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Erika Kroll
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Erika Kroll 🇵🇭 🇩🇪|
Bioinformatician working at Rothamsted Research as part of the Delivering Sustainable Wheat ISP 🌾🌾
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Had a great and productive time attending the Genome Assembly and Annotation course @edgenome.bsky.social last week. Thanks Heleen for helping me with all my questions!! 🧬👩‍💻
edgenome.bsky.social Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome.bsky.social · Feb 17
Last week, we wrapped up our first Genome Assembly course at Edinburgh Genomics!

🧬 From raw reads to high-quality assemblies, participants gained hands-on experience with cutting-edge tools & workflows

Thanks to all who joined us! 🎉
#Bioinformatics #GenomeAssembly #Training
February 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Read the full paper in PLOS Pathogens...
journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
A conserved fungal Knr4/Smi1 protein is crucial for maintaining cell wall stress tolerance and host plant pathogenesis
Author summary Filamentous fungi, including Fusarium graminearum and Zymoseptoria tritici, pose serious threats to global food security by causing devastating diseases in cereal crops, including wheat...
journals.plos.org
January 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Proud to say my PhD work has been published in PLOS pathogens and is accompanied with a short press release! Please have a read if you are interested in the use of transcriptomics for the control of fungal diseases 🌾🍄‍🟫👩‍💻👩‍🔬 www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/killer-...
“Killer” fungal gene could provide key to wheat disease control | Rothamsted Research
A specific gene appears to protect some fungal threats as they invade wheat. Disarming these defences could offer a pathway to keeping pathogens in check
www.rothamsted.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM