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Farley Kwok van der Giezen
@farleykvdg.bsky.social
Postdoc at the University of Western Australia
Plants for Space; Plant Energy Biology; School of Molecular Sciences
RNA editing, chloroplast and mitochondria biology, bioinformatics, protein engineering, synthetic biology, ferns and bryophytes.
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#SciSky is utopic thus far.

Hello to all my old friends and starter pack followers. I'm Farley and I'm into the evolution of RNA editing in chloroplasts and mitochondria of plants. It's a cool, very specific conversion of pyrimidines (both ways!). I want to engineer this for other organisms too.
Reposted by Farley Kwok van der Giezen
P4S Chief Investigator Prof Ryan Lister and P4S Research Fellow Dr James Lloyd are part of a world-first effort to build an artificial chromosome entirely from scratch in plants.

Read more about the project, which has received more than $12 million in funding from the UK’s ARIA 👉 lnkd.in/g6CX8JHD
$12 million grant backs global team to create first synthetic plant chromosome
World-first project to build synthetic plant chromosome aims to boost crop traits like resilience, backed by $12M UK ARIA funding.
www.uwa.edu.au
June 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Reposted by Farley Kwok van der Giezen
New hypothesis on why mitochondrial and nuclear RNA editing show such contrasting patterns in RNA editing based on their differences in transcriptome size:

doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...

Daniel Sloan
Can transcriptome size and off-target effects explain the contrasting evolution of mitochondrial vs nuclear RNA editing?
Abstract. Mitochondrial RNA editing has evolved independently in numerous eukaryotic lineages, where it generally restores conserved sequences and function
doi.org
May 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reposted by Farley Kwok van der Giezen
🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP25 announcement:

❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2025❗️

See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/D...

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Research Management System - Scheme Round Statistics for Approved Applications - Discovery Projects 2025 round 1
RMS is the ARC's Research Management System, a web-based system used by eligible researchers to prepare and submit research proposals and assessments under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program ...
rms.arc.gov.au
November 26, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Reposted by Farley Kwok van der Giezen
Here is a starter to a starter pack for the Aus plant science community. Let’s rebuild. #plantscience

Let me know if you want to be added. Help me find more.
go.bsky.app/AiLTKHH
November 15, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Reposted by Farley Kwok van der Giezen
First starter pack - #RNA Scientists Down Under (Australia & New Zealand) - let me know if you want to be added by replying below 👇

PS - I fixed the name, but for some reason the thumbnail is not updated 🤷‍♀️

go.bsky.app/7yqfuoN
November 22, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Reposted by Farley Kwok van der Giezen
November 17, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Neat.
November 18, 2024 at 10:54 PM
#SciSky is utopic thus far.

Hello to all my old friends and starter pack followers. I'm Farley and I'm into the evolution of RNA editing in chloroplasts and mitochondria of plants. It's a cool, very specific conversion of pyrimidines (both ways!). I want to engineer this for other organisms too.
November 18, 2024 at 2:45 AM