FFGB.PT https://ffgb.pt Fruit Functional Genomics & Biotechnology Lab Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:36:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 Interview to CiB https://ffgb.pt/interview-to-cib/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:40:04 +0000 https://ffgb.pt/?p=1765
gave an interview to CiB – Centro de Informação de Biotecnologia in which she talked about the thematic lines of the Fruit Functional Genomics & Biotechnology Lab and how the CRISPR-Cas9 technology has been used to edit tomatoes and delay their ripening in order to increase the fruit shelf-time.
]]> ISGPB 2021 – “Best poster ISHS Young Minds Awards” https://ffgb.pt/isgpb-2021-poster-presentation/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 14:11:58 +0000 https://ffgb.pt/?p=1582

The PhD student Helena Santos was awarded the “Best poster ISHS Young Minds Awards” at the 11th International Symposium on Grapevine Physiology and Biotechnology (31 October- 5 November 2021). She presented the poster entitled “Esca complex Grapevine Trunk Disease leads to cell wall changes in asymptomatic grape berries”.

]]> JXB Volume 72, Issue 18 – Editor’s choice https://ffgb.pt/jxb-volume-72-issue-18/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:34:37 +0000 https://ffgb.pt/?p=1255

Our paper recently published in JXB was the editor´s choice of Volume 72, Issue 18. Mareike Jezek, the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Experimental Botany, commented on the paper findings in the recent Society for Experimental Biology Newsletter:

Wine drinkers’ worst enemy: Powdery mildew infection in grape

Mareike Jezek

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