Savio Rodrigues

Study plant-pathogen interactions by day🌱
Building a sneaker collection at all other times👟
I also engage in SciComm when time permits
All views are my own😊

[Savio Rodrigues @RodriguesSav]

Extremely delighted to share our research into "engineering the engineer" which is now out 👨‍🔧🦠🌱

Efficient CRISPR-mediated base editing in Agrobacterium spp. https://t.co/jxtZSbZ60R

Very grateful to all co-authors 😁
@LaurensPauwels @BarbaraConinck

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

Golden Gate 🧬 builds complex T-DNAs for plant transformation & gene editing — but what if we used it to make binary vector backbones?

Glad to contribute to Jonas De Saeger's (Jacobs lab) preprint on BackBone Builder 🔧🌱
https://t.co/8iTUUupoNy

[Savio Rodrigues @RodriguesSav]

It was lovely to meet and have lunch with fellow #Agrobacterium researchers at the IS-MPMI 2025 conference. Great conversations, great discussions, and a shared passion for Agrobacterium-Plant research! 🌱🧫🦠
@erhminlai, @XuanLaiTW, @NoraLiu2000

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

🚨 Vacancy PhD student 🚨

Passionate about #CRISPR, plant biotechnology, and breeding?

Join our project on meiotic recombination in maize 🌽

A collaboration of our lab @FbwUGent, @ILVOvlaanderen & @KU_Leuven

🔗https://t.co/sP3om8IvWv

Apply before August 10!

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

🌱 The full Agrobacterium 2025 programme is now live!
📅 Early bird registration ends June 13 — don’t miss out!
🚶‍♀️ Join the Tall Tales of Leuven city walk (Sept 14) — included in the fee, but registration required.
🔗 https://t.co/jqIDE70tU5
#Agrobacterium2025 #PlantScience

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

Big 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
👉 https://t.co/pGYSmIqT8m
#SciComm #PhDLife #Microbiology #PlantScience

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

🚨 #Agrobacterium2025: Abstract deadline this Monday! 🚨

Our final invited speaker: Christoph Dehio @biozentrum @UniBasel_en — diving into β-glucan synthesis 🔬🧬
👉 Check out this recent paper: https://t.co/0Ujy83ypI2

📢 Submit your abstract now: https://t.co/y9PO9KfCxo

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

Excited to announce Patrick Shih @UCBerkeley
as an invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025! He’ll present on ‘Utilizing synthetic biology for engineering Agrobacterium.’

Recent work @LabShih: https://t.co/Facyn0MKlh.

Abstract deadline: May 1! https://t.co/pGYSmIqT8m"

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

Happy to announce that our next invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 is Alexandra Weisberg from @osubpp

Seminal paper by @weisbergaj https://t.co/uQglZisgkh

15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium. Abstract deadline: May 1!

https://t.co/pGYSmIqT8m

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

Our next invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 is Erh-Min Lai from @IPMBSinica !

Breakthrough report published this week by
@AdamWu9527 @ChihHorngKuo and @erhminlai
https://t.co/lD9sU3zQrM

15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium. Abstract deadline: May 1! https://t.co/IkNQNuHk6m

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

Save the date! #AGROBACTERIUM2025 Joint event of the 45st American Crown Gall meeting and the 5th European #Agrobacterium conference SEPTEMBER 15-16 2025, LEUVEN, BELGIUM More info soon!

[British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) @_seedinnovation]

The first gene edited crop trials have been harvested.

The new varieties have qualities which could improve yield and green credentials.

Read more here:

https://t.co/bmbdrcsWKG

[Dirk Inze @InzeDirk]

Great news! Japan approved the use of a 4th gene edited food crop. The new waxy maize variety provides more smoothness to food products. Gene editing of crops is now mainstream, except in Europe #EUSAGE https://t.co/prIXrBPOal

[Science for Sustainable Agriculture @SciSustAg]

Chinese scientists use gene editing to develop soybean lines with enhanced ‘nodulation ability’, allowing plants to fix more nitrogen from the air, boosting crop yield and protein.

https://t.co/lqNuLeg5rx

[Laurens Pauwels @LaurensPauwels]

The 6th European #Maize Meeting will be 18-20/9 2024 in the beautiful city of Antwerp, Belgium. https://t.co/W0zZnOpBgH Don't forget to https://t.co/zayxKS8FP9

[GeneSprout Initiative 🍀 @GeneSprout]

GeneSprout Initiative will be represented by ⁦@GermanVighi⁩ at the Bioeconomy Changemakers Festival high-level event in Brussels! Are you a bioeconomy stakeholder, a policymaker, or passionate about #EUBioeconomy? 🌍

See you there on 13-14 Mar
🔗 https://t.co/O2esGy69gI

[Germán Vighi @GermanVighi]

Starting now! #EUbioeocnomy #changemakers

[Barbara De Coninck 🌱🌈 @BarbaraConinck]

My lab is recruiting a postdoc on an FWO/FNRS funded project. Interested in researching how secondary metabolites from beneficial bacteria trigger immune responses in plants? Apply here: https://t.co/V63xhKtjPo @lab_php @CropBioLeuven @LeuvenPlantInst @biosystkuleuven

[Bram Van de Poel 🌈 @bramvandepoel]

Can you produce #pears underneath solar panels? Yes, you can, with #agrivoltaics. The #PV panels can create additional benefits for the crop, while producing sustainable energy.
@KU_Leuven @H2020Hyperfarm @biosystkuleuven @CropBioLeuven @VLAIO_be
https://t.co/VI1aeDCRKh

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Australia approves GM Banana.

Fusarium wilt or TR4 is a devastating disease of bananas.

→ Potential to impact an estimated 80 per cent of global banana production.

The GM banana offers a potential safety net against the devastating disease. 🧵1/3

[WePlanet @weplanetint]

The outcome of todays vote on New Genomic Techniques (#NGTs) in the @Europarl_EN will be felt beyond the borders of the EU.

We call on MEPs to embrace science over fearmongering and vote in support of NGTs.

#GiveGenesAChance 🌱🧬🔬