First publication of the year! We set up an image-based quantification of seed phenotypes (here Arabidopsis thaliana). It comes together with a random forest classifier for our favorite phenotype, seed abortion.

The Other Giant: Functional Significance and Divergence of Type I MADS-Box Genes in the Evolution of Land Plants Abstract. Angiosperms represent the most abundant and diverse lineage of land plants, and their evolutionary success is closely linked to major reproductiv

I am delighted to share our review on MADS-box genes! Supported by Claudia @claudiakohler11.bsky.social, we attempt to summarize (nearly) everything currently known about Type I MADS-box genes. Let's have fun in the MADS world and check out the fruitful giants!
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I’m thrilled to share my latest research with @claudiakohler11.bsky.social in @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social, now published in @natplants.nature.com ! In this work, we reveal that long-distance transported siRNAs from maternal sporophytic tissues are functional in pollen development and reproduction.

Long-distance transport of siRNAs with functional roles in pollen development - Nature Plants This study shows that many small RNAs in Capsella rubella pollen originate from maternal tissues. These mobile small RNAs support proper pollen development, revealing that non-cell-autonomous small RN...

New paper in @natplants.nature.com finds that #siRNAs can act as long-distance communication signals from maternal to male tissue in #Capsella with functional role in #pollen development.

Read here: nature.com/articles/s41477-026-02219-6

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It's great to see this work finally out! @newphyt.bsky.social
Here we showed that auxin production after fertilization is a conserved, paternal-triggered mechanism for seed initiation in angiosperms.

Samplify: A versatile tool for image-based segmentation and annotation of seed abortion phenotypes Automated seed phenotyping has wide applications in research and agriculture and relies on easy-to-use platforms and pipelines. Seed phenotyping in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana poses a signi...

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Here it comes, first preprint from my postdoc time at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social in the lab of @claudiakohler11.bsky.social

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Rapid origin and turnover of genomic imprinting by transposable elements Genomic imprinting, the preferential expression of alleles based on their parent-of-origin, is an epigenetic mechanism that plays a key role in endosp…

I am thrilled to share our review with @claudiakohler11.bsky.social in which we discuss on the latest research on the classical and emerging roles of transposable elements in shaping genomic imprinting in plants. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Very happy to see this new preprint out from our lab, led by @gerardodeltoro.bsky.social. Congrats Gerardo and everyone involved! Check it out! 👇

Maternal control of RNA decay safeguards embryo development As in mammals, the plant embryo is surrounded by maternal tissues that provide protection from the external environment. In angiosperms, a double fertilization process results in the formation of a di...

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Thrilled to share our new story where we report the discovery of a new sporophytic maternal-effect mutant in Arabidopsis. 🧵
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