| Apr 10, 2025 | Our paper, “Immediate premeiotic transcriptomic effects following non-chemically induced whole genome duplication in the moss Funaria hygrometrica” has been accepted as a Letter to New Phytologist!!! This work highlights the changes in methylation, repeats, and gene expression after inducing whole genome duplication in a new system- Funaria hygrometrica. This was co-authored by Nikisha Patel, Peter Szövenyi, Jill Wegrzyn, and Bernard Goffinet. |
| Mar 26, 2025 | I was invited to present my updates on my work with the eastern hemlocks at Harvard Forest for their Spring seminar series! Updates included metrics on our chromosome-scale eastern hemlock genome (16.5Gbp!!) and the introduced pest, the hemlock woolly adelgid! I also presented updates on our work comparing transcriptomic and metabolomic profiles of putative susceptible and putative lingering (i.e, the “Bulletproof” Stand) individuals from samples taken monthly for a year! Thank you so much for the opportunity, to meet with researchers at Harvard Forest, and to see the hemlock woodlot area- where hemlock trees are studied from 10,000 years ago to the present was very inspiring! 🌲 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | My poster won the best poster award at the Institute of Systems Genomics (ISG) networking event at UConn! |
| Sep 23, 2024 | I was invited to discuss my research progress on conserving the Eastern hemlock at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University today! It marked my very first seminar talk, and I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to share it at my favorite arboretum :) I got to walk around and get a tour of the collections afterwards too. In all, a great start to my week! The talk is at this link. |