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Matt Stata

@mattstata.bsky.social
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Assistant professor of biology at UMass Amherst, interested in evolutionary biology, plant biology, phylogenetics, genomics, single-cell omics, and bioinformatics. Programmer, gardener, photographer, and electronic musician.

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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Apparently I've moved to Mushroomville, MA. Very impressive diversity. Many more photos in comments. All photos are from the Holyoke Range.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/08/2026
The U.S. Senate has approved a temporary spending bill that blocks the White House Office of Management and Budget from implementing proposed changes in the rules affecting trillions of dollars of federal spending. scim.ag/4gjAh2O
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Senate votes to block rule giving White House more control over research
Language is part of bill to fund government until mid-December
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Bought a lovely watercolor print of one of my favorite spots in Lansing as we're down to one week left here.
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
This fall I'm thrilled to be joining UMass Amherst (@umassamherst.bsky.social) as an assistant prof. My lab will study photosynthetic evolution, diversity & resilience, focusing on C4 photosynthesis, one of the most remarkably convergent traits in the biosphere. #PlantScience #Evolution #NewPI
HeadshotPhylogeny showing multiple independent origins of C4 photosynthesis in flowering plants.A photo of Blepharis macra, one of three Blepharis species which exhibit intraspecific variation in C4 cycle engagement.A cell-type UMAP, characteristic of single-cell RNA-seq datasets.
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WALIIAnhydro @waliianhydro.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Don't forget to join us for the next Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar featuring Dr. Matt Stata! His technical training workshop will be on "Exploring the Many Applications of RNA-seq Data." Learn more and register for this event here: bit.ly/4uDLobX @mattstata.bsky.social
A promotional graphic for the Anhydrobiosis Research, Tools & Techniques Webinar Series hosted by WALII that includes a blue water background and an image of the speaker.
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Excited to be leading this WALII webinar on July 9. It's basically going to be a whirlwind tour of common uses for RNA-sew data, plus lots of example scripts that participants can modify and apply to their own datasets.
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
New review out in Current Biology with colleagues in the Plant Cell Atlas (@plantcellatlas.bsky.social)! We discuss how single-cell genomics is reshaping our understanding of plant cell-type identity and evolution across the Green Lineage. bit.ly/4eAip2Q
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Golden oyster mushrooms are both delicious and invasive in Michigan, which is nice because it means I don't have to feel bad about completely pillaging and plundering every single cap I find...
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Call to Action: Support the NSF BIO Plant Biology Act | Plant Science Today
We urge you to contact your Members of Congress and ask them to support and co-sponsor the NSF BIO Plant Biology Act.
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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
We're excited to share that Rhee Lab member Karine Prado (MSU) will be presenting her research on thermo-adaptation in Death Valley at the BioEM Talks webinar on March 19 at 11 AM EDT! 🌵 Learn more and register: www.bioemtalks.org/march-19-2026 #plantscience
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Why yes, I *am* the Mushroom Man.
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East Lansing Makers: Do You Know the Mushroom Man? - East Lansing Info
Matt Stata has been cultivating mushrooms at his home for years.
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I'm very pleased to have been a part of this great study, which is now out in Current Biology! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
A somatic mutation seems to have occurred in my pineapple mint yielding a single albino shoot.
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
New preprint up: "Single-cell-level response to drought in Sorghum bicolor reveals novel targets for improving water use efficiency." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here we show that drought response supersedes differences in cell identity and identify key transcriptional regulators.
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
This was a long time (too long) in the works, but I'm thrilled that it is finally out: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "How evolution repeatedly builds complexity: a case study with C4 photosynthesis in Blepharis (Acanthaceae)" And this was chosen for a cover photo:
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Plant Metabolic Network 🌱 @plantmetabolism.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Will you be attending PSNA 2025? Join PMN members Charles Hawkins, @mattstata.bsky.social ( @msupri.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social ) & Gabrielle Wyatt ( @ucdavisplants.bsky.social ) June 28 at #PSNA2025 To Learn More, Visit: www.psna2025.com @psna-official.bsky.social
Promotional graphic that says "Come join PMN members at PSNA Toronto 2025. PMN members Charles Hawkins, Gabrielle Wyatt, and Matt Stata will be presenting a talk on "The Plant Metabolic Network: A Unified Resource for Plant Metabolism Research Community." June 28, 1:00-2:00pm, Toronto, Canada.
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The Rhee Lab @rheelab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We are pleased to announce our new paper "UnigeneFinder: An Automated Pipeline for Gene Calling From Transcriptome Assemblies Without a Reference Genome" is officially in press at @plantdirectj.bsky.social! Available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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UnigeneFinder: An Automated Pipeline for Gene Calling From Transcriptome Assemblies Without a Reference Genome
For most species, transcriptome data are much more readily available than genome data. Without a reference genome, gene calling is cumbersome and inaccurate because of the high degree of redundancy i...
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Made friends with a squirrel during a morning coffee break.
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
New methods paper out: UnigeneFinder is a software tool designed to reduce the redundancy of de novo transcriptome assemblies and produce sets of primary transcripts, coding sequences, and proteins, along with gene expression data. dx.doi.org/10.1002/pld3...
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UnigeneFinder: An Automated Pipeline for Gene Calling From Transcriptome Assemblies Without a Reference Genome
For most species, transcriptome data are much more readily available than genome data. Without a reference genome, gene calling is cumbersome and inaccurate because of the high degree of redundancy i...
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
#TansleyReview: #C4 #photosynthesis, trait spectra, and the fast-efficient phenotype Monson et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #LatestIssue
Relationships between proposed C3 and C4 trait spectra.
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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Matt Stata (@mattstata.bsky.social), @rheelab.bsky.social postdoc, has been awarded a PRI Seed Grant for "Cell-Specific Metabolic Remodeling: Mapping C₄ Evolution Through snRNA-seq and Metabolomics in Parallel Intermediate-Rich Lineages." Matt is joined by Co-PIs Beth Holland & Kelem Gashu Alamrie!
A graphic announcing PRI Seed Grant Awardee Cohort 3 PI Matt Stata
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Plant Metabolic Network 🌱 @plantmetabolism.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Don't forget to register to join PMN members Charles Hawkins, @mattstata.bsky.social ( @msupri.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social ) & Gabrielle Wyatt ( @ucdavisplants.bsky.social ) at #PSNA2025 Early Bird Discount deadline is April 20! To Register: www.psna2025.com @psna-official.bsky.social
Promotional graphic that says "Come join PMN members at PSNA Toronto 2025. Deadline for the early-bird discount is in three days! PMN members Charles Hawkins, Gabrielle Wyatt, and Matt Stata will be presenting a talk on "The Plant Metabolic Network: A Unified Resource for Plant Metabolism Research Community." June 28, 1:00-2:00pm, Toronto, Canada.
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Rodrigo Reis @rodrigoreislab.com · 12/04/2025
Amazing resource for the Arabidopsis and plant community www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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An Arabidopsis single-nucleus atlas decodes leaf senescence and nutrient allocation
A comprehensive single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis across multiple tissues enables the quantification of leaf cell aging state at a single-cell level, highlighting the senescence-relat...
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