An international team of cell biologists, molecular biologists, and biochemists investigating the cell cycle, meiosis and DNA damage in plants.
Schnittger Lab
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The core of the paper is the scheme below, which provides a tool to dissect the stages of female meiosis, along with an estimate of their durations (later figure). We hope it will provide a useful foundation for future studies of (female) meiosis.
Breaking genetics news‼️🌱🌽 A natural DNA trick triples recombination in maize. What we first saw in Arabidopsis (@hendersi lab) a decade ago is now confirmed in crops—opening new doors for plant breeding. Published today in Nature Plants! More details 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In WT plants, expansion microscopy with spindle immunolabeling showed microtubule connections between spindle poles and the apicobasal cortex.
The identification of the very conserved CTF18, SGO2 and SPF2 as suppressors of centromere-proximal crossovers highlights the importance of cohesin turnover in this process and opens up new possibilities for plant breeding. Much more in the paper : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Happy lab reunion over Italian cross-over dinner with Chao Yang from Huazhong Agri Uni 🇨🇳—in town to share insights on meiotic recombination in rapeseed 🌱.
7 nations, 1 table. Science unites 🌍💬 #ScienceCommunity #LabLife
Great collaboration between University of Hamburg and the team of Moussa Benhamed from the Institute of Plant Sciences-Paris-Saclay driven by @tuncayhasibe.bsky.social
This study discovered that locally confined DNA differences boost crossover rates in both Arabidopsis and maize, revealing a conserved mechanism that can accelerate plant breeding and trait introgress...
