Gautam Shirsekar

Plant pathologist | Genomics | Coevolution | Wild plant pathosystems | Weigelworld, Max Planck Institute for Biology | Asst. Prof. at the University of Tennesse

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

Today is Labor Day in USA and we decided to release the results of our labor and rigor on NLR evolution as a preprint. Pangenomic context reveals the extent of intraspecific plant NLR evolution.

[UT Entomology & Plant Pathology @epp_tn]

Congratulations to Anugya Bhattarai on receiving the 2025 Steven C. Nelson Early Career Development Fellowship from @plantdisease. With support from APS, Anugya will visit study how robotic tools and deep learning can help identify wild grapes resistant to downy mildew. #epptn

[UT Entomology & Plant Pathology @epp_tn]

Recent @UT_Herbert graduate Rachel Carpenter used her HERO internship to gain hands-on experience. She now works as a research technician for the CoEvolution Lab, where she channels her lifelong passion for science. #epptn @UTIAg @UTKnoxville
Learn More: https://t.co/CXV6N4UtCZ

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

@ESPM_Berkeley @UCBerkeley @alexzebra321 @MonicaDonegan3 Amazing work!! Congratulations @alexzebra321

[Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy & Mngmt @ESPM_Berkeley]

Researchers from the @UCBerkeley lab of Professor Rodrigo Almeida used bacterial DNA from a 120-year-old herbarium specimen to reconstruct the history of how Pierce’s disease—which causes more than $100 million in losses a year—spread across California. https://t.co/jsSaIv9EU6

[Ignacio Rubio Somoza @I_Rubio_Somoza]

How did I miss this one https://t.co/8rHN2frcqD maybe is time to reconsider talking about Growth-defense trade-offs and start considering changes in growth and life history traits as part of defense mechanisms. Our results https://t.co/aViwWNQndW and https://t.co/tSOqsRDfAg

[Dr. Denita Hadziabdic Guerry @TreeHealthDoc]

“Direct from Nature” brought together an #ecologist, Dana Warren, #forest #pathologist, David Shaw, and #art #historian, Harper Loeb-great presentation focusing on how 19th century landscape paintings can provide insights into environmental changes in eastern forests.

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

Sampling location

[Jessica Budke PhD 🥼🌱🔬 @MossPlants]

The Budke Lab @UTK_EEB is recruiting #PhD students to start fall 2025. Applications due Dec 1. Check out our lab website to see if your research interests are a good fit https://t.co/0WKkz4r2GY & then reach out via email. Please RT & thanks! #gradschool #phdjourney

[Damon Lisch @DamonLisch]

This is a great resource! I use some of these as examples of how to write a beautifully crafted proposal in my writing class.

[Ksenia Krasileva @kseniakrasileva]

Evolution in overdrive of plant immune receptors - population level view
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[UT Entomology & Plant Pathology @epp_tn]

Do we have to choose between chocolate and biodiversity? @UTIAg researchers received a $120,000 grant from @USDA_NIFA to find out. Led by graduate student Holly Brabazon, the team is studying wild cacao trees in Belize to promote sustainable farming.#epptn https://t.co/3CEfOs5bAs

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

@I_Rubio_Somoza Couldn't agree more!!!!

[Ignacio Rubio Somoza @I_Rubio_Somoza]

Greatly recommended!, amazing supervisor, exciting science and ensured fun. What are you waiting to apply??!!!

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

@ADSteinbrenner and that ADR2 diversification is contained within a neighborhood by different processes

[Hajk-Georg Drost @HajkDrost]

How do you quantify the natural variation of plant immunity?

Thrilled to announce the preprint publication of our superb collaboration effort led by @gaushi, @PlantEvolution, Luisa Teasdale, and Kevin Murray on inferring NLR biodiversity across natural Arabidopsis accessions. 🌱

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

@hendersi @aconga7 @HajkDrost @PlantEvolution Thanks Ian!! @hendersi , Comments are welcome :)

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

Today is Labor Day in USA and we decided to release the results of our labor and rigor on NLR evolution as a preprint. Pangenomic context reveals the extent of intraspecific plant NLR evolution.

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

@Hashtag_Read Thanks! Anchors+AS...Cool Idea!!!

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

@Rootstrapping Close to the East Coast in Bioinfo https://t.co/fqwQOmesw1

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

Are you intrigued? Here is our work by Luisa, Kevin, Max, @aconga7, Theresa, Leon, Justina, Christa, Oliver, Joffrey, Regina, Rosanne, @HajkDrost @PlantEvolution https://t.co/QRPojjWZ1Y

[Gautam Shirsekar @gaushi]

Neighborhoods "expand" & "contract" in accessions and offer a richer picture of NLR evolution in (genomic) space and (evolutionary) time. Why does it matter? Because, NLRs didn't just fell out of a 🌴, they exist in the context of all in which they live and what came before them