Congratulations, Dr. Dominik Grimm!

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Dominik successfully defended his PhD thesis today.

Dominik worked with Karsten Borgwardt (now ETH Zürich) and among other things developed easyGWAS: https://easygwas.tuebingen.mpg.de

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Plant-plant competition through HDAC inhibitors

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Plants release precursors of histone deacetylase inhibitors to suppress growth of competitors

Venturelli, S., Belz, R., Kämper, A., Berger, A., von Horn, K., Wegner, A.,  Böcker, A., Zabulon, G.,  Langenecker, T.,  Kohlbacher, O., Barneche, F.,  Weigel, D.,  Lauer, U., Bitzer, … Read the rest

eLife paper on assessing ancient DNA authenticity from low-coverage data

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Contesting the presence of wheat in the British Isles 8,000 years ago by assessing ancient DNA authenticity from low-coverage data

Weiss, C..L., Dannemann, M., Pruefer K., Burbano, H.A.

Contamination with exogenous DNA is a constant hazard to ancient DNA studies, … Read the rest