier.com/a/1j9va3PtAV8-… Good job tufan oz and Catherine!

Thrilled to share our review on engineering plant-microbe communication for improving plant nutrient use efficiency.

Long time in the making, our collaborative review article with Greg Lowry, JP Giraldo, Nicole F Steinmetz PhD et al. on "realizing nano-enabled precision delivery in plants" is out today in Nature Nanotechnology! Check it out here: nature.com/articles/s4156…

Opportunity for early career #PlantScientists: The Assistant Features Editor program by Plant Physiology has opened applications to help early-career scientists develop their research writing skills. Application closes October 15. Check it out: bit.ly/4av3FwV

Plant Science Research Weekly June 14 plantae.org/plant-science-… Reviews: Deep learning for stomatal function; Engineering plant-microbe communities for NUE. Flip the light switch for protein production; Tailored protein stability for stress resilience in light and dark (1/4)

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Engineering plant–microbe communication for plant nutrient use efficiency (Curr. Opin. Biotech.) tufan oz; Gözde S. Demirer (Summary by Carlo Pasini @Crl_Psn) buff.ly/3VpmI6j #PlantaePSRW

Can a nitrogen-fixing organelle be engineered within plants? cell.com/trends/plant-s… #plantscience ♻️

I'm hiring a lab manager/tech! Let's team up to connect plant development with the tools to engineer it with gene editing. Contact me for more info and apply below! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/145913 #PlantSciJobs #PlantSci #SciJobs

Beyond excited to collaborate with several institutes across the US, working on plant bioengineering to develop innovative sources of rubber, as a member of the talented team of Gözde S. Demirer at Caltech. Read about this initiative supported by NSF here. caltech.edu/about/news/new…

Many thanks go to Brady Lab at UC Davis and Patron Lab at the Earlham Institute