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Hengchi Chen
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May. 2025 - Present, Postdoctoral researcher at Georg-August-University Goettingen
Sep. 2020 - Feb. 2025 Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Ghent University
Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2020 B.S. in Ecology, Fudan University
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watertoland.bsky.social
We wish everyone happy holidays and a healthy New Year 🎄💫 We are already looking forward to 2026 and the next MAdLand Meeting! 🌱
December 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Delighted to share our latest work on the deep divergence of land plants! @jandevries.bsky.social
#Phylogenomics
#Embryophytes
#Terrestrialization
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Rooting the deep divergence of land plants
Unravelling the deep phylogenetic structure of embryophytes is essential for understanding their evolutionary success on land. However, pronounced phylogenetic dispute remains: while recent phylogenom...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Fantastic conference for land plant and algal colleagues! It is a strong and brilliant community!!
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November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Our paper on the evolution (duplicated) gene expression divergence in spatially resolved plant transcriptomes is now out @theplantcell.bsky.social

w/ @yvdp.bsky.social

#PlantSci #Evolution

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Gene expression divergence following gene and genome duplications in spatially resolved plant transcriptomes
After gene and genome duplications, expression divergence across cell types is not random, and it can be explained by a combination of gene age, gene funct
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October 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
heche.bsky.social
Fantastic conference and very nice to meet colleagues working on algae and land plants!
watertoland.bsky.social MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · Oct 2
Thank you all for coming! It was great to have you in Osnabrück this year. Have a safe trip home and we hope to see you all next year in Göttingen. Stay tuned 🌱 #MAdLand2025 #Plantsci
October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Resolving the stasis-dynamism paradox: Genome evolution in tree ferns url: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/..., nice work from @52ying.bsky.social!
Resolving the stasis-dynamism paradox: Genome evolution in tree ferns
Abstract. The paradox of evolutionary stasis and dynamism—how morphologically static lineages persist through deep geological periods despite environmental
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September 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Free-to-read link @natgenet.nature.com: rdcu.be/eHzSP
News & Views: "The dawn of bryophyte genomics is here" rdcu.be/eHzS2
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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jandevries.bsky.social
This has been great: #Phylogenomics unveil a recent origin of morphological complexity in Coleochaetophyceae. With @ikeririsarri.bsky.social @maaikebier.bsky.social Chuck, + more @uni-goettingen.de @watertoland.bsky.social #streptophytes #charophytes #evolution
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September 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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My first paper is finally out! 🥳
We explored how genes get lost in the process of rediploidization following polyploidization and found out that this loss primarly occurs through DNA deletion, rather than pseudogenization. #polyploidy @yvdp.bsky.social @zhen-li.bsky.social

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The subordinate role of pseudogenization to recombinative deletion following polyploidization in angiosperms
Nature Communications - Extensive gene loss is a hallmark of rediploidization following polyploidization, but its molecular basis remains unclear. Examining pseudogenization from ancient...
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July 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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New Article: "Comparative transcriptomics in ferns reveals key innovations and divergent evolution of the secondary cell walls" rdcu.be/eiWNF

Fern transcriptomes reveal repeated whole-genome duplications, unique gene families and distinct lignocellulosic evolution... #PlantScience
Many ferns images from the paper.
April 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Our review on “Functional genomic perspectives on plant terrestrialization” in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social is out now! Check it out here:
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#terrestrialization
#Algae
#Evolution
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Functional genomic perspectives on plant terrestrialization
Plant evolutionary research has made leaps in exploring the deep evolutionary roots of embryophytes. A solid phylogenomic framework was established, a…
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March 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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fmortier.bsky.social
Polyploid success isn’t just about growing fast—it’s about outcompeting progenitors! 🌱
We had neopolyploid duckweed and their progenitor invade each other, testing how stress & frequency-dependent growth shape WGD success... or failure. @yvdp.bsky.social #polyploid #duckweed
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Polyploid - diploid coexistence in the greater duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza
Polyploidy, resulting from whole-genome duplication (WGD), is widespread among plants and originates in sympatry with their lower-ploidy progenitors. New polyploids can only succeed when they overcome...
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January 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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yvdp.bsky.social
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The Rise of Polyploids During Environmental Catastrophes
Polyploidy, or whole-genome duplication (WGD), both a strong evolutionary and ecological force and a potential pitfall, occurs extensively across the tree of life, particularly in angiosperms. While p...
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November 24, 2024 at 9:15 AM