Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group

We elucidate the biosynthesis and transport of alkaloids in agricultural and medicinal plants. Tweets by group members.

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Our plants bouncing back after a stressful day! ^BD

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Congratulations to our postdoc @henrykstraube for getting his Phd thesis honored!🌱

[Henryk Straube @HenrykStraube]

I am honored and thrilled to receive the Wilhelm-Pfeffer price for my doctoral thesis. It has been a wild ride and this price is the icing on the cake.

Thanks to everyone involved and special thanks to the @PlantSciDBG_en !

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Last week, our group member @k_vollheyde took part in the @MSCActions organized #ScienceIsWonderful fair in Brussels.

[Katharina Vollheyde @k_vollheyde]

It´s so rewarding to see shining kids´ eyes when sharing our excitement for science.

@Roocfer1 and I shared our fascination for plants and the products they make at our booth “The Plant Factory” at the #ScienceIsWonderful fair.

Thanks to @MSCActions for this great event.

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Congratulations to the @Franke_Lab and the D'Auria group on their exciting work published in Science! 🎉 Dive into the biosynthesis of the allelopathic alkaloid gramine in barley, involving a cryptic oxidative rearrangement!
🌾🔬 #plantsci ^DB

[FrankeLab @Franke_Lab]

Our paper on the biosynthesis of the toxic alkaloid gramine in barley is out @ScienceMagazine! Fantastic collaboration with groups of D'Auria and Kumlehn @LeibnizIPK, and Witte @UniHannover. Very proud of my group for everyone's outstanding contribution! https://t.co/2IDHcgo7xP

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

We're hiring!

Wanna join us and work on plant natural products?
- PhD student: https://t.co/kQjkokMJYh
- Postdoc: https://t.co/822gZhg1m2

See examples of our work:
- https://t.co/ZsYPk2R9MI
- https://t.co/MCPI15T4fr

Deadline on 17 March 📅
#PhD #postdoc #biochemistry

[Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences @KU_PLEN]

The science is clear! It's time to say YES to #CRISPR and other #NGTs! 💚

Scientists from PLEN join the call from 37 Nobel laureates and over 1,500 scientists for MEPs to support new genomic techniques in the @Europarl_EN debate tomorrow!

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Our research in the headlines this week 🙌

See Davide Mancinotti and Hajar Golshadi's work covered by News From Science ⬇️

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Finally published🎉 Check out our latest publication in collaboration with the group of @nicolabiologist 👇^KV

[Katharina Vollheyde @k_vollheyde]

🌱N. benthamiana mutants with lower nicotine content

🔬New insights into nicotine biosynthesis

📖https://t.co/Z74K060EZP

Happy to see this published in @NewPhyt Thanks to all contributing to this great collaboration @GeuFloresF @nicolabiologist @qmdudley @KU_PLEN @EarlhamInst

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Looking for a postdoc position on crop improvement? Check out this exciting possibility in the lab of @stiguandersen aimed at eliminating the favism-causing agents from faba bean in collaboration with us https://t.co/l3lKklL6sA ^FG

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Congratulations to the @Franke_Lab on their exciting work published in @J_A_C_S on the skeletal rearrangements of triterpenoids in Ailanthus altissima! ^DB

#PlantSci

[FrankeLab @Franke_Lab]

Super happy to see our group's first major work now published in @J_A_C_S! Stellar team work by two great PhD students Ling Chuang and @FlyerShenyu. https://t.co/HeRlc3cgF9

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Congratulations to the entire consortium on the immense advancement in #fababean science published in @Nature. This will facilitate gene discovery and breeding efforts, taking major steps forward! ^HS

#legumes #plantprotein #PlantSci

[stiguandersen @stiguandersen]

Now we can map genes in #fababean! The 13Gb reference genome is published in @Nature after an amazing community effort. Thanks to all authors for great contributions! https://t.co/PEqbjSBQmY #legumes #plantprotein

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Happy to share our latest pre-print on nicotine biosynthesis ^KV

[Katharina Vollheyde @k_vollheyde]

Check out our new pre-print on nicotine biosynthesis: https://t.co/2R9rHlV5m9

Thanks to all co-authors for this fruit-full collaboration. @GeuFloresLab @nicolabiologist @qmdudley @KU_PLEN @EarlhamInst @JohnInnesCentre
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[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Check out this nice piece of #sciencecommunication from our lab member at @PlantPhys! Looking forward to read more.
@KU_PLEN #plantsci ^DB

[Henryk Straube @HenrykStraube]

I am excited to share my first #NewsAndViews contribution @PlantPhys on parts of the biosynthesis of the anti-diabetic compound 1-deoxynojirimycin in Mulberry!
@ASPB #PlantSci

https://t.co/xFyRPQ19dc

[Nat. Prod. Reports @NatProdReports]

In our Plant Natural Product Biosynthesis & Biotechnology collection @GeuFloresF & co @KU_PLEN review the biosynthesis of quinolizidine alkaloids in lupins to elucidate the full pathway

Read the #OpenAccess article in full below👇
https://t.co/HHfNnenjAZ

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Talk about large plant genomes... The 13-Gb faba bean genome is out!
https://t.co/wnGuR9usSk
(and it is just a diploid - for comparison, the Arabidopsis genome is 0.135 Gb) ^FG

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

The cocaine biosynthesis pathway has remained a mystery... until now! Check out this great work from the Kunming Institute of Botany, including production in Nicotiana benthamiana😲 ^FG
https://t.co/ysKWcyGlpr

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Here’s a link to a method paper we published not that long ago on using a VIGS co-silencing strategy in lupin:
https://t.co/wBmefTyAwr
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[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

Seeing whitening of lupin leaves is a great sign in our group! We use virus-induced gene silencing (aka #VIGS) to silence genes in lupin plants; genes we think may be involved in the production of lupin defence compounds. A thread ↓ 1/

[Alkaloid Biosynthesis and Transport Group @GeuFloresLab]

So, there you have it. We combine a plant virus, a bacterium, and two plant species for VIGS to work. VIGS also works in many other plant species than lupin. If you are curious to learn more, this paper is good go-to source:
https://t.co/LsdjWQaFBA
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