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Genome-wide study on 104 plant species reveals AQP gene family evolution & drought-tolerance mechanisms. #Aquaporins #DroughtResistance #PlantEvolution @OxfordJournals Details: doi.org/10.1093/hr/uha…

Beautiful and delicious mutants: The origins, fates, and benefits of molecular sequence variation in plant evolution and breeding (Thomas L Slewinski, Sarah Turner-Hissong, Tomasz Paciorek, Brent Brower-Toland, Christine Shyu) doi.org/10.1093/plphys… #PlantScience

PlantConnectome: A knowledge graph database encompassing >71,000 plant articles (Shan Chun Lim , Manoj Itharajula , Mads Harder Møller , Rohan Shawn Sunil , Kevin Fo , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plcell… @ASPB #PlantSci

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New Editorial: "Rethinking field trials" rdcu.be/enhFe

@SorgGuy @ajakudaniel @QAAFI @UQ_News Congratulations

Congratulations to @ajakudaniel who successfully defended his PhD research investigating the genetics and physiology of grain filling duration in sorghum. High quality impactful research @QAAFI @UQ_News

@Cropicture_Li Congratulations. It's really a good one to a whole idea about maize development.

Novel insights into maize development and organogenesis for agricultural optimization Fig. 3 Organ structures and nodes in maize plant. researchgate.net/publication/36… #Fig3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Our next G2 Seminar will be via ZOOM on Monday, 3/24 at 4 pm with Dr. Maojun Wang from the Dept. of Plant Breeding & Genetics at Cornell University. “Cotton genome research unlocks the potential for fiber quality improvement” Note: Request for zoom link via genesec@tamu.edu

Wheat2035: Integrating pan-omics and advanced biotechnology for future wheat design cell.com/molecular-plan… ♻️

#TansleyReview: Historic rewiring of grass flowering time pathways and implications for #crop improvement under #ClimateChange Brittany Verrico and Jill C. Preston 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… #LatestIssue @wileyplantsci

Functional innovation through new genes as a general evolutionary process nature.com/articles/s4158… 🔓 rdcu.be/d7NB9 🧬🖥️🧪

Happy to share our research article about bread wheat flag leaf! @TheorApplGenet link.springer.com/10.1007/s00122…

0⃣1⃣Big data has met its match!🖥️ Zhu et al. review the progress and future potential of big #data and artificial intelligence-aided #crop #breeding in this new #JIPB invited expert review. doi.org/10.1111/jipb.1… @wileyplantsci #PlantSci #CompSci #Biotechnology #Bioinformatics

We build a pangenome reference to study genetic basis of agronomic traits and to establish GS models for grapevine breeding doi.org/10.1038/s41588… @NaturePortfolio @NatureGenet @IVES_publisher @VitisGen @Hortres @ASHS_Hort @ASPB @PlantEditors @GlobalPlantGPC @GrapeResearch

PhenoMultiOmics for biomarker & drug target discovery An online platform for integrated multi-omic (transcriptome-proteome-metabolome) analysis phenomultiomics.shinyapps.io/cancer/ 5540 enzyme reactions 45 cancer types 759558 gene-protein-metabolite-phenotype/disease associations data from Metabolic Atlas, BRENDA, RHEA, EnzymeMap Other multiomics servers OmicsNet MiBioMics #Bioinformatics 2024 academic.oup.com/bioinformatics…

This is a great re-read! A ‘wiring diagram’ for source strength traits impacting wheat yield potential academic.oup.com/jxb/article/74…

In our new @NatureGenet article we contemplate 3 future pathways to rapidly achieve ultimate genotypes in crops & livestock: accelerated recombination with gene editing, direct editing of whole-genome haplotype sequences and synthetic biology rdcu.be/dWYls

You've spent months on your research, only to realize you used the wrong method. Ouch. Research methods confuse most people. I see more boring, unappealing, and standard explanations by the day. Because it's challenging to understand them all. It requires many skills. Like: → Data analysis → Critical thinking → Experimental design → Statistical interpretation All part of conducting great research. Yet, many researchers fail at choosing the right method. Here are 5 key branches of research methods: → Quantitative (numbers-based analysis) → Qualitative (exploratory, non-numerical) → Mixed Methods (combining both) → Experimental (testing cause-effect) → Observational (watching without interference) A good researcher must be able to navigate these methods. Qualitative methods are crucial for in-depth understanding. Here's how I would structure a qualitative study: 1. Research question (what you want to explore) 2. Data collection (interviews, observations) 3. Thematic analysis (finding patterns) 4. Interpretation (making sense of findings) 5. Conclusion (addressing the research question) I'd aim for rich, detailed descriptions in my methodology. And for as much depth and context as my data allows. Here are 7 qualitative methods I love: 1. Ethnography 2. Case Study 3. Phenomenology 4. Grounded Theory 5. Content Analysis 6. Action Research 7. Historical Research Good luck with choosing a research method that doesn't fail. It's a challenge. I think my methods could improve as well. Please share your favourite research method in the comments if it helped you publish a paper. It's helpful to many new researchers to get inspiration. What do you think makes or breaks a good research methodology?

35 most useful tools for PhD students and researchers. Literature Review 1. @LitmapsApp 2. @R_Discovery 3. @Scite 4. @ConnectedPapers 5. @ResearchPal_AI 6. Journal Finder Paper Writing 1. @teampaperpal 2. @thetrinkaai 3. @Grammarly 4. @scispace 5. @overleaf 6. Google Doc Paper Reading 1. @scholarcy 2. Petal AI 3. @OutreadApp 4. Enago Read (previously Raxter.io) 5. Scribe AI 6. R Discovery Research Presentations 1. @gammaapp 2. @10Web_io 3. @canva 4. Designs.ai 5. Beautiful.ai 6. Mind the Graph Note Taking 1. Otter 2. Pocket 3. Google Keep 4. @NotionHQ 5. Audio Pen 6. @ScrivenerApp Data Analysis 1. SPSS 2. Tableau 3. PowerBI 4. MS Excel 5. Minitab 6. Nvivo Any other tool you'd like to add to this list? #research #tool