MaizeCODE reveals bi-directionally expressed enhancers that harbor molecular signatures of maize domestication. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

An atlas of Brachypodium distachyon lateral root development biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

An effective and safe maize seed chipping protocol using clipping pliers with applications in small-scale genotyping and ... biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_plants

The auxin efflux carrier PIN1a regulates vascular patterning in cereal roots Fusi et al. 📖 ow.ly/gpza50RoOiW

Thanks to Carnegie Plants and Kathy Barton for hosting me during the production of the root PIN imaging!

A tasty red-fleshed #Apples that has high levels of expression of MYB10 gene #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics

As the next phase of commercializing our leafy greens in North America, we’re excited to enter into a licensing agreement with Bayer | Crop Science to expand the CRISPR food market and carry our first consumer product forward! hubs.li/Q02yB0mG0

We are thrilled to share that we have developed the world's first seedless blackberry! Click through to learn more: hubs.li/Q02zr5_w0

Semantic is important while writing manuscript. This Nature Plants review article is a good resource for lab journal club. Guidelines for naming and studying plasma membrane domains in plants nature.com/articles/s4147…

I'm hiring a lab manager/tech! Let's team up to connect plant development with the tools to engineer it with gene editing. Contact me for more info and apply below! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/145913 #PlantSciJobs #PlantSci #SciJobs

Favorite genes wait in line!

#LatestIssue cover: Vascular patterning phenotype of young barley roots with altered PIN activity. Radial cross sections were obtained by vibratome sectioning, cleared using the ClearSee method, and stained. Courtesy of Riccardo Fusi. 📖 See Fusi et al.: doi.org/10.1111/nph.19…

Discovered miR396 as a barrier to shoot regeneration in tomato crops. Suppressing miR396 boosts regeneration rates, facilitating gene-editing in low-efficiency genotypes. #CropGeneticEngineering Oxford Journals Details:doi.org/10.1093/hr/uha…

It’s great to be back at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) to visit old friends, old seeds, and old buildings, but also to share some new data from Pairwise ! Let’s edit development!

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‼️ New Date for the 2025 FASEB SRC "Mechanisms of Plant Development". 📅August 24th - 29th 2025 📍Southbridge (MA) 🇺🇸 New! Contribute the image of the conference poster 😎🌿🌱 ❓Details and signup for updates ➡️mailchi.mp/1f0412e00ebe/v…… Plz retweet! 🙏🏼

The requisite “we are getting a new awesome instrument” post! Leica Stellaris 5 going in. Thanks to CSU Department of Biology and CSU College of Natural Sciences for this great resource, and to the CSU MAOI! moai.colostate.edu

Paradoxes lingering around our lab ever since we started working on CLE peptide signaling finally resolved, genetically 🫛🫛🫛🥕: One type of CLE signaling must be dialed down so that another type can drive root phloem initiation and differentiation! ⚖️ nature.com/articles/s4147…