Etienne Bucher 🌾🧬🇪🇺
@plantepigenetics.ch
Head of the Crop Genome Dynamics Group at Agroscope, Switzerland.
Studying plant epigenetics and transposable elements and their use for crop breeding.
Views are my own.
#epigenetics #TransposableElements #breeding #crops #GMO #ClimateEmergency
Studying plant epigenetics and transposable elements and their use for crop breeding.
Views are my own.
#epigenetics #TransposableElements #breeding #crops #GMO #ClimateEmergency
I absolutely love this card I received from @inrae-france.bsky.social !
"In 2026, let us sow science and harvest solutions!"
That should be the core European 🇪🇺 spirit! To boldly go where no one has gone before.
"In 2026, let us sow science and harvest solutions!"
That should be the core European 🇪🇺 spirit! To boldly go where no one has gone before.
January 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I absolutely love this card I received from @inrae-france.bsky.social !
"In 2026, let us sow science and harvest solutions!"
That should be the core European 🇪🇺 spirit! To boldly go where no one has gone before.
"In 2026, let us sow science and harvest solutions!"
That should be the core European 🇪🇺 spirit! To boldly go where no one has gone before.
@inrae-france.bsky.social INRAE has a really nice way to celebrate some of its most outstanding researchers and research groups 🥂
« Les lauriers INRAE »
« Les lauriers INRAE »
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
@inrae-france.bsky.social INRAE has a really nice way to celebrate some of its most outstanding researchers and research groups 🥂
« Les lauriers INRAE »
« Les lauriers INRAE »
Very nice view for lunch today 🤩
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Very nice view for lunch today 🤩
Can someone explain to me why we are still forced to use Microsoft products in the Swiss 🇨🇭 government?
Just nothing really works, and that stuff is slow as hell. No way to be productive.
Just nothing really works, and that stuff is slow as hell. No way to be productive.
December 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Can someone explain to me why we are still forced to use Microsoft products in the Swiss 🇨🇭 government?
Just nothing really works, and that stuff is slow as hell. No way to be productive.
Just nothing really works, and that stuff is slow as hell. No way to be productive.
🥔 🌱 Reading about potato breeding I learned: "there has been no genetic gain in potato yield over the last 100 years"
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🥔 🌱 Reading about potato breeding I learned: "there has been no genetic gain in potato yield over the last 100 years"
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Horse meets cows at Agroscope close to Zürich.
November 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Horse meets cows at Agroscope close to Zürich.
Since an artisan is a human being they should be called Antiartisan or Antisan…
November 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Since an artisan is a human being they should be called Antiartisan or Antisan…
The democracy-specific exonuclease.
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The democracy-specific exonuclease.
The one and only GM farmer 👨🌾 of Switzerland 🇨🇭
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The one and only GM farmer 👨🌾 of Switzerland 🇨🇭
Looks like a perfect day to sow GM* wheat!
Some traits we’ll check: yield and resistance to 3 diseases.
*GM only if you think chemical mutagenesis produces GMOs that should be regulated exactly like transgenics (plants containing foreign genes).
Some traits we’ll check: yield and resistance to 3 diseases.
*GM only if you think chemical mutagenesis produces GMOs that should be regulated exactly like transgenics (plants containing foreign genes).
October 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Looks like a perfect day to sow GM* wheat!
Some traits we’ll check: yield and resistance to 3 diseases.
*GM only if you think chemical mutagenesis produces GMOs that should be regulated exactly like transgenics (plants containing foreign genes).
Some traits we’ll check: yield and resistance to 3 diseases.
*GM only if you think chemical mutagenesis produces GMOs that should be regulated exactly like transgenics (plants containing foreign genes).
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Just went to Google Scholar, and found that my work has been cited exactly 7000 times today 🤓🥳
scholar.google.de/citations?us...
scholar.google.de/citations?us...
September 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Just went to Google Scholar, and found that my work has been cited exactly 7000 times today 🤓🥳
scholar.google.de/citations?us...
scholar.google.de/citations?us...
As I come to think of it: There's quite some overlap between homeopathy and AI.
The more AI dilutes facts and knowledge, the more powerful it becomes.
Same quakery approach with immense promesses.
The more AI dilutes facts and knowledge, the more powerful it becomes.
Same quakery approach with immense promesses.
September 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As I come to think of it: There's quite some overlap between homeopathy and AI.
The more AI dilutes facts and knowledge, the more powerful it becomes.
Same quakery approach with immense promesses.
The more AI dilutes facts and knowledge, the more powerful it becomes.
Same quakery approach with immense promesses.
Another day, another botanical garden!
Today: Zürich 🤩🪻
Today: Zürich 🤩🪻
August 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Another day, another botanical garden!
Today: Zürich 🤩🪻
Today: Zürich 🤩🪻
Pepper ‘ungarische’
August 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Pepper ‘ungarische’
Pepper ‘ungarische’
August 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Pepper ‘ungarische’
Jasmin, smells fantastic!
Main ingredient in Chanel No5
Main ingredient in Chanel No5
August 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Jasmin, smells fantastic!
Main ingredient in Chanel No5
Main ingredient in Chanel No5
Got stuck in Neuchatel today, so I visited the botanical garden. Really enjoyed it!
Behind me there’s a plant evolution garden 🤩🌱🌳🌸
Behind me there’s a plant evolution garden 🤩🌱🌳🌸
August 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Got stuck in Neuchatel today, so I visited the botanical garden. Really enjoyed it!
Behind me there’s a plant evolution garden 🤩🌱🌳🌸
Behind me there’s a plant evolution garden 🤩🌱🌳🌸
Israel has destroyed the Palestinian crop gene bank. 80 local varieties most likely lost for ever.
August 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Israel has destroyed the Palestinian crop gene bank. 80 local varieties most likely lost for ever.
Funny to see how US media, when they talk about Switzerland 🇨🇭, make fun of our exports by only mentioning chocolate and watches.
BY FAR, the main exported products to the US are pharmaceuticals 💊⚕️ $35B vs. $5B (watches).
data source: tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/...
BY FAR, the main exported products to the US are pharmaceuticals 💊⚕️ $35B vs. $5B (watches).
data source: tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/...
August 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Funny to see how US media, when they talk about Switzerland 🇨🇭, make fun of our exports by only mentioning chocolate and watches.
BY FAR, the main exported products to the US are pharmaceuticals 💊⚕️ $35B vs. $5B (watches).
data source: tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/...
BY FAR, the main exported products to the US are pharmaceuticals 💊⚕️ $35B vs. $5B (watches).
data source: tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/...
Genome editing is dangerous because ⚡AI !!!!.
But of course @testbiotech.bsky.social totally forgets to actually publish their findings in a scientific journal or to test in a lab what the language model has proposed.
Scared of fact checking, they actually publish fake sequences!!!
But of course @testbiotech.bsky.social totally forgets to actually publish their findings in a scientific journal or to test in a lab what the language model has proposed.
Scared of fact checking, they actually publish fake sequences!!!
August 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Genome editing is dangerous because ⚡AI !!!!.
But of course @testbiotech.bsky.social totally forgets to actually publish their findings in a scientific journal or to test in a lab what the language model has proposed.
Scared of fact checking, they actually publish fake sequences!!!
But of course @testbiotech.bsky.social totally forgets to actually publish their findings in a scientific journal or to test in a lab what the language model has proposed.
Scared of fact checking, they actually publish fake sequences!!!
Biology is beautiful 🤩
Dragonfly seen in Nyon, Switzerland
Dragonfly seen in Nyon, Switzerland
July 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Biology is beautiful 🤩
Dragonfly seen in Nyon, Switzerland
Dragonfly seen in Nyon, Switzerland
Seems, according to Microsoft, I’m only 4% here but mostly there wherever that is…
July 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Seems, according to Microsoft, I’m only 4% here but mostly there wherever that is…
OK, my attempt to grow radishes in my garden is a total failure… 😞
July 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
OK, my attempt to grow radishes in my garden is a total failure… 😞
At least in Paris it is very clear who’s the boss!
translation: street ofthebossofthecity
translation: street ofthebossofthecity
June 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
At least in Paris it is very clear who’s the boss!
translation: street ofthebossofthecity
translation: street ofthebossofthecity