Lambros Frantzeskakis
@lambrosf.bsky.social
Scientist at Bayer Crop Science
Genomics Evangelist - Data Science Crusader
Genomics Evangelist - Data Science Crusader
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Really happy to be in a platform that stimulates scientific discussion. My interests have changed a bit, I am working a lot on microbial pathogens of insects. If you have any good ideas Bayer can work on for insect control, feel free to send me a message!
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339
Wow! What an awesome and super interesting finding!
#2025ISMPMI Xin Li shows the exiting finding that sclerotinia is haploid with two nuclei harboring different chromosome sets making together the full set of the genome.
July 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Wow! What an awesome and super interesting finding!
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
#2025ISMPMI Xin Li shows the exiting finding that sclerotinia is haploid with two nuclei harboring different chromosome sets making together the full set of the genome.
July 15, 2025 at 6:28 AM
#2025ISMPMI Xin Li shows the exiting finding that sclerotinia is haploid with two nuclei harboring different chromosome sets making together the full set of the genome.
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
Functional innovation through new genes as a general evolutionary process www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Functional innovation through new genes as a general evolutionary process - Nature Genetics
This Review discusses the various molecular mechanisms underlying the generation of new genes and highlights their important functions and phenotypes with an emphasis on the evolutionary forces underl...
www.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Functional innovation through new genes as a general evolutionary process www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
Wow, this is super interesting: techcrunch.com/2025/01/06/n...
$3000 for a petaflop of compute in a consumer-grade box.
Their main aim is AI but think of all the ONT basecalling you could do with this - lots of opportunity for adaptive sampling at scale!
$3000 for a petaflop of compute in a consumer-grade box.
Their main aim is AI but think of all the ONT basecalling you could do with this - lots of opportunity for adaptive sampling at scale!
Nvidia's Project Digits is a 'personal AI supercomputer' | TechCrunch
At the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nvidia unveiled Project Digits, a device it's calling a 'personal AI supercomputer.'
techcrunch.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Wow, this is super interesting: techcrunch.com/2025/01/06/n...
$3000 for a petaflop of compute in a consumer-grade box.
Their main aim is AI but think of all the ONT basecalling you could do with this - lots of opportunity for adaptive sampling at scale!
$3000 for a petaflop of compute in a consumer-grade box.
Their main aim is AI but think of all the ONT basecalling you could do with this - lots of opportunity for adaptive sampling at scale!
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
#PlantScienceClassics #17: The Mildew Resistance Locus O (MLO). 80 years ago Rudolf Freisleben & Alfred Lein created the first powdery mildew resistant #barley plant. 30yrs ago the gene was mapped,&25 yrs ago cloned - yet, it's mode of action remains a mystery. doi.org/10.1007/BF01... #PlantImmunity
December 15, 2024 at 3:31 PM
#PlantScienceClassics #17: The Mildew Resistance Locus O (MLO). 80 years ago Rudolf Freisleben & Alfred Lein created the first powdery mildew resistant #barley plant. 30yrs ago the gene was mapped,&25 yrs ago cloned - yet, it's mode of action remains a mystery. doi.org/10.1007/BF01... #PlantImmunity
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
I want this: Genome-edited Chardonnay grapes resistant or tolerant to mildew & powdery mildew!
Did you know that grapes are grown on only ~5% of European agricultural land, but account for ~2/3 of all fungicide sprayed in Europe?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#plantscience
Did you know that grapes are grown on only ~5% of European agricultural land, but account for ~2/3 of all fungicide sprayed in Europe?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#plantscience
December 13, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I want this: Genome-edited Chardonnay grapes resistant or tolerant to mildew & powdery mildew!
Did you know that grapes are grown on only ~5% of European agricultural land, but account for ~2/3 of all fungicide sprayed in Europe?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#plantscience
Did you know that grapes are grown on only ~5% of European agricultural land, but account for ~2/3 of all fungicide sprayed in Europe?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#plantscience
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A microRNA is the effector gene of a classic evolutionary hotspot locus
In Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), the genomic region around the gene cortex is a “hotspot” locus, repeatedly implicated in generating intraspecific melanic wing color polymorphisms across 100 mi...
www.science.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Our miRNA story is now in @science.org ! We found a microRNA, not a protein, that finally solved a long-standing evolutionary mystery of wing coloration in butterflies and moths. (1/n)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
Mapping river microbiomes across the U.S.:
GROWdb spans 90% of U.S. watersheds, uncovering the microbial communities driving nutrient cycles & breaking down pollutants. Achieved through a major crowdsourcing effort involving >100 sampling teams.
Paper (OA): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GROWdb spans 90% of U.S. watersheds, uncovering the microbial communities driving nutrient cycles & breaking down pollutants. Achieved through a major crowdsourcing effort involving >100 sampling teams.
Paper (OA): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 3, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Mapping river microbiomes across the U.S.:
GROWdb spans 90% of U.S. watersheds, uncovering the microbial communities driving nutrient cycles & breaking down pollutants. Achieved through a major crowdsourcing effort involving >100 sampling teams.
Paper (OA): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
GROWdb spans 90% of U.S. watersheds, uncovering the microbial communities driving nutrient cycles & breaking down pollutants. Achieved through a major crowdsourcing effort involving >100 sampling teams.
Paper (OA): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Really happy to be in a platform that stimulates scientific discussion. My interests have changed a bit, I am working a lot on microbial pathogens of insects. If you have any good ideas Bayer can work on for insect control, feel free to send me a message!
November 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Really happy to be in a platform that stimulates scientific discussion. My interests have changed a bit, I am working a lot on microbial pathogens of insects. If you have any good ideas Bayer can work on for insect control, feel free to send me a message!
Reposted by Lambros Frantzeskakis
Along these lines, @naturebiotech.bsky.social
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines has begun in Italy. Chardonnay vines have undergone gene inactivation to better defend themselves against downy mildew, an oomycete disease.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines has begun in Italy. Chardonnay vines have undergone gene inactivation to better defend themselves against downy mildew, an oomycete disease.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Italy tests first gene-edited vines for winemaking - Nature Biotechnology
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines began in northern Italy on 30 September 2024. Developed by EdiVite, a spinoff from the University of Verona, these Chardonnay vines have undergone gene ...
doi.org
November 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Along these lines, @naturebiotech.bsky.social
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines has begun in Italy. Chardonnay vines have undergone gene inactivation to better defend themselves against downy mildew, an oomycete disease.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines has begun in Italy. Chardonnay vines have undergone gene inactivation to better defend themselves against downy mildew, an oomycete disease.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...