Andrew Hanson Lab at Univ. Florida/IFAS. Plant & microbe metabolism research, engineering, synthetic biology. Plus PhD/postdoc training & jobs. AMDG+
Gainesville, FL
Joined February 2016
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Please join me and the rest of this great panel, discussing how we as a community should not oversell research outputs whilst at the same time demonstrating societal relevance. Lots to cover!
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Excited to share the Hanson Lab’s @ADHansonLab new preprint! We used OrthoRep to evolve Arabidopsis HDH, a short-lived enzyme, selecting variants with up to 20× higher abundance. Mutations boosted lifespan, catalytic efficiency, or inhibitor resistance.
🔗doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.01.6…
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We too calculated that replacing kerosene with SAF is only possible for a small fraction of today’s commercial jet fleet. As it takes only Google, a calculator, commonsense logic & ~15 min to make this calculation, why don’t policymakers run the numbers? doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae3…
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In a new @PNASNews publication, our faculty and collaborators are advocating for a bold shift: food as medicine.
Only 1 in 10 Americans meets daily produce intake. It’s time to rethink food, health & agriculture and it starts with #HOS
🔗 linktr.ee/UFHortSci
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It's absolutely essential that field trials be incorporated into plant syn bio/engineering biology DBTL cycles. Plants evolved to grow in the field, not in a white room with uniform conditions. The current absence of field evaluation is a system-level failure for research (IMHO).
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Plant Science Research Weekly: May 23, 2025 plantae.org/plant-science-re… Untangling cell-specific root stress responses; MAMP-induced closure of plasmodesmata; A kinase switch coordinates symbiosis and immunity; Roadmap to get fruit and veg back on the table
ALT The diagram on the left shows a normal, open plasmodesmata. The diagram on the right shows a plasmodesmata that has been exposed to the microbial-associated molecular pattern (MAMP) flagellin22 (flg22). Here, the plasmodesmata is closed due to the accumulation of callose, caused by signaling between PIP(4,5)P2, Synaptotagmin 1 (Syt1), and annexin 4 (ANN4).
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If we want to Make America Healthy Again, it's not food dyes and trace chemistires. It is that most people fail to eat the foods we know fortify health. Shouldn't funding for research in fruit/veg production parallel medical investment? pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
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Agreed, it's a really clear message. Good to see acknowledgement of reality at #3 'We still don't speak the language of biology'. Not too sure what that means for a company that pitches as being able to rewrite biology, but based on my 30+ years at the GM coalface, it 100% true.
Excellent reflection on #SynBio in a company context, and on the future of engineering biology.
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Hey plant synbio folks - Plant Physiology is now actively soliciting plant synbio papers. Get your manuscripts in! @PlantPhys
@PlantPhys is v. much open for broadly plant-related #SyntheticBiology business! 3 expert new editors @Cyano_Dan @MatiZurbriggen @McCormick_Lab, plus submission option via @biorxivpreprint & a robust scooping policy ⬇️ Please RT to spread the word!
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14 UF faculty have been named 2024 Fellows of the
@aaas, one of the highest honors in science, recognizing exceptional contributions to research, innovation, and public engagement, including our Dr. Donald R. McCarty and Dr. Carlos “Charlie” Messina!
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.@UFGulfCoastREC research has identified two @UFPlantbreeding strawberry varieties with superior chilli thrips resistance.
More on the varieties that are expected to be "game changers" for @FlaStrawberries ➡️ go.ufl.edu/3w1aajp
#FloridaAgriculture #AgResearch
ALT A person smiling, with an inset image of a strawberry plant suffering from disease, and text that reads "Two UF/IFAS-BRED Strawberries found to have "game-changing" level of chilli thrips resistance".
Andrew D Hanson Lab retweeted
Sometime, it is important to understand what happens in continuous evolution beyond the target gene sequence. Here, we demonstrate how proteomics can enhance it and identify steps where its implementation is beneficial. Thanks to all co-authors and @ADHansonLab for his advice.
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"synthetic nitrogen represents a technological triumph that saved the world from hunger" is absolutely true no matter how it came to be.
And the path forward is about better use of N fertilizer not vague wishful thinking of "biological complexity and ecological processes."
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Funding opportunity for early career scientists: there's only one week left to apply for our NSF-sponsored Plant Synthetic Biology workshop. Don't miss the chance to share your knowledge, learn from leading experts and network with fellow scientists. buff.ly/3ZEzv8i
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“There is nothing wrong with dividing natural and unnatural. The problem comes when we attach a value to the distinction: natural is good or better than unnatural. Natural is not always better, but this flawed thinking has influenced research.. in ag”
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Soil bio-products are risky. So when you use a bio-product, you are looking for the exception. How can you make it a little less risky? By asking some hard questions.
What's your goal?
What's in it?
How does it work?
My latest...
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More evidence of the risk of bio-products, here with mycorrhizal inoculants.
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A very Merry Christmouse to one and all . be sure to retweet so others can feel the love .
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“Tall plants have an inherent weakness…The weight of the ears, usually more than halfway up the stalk, makes the plant vulnerable to snapping or tipping over in strong winds. Making corn shorter isn’t the only remedy, notes Tony Vyn, an agronomist at Purdue University. Breeders have also selected for stiffer stalks, as well as for resistance to stalk rot, which made earlier corn varieties more prone to snap under the weight of their grain or blow over in windstorms.” Via @ScienceMagazine
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The 2% produce the food that sustain the other 98% of us. Historically, this is remarkable. We do not have to produce our own food, much less have any knowledge about food production...
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