Dr. Jessica Lyons

I’m happy to share that our paper on using genome editing to make cyanide-free and reduced cyanide cassava is out! “CRISPR-Cas9-mediated knockout of CYP79D1 and CYP79D2 in cassava attenuates toxic cyanide production” @FrontPlantSci #openaccess frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… (1/10)

@begusgasper @kingjen @Stanford @UCBerkeley facilities.ucdavis.edu/fleet-services…

@kingjen @Stanford @UCBerkeley A train to Davis takes 80 minutes. A van would be awesome.

Hey, @stanford and @UCBerkeley, why don't you sit down together and set up an hourly shuttle service so that students can easily get from one place to the other? It wouldn't be that hard and the results would be awesome!

Today, Ghana has become the 100th depositor in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault! It was joined by 15 other institutions, including one other first-time depositor – the Bonn University Botanic Gardens – in safeguarding duplicates of their seed collections. Following this latest deposit, the Seed Vault now holds "copies" of seeds safeguarded in genebanks located in 74 countries. Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/46MUzuv @NordGen, @ICRISAT, @landbrukogmat, @Regjeringen, @planttreaty, @BiovIntCIAT_eng, @Seedsaversx, @CIFOR_ICRAF, @USDA, @USDA_ARS, @nacgrab, @CsirPlant @UniBonn @BonnGlobal

New year new me: I'll be an assistant professor at UC @PMB_Berkeley🌱🦠, starting Jan 2024! Time-traveling with herbaria and tinkering with genetics, my lab will work on how plants adapt to climate change molecularly. I'll be recruiting at all levels! patricialang.org

Induced resistance to Fusarium wilt of banana caused by Tropical Race 4 in Cavendish cv Grand Naine bananas after challenging with avirulent Fusarium spp. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… #aniversarypaper #panamadisease #fusariumTR4

Public registration is OPEN for the UC Berkeley Plant Genome Engineering Symposium! This 10/27. Featuring global luminaries at the forefront of plant engineering, and hosted in the heart of gene editing @igisci. Seats are limited. Register for free now: rb.gy/iv1tt

MCB.berkeley.edu is soliciting applications for an Assistant Professor position studying fundamental aspects of genetics, genomics, evolution, and/or developmental biology. Bring it on! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04110

Indian scientists have developed the first ever low-pungent mustard that is pest and disease-resistant. It is based on CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing indianexpress.com/article/explai…

There are still opportunities to join the RIPE team! We are looking for a research lab technician & a science communication intern at @IGBIllinois & a postdoctoral researcher at the @DanforthCenter. Learn more about the openings here: bit.ly/3C2gNKF #plantscijobs

Upcoming virtual workshop! Join us on July 27th for presentations covering fundamental and practical aspects of Agrobacterium transformation. #plantscience #plantbreeding #agrobacterium

Are you passionate about livestock research and community development? CIP is seeking a Research Officer to promote small livestock rearing, particularly cavies, in Ghana. 📆 Closing date: July 15th Apply now: 👉🏽 bit.ly/Job-ResearchOf…

(Always keeping in mind that due to cassava's heterozygosity and genetic load, careful analysis of offspring and possibly further (back)crossing are needed in such cases). 3/

as well as genome engineering—i.e. the segregating away of transgenes used in genome editing, and the introgression of approved events into additional backgrounds. 2/

The latest in inducing flowering in cassava from @narouganda @NARO_NaCRRI @Makerere @CornellCALS🌱🥀🤓 These types of advances will continue to accelerate cassava improvement via conventional and genome-informed breeding, 1/ bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Have any plant sci folks used digital PCR (ddPCR etc) for large gene expression studies? Do you own a device? Any thoughts?

Reduction in cassava bacterial blight by using genome editing to prevent bacterial effector from binding to its target. 👏 Congrats to fresh Dr. @KionaElliott, @becky_bart, and team!

Check out the 'First Look' version of our @PlantDiseaseJ paper: apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PD… A great team effort 🍄 #FocTR4 #PlantHealth #EmergingPlantDiseases #Venezuela #Fusarium

I love that there's an NIH mechanism designed to forgive student loan debt. If you're interested in learning more tune in to our next @natblackpostdoc event 👇🏾

Upcoming virtual workshop: High-throughput Screening Tools for Traits and Vector Elements We are looking forward to presentations by two excellent speakers: Philip Benfey and Thomas Jacobs! #ScienceTwitter #Plantbiology #GenomeEditing #PlantScience

@BenMansfeld I feel seen.

Me an elder millennial hitting Ctrl+S after every change on a google doc even though I know it doesn't do anything...