I’m thrilled to announce that my most recent first-author paper is finally online.
I’m excited to share this beautiful video summarizing many years of research work
I am hiring a PhD Student!
📍 **Location**: Institute for Plant Sciences, Cologne Biocenter, University of Cologne
Are you curious about how plants 🌱 handle human toxic proteins that tend to aggregate🧠?
🗞️Our November issue is out! Read about
#spermidine
in reproductive aging, methylation and heterochromatin in
#HSC
aging,
#neovascularization
, and much more. 🎨 Image courtesy of Ernesto Llamas, cover design by Lauren Heslop.
Mi artículo más reciente como primer autor está finalmente en línea. Plantas 🌱 con la enfermedad de Huntington 🧠?
Me emociona compartir este vídeo en español que resume muchos años de trabajo de investigación
I’m thrilled to announce that we won second place in the BioRiver Boost! initiative with our innovative idea of treating neurodegenerative diseases using plant-derived synthetic enzymes🎉🌱🧠
@CECAD_
@ceplas_1
@UniCologne
@GatewayUniKoeln
Our work on chloroplast proteostasis and retrograde signaling is now available in bioRxiv. Take a look at the tweetorial that I designed
@sketchscience
On this day but in 2019, I made these photos. I overexpressed in Nicotiana benthamina leaves the exon 1 of the human Huntingtin protein with a extended polyglutamine stretch (Q69). I got in love with the shiny aggregates. More info at
Photoshoot with Arabidopsis thaliana plants! thanks to the University of Cologne
@UniCologne
for featuring our research and its potential applications! 📸🌱
🌱💡Plant chloroplasts could make a therapy for Huntington's disease possible. This is what researchers from the clusters of excellence
@CECAD
and
@ceplas_1
have discovered. Read more ➡
The study was published in
@NatureAging
👇
Happy to share my first publication at
@TheVilchezLab
: “ The intrinsic proteostasis network of stem cells”. Images by my alter ego
@sketchscience
. Soon more to come...👨🏻🔬
Excited to share that I'll be part of the Career Day at the
@FEBSnews
-
@iubmb
-
@ENABLE
Conference! Join me as I discuss science communication and digital marketing through
@sketchscience
, and my path to funding a biotech startup. Let's connect and learn together!
Exciting Announcement! 🎉 Join us at the upcoming
@FEBSnews
-
@iubmb
-
@ENABLE
Conference, a gathering of brilliant minds in science. Connect with fellow PhDs and PostDocs, explore groundbreaking research, and expand your network. 🌍 Plus, catch
@sketchscience
at the Career Day!
🗓️
Thanks for the opportunity 🙂 I will be happy to participate in
#ARDD2002
in Copenhagen. I hope I can make collaborations to keep merging aging research 🧬 and plant biology 🌱
#proteostasis
🏆 We have the winners!
Congratulations to Ömer Ergül from Turkey, just starting a PhD on reprogramming, and
@neto_flames
who is bringing a 🪴 bio background to
#proteostasis
@CECAD_
.
We hope
#ARDD2022
is an opportunity to make connections and boost your careers in
#AgingBiology
Is your sample playing host to a ghost (of dead cells past)? Soup-er news ahead! You can now decrease false positive results with the iQ-Check Free DNA Removal Solution by
@BioRad
! Ensure those phantom DNAs rest in peace, leaving your PCR happy and as fresh as a garden salad!
Do you know that some years ago,
@neto_flames
created the Journal of Sketching Science? We have written and illustrated 17
@sketchscience
papers together with amazing artists, scientists, and science communicators. Take a look at:
I’m also working on founding a startup that uses plant-derived enzymes to treat other diseases caused by toxic protein aggregation. If you’re interested in joining me on this journey, we have an open PhD position available to continue this work
Enhanced proteostasis mechanisms in stem cells could be an important requirement for plants to persist under extreme environmental conditions and reach extreme long ages (4/4)
Apart from making memes and illustrations for
@sketchscience
, I am a postdoc at
@CECAD_
. We've just posted my first author preprint on
@biorxivpreprint
. And of course, I made a comic to explain it. A thread (1/7)
I am a Falling Walls Finalist and this is my Science Engagement Breakthrough of the Year. Watch the full video in the library and register for free to join the virtual showcase from 1 – 10 November 2020.
#FallingWalls
#BerlinScienceWeek
@Falling_Walls
Listen to the
@overwetenschap
podcast were I talked about my Science communication project
@sketchscience
wentalked about how to create viral science memes
We found that root stem cells express high levels of distinct chaperones that maintain proteome integrity. By mimicking this proteostasis network in other cells, we could prevent protein aggregation in differentiated cells and confer resistance to heat stress in plants (3/4)
In contrast to their differentiated counterparts, we find that root stem cells can prevent the accumulation of aggregated proteins even under high temperatures (2/4)
Plant Science Research Weekly April 1, 2022 (no joke!) (1/2) Protein aggregation in retrograde signaling AND Huntington’s Disease; Synthetic Orange Carotenoid Protein-based light switch; Conserved superlocus regulates above- and belowground root initiation
Join our team at the Institute for Plant Sciences in Cologne and contribute to groundbreaking research in the field of plant biotechnology, drug discovery, synthetic biology, and proteostasis.
🎉🎊Registration for our first Summer School organized jointly by
#CEPLAS
and
#IPK
is now open!Learn about recent developments in plant translational biodiversity research and explore science related topics in challenging workshops.Details➡️
@LeibnizIPK
Patricia Leon's lab (UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico) is recruiting a Postdoc. I did my Master's thesis there in 2013. Great place to work with carotenoids and chloroplast development. For more info, send an email to patricia
@ibt
.unam.mx
If you want to contribute to the development of potential therapies for neurodegenerative diseases based in plant molecular mechanisms, I'd love to hear from you!
Our groundbreaking idea has the potential to revolutionize the field of neurodegenerative disease treatment. By using plant-derived synthetic enzymes, we are harnessing the power of nature to develop novel therapeutic approaches 🌱 🧠
📚 **Requirements**:
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: plant biotechnology, synthetic biology, proteostasis, or neurodegenerative diseases
- Strong research background and a keen interest in interdisciplinary studies
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
The micropipette is one of the most essential tools in modern biology, chemistry and medicine. It allows researchers to handle small volumes of liquid with precision and accuracy. But do you know how it was invented?
🔬 **Research Focus**: Develop synthetic plant-derived proteins to combat Huntington's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases associated with protein aggregation.