Biology Professor @WUSTL studying Epigenetic regulation of plant traits and environmental adaptation
Washington University St Louis
Joined June 2019
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Plants use their internal clocks to help them survive salty soil earth.com/plants/plants-use-…
Happy to share our latest study linking chromatin dynamics with circadian clock, phase separation, and salt tolerance. science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
Welcome to the CSHA meeting on Plant Epigenetics & RNA biology. We have plenty spots for short talks. The abstract deadline is approaching. csh-asia.org/?content/3019
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Salicylic acid engages central metabolic regulators SnRK1 and TOR to govern immunity by differential phosphorylation of NPR1: Cell cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
Great pleasure to host Hailing @hailingj1 for our Varner Lecture! Really inspiring talk on cross-kingdom RNA communication and its applications, plus tons of fun discussion.
Please join us at the CSHA meeting! We have an outstanding lineup of invited speakers and opportunities of many talks from submitted abstracts. We hope to see you there! – at Clayton, MO
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The November 2025 issue of The Plant Cell from @ASPB @OxUniPress is COMPLETE! academic.oup.com/plcell/issu… #PlantSci
ALT In this issue, back-to-back Cryo-EM structures from Zhang et al. and Lu et al. reveal how Arabidopsis MET1 recognizes hemimethylated CG sites during DNA replication and restores methylation to the daughter strand. The studies uncover a plant-specific autoinhibitory mechanism mediated by the RFTS domains and show how MET1 becomes activated to faithfully maintain epigenetic information across cell divisions. Image credit: Jikui Song and Xuehua Zhong
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🌱 Wrapping up in Fort Collins, CO at the Plant Epigenetics & Epigenome Engineering conference! 👏 Congrats to our Future of Science Fund Scholars - Vanda Adamkova, Carl Simmons & Kehui Zhu!
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#KeystoneSymposia #KSPlantEpi26 @Doris_Wagner_ @zhonglab
Check out our latest review article on DNA methylation dynamics: patterns, regulation, and function sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Please join us! – at Frontenac, MO
🌱 Poster abstracts due Sept 18! Early-career scientists, submit your work for Keystone Symposia: Plant Epigenetics & Epigenome Engineering. Showcase your research, get feedback & connect with leaders. 🔗 hubs.ly/Q03FFM170 #KSPlantEpi26 @Doris_Wagner_ @zhonglab
Xuehua Zhong retweeted
🌱 Poster abstracts due Sept 18! Early-career scientists, submit your work for Keystone Symposia: Plant Epigenetics & Epigenome Engineering. Showcase your research, get feedback & connect with leaders. 🔗 hubs.ly/Q03FFM170 #KSPlantEpi26 @Doris_Wagner_ @zhonglab
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Save $200! Early reg for Plant Epigenetics & Epigenome Engineering ends Aug 14, 11:59 PM MDT. Join top researchers incl. @Doris_Wagner_ & @zhonglab exploring plant epigenome regulation & engineering. 🎥 youtu.be/dGufMz8IQMY keysym.us/KSPlantEpi26 #KSPlantEpi26
Please join us at this Keystone Symposium on Plant Epigenetics and Epigenome Engineering. keystonesymposia.org/confere…
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Why is it that gene promoters are so good at avoiding DNA methylation? Work from Ming Wang, Yan He et al., shows that H3K4me3, enriched at promoters, acts as an anti-DNA methylation mark by recruiting DNA demethylase enzymes! Nice work guys! rdcu.be/d9rPo
Our work on evolution and functional divergence of DNA methyltransferases is out @ScienceAdvances. Kudos to @jiang_jianjun. We revealed how two closely related CMTs evolve and coordinately shape the non-CG methylation landscapes in plants. science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
3. An engineered mutation empowers CMT2 a “one stone two birds” like activity in restoring both CHG and CHH methylation. 4. Unlike CMT3, CMT2 has a long, flexible N-terminal that controls its own protein stability. – at St Louis, MO
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With much anticipation and excitement, @ThePlantCell announces that Pablo Manavella @manavellalab has been appointed its next Editor-in-Chief! 🙌 Read the full announcement: buff.ly/3N78svh @CSIC @IHSM_CSIC_UMA @ASPB #plantscience
ALT A person indoors looking at the camera, smiling, with text next to the picture that says "The Plant Cell announces Pablo Manavella as its next editor-in-chief."
Totally agree with Keiko. Great experience @AnnualReviews editorial board meting with excellent discussions and tons of fun!!! – at Colorado, USA
Excellent plant scientists, colleagues and friends; stimulating & insightful scientific discussions; fun & exciting conversations; and fantastic cuisine at the restaurant called “Botanist”. What would you need more? Thanks @AnnualReviews 🌹🌻🌱🌲🌾🍋🍅🌽🥰
