Is plant genome research program disappearing? Multiple people have told me through grapevine or rumor PGRP will be sunset very soon.

Doing a meta study right now looking for long read data from over 3000 published studies and about 500 of them dont have the actual long read data available. Im manually doing this so theres some error but this is kind of high ish number to me.

I'm looking to hire a postdoc. Please share if you can!

A nice write-up on the latest paper from my lab: news.ku.edu/news/article... More commentary to come! #PlantBiology #Drought #Corn #Maize #Microbiome #PlantScience #SoilHealth #PlantHealth

New study explores ‘legacy effects’ of soil microbes on plants across Kansas

Click for more on research in Nature Microbiology

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Excited to share a new method developed from my group thats published at Genome Biology. This was an amazing effort by my grad student Linh @linhngk.bsky.social. We developed Topsicle, a method that analyzes long read data for telomere analysis and length measuring. doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Topsicle: a method for estimating telomere length from whole genome long-read sequencing data - Genome Biology

Telomeres protect chromosome ends and their length varies significantly between organisms. Because telomere length variation is associated with various biomedical and eco-evolutionary phenotypes, many...

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Our latest paper is out: rdcu.be/ev6Ym — one of my favorite projects. It began about 8 years ago when Nobel laureate Torsten Wiesel asked me: what transcription factors regulate new genes? I had no idea then. Now we have some answers.

Gene regulatory networks and essential transcription factors for de novo-originated genes

Nature Ecology & Evolution - A combination of computational methods applied to single-cell RNA sequencing data and genetic experiments shows that a small number of transcription factors are...

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I'm very excited to share a new method my grad student @linhngk.bsky.social and I have developed. Here's Topsicle a new computational method for analyzing long read sequencing data and estimate telomere length. Please see our preprint or this thread for detail! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Topsicle: a method for estimating telomere length from whole genome long-read sequencing data

Telomeres protect chromosome ends and its length varies significantly between organisms. Because telomere length variation is associated with various biomedical and eco-evolutionary phenotypes, many b...

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I'd like to share a new method my grad student Linh and I have been developing called Topsicle. Do you have long read sequencing data and wondered what the telomere length of your organism is? If you're wondering then Topsicle is the tool for you! github.com/jaeyoungchoi...

GitHub - jaeyoungchoilab/Topsicle: Topsicle utilizes abundance of telomere pattern k-mers to estimate telomere length in long read.

Topsicle utilizes abundance of telomere pattern k-mers to estimate telomere length in long read. - jaeyoungchoilab/Topsicle

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My group is at #Evol2025 to present everything about telomere evolution! Surbhi Sat 11:15 will present Mimulus telomere molecular evolution Linh Sat 12:00 will present Mimulus pangenome and telomeres Joyce Sat poster board A7 is here as Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution Please join us!

I'm very excited to share the first research paper from my lab! My postdoc Surbhi led this amazing study. We combined genomics, evolution, and biochemistry to explain how telomeres evolved in monkeyflowers. If you're into unusual chromosome evolution please read! @plos.org tinyurl.com/bdeku44x

Monkeyflower (Mimulus) uncovers the evolutionary basis of the eukaryote telomere sequence variation

Author summary One of the most fascinating phenomena in evolutionary biology is the rapid evolution of molecular complexes with conserved functions across the tree of life. Studying these complexes ha...

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I am excited to announce that registration and abstract submission is now open for Forest Genetics 2025 – ‘Harnessing Genetic Diversity for Resilient Forests’. Join us in State College, Pennsylvania from June 23-27, 2025 - all are welcome! forestgeneticsconference2025.com #forestgenetics2025

Are you interested in a postdoc with both research and teaching? Please consider the NIH IRACDA fellowship at KU iracda.ku.edu. If interested I can sponsor especially if you're a plant biologist or evo biologist. Eligibility is limited to US citizen or PR. Please share!

My lab is looking for a postdoctoral scholar. See image or t.co/bdIxT8eE6n If you're a plant geneticist or mol biologist and appreciate the wonders of evolution this is a position for you. We can teach dry lab or genomics so plz consider if you want to learn a new skill!