Understanding the genetic code of cis-regulatory elements (CREs) is essential for engineering gene expression and modulating agronomic traits in crops. In plants, CREs underlying rapid evolution of ge...

Long-read sequencing in 18 unicellular eukaryotes reveals that 6mA is widespread across eukaryotes and is enriched at transcriptionally permissive regions, which are also marked by H3K4me3.

The vascular cambium contains bifacial stem cells producing secondary phloem in one and secondary xylem to the opposite direction. In Arabidopsis r...

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Recent advances in plant spatial omics, including transcriptomics and metabolomics, have enabled fine-scale cellular insights by registering spatial information. Combining spatial approaches with droplet-based single-cell technologies has further enhanced our understanding of many complex biological processes. However, the unique features of plants, such as rigid cell walls and size variability, require adaptation of mammalian-derived analytical methods. This review summarizes current strategies for acquiring plant spatial multi-omics data, with a focus on widely accessible commercial platforms. We also outline analysis workflows, from preprocessing to downstream interpretation, and provide a practical tutorial using demonstration datasets. This resource offers researchers a concise guide to experimental and computational approaches for plant spatial multi-omics.

Transcriptional initiation and termination decisions drive messenger RNA (mRNA) isoform diversity but the relationship between them remains poorly understood. By systematically profiling joint usage o...

Crosses between genetically distant Zea mays (Maize) inbreds cause hybrid vigour (heterosis): an over-dominant increase in vegetative growth and grain yield. Although the contributing loci are unknown...

Bacteria were once thought to lack organelles, but it is now clear they confine cellular reactions using an array of membrane- and protein-based compartments. A central question, however, is how bacte...

An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

I teach a freshman seminar on kids and society. For their first project, my students create an infographic that aims to clarify a common misconception about “kids these days.” For reasons I’ll outline...

Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US

imageimageVascular sites have distinct susceptibility to disease. Here, through single cell epigenomic profiling and predictive machine learning modeling, this study revealed that regulatory enhancers are vascular site specific, providing insight ...

The relatively young and repeated evolutionary origins of dioecy (separate sexes) in flowering plants enable investigation of molecular dynamics occurring at the earliest stages of sex chromosome evol...

Post-drought rehydration triggers a preventive immune response in plants, revealing targets to enhance crop resilience by linking drought stress recovery with improved pathogen resistance.