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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Aug 3

Our results support the idea that Csm1-like proteins may contribute to conserved kinetochore functions across eukaryotes.
Pre-proof out now in iScience!
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#Arabidopsis #Kinetochore #PlantBiology #meiosis4eva

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Aug 3

Meiosis-specific knock-downs of TTN9 cause split sister centromeres, lagging chromosomes, and congression defects in meiosis I.
This hints at a role in mono-orientation - but we can't rule out a more general kinetochore integrity function.

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Aug 3

TITAN9 (TTN9) localizes to centromeres throughout the cell cycle and interacts with the kinetochore protein DSN1 - just like Csm1 in yeast.
But plants were never thought to have anything like monopolin... until now?

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Aug 3

Happy to share the first story from my postdoc in @schnittger-lab.bsky.social
We studied TITAN9, a Csm1-like protein in Arabidopsis.
Even though I now work with soil, chromosome segregation and meiosis still have a special place in my heart.
#meiosis4eva #meiosis #chromosomesegregation

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soilytix.bsky.social @soilytix.bsky.social · Jul 14

How to measure soil texture?

Traditional sieving and sedimentation is highly laborious and requires significant training for personnel.

Laser diffraction analysis can reliably achieve results highly consistent with ISO11277:2020 (doi.org/10.1111/ejss...)

Contact us for further questions.

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soilytix.bsky.social @soilytix.bsky.social · Jul 14

Want to boost your agricultural field trials?

Even within an acre, soil texture is not homogenous but has significant spatial structure.

Costly field trials can suffer from reduced statistical power when this is not accounted for.

Measure soil texture and include it as a covariate in your model.

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Apr 30

📍 The Baby Goat Barn, Hamburg
🕡 Doors open at 6:30 PM, talks start at 7:00 PM

🎟️ Event info & tickets: pintofscience.de/event/the-go...

Not in Hamburg? Check out events near you: pintofscience.de

#PintOfScience #SoilHealth #ScienceOutreach

The good, the bad and the ugly: how soil and microplastics influence our world

Ready for a night of science, drinks, and eye-opening talks? Join us at the Baby Goat for a fascinating evening with Dr. Franziska Böwer as she digs into w...

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Apr 30

🌱 Talk Dirt(y) to Me: Why Soil Health Matters
I’m kicking off Pint of Science Hamburg 2025 on May 21 with a talk about why soil health is key to our future. Come for the science, stay for the beer, and leave with a new appreciation for dirt! 🍻

The good, the bad and the ugly: how soil and microplastics influence our world

Ready for a night of science, drinks, and eye-opening talks? Join us at the Baby Goat for a fascinating evening with Dr. Franziska Böwer as she digs into w...

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Apr 30

Such a cool format! Looking forward ☺️

Check out Hasibe's talk from @schnittger-lab.bsky.social about transcriptional regulation of meiosis! Super interesting results from an awesome scientist 😍👌

#meiosis4eva

MAYosis @mayosis.bsky.social · Apr 30

#MAYosis25 starts next Wednesday!

If you are interested in ageing oocytes, condensins, crossovers, meiotic drive, transcription regulation in meiosis, recombination rate and evolution, register here :
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Spread the word!

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Apr 19

When your spindle apparatus is more Easter Bunny than science 🎀🐇

#chromosomesegregation #livecellimaging #mitosis #easter

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Mar 25

NEWS & VIEWS: Arabidopsis accessions and their difference in heat tolerance during meiosis (Joke De Jaeger-Braet) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

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soilytix.bsky.social @soilytix.bsky.social · Mar 27

Remarkably, the same locally trained model also predicted plant growth differences in global datasets, suggesting a highly conserved interconnection between the soil microbiome and plant performance across environments.

doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

#SoilMicrobiome #MachineLearning #AgTech (2/2)

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soilytix.bsky.social @soilytix.bsky.social · Mar 27

#Soil microbiome signatures predict maize yield - and beyond. 🌱🧬

A recent study by us demonstrates that within-field differences in maize yield on a German farm can be well predicted using machine learning models trained on soil microbiome data. (1/2)

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soilytix.bsky.social @soilytix.bsky.social · Mar 25

Great work by @joellanos.bsky.social and team! This study highlights the power of eDNA in tracking soil biodiversity - especially earthworms, the unsung heroes of healthy soils. A step forward for precision monitoring in regenerative agriculture! 🌍🪱🔬 #SustainableFarming #SoilScience

Helen Hipperson @hhippers.bsky.social · Mar 23

Great to see @joellanos.bsky.social and Penny Watt's paper out this month highlighting the use of soil eDNA for monitoring earthworms. 🪱🧬

Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture
doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

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Maike Morrison @maikemorrison.bsky.social · Mar 14

1/ Hey y'all, I'm excited to share my latest paper, which is out now in PNAS! We introduce FAVA, a statistical framework to measure compositional variability across microbiome samples. If you want to measure variability across a stacked bar plot, FAVA is for you! Paper: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

5 relative abundance plots arranged to have increasing compositional variability (variability across relative abundance samples, here vertical bars)

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Feb 15

Happy earthworm day! #dayoftheearthworm #soilhealth #soilscience

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Science Magazine @science.org · Feb 11

When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018.

Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: https://scim.ag/4hOUuvx

SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Feb 11

There’s still work to do, but every step counts. Here’s to all the women in science, past, present, and future—pushing boundaries and making discoveries that change the world. 🌍💪

#WomenInScience #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience (3/3)

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Feb 11

Science isn’t always easy (hello, failed experiments and unexpected results! 😅), but having a supportive team makes all the difference. It’s not just about having women in science, but making sure their voices are truly heard—because that’s still not always the norm. 🎙️👩‍🔬 (2/3)

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Feb 11

Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🧬🔬, and I’m thinking of all the brilliant, inspiring women I’ve had the chance to work with—each bringing their unique ideas, curiosity, and resilience to the table. 💡✨ (1/3)

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Jan 31

This really looks like a battle! Amazing picture!

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Franzi Böwer @flipping-meiosis.bsky.social · Jan 30

Bei mir ist es andersrum... Aber nee, nach gestern brauch ich was neues zum Ablenken...

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Jan 26

Ten simple rules for developing good reading habits during graduate school and beyond

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Matthew Bowker @matthewbowker1.bsky.social · Jan 25

New paper led by the amazing Sierra Jech, @ecoss-nau.bsky.social post-doc. Crucial steps toward realizing the dream of #biocrust farming. Collaboration between TNC, USGS, NAU's DIRT lab and Mayberry Seed Co. farminghttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0929139324005924

Developing biocrust field cultivation techniques for soil restoration: An assessment of bacterial communities

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are a coherent, thin soil surface layer, engineered and inhabited by a diverse community of moss, lichen, cyanobact…

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