GAIN4CROPS
H2020 EU project developing nature-inspired solutions sustainably to increase crop yield 🌻 We focus on sunflowers, embracing nature and plant breeding.
Grant agreement ID: 862087
Visit the project website at gain4crops.eu
- The last interview we have to share is with Laura Martinelli, our partner from INsociety. They are helping our #H2020 engage stakeholders so our project and any follow-ups can have a greater impact on society! 🌻🇪🇺 More at gain4crops.eu
- Hear from our partner Laia Segura Broncano from the @hhu.de on how she and her team translated knowledge from model plants to crops like the sunflower. “We tried to improve carbon fixation and optimize the photosynthetic efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana — our model organism for plants.”
- Today we share our interview with Riccardo Scodeller, our partner from the Estonian University of Life Sciences who recently joined the project to support our research into plant anatomy to improve photosynthesis. 🌿🔬 More about our hashtag#H2020 project at gain4crops.eu
- Our partner, Tiina Tosen, from the Estonian University of Life Sciences, studies the fundamentals of photosynthesis in the sunflower family. 🌼🌻 “For example, what are the trait combinations underlying more efficient photosynthesis?” Visit us at gain4crops.eu to learn more about our #H2020 project.
- Meet our partner Urte Schlüter @urtes.bsky.social, from the @hhu.de. She and her team helped our #H2020 project explore natural improvements to photosynthesis that could be useful for plant breeding or synthetic solutions. 🌿🌻 Watch the full interview or visit us at gain4crops.eu to learn more.
- Our partner, Goetz Hensel from the @hhu.de, reflects on a defining feature of GAIN4CROPS: the complete translational pipeline. 🧪➡️🌻 “I‘m not aware of many other projects where you go from the design of the enzymes until the proof of concept in plants.” More about our #H2020 project at gain4crops.eu
- We sat down with @tianshu-sun.bsky.social, our partner from the @deptofwar.bsky.social, who shared her journey and contributions throughout our #H2020 project. “We’re are looking to generate data that’s valuable to the whole project and to anyone interested in photosynthesis.”
- As our #H2020 project enters its last month, our coordinator, @apmweber.bsky.social, reflects on the importance and potential of the GAIN4CROPS to boost crop yields! 🌻 “Our project can [contribute] to a more sustainable agriculture in Europe, but also in other places in the world.”🌍
- Andreas and his team are developing metabolic models of natural and synthetic pathways leading to increased photosynthetic efficiency. 🧑🔬 We will be sharing interviews from other project members soon, so stay tuned!
- Reposted by GAIN4CROPSCleomaceae are the sister group to the Brassicaceae. In contrast to the Brassicaceae, they contain true C4 photosynthetic species. This indicates that the genetic capacity to evolve C4 is ancestral to the split of Brassicaceae and Cleomaceae. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by GAIN4CROPS"Plant single cell RNAseq workshop: From current technologies to data analyses" Saclay Plant Sciences Summer School, June 28 - July 3, 2026 – Versailles (France)
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- Reposted by GAIN4CROPS👀 Early Career Researchers in #PlantSci: There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany Registration + abstract submission end on 🗓️ 23rd November 2025 www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
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- Researchers made use of recent advances in sequencing techniques to study how “cellular specialisation affects interconnected pathways”. This could help us understand the genetic basis for C3-C4 intermediacy in specific plants. 🌿
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- Reposted by GAIN4CROPSThe European Commission is pleased to launch this new Science, Research & Innovation account. We look forward to connecting with the community on Bluesky! 🧪 Here you will find: - EU scientific news - Horizon Europe funding opportunities - Innovative EU-supported projects - Events, tools & resources
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- Over 100 European policymakers, scientists, & agricultural stakeholders were at our webinar yesterday! Together, we examined how New Genomic Techniques can drive sustainability in European agriculture! 🇪🇺 🌾 Organised by #EUSAGE, @reimagineeuropa.bsky.social, & our @horizoneu.bsky.social project!
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- Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social, head of Biotechnology & Genome Editing, at @leibnizipk.bsky.social joins our webinar on New Genomic Techniques to boost sustainability in Europe”! 🇪🇺🌾 Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅 Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
- Reposted by GAIN4CROPSThe discovery of genes underlying interesting traits for #PlantBreeding is one of the most important & difficult tasks here @kwsgroup.bsky.social. We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this! #PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
- Garlich von Essen, Secretary General & CEO at Euroseeds, will join our free webinar “Innovating Agriculture: How New Genomic Techniques Can Boost Sustainability in Europe” on Thursday, 18 September! Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
- Join our free webinar on 18 September to hear from @apmweber.bsky.social, our #EUfunded project coordinator, about recent progress in crops, including maize that is more resistance to droughts! 🌽 ✅ Free registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
- Congratulations on the publication @tianshu-sun.bsky.social and @jmhibberd.bsky.social! In our #H2020 project, Tianshu and Julian are profiling gene expression in specific cells & assembling and testing gene constructs. All to induce C3-C4 intermediacy and bypass photorespiration in Arabidopsis. 🌱🧬
- Excited to share that our latest work in New Phytologist: the first cell-type–resolved transcriptomic atlas for two dicot C4 models (G. gynandra & F. bidentis) with a single-protoplast vs single-nucleus comparison + an interactive gene-expression browser. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Reposted by GAIN4CROPSFor Science 🧪enthusiasts in #NRW & beyond: our #Research Center @fz-juelich.de is opening it's doors on 07.09.2025. Talk to 👩🔬 about the🔬questions addressed here. Try #HandsOn #experiments. More on www.tagderneugier.de/en #TagDerNeugier #TdN25 #STEM #SciComm #ScentificCommunication #PlantScience
- Reposted by GAIN4CROPSNew Zealand had some of the most restrictive laws when it came to genetically engineered food crops. This move once again demonstrates how the NZ Government makes Science-based decisions. Take note, European Union! #PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs #PlantScience #Agroculture #Sustainability #PlantBreeding
- NZ joins other Third Countries in updating GM labeling rules: foods made with #GenomeEditing but without new DNA will no longer require a GM label. Only products with added DNA/proteins will. ▶️ A shift toward science-based, risk-proportionate regulation! www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/...
- Join our online webinar 18 September on how New Genomic Techniques #NGTs can significantly contribute to sustainable agriculture in Europe! 🇪🇺 🌾 ✅ Free registrations at lnkd.in/dMj8ThfM Secure your place and participate in shaping Europe’s sustainable agricultural future!
- Our coordinator @apmweber.bsky.social is one of the advocates for “using new genomic techniques in organic [farming] with participatory governance to help achieve the EU’s sustainable agriculture goals.” 🌱♻️ #OpenAccess article at @cp-cellrepsustain.bsky.social www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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- Last month, our consortium met in Tartu, Estonia, to share our latest progress and reflect on what’s next for our #H2020 project. Here is a sneak peek! 📽️ 🌻 There were lots of updates, including cross-consortium publications, regulatory deliverables, and upcoming trials.
- In case you missed it, our partners @ari-satanowski.bsky.social and Daniel Marchal published a potential new option for biological carbon reduction. It could be a promising approach to enhance CO2 fixation in plant science & synthetic biology! 🌱🧬 Open-access study at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Our #H2020 project welcomes the new @copernicusland.bsky.social tool for detailed crop and land use data. Better data means better decisions for food security & sustainable farming! 🛰️ 🌾 #AgTech #SustainableAgriculture #CopernicusEU #CLMS www.copernicus.eu/en/news/news...
- We have just wrapped up our hybrid consortium meeting in Tartu, kindly hosted by our fantastic Estonian colleagues at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. 🇪🇪 With the project heading into its final phase, it was the perfect chance to look back on what we’ve grown together! #H2020 #PlantScience
- International researchers advocate New Genomic Techniques in organic production with participatory governance to achieve the EU’s sustainable agriculture goals. 🇪🇺 💬 Open-access commentary at @cellpress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
- Our team recently published important findings in Science Advances on improving crop efficiency! Read the press release to learn more. 🌻 #PlantScience #SustainableAgriculture #FoodSecurity #EUResearch gain4crops.eu/beyond-photo...
- Reposted by GAIN4CROPSThe PlantsCoChallenge homepage is now online. Please come and visit us! www.plantscochallenge.de/
- Reposted by GAIN4CROPSAs well as CO2 Rubisco reacts with O2: plants evolved photorespiration to deal with the consequences. It works, but synthetic biology can do better! 🔄 We used metabolic modeling to compare alternative pathways to boost crop yields 🌱 🧵 #ScienceAdvancesResearch www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
