@GEN_ISP_JIC @larsostergaard@JohnInnesCentre@XiaoqiFeng_m It is such a great pleasure to receive this award. Great thanks to GEN_ISP_JIC. Also thanks to Lars for the wonderful free cider!
Delighted to share our new work. We discover a new mechanism of transcription-compatible chromatin condensation, thereby solving a long-standing mystery of how sperm nuclei are condensed in angiosperms. Thanks for RT. Real heroes @Toby_Buttress https://t.co/JdfSWoRnFv
Super excited to share the main findings from my PhD with @XiaoqiFeng_m@JohnInnesCentre where we show that the flowering plant specific histone variant H2B.8 phase separates to compact sperm chromatin without affecting transcription. https://t.co/jkHOQQBoq4
Here’s a thread…
Check out this cool new preprint from our lab - interesting genome occupancy of a H2B variant that condenses sperm! Congratulations to @Toby_Buttress@XiaoqiFeng_m and everyone else involved!
Preprint Alert! Latest from the Slotkin Lab @DanforthCenter. Great work from @MeredithSigman @mccue_andrea @KaushikPanda1. How does epigenetic silencing start? In plants, it’s all about Pol V recruitment. https://t.co/sXq0kWii9S
Maize decrease in DNA methylation 1 targets RNA-directed DNA methylation on active chromatin https://t.co/2g7QJBrnXa surprising and interesting finding that maize DDM1 is found predominantly on euchromatin @ThePlantCell
PSRW July 30 https://t.co/c84Emphbyn
Convergent gene-regulatory networks & plant adaptations; Fleshy “fruits” of gymnosperms; Opinion: Plants have neither synapses nor a nervous system; Nurse cell-derived small RNAs & ♂️ inheritance; Plant prion-like proteins in stress & memory
Really excited to share our preprint! In plants, each pollen grain is a multicellular organism with active transcription from the haploid genome. We asked: When does pollen "come of age" and take over from its diploid parent? https://t.co/FHak8XkTfQ
Germline defense against transposons
@XiaoqiFeng_m@JohnInnesCentre@rm0sher
Nurse cell–derived small RNAs define paternal epigenetic inheritance in Arabidopsis https://t.co/T8cTRzvvoU
Small RNAs on the move in male germ cells https://t.co/Tw7TBKZFIv