Kirk Amundson
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Kirk Amundson
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USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow, UMass Amherst
Plant Genome Evolution | Grasses
i stan sandwich chimeras
Gene universal does 150-500 bp for $79 per fragment. According to our resident gene editor, the turnaround time is good, but they won’t take on tricky/repetitive synthesis projects that some other companies will

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October 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reposted by Kirk Amundson
Of note: "Of particular importance, the successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of the strength that is brought to science through diversity, equity, inclusivity, and accessibility."
October 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
What about building the haplotypes from pollen single cell data? Bit of a project but maybe cheap depending on multiplexing capability.
August 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
August 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Some of the really old papers on plant chimeras describe formation of shoots from roots in geranium. Here, a chimera with genetically white L3 sprouts a white shoot from an L3-derived shoot-borne root.

Still wouldn't call this a RAM sprouting a shoot though. Maybe theres a callus phase
August 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM