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Hernán López

@hdlopez.bsky.social
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Research scientist in @Raph_Mercier Lab @mpipz_Cologne, Cell Cycle, Meiotic Recombination, Plant Development, Germ Line Establishment, Genome Stability. Using Genetics, Cytology and Microscopy.

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Corentin Claeys Bouuaert @ccb-lab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Happy to see this paper published in Nucleic Acids Research! academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Insights into the recruitment of the H3K4me3 reader Spp1 by the meiotic double-strand break protein Mer2
Abstract. The formation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by Spo11 is tied to the loop-axis organization of meiotic chromosomes. Before DSB formation, chr
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Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📣📣Paper Alert! New paper @nature.com from the Marques group @amarques.bsky.social and colleagues on Rhynchospora tenuis - 🌿a plant that reproduces sexually but has completely lost the reshuffling of DNA🧬 Congratulations! 👏 🥳 Read more👉 www.mpipz.mpg.de/pr-marques-2... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sex without crossovers mimics clonal reproduction in Rhynchospora tenuis - Nature
Rhynchospora tenuis undergoes obligate, genome-wide achiasmy in both male and female meiosis.
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Hajime Murakami @alhajijoker.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Happy to share the first preprint from our lab, led by @arrosan.bsky.social, in collaboration with @ccb-lab.bsky.social. We identify a conserved cohesin-interacting motif in Red1 required for its recruitment, DSB formation, and Mek1 activation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #meiosis #recombination
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Cohesin–axis interaction via a conserved Red1 motif promotes domain-specific DSB formation and Mek1 activation
Faithful chromosome segregation during meiosis I requires tight control of interhomolog recombination. In budding yeast, the meiotic chromosome axis, built on Rec8-containing cohesin together with Red...
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raphmercier.bsky.social @raphmercier.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Cohesin and its regulation promote monopolar kinetochore orientation at meiosis I in Arabidopsis
The first division of meiosis is unique in its capacity to halve the ploidy of future gametes. To this end, one key innovation compared with mitosis i…
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Polina Novikova @pnovik.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I am happy to announce the launch of a new Arabidopsis genomics resource! Check out arabidopsislyrata.org Now you can easily look at the natural genetic variation across the entire species range of A. lyrata and A. arenosa.
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Home | Alyrata Resource
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Chris Morgan @morganlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Postdoc position currently available in our group studying meiosis in arabidopsis and wheat: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...
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André Marques @amarques.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
1/7 I am very excited to announce our🌹NEW PAPER OUT IN 𝑁𝐴𝑇𝑈𝑅𝐸!🌹 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐄: Bimodal centromeres in pentaploid dogroses shed light on their unique meiosis With the Ritz and Kovařík labs we show a potential role for centromeres on 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘢 bizarre reproduction! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bimodal centromeres in pentaploid dogroses shed light on their unique meiosis - Nature
Insights into the dogrose genome and centromeres explain their ability to achieve stable sexual reproduction.
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Gitta Coaker @gittacoaker.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I think one of the best ways to motivate other scientists is publicly recognizing their ideas, even if you work on them. Unfortunately many famous scientists hear an idea and the somehow decide it was theirs.
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Schneeberger Lab @labschneeberger.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📢 Excited to share our work out now in @nature.com! 📢 We present the phased pan-genome of tetraploid European potato, based on 10 historical cultivars representing 85% of European potato diversity. Learn more below! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/7
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The phased pan-genome of tetraploid European potato - Nature
A haplotype-resolved pan-genome of autotetraploid European potato founder lines shows high nucleotide diversity at remarkably low haplotype diversity, which is probably the result of hybridization eve...
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MAYosis @mayosis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We are deeply sadden by the sudden loss of Scott. He was an astounding mentor and brought so much to the community on top of his excellent science. His legacy will live on #Meiosis4ever
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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Very happy to see our work on deleterious mutations in #tomato published in @naturegenet.bsky.social 🧬🌱🍅! We identify deleterious mutations that were enriched during #domestication and apply #CRISPR to repair a mutation in cultivated tomato. #genetics #plantscience www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Repairing a deleterious domestication variant in a floral regulator gene of tomato by base editing - Nature Genetics
A deleterious mutation in the tomato transcription factor SSP2 was enriched during domestication. Repairing the deleterious mutation in cultivated tomato by base editing leads to compact growth and ea...
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raphmercier.bsky.social @raphmercier.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
New preprint from the lab Maximizing meiotic crossover rate reveals the map of Crossover Potential biorxiv.org/content/10.110… We pushed the meiotic crossover machinery to the limit and had some surprises! @JuliJing @Qichao_Lian
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ALT: buzz lightyear from toy story is flying through the air with the words and beyond behind him
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raphmercier.bsky.social @raphmercier.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
New preprint from the lab, in collaboration with the Olivier Loudet's lab. We combined our expertises to show that Enhanced recombination empowers the detection and mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...
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raphmercier.bsky.social @raphmercier.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
The department of Chromosome Biology of the Max planck @mpipz_cologne is looking for a new group leader. Join us, with @Polina_Novik @marques_et_al @LabSchneeberger We are very open minded concerning the project, it just needs to be exciting. jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/8...
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Group Leader Position in Plant Chromosome Biology (m/f/d)
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