Dan Koenig

Experimental design of infecting 72 pathogen genotypes on 12 genotypes each of 8 different dicot plants to compare virulence.

Midst of the labs Genetics publish-athon from @ccaseys.bsky.social. Infecting a population on host genotypes spread across 8 dicots we could show that a generalist pathogen has both generalist and specialist genes url:https://academic.oup.com/genetics/article/doi/10.1093/genetics/iyaf079/8158657

New preprint! We investigated the evolution of supergenes and mechanisms underlying distyly in Linum species that diverged ca 33 Mya. 1/8
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Naturally occurring variation in gene-associated transposable elements impacts gene expression and phenotypic diversity in woodland strawberry Transposable elements (TEs) constitute a major portion of plant genomes and play key roles in shaping genome architecture, regulating gene expression, and driving genome evolution. In this study, we g...

Does the smell and flavor of strawberries depend on variations in gene-associated transposons? It seems so! Check out our new preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Plz RP.
The Oomycete Molecular Genetics Network (OMGN) Meeting 2025 is now open for registration!

Join us in Cologne to discuss the latest in oomycete biology, genomics & host interactions.

Saturday 12 July, before MPMI conference

#OMGN2025 #PlantPathology

🔗 omgn2025.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

Ed Buckler awarded the 2025 McClintock Prize in absentia. Two thirds of the room standing by the end of “if you were trained by Ed, stand up. If you were trained by one of those people, stand up. If Ed’s work has shaped your career, stand up.”

Congratulations to the 2025 GSA Award recipients! The Genetics Society of America is pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of its GSA Awards for distinguished service in the field of genetics. The awardees were nominated by their colleagues and sel...

HECK YEAH. Brandon Gaut honored with the GSA mentorship award. Hard to imagine a better mentor. Scientifically I am where I am today in large part thanks to Brandon. But personally too -- he played a pivotal role in multiple major life milestones for my family. genestogenomes.org/congratulati...

Please don’t stop sharing and posting your science because of the current attack on it, it is still valuable and reminds us what the fight is for

this is awesome

Award details Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2025 Entry Ref: 5388 at University of Exeter on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Award details Applying genomic approaches to understand bat population declines, NERC GW4+ DTP PhD studentship for September 2025 Entry Ref: 5388 at University of Exeter, listed on FindA...

📣📣PhD alert📣📣
Come work with me and @orlyrazgour.bsky.social at the Uni of Exeter. Using genomics to understand bat population declines. 🦇🧬🦇 Message us for more details. Link here:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Natural selection drives emergent genetic homogeneity in a century-scale experiment with barley Direct observation is central to our understanding of adaptation, but evolution is rarely documented in a large, multicellular organism for more than a few generations. In this study, we observed evol...

Almost 100 years of a barley common garden experiment involving reciprocal crossing showed a rapid decrease in genetic diversity with around 60% of progeny deriving from a single parent after 50 generations. @evogen.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0038 (24/34)

Happy to be added if it makes sense!

Off to #SMBE2024!!! Looking forward to a week of great science (and 🌮!!!) I’ll be presenting poster #69 on Tues— stop by and say hi!

Check out Josephs lab folks at #Botany2024! Sophie Buysse will be giving poster 145 showing how some commonly used strategies to improve scientific literacy may not be that effective.

The division site localized protein TANGLED1 is recruited from the plant cytokinetic structure via both actin/myosin dependent and independent ways to the cell cortex. Great work from Aimee Uyehara and co-authors! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Sodium azide mutagenesis induces a unique pattern of mutations bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

We've found that the common chemical mutagen sodium azide produces a very specific pattern of mutations in a specific nucleotide context. The 2 nucleotide context limits the types of amino acid changes observed.

We also find small indels are more abundant in treated lines.
doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Our new paper testing long-standing hypotheses on the genetic causes and genomic consequences of distyly breakdown is now out advance access in MBE academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... Thanks to all coauthors! @juanitagutierrezv.bsky.social @panazerv.bsky.social @zopos.bsky.social

Welcome to UCR Sunil!

UCR campus photo with the famous Bell Tower!

My parents - V. Raju and Nagaveni KR

🎉 Thrilled to share that I will join the Dept of Botany and Plant Science at UC Riverside in fall 2024 as Asst Prof of Plant Resilience!
Couldn't have done this without the sacrifices of my parents, family, & the support of mentors Ken Birnbaum @szintri.bsky.social @rebeccaroston.bsky.social...
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New preprint with work led by our bioinformatician Mireia Vidal Villarejo. It analyses the regional diversity of the #maize fungal leaf pathogen Exserohilum turcicum in the Swiss Rhine Valley and interactions with the leaf microbiome using metagenomics.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Interested in evolutionary genomics/population genomics and plant genetics? Want to do your PhD in beautiful Stockholm? We have two 4-year PhD student positions available in my group at Stockholm University. More info, see tanjaslottelab.se Please repost. 1/4

Thinking about postdoctoral research? Think about it in New York, at the NYU Biology Emerging Scholars Symposium. Apply by April 21 for an all-expenses-paid trip to the city and a chance to talk about your science and your ideas for the future. as.nyu.edu/departments/...

Come join us! We have an exciting new opening for an assistant professor in the area of soil science and nutrient management at Colorado State University ! #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky #Agriculture #Soil #Agronomy #Colorado
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/137...

PhD program poster

[Please repost] Looking for a PhD program that goes from molecules to ecosystems? Look no further, and apply to us! I'm offering two projects, on the 1001 Genomes Plus project and on investigating functional diversity in the plant immune system
www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de/8387/detlef-...

This new paper looks super interesting and cool! "Dominance in self-compatibility between subgenomes of allopolyploid Arabidopsis kamchatica shown by transgenic restoration of self-incompatibility" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Looking forward to reading it!

Just under two weeks before we start reviewing applications for our search at UC Riverside for an Assistant Professor focused on understanding plant response to climate change! Apply! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01827

Please re-post! The University of California Riverside is recruiting an assistant professor on the genetics and genomics of 🌾 🍊 🥑 🍇 🍅 🌽 plant resistance to nematode pests. Note: prior experience with nematodes is not necessary! I will be chairing the search: aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01804

Faculty Job: Assistant Professor in Fungal Biology - UC Riverside aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01824
Candidates w/ broad expertise in mycology including host-pathogen interactions, symbiosis biology, metabolism and biotechnology, development/morphology, ecology/climate change, and evolution. 🍄

The maize preligule band is subdivided into distinct domains with contrasting cellular properties pr... Summary: Changes in cell geometry, division orientation and cell wall mechanics underlie maize ligule morphogenesis. The establishment of mechanically distinct epidermal domains coincides with topogra...

Check out our paper on ligule development in the maize leaf 🌽. The ligule forms via directional cell elongation and divisions and dramatic changes in cell wall properties journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

We're hiring! Broad search for two assistant professor positions here at Purdue, one in Biochemistry and one in Botany and Plant Pathology. Come join us!
careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...

So excited to announce our search for an Assistant Professor focused on understanding plant response to climate change! Come join us at UC Riverside aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01827