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Daniela Ben-Tov

@danielabentov.bsky.social
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PostDoc and former Ph.D. studying plant genome dynamics and DNA repair in Avi Levy’s group at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

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Daniela Ben-Tov @danielabentov.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
About a year ago, @amitcucuy.bsky.social and I were interviewed about our work understanding and engineering plant genomes.
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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
And now we have Arabidopsis plants with 8 chromosomes instead of 10 and no obvious phenotypic differences, this week in @science.org #PlantScience Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Perspective here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
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Diane Bassham @dianebassham.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Rest in peace,Gad. You will be greatly missed.
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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 02/05/2025
New biostimulant treatment significantly boosts wheat yields, field studies confirm #NBTintheNews www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
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New biostimulant treatment significantly boosts wheat yields, field
A novel biostimulant could deliver increased wheat yields of up to 12%, according to researchers from Oxford University, Rothamsted, and the Rosalind Franklin Institute in a long-term study published
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