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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 20h

Congrats Marco! Great place to live and work.

Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 7d

🌱 The #TaCoCass Team in the field: evaluating #cassava lines with diverse architecture and productivity. The trials highlight the genetic variation that underpins efforts to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava, paving the way toward more resilience and higher yield
#Cassava #Photosynthesis

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Khaled_Selim Lab @selimlab.bsky.social · 9d

New Insights Into Bacterial Motility and DNA Transfer:
a small press on our discovery of ComFB signaling family by @claussenarne.bsky.social @hhu.de

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
w/ @mygalperin.bsky.social @thethormannden.bsky.social
@cmfi.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @sfb1381.bsky.social

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 8d

Or these mean viruses that are distributed by whiteflies. Good thing is there are many CMD resistant cultivars.

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 9d

Yeap.

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 9d

A new crop in the lab. 🌱 Field day with TaCoCass team members — working to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava and secure a more sustainable food future. #Cassava #Photosynthesis #FoodSecurity

Cassava leaves with red petioles and some cassava flowers and fruits

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yes, I received Andrew's decision on a PP paper just a few weeks ago.

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are deeply saddened by the news that Andrew D. Hanson (@adhansonlab.bsky.social) is no longer with us. He was an exceptional scientist, mentor, and leader in multiple fields. He constantly reminded us that over-promising would backfire. Rest in peace, Andrew.

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 27

RETICULATA1 (RE1) exports basic amino acids from plastids—implications for amino-acid homeostasis and development.
News & Views: “Reticulata Weaves the Metabolic Net” (Katrin Philippar, Nature Plants). doi.org/10.1038/s414... @natplants.nature.com #PlantScience #Arabidopsis

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

How amino acids are transported in plants | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

@hhu.de @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social

How amino acids are transported in plants

Plants produce all amino acids essential for human life. This commonly occurs in specialised cell organelles, so-called plastids. A research team headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (H...

www.eurekalert.org

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of plastidial amino acid transport and its coordination with leaf development and nutrient allocation in plants. We hypothesize that other members of the RE/DUF3411 protein family also function as amino acid transporters.

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

The RE protein family, defined by DUF3411, is exclusive to plastid-containing organisms. This suggests an early evolutionary origin, potentially concurrent with the establishment of primary endosymbiosis. 🌍 #EvolutionaryBiology #ComparativeGenomics

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

Functional characterization, including yeast complementation and in vitro transport assays in liposomes, confirms RE1's role in basic amino acid transport. Isotope labeling experiments demonstrate that RE1 deficiency affects basic amino acid biosynthesis rates and pool equilibration. 🔬 #Biochemistry

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

We report RE1 as a plastid-localized transporter for basic amino acids (Arg, Citr, Orn, Lys). Loss-of-function Arabidopsis thaliana mutants (re-6) exhibit a reticulate leaf phenotype and reduced basic amino acid content. Functional redundancy with RER1 is indicated, as the double mutant is lethal. 🧬

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

Nine of the proteinogenic amino acids that are indispensable for plant development are exclusively synthesized in plastids. The specific transporters that facilitate their efflux across the plastid inner envelope have not yet been fully characterized. 🌿 #PlantMetabolism #CellBiology

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social

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GAIN4CROPS @gain4crops.eu · Jul 22

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.

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Jul 1

GDC, but also SHM, GGAT, and GOX are predominantly bundle-sheath expressed in C3-C4 intermediate Moricandia

Single-nuclei sequencing of Moricandia arvensis reveals bundle sheath cell function in the photorespiratory shuttle of C3-C4 intermediate Brassicaceae url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

Single-nuclei sequencing of Moricandia arvensis reveals bundle sheath cell function in the photorespiratory shuttle of C3-C4 intermediate Brassicaceae

Abstract. Spatially confined gene expression determines cell identity and is fundamental to complex plant traits. In the evolutionary transition from C3 to

academic.oup.com

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Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf @hhu.de · Jun 30

🔍 Guten Morgen, HHU! Am Samstag ist Tag der Forschung an der HHU!
Am 5. Juli laden wir alle großen und kleinen Interessierten von 11-15 Uhr zum Ausprobieren und Entdecken auf den Campus ein.
Freut euch auf ein vielfältiges Programm:
• Interaktive Experimente
‭• Mitmachaktionen für Groß & Klein 1/3

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Klaus Schlaeppi @kschlaeppi.bsky.social · Jun 30

Updated preprint: MMF1 is "a microbiota receptor” through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A TNL receptor mediates microbiome feedbacks in Arabidopsis

Plant performance depends on the soil microbiome. While microbiome feedbacks are well documented, the mechanisms by which plants perceive and mediate these feedbacks remain unclear. We established a f...

www.biorxiv.org

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Jun 23

Good parties need a good host :-)

Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Jun 22

"...we propose here that the host genes, as the stable part of the holobiont, play a leading role expressing phenotypes through its microbiome-shaping capacity, possibly through the establishment of universal host genotype-specific core microbiota."

rdcu.be/esIrX

The host genotype actively shapes its microbiome across generations in laboratory mice

rdcu.be

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Jun 17

URGENT The Naked Scientists needs your help. This is one of the best #science #podcast out there. #Cambridge University is planning to make Dr. Chris Smith redundant, which would likely kill the podcast. More info and how you can help here:
www.thenakedscientists.com/sos-cambridg...

SOS - Cambridge University are killing of Dr Chris

EMERGENCY

www.thenakedscientists.com

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · Jun 16

“Utilizing new genomic techniques #NGT in #organic production could improve yields …. and will help achieve the #EU ’s sustainable #agriculture goals” several authors together with our president @apmweber.bsky.social advocate in Cell Reports Sustainability www.cell.com/cell-reports...

New genomic techniques in organic production: Considerations for science-based, effective, and acceptable EU regulation

The EU has a goal of 25% organic farmland by 2030, but lower yields in organic farming versus non-organic farming puts strain on sustainable food production. Utilizing new genomic techniques (NGTs) in...

www.cell.com

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · May 21

In defense of funding foundational plant science (Joanna Friesner , Cristiana T Argueso , Wolfgang Busch , Thorsten Hamann , Lucia Strader , Mary Williams , Shuang Wu , Adrienne H K Roeder) Read more at: doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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