8th May 2025
Paternal mitochondrial transmission in Cucumis plants

Another key role of an organelle-targeted nuclease in cytoplasmic genetics has been uncovered! This time, the endonuclease MTI1 is shown to control mitochondrial DNA abundance in female gametes.

5th May 2025
OEX1, a 5'-3' exonuclease/flap endonuclease for mitochondrial genome maintenance

An excellent study conducted at IBMP Strasbourg and MPIMP Golm reveals the key role of OEX1 in the proper processing of replication and recombination intermediates in the mitochondrial genome!

29th November 2024
Organellar variation impacts photosynthetic performance

A great project led by Tom Theeuwen & Maarten Koornneef, nicely embodying WUR's motto: "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life."

20th October 2024
Targeted base editing of the Arabidopsis plastid genome

New findings from Shin-ichi Arimura’s group! Another exciting research project led by Issei Nakazato!