"Days to weeks"! My how the technology has advanced! Check out this cookbook for #Plant #Genome sequencing.

Check out the ups and downs of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Poaceae 👇👇👇 #Evolution #Genomics

Thrilled to share the publication of CoExpPhylo in BMC Genomics: "CoExpPhylo – a novel pipeline for biosynthesis gene discovery" doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Bioinformatics #BigData #Evolution #Pathways @puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social

"Evolutionary Rewiring of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Pathway in Poaceae" 🎨 We describe how grasses have reorganized the anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway through gene loss, regulatory shifts, and independent evolution: 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... @bpucker.bsky.social @nancy-choudhary.bsky.social

Exciting news! The results of Syafiq’s research visit are now online 🎉 Great to see such solid work from an undergrad pay off. If you are into gene duplication or plant evolution, check it out: 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... @puckerlab.bsky.social #Genomics #Bioinformatics

How long does it take to sequence a plant genome? The most decisive factor is the genome size, but with an efficient workflow, an annotated genome sequence can be available within days to weeks. Read the full story: www.doi.org/10.20944/pre... #Genomics #SciComm #SciArt #Bioinformatics #PlantSci

Our new associated partner @bpucker.bsky.social at @puckerlab.bsky.social offers in December (8-10 and 10-12) two F2F training courses in Bonn about #Plant #genomics and functional #annotation. For more information see: Course 1 - www.denbi.de/training-cou... Course 2 - www.denbi.de/training-cou...

🚀 Exciting update: "Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences" now includes an updated overview figure! 🌱🔬 Check out how to run a plant genome sequencing project: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #Genomics #LongReads #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social

My talk, "Big Data-Driven Discoveries in Specialized Plant Metabolism", featured our recent work on pigmentation and tool development 🧬🌿 📍 Details: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#... @puckerlab.bsky.social

Gave a talk at Fraunhofer IME 🌱 on big data in plant biology. Covered genomics in Digitalis purpurea, dark pigments, withanolide biosynthesis + coexpression analyses. Tools like KIPEs & CoExpPhylo make gene function annotation accessible & powerful. More details: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news

My @nanoporetech.com #ImpactDay at the University of Bonn powered by @puckerlab.bsky.social was very exciting. Had great discussions with students about Nanopore, Career paths and unexpected life turns. Ah, and a great BBQ too. 😊 #ThankYou

🌿 Interested in a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis in plant biology? Our group at the UniBonn offers projects on sequencing, transcription factor evolution, anthocyanin biosynthesis, carnivorous plants, and more. ➡️ Details: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach... #StudentResearch #PlantScience #Bonn

🎓 Exciting news for Uni Bonn students! Next week, we’re welcoming Björn Pietzenuk for an inspiring career talk about #Genomics. Don’t miss the chance to hear about his journey and insights! 📍 Botanik-Hörsaal (Nussallee 4) 🕕 6 PM c.t. 📅 Sep 1st, Monday www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#...

Preparing my 'Long Read Genomics' course for a visit at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. Materials will be freely available on GitHub: github.com/bpucker/LRG #Genomics #Bioinformatics #OpenEducation @puckerlab.bsky.social

It is not too late. If you are interested in one of these projects, please get in touch (via email): www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/contact #PlantSci #Evolution #Bioinformatics #Genomics #BigData @puckerlab.bsky.social

Thinking of starting a plant genome sequencing project? Check out this step-by-step guide: Cookbook for Plant Genome Sequences 📖 www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... #Genomics #Bioinformatics #LongReads @puckerlab.bsky.social

A while back we shared our preprint: 👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025... As we move forward, we’d still love to gather comments, suggestions, or reviews from the community. If you’ve taken a look — or if you check it out now — your input would mean a lot! #Genomics #PlantSci @puckerlab.bsky.social

Looking for an exciting bachelor/master thesis in plant genomics, applied bioinformatics, or evolutionary biology? We have a number of opportunities and are happy to host motivated visitors: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teach... @puckerlab.bsky.social

Too hot? 🌡️ Cool off with a story about water lilies that bloom under the moon 🌙🌸 doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Too hot? 🌡️ Cool off with a story about water lilies that bloom under the moon 🌙🌸 doi.org/10.1101/2024...

T-DNA insertions can hide in plain sight 🌱🧬. PCR may miss extra copies & structural variants. Long-read sequencing reveals the full picture - extra T-DNAs, unexpected rearrangements. Still relevant! 🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s128... #PlantScience #Genomics @puckerlab.bsky.social

Phylogenomics and metabolic engineering reveal a conserved gene cluster in Solanaceae plants for withanolide biosynthesis doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Genomics #Withanolides #SpecializedMetabolism #BiosyntheticGeneCluster #LongReadSequencing #MetabolicEngineering #OpenAccess #OpenData

🚀 Time flies! We’ve already spent 4 amazing months at the @unibonn.bsky.social. Huge thanks to everyone who made this start so successful. Excited about the new collaborations and all the opportunities ahead! #Collaboration #Innovation

🌟 Bittersweet goodbye to our US visitors! 🌟 Thank you for your energy, friendship, cakes, laughs, kitchen moments and the vibrant touch you brought to our Plant Biotechnology & Bioinformatics group. #Farewell #USKids #UniBonn #LabFamily

Pore-C was super helpful to bring a good Victoria cruziana genome sequence assembly to chromosome-scale: N50 increased from 44 to 300 Mbp. doi.org/10.1101/2024... #PlantGenomics #LongReadSequencing @puckerlab.bsky.social

Digitalis purpurea (foxglove) usually sports magenta blooms thanks to anthocyanins - but mutations in pigment biosynthesis genes can lead to striking white flowers 🌸 #FlavonoidFriday (doi.org/10.1101/2024... & shorturl.at/IA5LZ)

Exciting news: we have our first data publication via bonndata 🥳 "Genome sequence and annotation of Victoria cruziana" doi.org/10.60507/FK2... Please find the corresponding preprint here: doi.org/10.1101/2024... #Genomics #PlantSci #DataScience @puckerlab.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social

ICYMI: We explored the biosynthesis of withanolides 🧪 Here’s the official press release by @unihannover.bsky.social & @unibonn.bsky.social: 🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/130-... 📄 Original research: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Science #NaturalProducts @frankelab.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social

Withanolide #biosynthesis from nightshade plants decoded. Withanolide steroids are used as a basis for medications for centuries. Now published by a team around @frankelab.bsky.social + @puckerlab.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61686-1).

Interested in learning about plant genomics? We're offering an opportunity for a few students to join our genomics team and gain hands-on experience in DNA extraction, ONT sequencing, and data analysis. Reach out if you're interested: www.pbb.uni-bonn.de #Genomics #Bioinformatics #PlantScience

This opportunity is similar to our ‘Data Literacy in Plant Genomics’ courses, but with a smaller cohort, more hands-on learning, and individual genome sequencing projects. More details here: doi.org/10.1515/jib-...

Interested in learning about plant genomics? We're offering an opportunity for a few students to join our genomics team and gain hands-on experience in DNA extraction, ONT sequencing, and data analysis. Reach out if you're interested: www.pbb.uni-bonn.de #Genomics #Bioinformatics #PlantScience

Extremely happy to see our withanolide biosynthesis paper out in @natcomms.nature.com‬ rdcu.be/evHOF Fantastic team effort with the Pucker group @bpucker.bsky.social‬ @puckerlab.bsky.social‬ at @unibonn.bsky.social and Heretsch, Herde and Witte groups at @unihannover.bsky.social. Funded by @dfg.de

🎉 Excited to share that the renovation of my new office at @unibonn.bsky.social is now complete! Looking forward to the work and collaborations ahead in this inspiring new space. @puckerlab.bsky.social www.pbb.uni-bonn.de

There is still time to apply 👇 #MSCA #Postdoc #Biotech #Bioinformatics #Genomics

Forever Uni Bonn! 🎉 We just celebrated 20 years of the Bonn University Festival — connecting with grads, discovering incredible research, and even testing a board game created by students.

It's #Summerween season and of course PuckerLab couldn't resist! 👻🍉 We enjoyed a nice evening with some ghost cookies, scary watermelons, and vampire donuts! Curious about how they're made or just want to be part of this? www.pbb.uni-bonn.de #summerween #lablife #halloween #unibonn #puckerlab

We’ve moved to Bonn! Beautiful city, excellent university. For review invitations, collaboration requests, or joining the group, please contact us via our Bonn email addresses: www.pbb.uni-bonn.de #PlantSci #Genomics #Bioinformatics

Interested in plants, genomics, transcriptomics, evolution, or bioinformatics? Join us on June 20th for: "Exploring the Evolution of Biosynthesis Networks with Big Data" as part of the Biological Colloquium at Poppelsdorf Palace. #PlantSci #Genomics #Bioinformatics #DataScience

K. Wolff + @bpucker.bsky.social summarize #anthocyanin pigmentation variation, different regulatory mechanisms, potential ecological functions and promising industrial applications #OpenAccess in their review in our Journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci DOI: doi.org/10.1111/plb....

🚨 Seeking a brilliant postdoc for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship! Work at the interface of bioinformatics, evolution & biotech. 🌱 Join a top German university 💡 Great science, strong mentoring 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/contact #MSCA #Postdoc #Biotech #Bioinformatics #AcademicJobs

Excited to share the publication of MGSE, our new approach to genome size estimation, in BMC Genomics: Mapping-based genome size estimation doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Genomics #Bioinformatics @puckerlab.bsky.social

Gave a talk at the University of Mainz on "Exploring the Specialized Metabolism of Plants with Long Read Sequencing." 🌿🔬 Shared how nanopore sequencing provides insights into complex plant pathways. Thanks to all who came! #Genomics #PlantScience #LongReadSequencing @puckerlab.bsky.social

Wrapping up our #Python course with inspiring student project presentations! 🚀 Topics range from bioinformatics to big data. 📂 Materials on GitHub: github.com/bpucker/PyBo #coding #OpenEducation #genomics @puckerlab.bsky.social

Excited to share our latest preprint about CoExpPhylo: doi.org/10.1101/2025.... Not long ago, Nele excelled at a #Python course for life scientists and acquired crucial skills for this work. #Bioinformatics #DataScience @puckerlab.bsky.social

Cornflower vibrant color comes from a unique complex of anthocyanins, flavones, and metal ions (Fe³⁺, Mg²⁺), stabilized by pH. This metal-anthocyanin interaction shifts the color to blue. #FlavonoidFriday: lnk.tu-bs.de/9Zz2uG (📸 doi.org/10.1101/2025...)

Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of my Python for Life Scientists course at Uni Bonn! 🎉 Proud to have shared coding skills with so many researchers over the years. 📂 Slides are available on GitHub: github.com/bpucker/PyBo #Python #LifeScience #OpenScience #Teaching @puckerlab.bsky.social

Excited to share that I’ve started a new position as Professor for Molecular Plant Sciences at the University of Bonn! 🌱 @puckerlab.bsky.social has officially moved, and the team is growing. Looking forward to exciting research and new collaborations ahead! 🔗 www.mps.uni-bonn.de

🔬 Exploring RNA-seq data: from co-expression to cross-species comparison! #Bioinformatics #PlantSciences 📑 Slides available here: github.com/bpucker/Appl... @puckerlab.bsky.social

Wrapping up our Applied Plant Transcriptomics course! From RNA-seq to de novo transcriptome assembly. #Bioinformatics #PlantSciences 📑 Slides available here: github.com/bpucker/Appl...