Plant geneticist studying chromosome and chromatin structure and functions.

Olomouc, Czech Republic
Joined February 2019
Last night, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck an airfield in the Voronezh region. Four Su-34 aircraft were destroyed and two more Su-34s were hit. The Russians used them to terrorize our people. These very warplanes were ready to launch new attacks on Ukraine and were loaded with aerial bombs. Our Long Neptune missile was used to strike the target. I thank the warriors of the Ukrainian Navy for their precision! Our long-range sanctions also reached a site in the Oryol region used to store and launch attack drones. A target was also hit in the Black Sea. These are our justified responses to all of Russia’s terror against Ukraine. Russia is dragging out the war, so our long-range operations will continue.
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Today, Peter and Ahel shared their expertise in advanced microscopy with colleagues during a hands-on spinning disk microscopy training! 🔬 Thanks for sharing your knowledge, tips & tricks, and showing us how to make some really cool root growth movies 🎬
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Kyiv is in a blackout. No water either. Kharkiv’s thermal power plant is being bombed right now. Energy ceasefire? What energy ceasefire?
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Are you interested in gene expression, epigenetics, and plants? 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🌱 We are looking for candidates to apply for a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellowship. Deadlines/eligibility requirements here: tinyurl.com/4392h6dj Interested? Get in touch at [email protected]
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Now also with a Nature Plants Research Briefing! 🌱 A short overview of how SNI1/NSE5 links temperature to meiotic crossover control in Arabidopsis.
New OA Article: "SNI1/NSE5 is a cold-sensitive brake on class II crossovers in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/P1VqD9W4RvQa With Research Briefing: "SNI1 governs how temperature reshapes crossovers and genetic diversity" rdcu.be/1ZSG6fvWCPJa
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Barley comes in way more shades than you'd think! 🌾 We’re using the Oregon Wolfe Barley population, an amazing genetics teaching tool developed by the folks at OSU, to help bring plant biology to the public. It’s a perfect visual of the black lemma and pericarp locus (Blp1).
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1/2 My very first post on X—and what better occasion than the publication of our paper in @NaturePlants! 🌱 We identify SNI1 as the first plant gene linking temperature to meiotic recombination, generating genetic diversity that may help plants adapt. nature.com/articles/s41477-0…
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‼️A new story from our lab!🙌 We show that SNI1, a component of the SMC5/6 complex, acts as a temperature-dependent brake on class II crossovers, helping shape where genetic exchange occurs in Arabidopsis. Huge effort by Alex made it happen🙏
1/2 My very first post on X—and what better occasion than the publication of our paper in @NaturePlants! 🌱 We identify SNI1 as the first plant gene linking temperature to meiotic recombination, generating genetic diversity that may help plants adapt. nature.com/articles/s41477-0…
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Have you ever wondered what happens at night on top of a mountain in the darkest place on Earth? 📹 Connor Paton/ connorpatonphotos
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This week, Adam and Martin attended the “At the Forefront of Plant Research” conference at VIB in Ghent, presenting their work with beautiful posters. Martin also gave a talk at VIB’s Early Career Research Day. #ParentalConflict #Barley #Seed
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Beautiful new cat species is first to be named in a century newscientist.com/article/258…
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New cat species discovered in over 100 years Scientists have identified Leopardus tilcayo, a tiny wild cat found in Bolivia’s Yungas forests. The discovery began with a wildlife sanctuary reporting a “weird cat” and was later confirmed through genetic research
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New cat alert! A call from a wildlife sanctuary about a "weird cat" has led to the first new cat species discovered in over 100 years in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion. Learn more about this feline surprise: on.natgeo.com/JRuaGj
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A new genome resource for the barley community! Use FluentDNA to explore genomic features such as gene clusters, telomeric repeats and GC rich regions, of the Bere Unst genome assembly. It's google maps for genomes! cropdiversity.ac.uk/fluentdn…
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meanwhile, a male Pallas's cat (兔猻,Otocolobus manul) is dating his girlfriend, in Gansu province #China. 😹 #manul
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IN BRIEF: Clearing the chromatin roadblock: a dual strategy for H2A.Z depletion under high temperature (Yu-Hung Hung) doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koag0… @ASPB #PlantSci
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Apeluji na vládu, aby urychleně poskytla Ukrajině letouny L-159, které mohou pomoci sestřelovat novou verzi ruských dronů. Ty stroje jsme pořídili, aby nás bránily, ne aby hnily v hangárech. Je to v zájmu nás všech.
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Russian officials have biologically evolved to be harder to push out of windows.
The head of Russias Rossotrudnichestvo in a press conference today talking about Russias deteriorating relationship with Armenia…
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IN BRIEF: Build me up to break me down: mapping grain development and germination in barley over time and space (Pablo González-Suárez , Alexa-Maria Wangler) doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koag1… @ASPB #PlantSci
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