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Dr Harriet Berry, @HVB_net Enterprise Fellow from @FraserRhul, has recently launched an enterprise activity "Natural Compound Solutions" which utilises horticultural wastes streams to produce valuable carotenoid pigments #WomenInScience royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-t…

#SOL2022 continues with Prof. Paul Fraser and his presentation about plastid isoprenoid biosynthesis and it’s role in the plastoglobule. Different parts of the isoprene biosynthesis have been identified in the plastoglobule structures. They are important metabolic hubs.

#SOL2022 morning sessions are closed by Eugenia MA Enfissi with her presentation “Biorenewable production of the vaccine adjuvant squalene”. Squalene is a important compound used in vaccines. Three ways to get it: shark liver (bad4 🦈 ), olive oil (inefficient) or semisynthetic.

#SOL2022 Yossi Hirschberg continues with his presentation “Tomato carotenoids underground”. He starts asking… “what we are talking when we talk about tomato?” Well, red color, and color means lycopene. But it is not only the chemical but also how and where are accumulated.

#SOL2022 Marilise Nogueira continues with metabolic re-programming and cellular adaptation for high level production of valuable keto carotenoids. KetoCrtds content increases during tomato fruit ripening. They are stored in membranes and plastoglobuli as crystals.

@HVB_net @RHULBioSci From surplus fruit and plant material in our glasshouse adding value to existing research.

Harriet Berry from @RHULBioSci presenting on HVB-funded PoC project to develop RHUL Laboratory Products - offering carotenoid reference products.

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A great Annual Meeting - so much excitement to be networking again. Thank you to all our speakers, session chairs and participants! @CPHarrogate is an excellent venue with fantastic food; AV support from the brilliant eliteeventsolutions.co.uk

Plant Stories, our interactive museum exhibition on New Plant Breeding Techniques in tobacco is now on display at @Museon biofaction.com/portfolio/plan… Designed by @BioFaction

#FoodSecurity is a growing concern as crop yields are threatened by increasing climatic variability. A recent study of sweetpotato 🍠 indicates that traits can be identified to improve yields under climatic stress… 👉🏽 bit.ly/HeatToleranceSP 🔸 @FAOclimate 🔸 @WBG_Climate

BTW, no tomatoes were injected with a blue dye during this process! #1999

Very pleased to see our omega-3 Camelina highlighted as example of "Great British GM Innovations" in @thesundaytimes today. This technology can make a big difference by providing a sustainable clean source of fish oils. thetimes.co.uk/article/youve-…

Engineering metabolism in Nicotiana species. A nice collaborative review & position @TrendsinBiotech paper resulting from cooperation in our NEWCOTIANA project. @GoossensLabVIB @PSB_VIB @FraserRhul @giulianolab1 @IBMCP @MPIMP_Potsdam cell.com/trends/biotech…

@IBMCP @CSIC and @FraserRHUL partners secured 2021 field trials permissions for next-generation tobacco biofactories, including biosafety and metabolite-enriched lines. Hopefully will be these lines growing in experimental fields starting Spring 2021.

And we can load them on the machine (UHPLC-ESI-IM-QTof) ...

Next stage: metabolite extraction (solvents, centrifuge, filter, internal standards and many many tubes)...

Prepping to screen a cassava population...

Vitamin A plays an essential role in maintaining vision, body growth, immune function and reproductive health. 🍠🍠🥬🥬🥕🥕 #Plantbreeding is an essential tool to develop more nutritious food varieties that benefit everybody. ℹ️ bit.ly/2GYNxfv #EmbracingNature #SDG2

The Coumarins: Secondary Metabolites Playing a Primary Role in Plant Nutrition and Health dlvr.it/RmRG9t

Do you think that there is a relationship between #plantbreeding and life-saving practices? 🌾🍜🌾🍚🌽🥦 #EmbracingNature

Global 🌏 #FoodSecurity must be future-proofed through continued investment in the preservation of plant genetic material. @Cipotato‘s genebank holds the world’s most extensive collection of potato 🥔 and sweetpotato 🍠 material. 🔸 @Revelator_News bit.ly/News-CropPande…