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Agrisera supported the 6th Summer Academy, held at the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMPB), University of Tübingen, Germany, between the 14th and 16th of September.

Agrisera's Best Poster Prize was awarded to David Biermann form the Department of General Genetics, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard Karls University. 

His winning poster was titled "A RALF-Brassinosteroid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypcotocyl cell shape". The data presented on the poster are a part of publication. 

As the winner, he will be granted a free antibody of his choice from the Agrisera catalog.

Good luck with your research, and we are awaiting your fee antibody choice!

You are welcome to download the pdf or request a hard copy of this very informative poster! The poster also contains a link and QR code to a collection of protocols and references, for protein extraction methods from various plant species, organs and cellular compartments.

If you have any comments or suggestions, we are always eager to hear them. You are welcome to contact us!

Agrisera participated in the International Conference of the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG). The event took place at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, between the 15th and 19th of September. Hundreds of enthusiastic plant scientists attended the meeting, which covered a wide range of topics, including biotechnology, cell biology, communication and dynamics of plant organelles, navigating abiotic challenges, and plant development, to name a few. 

Agrisera's 8th Educational Poster, focused on Protein Extraction, received a lot of attention. As did our other posters, on the topics of photosynthesis and epigenetics. 

There were many interesting discussions, suggestions and questions from visitors to Agrisera's booth, which we are very grateful for. We are always looking forward to meeting end users of Agrisera antibodies, as well as those who are considering future antibody work. Agrisera supports your research, not only with suitable products, but also technical support and troubleshooting.

Agrisera had a fortune wheel at our booth, which visitors could spin to receive help with common questions related to plant science and antibody techniques. Doing this, the participant also had a chance to win a free antibody of their choice from the Agrisera catalog. The fortune wheel was busy, and the winners of free antibodies will be revealed at the end of the week.
  
  

Agrisera participated in the Plant Meiosis meeting, held between the 4th and 6th of September, at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. The meeting gathered enthusiastic researchers from the plant meiosis community, and was packed with interesting talks and poster sessions. 
  
Two Agrisera's Best Poster Prizes were awarded to: Hasibe Tuncay from Universität Hamburg in Germany, for the poster: "DREAMing Meiosis: Transcriptional Control of Male Meiosis by DREAM-complex in Arabidopsis thaliana" and Côme Emmenecker from Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE for the poster "Multiple factors counteract FIGL1 activity to promote meiotic
DSB repair".

Agrisera had a fortune wheel at our booth, which visitors could spin to receive help with common questions related to plant science and antibody techniques. Doing this, the participant also had a chance to win a free antibody of their choice from the Agrisera catalog. This activity was very popular, and a queue was even formed of people looking to try their luck. 

Thank you for very interesting interactions!

Agrisera participated in the Plant energy management, molecular mechanisms and signalling conference, held between 27th and 30th of August at Umeå University, Sweden. Over the last 40 years, Agrisera has developed strong collaborations with researchers from this local university, and we are always eager to support and participate in the local conferences. 
 
Agrisera's Best Poster Prize was awarded to Maroof Ahmed Shaikh from the group Light and temperature control of plant development at the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Spain. His poster title was:

"Unleashing the Light Dependent Role of GIGANTEA : Orchestrating Tuberization and Meristem Activity in Potatoes".

As the winner, he will be granted a free antibody of his choice from the Agrisera catalog.

Good luck with your research, and we are awaiting your fee antibody choice!



Picture to the right: Agrisera's table at the conference, and Awardee Maroof Ahmed Shaikh together with conference chairman Prof. Johannes Hansson. 

  

Participants of the Plant energy management, molecular mechanisms and signalling conference, visited Agrisera's facility in Umeå. Principal Investigators, PostDocs and PhD students joined the tour on the 28th of August. Our visitors were from Columbia, India, France, Greece, Germany, Korea, Spain and Sweden.
 
Many interesting questions were asked regarding antibody production, purification and validation. 

We eagerly shared our knowledge and are hoping for future collaborations!

  

After a short presentation of Agrisera's purification and QC lab, the guests also got a peak into the packing room and offices. 

We are keen on meeting you!

If you are attending any of the coming meetings, you are very welcome to come by Agrisera's booth to talk antibodies, or to pick up an educational poster or a Western blot troubleshooting guide. Agrisera will be present at the following upcoming meetings:

• Plant energy management, molecular mechanisms and signalling, August 26th-28th, Umeå University, Sweden

• Plant Meiosis Meeting, September 4th-6th, Poznań, Poland

• International Conference of the German Society of Plant Sciences, September 15th-19th, Halle, Germany

Is the product you are interested in not included in a current promotion?

We offer a 10% discount in return for a short review, left on a the product page of an item that you, or a colleague of yours, have previously used in the lab. 

How to leave a short review: 
• Go to the product page of the item you would like to review.
• Click on the "Reviews" tab.
• Click on "Leave a review".
• Write the name of a species that the analyzed sample came from, and in which application the product was used. Shortly describe the obtained result.
• Post the review.
• Contact your distributor or [email protected] to obtain a discount code or a discounted offer for your next purchase.

Four new species have been added to Agrisera's Search by species function, namely:

• Camelina sativa
• Colobanthus quitensis
• Panicum sp.
• Raphanus sativus

This resource now lists 40 different species, ranging from higher plants, to mosses, algae and cyanobacteria, and offers a quick and easy way to find antibodies reactive in your species of interest.

Remember that you can also filter the lists of primary antibodies, in any product category on our website, by reactivity, applications and clonality.

Tagging a protein with TurboID allows the study of protein interactions in different types of cells and organs, as well as different developmental stages. This is a suitable tool for proximity labelling experiments, as described in Mair et al. (2019). Proximity labelling of protein complexes and cell-type-specific organellar proteomes in Arabidopsis enabled by TurboID. Elife. 2019 Sep 19;8:e47864. doi: 10.7554/eLife.47864.

The product information sheet for Agrisera's anti-BirA (mutated/TurboID) antibodies can be found here. 

References with Agrisera's BirA (mutated/TurboID):

Liu et al. (2024). Activation of kappa opioid receptor suppresses post-traumatic osteoarthritis via sequestering STAT3 on the plasma membrane. Cell Commun Signal. 2024 Jun 18;22(1):335.doi: 10.1186/s12964-024-01709-4.  
Medica et al. (2023). Proximity-dependent mapping of the HCMV US28 interactome identifies RhoGEF signaling as a requirement for efficient viral reactivation. PLoS Pathog. 2023 Oct 2;19(10):e1011682.doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011682.
Shi et al. (2023). Protocol to identify protein-protein interaction networks in Solanum tuberosum using transient TurboID-based proximity labeling. STAR Protoc. 2023 Sep 20;4(4):102577.doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102577.

The Global Plant Events Calendar, run by ASPB/Plantae and Agrisera has celebrated its fifth year! This resource provides you with a comprehensive list of events, like conferences, workshops and webinars, some being free of charge. 

The list for 2025 events keeps filling up, to aid your conference attendance planning.

If you are organizing a meeting, you are welcome to sign it up into the calendar, which will make it visible worldwide, through this very popular resource. All events displayed in the calendar are curated, to protect you from irrelevant information and predatory conferences. 

Beyond the current 15% discount for all epitope tag antibodies, Agrisera offers several epitope tag antibodies, currently under development, free of charge, in return for experimental results.
The offer includes: 

• 50 µg of antigen affinity purified epitope tag antibody
• High-titer matching secondary antibody
• Agrisera chemiluminescent detection reagent

Take advantage of this unique offer and review a complete list here.

Let us know which antibodies you would like to test!

Agrisera attended the 34th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, in SanDiego USA, held between the 15th and 19th of July. Agrisera was represented by Dr. Chris Brown.

Thank you to everyone who visited Agrisera's booth to discuss antibodies and plant science, and to the conference organizers for yet another successful meeting. 

Agrisera's Educational Posters were available free of charge at the conference. In case you did not get a chance to obtain copies, you can request them, free of charge, here.

The International Symposium on Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants (ISINIP) took place between the 8th and 12th of July, in Düsseldorf in Germany. Scientific sessions covered the following topics:

Best Poster Prizes from Agrisera were awarded to two young scientists. 


The Plant Epigenetics meeting took place between 10th and 12th of July, in Clermond-Ferrand in France.

Agrisera supported this meeting with hard copies of our educational posters focused on epigenetics, which were developed in collaboration with scientists in the field. 
 

 
 

Rice is a staple food for more than half of the world's population, particularly in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Research on this important crop includes:

• Nutritional Improvement like Golden Rice with increased vitamin A.
• Investigation of rice climate change adaptation by development of varieties which are more tolerant to drought, salinity, and temperature extremes as well as flooding.
• Research on pests and diseases, which can help reduce the use of chemicals and lead to more sustainable agriculture.
• Understanding of genetic diversity and preservation of wild rice species, which are valuable genetic resources for future breeding programs.

All Agrisera antibodies to rice proteins are offered with a 15% discount between July and September of this year. Browse Agrisera rice antibody collection here.

To apply the discount, use discount code Rice15 at checkout, or when placing your order by email.
 

The Young Researchers Symposium on Photobiology (YRSPP) took place between 2nd and 5th of July in Utrecht, The Netherlands. 

Agrisera's Best Talk prize was awarded to Johannes Rötzer, from the Dolan Group at the GMI Vienna, part of the Vienna BioCenter for the talk "The role of blue light receptors during cell polarization in Marchantia polymorpha".

Congratulations!

Agrisera supported the meeting with hard copies of our educational posters focused on photosynthesis, which were available to participants. 

Agrisera Educational Posters developed in collaboration with scientists in the field of photosynthesis.


 

The Second European Congress on Photosynthesis (EPS2) took place between the 25th and 28th of June in Padova, Italy.

Agrisera supported the meeting with hard copies of our educational posters focused on photosynthesis, which were available to participants.

Agrisera's Educational Posters were developed by Dr. Dmitry Shevela, Prof. Govindjee, and other leading scientists in the covered fields. More information on the authors can be found below. Graphic design by Dmitry Shevela (SciGrafik).
 

Epitope tag antibodies offer several benefits that make them invaluable tools for studying proteins in a wide range of applications, like Western blotting, immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, and flow cytometry.

The most commonly used epitope tags are:
HIS (3X or 6X), FLAG, HA, Myc, GFP and its variants.

Agrisera offers antibodies to a wide range of common and less commonly used epitope tags, for example:

HIS | FLAG | HA | Myc | GFP
 
Until end of December, all Agrisera epitope tag antibodies are offered with a 15% discount.

Use the discount code Tag15.
 

To browse all Agrisera epitope tag antibodies, check here.

Agrisera attended the Plant Biology 2024 conference in Honolulu, HI, USA, held between the 22nd and 26th of June. Agrisera was represented by Edith Kalén and Chris Brown.

Thank you to everyone who visited Agrisera's booth to discuss antibodies and plant science, and to the conference organizers for yet another successful meeting. Our warmest congratulations to ASPB on their 100th anniversary!

Agrisera's Educational Posters were available free of charge at the conference. In case you did not get a chance to obtain copies, you can request them, free of charge, here.

Hope to see you in Milwaukee next year!

Top: Agrisera's booth at Plant Biology 2024
Bottom, left to right: Conference opening reception, ASPB's 100th anniversary party.

• Which secondary antibody to choose for Western blot for protein detection in plant and algal samples?
• What is the Laser lane, Common filter set, Excitation max and Emission max for fluorescent dyes?
• What are F(ab)'2 and Fc fragments?
• What is the meaning of Pre-adsorbed?

Check out our guide for information on antibody structure, fluorescent dyes and much more!

• Can be used at high dilutions
• Broad species reactivity, including higher plants, mosses, algae, cyanobacteria and diatoms
• Suitable for Western blot
• Cited in hundreds of publications, over the last 20 years

• Working in very high dilutions, 1: 10 000 1h/RT incubation
• Broad species reactivity, including higher plants, mosses, algae, cyanobacteria and diatoms. One and the same antibody will detect and quantify Rubisco in thousands of species
• Suitable for Western blot, immunolocalization and tissue printing
• Possibility of quantification in quantitative Western blot and ELISA
• Cited in hundreds of publications, over the last 20 years

• Anti-Chicken IgY (AS10 1489)
• Anti-Goat IgG (AS09 605)
• Anti-Mouse IgG (AS09 627)
• Anti-Rabbit IgG (AS09 602)*
• Anti-Rat IgG (AS10 1187)

Over the last 20 years, Agrisera has developed antibodies to study Photosystem I (PSI). This protein complex plays a central role in the conversion of light energy into chemical energy, in the form of ATP and NADPH. This energy is then used to power the biochemical reactions of photosynthesis, and ultimately produce carbohydrates. Agrisera antibodies specifically targeting PSI components can help accurately identify and quantify these proteins in plant, algal and diatom samples. This enables comparative studies, and facilitates the understanding of photosynthetic processes across a wide taxonomic range.

Agrisera PSI antibodies can be applied in:

Agrisera supports the Eastern Regional Photosynthesis Conference 2024, held between 12th and 14th of April, at The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, MA, USA.

The conference program will includes the following topics:

• Mechanism of Light Harvesting and Regulation
• Light Driven Reactions
• Carbon Fixation and Concentration
• Evolution and Applications of Photosynthesis

Agrisera Educational Posters, focused on photosynthesis, will be available as hard copies for the meeting participants. Agrisera will also conduct an online quiz, with the first prize being the book Photosynthesis: Solar Energy for Life, by Dr. Dmitry Shevela, Prof. Lars Olof Björn, Prof. Govindjee.

Agrisera's antibody collection to proteins involved in photosynthesis has been developed over the last 20 years, in close collaboration with researches in the field, from all around the world.

The collection contains antibodies targeting proteins from the following groups: 

ATPsynthase | Carotenoid metabolism | Chaperones/Transporters | Chloroplast biogenesis/architecture | Chlorophyll | Green Cut | LHC | Light acclimation | Kinases | PSI (Photosystem I) | PSII (Photosystem II) | Proteases | Protein standards-quantitation | Rubisco/Carbon metabolism | Sucrose metabolism

Each year, hundreds of publications are published, using these antibodies, which makes them the most used photosynthetic antibodies on the market. Agrisera antibodies place 31st of over 250 catalog antibody suppliers, based on publication record, not limited to plant science.

As plants cannot move and change their habitat quickly as animals can, they have instead developed other amazing strategies to cope with various pathogen attacks. Listed below are some examples of plant pathogens.

Fungal diseases: These pathogens typically thrive in warm, moist conditions and can infect various parts of the plant, such as leaves, stems, fruits, and roots.
Bacterial diseases: Bacterial pathogens infect plants through wounds or natural openings, causing diseases like bacterial wilt, leaf spot, and soft rot, and can spread rapidly through the whole plant.
Viral diseases: Viruses can infect plants through vectors such as insects, nematodes, and even human activities, like grafting. Viral diseases can significantly reduce crop yields and quality.
Nematode damage: Nematodes are microscopic roundworms that feed on plant roots, leading to reduced nutrient uptake and stunted growth. Root-knot nematodes, for example, cause the formation of galls on roots, interfering with water and nutrient absorption.

Agrisera is sponsoring this year's Jan Anderson Award, granted by the Australian Society of Plant Scientists. 

Joan (Jan) Mary Anderson was an adjunct professor at the Australian National University. She received an honorary doctorate at Umeå University (Sweden) in 1998.  She was an internationally acclaimed plant biologist, renowned for her discoveries on the organization of the intricate membrane structures that carry out solar energy conversion in cells of green plants. Her work was the first to show that the photosynthetic mechanisms consists of two fundamental components; Photosystem I and Photosystem II. Her research career spanned over 55 years, mostly at the Division of Plant Industry CSIRO Canberra (1961-97), and later at the Research School of Biological Sciences at the Australian National University.

Jan was a passionate and creative female scientist who was well ahead of her time. She was an inspiration to young researchers, for whom her enthusiasm and curiosity were infectious. Professor Jan Anderson died on 28 August 2015 after a short illness. In recognition of her life and achievements in photosynthesis research as a pioneering female scientist, this award will acknowledge talented female plant science researchers.