Long-term balancing selection drives evolution of immunity genes in Capsella
Daniel Koenig et al. bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/477612
Genetic drift is expected to remove polymorphism from populations over long periods of time, with the rate of polymorphism loss being accelerated when species … Read the rest
German plant scientists: gene technology law is outdated
Leading German plant scientists agree that the gene technology law, which has been interpreted by the European Court of Justice to include genome edited organisms, is outdated and must be changed. They … Read the rest
Video from debate with Renate Künast
Debate about genome editing and gene technology on October 29, 2018, at DAI Heidelberg.
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
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
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”.
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.
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‘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
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