Elad Oren

This study identifies convergent genomic and gene-level constraints in grasses adapting to extreme environments using phylogenomic data and large language models.

The paper constructs a graph-based pangenome of Cucurbita pepo to study adaptive evolution, identifying structural variants and showing parallel domestication and environmental adaptation.

The paper investigates temperature tolerance in melon plants by grafting tolerant and susceptible accessions and shows scion identity significantly affects plant performance under suboptimal temperatures.

The paper constructs a transcriptomic atlas of grass senescence to identify molecular mechanisms of nitrogen recycling, finding divergent underground sink networks in annual crops.

This study genetically dissects root-mediated yield heterosis in melon using a segregating population, identifying QTLs and demonstrating their potential for yield improvement through allele pyramiding.

The paper compares cold-responsive proteomes across five PACMAD grasses to assess conservation of protein-level responses and identifies LEA3 as a key cold-tolerant protein.

The paper constructs a melon pan-genome and integrates it with a multi-parental framework to enable high-resolution trait dissection in melon.