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PhD defense

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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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A small breeder's perspective on what the silver lining for #NGT approval in the EU means for them.https://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/comment-a-new-dawn-for-innovation-why-the-eus-gene-editing-ruling-matters/270365.article
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Danke, Frau Lübcke MdB, für diesen ausgewogenen und wohl überlegten Beitrag! #NGThttps://andrea-luebcke.de/presse/gentechnik-gastbeitrag-agra-europe/
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Out after peer review, led by @shanshanwang3.bsky.social. Gating of immune responses in Arabidopsis mesophyll cells: after initial response, immune gene expression stays hi in some cells, while during PTI other cells reinitiate a growth-related program. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.70858
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