Blue plants are particularly fascinating, as they show a rare color in the plant world. Did you know that only 7% of all plants are perceived as blue to us?
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#SynBio #BluePlants #Innovation #Science #Anthocyans #Research #Future #Bioengineering

Starting the summer semester with a lecture about Plant Biochemistry & Bioinformatics by Boas Pucker. Focus is on genomics, sequence analysis, and biosynthesis pathway discovery. What is your favorite area of research in bioinformatics?
#Bioinformatics
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BGLU1, BGLU3, and BGLU4 are involved in the glycosylation of already glycosylated flavonoids in Arabidopsis thaliana
#FlavonoidFriday (details: lnk.tu-bs.de/Dq9sTG & doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…)

How to teach third generation sequencing and data analysis? Katharina Wolff is going to share the experiences of our 'Data Literacy in Genome Research' courses at #LC2024
doi.org/10.1515/jib-20…
#nanoporeconf #Genomics #londoncalling

Interested in the genomic secrets of medicinal plants? RonjaFr is going to present many of our genome sequencing projects at #LC2024 including Digitalis and Urtica
doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…
#nanoporeconf #Genomics #londoncalling

Are you interested in learning #Python and studying life sciences at TU Braunschweig? Our upcoming 'Python for Life Scientists' course could be the right opportunity:
github.com/bpucker/Python…
#Bioinformatics #AI Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

Large insertion in the anthocyanidin synthase (ANS) gene is associated with flower pigmentation loss in Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
#FlavonoidFriday (details: doi.org/10.1101/2024.0… & lnk.tu-bs.de/Zg4DBu)

The NAC transcription factors BLOOD and PpNAC1 form a dimer to activate PpMYB10.1 resulting in anthocyanin pigmentation in peach
#FlavonoidFriday (details: lnk.tu-bs.de/9egbyq)

This week, we are teaching our food chemistry students TU Braunschweig some plant biochemistry and molecular biology basics: DNA extraction, PCR, and gel electrophoresis #MolecularBiology #PlantSci

A point mutation in an anthocyanin MYB gene promoter generates a cis-regulatory element and leads to increased anthocyanin production in Phlox drummondii contributing to speciation
#MybMonday (details: lnk.tu-bs.de/kUOx7a & doi.org/10.1101/2023.0…)

Happy international women’s day 🎊 #womensday #womeninstem

Totally worth retweeting, again. The teaching concept presented by the team of Boas Pucker is convincing.

Maya Höstje berichtet von ihrem Schülerpraktikum an der TU Braunschweig, wo sie Einblicke in die Genetik von Pflanzen erhielt, insbesondere in die Analyse von Stoffwechselwegen und die Untersuchung der Pigmentierung von Blüten 🌺🧬
magazin.tu-braunschweig.de/m-post/warum-i…

Mutations associated with the loss of anthocyanin pigmentation are often affecting the transcriptional regulation #FlavonoidFriday

(details: doi.org/10.1101/2023.0… & bit.ly/3HZjT5K)

Universität Gießen and the Goesmann lab offer a Research assistant (m/f/d) position for the field of Computer Science. For more information see: denbi.de/de-nbi-jobs-po…

Grapevine MYB24 seems to module UV and highlight stress response by activating terpene and flavonol biosynthesis #MybMonday

(details: doi.org/10.1093/plcell… & bit.ly/3OMwXiB)

We spotted white Digitalis purpurea flowers most likely lacking anthocyanin pigmentation. Which gene might be responsible?

Thanks to Katharina Wolff RonjaFr and Jakob Horz, we have an answer:
doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

Comment your guess before looking at the preprint!

Here is a summary of tools we use in our plant genomics projects Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics TU Braunschweig:
doi.org/10.20944/prepr…
Please comment if you favorite tool is missing!

Happy belated #Darwin Day 2024! 🎉 Let's honor the pioneering work of Charles Darwin and his innovative contributions to science and our understanding of evolution! 🌿🔬 #Science #Evolution #Biodiversity #Darwin #Discovery
doi.org/10.1186/s13104…

Celebrating women in our lab on the International Women & Girls in Science Day #February11 #womeninscience