Sequencing output per P2 flow cell. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#P2OS

We (Julie) are still very active in the long-read sequencing business. Please see an updated figure regarding the output per P2 flow cell below. Reach out if you would like to collaborate!

Details: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#...

#PlantGenomics #LongReads @bpucker.bsky.social

Diversity of Asteraceae flower pictures. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asteracea_poster_3.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0

Plants do not just turn red when stressed: pathogen-induced red pigmentation actively boosts disease resistance through protective anthocyanins in Asteraceae #FlavonoidFriday (doi.org/10.64898/202... & shorturl.at/TolZT)

Be part of OMGN! Open to all researchers with an interest in oomycetes, from molecular genetics & genomics to biology, population biology, and ecology, at either an experimental or a computational level. Investigators new to the field are always welcome oomycetes.com

Flowering desert lily underneath yesterday's spectacular sunset lenticular clouds. The lily sits on bare compact soil with rocks.

Flowering desert lily underneath yesterday's sunset lenticular clouds (Photo: Sicco Rood).

#ECR #PlantSciConfi

Please share with potentially interested colleagues :)
#Bioinformatics #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology

Are you passionate about computational biology and the evolution of specialized plant metabolism? We invite highly motivated and experienced students and early-career researchers to join our group in Bonn for a visiting research stay. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience, exchange ideas, and work in a collaborative and supportive scientific environment with excellent computational resources. We especially welcome colleagues with prior research experience in bioinformatics, phylogeny, evolutionary biology, or comparative genomics, and a strong interest in plant metabolism. Master’s students and candidates looking to strengthen their research profile are strongly encouraged to reach out. If you are proactive, curious, and eager to conduct your own research project, we would love to hear from you. More details and contact information: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/contact#EBPCM #ComputationalBiology #Bioinformatics #EvolutionaryBiology #ComparativeGenomics #ResearchOpportunity #EarlyCareerResearchers #PhDOpportunity #ScientificCollaboration #ResearchInGermany

Are you passionate about computational biology and the evolution of specialized plant metabolism?

More details and contact information:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/conta...

#Bioinformatics #Genomics #ResearchInGermany @puckerlab.bsky.social

Yellow four-petal flower with red spots at petal bases

Eulobus californicus, the California Primrose, blooming in Anza-Borrego today #nativeplants 🌿

Opinion | I Just Returned From China. We Are Not Winning.

I wouldn’t put it this way for research, as science isn’t about winning. But I also returned last week from China with similar sentiments about Chinese prowess.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/o...

Screenshots of slides of the Plant Bioinformatics lecture. More details & course materials: https://github.com/bpucker/PlantBioinformatics

🌿 Plant Bioinformatics! 💻🧬
How do we turn massive plant data into biological insight?

We cover genomics, transcriptomics, sequence analysis, phylogenetics, statistics, and reproducible research practices. Plant science is data science. 🌱
Materials:
github.com/bpucker/Plan...
@puckerlab.bsky.social

Is bee‐avoidance by bird‐pollinated flowers driven by nectar robbing in Erica? Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Spoiler: it's a 'yes, but...'

Is bee‐avoidance by bird‐pollinated flowers driven by nectar robbing in Erica? - Coetzee - Functional Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Two fern fronds #BlueSkyArtShow #Two #Photography #Flora #Macro #Oregon 📷

Ophrys bombyliflora (a first for me 💥) flowering today on Gran Canaria alongside Gennaria diphylla (and seeding Habenaria tridactylites) @1025m asl on a NW facing slope under pine & eucalyptus. Orchis canariensis in full bloom nearby. Happy days! 💜🇪🇸🌋 @ukorchids.bsky.social @orchidvinny.bsky.social

On the consistency of duplication, loss, and deep coalescence gene tree parsimony costs under the multispecies coalescent
doi.org/10.64898/202...

DupyliCate - mining, classifying, and characterizing gene duplications
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Enhanced phenylalanine biosynthesis amplifies light-stress-driven phenylpropanoid production in Arabidopsis
doi.org/10.64898/202...

Diversity and ecological functions of anthocyanins
doi.org/10.1186/s128...

#Phenylpropanoids #Flavonoids #Anthocyanins

They are feeding our proposals to ChatGPT to ask "is this DEI" and then ChatGPT will use our proposals, which is supposed to be confidential and proprietary, to train its next model. Talking about breach of confidentiality and intellectual theft.

A yellow daffodil in a garden border.

A blue zebra primula with a yellow centre in a garden pot.

A blue dwarf iris in a garden border next to grass.

Testing a new (secondhand) lens in the garden on some early spring flowers today. I don’t yet know if I like the lens enough to keep it.
Have a good weekend everyone. xx

T2T Genome and Population Resequencing Reveal OfCCD4 Alleles Orchestrate Petal Color and Scent in Osmanthus fragrans
doi.org/10.64898/202...

Genome sequence of the ornamental plant Digitalis purpurea reveals the molecular basis of flower color and morphology variation
doi.org/10.1101/2024...

DupyliCate: mining, classifying, and characterizing gene duplications
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #Python

Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): Identification of candidate genes associated with differences in flowering time between spring-type Westar and winter-type Tapidor. (A, B) The respective flowering phenotype and flowering times in greenhouse conditions (without cold treatment). Flowering time of non-flowering Tapidor was assigned the value of 100 days. The scale bar represents 10 cm. **P<0.01 (ANOVA). (C) Results of a QTL-seq approach for mapping flowering time in the derived F2 population. The wavy line at the top and the wavy line in the middle were the SNP index values calculated for each variant in the early bulk (ZH-mix) and the late bulk (WH-mix) in genome order according to Zhongshuang11 (ZS11), respectively. The bottom wavy line: the difference between the SNP index values as the ΔSNP index (Δindex) against the chromosomal position according to ZS11. The enlarged figure shows the positions of 0–38 Mb on chromosome A2 and 0–28 Mb on A10, respectively.

🌼⏳ RESEARCH ⏳🌼

BnaFLC.A10 and BnaFLC.A2 contribute to additive vernalization requirements and interact epistatically with BnaFT.A2 to regulate flowering time in B. napus – Yin et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪

Summary of the Plant Bioinformatics course. AI-generated image (ChatGPT) showing some of the central elements. Details: https://github.com/bpucker/PlantBioinformatics

Getting ready for “Plant Bioinformatics” 🌱

Big data, command line, cloud computing & reproducible research — plus replicating published studies.

Materials: github.com/bpucker/Plan...

Study in Bonn: www.biologie.uni-bonn.de/de/studium/b...

#Bioinformatics #OpenEducation @puckerlab.bsky.social

Photo of a tuft of moss that includes hundreds of spear-like sporophytes. The colours of this moss are striking and include green, red and purple.

Dung moss, Tetraplodon mnoides. As the common name suggests, it often grows on animal dung, but can also grow on bones, antlers and other substrates. Always an eye catcher for its striking colours.
#Newfoundland, Canada. #moss #bryophyte

Losing our words is a writer’s worst nightmare. Don’t forget to backup your work.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

#transgenerational transmission of a core #microbiome that protects against downy mildew from soil to #phyllosphere

Fantastic and important study by @jellespooren.bsky.social @rlberendsen.bsky.social
@cornepieterse.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
#plantscience

Genome sequence annotation workflow. Source: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12623-z

How to complete your plant genomics project with a comprehensive annotation?

"Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences"

doi.org/10.1186/s128...

#Genomics #Bioinformatics #BigData
@puckerlab.bsky.social

Frilly bright red flowers with very long stamens

Eight years ago today 🌿

Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Dwarf Poinciana or ʻohai aliʻi) blooming street side in Paia. This introduced plant comes from the West Indies, I love its great color! A member of the Pea family, Fabaceae, though most wouldn’t guess that. 😎

Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.

I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.

Purple five-petal flowers with dark purple centers and large yellow anthers

Eustoma russellianum, our Showy Prairie Gentian, blooming in Loveland #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to August 12 🌿

Pink five-petal flowers

Eight years ago today 🌿

Oxalis debilis, the nonnative Pink Woodsorrel, blooming at Ke'anae Arboretum