Vorträge

Evolution of the flavonoid metabolism and its transcriptional regulation

Evolution of the flavonoid metabolism and its transcriptional regulation

On November 30th, Boas gave a talk with the title "Evolution of the flavonoid metabolism and its transcriptional regulation" at the University of Göttingen.

Research covered by this talk:

  • unpublished work on the Digitalis purpurea genome sequence
  • Choudhary N. & Pucker B. (2023). Conserved amino acid residues and gene expression patterns associated with the substrate preferences of the competing enzymes FLS and DFR. bioRxiv 2023.11.05.565693; doi: 10.1101/2023.11.05.565693.
  • Rempel A., Choudhary N. and Pucker B. (2023). KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways. PLOS ONE 18(11): e0294342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294342.
  • Pucker, B., Walker-Hale, N., Dzurlic, J., Yim, W.C., Cushman, J.C., Crum, A., Yang, Y. and Brockington, S.F. (2023), Multiple mechanisms explain loss of anthocyanins from betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales, including repeated wholesale loss of a key anthocyanidin synthesis enzyme. New Phytol. doi: 10.1111/nph.19341.

Next Generation Plant Biology in the de.NBI cloud

Next Generation Plant Biology in the de.NBI Cloud

On November 29th, Boas gave a key note lecture about the group's research at the de.NBI Cloud User Meeting 2023. The meeting took place in Bielefeld and was an excellent opportunity to discus future cloud projects.

Investigating plant specialized metabolism through genomics and applied bioinformatics

Investigating plant specialized metabolism through genomics and applied bioinformatics

On November 7th, Boas gave a talk about the group's research in a symposium at DSMZ and JKI.

Publications covered in the talk:

  • Sielemann et al., 2020: The reuse of public datasets in the life sciences: potential risks and rewards. doi: doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9954
  • Pucker et al., 2022: Plant genome sequence assembly in the era of long reads: Progress, challenges and future directions. doi: doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2021.18.
  • Pucker, 2023: Multiple mechanisms explain loss of anthocyanins from betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales, including repeated wholesale loss of a key anthocyanidin synthesis enzyme. doi: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19341.
  • Choudhary & Pucker, 2023: Conserved amino acid residues and gene expression patterns associated with the substrate preferences of the competing enzymes FLS and DFR. doi: doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.05.565693.
  • Pucker et al., 2020: Automatic Identification of Players in the Flavonoid Biosynthesis with Application on the Biomedicinal Plant Croton tiglium. doi: doi.org/10.3390/plants9091103.
  • Rempel et al., 2023: KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways. doi: doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498365.
  • Thoben & Pucker, 2023: Automatic annotation of the bHLH gene family in plants. doi: doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.02.539087.

Pioneer of Genomes

Pioneer of Genomes

On October 31st, Boas gave a talk about biotechnological applications of genomic research and career advice in a seminar at Bielefeld University.


Exploring biosynthesis pathways in fungi and plants

Exploring biosynthesis pathways in fungi and plants

On October 16th, Boas gave a talk about the discovery of biosynthesis pathways in plants and fungi as part of a workshop about plant-fungi interaction.


Boas at inaugural lecture

Big data-driven discoveries in the specialized plant metabolism

On October 10th, Boas gave his inaugural lecture at TU Braunschweig.


Talk at GRAPEDIA annual meeting

Automatic approaches for cross-species knowledge transfer based on orthology

On September 11th, our group member Corinna Thoben presented presented the concepts and workflows of KIPES, the MYB_annotator and the bHLH_annotator at the annual meeting of the GRAPEDIA portal. The tools are available at our tool server and can be found here.

Publications covered in the talk:

  • Sielemann et al., 2020: The reuse of public datasets in the life sciences: potential risks and rewards. doi: doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9954
  • Marks et al., 2021: Representation and participation across 20 years of plant genome sequencing. doi: doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01031-8
  • Thoben & Pucker, 2023: Automatic annotation of the bHLH gene family in plants. doi: doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.02.539087.
  • Issa et al., 2018: Pairwise Global Sequence Alignment Using Sine-Cosine Optimization Algorithm. doi: doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74690-6_11
  • Pucker et al., 2020: Automatic Identification of Players in the Flavonoid Biosynthesis with Application on the Biomedicinal Plant Croton tiglium. doi: doi.org/10.3390/plants9091103.
  • Rempel et al., 2023: KIPEs3: Automatic annotation of biosynthesis pathways. doi: doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498365.
  • Pucker, 2022: Automatic identification and annotation of MYB gene family members in plants. doi: doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08452-5

Boas presenting comparative genomics projects at the DBG section meeting biodiversity and evolution 2023

Comparative genomics reveals patterns of gene loss and duplication

On August 23rd, Boas gave a talk about gene presence/absence discovery with long read sequencing at the DBG section meeting in Giessen.


BioLogicals

BioLogicals - Pathways and functions of specialized molecules for improved plant performance

On July 13th, Boas gave a talk about BioLogicals and how to discover biosynthesis pathways as part of a DFG Rundegespräch in Munich.


Boas Pucker presenting at LUH

Unraveling specialized plant metabolism through omics and computational biology

On May 24th, Boas gave a talk about omics-based insights into the specialized plant metabolism at the Leibniz University Hannover.


Pathway elucidation lecture

Elucidating the evolution of plant biosynthesis pathways through genomics and applied bioinformatics

On April 17th, Boas gave an invited lecture about the power of applied bioinformatics.

LMU Munich visit 2023

Understanding the evolution of plant biosynthesis pathways through genomics

On February 8th, Boas gave a talk about the evolution of biosynthesis at LMU Munich.

Evolutionary blocks to anthocyanin accumulation in betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales

Evolutionary blocks to anthocyanin accumulation in betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales

On 11th January, Boas gave a talk about the evolutionary mechanisms that prevent anthocyanin accumulation in betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales as part of the international seminar series PhytoChemTalks.

Evolutionary blocks to anthocyanin accumulation in betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales

Evolutionary blocks to anthocyanin accumulation in betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales

On December 5th 2022, Boas gave a talk about the complex pigment evolution in the Caryophyllales at the University of Hohenheim.

APBioNET talk

Application of long read sequencing in plant genomics

On October 17th, Boas gave a talk about numerous applications of long read sequencing in plant genomics at APBioNET.

Boas @ Botaniktagung 2022 (Bonn)

Evolutionary blocks to anthocyanin accumulation and the loss of an anthocyanin carrier protein in betalain-pigmented Caryophyllales

On 28 August, Boas gave a talk about the complex pigment evolution in the Caryophyllales at the International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences in Bonn.

Academic career path

Academic career path

On 3rd May, Boas gave a presentation about his academic career path as part of the DILS seminar at Bielefeld University.

DigiCrop talk

Detecting genomic regions that determine seed quality of Brassica napus through mapping-by-sequencing

On January 20th, Boas gave a talk about a mapping-by-sequencing approach to identify the basis of Brassica napus seed quality traits at the DigiCrop in Bonn.

ONT sequencing talk

Plant Genomics with Nanopore Sequencing

On November 17th, Boas gave a talk about nanopore sequencing in plants genomics at the University of Essex.

Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

Plant Biotechnology & Bioinformatics

On November 3rd 2021, Boas presented the research of the group at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology.