AVNI MANN

Genes.Plants.Precision.Passion.Genome-editing.Genomics

[Deyang Xu @DeyangXu_CN]

https://t.co/G0wBN915Mo

[BRIC-NIPGR @NIPGRsocial]

Congratulations to Dr. Naveen C. Bisht (Scientist, BRIC-NIPGR) on being selected for the prestigious NASI Reliance Innovation Fellowship 2026 for your outstanding application-oriented innovations and impactful translational research contributions.
@DBTIndia @BricDbt @NCBishtNIPGR

[Gözde S. Demirer @Demirer_GozdeS]

Targeted DNA insertion remains a major bottleneck in plant engineering. We developed the R2 retrotransposon as an efficient plant genome editor to precisely insert large DNA payloads at targeted sites:
https://t.co/P0dB1cDn9W

Congratulations to @kimuchenje03 and the team!
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[Plant Biotechnology Journal @PlantBiotechJ]

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝

Prime Editing of Phytoene Synthase 1 in Rice for Seed Carotenoid Biofortification - Kim et al.

🔗 https://t.co/pqkMNUsVxG

#plantscience 🧪

[Deyang Xu @DeyangXu_CN]

Genomic analysis of 3,330 accessions provides insights into the evolutionary history and self-incompatibility locus of the Brassica A genome @NatureGenet
https://t.co/o8Kk4g0Mof

[Plant Biotechnology Journal @PlantBiotechJ]

📝 BRIEF COMMUNICATION 📝

Engineering Herbicide Cross-Resistance in Rapeseed by Generating Stacked BnaALS Mutations via Sequential CBE and ABE8e-SpRY Editing - Ren et al.

🔗 https://t.co/KHCfdGAgqb

#plantscience 🧪

[BRIC-NIPGR @NIPGRsocial]

BRIC-NIPGR transferred to Corteva Agriscience a breakthrough technology for mustard seed that accurately estimates glucosinolate (oil) content using near-infrared spectroscopy.

@DrJitendraSingh @rajesh_gokhale
@DBTIndia @BricDbt

[AVNI MANN @mann_avni]

@DeyangXu_CN @TrendsPlantSci Congratulations to the team

[Deyang Xu @DeyangXu_CN]

Our latest @TrendsPlantSci opinion paper on Glucosinolates: "Transport engineering of glucosinolates for future Brassica crops" in special Issue celebrates 30 years of Trends in Plant Science with “Big concepts – shaping the future of plant science”.
https://t.co/M1PLydpT5g

[Deyang Xu @DeyangXu_CN]

Efficient and multiplex gene upregulation in plants through CRISPR-Cas-mediated knockin of enhancers: Molecular Plant https://t.co/fmTeeSl6lo

[AVNI MANN @mann_avni]

Honored to share that my supervisor Dr. Naveen @NCBishtNIPGR had the incredible opportunity to meet @BillGates today and he discussed mustard genome editing work with him and @gatesfoundation. A proud moment for our lab. A true lifetime opportunity.

[BRIC-NIPGR @NIPGRsocial]

BRIC-National Institute of Plant Genome Research (BRIC-NIPGR) has signed MoA with M/s EKAIVA Cropsciences Pvt. Ltd. for marketing of breeder seeds of drought-tolerant chickpea varieties ADVIKA and SAATVIK to the farmers.
@rajesh_gokhale @DBTIndia @BricDbt

[CRISPR News 🧬 @CRISPR_News]

Scientists have developed a gene-editing technique using CRISPR that can remove the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome in lab-grown cells — a landmark step toward therapies that tackle the condition at its genetic root 🌐👉 https://t.co/OJwW2GjlcB

[BRIC-NIPGR @NIPGRsocial]

BRIC-NIPGR and M/s N2Jenomics Lab Pvt. Ltd. has signed a MoU to operate National Genomics and Genotyping Facility (NGGF), a single window platform for Genomics and Genotyping Solutions, in PPP mode.
@DBTIndia @BricDbt @rajesh_gokhale

[Plant Physiology @PlantPhys]

Guns in rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal (Marc Somssich, Daniel J Kliebenstein, Tonni Grube Andersen) https://t.co/wavl7vfMSa @ASPB #PlantSci

[Deyang Xu @DeyangXu_CN]

What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision @Nature
I think that this also applys to post doc and above.
https://t.co/IQAdhO1zop

[The Plant Journal @ThePlantJournal]

𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
🌾 Wheat transformation

This study presents a co-transformation method that boosts regeneration in hard-to-edit wheat using the mGRF4-GIF1 gene, enabling efficient genome editing and precision breeding.

👉 https://t.co/iQDr28RcSZ

[Plant Physiology @PlantPhys]

Exploring the amino acid-derived metabolomes of Arabidopsis and their associated natural variation using isotope labeling and mGWAS (Zhi-Wei Luo, Jeffrey P Simpson,et al) @Zhiwei70772157 @ChappleClint @ASPB #PlantSci

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

A 48-bp deletion within the promoter of the BnaC9.APT5 gene results in elevated seed number per silique in Brassica napus

Cui et al.

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[BRIC-NIPGR @NIPGRsocial]

Corteva team visited BRIC-NIPGR to explore mutual research interests in breeding crops using genome editing and other technologies and exchanged a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to initiate collaborative efforts toward mustard improvement.
@DBTIndia @BricDbt