Plant biologist studying Crassulacean acid metabolism, C4 & C3 photosynthesis using functional genomics. Fascinated by plants, their diversity and evolution.
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Nice to see the story about Kalanchoë laxiflora MUTE regulating stomatal subsidiary cell development from the labs of @heikelindner.bsky.social @michaelraissig.bsky.social being picked up by wider news outlets: phys.org/news/2026-03...
Many thanks to @michaelraissig.bsky.social @heikelindner.bsky.social for this brilliant collaboration. They did the elegant and innovative developmental biology and we provided resources and training for the Kalanchoë laxiflora diploid model species: Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Just published in The Plant Journal: dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
Jess Pritchard produced stable transgenic lines of Kalanchoë laxiflora that luminesce with circadian rhythms of luciferase activity, revealing new insights into the circadian clock control of CAM genes.
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Circadian rhythms of firefly luciferase in the Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) species Kalanchoë laxiflora were driven by both CAM and non-CAM gene promoters, revealing valuable new insights into ...
A research team led by the University of Bern has decoded a mechanism by which an inconspicuous succulent regulates the uptake of carbon dioxide via the leaf surface so finely that it receives enough ...
