Research on #CRISPR, #Agrobacterium, plant transformation and regeneration. Professor Plant Biotechnology Ghent University, Belgium http://www.pauwelslab.behttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3mvcwethle22mBackBone Builder (B3): a modular Golden Gate standard with a compatible Agrobacterium parts library is now published in @plantphys.bsky.social ! Has been a very useful system for our lab. @psb-vib.bsky.social #PlantScience https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article-abstract/201/4/kiag610/877201212 Sep 2026 10:58 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcwethle22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3mnvlq6dqik2z🌱 Great to be in Reno, NV, celebrating the 80th anniversary of @sivbbiology.bsky.social ! 🎉 A fantastic opportunity to learn about the latest advances in plant biotechnology & genome editing, while reconnecting with colleagues. #SIVB202610 Jun 2026 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnvlq6dqik2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3mmrtd2ntd22rTimely preprint by @pennyhundleby.bsky.social and colleagues on the global 🌍regulatory status of gene-edited crops! 🧬🌱 https://zenodo.org/records/20140399 Also a great initiative to maintain up-to-date global regulatory maps 🗺️ cropgeregulations.com26 May 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrtd2ntd22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3mf5rni6qxc2nGolden 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 @psb-vib.bsky.social ) preprint on BackBone Builder 🔧🌱 tinyurl.com/4ycydjhe18 Feb 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5rni6qxc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3mczu7cffvk2r Last week we hosted our first workshop in the context of the #MeioCOntrol @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social anderen project! 🔬🧠 Researchers from @ILVO, De Storme lab @kuleuvenplantinst.bsky.social and Pauwels lab @mobi-ugent.bsky.social came together to learn and brainstorm about CRISPR in plants 🌿🧬22 Jan 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczu7cffvk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3m6ptqbuwss2dWelcoming Anne Muia from Kenyatta University @kenyattauni.bsky.social & NBA Kenya, as she joins us for a month of lab work; via @VIB_IPBO! @fbwugent.bsky.social28 Nov 2025 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ptqbuwss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3m4dsrndeqs24🌱 Our latest: in Plant Biotech J we study transgenerational #CRISPR editing in #maize🌽 using a split Cas9/gRNA system, highlighting importance of event quality & choice of promoters. 👏 Christian Lorenzo, Dirk Inzé and Hilde Nelissen @fbwugent.bsky.social @psb-vib.bsky.social http://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.7039129 Oct 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dsrndeqs24https://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3m2f6ptyhbc2dIn this new paper from the Ying Wang lab in PBJ, a VIGS system for sugar beet was optimized using a BSCTV vector. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pbi.70345 Excited to welcome first author Zhangyao Nie later this month to our lab on a CSC preference scholarship 🎓!04 Oct 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2f6ptyhbc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3m2a4e4rda22rFirst 🌽 maize plants for the #MeioCOntrol @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social project are now in soil at the @fbwugent.bsky.social greenhouses in Merelbeke 🌱 Together with ILVO and @kuleuvenplantinst.bsky.social , the EDIT group @mobi-ugent.bsky.social will use these to study meiotic recombination in crops02 Oct 2025 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2a4e4rda22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lvw37l3nyk2lHad a great week sharing our experiences on plant transformation & gene editing at the 1st @aabiologists.bsky.social PlantEd Training School, HHU Düsseldorf. Expertly organised by Goetz Hensel, with great lectures from @sadiyehayta.bsky.social, @marksmedley1.bsky.social & Katrijn Van Laere08 Aug 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvw37l3nyk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lssttdz7cc26🚨 Vacancy PhD student 🚨 Passionate about #CRISPR, plant biotechnology, & breeding? Join our project on meiotic recombination in #maize 🌽 A collaboration of our lab @fbwugent.bsky.social, ILVO & @kuleuvenplantinst.bsky.social 🔗https://www.ugent.be/en/work/scientific/doctoral-fellow-4130 Jun 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lssttdz7cc26https://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lsch6zcyjs2h🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 We used single-cell RNA-seq + GRN analysis to uncover novel morphogenic genes that boost #maize transformation frequency 🌽 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.22.659756v1 Thanks to @vandepoelelab.bsky.social @bertderybel.bsky.social and all other co-authors! #PlantScience23 Jun 2025 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsch6zcyjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lro7a7biqk2cScience & sunshine 🔬☀️ We traded pipettes for drinks last Friday with a visit to GAZON (instagram.com/gazon.gent), Ghent's most popular summer bar and just next door to our campus! 🍻15 Jun 2025 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lro7a7biqk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lqpameu5wk2e 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. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4rdw84fa #Agrobacterium2025 #PlantScience03 Jun 2025 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpameu5wk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lotcpqx2wc25🚨 #Agrobacterium2025: Abstract deadline this Monday! 🚨 Our final invited speaker: Christoph Dehio @biozentrum.unibas.ch @unibas.ch — diving into β-glucan synthesis 🔬 👉 Check out this recent paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45415-8 📢 Submit your abstract now: https://www.biw.kuleuven.be/biosyst/cropbiotechnics/plant-health-and-protection-laboratory/agrobacterium-2025/abstractandposters10 May 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lotcpqx2wc25https://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lniecyj2uc2rBig 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 👉 www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2025 #SciComm #PhDLife #Microbiology #PlantScience23 Apr 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lniecyj2uc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lmwl4jfnl22eOur next invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 is Erh-Min Lai from Academia Sinica. Breakthrough report published this week by Chih-Horng Kuo, Erh-Min Lai and Chih-Hang Wu https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70083 15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium. Abstract deadline: May 1! http://kuleuven.be/agrobacterium202516 Apr 2025 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwl4jfnl22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3llncj6ljc22aHappy to announce that our next invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 is Alexandra Weisberg from @osubpp.bsky.social! Seminal paper by @weisbergaj.bsky.social here: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aba5256 15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium. Abstract deadline: May 1! www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium202531 Mar 2025 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llncj6ljc22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3llbjodcdws2bExcited to announce Prof. Patrick Shih @innovativegenomics.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 on 15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium Recent publication Shih lab: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Abstract deadline: May 1! www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium202526 Mar 2025 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llbjodcdws2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lkzwf37ul222Just arrived in Songdo, Korea! Excited to be teaching 🌱Plant Biotechnology at Ghent University Global Campus for the next few weeks. 🎓 #GUGC @mobi-ugent.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social #plantscience23 Mar 2025 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkzwf37ul222https://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3ljie4d5qe22w#Agrobacterium 2025. The 45th American Crown Gall meeting and the 5th European Agrobacterium conference: registration and abstract submission is now open! #deadline May 1, 2025. Thanks to our sponsors we will select some students for travel grants. www.kuleuven.be/agrobacterium202503 Mar 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljie4d5qe22whttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3li76vbe3u22fAgain a superb example of the power of #CRISPR gene editing in crops by Xiao-Ya Chen and Caixia Gao labs! Engineering of Coenzyme Q10 production is rice and wheat using advanced prime editing and GRAND systems to make quintuple amino acid substitutions. #plantresearch https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00087-X15 Feb 2025 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3li76vbe3u22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/laurenspauwels.bsky.social/post/3lhbpxztnb22gVacancy @AgroBioTech in Gembloux! Full-time academic position in #plantgenetics to study plant genetic resources for supporting the agroecological transition #vacancy #plantresearch https://www.gembloux.uliege.be/upload/docs/application/pdf/2025-02/gxabt_ca250122_pa241002_genetveg_en.pdf03 Feb 2025 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:wv27hha5lb2o7bdoh2hn47l2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbpxztnb22g