Agata Daszkowska-Golec
@dash-genetics.bsky.social
Plant geneticist | splicing under stress | Associate Professor @USilesia | Fulbrighter @UMN | Barley whisperer
🌱 Just out: our new review on ABA’s surprising roles in flowering & seed development in J. Plant Physiology! Dive into fresh insights on how ABA shapes plant reproduction ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantBiology #ABA #Flowering #SeedDev
Breaking News from @theathletic.bsky.social: Iga Swiatek won her first Wimbledon title in a historic victory over Amanda Anisimova, 6-0, 6-0. www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...
Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report - “This is not a dry spell. This is a slow-moving global catastrophe, the worst I’ve ever seen” #climatecrisis Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report
Water shortages hitting crops, energy and health as crisis gathers pace amid climate breakdown
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insightful review on how seeds decide to germinate from omics research perpective transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenetics - it’s not just germination, it’s well-organized coordination worth reading! doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #seedomics #plantdevelopment #spatialomics @lewseylab.bsky.social
Advances in seed ‘omics
Abstract. Seeds provide 70% of the global food supply, making them crucial for food security. Understanding the molecular mechanisms governing seed develop
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Lucas Auroux@aurouxlucas.bsky.social · last yr.🌱🧬 New paper "Advances in seed 'omics" is out and available as advance access article in @jxbotany.bsky.social. Covers how omics tech is revolutionising seed research - single-cell and multi-omics integration towards climate-resilient crops. La Trobe and Zhejiang University. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
our spatial transcriptomics research on ABA-treated germinating barley coleoptile as signaling hub not just what’s expressed — but where it whispers first doi.org/10.1101/2025... #spatialtranscriptomics #seedbiology #barley #10xGenomics @10xgenomics.bsky.social
Plese consider signing this open letter to remind EU leadership of the importance of ring-fencing the budget for ERC, Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowships and other basic research essential for innovation. www.petitions.com/open_letter_...
Open Letter of scientists and entrepreneurs regarding MFF and FP10
June 10, 2025 After the presentation of the European Competitiveness Fund, there has been much uncertainty regarding the positioning and funding for Research and Innovation in the next European Multia...
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On the final day of Poland’s EU Presidency, 🇵🇱 Deputy Minister for Science Andrzej Szeptycki @szeptycki.bsky.social argues that Europe’s global standing depends on stronger investment in research and innovation. 🧠 “Strategic sovereignty starts with research” Read the piece 👉 europa.eu/!6BkvPj
Europe’s path to competitiveness: The strategic role of research and innovation
By Andrzej Szeptycki
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climate resilience? we’re testing it in model plants meanwhile, cassava, millet, sorghum watch the world warm from the sidelines molecular biology needs to leave the model and hit the field doi.org/10.1038/s418... #climatescience #staplecrops #plantscience #plantgenetic
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Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · last yr.Most staple food crops are expected to experience substantial production losses due to climate change, even when mitigation measures to limit the impact of climate change are considered, according to a study in Nature. The study finds that only rice might avoid substantial losses. 🧪
dry seeds stall ribosomes at start codons — with Kozak-like motifs calling the shots hydration triggers a sharp translational shift a gorgeous map of ribosome positioning during germination made by Prof. Leónie Bentsink and team doi.org/10.1101/2025... #riboseq #seedbiology #translationalcontrol
Translational landscape during Seed Germination at Sub-Codon resolution
Seed germination is crucial for agricultural reproduction. A deep understanding of this process can secure healthy growth at the early phases of plant development and therefore the yield. Recent resea...
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bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · last yr.Translational landscape during Seed Germination at Sub-Codon resolution https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.24.661055v1
E. coli turns plastic into painkillers🤩 chemistry crashes the party in metabolism — and it works www.nature.com/articles/s41... #synbio #metabolichacking #LossenRearrangement
A biocompatible Lossen rearrangement in Escherichia coli - Nature Chemistry
Biocompatible chemistry merges chemo-catalytic reactions with cellular metabolism for sustainable small-molecule synthesis. Now a biocompatible Lossen rearrangement has been demonstrated to control ba...
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Nature@nature.com · last yr.Plastic waste can be converted into painkillers - using E. coli https://go.nature.com/3TIAlwX
Excited to share my new Tansley Review @newphyt.bsky.social on emerging single-cell and spatial omics technologies, many of which are just beginning to be applied in plant biology! Big opportunities lie ahead for the field. [1/n] nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Exploring the untapped potential of single‐cell and spatial omics in plant biology
Advances in single-cell and spatial omics technologies have revolutionised biology by revealing the diverse molecular states of individual cells and their spatial organization within tissues. The fie...
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Meet the newest member of the #VisiumHD family! We’re excited to bring you a species-agnostic, whole transcriptome spatial discovery solution with the Visium HD 3’ assay—now at true single cell resolution with our cell segmentation software: bit.ly/4kaTrqJ
Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy
Nature research paper: Spatial transcriptomics reveals human cortical layer and area specification https://go.nature.com/3GUX8Tm
Spatial transcriptomics reveals human cortical layer and area specification - Nature
Multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in situ hybridization (MERFISH) together with deep-learning-based nucleus segmentation enabled the construction of a highly detailed and informative spatially resolved single-cell atlas of human fetal cortical development.
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I’m happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!) In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
In defense of funding foundational plant science
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Recently published by our group! HvSNAC1 mutations enhance barley’s drought response by tweaking stomatal behavior. Could tweaking transcription factors like HvSNAC1 be the future of drought-proof crops? 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #barley #drought
Functional analysis of HvSNAC1 in stomatal dynamics and drought adaptation - Journal of Applied Genetics
Drought stress can damage crop growth and lead to a decline in yield, thereby affecting food security, especially in regions vulnerable to climate change. SNAC1 (stress-responsive NAC1), the NAC trans...
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Insightful and beautiful at the same time!
Dubcovsky Lab @dubcovskylab.bsky.social · 2y agoWe’re excited to share our new preprint on wheat spike development! We used spatial transcriptomics and scRNA-seq to take a closer look at the different cell types and expression domains during key developmental stages of the wheat spike. Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📣 IBH Seminar‼ 📜 A barley pan-transcriptome reveals layers of genotype-dependent transcriptional complexity 📆 20th February 2025, 14.00 BST 🔊 Miriam Schreiber @mirischreiber.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk & Vanda Marosi @www.helmholtz-munich.de Register here: t.co/eDKicEeM3k
The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out what they do https://go.nature.com/41amXq2
‘Dark proteins’ hiding in our cells could hold clues to cancer and other diseases
The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out what they do.
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valuable resource for advancing barley genomics. I’m excited about its potential to drive new discoveries and innovations in our field 🤩 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A barley pan-transcriptome reveals layers of genotype-dependent transcriptional complexity - Nature Genetics
A long- and short-read barley pan-transcriptome assembled from 20 diverse barley genotypes offers insights into genotype- and tissue-dependent gene expression and function.
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