Dan Koenig
Assistant Professor at UC Riverside. Avid genetics enthusiast.
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- Midst of the labs Genetics publish-athon from @ccaseys.bsky.social. Infecting a population on host genotypes spread across 8 dicots we could show that a generalist pathogen has both generalist and specialist genes url:https://academic.oup.com/genetics/article/doi/10.1093/genetics/iyaf079/8158657
- Super excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years: Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... All data available: www.grene-net.org/data #MOILAB @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @hhmi.org 🧵👇
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- New preprint! We investigated the evolution of supergenes and mechanisms underlying distyly in Linum species that diverged ca 33 Mya. 1/8 bsky.app/profile/bior...
- Genomic studies in Linum shed light on the evolution of the distyly supergene and the molecular basis of convergent floral evolution biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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- Does the smell and flavor of strawberries depend on variations in gene-associated transposons? It seems so! Check out our new preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Ed Buckler awarded the 2025 McClintock Prize in absentia. Two thirds of the room standing by the end of “if you were trained by Ed, stand up. If you were trained by one of those people, stand up. If Ed’s work has shaped your career, stand up.”
- The de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences wants to bring back the mammoth, and it’s starting with a woolly mouse. Read more here: buff.ly/xKPLn1c
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- HECK YEAH. Brandon Gaut honored with the GSA mentorship award. Hard to imagine a better mentor. Scientifically I am where I am today in large part thanks to Brandon. But personally too -- he played a pivotal role in multiple major life milestones for my family. genestogenomes.org/congratulati...
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- Please don’t stop sharing and posting your science because of the current attack on it, it is still valuable and reminds us what the fight is for
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- Almost 100 years of a barley common garden experiment involving reciprocal crossing showed a rapid decrease in genetic diversity with around 60% of progeny deriving from a single parent after 50 generations. @evogen.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0038 (24/34)
- The Salk Institute shared the sad news that Prof. Joanne Chory passed away yesterday due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was one of the most influential biologists of our time. And this is how I will remember Joanne, expertly guiding us on where to go. Joanne, we will miss you! ❤️
- Off to #SMBE2024!!! Looking forward to a week of great science (and 🌮!!!) I’ll be presenting poster #69 on Tues— stop by and say hi!
- Check out Josephs lab folks at #Botany2024! Sophie Buysse will be giving poster 145 showing how some commonly used strategies to improve scientific literacy may not be that effective.
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- The division site localized protein TANGLED1 is recruited from the plant cytokinetic structure via both actin/myosin dependent and independent ways to the cell cortex. Great work from Aimee Uyehara and co-authors! journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
- We've found that the common chemical mutagen sodium azide produces a very specific pattern of mutations in a specific nucleotide context. The 2 nucleotide context limits the types of amino acid changes observed. We also find small indels are more abundant in treated lines. doi.org/10.1101/2024...
- Our new paper testing long-standing hypotheses on the genetic causes and genomic consequences of distyly breakdown is now out advance access in MBE academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-... Thanks to all coauthors! @juanitagutierrezv.bsky.social @panazerv.bsky.social @zopos.bsky.social
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- 🎉 Thrilled to share that I will join the Dept of Botany and Plant Science at UC Riverside in fall 2024 as Asst Prof of Plant Resilience! Couldn't have done this without the sacrifices of my parents, family, & the support of mentors Ken Birnbaum @szintri.bsky.social @rebeccaroston.bsky.social... ...
- New preprint with work led by our bioinformatician Mireia Vidal Villarejo. It analyses the regional diversity of the #maize fungal leaf pathogen Exserohilum turcicum in the Swiss Rhine Valley and interactions with the leaf microbiome using metagenomics. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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- Interested in evolutionary genomics/population genomics and plant genetics? Want to do your PhD in beautiful Stockholm? We have two 4-year PhD student positions available in my group at Stockholm University. More info, see tanjaslottelab.se Please repost. 1/4
- Thinking about postdoctoral research? Think about it in New York, at the NYU Biology Emerging Scholars Symposium. Apply by April 21 for an all-expenses-paid trip to the city and a chance to talk about your science and your ideas for the future. as.nyu.edu/departments/...
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- This new paper looks super interesting and cool! "Dominance in self-compatibility between subgenomes of allopolyploid Arabidopsis kamchatica shown by transgenic restoration of self-incompatibility" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Looking forward to reading it!
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- Please re-post! The University of California Riverside is recruiting an assistant professor on the genetics and genomics of 🌾 🍊 🥑 🍇 🍅 🌽 plant resistance to nematode pests. Note: prior experience with nematodes is not necessary! I will be chairing the search: aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01804
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- Check out our paper on ligule development in the maize leaf 🌽. The ligule forms via directional cell elongation and divisions and dramatic changes in cell wall properties journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
