Marcel Buchholzer
@mbuchholzer.bsky.social
Molecular Biologist and Project Coordinator for the @healthycrops.bsky.social Project at @hhu.bsky.social | Father of a son and a dog | Musician | Antifascist | Pronouns he/him
Excited to share our new Nature Biotechnology comment! Together with our amazing colleagues, we discuss why long-read whole genome sequencing should be the standard to verify transgene-free genome-edited crops.
#genomeediting #plantscience
#genomeediting #plantscience
Genome editing can revolutionize agriculture, but only if we ensure it is safe and transparent.
Our comment in Nature Biotech highlights why long-read whole genome sequencing should be the standard to confirm that genome-edited plants are free of foreign DNA.
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Our comment in Nature Biotech highlights why long-read whole genome sequencing should be the standard to confirm that genome-edited plants are free of foreign DNA.
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Ensuring effective removal of transgenes before release of genome-edited crops - Nature Biotechnology
Genome editing technology is evolving fast, and many labs worldwide are generating crop plants with improved traits. If transgenes were used to generate the edits, foreign DNA must be effectively…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Excited to share our new Nature Biotechnology comment! Together with our amazing colleagues, we discuss why long-read whole genome sequencing should be the standard to verify transgene-free genome-edited crops.
#genomeediting #plantscience
#genomeediting #plantscience
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New publication from Healthy Crops!
Our latest study in Plant Biotechnology Journal reports that our #genome-edited #rice varieties which are resistant to bacterial blight, are free of external DNA and show no yield penalties in multi-location field trials!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our latest study in Plant Biotechnology Journal reports that our #genome-edited #rice varieties which are resistant to bacterial blight, are free of external DNA and show no yield penalties in multi-location field trials!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Removal of Transgenes and Evaluation of Yield Penalties in Genome Edited Bacterial Blight Resistant Rice Varieties
Bacterial blight (BB) of rice, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), is one of the major drivers of yield losses in Africa and Asia. Xoo secretes TAL-effectors (TALe) that induce host SWEET ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New publication from Healthy Crops!
Our latest study in Plant Biotechnology Journal reports that our #genome-edited #rice varieties which are resistant to bacterial blight, are free of external DNA and show no yield penalties in multi-location field trials!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our latest study in Plant Biotechnology Journal reports that our #genome-edited #rice varieties which are resistant to bacterial blight, are free of external DNA and show no yield penalties in multi-location field trials!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Marcel Buchholzer
Heute trendet #Wahlfreiheit wegen einer Petition, in der es um #Gentechnik geht. Sie richtet gegen ein laufendes Verfahren auf EU-Ebene zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken in der Pflanzenzüchtung.
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Koexistenz, Wahlfreiheit - Wo ist überhaupt das Problem? - Progressive Agrarwende
Sind Koexistenz und Wahlfreiheit zwischen verschiedenen Formen der Landwirtschaft durch Neue Genomischen Techniken wie CRISPR & Co in Gefahr?
progressive-agrarwende.org
August 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Heute trendet #Wahlfreiheit wegen einer Petition, in der es um #Gentechnik geht. Sie richtet gegen ein laufendes Verfahren auf EU-Ebene zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken in der Pflanzenzüchtung.
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
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Am 10. Juli findet ab 18:00 Uhr die Prämierungsfeier des HHU-Ideenwettbewerbs statt. Erfahre bei Buffet und kühlen Getränken aus erster Hand, wer es dieses Jahr in die Endrunde des Wettbewerbs geschafft hat und sei gespannt auf die Vorstellung der besten Einreichungen des Jahres 2025! 1/2
July 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Am 10. Juli findet ab 18:00 Uhr die Prämierungsfeier des HHU-Ideenwettbewerbs statt. Erfahre bei Buffet und kühlen Getränken aus erster Hand, wer es dieses Jahr in die Endrunde des Wettbewerbs geschafft hat und sei gespannt auf die Vorstellung der besten Einreichungen des Jahres 2025! 1/2
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#LabtoLeaf: What causes blight in rice?
The bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) highjacks the plant's sugar transporters to promote its own growth instead. This leads to leaf lesions up to total yield loss, affecting farmers world wide.
Read more about it here: buff.ly/uvyDt0u
#RiceBlight
The bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) highjacks the plant's sugar transporters to promote its own growth instead. This leads to leaf lesions up to total yield loss, affecting farmers world wide.
Read more about it here: buff.ly/uvyDt0u
#RiceBlight
July 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#LabtoLeaf: What causes blight in rice?
The bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) highjacks the plant's sugar transporters to promote its own growth instead. This leads to leaf lesions up to total yield loss, affecting farmers world wide.
Read more about it here: buff.ly/uvyDt0u
#RiceBlight
The bacterium Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) highjacks the plant's sugar transporters to promote its own growth instead. This leads to leaf lesions up to total yield loss, affecting farmers world wide.
Read more about it here: buff.ly/uvyDt0u
#RiceBlight
Reposted by Marcel Buchholzer
Dobrindt morgen in der PK, warum die Union fest hinter Jens Spahn steht.
June 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Dobrindt morgen in der PK, warum die Union fest hinter Jens Spahn steht.
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We are proud to announce that Wolf B. Frommer (@research-science.bsky.social ), Scientific Leader of Healthy Crops, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (@nasonline.org)! A tremendous honor recognizing his groundbreaking contributions to plant science!
#Science #HealthyCrops
#Science #HealthyCrops
April 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We are proud to announce that Wolf B. Frommer (@research-science.bsky.social ), Scientific Leader of Healthy Crops, has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (@nasonline.org)! A tremendous honor recognizing his groundbreaking contributions to plant science!
#Science #HealthyCrops
#Science #HealthyCrops
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Interaktiv, informativ – aber nicht überfrachtet: Medizin-Studierende behalten in ihren Lehrveranstaltungen den Überblick. PD Dr. Doreen Floß aus der Medizin @hhu.de ist für den #hhuLehrpreis2025 nominiert 🎉
March 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Interaktiv, informativ – aber nicht überfrachtet: Medizin-Studierende behalten in ihren Lehrveranstaltungen den Überblick. PD Dr. Doreen Floß aus der Medizin @hhu.de ist für den #hhuLehrpreis2025 nominiert 🎉
Transferring our bacterial blight-resistant #rice varieties to our colleagues at KALRO in Kenya, enables us to analyze the resistance mechanism in infected fields. 🌾
Check out the latest press release on the @healthycrops.bsky.social project and follow us for more information!
#PlantScience
Check out the latest press release on the @healthycrops.bsky.social project and follow us for more information!
#PlantScience
🌾 A major milestone for Healthy Crops!
We will transfer our bacterial blight-resistant rice varieties to our team members at KALRO in Kenya. Next steps are field trials under local conditions with the ultimate aim of combating rice diseases! 🚀🌱
#GenomeEditing #PlantScience
https://buff.ly/3Xam8Ln
We will transfer our bacterial blight-resistant rice varieties to our team members at KALRO in Kenya. Next steps are field trials under local conditions with the ultimate aim of combating rice diseases! 🚀🌱
#GenomeEditing #PlantScience
https://buff.ly/3Xam8Ln
Disease-resistant rice varieties created by means of genome editing
The “Healthy Crops” consortium, an international team of researchers, which includes Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), has – in collaboration with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock…
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February 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Transferring our bacterial blight-resistant #rice varieties to our colleagues at KALRO in Kenya, enables us to analyze the resistance mechanism in infected fields. 🌾
Check out the latest press release on the @healthycrops.bsky.social project and follow us for more information!
#PlantScience
Check out the latest press release on the @healthycrops.bsky.social project and follow us for more information!
#PlantScience
Reposted by Marcel Buchholzer
Höcke war Kommunist
January 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Höcke war Kommunist
Reposted by Marcel Buchholzer
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
See our new review in Cell Death and Differentiation led by Matthew Wengler on regulated cell death in Magnaporthe @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
See our new review in Cell Death and Differentiation led by Matthew Wengler on regulated cell death in Magnaporthe @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
Mechanisms of regulated cell death during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae - Cell Death & Differentiation
Cell Death & Differentiation - Mechanisms of regulated cell death during plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae
www.nature.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
See our new review in Cell Death and Differentiation led by Matthew Wengler on regulated cell death in Magnaporthe @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
See our new review in Cell Death and Differentiation led by Matthew Wengler on regulated cell death in Magnaporthe @thesainsburylab.bsky.social
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🌾🔬 Exciting news! We were interviewed by @buddepiept.bsky.social about the development of our new bacterial blight resistant rice varieties. Listen to this insightful interview about how our work can help supporting robust rice yields! 🌍👇
www.deutschlandfunk.de/reis-krankhe...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/reis-krankhe...
Reis-Krankheit: Internationales Team züchtet in Rekordzeit resistente Reissorte
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 20, 2024 at 9:36 AM
🌾🔬 Exciting news! We were interviewed by @buddepiept.bsky.social about the development of our new bacterial blight resistant rice varieties. Listen to this insightful interview about how our work can help supporting robust rice yields! 🌍👇
www.deutschlandfunk.de/reis-krankhe...
www.deutschlandfunk.de/reis-krankhe...
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The team has successfully developed #rice varieties through marker-assisted backcross breeding that are #resistant to bacterial blight. They will be transferred to partners in #Madagascar and #Tanzania, where they'll be tested in the field before they are distributed to local farmers.
New approaches in the fight against bacterial rice disease
An international research team, the “Healthy Crops” consortium, has developed rice varieties resistant to a detrimental crop disease in East Africa and Madagascar. The new varieties are resistant to b...
www.hhu.de
December 5, 2024 at 3:14 PM
The team has successfully developed #rice varieties through marker-assisted backcross breeding that are #resistant to bacterial blight. They will be transferred to partners in #Madagascar and #Tanzania, where they'll be tested in the field before they are distributed to local farmers.
Reposted by Marcel Buchholzer
Have you ever wondered how #genomeediting works and how the resulting products in #agriculture are regulated around the globe? With the help of www.editagenome.org we aim to address your open questions. The website is under construction and will be updated frequently.
Universität Düsseldorf: Edit a Genome
www.editagenome.org
April 29, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Have you ever wondered how #genomeediting works and how the resulting products in #agriculture are regulated around the globe? With the help of www.editagenome.org we aim to address your open questions. The website is under construction and will be updated frequently.
Reposted by Marcel Buchholzer
Our team at @hhu.bsky.social is looking for a new administrative assistant in the coordination of the project. In this temporary 50% position, you will support a great team of scientists in their daily administrative tasks. All applicants must be fluent in German and English.
October 27, 2023 at 10:10 AM
Our team at @hhu.bsky.social is looking for a new administrative assistant in the coordination of the project. In this temporary 50% position, you will support a great team of scientists in their daily administrative tasks. All applicants must be fluent in German and English.
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In einer Ad-hoc-Stellungnahme unterstützen Leopoldina und DFG die geplante neue Regulierung von Pflanzen, die mittels Neuer Genomsicher Techniken (NGTs) gezüchtet wurden und appellieren deutlich an die Bundespolitik, sich in der Debatte wissenschaftsbasiert zu positionieren.
#GiveGenesAChance
#GiveGenesAChance
Leopoldina und DFG fordern wissenschaftsbasierte Positionierung in der EU-Debatte um neue genomische...
Die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina berät Politik und Gesellschaft unabhängig zu wichtigen Zukunftsthemen.
www.leopoldina.org
October 19, 2023 at 9:29 AM
In einer Ad-hoc-Stellungnahme unterstützen Leopoldina und DFG die geplante neue Regulierung von Pflanzen, die mittels Neuer Genomsicher Techniken (NGTs) gezüchtet wurden und appellieren deutlich an die Bundespolitik, sich in der Debatte wissenschaftsbasiert zu positionieren.
#GiveGenesAChance
#GiveGenesAChance
Ihr habt eine Idee für die #WissKon24, dann bewerbt euch jetzt mit eurem Projekt für die Teilnahme nächstes Jahr!
Es ist wieder soweit: Wir suchen Eure Ideen für die #WissKon24, die @nawik.de-Konferenz für kommunizierende Forschende, am 19. April 2024 in Karlsruhe! Ihr könnt Euer #Wisskomm-Projekt vorschlagen oder Ideen für eine interaktive Session pitchen. Mehr Infos gibt's hier:
www.nawik.de/wisskon/die-...
www.nawik.de/wisskon/die-...
October 19, 2023 at 9:03 AM
Ihr habt eine Idee für die #WissKon24, dann bewerbt euch jetzt mit eurem Projekt für die Teilnahme nächstes Jahr!
Moinsen! Auf ein neues!
October 19, 2023 at 7:45 AM
Moinsen! Auf ein neues!