F. Hahn

Realisation of a key step in the evolution of C4 photosynthesis in rice by genome editing.

This paper uses genome editing to relocalize carbonic anhydrase activity in rice, achieving a key step in C4 photosynthesis evolution and revealing a new role for chloroplast CA in photosynthetic induction.

Efficient CRISPR/Cas-mediated Targeted Mutagenesis in Spring and Winter Wheat Varieties

This study successfully applies CRISPR/Cas-mediated mutagenesis to target genes in both spring and winter wheat varieties, demonstrating effective genome editing in winter wheat which is typically harder to transform.

Remarkable recent changes in genetic diversity of the avirulence gene AvrStb6 in global populations of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici

The paper analyzes changes in AvrStb6 genetic diversity in Zymoseptoria tritici isolates from 2013-2017, finding a loss of the original avirulence isoform and dominance of a single virulence isoform.

A modular cloning toolkit for genome editing in plants

The paper introduces a modular cloning toolkit for CRISPR/Cas genome editing in plants, enabling quick assembly of expression units and multigene constructs.

Homology-directed repair of a defective glabrous gene in Arabidopsis with Cas9-based gene targeting

This study compares methods to enhance homologous recombination in plants, showing that in planta gene targeting achieves 0.12% repair efficiency for a glabrous1 gene defect.