Determining presence-absence variation (PAV) across reference genomes is a major goal of pangenome analysis. It turns out that A LOT of gene PAV is due to methodological artifacts.

We explore the causes of this in soybean and cotton datasets in our recent preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our preprint on the interaction between root-exuded plant metabolites and fungal community assemblages under altered environments is now online.

Very happy to share our preprint on sorghum strigolactone diversity! 🌱

Sorghum naturally varies in strigolactones, plant hormones that can sometimes protect against the parasitic plant Striga.

We asked if this diversity could be connected to potential trade-offs in host resistance strategies.

Great work by @chloeemc.bsky.social . Very honored to have been part of the team.

Thank you, Mary!

Excited to see our pangenomic breeding network preprint out www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Developing future resilience from signatures of adaptation across the sorghum pangenome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.01.667986v1

🚨 We're looking for a #postdoc to join our team at the Center for Bioenergy Innovation at Oak Ridge National Labs, TN 🚨

Project: Advance poplar bioenergy by understanding adaptive trait/genomic variation — breeding/pop gen/bioinformatics

Apply by 18-Aug

Apply here: jobs.ornl.gov/job/Oak-Ridg...

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Ancient pangenomic origins of noncanonical NLR genes underlying the recent evolutionary rescue of a staple crop https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.11.648396v1

Patrick Cramer, president of the German Max-Planck Society, tries to recruit top US scientists for his institution after anti-science campaign of new administration.

www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...