Joel Malek

[Muriel Gros-Balthazard 🌴🧬🏺 @muriel_grosb]

🌴Uncovering 3000 years of date palm cultivation in the Sahara! Our latest research delves into the spread and evolution of the iconic crop of oasis agroecosystems. Kudos to the team, esp. @KaczmarekThoma1! https://t.co/rggvgSrK1i #DatePalm #Dynadiv @HoloceneJ #Archaeobotany

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

Multiple regions of the genome were found associated with these color differences. For the future: what is the biology behind these regions? can candidate genes be further pinpointed? Can we start using this information in breeding programs?

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

What determines dried fruit color in date palm? https://t.co/bFykwO5UB3
Work by Shameem Younuskunju and our group shows that there are genetic associations beyond just the red and yellow fresh date palm fruit color. #datepalm #Phoenixdactylifera #datefruit

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

By sequencing the genomes and analyzing images of almost 200 date palm fruit varieties we found there are other genetic factors associated with how light or dark dried (tamar) date fruit are. These fruit are all yellow when fresh but clearly quite different when dry.

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

#datepalm #Phoenixdactylifera

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

8/8 Early flowering = early harvest as long as the weather is good but can we use this to spread the harvest out even more across the year? Do other varieties have different ABA patterns?

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

1/8 Can we get date palm fruit to ripen sooner? Nice work by Harpaz-Saad group looking at control of date palm fruit ripening. https://t.co/j8jt6p4ywS #medjool #datepalm #Phoenixdactylifera #datefruit

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

6. Among other effects, apparently the treated fruit was also darker and smoother

[the science of nectar @nectaromania]

January post on date palms:

Depending on the weather, around mid- to late January, the flowers from date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) will start to bloom in the Coachella Valley in California.

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#datepalm #phoenixdactylifera #arecales

[Claire Sale - Ajanabia fi Saudia @ClaireSale]

Now listening to Joel Malek, Director of Genetics @WeillCornell - there is a wide diversity of date palms! They are studying #dategenomes to see how dates grow, behave, & how they impact #humanhealth. The info will assist in #datepalm breeding.

#krow23 #kaustresearch #datepalms

[Carolyn Unck @CarolynUnck]

Joel Malek @desertGenomics from @WCMQatar describes his genomic work with palm trees to find that dates from different regions have a different effect on human health during #KAUSTResearch @kaustcda

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

@ewanbirney @arambaut @Nicola_De_Maio @EBIgoldman @pathogenomenick We've used capture based illumina sequencing so can remove PCR duplicates and still see it near 100% frequency in our strains. If its an error I suspect RT

[Joel Malek @desertGenomics]

@ksuhre Celebrity cats probably can crowdfund better than most people but I'm ready to be surprised!