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Now you "KNOW..." #plantgenomicsafrica #africanplantgenomics

It was an exciting two days of talks, discussion and networking at the #africanplantgenomics symposium. Really inspiring to see Detlef Weigel, a global leader in plant research take interest in developing African plant genomics

📣 New Paper Alert! Striga control by suicidal germination using strigolactone analogs. This was the mainstay of the Striga eradication program in the US Evaluation of formulated strigolactone analogs for Striga management i... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“Science to Practice” in action. Dr. Leena Tripathi (IITA) leads breakthroughs in transgenic crops like cassava, banana & yam, improving food security across Africa. She joins us at #PPATH2025 to share how biotechnology can empower global agriculture. buff.ly/mJsUvUO

April 2025 newsletter getgenome.net/network

Wife Science Balance. Because, why not?

I would like to confirm the allegations that we live with wild animals in Africa. There’s an elephant literally on my way home in Kenya

A true “lab” story in full bloom: Jonathan D. G. Jones, Wolf Prize Laureate in Agriculture 2025, and Caroline Dean, Wolf Prize Laureate in Agriculture 2020, are more than just partners in life — they’re also partners in discovery. Jonathan’s pioneering work revealed how plants

Here Rita Mumm giving me chocolate to celebrate the graduation of the 3rd Cohort of African Plant Breeding Academy graduates. #mbeleikosawa Translation = Future is bright!

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We have a PREPRINT! Genomics of Root System Architecture Adaptation in Sorghum under Nitrogen and Phosphorus Deficiency biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

What genetic factors underpin Root system Architecture adaptability? In this we reveal what happens in the "under-world"

Weekends are for coding and family 💪

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Live now! A huge honor and pleasure to chair the Royal Society Africa Prize Lecture awarded this year to Professor Ali Baklouti 🇹🇳

We are proud to announce the establishment of The Annual Roger Freedman Lecture. This lecture will be given by a distinguished international scientist and will emphasise the impact of discovery science on biotechnology and world agriculture. tsl.ac.uk/news/the-annua…

Meet Sophien Kamoun, one of our plenary speaker! Dr. Kamoun The Sainsbury Laboratory studies plant-pathogen coevolution and how it impacts mechanisms of virulence and immunity. Register for #CFN25 to hear Dr Kamoun speak in August.

POWERFUL reminder that shared science is stronger science. Figure 1 of Magu et al., now published on bioRxiv. The work was led by a master’s student at Kenyatta University, KENYA. Wouldn’t have been possible without open data sharing. ⁦Sophien Kamoun⁩ feel me?

Chilling in the Garden of Steven with my fellow lowlifes - cycads and palms. How’s life in Europe and America? ⁦Olivier Dayou⁩ ⁦Okwaro L.A⁩ ⁦Martin Thuo, FNAI, FAAS⁩ ⁦Were Vincent⁩

Residue conservation and solvent accessibility are (almost) all you need for predicting mutational effects in proteins １．A simple model called RSALOR achieves performance on par with or better than most state-of-the-art tools in predicting the effects of mutations on proteins