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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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Conventional #GMO crops have unexpected benefits in the face of climate change: reduced yield volatility, fewer climate related losses & even slowing the northward shift of US corn & soybean production.#climatecatastrophehttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02737-3
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‘Godzilla-level’ El Niño. Likely to surpass previous record in 2015 by almost a full °C. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/super-el-nino-temperature-recordhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/super-el-nino-temperature-record?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Highly recommended long read. (If opened in Substack app, should be automatically translated into English.)https://florianaigner.substack.com/p/die-ruckkehr-der-rassenlehre[contains quote post or other embedded content]
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“It’s almost like sex ed,” said Anita Sarma, a professor of computer science at Oregon State who has studied the impact of A.I. on student cognition. “They will do it anyway,” she said. “How do we teach them responsible use?”https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/universities-ai-warnings-enthusiasm.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Please consider submitting comments on the implementation for genome edited plants in the EU. Reminder: this is not the place for general statements regarding your personal vie of #NGT. Instead, the Commission is asking for input for the development of workable rules.
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