Cooperation and conflict in the plant immune system.
Chae, E., Tran, D. T. N., and Weigel, D.
Plants have a sophisticated innate immune system with which they defend themselves against a myriad of pathogens. During the past two decades, work … Read the rest
A proposal regarding best practices for validating the identity of genetic stocks and the effects of genetic variants
Bergelson, J., Buckler, E. S., Ecker, J. R., Nordborg, M., and Weigel, D.
Colleagues from the medical field have estimated that up … Read the rest
We harvested thousands of leaf samples from a large subset of the 1001G genotypes grown in challenging conditions in Madrid and Tübingen.
Winds and snow threatened the success of the experiment, but we verified how tough both Arabidopsis and researchers … Read the rest
We are looking for motivated team players (PhD student or Postdoctoral level) to join our efforts in generating multi-reference plant and meta-genomes.
More information and the full ad is here.… Read the rest
A stormy night in Tübingen blew away the cover of our foil tunnel harboring hundreds of Arabidopsis accessions undergoing a fitness experiment.
Thanks to all who helped repairing it so quickly!
Special thanks to all the members from Oliver Bossdorf’s … Read the rest
Detlef has been awarded the GSA Medal for his outstanding contributions to the field of genetics in the last 15 years.
The society honors both seminar contributions to the understanding of flowering in Arabidopsis thaliana and the development of multiple … Read the rest
A proposed regulatory framework for genome-edited crops
Huang, S., Weigel, D., Beachy, R. N., and Li, J.-y.
Crop breeding is being revolutionized by rapid progress in DNA sequencing and targeted alteration of DNA sequences by genome editing. Here we propose … Read the rest
We’re saying goodbye to Nacho, Danelle, Dan and Paula – all the best for their new adventures!
Here is where the new adventures will start:
See more in the ‘About Us’ section….or here.… Read the rest
Congrats to Talia for securing an EMBO Long Term Fellowship!… Read the rest
Department of Molecular Biology
Max Planck Institute for
Biology Tübingen
D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
