Godwin Lab

Exploring biotechnological tools for crop improvement | Cereal transformation, specializing in sorghum 🧬 | @QAAFI

[Lee Hickey @DrHikov]

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[Shanice Van Haeften @shanice_vanhaef]

Wow is that THE Dr Yasmine Lam talking about how CRISPR can help accelerate crop improvement at this years Pint of Science!? #Pint24 @YasmineCan

[Sven Weber @Svenomics]

Great talk by @YasmineCan at he @PAGmeeting on gene editing in sorghum and how knocking out a gene can influence the plant architecture.

[Yasmine Lam @YasmineCan]

And thats a wrap!

Had to wait an extra 4 months to dress up in the medieval cape and hat, but nonetheless I’m PhDone. The culmination of some of my craziest years on this planet. Thank you to my super supervisory team, and everyone else who’s been apart of this journey. 🎓

[Shanice Van Haeften @shanice_vanhaef]

Congratulations @YasmineCan to one of the best people I know! You have the brightest career ahead and I am excited for you to one day be my boss 😁

[Andrew Borrell @andy_borrell]

Congratulations to Yasmine Lam on being awarded her PhD at UQ today! So well deserved! A great outcome for QAAFI and for our ARC Discovery team too!

[Lee Hickey @DrHikov]

So proud of our amazing graduates!

I think we set a new record with 5 PhD graduates and 1 Masters associated with the @HickeyLab! Congrats to @YasmineCan, @Dipika_UQ, @AsadAmeenpak, @yadavseema43, Amy Mackenzie and Maggie Zhang

[Godwin Lab @Godwin_Lab]

@karenmassel @pete_crisp @Godwin_UQ

[Godwin Lab @Godwin_Lab]

Ending the year with a secret Santa. Happy holidays from all of us and see you in the new year! 🎄🎉

[Lee Hickey @DrHikov]

New technology for capturing epialleles at population scale has wide applications for crop improvement

Great talk by @pete_crisp at @asps_ozplants in Hobart

[Godwin Lab @Godwin_Lab]

Day 3 at #ASPS2023 and our Post-doc @NipuniT90 presents her work from her PhD on the mechanisms of programmed cell death and stress response. 🍂

[Godwin Lab @Godwin_Lab]

PhD candidate Zac Aldiss presenting his work on altering root systems using CRISPR at #ASPS2023. Great work Zac! 🌱

[Judy Eglitis @JudyEglitis]

Presented posters at UQ for QAAFI's NextGen Ag Symposium. Pictured: our lab cleaning up awards.

[AusSORGM @AusSORGM]

Dr Karen Massel from @QAAFI talks about gene editing for novel trait development in sorghum #aussorgm23

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

USDA approves shorter GM corn.

The Smart Corn System is designed to produce 30% smaller corn with the same yields.

The plant is shorter and can tolerate strong winds that damage crops. It also makes it easier for farmers to apply inputs.

https://t.co/eeSni8qqsx

[Godwin Lab @Godwin_Lab]

Capping off the semester with a little Massel-Godwin-Crisp lab potluck. Times like this are when we wish smell-o-vision was a thing. Absolutely stuffed! 😋 @karenmassel @pete_crisp

[James Schnable @szintri]

Sorghum edits improving seed size, digestibility and canopy architecture in one talk! Getting enough shots on goal (i.e. lots of sorghum transformation capacity) is important. "This sounds brilliant because I won't talk about the 95% that didn't work." - @Godwin_UQ #sorghum2023

[Emma Mace @EmmaOmics]

Editing the way to resilient high value sorghum. @Godwin_UQ gives a great overview of the gene editing activities @UQ_News on Day 2 of @21CentSorgh2023 #sorghum23

[Karen Massel @karenmassel]

Thank you for everyone for listening on GM and gene editing crop production in Australia. Thank you @pintofscienceAU for giving me this opportunity

[Godwin Lab @Godwin_Lab]

Come have a beer while @karenmassel gives a talk @pintofscienceAU about how gene editing can aid in the battle against climate change.

May 23rd at Stone and Wood Brewery, Brisbane, 6pm 🍺

Event details: https://t.co/WVZ2nxvWer