Presentation of Otto Bayer Award in Berlin

Today, the Otto Bayer Award was presented at an impressive event at the E-werk in Berlin.

Present were, among others, the chairman of the board of Bayer, Dr. Manfred Schneider, the CEO of Bayer, Werner Wenning, Dr. Wolfgang Plischke, member … Read the rest

Collaboration with Freiburg results in cover of Cell

A very interesting story on Physcomitrella miRNAs guiding DNA methylation at target genes has just been published in Cell, with a cover image.

Stephan Ossowski designed artificial miRNAs, which turned out to provide a small, but useful piece of the … Read the rest

Science paper on spontaneous mutations published

A collaborative paper with the Lynch lab on the rate and spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana has been published on January 1, 2010, in Science.

The paper provides important information for understanding the longer-term effects of mutation and … Read the rest