PhD Candidate studying “jumping genes” in maize 🌽 | Hirsch Lab | Bioinformatics & Genomics | she/her
Minnesota, USA
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New Resource: "Transposon proliferation drives genome architecture and regulatory evolution in wild and domesticated peppers" rdcu.be/d7YSt
11 genomes of wild and domesticated pepper: transposable elements have shaped the evolution of genome structure.
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A genetic element aka a transposable element. Just say it ffs!! 😜🐒
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Swiftie maize geneticist + watercolor paints + time off = Corn (Taylor's Version)
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Very excited for #PAG31 this weekend! Looking forward to connecting with people & hearing about all of the awesome research everyone is doing. I'll be giving a talk on TEs & detecting new insertions with short-reads this Saturday (1/13) at 4:40 PM in the TE session. Stop by! 😁🌽
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“…the Mu promoter often provides gene expression levels and patterns that are similar to the wild-type gene.” Fascinating how this notoriously mutagenic TE has actually evolved to be relatively benign.
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How do LINE family retrotransposons jump around?
Can we reprogram retrotransposons?
What does this have to do with Rum and Raisin?
Answers here and below!
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MGM 2023. “Transposons - the important part of the genome!” @DamonLisch A classic line.
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Hey #MGM2023, come and check out our method for detecting TE presence/absence in a maize diversity panel at poster 224. @emjosephs, Adrian Platts, and with collaboration with @ManishaMuna and @SpringerNathan.
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We found an epigenetic clock in plants! Some DNA methylation changes possess a clock-like behavior. This "epimutation-clock" is orders of magnitude faster than DNA-based clocks and enables phylogenetic explorations on a scale of years to centuries. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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On my way to #MGM2023, excited to meet and talk with folks -- I'll be talking Saturday at 7:20 PM about our work looking at how TEs contribute to structural variation in inbred maize lines 🌽🌽
ALT Screenshot of a title slide reading "Analysis of Transposable Elements and Structural Variation in Maize Genomes Reveals Genome Contraction Outpaces Expansion"
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Relatedly, check out these awesome posters by @Hashtag_Read , @ClaireCodes, and @NathanSCatlin building upon this work!
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🚨 We've got a new preprint out 🚨 - We developed a series of logical frameworks for analyzing how transposable element content contributes to structural variation (SV) within maize 🌽🧬🌽. How'd we do this + what did we find?? - 1/11
Combined analysis of transposable elements and structural variation in maize genomes reveals genome contraction outpaces expansion biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #bioRxiv
An incredible week spent at CIMMYT headquarters in Texcoco, Mexico. We all learned a ton on how a first-class international organization coordinates the wheat breeding, pathology and genetics it takes to feed the world. 🌾Thanks again for hosting us!
More highlights from last weeks @UMNplantbreed study abroad trip to @CIMMYT 🇲🇽
A range of activities with the team including a hands-on visit to our wheat & maize activities at Centro Experimental Sanjaya Rajaram in Toluca.
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Last week @CIMMYT we had the pleasure of welcoming a group of graduate students @UMNplantbreed for a study abroad trip. Fantastic to meet & interact with this engaged & enthusiastic group of future crop science leaders! Thanks @_mbbanting @ClaireCodes @burnsmj7 @coop0409
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If you're free at 3:30pm, come and check out how we are detecting TE presence/absence in a maize diversity panel at poster #969. @emjosephs, Adrian Platts, and with collaboration with @ManishaMuna and @SpringerNathan. #PAG30
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I'm going to be at #PAG30 this weekend! Looking forward to connecting with folks + hearing about all of the awesome research everyone is doing. If you're interested in TEs + structural variation in maize, swing by my talk this Saturday (1/14) at 6:40 PM in the TE session! 🌽🧬🌽
ALT Slide titled "Transposable Element Copy Number Evolution Contributes to Dynamic Genome Variation in Maize" by Manisha Munasinghe for PAG 2023 with a picture of a corn field
