Vitek Latzel
@vtec.bsky.social
researcher, ecological epigenetics, father, husband, etc.
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Posts in English and Czech
Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Posts in English and Czech
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On this day, December 21, 1968:
The first photo taken of the whole Earth in one frame by a human from Apollo 8.
It was the first circumnavigation of the Moon by a crewed spacecraft, and the furthest humans had ever travelled away from the Earth.
📸NASA
The first photo taken of the whole Earth in one frame by a human from Apollo 8.
It was the first circumnavigation of the Moon by a crewed spacecraft, and the furthest humans had ever travelled away from the Earth.
📸NASA
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
On this day, December 21, 1968:
The first photo taken of the whole Earth in one frame by a human from Apollo 8.
It was the first circumnavigation of the Moon by a crewed spacecraft, and the furthest humans had ever travelled away from the Earth.
📸NASA
The first photo taken of the whole Earth in one frame by a human from Apollo 8.
It was the first circumnavigation of the Moon by a crewed spacecraft, and the furthest humans had ever travelled away from the Earth.
📸NASA
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Matt Field - britský velvyslanec v ČR 😍. Enjoy
December 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Matt Field - britský velvyslanec v ČR 😍. Enjoy
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🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌿🌱 We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor (potentially open rank) at the Institute of Plant Sciences
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
@unibe.ch in Plant Population Ecology 🌻🌳
Be our colleague and join us in beautiful Bern, Switzerland
Apply by Jan 23 2026 👉 ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
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JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!
Please re-post!
Please re-post!
October 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
JOB ALERT! We are looking for a LAB MANAGER (7-year position!) to help us build the MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY lab in our @terra-cluster.org at @unituebingen.bsky.social. Are you a NGS wet lab expert, and you like the idea of supporting research on natural biodiversity, then apply!
Please re-post!
Please re-post!
My timeline is playing out in my feeds… Trump’s world in a nutshell.
October 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
My timeline is playing out in my feeds… Trump’s world in a nutshell.
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DNA methylome responses to biotic and abiotic stress in Arabidopsis thaliana: A multi-study analysis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.682861v1
October 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
DNA methylome responses to biotic and abiotic stress in Arabidopsis thaliana: A multi-study analysis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.682861v1
In strawberry, transgenerational effects (TGE) depend on how plants reproduce:
Clonal offspring: stronger TGE from abiotic stresses
Sexual offspring: stronger TGE from biotic interactions
Even DNA methylation inheritance follows this split.
Reproduction mode shapes what kind of memory plants pass on
Clonal offspring: stronger TGE from abiotic stresses
Sexual offspring: stronger TGE from biotic interactions
Even DNA methylation inheritance follows this split.
Reproduction mode shapes what kind of memory plants pass on
October 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In strawberry, transgenerational effects (TGE) depend on how plants reproduce:
Clonal offspring: stronger TGE from abiotic stresses
Sexual offspring: stronger TGE from biotic interactions
Even DNA methylation inheritance follows this split.
Reproduction mode shapes what kind of memory plants pass on
Clonal offspring: stronger TGE from abiotic stresses
Sexual offspring: stronger TGE from biotic interactions
Even DNA methylation inheritance follows this split.
Reproduction mode shapes what kind of memory plants pass on
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🧬Does DNA methylation inheritance differ in clonal and sexual offspring? In wild strawberry, we found higher methylation inheritance in clonal offspring linked to stronger transgenerational plasticity under climate stress.
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Stronger transgenerational plasticity in clonal compared to sexual offspring of Fragaria vesca: effects of drought, elevated temperature and CO2
AbstractBackground and Aims. Climate change threatens plant species, potentially exceeding their adaptive capacities. Plants may adapt to rapid environment
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October 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🧬Does DNA methylation inheritance differ in clonal and sexual offspring? In wild strawberry, we found higher methylation inheritance in clonal offspring linked to stronger transgenerational plasticity under climate stress.
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VOLEBNÍ TIPOVAČKA se vrací! Tipněte si, jak dopadnou letošní volby a vyhrajte trvalou slávu a obdiv!
Tentokrát exkluzivně na Bluesky (ale můžete ji poslat dál :-)).
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Tentokrát exkluzivně na Bluesky (ale můžete ji poslat dál :-)).
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
VOLEBNÍ TIPOVAČKA se vrací! Tipněte si, jak dopadnou letošní volby a vyhrajte trvalou slávu a obdiv!
Tentokrát exkluzivně na Bluesky (ale můžete ji poslat dál :-)).
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Tentokrát exkluzivně na Bluesky (ale můžete ji poslat dál :-)).
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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🚀 Today is the day! Excited to talk about our nanopore sequencing activities in Freiburg 🌱🧬 Including our plant genome sequencing workflow 👉 www.doi.org/10.20944/pre...
@puckerlab.bsky.social @pietzenuk.bsky.social
@puckerlab.bsky.social @pietzenuk.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🚀 Today is the day! Excited to talk about our nanopore sequencing activities in Freiburg 🌱🧬 Including our plant genome sequencing workflow 👉 www.doi.org/10.20944/pre...
@puckerlab.bsky.social @pietzenuk.bsky.social
@puckerlab.bsky.social @pietzenuk.bsky.social
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Professorship in Plant Genetics at Kiel University, Germany
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Plant Genetics. Focus: stress responses, epigenetics, and plant-environment interactions. Apply by 19 October 2025.
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Plant Genetics. Focus: stress responses, epigenetics, and plant-environment interactions. Apply by 19 October 2025.
Professorship in Plant Genetics at Kiel University, Germany
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Plant Genetics. Focus: stress responses, epigenetics, and plant-environment interactions. Apply by 19 October 2025.
agristok.net
September 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Professorship in Plant Genetics at Kiel University, Germany
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Plant Genetics. Focus: stress responses, epigenetics, and plant-environment interactions. Apply by 19 October 2025.
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University invites applications for a W2 Professorship in Plant Genetics. Focus: stress responses, epigenetics, and plant-environment interactions. Apply by 19 October 2025.
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once
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New on the Belowground blog: Look at those spacers! A little digging in the forests of New England plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/a...
A little digging in the forests of New England
Commentary and photos by Jitka Klimešová and F. Curtis Lubbe from the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The photo above features Jitka Klimešová drawing plants in a sun room (ph…
plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
New on the Belowground blog: Look at those spacers! A little digging in the forests of New England plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/09/24/a...
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Emmanuel Macron zavolal Donaldovi Trumpovi, protože konvoj amerického prezidenta mu blokoval cestu v ulicích New Yorku. (Brut) #viaX AlertesInfos
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Emmanuel Macron zavolal Donaldovi Trumpovi, protože konvoj amerického prezidenta mu blokoval cestu v ulicích New Yorku. (Brut) #viaX AlertesInfos
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Sounds like a conspiration against Hedonism !!
Beer drinkers were 44% more attractive to mosquitoes than people who had abstained for at least 12 hours, cannabis users were 35% more attractive, and those who had slept with someone else the night before were 46% more attractive, new research finds. https://scim.ag/3Vk5rMw
Does drinking beer make you more attractive to mosquitoes?
Experiments performed at a large music festival suggest the bloodsuckers are more attracted to hedonistic attendees
scim.ag
September 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Sounds like a conspiration against Hedonism !!
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Rád bych pomohl s přesnou datací toho Masarykova vzkazu. Vzhledem k tomu, že kritizoval Hlinku a varoval před Němcema, tak to muselo být v roce 1996 když se hrál světový pohár. Čerství mistři světa pod vedením Ivana Hlinky tenkrát neuhráli ani bod a s Němcema rupli 7:1.
September 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Rád bych pomohl s přesnou datací toho Masarykova vzkazu. Vzhledem k tomu, že kritizoval Hlinku a varoval před Němcema, tak to muselo být v roce 1996 když se hrál světový pohár. Čerství mistři světa pod vedením Ivana Hlinky tenkrát neuhráli ani bod a s Němcema rupli 7:1.
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The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage.
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage.
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig.
Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?
Reposted by Vitek Latzel
Reposted by Vitek Latzel
Genome-wide selection on transposable elements in maize https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676665v1
September 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Genome-wide selection on transposable elements in maize https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676665v1
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Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants
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Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
September 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Job Alert! The University of Tübingen is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) in FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY! Come and join our institute, and maybe our new excellence clusters @terra-cluster.org and @greenrobust.de. @gfoesoc.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social Please repost!
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