Combining promoter and induced intron 1 mutations of Vrn-A1a does not accelerate flowering in wheat - Molecular Breeding Molecular Breeding - In temperate cereals, vernalization regulates the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in response to low temperatures. A central component of this pathway is...

#newpaper: Combining promoter and induced intron 1 mutations of Vrn-A1a does not accelerate flowering in wheat
@springernature.com: Wheat, Vernalization, Vrn-A1a, RIP3, Genome editing, Crops
doi.org/10.1007/s110...
@pecinka-grp.bsky.social

Proud and happy to have contributed to the Arabidopsis thaliana genome reannotation as the only scientist from the Czech Republic. Accurate annotation of model plants like Arabidopsis is essential for advancing plant biology, functional genomics, and future crop research. 🌿 @iebcas.bsky.social

Meet the volunteer researchers behind TAIR12: Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, Czech Academy of Sciences - Phoenix Bioinformatics Scientists like Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková of the Czech Academy of Sciences chose to contribute to this work for the benefit of science. A. thaliana is key to understanding plant genetics, with implicatio...

Meet Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, of the Czech Academy of Sciences, one of the researchers behind #TAIR12, recently released on the ENA and NCBI. 🌾🧪🌱

bit.ly/4btx3HQ

#TAIR #plantscience #plantbiology #Arabidopsis #cropscience

Condensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in Arabidopsis A forward-directed screen revealed that Condensin II prevents formation of mitotic anaphase bridges and maintains genome stability under genotoxic stress i

Condensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in Arabidopsis (Jovanka Vladejić , Klara Prochazkova , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

It was a lifetime experience to see the "northern lights" in Olomouc, especially through a microscope above an Arabidopsis root. 🌌🌱😄

Lego flowers? Lego submarine? Lego Batman?

Nope. The only right use for them are these special holders for barley seedlings for our new Spinning Disc Confocal Microscopy from @the.3i.social !🔬

This is just one of the many ingenious holders Peter engineered for imaging happy barley seedlings!🌾

We're excited to welcome our new intern student, Adrian Calves Ubach, PhD student in Miriam Szurman Zubrzyska’s laboratory at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Adrian studies DNA damage repair in barley. Welcome to the lab, Adrian!

🔊A long time ago in a microscopic galaxy far, far away....

🎬Episode IV - A NEW MICROSCOPE 🔬
"It is period of cellular rebellion. Arabidopsis root cells have won first victory against the dark forces of DNA damage"

Thanks to @dvonwangenheim.bsky.social and new i3 spinning disk @the.3i.social

‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️
📜 Precision Plant Editing: From Barley to Amaranth with CRISPR in Hand
🔊 Götz Hensel @hhu.de
⏰ Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30 GMT
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d460dd...

Today was my last day at @agroscope.bsky.social Nyon. Although my experiment didn't work as expected, I am extremely grateful for the time I spent with Etienne @plantepigenetics.ch and the team! Luckily I also had a chance to enjoy sports. Goodbye, Mont Blanc. @pecinka-grp.bsky.social

Condensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in Arabidopsis A forward-directed screen revealed that Condensin II prevents formation of mitotic anaphase bridges and maintains genome stability under genotoxic stress i

#new_paper: Condensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in Arabidopsis
@academic.oup.com
doi.org/10.1093/plph...

Our postdoc Martin Kovačik received a Fulbright fellowship and is heading to the USA for 5 months at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge) with Prof Mary Gehring.
Barley seeds&parental conflict mech
@pecinka-grp.bsky.social @kovacik.bsky.social @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social

Events for February 2026 06-07 July 2026 | Munich, GermanyDNA Replication and Its Impact on Genome and Chromatin MaintenanceWe are RepliFate, a European Training Doctoral Network dedicated to understanding how DNA replication...

We go live!!!

Join us Munich July5-7th to hear exciting research on #Replication by leaders in the field

AND !! registration is FREE 🥳 (but mandatory) - we hope to see many in Munich 🍺 @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social

@replifate.bsky.social @epicrossborders.bsky.social

replifate.eu/event/meetin...

Proud to be the first institution in Central Europe to host it.
Our new Mirava Polyscope from Abberior Instruments brings cutting-edge imaging for plant research at the cellular and molecular level — and is open to external users via Czech-BioImaging.
@ifieb.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

Second day of the @episeedlink.bsky.social internacional is coming up. We start with the third session focused on Epigenetic Memory and Chromatin Regulation. 10 interesting talks are waiting for us!

Whole-genome resequencing of the wild barley diversity collection: a resource for identifying and exploiting genetic variation for cultivated barley improvement Wild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum) is the progenitor of cultivated barley and a rich source of genetic diversity. To exploit this subspecies f

#new_paper: Whole-genome resequencing of the wild barley diversity collection: a resource for identifying and exploiting genetic variation for cultivated barley improvement
@academic.oup.com: Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum, whole genome sequence data
doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...

Shepherd/Chairman Aleš in action at @episeedlink.bsky.social conference!!

After break we are going to hear the advise of our @episeedlink.bsky.social External Advisory Board about current results and future.
Thanks for their support and advise.

Starting the @episeedlink.bsky.social internacional conference with the first session of talks "Seed to seedling translation"

!!!! PhD position!!!!
#SUMO modification in plant DNA damage repair. Join our team @pecinka-grp.bsky.social and work on this cool & still understudied topic. More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️

🌱Send a CV and a brief motivation letter (PDF) to pecinkagroup@gmail.com (subject: Ph.D. Seed development).

🌱The expected start is 1 September 2026.

🚨 PhD position open🚨
Unravel why new polyploids like barley have poor seed viability. Dive into embryo/endosperm development.
Join us! #PhD #PlantBiology #Barley #Polyploidy

I’ll be spending the next four weeks at @agroscope.bsky.social Changins, working on the eccDNA identification in Arabidopsis. Big thanks to @plantepigenetics.ch who agreed to host me and OPJAK Tangenc @iebcas.bsky.social for funding the mobility 😉 🌱🥼🔬

The HeatDDR doctoral network training school in full swing @iebcas.bsky.social @pecinka-grp.bsky.social @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social #microscopy #DNAdamage

The program is divided into informative lectures on DNA damage response and techniques to detect them, followed by hands-on sessions to train upcoming researchers on advanced microscopy methods.

To learn more about our training, visit :
olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/cz/news/nase...

We are hosting the training school of the HeatDDR PhD program over this week at the Center for Structural and Functional Plant Genomics of the Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc! 🧬

Doctoral students of the network from all over Europe will learn cutting edge techniques related to DNA damage!

Perks: elite training in advanced microscopy and image analysis, extraordinary salary, and the opportunity to be a part of a vibrant plant scientist community!

Send your applications in till 15th March, 2026 at pecinkagroup@gmail.com.

Don't forget to check for more details in the link provided!

Starting on September, 2026, our doctoral student will be a part of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network Consortium AGILE, involving leading European Labs in advanced microscopy of plant chromosomes.

🧪☘️🧬

We're thrilled to announce our new PhD position in the AGILE Doctoral Network on nuclear lamina's role in the maintenance of Rabl configuration in barley!🔬🌾🧬

More info on the position : olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/en/lamina-in...