1. The thing about science that these jokers don't understand is that science cannot be vibe-coded.
Whatever its flaws, the point with vibe coding is that you're trying to quickly make something that sorta works, where you can immediately sorta see if it sorta works and then sorta use it.
New preprint from our group:
Phenotypic differentiation between highland and coastal quinoa under cold stress conditions
We use both field trials and lab experiments under controlled conditions to show that the two major quinoa ecotypes differ in adaptive traits.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Research with a Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits:
Agroscope’s New Work Programme 2026-2029 Places a Greater Focus on Impact and Practical Benefits. Areas such as #PlantProtection, #PlantBreeding, #ClimateChange adaptation and economic efficiency will also be strengthened.
Excellent overview of the strength of Europe's farm lobby in this Politico article by Bartosz Brzezinski today www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Just wow!
Eine sehr lesenswerte Analyse in der BauernZeitung. Er zeigt fundiert die Zusammenhänge zwischen Überproduktion und Wachstumszwang auf. Gleichzeitig weist er auf die Widersprüchlichkeit aktueller politischer Forderungen hin.
Have we been overstating the role of transposable elements in adaptation to local or rapidly changing environmental conditions? Happy to share my (somewhat unpopular?) opinion paper on this matter: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to those who already shared the link!
Fits with the narrative of "the idea factory", book by Jon Gertner, on the miraculous advances made in the Bell Labs - connecting basic research and applied engineering was a very inspiring place to be...
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
Beyond the buzz: analyzing actors promoting regenerative agriculture in Europe
Relevant new paper by Schreefel et al in npj Sustainable Agriculture
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
'Identifying the safe operating space for food systems'
Highly relevant new paper by Sofie te Wierik et al. in Nature Food www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The paper shows: i) food systems are the single-largest pressure across Earth system processes, ii) all food system boundaries are transgressed
Huge congratulations, very exciting news, and wishing you all the best on this new exciting scientific journey! 💪
@samwuest.bsky.social @samuelknapp.bsky.social @lauramathieu.bsky.social @lstefan.bsky.social
Finished just at sunset
Extremely excited me on the sowing machine, for our collaborative project on wheat variety mixtures PreDiMix. With ETH, UZH, IPK Gatersleben and Agroscope.
Our latest preprint is out www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... . Fantastic work by @lukecoevo.bsky.social, with Emanuel Kopp, Simon Jäggi and Pascal Niklaus. #DarwinianAgriculture #soybean #breeding
The most honest #farmer in Britain: “I spent a lot of time looking at the evidence on the impact of #meat & it was overwhelming. 10 billion people can’t live sustainably on this planet if we’re eating anything like the level of meat consumed in a western diet… www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Utilizing new genomic techniques #NGT in #organic production could improve yields …. and will help achieve the #EU ’s sustainable #agriculture goals” several authors together with our president @apmweber.bsky.social advocate in Cell Reports Sustainability www.cell.com/cell-reports...
❗ We have an open post-doc position in our group! 🌱🥔🧬
Are you interested in novel crop breeding techniques and potatoes? If yes, the CRISPS project (in collaboration with Wageningen University and SLU Sweden) may be something for you! You can apply here:
jobs.admin.ch/job-vacancie...
#NBTs
📣 Latest from the lab: Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.
How can biological systems anticipate future events? In our new paper with @jordiplam.bsky.social, we show how a simple genetic circuit can predict future trends through a simple (and perhaps widespread) mechanism @drmichaellevin.bsky.social @koseskalab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Swiss Alps seen from Neuchatel
Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭?
We have several postdoc positions open at the moment!
Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs
Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
So cool! Huge congratulations!!
I am deeply honored to receive the 2025 Women in Triticum Early Career Award from the BGRI (Cornell Univ. & CIMMYT) ! This award is not only a recognition of my work, but also an opportunity to encourage women to pursue their aspirations.
#WomeninScience #Wheat
bgri.cornell.edu/awards/wit-e...
Well written and sobering take-down of the blue origin flight. Worth a read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#Agroscope 🇨🇭🚜 is looking for a new leader. Please share!
jobs.admin.ch/offene-stell...
I grew up in Bangladesh and studied about the Sub1 gene as an undergrad!
Every time I see this time lapse of Sub1 by Pamela Ronald makes me happy 🌾🌾🌾
Thanks for your tremendous contributions to Bangladeshi farmers over the years.
@yoginho
“De-extinction” is the “carbon capture and storage” of ecology: a glitzy techy always-in-the-future promise meant to distract from having to do anything meaningful or disruptive today.
