Special issue for Epigenetics and gene regulation 2023 in Current Opinion in Plant Biology, co-edited with @SpringerNathan ! #epigenome #transposon #plant https://t.co/Xkven8eA29 https://t.co/7lfaq4zzM1

Cool opportunity to work on developing applications of single-cell technologies for crop improvement on a fantastic team led by @rebeccalowdon

🚨 We've got a new preprint out 🚨 - We developed a series of logical frameworks for analyzing how transposable element content contributes to structural variation (SV) within maize 🌽🧬🌽. How'd we do this + what did we find?? - 1/11

After ~20 years at the UMN today was my last day . I have been so lucky to work with wonderful people in my group and to have a fantastic set of collaborators. A huge thank you to all of my colleagues, collaborators and friends. Excited for a new journey @Bayer4Crops

Why do the same gene in different varieties respond differentially under the environmental stimuli? We seek to answer the question using both population transcriptomics and chromatin signatures.

Mapping Responsive Genomic Elements to Heat Stress in a Maize Diversity Panel https://t.co/ttKt92rulY #biorxiv_plants

Plant Cell author Peng Zhou https://t.co/jHk4XuM8ph first author of Prediction of conserved and variable heat and cold stress response in maize using cis-regulatory information @orionzhou @taraenders @AuthenticZAM @erikalanemag @pete_crisp @noshjac @shanwai1234 @SpringerNathan

Excited to share @noshjac's last thesis chapter research. Monitoring accessible chromatin and DNA methylation in four maize genomes. Reveals that a large amount of variable methylation is due to shifting boundaries at the edge of methylated domains

Recognizing Plant Physiology first author Zhikai Liang https://t.co/4DAY1xjgaK @shanwai1234 author of Genetic and epigenetic variation in transposable element expression responses to abiotic stress in maize

This was a fun project led by @orionzhou which taught me that many of my conceptions about cis-regulatory elements are flawed. Peng is a fantastic science, he'll be sorely missed at MN as he begins a new position.

I also am thankful for, and miss, a set of people that have recently gone on to new endeavors @pete_crisp @sna8 @taraenders 3/3

I am very thankful for the wonderful people I get to work with on a regular basis - @noshjac @orionzhou @erikalanemag @shanwai1234 @Hashtag_Read @AuthenticZAM @swedishenvy I miss in person interactions 2/n

While 2020 has certainly had some glaring deficiencies there is still much to be thankful for. Thank you to all my colleagues and friends for the kind words the last couple days 1/n

This is a nice study led by @shanwai1234 that shows the variability of TE responses to abiotic stresses in different maize inbreds. Both genetics and epigenetics are important factors. Couldn't have happened without @sna8 @pete_crisp @noshjac @taraenders

Our latest: we use DNA methylation profiles to distill large genomes down to a small fraction of unmethylated regions (UMRs)

I should have included the link - old person twitter issues... https://t.co/qRRf65VGeh

Really nice work led by @noshjac that finds evidence for a subset of TEs that influence regulation of nearby genes. Made possible by great collaborations with @Schmitz_Lab @HirschCandice and many others!

Really nice work led by @noshjac that finds evidence for a subset of TEs that influence regulation of nearby genes. Made possible by great collaborations with @Schmitz_Lab @HirschCandice and many others!

Very nice work on imprinting by @sna8 When you develop new approaches that shine light in the corners you were ignoring sometimes you find some really cool things.