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This morning, Nature published two papers on bridge editing, the new genome engineering technology from @ArcInstitute: nature.com/articles/s4158…, nature.com/articles/s4158…. I'm quite excited about its potential! Since the whole thing is pretty arcane, I fed the blog post

Delighted to run into Paul Schulz-Lefert and his family after his induction to the Royal Society today Max Planck Society

The great Michael Mann inducted to the Royal Society

Genomic and phenomic screens of 827 wheat landraces provide insight into the wheat population genetic background, unlocking many agronomic traits and revealing haplotypes that could be used to improve modern wheat cultivars, according to a nature paper. go.nature.com/3YCUQyN

NEWS - How bread dough gave rise to civilisation  A major international study has explained how bread wheat helped to transform the ancient world okt.to/21OC9m Norwich Research Park Cristobal Uauy

One of the greatest battles in Anglo-French history: The battle of Marianne Faithfull of 1967 Belligerants: Alain Delon (🇫🇷) Mick Jagger (🇬🇧)

#OnThisDay in 1858, a seminal journal article comprised of papers by Alfred Russel Wallace FRS and Charles Darwin FRS on the theory of evolution by natural selection was published by the The Linnean Society of London, the first public announcement of the theory. bit.ly/3k8fq4u

Opinion: Constitutional law expert and former Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer takes a deep, concerned look at the risks this Government is taking with hasty law changes. newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/23/geo…

In South Africa, farmers are growing GM drought-tolerant and insect-resistant maize varieties. GM cotton in Malawi has more than trebled yields vs. conventional. In Nigeria, GM cowpea is resistant to pod borer, which can devastate up to 90% of the crop. nation.africa/kenya/blogs-op…

There's clearly no day that couldn't be improved with a photograph of Albert Camus dancing.

PlantCaduceus - Cross-species modeling of plant genomes Led by Jingjing Zhai and Aaron Gokaslan, with the Kuleshov lab, we’re having our “ChatGPT moment” with DNA Large Models. PlantCaduceus predicts functional DNA sequences with single base resolution across flowering plants.

"Meet the new boss / Same as the old boss" - my Political Roundup about the new vested interests that the Lange and Douglas revolution installed in 1984 that are still on top in 2024: democracyproject.substack.com/p/40-years-ago…

Omai of the Friendly Isles wikiart.org/en/joshua-reyn…

Who were the "scientific refugees" the UK couldn't help during the Second World War? Sir David Clary will share the tragic fates, or astounding survival experiences, of these erudite scholars. rigb.org/whats-on/lost-…

Tawaiho, the Maori king of New Zealand, December 1897.

Feels like yesterday! Such a privilege to have fine students who have done very well ❤️❤️

Elon Musk is a Fellow of the Royal Society you know The Royal Society

Happy to share our latest discovery of the autoactive CNGC15, sufficient to enhance root endosymbiosis in legume and field grown wheat: nature.com/articles/s4158… Thank you to everyone involved! Special shout-out Nicola Cook, G.Gobbato, collaborators @DaveLawson101 , Cristobal Uauy

Whew!! Great work James and a real credit for your persistence and creativity

Thank you for your progressive actions