Excited to share our now @newphyt.bsky.social paper on the Genetic Basis of Microbiome Recruitment in Grapevine - a cool collaboration with @cantulab.bsky.social! 🍇🦠🧬 ➡️ doi.org/10.1111/nph.... Here are some highlights: 🧵

GrepeGenomics @grapegenomics.bsky.social and #Grapedia are now integrated via orthology between #CabernetSauvignon and #PN40024: a brand new synteny viewer and direct links to orthologs in the PN40024 gene catalogue hosted on #PlantaeViz by @jtmatus.bsky.social

Some months later, work is now published @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Evolutionary conservation of the grape sex-determining region in angiosperms and emergence of dioecy in Vitaceae - Nature Communications

Domesticated grapevine produces hermaphroditic flowers, while other Vitis species are dioecious. The authors report that the Vitis sex-determining region contains flowering-related genes conserved acr...

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Dario Cantù@cantulab.bsky.social · 2y ago

New preprint from the lab biorxiv.org/content/10.1... describing the conservation of the grape sex determining region (SDR) across angiosperm genomes and detailed history within Vitaceae leading to dioecy in Vitis and Muscadinia. Collaboration with

Fresh from the lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... We describe long-term conservation of haplotype-specific methylation patterns in clonal lineages, resolving mapping bias, collapsed haplotypes, and structural variation using a novel phased, graph-based approach.

Phased epigenomics and methylation inheritance in a historical Vitis vinifera hybrid

Epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation, regulate transcription and influence key biological traits. While many efforts were made to understand their stability in annual crops, their long-te...

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Congrats to all elected as new fellows of AAAS including from @ucdavis.bsky.social: Dawn Sumner, Dario Cantù, Huaijun Zhou, Frederic Chedin, Stephanie Hampton, Raissa M. D'Souza, Simona Ghetti, and Alexander Aue.

New faculty job at UC Davis! We are recruiting an Assistant Professor of Applied Viticulture, based at the Oakville research station in the heart of Napa Valley. A dream job for anyone passionate about viticulture and industry outreach. Apply by March 15. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06900

Assistant Professor of Applied Viticulture

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Applications for the Assistant Professor of Sensory Science are open until January 15. Sensory scientists, apply on time! No prior experience in wine is required. Please share widely. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06782

Assistant Professor of Sensory Science

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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🍇 Dario Cantu, Mélanie Massonnet and Noé Cochetel collaborated on ways wild grape #genomics unlocks climate resilience for viticulture. Advances in pangenomics & haplotype analysis reveal traits for disease resistance, adaptability, & sustainability. ▶️ www.cell.com/trends/genet... #ClimateAdaptation

The wild side of grape genomics

With broad genetic diversity and as a source of key agronomic traits, wild grape species (Vitis spp.) are crucial to enhance viticulture’s climatic resilience and sustainability. This review discusses how recent breakthroughs in the genome assembly and analysis of wild grape species have led to discoveries on grape evolution, from wild species’ adaptation to environmental stress to grape domestication. We detail how diploid chromosome-scale genomes from wild Vitis spp. have enabled the identification of candidate disease-resistance and flower sex determination genes and the creation of the first Vitis graph-based pangenome. Finally, we explore how wild grape genomics can impact grape research and viticulture, including aspects such as data sharing, the development of functional genomics tools, and the acceleration of genetic improvement.

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Happy to share the final program for the Grape Genomics Workshop #PAG32 (aka Grape Genome Initiative) 🍇 An exceptional lineup of international speakers covering genome editing, genomic selection, epigenomics, and gene regulatory networks. plan.core-apps.com/pag32/event/...

Grapegenomics is now live on BlueSky, all the news related to grapegenomics.com will be posted here. Follow to stay up to date on new grape, pathogen, and pest data!

New preprint from the lab biorxiv.org/content/10.1... describing the conservation of the grape sex determining region (SDR) across angiosperm genomes and detailed history within Vitaceae leading to dioecy in Vitis and Muscadinia. Collaboration with

Evolutionary history of the grape sex-determining region in angiosperms and emergence of dioecy in Vitaceae

Dioecy, defined by the presence of either female or male flowers on separate individual plants, is rare in angiosperms. However, it has independently evolved multiple times from hermaphroditic ancesto...

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