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Biotechnologist Sebastian Cocioba started hacking plants to put himself through college. Now, from his home lab on Long Island, he wants to bring the tools of genetic engineering to the masses. wired.trib.al/ph2krJ9

As 2024 is about to close, the Bio Forms and Function Lab wishes you all the best in 2025! 2025 will be a special year for us (more on this in the next post). Looking forward to new beginnings while keeping good things going. A happy, rested, and hopeful New Year to you all!

Be my colleague! OIST is recruiting new unit leader(s) in the areas of energy and sustainability (broadly defined). Deadline - 15 January. Special shoutout to plant researchers - we are making a core plant care facility. And Okinawan flora is so tantalizing for research...!

Today my colleague shared with me the most EXQUISITE image of a seed the size of a dust particle, collected from a rare plant called Xylanche in Nepal, and photographed using scanning electron microscopy. Wow. 📷 Renata Piwowarczyk’s work, courtesy of Herbarium LE in St.

1/9 I am excited to share our pre-print on spatial transcriptomics in wheat spikes in collaboration with Ashleigh Lister. Using MERFISH, we resolved the expression of 200 genes to cellular resolution. Check out the pre-print 👉tinyurl.com/c7t3kncf

How the Crocodile Got Its Scales 🐊 —we make the cover of nature ! Our research reveals that the crocodile head scale pattern isn’t genetically-controlled. It’s mechanically self-organized through compressive folding of the skin. 📖 lanevol.org/news/article/h… Université de Genève

Government to legislate on ‘unlocking’ gene editing by March. Ministers will introduce legislation paving the way for wider use of gene-editing technology in agriculture, after scientists expressed concern that progress on the issue had stalled. researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

This year's #PlantBio2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (July 26-30), hosted by ASPB features a plenary session on #plantbiomechanics chaired by Erin Sparks   plantbiology.aspb.org/plenary-sympos…   Speakers are @geitmannlab, Naomi Nakayama, Ivan Radin, Frank Telewski

A new Professorship is available at the University of Heidelberg. The focus is on various aspects of Synthetic Biology and Synthetic Genomics.

#TansleyReview: Source vs sink limitations on #tree #growth: from physiological mechanisms to evolutionary constraints and terrestrial #carbon cycle implications Dr. Anna Trugman and Leander Anderegg 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… #LatestIssue Wiley Plant Science

Normally, the Atacama Desert in Chile, receives less than 12 mm of rain a year. However in the years when rainfall is unusually high, between September and November, this can happen. It's called «desierto florido».

Engineered cells are finding their way into agriculture, living materials, consumer products and medicines. How do we design these cells and adapt regulatory rules to facilitate their safe and efficient use? #synbio #biotech rdcu.be/d8xLG

Our unit OIST is hiring two postdocs, one lab manager/technician, and one field technician! If you're passionate about exploring microbial and ecosystem ecology at the international institute on this beautiful island, please apply by April 20!🍄🦠🌳🌞 oist.jp/research/resea…