Jawad Awan

Postdoc at @CBL_UA 🥼| Biotechnologist 🧑🏻‍🔬| CRISPR ✂️🧬🌾 | Scientific illustrator👨🏻‍💻 | Spirit Animal 🐼| #LinkinPark 🎶 | #PTI 🏏 |

[Jasneet Singh @Jasneet__singh_]

The study is now live in TAAG! Congratulations, and thank you to all the co-authors. Moving forward, our goal is to dissect some interesting QTL identified in this study.
https://t.co/mhUs1ry1XP
@TheorApplGenet @CBL_UA @UAlberta @gurcharn_brar @jawad_awan @knaveen_vt

[Ben Williams @WilliamsSci]

We have been cooking up this story for a while and we are excited to finally be able to share!

Read on if you're interested in whole plant regeneration WITHOUT the application of hormones!

[Jasneet Singh @Jasneet__singh_]

With global wheat breeding material having progressively narrowed genetic diversity, we did burn our own bridges. But landrace panels like this, coupled with seq tech., represent an opportunity to virtually revisit the past before modern plant breeding and set things right!

[Jasneet Singh @Jasneet__singh_]

Preprint out! 🖨️🚨
Here we mapped an APR gene with broad-spectrum, near immune response to stripe rust. Hopefully we’ll clone this gene in the coming months!
Thanks for the opportunity: @gurcharn_brar @UofAALES @UAlberta

https://t.co/Vcq0Dr0UND

[TrendsPlantSci @TrendsPlantSci]

Understanding the genetics of cotton regeneration to help improve cotton https://t.co/kUL5pnIGNf #plantscience

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

@gurcharn_brar @ASA_CSSA_SSSA @UofAALES @UAlberta Many Congrats, Dr. Brar 👏🏻

[Gurcharn Singh Brar ਗੁਰਚਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਬਰਾੜ @gurcharn_brar]

🌾A good day for cereal rust community!
Thrilled to share our 5 yrs work with revolutionary discoveries on wheat & barley stripe rust fungi+we present the most comprehensive genomic resource (54 haploid genomes) ever developed for any wheat rust fungi. 1/n
https://t.co/zYZC5jvvMN

[UAlberta Cereal Breeding Lab (CBL) @CBL_UA]

CBL at ISBAB2025!
@UAlberta @UofAALES @Jasneet__singh_ @jawad_awan

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

Yes.

Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking.

Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

[UAlberta Cereal Breeding Lab (CBL) @CBL_UA]

We proudly hosted the first Pan-Canada BNI meeting to brainstorm research & collaborations across institutions & disciplines on this important trait. Photos from day 1. @CIMMYT @UofAALES @novonordiskfond @bramaccimmyt

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

Off on a new adventure! 🇨🇦 Heading to @gurcharn_brar’s lab for a postdoc, diving into wheat and barley research! 🌾🧬✂️

[UAlberta Cereal Breeding Lab (CBL) @CBL_UA]

We are excited to welcome Dr. Jawad Awan to our lab as a new post-doctoral researcher. Jawad will strengthen our program with his gene-editing, transformation, and molecular biology & genetics expertise. Welcome aboard @jawad_awan.

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

@CBL_UA Thank you, CBL team! I’m looking forward to working with such a prestigious group. #SoExcited 😁😁😁

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

These advances can accelerate the development of novel germplasm and broaden the heterotic pool. This review also highlights key milestones to overcome tissue culture recalcitrance.
Big thanks to @GoeHensel & @oscarwinnerr for the support and critical insights!

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

New review in Biotechnology Advances from our lab: RNA-guided nuclease (CRISPR-Cas) revolutionizes sustainable ag. Precise male sterility, haploid induction, synthetic apomixis, and de novo domestication promise high-yield, transgene-free elite hybrids to combat food insecurity.

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

@BlossomingLilac Many Thanks 🙏🏻

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

🎉✨ PhD Defense Completed! ✨
Thrilled to share that I’ve officially defended my PhD thesis! This incredible journey led to 30+ publication & a cumulative impact factor of 300+.

Grateful to my mentors, Dr. Shahid Mansoor, Dr. Imran Amin, Dr. Nasir A. Saeed, & Dr. Awais Rasheed.

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

Prime editing holds promise but struggles in dicots—until now. Vu et al. present enhanced PE tools with dramatically improved efficiency in dicots, enabling precise, heritable genome edits. Enjoy the commentary from our lab! 🌱🧬 #CRISPR #GenomeEditing #PlantScience

[TrendsPlantSci @TrendsPlantSci]

Perfecting prime editing: achieving precise edits in dicots https://t.co/z0aJ8U8fvw

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

Check our commentary on Clonal gamete-mediated polyploid genome design that harness the potential of MiMe strategy to tailor made plant harbouring diverse genomes. It also presents novel opportunities to counter dynamic environmental changes.

[TrendsPlantSci @TrendsPlantSci]

Clonal gamete-mediated polyploid genome design for stacking genomes https://t.co/kM7jPe2A0S

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

@ATinyGreenCell What are the ingredients you are using for inoculation media?

[Jawad Awan @jawad_awan]

Plants got airborne defence mechanism that allows the plant community to sharpen their tools and weaponize themselves against common enemy. In this short article, we highlight the significance of this crucial mechanism.

[TrendsPlantSci @TrendsPlantSci]

Methyl-salicylate (MeSA)-mediated airborne defence https://t.co/fGluwcRI6s