Gentechnik im grünen Bereich?
Video from debate with Renate Künast
Debate about genome editing and gene technology on October 29, 2018, at DAI Heidelberg.
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… It’s a (Wo)Man’s World?
Detlef speaking at event on #WomenInSTEM
Public discussion on chances and opportunities for women in STEM professions. With Prof. Katharina Foerster, Dr. Brigit Buschmann, Prof. Corinna Salander and Detlef
November 28, 7 pm, Frauenprojektehaus Tübingen
… Successful 2-day microbiome retreat
Intense brainstorming with Vorholt and Kemen labs
On November 6 and 7, we spent two days at Kloster Kirchberg to discuss the past, present and future of plant microbiome studies with the labs of Julia Vorholt at ETH and Eric … Read the rest
EMBO Short Term Fellowship for Anita Bollmann
For studying the interactions of Sphingomonas and Pseudomonas
Anita Bollmann from the John Innes Centre received an EMBO Short Term Fellowship for her project “Studying plant-associated interactions of Pseudomonas and Sphingomonas in the A.thaliana phyllosphere”.
… Spiegel reports on debate with Renate Künast
Successful event in Heidelberg on October 29
Reporter criticizes Renate Künast for not addressing genetic modification, but mostly discussing other topics of agricultural relevance. Summary: A win for science based on points.
(C) Filip Fehrmann… Read the rest
Congratulations, Dr. Moises Exposito-Alonso!
‘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
Congratulations, Dr. Effie Symeonidi!
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
European plant scientists speak up for CRISPR
Position paper by Europe’s leading plant scientists
European scientists unite to safeguard precision breeding for sustainable agriculture
… Detlef to debate Renate Künast on October 29
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
New plant factors linked to DNA methylation
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
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