@puckerlab.bsky.social
Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics @unibonn.bsky.social. Hosting @igembonn.bsky.social. Contact: https://www.pbb.uni-bonn.de #PlantGenomics #SpecializedMetabolites #SynBio #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Biotech #Evolution #Flavonoids #Pigments
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
PuckerLab
Celebrate the brilliance of women driving plant sciences forward at Pucker Lab on International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🌱🔬 Here's to curiosity, innovation, and shattering glass ceilings in STEM! 💪♀️ #WomenInScience #PuckerLab #PlantGenomics #GirlsInSTEM
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Three medals / horese ribbons in green, blue and red colours
Our calls to nominate #ECRs for 3 scientific awards are out
1/5
➡️ www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/u/BS3awards
Plant genome sequencing workflow. Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12623-z
Need a genome sequence of your favourite plant? We laid out instructions for a complete workflow based on ONT sequencing:
"Cookbook for plant genome sequences"
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Genomics #LongReads #PlantSciences #Bioinformatics
@puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
Figure summarizing the content of this Python course (AI generated). Teaching materials and additional details are openly available: https://github.com/bpucker/teaching/tree/master/WBIO-A-07.
Last day of our Python course 🐍
Students are presenting individual projects: tools for analyzing biological datasets. Creativity & smart AI use produced amazing results. Really impressive work across the board 👏
Materials:
github.com/bpucker/teac...
#Python #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #Teaching
💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Course: Applied Plant Genomics by @bpucker.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social 🌱 🖥️
github.com/bpucker/Appl...
Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu #WGSdata #DataAnalysis #sequencing #assembly
📣 Hey @igemhq.bsky.social teams!
Looking for biosafety ideas for your next project?
Check out this resource on engineered auxotrophy & xeno-DNA containment:
🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s130...
#iGEM #SynBio #Biosafety 🧬
@igemcommunity.bsky.social @igembonn.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
Microsynteny analysis around the DFR, ANS, and arGST loci in Cucurbitaceae and closely related lineages. Details: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.06.680802
Updated preprint:
"Out of the blue: Family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Evolution #Pigments #Genomics #Bioinformatics
@nancy-choudhary.bsky.social @bpucker.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
Microsynteny analysis around the DFR, ANS, and arGST loci in Cucurbitaceae and closely related lineages. Details: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.06.680802
Updated preprint:
"Out of the blue: Family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#Evolution #Pigments #Genomics #Bioinformatics
@nancy-choudhary.bsky.social @bpucker.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
Jakob celebrating https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08006-3 with his new paper mug.
New paper + new mug = official celebration 🎉☕
Here is Jakob with our review:
“Diversity and ecological functions of anthocyanins”
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Paper mugs are a tradition in our group — and this one is well earned. Congrats! 🌸🔬
#Anthocyanins #Pigments #Flavonoids #Evolution
Jakob celebrating https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08006-3 with his new paper mug.
New paper + new mug = official celebration 🎉☕
Here is Jakob with our review:
“Diversity and ecological functions of anthocyanins”
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
Paper mugs are a tradition in our group — and this one is well earned. Congrats! 🌸🔬
#Anthocyanins #Pigments #Flavonoids #Evolution
Screenshots of Python course slides. Source: https://github.com/bpucker/teaching
Two weeks in, and the Python course participants are officially starting their own projects 🐍✨
From fundamentals to hands-on bioinformatics—now the fun really begins.
Slides: github.com/bpucker/teac...
#Python #Bioinformatics #Education @puckerlab.bsky.social
Digitalis purpurea genome sequence data publication in bonndata. Details: https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/4KUKXI
Looking for genome sequences, annotations, or expression data from @puckerlabpapers.bsky.social ?
Access large datasets on bonndata:
🔗 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/resea...
#OpenScience #Genomics #ResearchData #Bioinformatics #GenomeData @bpucker.bsky.social @opensciene-unibonn.bsky.social
💡 #KnowledgeHighlight | Course: Data Analysis with Python by @bpucker.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social 🐍🖥️
github.com/bpucker/teac...
Explore open-access training materials in the ERGA #KnowledgeHub ➡️ knowledge.erga-biodiversity.eu
#Phyton #DataAnalysis #Bioinformatics #data
Nele celebrating the paper https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08006-3
We published our open-access review on anthocyanins in BMC Plant Biology! 🌿🔬
From antioxidants to ecological roles in nature, these pigments are way more than pretty colors.
Check it out👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s128...
📸 Here is Nele celebrating this achievement!
#PlantScience #Anthocyanins #OpenAccess
Digitalis purpurea genome sequence data publication in bonndata. Details: https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/4KUKXI
Looking for genome sequences, annotations, or expression data from @puckerlabpapers.bsky.social ?
Access large datasets on bonndata:
🔗 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/resea...
#OpenScience #Genomics #ResearchData #Bioinformatics #GenomeData @bpucker.bsky.social @opensciene-unibonn.bsky.social
Screens showing the exercises for file handling with Python.
🌱 One week of Python = students analyzing plant genomics data — no AI needed!
Learn Python & bioinformatics in Bonn:
🔗 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/contact
#Python #Bioinformatics #PlantScience #Genomics @puckerlab.bsky.social
Why is there a tube on every monitor in our Python course? 🐍 It is a simple progress signal: students put the tube up while working on exercises and take it down when they are finished. This makes it easy to see who is still working and who is ready for the next step — no interruptions needed. https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teaching #Python #Bioinformatics # #TeachingTips #EdTech #ProgrammingEducation #PythonCourse #TeachingTrick #LowTechHighImpact #SmartTeaching #LearningByDoing #ClassroomInnovation
Why is there a tube on every monitor in our Python course? 🐍
It is a simple progress signal: students put the tube up while working on exercises and take it down when they are finished. This makes it easy to see who is still working and who is ready for the next step. @puckerlab.bsky.social
Figure illustrating some content of the Python course for biology students at UniBonn
“Analysis of Biological Data with Python” started today for biology bachelor students 🧬🐍
Want to learn Python for data analysis?
Slides are freely available:
github.com/bpucker/teac...
#Python #DataAnalysis #Biology #OpenScience #BigData #Bioinformatics #DataScience @puckerlab.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations to @bpucker.bsky.social on receiving the FAIR Data and Software Award for the bHLH_annotator! A great example of FAIR, well-documented research software in practice.
Doing similar things in your research? We’d love to hear about it 🌱
Selection of ecological functions of anthocyanins: Aposematism, Pathogens, Camouflage, Batesian mimicry, Anti-camouflage. Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08006-3
What is the major role of anthocyanins—painting flowers, acting as sunscreens, responding to stress, or defending against pathogens?
Our latest paper dives into the diversity and ecological functions of anthocyanins 🌈🌿
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#PlantSciences #Anthocyanins @bpucker.bsky.social
Selection of ecological functions of anthocyanins: Aposematism, Pathogens, Camouflage, Batesian mimicry, Anti-camouflage. Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08006-3
What is the major role of anthocyanins—painting flowers, acting as sunscreens, responding to stress, or defending against pathogens?
Our latest paper dives into the diversity and ecological functions of anthocyanins 🌈🌿
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#PlantSciences #Anthocyanins @bpucker.bsky.social
Python course slides. Details: https://github.com/bpucker/teaching
New year, new courses. Getting ready to teach #Python to undergrads again - this time at #UniBonn.
Slides: github.com/bpucker/teac...
More courses: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach...
#OpenEducation #OpenScience @puckerlab.bsky.social
Tree showing relationships of LAR genes. Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-12429-5
Excited to share that Maria's work on the evolution of the LAR gene has been published in BMC Genomics:
Evolutionary dynamics of the proanthocyanidin biosynthesis gene LAR
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#Evolution #FlavonoidBiosynthesis #PlantSciences
@bpucker.bsky.social @maferrecinos.bsky.social
Maria
New year, new students! ✨
We are pleased to welcome Maria, who is going to be with us for a short time to learn everything you need to start a plant genomics project, from DNA extraction to sequencing. Julie is going to teach ONT sequencing! 🧬
#Genomics #Puckerlab #plantgenomics #Plantscience #ONT
MoeA tree showing the postulated evolution involving independent domain fusion events. Details: https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.12.12.693926
Our first preprint of 2026 is online:
Phylogenetic based dissection of eukaryotic Mo-insertase functionality: From mechanism to complex assembly
doi.org/10.64898/202...
#Evolution #Phylogenetics @puckerlab.bsky.social
Maria
New year, new students! ✨
We are pleased to welcome Maria, who is going to be with us for a short time to learn everything you need to start a plant genomics project, from DNA extraction to sequencing. Julie is going to teach ONT sequencing! 🧬
#Genomics #Puckerlab #plantgenomics #Plantscience #ONT
PuckerLab social media banner in Happy New Year 2026 flavor. Many thanks to Marie for the excellent design. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news
Happy New Year 2026! 🎉
We are welcoming the new year with fresh publications that went live over the holidays.
🔗 Check them out here:
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/publi...
Excited for what 2026 has in store!
Poppelsdorf Palace and Botanical Gardens at UniBonn. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#tree2025
2025 was special: Relocating to UniBonn opened opportunities, sparked exciting collaborations, and brought wonderful new group members. We published some of our most exciting work & hosted amazing visitors in Bonn. Thanks to everyone who made this year a success!
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#...
Poppelsdorf Palace and Botanical Gardens at UniBonn. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#tree2025
2025 was special: Relocating to UniBonn opened opportunities, sparked exciting collaborations, and brought wonderful new group members. We published some of our most exciting work & hosted amazing visitors in Bonn. Thanks to everyone who made this year a success!
www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#...
