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Ben Williams

@benpwilliams.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley & Innovative Genomics Institute. Epigenetics, Genomics and Plant Biology. williamsplantlab.com.

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Savage Lab @savagecatsonly.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Can CRISPR edits enable precise tuning of plant gene expression? We think: yes. In our newest manuscript, we measured the effects of >30,000 CRISPR-like promoter mutations in sorghum protoplasts.

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

DNA demethylation suppresses a state of enhanced cellular pluripotency and regeneration competence in Arabidopsis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Ben Williams @benpwilliams.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We have been cooking up this story for a while and we are excited to finally be able to share! Read on if you're interested in whole plant regeneration WITHOUT the application of hormones!

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Ben Williams @benpwilliams.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Absolutely delighted that our paper on epigenetic dynamics during plant aging is out today in Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Aging drives a program of DNA methylation decay in plant organs

Plants display a wide range of life spans and aging rates. Although dynamic changes to DNA methylation are a hallmark of aging in mammals, it is unclear whether similar molecular signatures reflect ra...

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Henri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Vegetables, 1952

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Andy Read 🌱🦠 @hashtag-read.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Tough day for small grains research in the Twin Cities. Myself and four scientist colleagues have all been let go from the USDA because we haven't completed our 3 year probationary period - effectively gutting the Cereal Disease Lab. Taking a few days to be sad before I think about what comes next.

This is a closeup image of wheat plants in a disease trail nursery. There are yellow streaks on the otherwise healthy and green leaves caused by bacterial leaf streak

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Dan Sloan @sloanevolab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Update: This ***NSF-funded*** study is now published in MBE. Today more than ever, I'm appreciative of what all the people at NSF do to support our science. Let's fight to support them. doi.org/10.1093/molb...

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