First Covid-19 spike protein nanobody from plant system! #Groundbreakin. Brought to you by Michelle Heck and Agricultural Research Service and #AgroSource

Marco marco, Bob Shatters & I hatched a plan to make SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies in plants. Just dreaming, nbs made in plants are scalable, safe & can be made into products delivered by nasal spray/mouth wash to protect against virus infection. Collab bt Agricultural Research Service & #AgroSource 👇🏼

Nanobodies (VHH antibodies) against #SARSCoV2 spike proteins can be produced in the plant Nicotiana benthamiana in an economical manner. They were able to inhibit binding between the #coronavirus and its human ACE2 receptor protein. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #COVID19 #prevention

Nice breakdown of our proof of concept on scalable production of therapeutic nanobodies in plants! Work led by the marco! news-medical.net/news/20220907/…

IRSC biotech students Agrobacterium leaf infiltrations were huge success. Thanks marco and team for helping us with this cool #biotech lab module #irscproud Ron Masse

⁦Saskia Hogenhout⁩ kicked off the 2nd #ISCHPP with the beautiful story on Phytoplasma effector SAP05, which inhibits plant transcription factors SPLs and GATA through 26S proteasome subunit RPN10-mediated Ub-independent degradation. doi.org/10.1016/j.cell….

Amazing 🤩 talks of Dr. Wenbo Ma and Gitta Coaker at #ischpp . Beautiful team work finding HLB effectors and targets #CLas #CLso . Thanks much for mentioning pioneering work of Akiko Sugio UMR Igepp Ally MacLean marco Saskia Hogenhout

We call it…… “The SYMBIONT” 🧬😊 marco

Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything…

Stop pesticides and use the Symbiont technology to control plant pathogens and pests instead! Proud of marco, our former lab member, for a fascinating talk at #ISCHPP today.

Scientists produce nanobodies in plant cells that block emerging pathogens phys.org/news/2022-12-s… via Phys.org

Amazing work producing nanobodies in plants led by marco and partners Agricultural Research Service Imagine being able to farm the next solution to a global pandemic?

#nanobody against #COVID19 spike proteins produced in plant system ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/36…

Jan. 09, 2007: Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.

It was a fun & packed week with marco & the Florida team. We set up lots of experiments, got data (!) & finalized the details of the project tour for our advisory board meeting next week. We are pushing hard for a solution to citrus greening disease to save our citrus. 🍊🌳🧬

About to submit our final USDA auth info for our field trial to test Symbiont technology to control citrus greening! Over 100 pgs of info to EPA & APHIS. We have a test site in Vero w/ 1000 trees & damn hot GH results. We’ve been on 24/7 for yrs to help the growers.🙏 marco

#2023ISMPMI "Introducing Symbiont: Revolutionizing Molecule Delivery in Plants 🌳🧪"

Our Agricultural Research Service National Program is having their 5-year retrospective review in Dec. Going through my pics to find some to include in my talk, I found this gem from a few months ago - team members having fun in the lab doing a massive experiment together. marco D⌬uglas

Exciting news to share! Thrilled to announce that I've embarked on a new journey as a Research Molecular Biologist at #USDAARS. 🧬🌱 Looking forward to contributing to cutting-edge research and making a positive impact in the world of molecular biology! #NewBeginnings #Science

🌱 Exciting news from our greenhouse! 🍒🍑 Our latest research on X disease in cherry trees is advancing with the arrival of new fruit plants. Stay tuned for updates on our journey to understand and combat this disease. #phytoplasma #CherryXDisease