@forscherrobert.bsky.social from @leibnizipk.bsky.social explained how his research team used genome editing to replicate wild mutations found in East Asian barley, successfully transferring virus resistance to European breeding lines. 🌾🛡

#GiveGenesAChance

Professor @apmweber.bsky.social, our project coordinator from @hhu.de talked about how to improve water use efficiency in maize through genome editing. 🌽

He pointed out that the EU should allow gene editing to make organic farming more sustainable: www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Garlich Essen, Secretary General at Euroseeds, presented a sobering analysis of Europe’s position in the global regulatory landscape of New Genomic Techniques: largely restricted under current #GMO legislation. Map by
@seedfed.bsky.social

Kathleen Lehmann from the European Commission’ Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety provided an update on the long-awaited NGT proposal — currently in trilogue between @europarl.europa.eu, the European Council, and @ec.europa.eu. The Biotech Act, scheduled late 2026, was also discussed.

Over 100 European policymakers, scientists, & agricultural stakeholders were at our webinar yesterday! Together, we examined how New Genomic Techniques can drive sustainability in European agriculture! 🇪🇺 🌾

Organised by #EUSAGE, @reimagineeuropa.bsky.social, & our @horizoneu.bsky.social project!

Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social, head of Biotechnology & Genome Editing, at @leibnizipk.bsky.social joins our webinar on New Genomic Techniques to boost sustainability in Europe”! 🇪🇺🌾

Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G

Garlich von Essen, Secretary General & CEO at Euroseeds, will join our free webinar “Innovating Agriculture: How New Genomic Techniques Can Boost Sustainability in Europe” on Thursday, 18 September!

Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G

Join our free webinar on 18 September to hear from @apmweber.bsky.social, our #EUfunded project coordinator, about recent progress in crops, including maize that is more resistance to droughts! 🌽

✅ Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G

Join our online webinar 18 September on how New Genomic Techniques #NGTs can significantly contribute to sustainable agriculture in Europe! 🇪🇺 🌾

✅ Free registrations at lnkd.in/dMj8ThfM
Secure your place and participate in shaping Europe’s sustainable agricultural future!

Last month, our consortium met in Tartu, Estonia, to share our latest progress and reflect on what’s next for our #H2020 project. Here is a sneak peek! 📽️ 🌻

There were lots of updates, including cross-consortium publications, regulatory deliverables, and upcoming trials.

We have just wrapped up our hybrid consortium meeting in Tartu, kindly hosted by our fantastic Estonian colleagues at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. 🇪🇪

With the project heading into its final phase, it was the perfect chance to look back on what we’ve grown together!

#H2020 #PlantScience

We met @camplantsci.bsky.social this week to present and discuss on how far our #H2020 project has come. 🇪🇺 🌻 Some updates: New hybrids, field trials prep, and paper in review! 🔔

Thank you @jmhibberd.bsky.social, @tianshu-sun.bsky.social & @slcuplants.bsky.social for hosting! 🤗

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Our consortium is at @camplantsci.bsky.social for 2 days of presentations and discussions on how far our #H2020 project has come. 🔬🌻

We will also be getting ready for an upcoming review. 📑
Thank you @jmhibberd.bsky.social for hosting our team in sito & online! 🤗

We are the account #2,091,415 at Bluesky! Time flew and now there are over 10 million accounts! 🌱 ➡️ 🌻
Many of them sharing interesting research on #PlantScience like @ceplas.bsky.social and our project coordinator @apmweber.bsky.social 👏

We are proud to support Laia Segura Broncano from @weberlab.bsky.social! She just presented her research findings on the limitations of photorespiration at the inaugural #PlantACT! conference in Düsseldorf.

Learn more about how our project is boosting photosynthesis at gain4crops.eu/about-us/ 🌻

Today, members of the European Parliament will vote on new plant breeding techniques to boost the resilience of food systems! ✅

Our EU project stands with over 1000 scientists from 14 EU nations in support of these new genomic techniques! 💚

#GiveGenesAChance
www.weplanet.org/post/ngt_dem...

🚩 Our consortium just wrapped up an inspiring two-day meeting at the beautiful CEA facilities in Grenoble. There were lots of updates and discussions about our progress & next steps to boost photosynthesis in sunflowers.🌻

Big thanks to the organisers! Looking forward to the next meeting in Italy.

C4 plants, like maize, are usually highly efficient at photosynthesis, even under intense light. ☀️ That means less water usage, lower environmental impact, and increased crop yields.

We are bringing these features to C3 plants like the sunflower! 🌻

Gain4crops’ step-wise approach towards more sustainable agriculture: Introduce the natural C3-C4 pump; maximize the use of cellular resources; avoid CO2 release.

If you wish to learn more, visit gain4crops.eu