Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Barley comes in way more shades than you'd think! 🌾 We’re using the famous Oregon Wolfe Barley population, an amazing genetics teaching tool developed by the folks at OSU, to help bring plant biology to the public. It’s a perfect visual of the black lemma and pericarp locus (Blp1) in action! 010
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Congratulations to Martin, who won the Cell Press Poster Prize at the “Forefront of Plant Research” conference at VIB in Ghent last week. 🏆🥳 010
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This week, Adam and Martin attended the “At the Forefront of Plant Research” conference at VIB in Ghent, presenting their work with beautiful posters. Martin also gave a talk at VIB’s Early Career Research Day. #ParentalConflict #Barley #Seed 021
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What a garden party! 🥳🏡 Meeting at @apecinka.bsky.social garden has become a cherished tradition. This year, instead of welcoming summer, we gathered to say goodbye to it—and to our long-time colleague Anna, who is moving on to a new chapter. All the best Anna! 001
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionThe Groth lab @grothlab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026‼️🚨Out now in Molecular Cell - Our latest study 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: tinyurl.com/2xctvx38. It was a pleasure to lead this collaborative effort alongside @nilskrietenstein.bsky.social More in🧵below 🪡tinyurl.comMaintenance of nucleosome organization through replication and transcription counteracts aberrant coalescence of active chromatinNucleosomes with their associated modifications organize and regulate the genome. It is unclear how this is integrated with the requirement of replica… 17227
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We are happy to welcome Ramakrishna Yadala👋 He is coming to us with a prestigious two-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie project. 🥳 He will focus on the influence of the environment on the development of the number of grains in barley ears 🌾 010
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Our group is attending the Plant Genome Stability and Change Meeting 2026 at Wuhan ! ☘️ Ales (@apecinka.bsky.social) gave a talk on how condensin mediates resistance to genotoxic stress, and Eva(@evadt.bsky.social) presented her research on the role of SUMOylation in DNA-protein cross link repair. 061
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 27/05/2026📢We are pleased to welcome Tereza Kratochvílová to our team. She will be Eva's @evadt.bsky.social first Ph.D. student, working primarily on the role of SUMO signaling in DNA damage sites. 🧬 We hope Tereza enjoys her time here and does well. #PhD #SUMO #DNAdamage #Arabidopsis 1110
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionMichaelMcMurray lab @mcmurraylab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Doing the periodic cleaning of used plasmid miniprep columns and realized in honor of Earth Day it may be worth reminding you molecular biologists: Plasmid miniprep columns can be cleaned and reused essentially indefinitely! Just add 1 M HCl, soak overnight and wash 3x w/ water. Save $ and plastic 5262106
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026This week, Jana, Manuel, Ahel, and Peter participated in the Young Researchers Meeting (YRM) at the IEB 2026 conference @iebcas.bsky.social, where they presented their research. 042
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInstitute of Experimental Botany of the CAS @iebcas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026#newpaper: Combining promoter and induced intron 1 mutations of Vrn-A1a does not accelerate flowering in wheat @springernature.com: Wheat, Vernalization, Vrn-A1a, RIP3, Genome editing, Crops doi.org/10.1007/s110... @pecinka-grp.bsky.socialdoi.orgCombining promoter and induced intron 1 mutations of Vrn-A1a does not accelerate flowering in wheat - Molecular BreedingMolecular Breeding - In temperate cereals, vernalization regulates the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in response to low temperatures. A central component of this pathway is... 055
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEva Dvorak Tomastikova @evadt.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Proud and happy to have contributed to the Arabidopsis thaliana genome reannotation as the only scientist from the Czech Republic. Accurate annotation of model plants like Arabidopsis is essential for advancing plant biology, functional genomics, and future crop research. 🌿 @iebcas.bsky.social 194
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionThe Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Meet Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, of the Czech Academy of Sciences, one of the researchers behind #TAIR12, recently released on the ENA and NCBI. 🌾🧪🌱 bit.ly/4btx3HQ #TAIR #plantscience #plantbiology #Arabidopsis #cropsciencebit.lyMeet the volunteer researchers behind TAIR12: Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková, Czech Academy of Sciences - Phoenix BioinformaticsScientists like Eva Dvořák Tomaštíková of the Czech Academy of Sciences chose to contribute to this work for the benefit of science. A. thaliana is key to understanding plant genetics, with implicatio... 01810
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionPlant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Condensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in Arabidopsis (Jovanka Vladejić , Klara Prochazkova , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficialdoi.orgCondensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in ArabidopsisA forward-directed screen revealed that Condensin II prevents formation of mitotic anaphase bridges and maintains genome stability under genotoxic stress i 053
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026It was a lifetime experience to see the "northern lights" in Olomouc, especially through a microscope above an Arabidopsis root. 🌌🌱😄 073
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Lego flowers? Lego submarine? Lego Batman? Nope. The only right use for them are these special holders for barley seedlings for our new Spinning Disc Confocal Microscopy from @the.3i.social !🔬 This is just one of the many ingenious holders Peter engineered for imaging happy barley seedlings!🌾 0275
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 10/03/2026We're excited to welcome our new intern student, Adrian Calves Ubach, PhD student in Miriam Szurman Zubrzyska’s laboratory at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Adrian studies DNA damage repair in barley. Welcome to the lab, Adrian! 0100
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 07/03/2026🔊A long time ago in a microscopic galaxy far, far away.... 🎬Episode IV - A NEW MICROSCOPE 🔬 "It is period of cellular rebellion. Arabidopsis root cells have won first victory against the dark forces of DNA damage" Thanks to @dvonwangenheim.bsky.social and new i3 spinning disk @the.3i.social 0277
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInternational Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social · 02/03/2026‼️ IBH Seminar Announcement ‼️ 📜 Precision Plant Editing: From Barley to Amaranth with CRISPR in Hand 🔊 Götz Hensel @hhu.de ⏰ Wednesday, 4 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30 GMT events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d460dd... 064
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEva Dvorak Tomastikova @evadt.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Today was my last day at @agroscope.bsky.social Nyon. Although my experiment didn't work as expected, I am extremely grateful for the time I spent with Etienne @plantepigenetics.ch and the team! Luckily I also had a chance to enjoy sports. Goodbye, Mont Blanc. @pecinka-grp.bsky.social 242
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInstitute of Experimental Botany of the CAS @iebcas.bsky.social · 26/02/2026#new_paper: Condensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in Arabidopsis @academic.oup.com doi.org/10.1093/plph...doi.orgCondensin II mediates resistance to genotoxic stress and prevents mitotic defects in ArabidopsisA forward-directed screen revealed that Condensin II prevents formation of mitotic anaphase bridges and maintains genome stability under genotoxic stress i 064
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInstitute of Experimental Botany of the CAS @iebcas.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Our postdoc Martin Kovačik received a Fulbright fellowship and is heading to the USA for 5 months at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Cambridge) with Prof Mary Gehring. Barley seeds&parental conflict mech @pecinka-grp.bsky.social @kovacik.bsky.social @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social 0116
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionME Torres-Padilla @metorrespadilla.bsky.social · 09/02/2026We go live!!! Join us Munich July5-7th to hear exciting research on #Replication by leaders in the field AND !! registration is FREE 🥳 (but mandatory) - we hope to see many in Munich 🍺 @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social @replifate.bsky.social @epicrossborders.bsky.social replifate.eu/event/meetin...replifate.euEvents for February 202606-07 July 2026 | Munich, GermanyDNA Replication and Its Impact on Genome and Chromatin MaintenanceWe are RepliFate, a European Training Doctoral Network dedicated to understanding how DNA replication... 13228
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInstitute of Experimental Botany of the CAS @iebcas.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Proud to be the first institution in Central Europe to host it. Our new Mirava Polyscope from Abberior Instruments brings cutting-edge imaging for plant research at the cellular and molecular level — and is open to external users via Czech-BioImaging. @ifieb.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social 064
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEpiSeedLink @episeedlink.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Second day of the @episeedlink.bsky.social internacional is coming up. We start with the third session focused on Epigenetic Memory and Chromatin Regulation. 10 interesting talks are waiting for us! 031
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInstitute of Experimental Botany of the CAS @iebcas.bsky.social · 09/02/2026#new_paper: Whole-genome resequencing of the wild barley diversity collection: a resource for identifying and exploiting genetic variation for cultivated barley improvement @academic.oup.com: Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum, whole genome sequence data doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...doi.orgWhole-genome resequencing of the wild barley diversity collection: a resource for identifying and exploiting genetic variation for cultivated barley improvementWild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum) is the progenitor of cultivated barley and a rich source of genetic diversity. To exploit this subspecies f 022
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Shepherd/Chairman Aleš in action at @episeedlink.bsky.social conference!! 060
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEpiSeedLink @episeedlink.bsky.social · 08/02/2026After break we are going to hear the advise of our @episeedlink.bsky.social External Advisory Board about current results and future. Thanks for their support and advise. 032
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEpiSeedLink @episeedlink.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Starting the @episeedlink.bsky.social internacional conference with the first session of talks "Seed to seedling translation" 052
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEva Dvorak Tomastikova @evadt.bsky.social · 08/02/2026!!!! PhD position!!!! #SUMO modification in plant DNA damage repair. Join our team @pecinka-grp.bsky.social and work on this cool & still understudied topic. More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 298
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 08/02/2026🚨 PhD position open🚨 Unravel why new polyploids like barley have poor seed viability. Dive into embryo/endosperm development. Join us! #PhD #PlantBiology #Barley #Polyploidy 224
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEva Dvorak Tomastikova @evadt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026I’ll be spending the next four weeks at @agroscope.bsky.social Changins, working on the eccDNA identification in Arabidopsis. Big thanks to @plantepigenetics.ch who agreed to host me and OPJAK Tangenc @iebcas.bsky.social for funding the mobility 😉 🌱🥼🔬 152
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEva Dvorak Tomastikova @evadt.bsky.social · 28/01/2026The HeatDDR doctoral network training school in full swing @iebcas.bsky.social @pecinka-grp.bsky.social @zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social #microscopy #DNAdamage 033
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 27/01/2026We are hosting the training school of the HeatDDR PhD program over this week at the Center for Structural and Functional Plant Genomics of the Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc! 🧬 Doctoral students of the network from all over Europe will learn cutting edge techniques related to DNA damage! 152
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 23/01/2026We're thrilled to announce our new PhD position in the AGILE Doctoral Network on nuclear lamina's role in the maintenance of Rabl configuration in barley!🔬🌾🧬 More info on the position : olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/en/lamina-in... 236
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 19/01/2026We're thrilled to welcome Manuel Escalona Sendín from Spain to our group! Manuel will be diving into the effects of temperature stress on DNA damage in barley. #HeatDDR He's already sampled Czech cuisine and beer 🍻—and even a snowballs fight! ❄️ #phdlife 041
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Starting off the new year with a kick-off meeting of a new collaborative grant with Jan Paleček from Brno. We're excited to unravel how new candidates of DNA damage repair work their magic in Arabidopsis! ☘️ 🧪 🧬 P.S. Good brainstorming needs good pizza🍕 021
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 13/01/2026❄️Proper Winter is here!!! ❄️ So we had to try out the snow. ⛷️🏂 011
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 20/12/2025🌟 Wrapping up the year with Christmas sweets and mulled wine at our final lab meeting before Christmas! 🎄#HappyHolidays 031
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionGregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Congratulations to Dr. Jian Yi Kok, researcher from the Berger lab at the GMI of the @oeaw.bsky.social! He successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Mechanisms and Evolution of Chromatin Mediated Control of Transcription”. 042
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 12/12/2025It's Christmas time! 🎄 That means our traditional outing to the Christmas markets for mulled wine. Cheers to the season! 🍷✨ 030
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 11/12/2025New grants deserve a proper celebration!🥂 Congratulation to the @apecinka.bsky.social, J.Paleček, @evadt.bsky.social on securing the grant for the DNA-protein crosslinking study. A big shoutout and congrats also to J.Šáfar and @beata-strej.bsky.social !! @iebcas.bsky.social s.bsky.social @ceitec.eu 0111
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInstitute of Experimental Botany of the CAS @iebcas.bsky.social · 18/11/2025#new_paper: Epigenome and interactome profiling uncovers principles of distal regulation in the barley genome @cellpress.bsky.social: epigenetics, chromatin states, Hordeum vulgare, Morex, embryo, regulome, Vrn3, LEA genes, genome browser www.cell.com/cell-genomic...cell.comEpigenome and interactome profiling uncovers principles of distal regulation in the barley genomeNavratilova et al. profiled several epigenetic features across three stages of barley embryo and leaves and predicted regulatory potential for 1.4% of the barley genome. Using HiChIP, they linked part... 043
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionPiotr Ziolkowski @piotraz.bsky.social · 06/12/2025📣Plant Meiosis Meeting is back for its second edition‼️ Save the date: 9–11 September 2026, Poznań, Poland🌱 More details coming soon🤩 01810
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 05/12/2025We are pleased to announce that the new spinning-confocal microscope is now in place.!!🔬🌱 We have (Katka has) new toy to play with.🪀😀 #Microscopy #NewGear 0132
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionEpiSeedLink @episeedlink.bsky.social · 05/12/2025🚨Last Call! Don’t miss your chance to be part of the @episeedlink.bsky.social conference 📢Abstract submissions close on December 10. This is your final opportunity to share your work and join the conversation Submit now and secure your place among leading voices in the field! 📅Amsterdam, 9-10 Feb 001
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInternational Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social · 03/12/2025How Do Regulations Shape the Future of Gene-Edited Crops? The next BEST CROP talk brings leaders from science, policy, breeding & industry together to explore how innovation + regulation are steering gene-edited crops under the evolving EU NGT framework. 🔗 www.eventbrite.it/e/best-crop-... 013
Reposted by Chromatin organization and functionInternational Barley Hub @intbarleyhub.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Dr Isabelle Colas highlights barley’s global importance and the key role of the International Barley Hub in advancing research. Her work helps keep IBH a vibrant, collaborative space where scientists, industry and stakeholders join forces to support barley’s future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Iik...youtube.comBuilding the IBH Community & Championing Barley Research | Isabelle ColasYouTube video by James Hutton Institute 012
Chromatin organization and function @pecinka-grp.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Excited to share our latest paper showing how heat stress halts DNA replication and mitosis in barley roots! 🌡️🌱 #PlantScience #HeatStress #Barley www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... 195