Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊

🧬🔬Editing #CitrusGenomes | Fighting HLB 🍊🍋 | Associate Research Scientist in the Irish Lab @Yale, @MCDB_Yale | PhD @ImperialCollege | Master @umontpellier

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

Bonjour!
Let me introduce you to the citrus project🍊🍋 I am part of at #Yale.

The citrus industry faces unprecedented challenges from the spread of the #CitrusGreening disease, #HLB.
This is caused by a bacteria, infecting the tree’s phloem leading to its death ...

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[Yale Postdoctoral Association (YPA) @YalePostdocAsso]

Over the past two months, we’ve collected data on #postdoc compensation through a survey. Today, we’re here to share the results with you — but let’s make it fun! 🎲

Guess the answers:

What percentage of @Yale postdocs are paid below minimum compensation?

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

Florida's citrus production has been in freefall since citrus greening was first detected in 2005.

No cure for this disease that wreaked havoc in citrus orchards. Add to that the damage from hurricanes and the citrus farmers are under immense pressure.
#AllInForCitrus

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

#NewPaper "An efficient multiplex approach to CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in citrus" in @PlantMethods is out!!!

📓 https://t.co/gcUisI0ITJ

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

5️⃣🧬Rapid Gene Editing: #CRISPR/Cas9 is used to introduce mutations in citrus, producing gene-edited plants within three months instead of 9-12 months in tissue culture.

Don't forget to 👍, 🔄 and reach out with any questions!

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

🗞️ Have you seen our latest paper in @FrontiersIn - “Optimization of In Planta Methodology for Genome Editing and Transformation in Citrus”? 🍊 🧬

https://t.co/joFOgv9mxi

Below are 5 key points about this new methodology:
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[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

4️⃣🧫 Efficient Inoculation Techniques (transformation): The AGWC (apical bud cut, growth, wound, and cotton inoculation) and BCTI methods are the most effective, showing high regeneration and transformant shoots.

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

Check out my recorded flash talk on how the Yale Citrus team “Combat the Citrus Greening Disease with Gene Editing” presented at the 2024 @MCDB_Yale Retreat! 🍊

https://t.co/tzJmfwAQ7D

After seeing it, would you come to my poster? Share your thoughts and feedback ⬇️

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

Having some fun in the lab on my special day! 🥳

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

@jmtfeliciano My fav shirt! it def helps convey the message 😂

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

Excited to have attended the 2024 MCDB Departmental Retreat!

I had the opportunity to give a 3-minute flash talk and present a poster on the Yale Citrus project – an amazing experience to share our progress with the department! 🍊

#ScienceRetreat #CitrusResearch #yale

[Yale Postdoctoral Association (YPA) @YalePostdocAsso]

⭐️ Updated event calendar ⭐️

Get ready, Yale postdocs!

National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) is just around the corner. The Yale Postdoctoral Association and the Office for Postdoctoral Affairs have a lineup of exciting events planned for you 🥳

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

The National Postdoc Appreciation Week (#NPAW24 ) is just around the corner!

Check out what the @YalePostdocAsso and OPA have prepared 🙌
@nationalpostdoc
#NPAW

[Yale Postdoctoral Association (YPA) @YalePostdocAsso]

🚀 Get ready, Yale postdocs! National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) is just around the corner, happening from September 16-20! 🎉. Get ready to celebrate your hard work and achievements! #YalePostdocs #NPAW #PostdocAppreciationWeek

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

Great feeling to know your growth room is ready for our heat stress protocol to increase the efficiency of #CRISPR /Cas9 and increase #genomeediting in Citrus.

For the curious one, this is the protocol we follow <https://t.co/92PKThmzlI>

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

🔊 If you are interested in doing your postdoctoral training at #Yale, this link might help you find an opportunity: https://t.co/znt2LwpEWO

Many positions are available in various fields/Departments. Happy job hunting and share this to help others.

#jobsearch #postdoctoral

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

#Publication
Excited to see our paper published on the optimization of in planta transformation to bypass tissue culture and get high regeneration rates and efficient gene editing.

https://t.co/4Hmg668SXt

[Yale Postdoctoral Association (YPA) @YalePostdocAsso]

🚨 Attention: Postdocs reappointed before July 1st are getting paid less than the new minimum! This is not the case among other @Yale staff members. How is this fair?
Please retweet - It’s time to stand together and demand fairness! ✊ #YaleBeFair #FairCompensation @yaledailynews

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

@triplettlr @YalePostdocAsso Thank you 🙏 very excited by this opportunity

[Benoit Mermaz 🇫🇷 🧬🔬🍊 @MermazBe]

Today marks my first day as Co-Chair of the @YalePostdocAsso (YPA)!

Over the past two years, the YPA brought me so much from friendships, and connecting with Postdocs across campus, to the personal growth of my self-confidence and overcoming my fear of public speaking.

[Yale Postdoctoral Association (YPA) @YalePostdocAsso]

🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Benoit Mermaz has been elected as the new YPA Co-Chair alongside Laura Santos! A big thank you to Sudheesh Allikka Parambil, our outgoing Co-Chair – your leadership, dedication, and hard work have been invaluable to the YPA 💐