Benchmarking long-context genome language models on biosynthetic gene clusters doi.org/10.64898/202... Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Genomics #Evolution

Near-black flowers of Tacca chantrieri are connected to anthocyanin genes including a curious DFR twist #FlavonoidFriday doi.org/10.64898/202... & shorturl.at/SnbhQ @puckerlab.bsky.social

Copy Number Variation: A Substrate for Plant Adaptation and Stress Response in Arabidopsis doi.org/10.1101/2025... DupyliCate - mining, classifying, and characterizing gene duplications doi.org/10.1101/2025... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Evolution

Dungeness: The Southern Marsh Orchids are starting to appear around the ARC.

My favorite wildflower: Redring Milkweed Flowering in the shade in the woods with a few rays of sunlight #Asclepiasvariegata

GeneCAD: Plant Genome Annotation with a DNA Foundation Model doi.org/10.1101/2025... Functional Annotation – How to Tackle the Bottleneck in Plant Genomics www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #Genomics #Bioinformatics

PanVariants: Best Practice for Pangenome-based Variant Calling Pipeline and Framework doi.org/10.64898/202... Comparison of read mapping and variant calling tools for the analysis of plant NGS data doi.org/10.1101/2020... #Genomic #Bioinformatics #PlantSciences

Curious about the dark side of plant biology? Check out our latest preprint on the secrets of black pigmentation in Rubus: doi.org/10.64898/202... #Anthocyanins #Transcriptomics #PlantScience @puckerlab.bsky.social

Planning to sequence the genome of your favourite plant? This workflow based on ONT sequencing comes with hands-on instructions: "Cookbook for plant genome sequences" doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #LongReads #PlantSciences #Bioinformatics

Looking for an excellent conference to present your latest plant research or to meet @puckerlab.bsky.social : International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) 6–10 September 2026 botanik-tagung.de #PlantSciences #Conferences @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

Nine years ago today 🌿 Delphinium geyeri, our Geyer's Larkspur, blooming on the Neva Road shale bluff #nativeplants

A novel phylogenomics pipeline reveals extensive topological conflict in the evolution of the angiosperm order Cucurbitales doi.org/10.1101/2023... Large-scale Phylogenomics Reveals Systematic Loss of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Genes at the Family Level in Cucurbitaceae doi.org/10.1101/2025...

PanVariants: Best Practice for Pangenome-based Variant Calling Pipeline and Framework doi.org/10.64898/202... Comparison of read mapping and variant calling tools for the analysis of plant NGS data doi.org/10.1101/2020... #Genomics #Bioinformatics

Final week of our Python course for Plant Sciences Master’s students 🌱🐍🖥️ Covered fundamentals (data types, control flow), file handling, and modules, plus discussed the risks and benefits of AI in scientific research. 🔗 github.com/bpucker/PyBo #Python #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social

Revealing the Hidden Landscape of Public Metabolomics Data Reuse in MetaboLights doi.org/10.64898/202... The reuse of public datasets in the life sciences: potential risks and rewards doi.org/10.7717/peer... #BigData #DataScience #Bioinformatics

🌸 Exciting news: our Digitalis purpurea (foxglove) genome study got published! We uncovered the genetic basis of flower color and morphology - TEs are playing an important role. 🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #PlantScience #Anthocyanins #Evolution @bpucker.bsky.social

Eight years ago today 🌿 Penstemon moffatii, our Moffat's Beardtongue, blooming off Highway 50 & Escalante Canyon Road #nativeplants

#Phytohormone Networks Orchestrating Lateral #Organ Adaptations to #Hypoxia and #Reoxygenation in #Fruit Crops onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #PlantSci @wileylifesci.bsky.social @wiley.com @isplore.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @germanfruit.bsky.social @phytobio.me

Some beauty in this ugly world

🌲🛡️ RESEARCH 🛡️🌲 Fusarium circinatum fungal infection of susceptible Pinus radiata induced larger resin ducts producing more resin, with a different terpene profile, than in the moderately resistant P. pinaster - Fariña-Flores et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Eight years ago today 🌿 Calochortus nuttallii, our Sego Lily, blooming on the western slope #nativeplants

Craig Venter’s EST work was a real genomics power move. It had a huge influence on my own first foray into genomics. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/s...

Whole-Genome sequencing of Indigenous Withania somnifera accession and comparative cytochrome P450 phylogenomics doi.org/10.64898/202... Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis doi.org/10.1038/s414...

🌸 Into cherry blossoms? We are looking for someone to help uncover how cherry flowers & fruits get their colors 🍒 Focus: genetics + tissue-specific gene expression in ornamental plants & crops 🔗 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach... #PlantScience #Genetics #CherryBlossom @puckerlab.bsky.social

Whole-Genome sequencing of Indigenous Withania somnifera accession and comparative cytochrome P450 phylogenomics doi.org/10.64898/202... Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Five years ago today 🌿 Pediocactus simpsonii, our Mountain Cactus, blooming above Castlewood Canyon #nativeplants This is the best specimen I've ever seen. These were more numerous before poachers depleted their number. Overseas interest in our cacti drives this threat. 😢

PhD & Postdoctoral Opportunities in Computational Biology at University of Basel Explore fully funded PhD and postdoctoral opportunities in computational biology at the University of Basel. Join a leading research lab working on microbiome–immune interactions, systems biology, and pediatric health…

For #scape day. Boggy and foggy. What a combination. Old and new. Dead dried out pitchers from last year, new and pristine pitchers among native flowers from this year. A place of renewal. For the plants and for me. #photography #landscape #ECK #Sarracenia #PitcherPlants #bogs #Nikon #Z8

"Postdoc Position in Plant-Nematode-Microbe Interactions at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA" Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=Postdoc_position_at_Plant_Nematology_Lab_Purdue_University-2026_5_1.pdf #PlantSciJobs

Paul Osborne Jones (1921-1997) Morning Glory, 1950. oil on paper.

Scientific Assistant Small Fruit Breeding - Washington State University www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta... You will apply your skills in experimental design, plant sciences, laboratory procedures, greenhouse culture, and planning. #BotanyJobs

PanVariants: Best Practice for Pangenome-based Variant Calling Pipeline and Framework doi.org/10.64898/202... Comparison of read mapping and variant calling tools for the analysis of plant NGS data doi.org/10.1101/2020... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #PlantSciences

Advances in protein function prediction from the fifth CAFA challenge doi.org/10.64898/202... Functional Annotation – How to Tackle the Bottleneck in Plant Genomics www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #PlantSciences

Fantastic paper led by Matthew Davis from @grey-monroe.bsky.social, on genome degradation in long-term walnut tissue culture: Somatic embryogenesis increases mutation rates >30x, with aneuploidy, large deletions, somatic recombination, and elevated #TE activity. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Visited the Department of Biochemistry & Biotechnology at the University of Thessaly to give lectures on Long Read Genomics. Great discussions and fantastic hospitality - thanks for having me! 🔗 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#... #Bioinformatics #AcademicTravel #iGEM @puckerlab.bsky.social

We are pleased to join the TRA Modelling: Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation of Complex Systems. Looking forward to more transdisciplinary collaborations! www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news #Modelling #ComplexSystems #Transdisciplinary #UniversityOfBonn #DataScience @bpucker.bsky.social

🌱🧬 REVIEW 🧬🌱 PHR proteins, classically characterized for their role in the phosphorus starvation response in plants, have also acquired new roles. The genetic and molecular basis of their functional diversity is discussed here - Mangalakkadan et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

If you want to support the career of an early career researcher (ECR) in the plant sciences? There are only a few days left to nominate an #ECR for one of our three #plantsci awards. Our members, please remind the deadline at the end of next week, on 26th April 2026!

Excellent networking opportunities and inspiring conversations at the 12th Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC) Forum! I had the pleasure of presenting @puckerlab.bsky.social ’s research activities and exchanging ideas with so many brilliant minds 🔗 Learn more: www.biosc.de/forum_2026 #Biotech

Eleven years ago today 🌿 Muscari botryoides, the nonnative Grape Hyacinth, blooming in the Chautauqua

This year marks 80 years since the protologue [initial description] of Ukrainian endemic birch species Betula borythenica Klokov was published, and 100 years since its type specimen was collected.

Columbine flower Colorado. 📷 Marilyn S.

This sounds great but does it work on organisms other than humans? (Human genomes are almost identical to each other, while species with a longer evolutionary history, such as most wild species and especially plants, have much more diverse genomes.)

Happy to share our new review mapping the journey of anthocyanin research and highlighting where it is heading next! The explosion of publications in the last decade says it all 📈 Definitely a space to watch👀 And we're here for it!✌ lnkd.in/eCsfB-RE #Plants #Anthocyanins #EarlyCareerResearch

Our funky R-stereoselective Epi-STR is now available online and open access at its permanent home @angewandtechemie.bsky.social. 🥳 This is Clara's first first-author paper, makes me extra happy! @mpi-ce.bsky.social #PlantScience #natprod doi.org/10.1002/anie...

Most gardens are designed to look right. This one wasn’t. We left space — not for decoration, but for life. It looked messy. That’s where everything was living. If you leave space, things arrive.

Redbud trees are spectacular early-flowering trees in the Bluegrass and much of the Eastern Deciduous Forest. They beautiful, and also have some complex flowering behavior that I don't fully understand. Have a look at the story (open to everyone).

Spring time #BloomScrolling