Savio Rodrigues

Extremely delighted to share our research into "engineering the engineer" which is now out 👨‍🔧🦠🌱 Efficient CRISPR-mediated base editing in Agrobacterium spp. pnas.org/content/118/2/… Very grateful to all co-authors 😁 @LaurensPauwels @BarbaraConinck

Golden Gate 🧬 builds complex T-DNAs for plant transformation & gene editing — but what if we used it to make binary vector backbones? Glad to contribute to Jonas De Saeger's (Jacobs lab) preprint on BackBone Builder 🔧🌱 tinyurl.com/4ycydjhe

It was lovely to meet and have lunch with fellow #Agrobacterium researchers at the IS-MPMI 2025 conference. Great conversations, great discussions, and a shared passion for Agrobacterium-Plant research! 🌱🧫🦠 @erhminlai, @XuanLaiTW, @NoraLiu2000

🚨 Vacancy PhD student 🚨 Passionate about #CRISPR, plant biotechnology, and breeding? Join our project on meiotic recombination in maize 🌽 A collaboration of our lab @FbwUGent, @ILVOvlaanderen & @KU_Leuven 🔗ugent.be/en/work/scient… Apply before August 10!

🌱 The full Agrobacterium 2025 programme is now live! 📅 Early bird registration ends June 13 — don’t miss out! 🚶‍♀️ Join the Tall Tales of Leuven city walk (Sept 14) — included in the fee, but registration required. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4rdw84fa #Agrobacterium2025 #PlantScience

Big news for #Agrobacterium2025 in Leuven, Belgium. Thanks to our amazing #sponsors, we’re able to offer travel awards for grad students + poster prizes! 🏆✈️ 📢 New abstract deadline: May 10 👉 kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2… #SciComm #PhDLife #Microbiology #PlantScience

🚨 #Agrobacterium2025: Abstract deadline this Monday! 🚨 Our final invited speaker: Christoph Dehio @biozentrum @UniBasel_en — diving into β-glucan synthesis 🔬🧬 👉 Check out this recent paper: nature.com/articles/s4146… 📢 Submit your abstract now: biw.kuleuven.be/biosyst/cropbi…

Excited to announce Patrick Shih @UCBerkeley as an invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025! He’ll present on ‘Utilizing synthetic biology for engineering Agrobacterium.’ Recent work @LabShih: nature.com/articles/s4158…. Abstract deadline: May 1! kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2…"

Happy to announce that our next invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 is Alexandra Weisberg from @osubpp Seminal paper by @weisbergaj science.org/doi/full/10.11… 15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium. Abstract deadline: May 1! kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2…

Our next invited speaker for #Agrobacterium2025 is Erh-Min Lai from @IPMBSinica ! Breakthrough report published this week by @AdamWu9527 @ChihHorngKuo and @erhminlai doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70… 15-16/9 in Leuven, Belgium. Abstract deadline: May 1! kuleuven.be/agrobacterium2…

Save the date! #AGROBACTERIUM2025 Joint event of the 45st American Crown Gall meeting and the 5th European #Agrobacterium conference SEPTEMBER 15-16 2025, LEUVEN, BELGIUM More info soon!

The first gene edited crop trials have been harvested. The new varieties have qualities which could improve yield and green credentials. Read more here: fwi.co.uk/arable/crop-se…

Great news! Japan approved the use of a 4th gene edited food crop. The new waxy maize variety provides more smoothness to food products. Gene editing of crops is now mainstream, except in Europe #EUSAGE bit.ly/3KUKd32

Chinese scientists use gene editing to develop soybean lines with enhanced ‘nodulation ability’, allowing plants to fix more nitrogen from the air, boosting crop yield and protein. isaaa.org/kc/cropbiotech…

The 6th European #Maize Meeting will be 18-20/9 2024 in the beautiful city of Antwerp, Belgium. uantwerpen.be/en/conferences… Don't forget to visit.antwerpen.be

GeneSprout Initiative will be represented by ⁦@GermanVighi⁩ at the Bioeconomy Changemakers Festival high-level event in Brussels! Are you a bioeconomy stakeholder, a policymaker, or passionate about #EUBioeconomy? 🌍 See you there on 13-14 Mar 🔗 europa.eu/!wVXWYG

Starting now! #EUbioeocnomy #changemakers

My lab is recruiting a postdoc on an FWO/FNRS funded project. Interested in researching how secondary metabolites from beneficial bacteria trigger immune responses in plants? Apply here: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs… @lab_php @CropBioLeuven @LeuvenPlantInst @biosystkuleuven

Can you produce #pears underneath solar panels? Yes, you can, with #agrivoltaics. The #PV panels can create additional benefits for the crop, while producing sustainable energy. @KU_Leuven @H2020Hyperfarm @biosystkuleuven @CropBioLeuven @VLAIO_be stories.kuleuven.be/nl/verhalen/pe…

Australia approves GM Banana. Fusarium wilt or TR4 is a devastating disease of bananas. → Potential to impact an estimated 80 per cent of global banana production. The GM banana offers a potential safety net against the devastating disease. 🧵1/3

The outcome of todays vote on New Genomic Techniques (#NGTs) in the @Europarl_EN will be felt beyond the borders of the EU. We call on MEPs to embrace science over fearmongering and vote in support of NGTs. #GiveGenesAChance 🌱🧬🔬