Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺
@plantepigenetics.ch
Head of the Crop Genome Dynamics Group at Agroscope, Switzerland.
Studying plant epigenetics and transposable elements and their use for crop breeding.
Views are my own.
#epigenetics #TransposableElements #breeding #crops #GMO #ClimateEmergency
Studying plant epigenetics and transposable elements and their use for crop breeding.
Views are my own.
#epigenetics #TransposableElements #breeding #crops #GMO #ClimateEmergency
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Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺
@plantepigenetics.ch
· Nov 17
Current state of EU legislation on crop breeding summed up in one picture. Note that all plants carry the same mutation!
One does not need to be a scientist to understand the this legislation makes no sense. #GMOs #CommonSense @testbiotech
One does not need to be a scientist to understand the this legislation makes no sense. #GMOs #CommonSense @testbiotech
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We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
December 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We condemn the scandalous US visa ban on former EU Commisioner Breton and digital activists. Protecting democracy isn’t censorship. ✋🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
Disinformation isn’t free speech. Europe won’t take lessons from those undermining democracy and free speech.
Here in Europe we set our own laws. 🇪🇺✊🏼
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We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
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Freedom of speech is the foundation of our strong and vibrant European democracy.
We are proud of it. We will protect it.
Because the @ec.europa.eu is the guardian of our values.
We are proud of it. We will protect it.
Because the @ec.europa.eu is the guardian of our values.
We strongly condemn the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former Commissioner Thierry Breton.
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
Link to full statement: link.europa.eu/NtMX4K
December 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Freedom of speech is the foundation of our strong and vibrant European democracy.
We are proud of it. We will protect it.
Because the @ec.europa.eu is the guardian of our values.
We are proud of it. We will protect it.
Because the @ec.europa.eu is the guardian of our values.
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Japan is joining Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship research and innovation programme.
Openness and international cooperation can shape a bright future for science and technology.
Through science, we can build bridges, strengthen competitiveness, and accelerate the green and digital transitions.
Openness and international cooperation can shape a bright future for science and technology.
Through science, we can build bridges, strengthen competitiveness, and accelerate the green and digital transitions.
December 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Japan is joining Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship research and innovation programme.
Openness and international cooperation can shape a bright future for science and technology.
Through science, we can build bridges, strengthen competitiveness, and accelerate the green and digital transitions.
Openness and international cooperation can shape a bright future for science and technology.
Through science, we can build bridges, strengthen competitiveness, and accelerate the green and digital transitions.
So we have come to this then?
There’s no difference between USA and Russia anymore.
There’s no difference between USA and Russia anymore.
These principles are essential not only for the European Union, but for nations around the world.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland.
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So we have come to this then?
There’s no difference between USA and Russia anymore.
There’s no difference between USA and Russia anymore.
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Fortschritte in der Pflanzenzüchtung sind so wichtig. U.a. durch Klimawandel noch viel wichtiger als in der Vergangenheit. Menschen, die ihren Einfluss dafür nutzen, Angst vor Gentechnik und NGT zu schüren und diese seit vielen Jahren blockieren, richten sehr großen gesellschaftlichen Schaden an.
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Fortschritte in der Pflanzenzüchtung sind so wichtig. U.a. durch Klimawandel noch viel wichtiger als in der Vergangenheit. Menschen, die ihren Einfluss dafür nutzen, Angst vor Gentechnik und NGT zu schüren und diese seit vielen Jahren blockieren, richten sehr großen gesellschaftlichen Schaden an.
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The SNSF is considering restrictions for its Project funding. Goal: to ensure the quality of evaluation & stable success rates despite an increasing number of applications and limited funding. The final decision will be made in January 2026.
👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R
#research #science
👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R
#research #science
Project funding restrictions envisaged
The SNSF is responding to increased demand from researchers in order to ensure evaluation quality and stabilise success rates.
buff.ly
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The SNSF is considering restrictions for its Project funding. Goal: to ensure the quality of evaluation & stable success rates despite an increasing number of applications and limited funding. The final decision will be made in January 2026.
👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R
#research #science
👉 buff.ly/iGOCf7R
#research #science
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We were delighted to welcome Luis Lopez Molina today! Many thanks for the excellent talk on how endospermic ARFs regulate #seed dormancy, seed #development and #cold adaptation ❄️
We had a great time listening and discussing! Thanks as well to @claudiakohler11.bsky.social for hosting ✨
We had a great time listening and discussing! Thanks as well to @claudiakohler11.bsky.social for hosting ✨
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We were delighted to welcome Luis Lopez Molina today! Many thanks for the excellent talk on how endospermic ARFs regulate #seed dormancy, seed #development and #cold adaptation ❄️
We had a great time listening and discussing! Thanks as well to @claudiakohler11.bsky.social for hosting ✨
We had a great time listening and discussing! Thanks as well to @claudiakohler11.bsky.social for hosting ✨
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Our recent Perspective on extrachromosomal circular DNA is the focus of December's GBE Highlight.
Highlight: Running Circles Around Genome Architecture
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf232
#genome #evolution #eccDNA
Highlight: Running Circles Around Genome Architecture
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf232
#genome #evolution #eccDNA
December 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our recent Perspective on extrachromosomal circular DNA is the focus of December's GBE Highlight.
Highlight: Running Circles Around Genome Architecture
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf232
#genome #evolution #eccDNA
Highlight: Running Circles Around Genome Architecture
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf232
#genome #evolution #eccDNA
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Today, we make further steps in our renewed EU-UK strategic partnership.
We have concluded the negotiations for the UK’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027.
Bringing back Erasmus+ for our young people, opening the door to new shared experiences and lasting friendships.
We have concluded the negotiations for the UK’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027.
Bringing back Erasmus+ for our young people, opening the door to new shared experiences and lasting friendships.
December 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Today, we make further steps in our renewed EU-UK strategic partnership.
We have concluded the negotiations for the UK’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027.
Bringing back Erasmus+ for our young people, opening the door to new shared experiences and lasting friendships.
We have concluded the negotiations for the UK’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027.
Bringing back Erasmus+ for our young people, opening the door to new shared experiences and lasting friendships.
@woz.ch Was für ein katastrophal schlechter Artikel zum Thema Neue Zuchtmethoden. Von Recherche und Journalismus keine Spur. Ihr könnt das besser.
www.woz.ch/2550/gentech...
www.woz.ch/2550/gentech...
Gentechnik: Die grosse Deregulierung
Die «neue» Gentechnik soll in der EU weitgehend dereguliert werden: Das beschlossen diese Woche EU-Parlament, EU-Kommission und EU-Ministerrat beim letzten sogenannten Trilog.
www.woz.ch
December 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@woz.ch Was für ein katastrophal schlechter Artikel zum Thema Neue Zuchtmethoden. Von Recherche und Journalismus keine Spur. Ihr könnt das besser.
www.woz.ch/2550/gentech...
www.woz.ch/2550/gentech...
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We’re hiring 4 roles at UWA's Plant Synbio Innovation Centre: Facility Manager + 3 Postdocs (single-cell genomics/screening; molecular tools; construct prototyping). Apply by Jan 20 bit.ly/4qfoftG bit.ly/3MFgD59 bit.ly/4pFT6jf bit.ly/48VkgLw
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 AM
We’re hiring 4 roles at UWA's Plant Synbio Innovation Centre: Facility Manager + 3 Postdocs (single-cell genomics/screening; molecular tools; construct prototyping). Apply by Jan 20 bit.ly/4qfoftG bit.ly/3MFgD59 bit.ly/4pFT6jf bit.ly/48VkgLw
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Pleased to share this thoughtful essay by Jess on my flower design project🌹🧬
As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!
As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!
December 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Pleased to share this thoughtful essay by Jess on my flower design project🌹🧬
As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!
As a small thank-you for spreading the work, I'm randomly giving away 5 of these new morphogenesis hoodies to whoever reposts this!
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Can we tune a plant’s epigenetic toolkit to disrupt plant homeostasis in ways that enable phenotypic innovation?
🌱Check out our new Opinion Paper with @thanvisrikant.bsky.social discussing this topic in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌱Check out our new Opinion Paper with @thanvisrikant.bsky.social discussing this topic in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can we tune a plant’s epigenetic toolkit to disrupt plant homeostasis in ways that enable phenotypic innovation?
🌱Check out our new Opinion Paper with @thanvisrikant.bsky.social discussing this topic in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🌱Check out our new Opinion Paper with @thanvisrikant.bsky.social discussing this topic in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Permanent Research Group Leader Position, Crete, Greece: Interested to assume long-term responsibilities for the Biodiversity Computing Group www.biocomp.gr I have set up in Crete? Apply now via apella.minedu.gov.gr/en/node/5998 (PDF also in English) - for questions email to stamatak@ics.forth.gr
December 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Permanent Research Group Leader Position, Crete, Greece: Interested to assume long-term responsibilities for the Biodiversity Computing Group www.biocomp.gr I have set up in Crete? Apply now via apella.minedu.gov.gr/en/node/5998 (PDF also in English) - for questions email to stamatak@ics.forth.gr
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🚨We’re hiring! Please help spread the word!
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨We’re hiring! Please help spread the word!
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
Now there’s acupuncture for plants 😳
I always thought people are against GMOs because of needles/syringes… But this is, apparently, OK?
I always thought people are against GMOs because of needles/syringes… But this is, apparently, OK?
December 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Now there’s acupuncture for plants 😳
I always thought people are against GMOs because of needles/syringes… But this is, apparently, OK?
I always thought people are against GMOs because of needles/syringes… But this is, apparently, OK?
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Professorship Stress resilience of plants. Aachen, Germany.
#PlantSciJobs #plantscijob
www.academics.de/jobs/w3-univ...
#PlantSciJobs #plantscijob
www.academics.de/jobs/w3-univ...
W3-Universitätsprofessur Stressresilienz von Pflanzen - RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University bietet Stelle als W3-Universitätsprofessur Stressresilienz von Pflanzen in Aachen - jetzt bewerben!
www.academics.de
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Professorship Stress resilience of plants. Aachen, Germany.
#PlantSciJobs #plantscijob
www.academics.de/jobs/w3-univ...
#PlantSciJobs #plantscijob
www.academics.de/jobs/w3-univ...
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May their words reach politicians‘ ears…
Comment in @nature.com: "Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
May their words reach politicians‘ ears…
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Comment in @nature.com: "Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Comment in @nature.com: "Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.
Do NOT travel to the US. It’s too dangerous for foreigners.
December 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Do NOT travel to the US. It’s too dangerous for foreigners.
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🌱Great momentum at the TYPEX Days 2025 in Strasbourg: new Prime Editing tools, progress across crop species, and a growing shared cloning platform. More here 👉 www.pepr-selection-vegetale.fr/actualites/j...
December 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🌱Great momentum at the TYPEX Days 2025 in Strasbourg: new Prime Editing tools, progress across crop species, and a growing shared cloning platform. More here 👉 www.pepr-selection-vegetale.fr/actualites/j...
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We are recruiting a tenure track professor in the broader area of molecular biology @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de at Heidelberg University! www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please share and apply!
Tenure Track Professorship (W1 with Tenure Track to W3) in “Molecular Biology" (f/m/d) - Heidelberg job with Universität Heidelberg | 12850668
The Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and the Faculty of Biosciences invite applications for a Tenure Track Professors...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We are recruiting a tenure track professor in the broader area of molecular biology @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de at Heidelberg University! www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please share and apply!
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Why It Is Time to Replace ls, cat, and top in Your Workflow
#linux #linuxtips #opensource #programing #webdev #productivity #software #gnome #kde #debian #fedora #ubuntu #tips #tech #technolog #technews #ai #web #Engineering #coding #linuxgaming #security #privacy #google #kernel 👉👉 👉 #followUS 👈👈👈
#linux #linuxtips #opensource #programing #webdev #productivity #software #gnome #kde #debian #fedora #ubuntu #tips #tech #technolog #technews #ai #web #Engineering #coding #linuxgaming #security #privacy #google #kernel 👉👉 👉 #followUS 👈👈👈
Upgrade Your Terminal: 5 Modern Alternatives to Ancient Linux Commands (2025)
Still using ls, cat, and top? Boost your terminal productivity in 2025 with these 5 modern Linux commands: eza, bat, btop, zoxide, and duf.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Why It Is Time to Replace ls, cat, and top in Your Workflow
#linux #linuxtips #opensource #programing #webdev #productivity #software #gnome #kde #debian #fedora #ubuntu #tips #tech #technolog #technews #ai #web #Engineering #coding #linuxgaming #security #privacy #google #kernel 👉👉 👉 #followUS 👈👈👈
#linux #linuxtips #opensource #programing #webdev #productivity #software #gnome #kde #debian #fedora #ubuntu #tips #tech #technolog #technews #ai #web #Engineering #coding #linuxgaming #security #privacy #google #kernel 👉👉 👉 #followUS 👈👈👈
Brain drain of US scientists to Germany.
It surprises me that companies are still considering investing in the US when it is now so obvious that the US are not the future of science and technology anymore.
It surprises me that companies are still considering investing in the US when it is now so obvious that the US are not the future of science and technology anymore.
Helmholtz-Geschäftsführerin Sabine Helling-Moegen im Interview mit Deutschlandfunk Nova zur Attraktivität des Wissenschaftsstandorts Deutschland www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/brai...
Brain-Drain in den USA: Mehr Forschende kommen nach Deutschland
Brain-Drain in den USA: Mehr Forschende kommen nach Deutschland
www.deutschlandfunknova.de
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Brain drain of US scientists to Germany.
It surprises me that companies are still considering investing in the US when it is now so obvious that the US are not the future of science and technology anymore.
It surprises me that companies are still considering investing in the US when it is now so obvious that the US are not the future of science and technology anymore.