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Dawei Dai

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- Assistant Project Scientist at UC Berkeley - Plant epigenetics

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Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources @natureatcal.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

From @innovativegenomics.bsky.social: recent research by @benpwilliams.bsky.social and @daweidai08.bsky.social suggests that Arabidopsis thaliana, a model organism in plant biology, could help scientists study aging at the molecular level. innovativegenomics.org/news/how-a-t...

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How a Tiny Plant is Providing Surprising New Insights into How We Age

How a Tiny Plant is Providing Surprising New Insights into How We Age - Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)

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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/...

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...

Dawei Dai @daweidai08.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I am excited that our recent study of epigenetic aging in plants is out in Science. A tiny plant can tell us secrets of aging!