Had fun at the #Auxin2026 meeting in Algarve, Portugal—I sure did set a record for the shortest flash talk of the conference
@lukyfiedler.bsky.socialLukas Fiedler
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PhD student at ISTA, Swimmer, Auxin, Excited about cells and genomes, Cambridge Biochemistry BA & MSci 🏳️🌈🌱
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@florentwaltz.bsky.socialReposted by @lukyfiedler.bsky.socialHuge congratulations to all three Nobel Laureates, and especially Peter Hegemann! 👏 His seminal work on the green alga Chlamydomonas 🦠 laid the foundation for optogenetics. Thank you for putting Chlamy in the spotlight! ✨ Proof that groundbreaking discoveries don't always come from animal models! 🔬
@lukyfiedler.bsky.socialAnd here goes a parallel discovery from the Santiago-Frangos lab, taking a more general comparative genomics approach and digging into NO VEIN-Tiamat biochemistry!
@lukyfiedler.bsky.socialFantastic discovery from @eiriklag.bsky.social and @galofir.bsky.social! Plants have a homolog of the bacterial counterphage system Tiamat called NO VEIN. When knocked down in tobacco, it shows a PVX viral multiplication phenotype!
@snsf.chReposted by @lukyfiedler.bsky.social🏆 Biochemist Martin Jinek is the winner of the Swiss Science Prize #MarcelBenoist 2026, considered the Swiss #Nobel Prize.
He contributed to the development of molecular scissors, namely CRISPR-Cas9 technology.
Read more ➡️ sohub.io/3hs4
@natplants.nature.comReposted by @lukyfiedler.bsky.socialNew Brief Communication: "Cell-based CRISPRa screen identifies a papillae-specific receptor kinase mediating broad-spectrum fungal resistance in rice" rdcu.be/ZZFv8dTuRi8a
A RK that positively regulates fungal resistance via silicon-mediated physical & biochemical defences. #PlantScience
