Bob Stupar

🏆𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 ESPINA ET AL. Assembly, comparative analysis, and utilization of a single haplotype reference genome for soybean doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17… Congrats @mjayespina, @stup0004, @_johntlovell, @UmnSoyBreeding !!

Every once in a while, you read a paper and just know: THIS is one of the ones you'll be asking new grad students to read for the next decade. This excellent review by Espina, Lorenz Stupar on the genetic changes underlying cloned QTLs is exactly that kind of paper.

@szintri Thanks for the shout out, James @szintri! This paper was inspired by conversations from a graduate course I taught in Fall 2024. Thanks to those students for asking thoughtful (and tough) questions!

The most recent 5-year strategic plan (2024-2028) for the US soybean research community is now published: doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.2… I'm grateful to so many members of the soybean research community that contributed to this effort!

Update for #soybean lovers: The #genome analyses of Wm82.a6 and 'Fiskeby III' is now published in final form. Thanks again to the great collaboration w/ @mjayespina @jgi @hudsonalpha @GaryStacey3 @USDA_ARS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

For #soybean lovers, comparative analysis of reference #genomes. Thanks to the great collaboration w/ @mjayespina @jgi @hudsonalpha @GaryStacey3 @USDA_ARS Assembly, comparative analysis, and utilization of a single haplotype reference genome for soybean biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at UMN is seeking to fill a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the area of climate smart agriculture. 2 year position starting with an initial, renewable 12-month appointment with the possibility of advancing to a tenure track position.

Congrats to @Kamaldeep_Virdi and a great team of co-authors for publishing this work on gene editing of a soybean seed composition trait: frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Read the #3 most talked-about Plant Physiology article based on number of mentions during the past month. With35 mentions: Plant genome editing and the relevance of off-target changes #CropYield #DNARepair #ProteinSynthesis #PlantBiology @PeterLMorrell doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.…

@DTorkamaneh @rcdobe13 @PeterLMorrell @natnotgnat @gunvantpatil123 @bubeckdm @gnat_a Thanks @DTorkamaneh I knew you would be the first to read it!

@stup0004 @rcdobe13 @PeterLMorrell @natnotgnat @gunvantpatil123 @bubeckdm @gnat_a Congratulations to all of you! It's a wonderful piece of work.

A sincere thanks to @rcdobe13 @PeterLMorrell @natnotgnat @gunvantpatil123 @bubeckdm @gnat_a and several additional coauthors to bring this effort to fruition!

IT'S HERE: my 1st-ever journal article! From my MS with @stup0004, we found heterogeneous regions in 870 USDA #soybean accessions, spanning 99% of gene models. This could be useful for NIL development & breeding! #openaccess @plantgenome @OpenAcademics dx.doi.org/10.1002/tpg2.2…

@JacobonScience @ProfParrott Assessing variation between CRISPR knockout (frameshift) and weak (in-frame) alleles.

Functional analysis and development of a CRISPR/Cas9 allelic series for a CPR5 ortholog necessary for proper… disq.us/t/3ixvcbx @JacobonScience @ProfParrott

@jmbrkphd @PeterLMorrell I'll add it to the To Do list. Should be done by June.

@PeterLMorrell @stup0004 Looks like someone needs to update their placard...

Probably counts as an acheivement, but all grad students listed on the @stup0004 Lab door placard have graduated!

@PeterLMorrell You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave?

#Soy2018 is passing on the torch. Know anyone working on soybean genetics, molecular biology, genomics or biotechnology? Make sure they know about and do not miss #Soy2020

Got first prize in poster competition #soy2018

I find this to be the clearest and most concise description of the effects of Chinese soybean tariffs on US farmers. It’s certainly not the whole picture, but it’s pretty clean. Thanks for the figure, World Perspectives.