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The development of plant transformation revolutionized #PlantSciences, was vital to kickstart the field of #PlantMolecularBiology, and launched the #PlantBiotechnology / PlantGMOs sector. And, remarkably, the race was competitive but fair, with high-profile papers for all involved!
A quote from Marc van Montagu, stating that "Nonetheless, this was a scientific race conducted on amicable terms, with information being exchanged and synchronized publication of many of the notable papers.".
January 3, 2024 at 3:05 PM
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I'm very proud of our #undergraduateresearch students. My advisees Ivy & Elijah presented their #cotton projects in #plantbiotechnology, #plantbiology at #NCAS2025. 🧪🔬🎉🎉

www.lr.edu/news/lr-stud...
LR students leave their mark at 2025 North Carolina Academy of Science meeting
Lenoir-Rhyne University students showcased their academic excellence and research expertise at the 2025 North Carolina Academy of Science (NCAS) annual meeting in late March.
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April 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂ #Science #Biology #Ecology #ClimateChange #PlantBiotechnology #CarbonCapture
New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂
Engineered pathway lets carbon be plugged directly into key metabolic pathways.
arstechnica.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Wheat Plants Engineered To Make Their Own Fertilizer #Science #Biology #Botany #SustainableAgriculture #PlantBiotechnology #GeneticEngineering
Wheat Plants Engineered To Make Their Own Fertilizer
All the science news you can handle in a single feed
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August 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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We're excited to 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗙 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺! Check out our website for more information: tinyurl.com/4kz8hk3b

#PlantScience #PlantPathology #Agronomy #Symposium #UniversityofFlorida #Plantbiotechnology #Plantphysiology
November 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Great work by Chen et al. (2025) on introducing the tartronyl-CoA (TaCo) pathway into rice chloroplasts as a synthetic, carbon-positive photorespiratory bypass to enhance CO2 fixation efficiency and increase biomass, grain yield and grain size in rice 🌾. #PlantBiotechnology
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pbi....
Figure 1. The tartronyl-coenzyme A (TaCo) pathway as a photorespiratory bypass in plant chloroplast. (a) A schematic representation of plant photorespiration pathway (black) and GS2/Fd-GOGAT Cycle (light blue) and the TaCo bypass (orange). Figure S1. Schematic diagram depicting the multigene expression vectors TaCo-pYL1300H designed for TaCo bypass implementation. Each enzyme was fused at the N-terminus with RC2, a highly efficient chloroplast-targeting peptide, and at the C-terminus with specific tags: 3 × FLAG for glycolyl-CoA synthase (GCS), 3 × HA for glycolyl-CoA carboxylase (GCCM5), and Myc for tartronyl-CoA reductase (TCR). Each cassette was driven by different promoters and terminators: the enhanced CaMV 35S promoter (proE35S) and OCS terminator for RC2-GCS-3×FLAG, the rice Actin promoter (proACT) and pea (Pisum sativum) 3A terminator for RC2-GCC-3×HA, and the maize (Zea mays) Ubiquitin promoter (proUbi) and NOS terminator for RC2-TCR-Myc. Figure 1. The tartronyl-coenzyme A (TaCo) pathway as a photorespiratory bypass in rice chloroplast. (j) Biomass per plant (n = 6). (k) Grain yield per plant (n = 6). (l) Grain number per panicle (n = 6). (m) Mature paddy rice grains. Scale bar, 5 mm. (n) Grain length (n = 20). (o) Grain width (n = 20). (p) The 1000-grain weight (n = 6). Bars (j) to (k) and (n) to (p) represent means ± SDs. Significant differences (P < 0.05) are indicated by letters using ANOVA with Tukey's multiple-comparison test (Data S4).
July 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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More #NicotianaBenthamiana resources coming from the plant's home country 🇦🇺🦘.

"A multi-omic Nicotiana benthamiana resource for fundamental research and biotechnology"

By Buddhini Ranawaka, Jiyuan An,
& Peter M. Waterhouse.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#PlantScience #PlantBiotechnology
September 15, 2023 at 5:54 AM
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This remarkable new RNA-based adenine and cytosine #BaseEditing system achieves targeted and efficient A-to-G and C-to-T conversions in lettuce, with potential applications in #crop breeding and #PlantBiotechnology.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
#PlantScience
Diagram illustrating the 4 stages in DNA-free base editing: (1) in vitro transcription, (2) protoplast transfection, (3) protoplast regeneration, and (4) base-edited plants.
December 31, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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This is a fantastic documentary on #PlantBiotechnology, genetically engineered #PlantGMOs, & the anti-scientific disinformation campaigns that #Greenpeace has been running against them.
In German, but there are English subtitles.

SWR is German public broadcaster, & I don't see a COI.

#PlantScience
Greenpeace warnt vor grüner Gentechnik – zu Recht? | SWR Wissen
YouTube video by SWR Wissen
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June 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂ #Science #Biology #Ecology #ClimateChange #PlantBiotechnology #CarbonCapture
New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂
Lots of people are excited about the idea of using plants to help us draw down some of the excess carbon dioxide we've been pumping into the atmosphere. It would be nice to think that we could reforest...
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September 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Grafting trick could let us gene-edit a huge variety of plants #Science #Biology #Genetics #GeneEditing #PlantBiotechnology #AgricultureInnovation
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Grafting trick could let us gene-edit a huge variety of plants
Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, opening the door to more productive and nutritious varieties
purescience.news
November 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Oh wow. I got the 8th Edition in German 'Stryer Biochemie' about 8 years ago at the end of my Bachelor's in Plantbiotechnology. Such an important book.

I feel like it's the book I will come back to again and again during my life.

One of the few textbooks that I commonly mention with friends.
December 17, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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🚀 Excited to share our new publication in Lab on a Chip!

Our article “Parallel DLD Microfluidics for Chloroplast Isolation and Sorting” has just been accepted 👉 lnkd.in/d3Z93fRA

#Microfluidics #LabOnAChip #PlantBiotechnology #Chloroplasts #Innovation
September 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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📜 CRISPRi-based circuits to control gene expression in plants

🧑‍🔬 Muhammad Adil Khan, Brendan N. Kidd, Ryan Lister, et al.

📔 @natureportfolio.bsky.social Biotechnology

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔊 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantSynthBio #PlantBiotechnology #CRISPR
CRISPRi-based circuits to control gene expression in plants - Nature Biotechnology
Programmable and reversible CRISPRi-based genetic circuits function in a variety of plants.
www.nature.com
May 23, 2024 at 7:48 AM
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Tobacco bioreactors boost recombinant protein yield via subcellular strategies! #PlantBiotechnology #SyntheticBio
Details: spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/bdr.0047
Advances in Subcellular Accumulation Design for Recombinant Protein Production in Tobacco | BioDesign Research
Plants and their use as bioreactors for the generation of recombinant proteins have become one of the hottest topics in the field of Plant Biotechnology and Plant Synthetic Biology. Plant bioreactors ...
spj.science.org
April 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM