Molecular Biotechnology – UGent
The research unit Molecular Biotechnology at the Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering brings together different teams active in the area of biotechnology of eukaryotic cells.
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- Reposted by Molecular Biotechnology – UGentLast week we hosted our first workshop in the context of the #MeioCOntrol @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social anderen project! 🔬🧠 Researchers from @ILVO, De Storme lab @kuleuvenplantinst.bsky.social and Pauwels lab @mobi-ugent.bsky.social came together to learn and brainstorm about CRISPR in plants 🌿🧬
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- 🌱Can smart polymer design unlock plant RNAi? Paper from GLYCO shows that guanidinylated polymers enable safe & efficient dsRNA delivery in plant cells —improving stability, uptake, and transient gene silencing. A big step for RNAi-based crop protection🌿 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- 🌿 Plant Immunity in Focus - Join us on Dec 9, 2025 at Coupure, Ghent @fbwugent.bsky.social 🕒 15:00 Melissa Mageroy (NIBIO) 🕒 15:45 @jurriaanton.bsky.social (Sheffield U) 🎓 Followed by PhD defense of Jasper Matthys at 17:00. #PlantScience #Epigenetics #PlantImmunity #UGent #DoctoralSchool
- New manuscript by Yaseen Ahmad and colleagues from Tina Kyndt lab in #PlantStress journal describes the upcycling of agricultural byproducts into bioprotectant compounds. doi.org/10.1016/j.st... #nematology #research #articlealert @fbwugent.bsky.social
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- 🎉 Great news from MoBi! Gerard Serrat Mayayo will start as an FWO SB doctoral fellow in Prof. @laurenspauwels.bsky.social EDIT group, and Dylan Cool obtained a Baekeland mandate with Prof. Tina Kyndt (EPIC), Prof. Kris Audenaert & BASF Congrats — we look forward to 4 exciting years! 👏
- Fantastic PhD defense of Dr. Henry Mwaka on🧬 RNAi-based protection of East African Highland #banana 🍌 against nematodes 🪱 and weevils 🐛! Nice example of plant biotechnology and a great collaboration between @fbwugent.bsky.social and NARO in Uganda.
- Last week, Mobi explored how to use AI to transform our research and education 🤖. Great hands-on sessions by Evelyne De Caluwé and AnneMarie Leuridan that went far beyond ChatGPT 🚀✨ #PromptEngineering #VibeCoding #AITrends
- Reposted by Molecular Biotechnology – UGentBig news for #Agrobacterium2025 in Leuven, Belgium. Thanks to our amazing #sponsors, we’re able to offer travel awards for grad students + poster prizes! 🏆✈️ 📢 New abstract deadline: May 10 👉 www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2025 #SciComm #PhDLife #Microbiology #PlantScience
- Reposted by Molecular Biotechnology – UGentExcited to announce Prof. Patrick Shih @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 on 15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium Recent publication Shih lab: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Abstract deadline: May 1! www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2025
- Reposted by Molecular Biotechnology – UGentJust arrived in Songdo, Korea! Excited to be teaching 🌱Plant Biotechnology at Ghent University Global Campus for the next few weeks. 🎓 #GUGC @mobi-ugent.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social #plantscience
- Reposted by Molecular Biotechnology – UGent#Agrobacterium 2025. The 45th American Crown Gall meeting and the 5th European Agrobacterium conference: registration and abstract submission is now open! #deadline May 1, 2025. Thanks to our sponsors we will select some students for travel grants. www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2025
- 🌱✨New article by Karen De Kock and EPIC group on fennel byproduct extracts as novel bioprotectants is now published in the journal Plant Stress! @FbwUGent Read the article here 👉 lnkd.in/eW2Gg-Zn Thanks to @FWOVlaanderen
- March IPBO Online Café Series! ☕🌱 @laurenspauwels.bsky.social from @fbwugent.bsky.social and Prof. Runo, Kenyatta University will discuss Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and gene editing to manage witchweed in crops. 📅 Friday, March 7th, 2025 ⏰ 3:30 PM (EAT) 🖱️ Register: lnkd.in/gEMSBa3f
- Reposted by Molecular Biotechnology – UGentVacancy @AgroBioTech in Gembloux! Full-time academic position in #plantgenetics to study plant genetic resources for supporting the agroecological transition #vacancy #plantresearch www.gembloux.uliege.be/upload/docs/...
