Kevin

Just a plant molecular biologist with special interest in metabolism and gene regulation. Also, big time basketball player.

[Daniel Jones @Dsjones552]

@thecapitulab is hiring! Looking for a Postdoc to work on this @NSF funded project studying capitulum development @AuburnU. The work involves really cool developmental transcriptomics of diverse species while diving deeper with functional genetics. Reach out with questions! 🌻

[The Busta Lab @PlantsRChemists]

#PhytochemTalks Fall 2022 is fully charged up and ready to go! Seven speakers from three different continents, one every other Friday starting next Friday, Sept 9th, at 12PM EST. For more info/registration: https://t.co/mDX8BqwPZX. Happy #PhytochemicalFriday!

[Ryan Nett @rnett42]

Some rhizobia (nitrogen-fixing, bacterial symbionts of legumes) can produce the plant hormone gibberellin. In this paper, we describe how this affects nodulation phenotypes in soybean, and potentially the fitness of the rhizobial symbionts.
https://t.co/Addd964q4N

[Boas Pucker @boas_pucker]

Engineered anthocyanin biosynthesis allows modulation of tomato fruit colours ranging from 'Crimson' over 'Magenta' to 'Indigo' #FlavonoidFriday (details: https://t.co/kYnzyeKax4)

[Alex Harkess @aeharkess]

JOB ALERT: The Harkess lab at @AuburnAg and @hudsonalpha is recruiting a post-doc in comparative genomics of plant sex chromosomes, and/or duckweed genomics.

[Ryan Nett @rnett42]

Happy to share our latest work in elucidating and engineering a full biosynthetic pathway for colchicine, a plant alkaloid used historically to treat inflammation https://t.co/ichVdRPW2G

[Daniel Jones @Dsjones552]

Interested in floral development and evolution? @thecapitulab is actively looking for graduate students to start in Fall 2022! Come work with us at @AuburnU, using comparative genomics and genetics to study the coolest plants, the Asteraceae! 🌻 Email for more info #newPI RT pls!

[Kevin @kpot12]

@LarryMattYork Rice, Arabidopsis, watermelon, cucumber, canola, stevia, banana, chickpea

[Ryan Nett @rnett42]

Our new paper describing biosynthesis of huperzine A (a neuroactive plant alkaloid) just came out! https://t.co/FPb6d2sKdP

[Gregory Copenhaver @copenhaverlab]

Here's a picture of my buddy Joe Kieber (from @UNC_Biology, @unccollege and @UNC) who just found out he's been elected to the National Academy of Sciences @NationalAcad
Congratulations Joe!
https://t.co/VWszbuD1Cl

[Kevin @kpot12]

Congrats Daniel! Auburn got a good one!

[Daniel Jones @Dsjones552]

Excited to share that I’ve accepted a position @AuburnU as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences beginning this fall! Can’t wait to kick off the lab where we will be working on floral development in the sunflower family! #WarEagle

[Kelly Dawe @corncolors]

The maize NAM genomes project is finished! Visit https://t.co/W6enltarnG for genes, transposons, repeats, centromeres, methylomes and ATAC-seq. Supported by NSF-1744001, w/ @mbhufford, Doreen Ware, @HirschCandice, @agentindeed, and many others https://t.co/yjNzaV9G9n

[Elo Life Systems @EloLifeSystems]

Today we announced the publication of the most-detailed Vanilla genome in Nature Food. This work provides critical genomic resources for vanilla production that will improve the livelihoods of small-scale vanilla farmers and build resilient supply chains. https://t.co/pXIXAtnjpS

[Hardtke Lab 🇨🇭 @hardtke_lab]

CLAVATA peptide signaling buffers flower formation against temperature variation by regulating auxin biosynthesis. Some beautiful work by Zack Nimchuk’s lab:
https://t.co/p49ULPjaO6

[Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis]

CLAVATA Signaling Ensures Reproductive Development in Plants across Thermal Environments @CurrentBiology from Zack Nimchuk's lab
https://t.co/xZD8h1296Q

Movie: Time-Lapse of Flower Termination and Recovery in crn

[Kevin @kpot12]

Check it out! New insights into how CLAVATA signaling integrates with other networks to regulate flower development! Congrats @Dsjones552!

[Daniel Jones @Dsjones552]

Very excited to share my latest paper out today in Current Biology!https://t.co/hpmeMpr2P1

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”

[Bob Schmitz @Schmitz_Lab]

A cis-regulatory atlas in maize at single-cell resolution https://t.co/406cEQGK8S by @alex_marand

[Elo Life Systems @EloLifeSystems]

We are hiring for Vice President, Technology and Products. Apply now at https://t.co/0qYF9UaE6a

[Kevin @kpot12]

Incredibly excited to share that our team at @EloLifeSystems is partnering with Dole Foods to save the banana!

https://t.co/4gk26qzrFt