Virginia Walbot

The paper assembles and annotates the genome of a tetraploid Dahlia variabilis cultivar, identifying it as a segmental tetraploid with evidence of auto- and allopolyploidy.

The paper profiles transcriptomes, small RNAs, and proteomes in maize tassels at four stages to understand gene regulation during development and identify miRNAs involved in hormone signaling and anther differentiation.

FX-Cell enables scRNA-seq on difficult-to-digest and cryopreserved plant samples, allowing high-quality cell atlases and acute wounding response analysis.

The paper describes a crowdsourcing initiative, CACAO, where undergraduates contribute gene function annotations to the Gene Ontology, enhancing coverage and enabling community-driven curation.