Dr. Ying Li, Dr. Kranthi Varala, and Dr. Jing Gao (from Electric and Computational Engineering) have won the 2023 Agriculture – Engineering Collaborative Projects Competition for their proposal “EpiAwareNet: Integrating Single-Cell Multi-Omics and Deep Learning for Inference of Nitrogen-Responsive Gene Regulatory Networks in Crop Roots”.
Dr. Ryan Patrick and Dr. Russell Julian in Dr. Ying Li’s lab have published a research article “Organ-specific characteristics govern the relationship between histone code dynamics and transcriptional reprogramming during nitrogen response in tomato.” This research work applied a machine learning method to decipher the relationship between genome-wide histone modifications and global gene regulation during…Read more about Dr. Ying Li’s Lab Published Research Article[Read More]
Dr. Ryan Patrick (Li Lab), Dr. Xing-Qi Huang (Dudareva Lab), and Dr. Natalia Dudareva and Dr. Ying Li have published an research article on the role of dynamic histone acetylation in the diurnal oscillation of floral scents in New Phytologist (https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.19339). A press release will follow in coming weeks.
Ada Martinez Ayala and Marian Luis (postdocs in Hoagland Lab) attended the Great Lakes Expo: Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market held in Grand Rapids, MI on December 5-7, 2023. They attended topics related to soil health, greenhouse vegetable production, disease and insect pest management, and successful farm practices for obtaining high quality crops.
Celina Gomez and co-authors recently published two papers. ‘Intumescence Response by Tomato Plants Grown in a Greenhouse or Indoors Using Two Types of Soilless Culture Systems’ is published in HortScience: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI17415-23 ‘Using Citizen Science to Evaluate Home Gardeners’ Experiences with Compact Tomato Plants’ is published in HortTechnology: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05312-23
Professor Avtar Handa attended the International Conference on Biochemical and Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Improvement at the National Agricultural Science Complex in New Delhi, India October 30 – November 1. He was an invited member of the advisory committee for the conference. He delivered a lead lecture entitled “Agriculture Biotechnology and Human Health and Longevity”…Read more about Dr. Avtar Handa at the International Conference on Biochemical and Biotechnological Approaches for Crop Improvement[Read More]