Have you ever touched Urtica dioica? It is a memorable experience.
Beyond its sting, this plant has important medicinal properties. To better understand the genetics underlying key traits, we sequenced and analyzed its genome.
Read more here:
https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.05.15.725508
We are excited to welcome Zoë as a new member of our group. Her work with molecular biology methods will contribute to our ongoing research on functional plant genomics. We are looking forward to the ideas and energy she brings to the lab.
https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/team
#PlantScience #MolecularBiology #PlantGenomics #TeamScience #Research
@boas_pucker
We are delighted to welcome Hannah to our group. She will conduct long-read sequencing to explore plant genomes. We are excited to have her on board and look forward to amazing discoveries ahead!
https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/team
#PlantGenomics #LongReadSequencing #Bioinformatics #Nanopore #PlantScience #TeamScience
@boas_pucker
We (Julie) are still very active in the long-read sequencing business. Please see an updated figure regarding the output per P2 flow cell below. Reach out if you would like to collaborate!
🌱Takeaway: Ecological isolation, limited dispersal, and life-history traits drive both speciation and extinction risk in Homoranthus. (9/9)
#PlantScience #EvolutionaryBiology #PopulationGenetics #PlantGenomics #AoBpapers
🌿🌍 Join us to learn about the newly published “Geographically proximate rare species exhibit strong population divergence while maintaining intraspecific genetic diversity in Homoranthus (Myrtaceae)” in @AnnBot by Eilish McMaster and co-authors. (1/9)
#PlantScience #EvolutionaryBiology #PopulationGenetics #PlantGenomics #AoBpapers
Just 4 days of Python and our students are extracting insights from plant genomics data — all without AI! 🌱
Learn Python & bioinformatics in Bonn:
https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/contact
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@samnm
New year, new students! ✨
We are pleased to welcome Maria, who is going to be with us for a short time to learn everything you need to start a plant genomics project, from DNA extraction to sequencing, and of course we use ONT for our projects, with Julie teaching all new students about the technology! 🧬
Our Functional Annotation course has come to an end, and we are happy with how it went. More than 20 early-career researchers explored plant genomics together and brought amazing curiosity to every session. Grateful to all participants—your passion and hard work give us real optimism for the next generation of plant science. 🌱🧬
#PlantGenomics #Bioinformatics #FunctionalAnnotation #ScienceEducation
Boas Pucker
PuckerLab
Annals of Botany