Mattias Vermeersch

The paper introduces B3, a modular Golden Gate system for assembling Agrobacterium binary vector backbones, enabling efficient and flexible construction of over 370,000 possible constructs.

This study identifies SCAMP proteins as regulators of aquaporin abundance in Arabidopsis root cells, showing reduced PIP levels in mutants lead to improved drought response.

This paper introduces a method called oligo stitching that enhances Golden Gate cloning by using single-stranded DNA oligos to convert parts between standards and assemble incompatible parts without PCR.

The paper develops an optimized LbCas12a-ABE base editor in wheat and maize using the ITER platform, achieving 40% activity on a GFP reporter through iterative design.