‘Summa cum laude’ for thesis on climate change & evolution
Moi defended his thesis on climate change and genetic evolution in Arabidopsis thaliana yesterday. For his effort, he was awarded a ‘summa cum laude’ — with distinction. The examiners agreed … Read the rest
Another PhD thesis graduate of WeigelWorld
Effie defended her thesis ‘Studying salicylic acid function in natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana using CRISPR/Cas technology’. She applied CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing of the same gene (ICS1) to multiple accessions, developed with … Read the rest
Position paper by Europe’s leading plant scientists
European scientists unite to safeguard precision breeding for sustainable agriculture
Public debate at DAI Heidelberg
Detlef will debate Member of Parliament and former Federal Minister for Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture Renate Künast (Green Party) on genome editing.
Im grünen Bereich?
Monday, October 29, 2018, 8 pm
German American Institute … Read the rest
EFFECTOR OF TRANSCRIPTION factors are novel plant?specific regulators associated with genomic DNA methylation in Arabidopsis
Tedeschi et al., New Pyhtologist, online September 25, 2018
Plant-specific EFFECTORS OF TRANSCRIPTION (ET) are characterised by a variable number of highly conserved ET repeats, … Read the rest
Leily successfully defended her PhD thesis on building and using a genome graph.
Congratulations, Leily!
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