Bob Schmitz

Epigenomics and Mechanisms of Epigenetics

[Torii Lab @Stomata_Tweets]

🐸🌱Position OPEN in the Torii Lab @ut_mbs @TexasScience @hhmi_science ! We are looking for an enthusiastic, plant propagation, tissue Culture, transformation and genome editing expert to develop emerging Amphibious model system🐸🌱 Apply↓
https://t.co/EZRljvYqKw

[Roeder lab @RoederLab]

Check out our paper in the @PNASNews Special Feature: https://t.co/BXdoXdESVK. We explore how stress induces polyploidy across fungi, plants, and animals, reshaping genomes, cells, and tissues through cell cycle alterations. Great collaboration with @FoxLabNC and @AnnaSelmecki

[Alexandre Marand @Marand_Lab]

Single somatic plant cells have the remarkable potential to dedifferentiate and regenerate entirely new plants. However, the cell states and regulatory dynamics enabling dedifferentiation competence had not been fully explored... dun dun dun ⬇️ (1/12)

https://t.co/bca6Pbt6Mp

[Salk Institute @salkinstitute]

Congratulations to Julie Law, PhD, on her promotion to full professor at Salk! 🎉
Law studies epigenetics—the chemical modifications that regulate DNA activity without changing the genetic code—and how these processes influence development, genome stability, and responses to environmental stress.

Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, her lab has made major discoveries in DNA methylation and recently revealed how transcription factors and DNA sequences can direct new epigenetic patterns, a major conceptual advance in the field.

Her research is helping uncover the fundamental mechanisms that govern genome function while advancing efforts to engineer more resilient crops through Salk’s Harnessing Plants Initiative.
#SalkInstitute #Epigenetics #PlantScience #GenomeBiology #WomenInSTEM

[Joe Ecker @JoeEcker]

Amazing colleague! So well deserved promotion 👏🏼 congrats Julie!

[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @CSHL]

CSHL Professor Dave Jackson is joining the likes of Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, and Stephen Hawking as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

The Royal Society recognizes, promotes, and supports excellence in science and encourages the use of science for the benefit of humanity. 

Bruce Stillman, CSHL President & CEO, congratulates Jackson on this well-deserved election, as his research has progressed humanity's understanding of plant stem cell regeneration.

#InspiringDiscovery #RoyalSociety #PlantBiology #ScienceMakesLifeBetter

[Sunil K. Kenchanmane Raju | ಸುನಿಲ್ ಕೆಂಚನಮನೆ ರಾಜು @Sunil_KumarKR]

🎉Huge congratulations @MaizeMeristem on being elected Fellow of the Royal Society, London!
An incredible and well-deserved honor 🌽

[Caroline Gutjahr @carogutj]

Are you excited about understanding the molecular underpinnings of arbuscular mycorrhiza? Then this PostDoc position may be for you: https://t.co/wbaEKfW9s0

[Molecular Plant & Plant Communications @MPlantPCom]

RSPS2026 | Finalist: Dr. Ben P. Williams | Presentation: Jun 2 15:00-15:30 (GMT) | DNA methylation dynamics in plant development and aging | FREE to Watch the Live Streaming via YouTube (https://t.co/A7Rk8uFiWQ) / WeChat (MolPlant Channel)

[SoyBase.org @SoyBaseDatabase]

Did you know that SoyBase was once distributed to researchers on CDs?  Learn about this and other SoyBase historical information in the new blog post.

https://t.co/gt6ljLkjfL
#historical #Genomics #Soybean

[Joe Ecker @JoeEcker]

Terrific work led by @TrALEE_Sci on a problem my lab initiated 3 decades ago! We only now have the tools to address the complexity of a standing wave of growth cell by cell!

[Travis Lee @TrALEE_Sci]

How do cells break symmetry to generate new shape and form? Using the apical hook as a model, we @JoeEcker applied spatial and single-cell multiomics, and identify a regulatory hotspot in a transient cell niche that drives this U-shaped structure 1/8

https://t.co/1aYkTheBZ8

[Nature Plants @NaturePlants]

New OA Resource: "A transcriptional atlas of early Arabidopsis seed development suggests mechanisms for inter-tissue coordination" https://t.co/JedqigbwLr

Single-nucleus RNAseq profiling of early Arabidopsis seed development.

[PlantCellAtlas.bsky.social @CellAtlas]

The Application deadline for the SynBio Hackathon has been EXTENDED until June 8, 2026!

Apply Now Here: https://t.co/Di9HzVpsHb

*Participants will be reimbursed up to $800 for travel and lodging costs.

[Taiji Kawakatsu @Kawakatsu_Lab]

New collaborative work just published @ThePlantJournal ! Congrats to Ahsen-san, Fukai-san and the team!

Differential regulation of heterochromatin and euchromatin by GmDDM1 during seed development ensures seedling viability in soybean https://t.co/L6MH084Pq7

[Molecular Plant & Plant Communications @MPlantPCom]

Rising Stars in Plant Sciences 2026 (RSPS2026) | Finalist Oral Presentation Contest | Jun 2 12:55-15:30 & Jun 3 13:00-15:35 (GMT/UTC) | FREE to Watch the Live Streaming via YouTube (https://t.co/A7Rk8uFiWQ) or WeChat (MolPlant Channel)

[Danve Castroverde @DanveC]

A multiomics atlas of the Arabidopsis nuclear envelope

https://t.co/yVtlx1Vhwm

[Alonso-Stepanova Lab @AlonsoStepanova]

@AlonsoStepanova
It has been a great start to the summer in the Alonso-Stepanova lab. First, Jose was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and just yesterday, Anna was appointed as a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor. Two great honors for our lab.

[Tauras Vilgalys @TaurVil]

My lab is looking for a lab manager/technician!

The successful candidate will help us study host-pathogen evolution using functional genomics and ex vivo infection experiments.

Please share broadly and send any candidates my way!

https://t.co/peZWsluhfZ

[UGA Agricultural & Environmental Sciences @UGA_CollegeofAg]

For over 21 years, CAES has hosted the prestigious E. Broadus Browne Research Awards, recognizing top graduate research at @universityofga.

This year's honorees are doctoral candidates Qian Feng and Lucas Goncalves and master's student Skye Remko.

🔗 https://t.co/Y0KauzyAMV