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Andrea Ramirez-Ramirez (Universidad de Antioquia, CO) spent 2 months at the Plant Developmental Systems department in Wageningen University (NL) to evaluate protein interactions among MADS-box proteins involved in floral organ identity from Hedyosmum goudotianum. During this time, Andrea conducted a pair-wise protein-protein interaction assay of the FUL, SEP1, SEP3, PI, AP3, and AGL6 homologs of Hedyosmum goudotianum using the yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) system. Y2H, in …

Secondment of Andrea Ramirez-Ramirez from Universidad de Antioquia (COL) to the Plant Developmental Systems (NL) – June-August 2024 Read More »

Valentina Botero-Castaño (UdeA) travelled to the group of Dr. Barbara Baldan (UniPadova) at the Botanical Garden of Padova where she spent two months. During this time she made anatomical sections of mature fruits of Gaiadendron punctatum and worked on ovule development in some gymnosperms. She used immunohistochemistry to locate auxins in Wollemia nobilis ovules, a hormone involved in meristematic …

Secondment of Valentina Botero-Castaño from University of Antioquia (CO) to the University of Padova (IT) – June-July 2024 Read More »

Natalia Pabon Mora spend one month At Unipd with the group of Dr. Barbara Baldan. During this time Natalia was able to collect Aristolochia rotunda  for transcriptome analyses from the historical collections of the Botanical Garden of Padova, the oldest in Europe. In addition, she performed In situ hybridization analyses of several MADS-box genes isolated from Hedyosmum …

Secondment of Natalia Pabón-Mora from the University of Antioquia (COL) to the University of Padova (IT) – June 2024 Read More »

From late August to October (2 months) Sebastiano Nigris (University of Padova and Botanical Garden of Padova, IT) traveled to the NYBG (US) to perform in situ hybridization expression analyses in the laboratory of Dr. Barbara Ambrose. Sebastiano assessed the expression of genes known to be important for fruit ripening in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana but for which …

Secondment of Sebastiano Nigris from University of Padova (IT) to the New York Botanical Garden (US) – August-October 2023 Read More »

Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona (UNIMI) spent 1 month and a half with the group of Dr. Barbara Ambrose (NYBG). During this time, Cecilia was able to perform in situ hybridization expression analyses to pinpoint exactly when and where several genes are expressed in the reproductive tissues of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, a model species for plant biology. Among the genes …

Secondment of Cecilia Zumajo-Cardona from University of Milano (IT) to the New York Botanical Garden (US) – August-October 2023 Read More »

Prof. Barbara Baldan (UNIPD and BG of Padova) spent a 1 month within the group of dr. Barbara Ambrose (NY Botanical Garden – USA). She spent this time in networking activities as she is the Coordinator of this RISE project. In addition she was engaged in scientific discussion about Ginkgo biloba results, obtained in Padova …

Secondment of Prof. Baldan from University of Padova (IT) to the New York Botanical Garden (US). July – August 2023 Read More »

During the secondment Kai worked on two different projects: in-situ hybridization of tomato MADS-box genes and DAP-seq with Selaginella moellendorffii MADS-box proteins. The Ambrose group at NYBG has a lot of expertise in conducting in-situ hybridizations and I learned how to use this technique myself with a couple of different genes. These tomato genes are …

Secondment of Kai Thoris (WPR, Wageningen) to NYBG (April 30 -July 8, 2023) Read More »

Ruud stayed with PhD student Xiaowei Wang for one month in the lab of our host Prof. Adriana Pinheiro Martinelli at CENA-USP in Piracicaba. This secondment had two purposes. First, teaching a two-week graduate course (for credits) at USP entitled  CEN5795 – Special Topics in Plant Reproductive Development: “MOLECULAR MECHANISMS IN PLANT REPRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT: TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS …

Secondment of Ruud de Maagd (WPR, Wageningen – NL) to USP (Piracicaba – BR) – July 14-August 15, 2023 Read More »

Prof. Marcelo Dornelas (UNICAMP – Brazil) spent a 6 month-long sabbatical season within the group of Gerco Angenent (Wageningen University – The Netherlands) from August 2022 to February 2023. He spent this time studying the functions of PEB and TCP genes of Arabidopsis and Passiflora in reproductive development. During his sabbatical he also helped PhD Students from …

Secondment from University of Campinas (BR) to Wageningen University and Research (NL) Read More »

I am Yesenia Madrigal Bedoya, I am a PhD student working with Dr. Natalia Pabón-Mora at the Universidad de Antioquia in Colombia. I came back to my home country after a two month research exchange at Wageningen University (Netherlands) between October – December 2022. During this secondment I was trained by Dr. Marian Bemer at …

Secondment of Yesenia Madrigal Bedoya from Universidad de Antioquia (COL) to Wageningen University and Research (NL) Read More »