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Leonardo Caproni

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Translational Plant Genomics group @tpg-sssa.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Lucky enough to get some shine at the @rankprize.bsky.social symposium in Ullswater. Lovely to be here and discuss millets with plenty excellent scientists, and @ettorericcucci.bsky.social and Giorgia showcasing the teff pangenome
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Call for Session Proposals – SEB #Conference 2026 We invite you to propose a session for our Conference in Florence 7–9 July 2026, themed Resilience. 📌 Submission deadline: 1 October 2025. 📍More information : www.sebiology.org/events/propose-a-session-or-event/session-proposal-form.html
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Translational Plant Genomics group @tpg-sssa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This is groundbreaking. Artificial life moving its first steps (and outperforming its natural counterpart) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Generative design of novel bacteriophages with genome language models
Many important biological functions arise not from single genes, but from complex interactions encoded by entire genomes. Genome language models have emerged as a promising strategy for designing biol...
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Translational Plant Genomics group @tpg-sssa.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
@leonardo-caproni.bsky.social just presented our research on time-resolved #QTL mapping at the #EPPS workshop - linking photosynthetic efficiency to maize growth dynamics. Great discussions on #phenotyping in controlled environments! 🚀🚀🚀
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Translational Plant Genomics group @tpg-sssa.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Hello world from the 68th congress of the Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics! Kudos to Martina and Godman for the great job presenting their work on maize genomics and sorghum-striga interaction #crop #QTL #GWAS @leonardo-caproni.bsky.social @mdellacq.bsky.social
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 09/06/2025
Smallholder-maintained #cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient #crops and strengthening future food security.🌍 @mdellacq.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) landraces in Mozambique and neighbouring Southern African countries harbour genetic loci with potential for climate adaptation - Communications Biology
Smallholder-maintained cowpea varieties in Southern Africa hold valuable genetic traits for adapting to a changing climate, offering key insights for breeding resilient crops and strengthening future ...
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I generally dislike this kind of perspective and argument about semantics. But I very much liked this one. My own definition of domestication has been basically this for some time, but the authors lay it out better than I could have, with lots of relevant arguments about the nature of domestication.
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A universally applicable definition for domestication | PNAS
The process of domestication is commonly perceived as a human achievement, and domestic species are typically assumed to be those under human contr...
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Leonardo Caproni @leonardo-caproni.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Discover our latest research article where we explored a recombinant inbred intercross population🌽🔍 @mdellacq.bsky.social rdcu.be/emhNB
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Genetic basis of Fusarium ear rot resistance and productivity traits in a heterozygous multi-parent recombinant inbred intercross (RIX) maize population | BMC Plant Biology
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Jesse Lasky @laskyjr.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
new paper in @natcomms.nature.com by my former student @chloeemc.bsky.social on nuclear winter impacts on crops www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Maladaptation in cereal crop landraces following a soot-producing climate catastrophe - Nature Communications
Global catastrophes such as nuclear war can generate soot that reduces the amount of light reaching the earth’s surface. Here the authors model how this kind of catastrophe would impact common crop gr...
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Early bird deadline is fast approaching (16/05) Join Johannes at the #SEBconference in Antwerp. Book your place now ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a... Check out our plant sessions ⬇️ sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A new study from @plantphys-cam.bsky.social has found new genetic factors behind photosynthesis in maize - offering a valuable new approach to improving crop productivity. www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/news/study-u... @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
Maize field trials at Niab as part of the CAPITALISE research. Photo credit: John Ferguson.
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Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
You hold a Doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in data science, bioinformatics, computational biology, genetics, or a closely related field? And you have strong interest in plant genomics and machine learning? Then we have a job offer at @leibnizipk.bsky.social! ➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/58uepujy
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Andrew Leakey - lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/ @leakey77.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
please share - 2 postdoc positions available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
A deficient CP24 allele defines variation for dynamic non-photochemical quenching and photosystem II efficiency in maize (John N Ferguson, Leonardo Caproni, Julia Walter, Katie Shaw, Lucia Arce-Cubas, et. al.) academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... #PlantScience
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