My department has a tenure-track position at the Associate Professor level. Investigators addressing fundamentally important biological questions in *any area* of Molecular Genetics are encouraged to apply. Application period closes October 15, 2025. https://t.co/recm13F9VC
Excited to share that the Zhu Lab will officially open at Texas A&M University on August 1st, 2025! Actively recruiting!
Postdoc Advertisement: https://t.co/t46QyUqq46
We’ll be hosting the Bioinformatics Summer Workshop from August 11–15. The workshop is completely free and held 100% online. If you are interested, please go ahead and register: https://t.co/rRUEtXLLQZ
I want to share our latest work on a forward simulation framework on transposable element evolution. The TE Evolution Simulation Suite, or TESS, contains three components that can simulate many scenarios of genome evolution under the impact of TEs.
TESS: A Forward Simulation Framework for Studying the Role of Transposable Elements in Genome Expansion and Contraction https://t.co/kzGdBWUkBu #biorxiv_bioinfo
TESS is an open-source package developed by Dr. Chris Benson (@OhioState ), Dr. Ting-Hsuan Chen (@plantandfood) & Mr. Tianyu Lu (@OhioState Senior UG). The study is conceived with Drs. Susan Thomson and Cecilia Deng (@plantandfood). Please try it out! https://t.co/IRU6rT5SVv /n
Using TESS and parameter sweep, we were able to approximate the TE dynamics of these three rust fungus genomes, revealing the two-stage evolution of myrtle rust (A. psidii), with a long-lasting genome expansion transitioned to aggressive contraction ~1.2 million generations ago.
A three year postdoctoral position is available in my group, investigating plant centromere structure, function and evolution @plantsci
https://t.co/mW072iZPGz