thomas wicker

Researcher on transposable elements and genome evolution. Happily married to the most patient wife in the world and proud father of two daughters. Hobby artist.

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

Great news: our article on the analysis of 76 barley genomes has just been published

https://t.co/ZHCLzTzsRH

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

we are Xcited 🙃 that our paper on wheat introgressions has finally been published in @TheorApplGenet
https://t.co/Q4tucIEAno

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

we are happy that we finally got our #Einkorn #Wheat centromere analysis published in @MobDNAjournal .

https://t.co/45TQG4hN3j

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

@roulinlab @UZH_en @agroscope @SamWuest1 I wish you and your family all the best. it was great to have you around and you will be missed.

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

@genomerambler @ilyavkirov That is a good point, I will add them

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

Having a great time at #ICTE2024 . I finally took some time to summarize the complicated reverse transcription of #LTR_retrotransposons in cartoon format. Let me know if there are major errors and feel free to use it for teaching or for bedtime reading

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

@PietroSpanu Hi Pietro, sorry, I only have it as JPG or PDF.

[Matthias Heuberger @TransposonTamer]

Very grateful to have been able to contribute to this collaborative effort with 28 authors. We show e.g. that two LTR retrotransposon families preferentially insert in einkorn centromeres, contributing to their dynamic evolution. @thomaswicker314
https://t.co/6KyDQWyWDu

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

We had the pleasure to be part of the Einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum) genome project.
We analyzed for the first time fully assembled wheat centromeres and found that LTR retrotransposons are the main components that drive their dynamic evolution.
https://t.co/gGZKBSggn7

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

Good news! I recently got funding for 2 PhD positions to do research on transposable element evolution. If you are interested or know someone who might be, please contact me (best by email).

[Kentaro K. Shimizu 清水健太郎 @kkshimizu1]

Open postdoc position in my group at the University of Zurich. People interested in evolutionary genomics as well as machine learning are welcome. Let us study the mystery of polyploid robustness. @UZH_Evolution #postdoc #polyploidy #wheat #Arabidopsis
https://t.co/piS2UgmuXv

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

Great news: Nature Communications has highlighted our recent paper on Powdery mildew as one of the 50 best papers recently published in the area of microbiology and infectious diseases.
https://t.co/TLIavxYL5N
https://t.co/Pk3NQbfsI1

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

A song about and for TE nerds
pi square repeat man https://t.co/PLvnXvwoZF via @YouTube

[thomas wicker @thomaswicker314]

@alexsoti_92, our colleagues and I just published a paper reporting the spread of wheat powdery mildew across the world in historical times. Mildew spread through human migration and trade and locally adapted through hybridization.
@NatureComms
https://t.co/Pk3NQbfsI1