Matt Parker

Very excited to share the first preprint from my work in @LabSchneeberger! We developed single nucleus RNA-sequencing of recombinant haploid gametes as a method for performing rapid expression quantitative trait locus (aka eQTL) analysis. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… A 🧵 1/N

🧬Excited to share our latest pre-print! We've developed a rapid eQTL analysis approach using single-cell/nucleus RNA sequencing of Arabidopsis pollen nuclei. This method uncovers cis- & trans-eQTLs, including a master regulator of sperm cell development! 🌱📊 #PlantScience #eQTL

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New preprint from the lab Maximizing meiotic crossover rate reveals the map of Crossover Potential biorxiv.org/content/10.110… We pushed the meiotic crossover machinery to the limit and had some surprises! @JuliJing @Qichao_Lian

Lastly, and this is definitely the icing on the cake -- we found a gene regulatory mechanism that can likely explain all of this. Mutants for this mechanism show *zero* epigenetic aging, as well as no increase in TE transcripts in older tissues

A Species of Small Antisense RNA in Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing in Plants science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

miRNAs rules!...only thing is that maaaybe it would have been good to acknowledge the contributions from other fields like plants molecular biology!...

Successful start of the 3rd biannual Early Career Researchers' Conference in Kloster Steinfeld with @cragenomica @JohnInnesCentre and @mpipz_cologne #research #Plant #Science

Today is my last day at the BBC. To be totally open, I’m being made redundant Whether running More Or Less during the pandemic, reporting on Grenfell & the climate, I’m extraordinarily proud of my work Public service broadcasting can be engaging & essential & I hope to continue

Very cool work from @LabSchneeberger - eQTL analysis using single nuclei RNA-Seq of F1 pollen