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Daniela Ben-Tov
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PostDoc and former Ph.D. studying plant genome dynamics and DNA repair in Avi Levy’s group at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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And now we have Arabidopsis plants with 8 chromosomes instead of 10 and no obvious phenotypic differences, this week in @science.org
#PlantScience
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Rest in peace,Gad. You will be greatly missed.
taw-lab.bsky.social Tamar Avin-Wittenberg @taw-lab.bsky.social · 12d
My PhD mentor and scientific dad, Prof. Gad Galili, passed away yesterday. He was instrumental in shaping me into the scientist I am today. On top of raising us to be good scientists, he emphasized the importance of being good people in this crazy profession.
I am very sad and forever grateful.
November 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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New biostimulant treatment significantly boosts wheat yields, field studies confirm #NBTintheNews www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
New biostimulant treatment significantly boosts wheat yields, field
A novel biostimulant could deliver increased wheat yields of up to 12%, according to researchers from Oxford University, Rothamsted, and the Rosalind Franklin Institute in a long-term study published
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May 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM