Grant Godden

Plant Systematics, Evolutionary Genomics, and Research Computing

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Check out our new review discussing the impacts of genomics on plant specialized metabolism research. https://t.co/clFGYbd1So

[Cobus Smit @CobusSmit21]

Happy to share our chromosome level genomes for Drepanocaryum sewerzowii and Marmoritis complanata, two new assemblies within the Nepetinae and related to catnip.
https://t.co/tXNQ8BIVuJ
@GrantGodden @danieljeffares @LabRat_C @LichmanLab

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@ry_folk Welcome back!

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@meriania @ncellinese 😂 Exactly!

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Today @ncellinese and I rolled out the first phylogenomic results for our collaborative project on North American Lobelia. Exciting stuff! But can you believe we are still taping pages together to visualize large trees in 2023?

[Cobus Smit @CobusSmit21]

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What is the origin and role of plant biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) in the evolution specialised metabolism? We investigate this in our @MPlantPCom paper on monoterpenoid biosynthesis in Schizonepeta tenuifolia (Japanese catnip).
https://t.co/UXr6g028YT

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@AngiosSusana @americanacad @UNAM_MX @ib_unam @systbiol Congratulations! A well deserved honor.

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@m_gitz @FLStateParks It was completely clogged with invasive Eichhornia when I was last there. You can see the water again!

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This was in the last Lobelia sample I loaded in the 96-well plate. What a great way to end!

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@MaribethLatvis A bunch of old men rambling on about their egos and record of service.

[Florida Museum @FloridaMuseum]

Three @NSF grants will fuel discoveries & global partnerships at the Florida Museum herbarium, the state's oldest & largest plant collection. New findings will shed light on the evolutionary & ecological factors that shaped modern plant diversity.

Story: https://t.co/08V4Y8BZUd

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@ymilesz Congrats!

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Postcard from the field. Lobelia canbyi says hello.

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@AllieCoCoSci @OilExTech Nice video!

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Generation of a chromosome-scale genome assembly of the insect-repellent terpenoid-producing Lamiaceae species, Callicarpa americana | GigaScience | Oxford Academic https://t.co/PzaUBGkJ3b

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@prather_alan So sorry to hear this news, Alan. I wish I would have had the opportunity to know him better. But I certainly will never forget when he asked me if I was French.

[Science Advances @ScienceAdvances]

Scientists have traced the evolution of the cat-attracting chemicals in catnip, revealing new insights about how individual enzymes evolve and how genomes organize themselves. https://t.co/kZrFgDl6If

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[Lichman Lab @LichmanLab]

How a mint turned into catmint! 🌱🐱
https://t.co/q4HHWwPpzs