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Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics @unibonn.bsky.social. Hosting @igembonn.bsky.social. Contact: https://www.pbb.uni-bonn.de #PlantGenomics #SpecializedMetabolites #SynBio #Genomics #Bioinformatics #Biotech #Evolution #Flavonoids #Pigments

Hannah at EURO EVO DEVO 2026. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#evodevo2026
Pictures of Digitalis purpurea flowers. Source: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12889-3
Screenshot of https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/research-profile/transdisciplinary-research-areas/tra-1-modelling
Screenshots of the Scientific Writing and Publishing presentation given by Boas Pucker at UniBonn.
PuckerLab header in Easter flavour. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb
PuckerLab team in early 2026. Team: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/team
Plant genome sequence assembly and annotation workflow. Figure source: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-026-12623-z
Katharina presenting her poster at #GCSB2026
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Hannah
Lara
Koushik
Sequencing output per P2 flow cell. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#P2OS
PuckerLab
Microsynteny analysis around the DFR, ANS, and arGST loci in Cucurbitaceae and closely related lineages. Details: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.06.680802
Jakob celebrating https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08006-3 with his new paper mug.
Nele celebrating the paper https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08006-3
Digitalis purpurea genome sequence data publication in bonndata. Details: https://doi.org/10.60507/FK2/4KUKXI
Selection of ecological functions of anthocyanins: Aposematism, Pathogens, Camouflage, Batesian mimicry, Anti-camouflage. Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-025-08006-3
Tree showing relationships of LAR genes. Details: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-025-12429-5
Maria
PuckerLab social media banner in Happy New Year 2026 flavor. Many thanks to Marie for the excellent design. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news
Poppelsdorf Palace and Botanical Gardens at UniBonn. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#tree2025
Our Christmas tree is this year inspired by squares indicating the performance in our ONT sequencing experiments. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#tree2025
New social media banner for PuckerLab designed by Marie. https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/research
Impressions from our "From Gene Models to Biological Insights - Functional Annotation" course. More details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#d2025c2
"Big Data-Driven Discoveries in Specialized Plant Metabolism" https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news
Stacked bar plot showing sequencing output per P2 flow cell. Details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#P2OS
Nancy presenting "The World of Cucurbits: No Blues, Just Hues". Details: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.06.680802
Synteny analysis supporting anthocyanin biosynthesis gene loss in the Cucurbitaceae. Reference: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.06.680802
PuckerLab team picture (summer 2025)
Website of iGEM team Bonn 2026. Source: https://www.igem-bonn.org/team-2026/
Plant genome sequencing workflow. Reference and description: https://www.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202508.1176.v2
Compilation of pictures from Insta (https://www.instagram.com/puckerlab/). More details: https://www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/teaching#p
Pictures show the Victoria leaf’s ability to carry weight, a white flower on its first night, a pink flower on its second night, and two pink flowers on the same plant — a rare phenomenon. Picture source: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.15.599162
PuckerLab July 2025. https://www.pbb.uni-bonn.de
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Forever Uni Bonn! 🎉
Video showing Summerween party at PuckerLab
Picture of the Botanical Gardens with the Poppelsdorf Palace in the background
"Exploring the Evolution of Biosynthesis Networks with Big Data" title slide screenshot
Figure reference: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09877-2
Figure reference: https://doi.org/10.1515/jib-2023-0033
Anthocyanin phenotypic variation in blueberry. Reference: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.964656
Graphical abstract of this mapping-by-sequencing study in rapeseed. Reference: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13071131
NGS data coverage of different SARS-CoV-2 genes. Reference: https://doi.org/10.3390/v14061326
Schematic illustration of Nanopore and PacBio sequencing technologies. Reference: https://doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2021.18
Phylogeny of species in Beta based on their plastome sequences. Reference: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08336-8
Simplified illustration of the flavonoid biosynthesis. Reference: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11070963