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PhD defense

Congratulations, Dr. Adrián Contreras!

Congratulations, Dr. Adrián Contreras!
PhD defense

Congratulations, Dr. Benjamin Buchfink!

Benjamin Buchfink defended his thesis today. Congratulations!
Max PhD defense

Congratulations, Dr. Maximilian Collenberg!

Max successfully defended his thesis today.

Out in NAR: Pushing the limits of HiFi assemblies (OA)

In-depth comparison of PacBio CLR and HiFi assemblies

Congratulations, Dr. Alejandra Duque!

Alejandra successfully defended her thesis

Now in Quant. Plant Biol.: New tool for DNA methlyation analysis

Methylscore to ID differentially methylated regions

Former postdoc Jiawei Wang wins Xplorer Prize

..which comes with a personal cash award of 3M RMB (~430,000€)

Detlef spoke at Kinderuni

Covered in our local newspaper Tübingen Children's University Max…

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@plantevolution.bsky.social - PlantEvolution 🌱🌾
Must read for all who use Nicotiana benthamiana as a platform: “Causes and consequences of experimental variation in Nicotiana benthamianatransient expression”#plantsciencehttps://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.12.659391v1.full.pdf
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Please consider signing this petition, which emphasizes the importance of ring-fencing EU funds for ERC, Marie-Curie fellowships and other collaborative basic research.https://www.petitions.com/open_letter_of_scientists_and_entrepreneurs_regarding_mff_and_fp10?utm_source=web_share
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Temperature is so important for plants that they have come up with many independent temperature sensors. Curious? Read more in this review by former WeigelWorld members Sridevi Sureshkumar & Suresh Balasubramanian.#plantsciencehttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv5407
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