Oliver Berkowitz
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Plant & Computational Biologist | Genomics & Phenotyping |
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Arrived in Heidelberg for the International Plant Sulfur Workshop
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I like research results when they are clear-cut black or white
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Cows painted with zebra-like striping can avoid biting fly attack
Experimental and comparative studies suggest that the striped coats of zebras can prevent biting fly attacks. Biting flies are serious pests of livestock that cause economic losses in animal productio...
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NRT1.1B acts as an abscisic acid receptor in integrating compound environmental cues for plants
NRT1.1B, a traditionally recognized nitrate receptor, can directly perceive the extracellular ABA signal to form a complex with the repressor protein SPX4, thereby releasing the SPX4-sequestered trans...
https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(25)00816-5?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email
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#EPPS2025
dinner party in full swing
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Kicking off
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in a historic building. Quite a setting
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First day of
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Visits to
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and field stations. Very impressed.
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Hawkmoth
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Big church still there.
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The Heide is flowering
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Lüneburg
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Function and regulatory mechanism of HvSPX4 in maintaining phosphate homeostasis in barley - PubMed
Low phosphorus (LP) tolerance varies among plant species and genotypes within a species, and the molecular mechanisms underlying P signaling in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) remain unclear. Here, we rep...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40890047/
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Yum. With the right amount of Kirschwasser.
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Wut ? 😳
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One mother for two species via obligate cross-species cloning in ants - Nature
In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same moth...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09425-w?WT.ec_id=NATURE-202509
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Gasometer Oberhausen
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Spatial mutual nearest neighbors for spatial transcriptomics data
AbstractMotivation. Mutual nearest neighbors (MNN) is a widely used computational tool to perform batch correction for single-cell RNA-sequencing data. How
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20 days ago
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Zeche Zollverein
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Good to be back
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Spieltach
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A cis-natural antisense RNA regulates alternative polyadenylation of SlSPX5 under Pi starvation in tomato - Nature Communications
Alternative polyadenylation is involved in plant responses to various stresses. Here, the authors show how a cis-natural antisense RNA promotes proximal polyadenylation of its cognate SlSPX5 gene in r...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63406-1
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Paderborn
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Skywalk Willingen. 3rd longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world.
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Leisurely walk through Soest
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A unified cell atlas of vascular plants reveals cell-type foundational genes and accelerates gene discovery
A cross-species single-cell atlas highlights a core subset of cell-type foundational genes associated with major vascular plant cell types, enabling the identification of hidden cell types and the dev...
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Trans-organ analysis of gene co-expression networks reveals a mobile long-distance regulator that balances shoot and root development in Arabidopsis - Nature Plants
Trans-organ analysis of gene co-expression networks in different tissues provides a unique method for uncovering long-distance regulation.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02052-3?utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CONR_41477_AWA1_GL_DTEC_054CI_TOC-250820&utm_content=20250820
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Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature
A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09223-4?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20250814&utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CONR_41586_AWA1_GL_DTEC_054CI_TOC-250814
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Ralf Reski
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Let's go to mars with moss! Moss-derived microbiome improves crop growth in lunar and Martian soil simulants
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Moss-derived microbiome improves crop growth in lunar and Martian soil simulants
This study evaluates the potential of a moss–microbe complex, composed of Hypnum plumaeforme and its associated microorganisms, as a bio-based biofert…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X25009550
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A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle - Nature Plants
This study presents an extensive single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle that represents ten distinct developmental time points inclusive of six diverse organs.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02072-z
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Good to be back. Charm of the Ruhrgebiet
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Phosphorus acquisition and pathogen defense: synergies versus trade-offs
During their life cycle, plants encounter simultaneous biotic and abiotic stresses. A low availability of inorganic phosphorus (P) commonly limits plant growth in natural and agricultural ecosystems. ...
https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/abstract/S1360-1385(25)00203-1?rss=yes&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=dlvr.it
about 2 months ago
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Unravelling the dynamics of seed-stored mRNAs during seed priming
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Supporting data worth looking at 🤣
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Cockatoos that feel the beat have distinct dance moves, study shows
Cockatoos can headbang, body roll and sidestep intentionally to music according to a new study. One bird recorded 257 dance moves while listening to music for 20 minutes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-07/cockatoos-have-unique-dance-moves-csu-study-finds/105600994?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
about 2 months ago
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reposted by
Oliver Berkowitz
The Plant Cell
about 2 months ago
#ASPBPlantCellTuesday
#ICYMI
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scGT:integration algorithm for single-cell RNA-seq and ATAC-seq based on graph transformer
AbstractMotivation. Multi-omics analysis of individual cells offers remarkable opportunities for exploring the dynamics and relationships of gene regulator
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Natural variations in the promoter of ZmDeSI2 encoding a deSUMOylating isopeptidase controls kernel methionine content in maize
This study identifies the deSUMOylating isopeptidase gene ZmDeSI2 as a key regulator of methionine (Met) content in maize kernels. ZmDeSI2 suppresses Met accumulation by reducing the SUMOylation of Zm...
https://www.cell.com/molecular-plant/fulltext/S1674-2052(25)00134-0
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A PHR transcription factor-directed gene network reveals key regulators of phosphate metabolism and starvation responses in tomato
Characterization of a genetic network directed by the PHR transcription factors reveals key genes that play vital roles in regulating phosphate metabolism
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Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage
Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million years ago. The alter...
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00736-6
about 2 months ago
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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA
about 2 months ago
Perfect case study for the scientific ethics course i no longer teach: the report even has same name of my lecture on fraud/ and misconduct ‘Scientists behaving badly’
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#scicomm
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‘Follow the mice’: How whistleblowers, secret lab videos brought down top scientist
Staff were scared taking on the celebrated leader who’d won millions in government funding, but eventually, they had enough.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/follow-the-mice-how-whistleblowers-secret-lab-videos-brought-down-top-scientist-20250710-p5mdxc.html
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Steering plant-soil feedback for sustainable agriculture
The challenge of producing food at low monetary cost comes with high environmental impacts as yield maximization by excessive fertilization and chemical pest control drive farmers away from using the ...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads2506?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&et_rid=35366501&et_cid=5684044
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Took only 15 years...
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Fifteen years later, Science retracts ‘arsenic life’ paper despite study authors’ protests
Belated decision on widely disputed 2010 study pleases some critics but puzzles and dismays others
https://www.science.org/content/article/fifteen-years-later-science-retracts-arsenic-life-paper-despite-study-authors?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&et_rid=35366501&et_cid=5684044
2 months ago
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Oliver Berkowitz
Jörg-Peter Schnitzler
2 months ago
#PlantScience
#Phemonics
The registration to the European Plant Phenomics Symposium 2025 from September 16-19. in Bonn, Germany is still open til 31.07.25. Join us in the old German parliament hearing novel trends & insights in plant phenotyping of
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Evolution and functioning of an X–A balance sex-determining system in hops - Nature Plants
On the basis of the whole-genome sequences of cultivated and wild hops, this study describes the evolution of sex chromosomes, including degeneration and dosage compensation, and identifies a candidat...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02017-6
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Trans-organ analysis of gene co-expression networks reveals a mobile long-distance regulator that balances shoot and root development in Arabidopsis - Nature Plants
Trans-organ analysis of gene co-expression networks in different tissues provides a unique method for uncovering long-distance regulation.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02052-3
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Recruitment, rewiring and deep conservation in flowering plant gene regulation - Nature Plants
A highly scalable approach is used to generate 3,000 genome-wide maps of transcription factor binding in ten flowering plants, along with multi-species single-nucleus RNA-seq atlases. Together, the re...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02047-0
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Nice view from the office today
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Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) function as key signals in plant adaptation to environmental stresses, such as drought. Roots respond to transient water unavailability by temporarily ceasing branching t...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu1470?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_content=alert&utm_campaign=SCIeToc&et_rid=35366501&et_cid=5677978
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Derek Severi Lundberg
2 months ago
This work started nearly 10 years ago and was once my main postdoctoral project at
@plantevolution.bsky.social
before I slowed work on it to a trickle because it became confusing. But it always remained extremely interesting.
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A major trade-off between growth and defense in Arabidopsis thaliana can vanish in field conditions
In controlled greenhouse conditions, Arabidopsis thaliana plants with a hyperactive allele of the ACD6 gene have stronger pathogen defenses but are smaller and make fewer seeds, in a classic fitness t...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003237
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Enhancing inositol pyrophosphate accumulation in plants alters growth, phosphate homeostasis, and insect herbivory
This research investigates the physiological and biochemical impacts of increasing inositol pyrophosphates, molecules involved in plant phosphate sensing and jasmonic acid signaling, in Arabidopsis. ....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.70315
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Need to make a few changes before submission 😜
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