Bailing Ren
@bailing87.bsky.social
PhD student in AG Bock @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social | aim to turn my ❤️red to 🌈 rainbow color
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CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
How can a PhD blend science with art, and dessert with creativity? 🤔
I tried it by making a “night-sky cake“— colored with phycocyanin, the same vivid blue pigment 💙 found in the algae I study. My supervisor recognized the source of the color immediately — he’s incredibly sharp!
I tried it by making a “night-sky cake“— colored with phycocyanin, the same vivid blue pigment 💙 found in the algae I study. My supervisor recognized the source of the color immediately — he’s incredibly sharp!
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How can a PhD blend science with art, and dessert with creativity? 🤔
I tried it by making a “night-sky cake“— colored with phycocyanin, the same vivid blue pigment 💙 found in the algae I study. My supervisor recognized the source of the color immediately — he’s incredibly sharp!
I tried it by making a “night-sky cake“— colored with phycocyanin, the same vivid blue pigment 💙 found in the algae I study. My supervisor recognized the source of the color immediately — he’s incredibly sharp!
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Our paper on the #genome of the Trebouxia #photobiont from Xanthoria is now out in @newphyt.bsky.social! Check below for a near-chromosome level assembly, secretome analysis, evidence of ancient HGT, and transcriptomic comparison of the alga in symbiosis and in pure culture
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70728
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70728
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Our paper on the #genome of the Trebouxia #photobiont from Xanthoria is now out in @newphyt.bsky.social! Check below for a near-chromosome level assembly, secretome analysis, evidence of ancient HGT, and transcriptomic comparison of the alga in symbiosis and in pure culture
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70728
doi.org/10.1111/nph.70728
Really enjoyed catching up with Alison over lunch today — such a fun and inspiring chat! 🌿 Also loved her talk on synthetic plastomes in Chlamydomonas — super cool work!
Huge thanks to Alison Smith from @camplantsci.bsky.social for visiting our institute and sharing her expertise in “Manipulating the Chlamydomonas #chloroplast #genome.” 🌿
Our #PhD students loved the chance to meet and exchange ideas at lunch and are still buzzing with inspiration! 💡✨
Our #PhD students loved the chance to meet and exchange ideas at lunch and are still buzzing with inspiration! 💡✨
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Really enjoyed catching up with Alison over lunch today — such a fun and inspiring chat! 🌿 Also loved her talk on synthetic plastomes in Chlamydomonas — super cool work!
Weekend brain finally caught up 🫠✨Had such a great time at the Plant and People! Huge thanks to the amazing organizers for making it happen 🌵
Super happy to take home a poster prize 🎉 A lovely little boost for my tiny research journey — exactly what I needed to keep going
Super happy to take home a poster prize 🎉 A lovely little boost for my tiny research journey — exactly what I needed to keep going
September 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Weekend brain finally caught up 🫠✨Had such a great time at the Plant and People! Huge thanks to the amazing organizers for making it happen 🌵
Super happy to take home a poster prize 🎉 A lovely little boost for my tiny research journey — exactly what I needed to keep going
Super happy to take home a poster prize 🎉 A lovely little boost for my tiny research journey — exactly what I needed to keep going
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We are delighted to announce another PhD success at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social! 🎉 Dr. Jinghan Liu has passed her PhD viva in the group of Reimo Zoschke. 🌱🔬
Huge congratulations on this achievement—wishing you all the best for what’s next! 🎓✨
Huge congratulations on this achievement—wishing you all the best for what’s next! 🎓✨
July 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We are delighted to announce another PhD success at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social! 🎉 Dr. Jinghan Liu has passed her PhD viva in the group of Reimo Zoschke. 🌱🔬
Huge congratulations on this achievement—wishing you all the best for what’s next! 🎓✨
Huge congratulations on this achievement—wishing you all the best for what’s next! 🎓✨
🧪 After my third failed experiment, I told my PI:
"Maybe this is nature’s way of telling us it doesn’t want to be edited."
PI: 🥶
（created by AI）
"Maybe this is nature’s way of telling us it doesn’t want to be edited."
PI: 🥶
（created by AI）
June 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🧪 After my third failed experiment, I told my PI:
"Maybe this is nature’s way of telling us it doesn’t want to be edited."
PI: 🥶
（created by AI）
"Maybe this is nature’s way of telling us it doesn’t want to be edited."
PI: 🥶
（created by AI）
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Registration is now OPEN for the 7th Plants & People Conference (P&P’25)! Join us Sept 9–10 at MPI-MP for talks on plant science, AI, space research & more. Poster submissions are welcome!
Sign up here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...
#PlantsandPeople #P&P’25
Sign up here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...
#PlantsandPeople #P&P’25
June 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Registration is now OPEN for the 7th Plants & People Conference (P&P’25)! Join us Sept 9–10 at MPI-MP for talks on plant science, AI, space research & more. Poster submissions are welcome!
Sign up here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...
#PlantsandPeople #P&P’25
Sign up here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...
#PlantsandPeople #P&P’25
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Huge congrats to @dunkelmann.bsky.social who secured £9.1 million funding for project SyncSol to develop a universal chloroplast genome for plants of the nightshade family. If successful, SyncSol could revolutionize plant breeding. 🌱🧬
More: www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2796756/news_publication_24809749
More: www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2796756/news_publication_24809749
June 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Huge congrats to @dunkelmann.bsky.social who secured £9.1 million funding for project SyncSol to develop a universal chloroplast genome for plants of the nightshade family. If successful, SyncSol could revolutionize plant breeding. 🌱🧬
More: www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2796756/news_publication_24809749
More: www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2796756/news_publication_24809749
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New research by @egonzalezduran.bsky.social shows that DSB repair suppresses gene transfer from chloroplasts to nucleus. With DSB repair impaired, transfer rates jump 20× — revealing how plants protect genome stability, with lessons beyond plant biology. Read: nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02005-w
Suppression of plastid-to-nucleus gene transfer by DNA double-strand break repair - Nature Plants
Inactivation of double-strand break repair pathways greatly increases the integration of plastid DNA into the nuclear genome of tobacco plants, highlighting the mutagenic potential of organellar DNA a...
nature.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New research by @egonzalezduran.bsky.social shows that DSB repair suppresses gene transfer from chloroplasts to nucleus. With DSB repair impaired, transfer rates jump 20× — revealing how plants protect genome stability, with lessons beyond plant biology. Read: nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02005-w
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Initiation of Translation in Bacteria and Chloroplasts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Initiation of Translation in Bacteria and Chloroplasts
Relative rates of protein synthesis in bacteria generally depend on the number of copies of a messenger RNA (mRNA) and the efficiency of their loading…
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April 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Initiation of Translation in Bacteria and Chloroplasts www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Genome editing in the green alga Chlamydomonas: past, present practice and future prospects onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @theplantjournal.bsky.social
Genome editing in the green alga Chlamydomonas: past, present practice and future prospects
This review discusses genome engineering in Chlamydomonas against the background of the history of genetic engineering, gives an overview of the tools, and methods available to a genetic engineer tod....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Genome editing in the green alga Chlamydomonas: past, present practice and future prospects onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @theplantjournal.bsky.social
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Looking for a #PhDposition in #PlantScience ? Our #IMPRS @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social and Uni Potsdam is currently recruiting! 📅 Apply by February 28, 2025
👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD
#PlantSciJobs #PhDjobs #PlantPhysiology #epigenetics #PlantMicrobe #compbio #PlantBiology #PlantSci #plantPhD
👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD
#PlantSciJobs #PhDjobs #PlantPhysiology #epigenetics #PlantMicrobe #compbio #PlantBiology #PlantSci #plantPhD
January 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Looking for a #PhDposition in #PlantScience ? Our #IMPRS @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social and Uni Potsdam is currently recruiting! 📅 Apply by February 28, 2025
👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD
#PlantSciJobs #PhDjobs #PlantPhysiology #epigenetics #PlantMicrobe #compbio #PlantBiology #PlantSci #plantPhD
👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD
#PlantSciJobs #PhDjobs #PlantPhysiology #epigenetics #PlantMicrobe #compbio #PlantBiology #PlantSci #plantPhD