Plant Systems Biology

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InnCoCells: @alaingoossenspsb.bsky.social, together with 16 partners from 11 European countries, has discovered new plant-based ingredients with proven anti-inflammatory and anti-aging effects for the development of next-generation skincare products.

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Rapid establishment of species barriers in plants compared with that in animals Speciation, the process by which new reproductively isolated species emerge from ancestral populations, results from the gradual accumulation of barriers to gene flow within genomes. To date, the noti...

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The traditional kickoff of ‘The Plant Factory’ course by prof em Marc Van Montagu. Inspiring the new generation of plant biotechnologists @psb-vib.bsky.social

The winner’s curse under dependence: repairing empirical Bayes using convoluted densities Summary. The winner’s curse is a form of selection bias that arises when estimates are obtained for a large number of features, but only a subset of most e

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AtCHE1, the Arabidopsis homolog of mammalian AATF/Che-1 protein, is involved in safeguarding genome stability - Communications Biology Identification and characterization of a mutant (designated as che1) derived from an EMS-mutagenized Arabidopsis Col-0 population demonstrates that a homolog of the mammalian Apoptosis Antagonizing Tr...

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Plant metabolism: zoom in to the single-cell level The numerous emerging single-cell technologies allow uncovering plant metabolism regulation at higher resolution, enabling precise pathway discovery and me

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A case for absolute gene expression estimates in microbiome studies using metatranscriptomics Abstract. Metatranscriptomics is widely used to study the functional dynamics of microbial communities in their natural environment [1–6]. Changes in gene

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Comprehensive sampling from mitochondrial genomes substantiates the Neoproterozoic origin of land plants Molecular phylogenetics illustrates the evolution and divergence of green plants by employing sequence data from various sources. Interestingly, phylo…

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TOMORROW: SEMINAR by Franziska Fichtner from ‪@ceplas.bsky.social‬, invited by @dejaegerlab.bsky.social and @yvdp.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social

TODAY: Public PhD defense of Zeya Chen from the @vanbreusegemlab.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social

TODAY: Public PhD defense of Ans Van der Vaet from the @bioenergyvib.bsky.social group. @viblifesciences.bsky.social

Warm temperature modifies cell fates to reduce stomata production in Arabidopsis Stomatal abundance decrease in Arabidopsis triggered by warm temperature is attributed to PIF4-mediated repression of SPEECHLESS (SPCH) expression. We identified the unknown developmental and transc...

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Fast track to environmentally adapted rhizobia for growing soybean at northern latitudes using citizen science Abstract. Soybean serves as a crucial source of plant-based protein for human diets. Recently, there is a growing incentive to extend the range of this cro

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TOMORROW: SEMINAR by Matthew Paul from Rothamsted Research, invited by the group of @tombeeckman.bsky.social and @yvdp.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social

Save the date: "Plant Energy Management, Molecular mecanisms of growth ans stress responses" will take place in Montpellier next year july 12-15
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TaSG‐D1–TaGAMyb signaling module regulates seed weight in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Grain weight is crucial for wheat yield, yet its regulatory mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study identifies the TaSG-D1–TaGAMyb–TaCKX2.2.1 pathway as a negative regulator of grain developm...

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High-throughput screening assay for nitrification inhibitors and the discovery of goitrin as a biological nitrification inhibitor Nitrification inhibitors are valuable in mitigating nitrogen (N) losses from agricultural fertilizers, enhancing fertilizer use efficiency, and minimi…

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A useful tool for scaling up nitrification inhibition tests, that also resulted in the discovery of a new #BNI!

Thanks to Fabian Beeckman & all co-authors!
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Genome analyses provide insights into Engelhardia’s adaptation to East Asia Summer Monsoon Genetic information has been instrumental in elucidating the relationship between the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) and subtropical evergreen broad…

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Polyploid—Diploid coexistence in the greater duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza Mortier and colleagues demonstrate the crucial role of competition and frequency dependency on neopolyploid establishment. They, therefore, caution against inferring neopolyploid success based solely...

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Subgenome Partitioning and Polyploid Genome Evolution in the Loach Family Botiidae (Order Cypriniformes) This study investigates subgenome evolution and polyploidy in Cypriniformes fish, revealing complex phylogenetic relationships and genomic dynamics. By applying advanced subgenome partitioning method...

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TaIRE1‐mediated unconventional splicing of the TabZIP60 mRNA and the miR172 precursor regulates heat stress tolerance in wheat In wheat, INOSITOL-REQUIRING ENZYME 1 (IRE1) helps plants cope with heat stress by regulating unconventional splicing of the mRNA encoding the bZIP transcription factor TabZIP60, which activates heat....

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The subordinate role of pseudogenization to recombinative deletion following polyploidization in angiosperms - Nature Communications Extensive gene loss is a hallmark of rediploidization following polyploidization, but its molecular basis remains unclear. Examining pseudogenization from ancient whole-genome multiplications in angio...

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Postdoc position: plant synthetic promoter engineering (ERC funded) - VIB About VIB Center for Plant System Biology The VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology (PSB) is a world-leading plant science institute located at the heart of a renowned plant biotechnology campus...

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Postdoc position: AI in plant regulatory genomics (ERC funded) - VIB About VIB Center for Plant System Biology The VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology (PSB) is a world-leading plant science institute located at the heart of a renowned plant biotechnology campus...

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TODAY: Public PhD defense of Timothy Villers from the group of @hildenelissen.bsky.social. @viblifesciences.bsky.social

Congrats to our @psb-vib.bsky.social 🌱 director @yvdp.bsky.social for becoming EMBO member!

KIL transcription factors facilitate embryo growth in maize by promoting endosperm elimination via lytic cell death The transcription factors KIL1 and KIL2 promote lytic cell death, thereby facilitating embryo growth and determining the embryo-endosperm size ratio in mai

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A BAC-guided haplotype assembly pipeline increases the resolution of the virus resistance locus CMD2 in cassava - Genome Biology Background Cassava is an important crop for food security in the tropics where its production is jeopardized by several viral diseases, including the cassava mosaic disease (CMD) which is endemic in S...

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A top HAT: A maize mutant hypersusceptible to Agrobacterium transformation

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