Ben Williams
@benpwilliams.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley & Innovative Genomics Institute. Epigenetics, Genomics and Plant Biology. williamsplantlab.com.
Absolutely delighted that our paper on epigenetic dynamics during plant aging is out today in Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Aging drives a program of DNA methylation decay in plant organs
Plants display a wide range of life spans and aging rates. Although dynamic changes to DNA methylation are a hallmark of aging in mammals, it is unclear whether similar molecular signatures reflect ra...
www.science.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Absolutely delighted that our paper on epigenetic dynamics during plant aging is out today in Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Ben Williams
Vegetables, 1952
February 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Vegetables, 1952
Reposted by Ben Williams
Tough day for small grains research in the Twin Cities. Myself and four scientist colleagues have all been let go from the USDA because we haven't completed our 3 year probationary period - effectively gutting the Cereal Disease Lab.
Taking a few days to be sad before I think about what comes next.
Taking a few days to be sad before I think about what comes next.
February 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Tough day for small grains research in the Twin Cities. Myself and four scientist colleagues have all been let go from the USDA because we haven't completed our 3 year probationary period - effectively gutting the Cereal Disease Lab.
Taking a few days to be sad before I think about what comes next.
Taking a few days to be sad before I think about what comes next.
Reposted by Ben Williams
Update: This ***NSF-funded*** study is now published in MBE. Today more than ever, I'm appreciative of what all the people at NSF do to support our science. Let's fight to support them.
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
Did you know that orchids have a big chunk of fungal mtDNA stuck in their own mitochondrial genomes?? In this new preprint, we found that fungal-derived tRNAs are functional in the orchid mitochondria.
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February 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Update: This ***NSF-funded*** study is now published in MBE. Today more than ever, I'm appreciative of what all the people at NSF do to support our science. Let's fight to support them.
doi.org/10.1093/molb...
doi.org/10.1093/molb...