@ChrisMorgan555

Plant meiosis researcher, Group Leader at John Innes Centre, semi-professional strawberry DNA extractor

Joined October 2015
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📣Plant Meiosis Meeting is back for its second edition‼️ Save the date: 9–11 September 2026, Poznań, Poland🌱 More details coming soon🤩
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New PhD opportunity in my group in collaboration with Martin Howard (JIC) and Ian Henderson (Cambridge): findaphd.com/phds/project/re…

Redesigning the Meiotic Map: Chromosome Engineering as a Tool to Control Genetic Recombination...

PhD Project - Redesigning the Meiotic Map: Chromosome Engineering as a Tool to Control Genetic Recombination (Plant BioDesign JIC project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Anna Schulten@sulteavn26 Aug 2025
Excited to share the paper on my project in @CarolineDeanLab out now in @MolecularCell 🎉Huge thanks to all the co-authors - it was a great collaborative effort!
Molecular Cell@MolecularCell25 Aug 2025
Online Now: VEL-dependent polymerization maintains the chromatin association of Polycomb proteins for the switch to epigenetic silencing dlvr.it/TMhB54
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Postdoc position currently available in our group studying meiosis in arabidopsis and wheat: jic.ac.uk/vacancies/postdoct…
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Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre jic.ac.uk/vacancies/group-le…
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Interested in Plant Genetics and Evolution? 🌱🧬 An ERC-funded Postdoc Position is available in our lab to investigate the mechanisms of meiotic adaptation to allopolyploidy! Please RT 🙏 #Meiosis #Polyploidy #ResearchOpportunity @GReD_Clermont @ERC_Research
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New Phytologist@NewPhyt24 Jun 2025
COmapper: high-resolution mapping of meiotic crossovers by long-read sequencing in Arabidopsis Byun et al. @POSTECH @Kyuha_C 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Genome-wide mapping of crossovers using long-read nanopore sequencing.

ALT Genome-wide mapping of crossovers using long-read nanopore sequencing.

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A Royal Society funded PhD Studentship is available in our group to study meiotic recombination in plants: tinyurl.com/mt8cmw3d Eligible international students can also apply for JIC Scholarships to cover fee differences (e.g. tinyurl.com/4evzdc3r). Deadline: 21.07.25
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New OA Article: "The synaptonemal complex central element SCEP3 interlinks synapsis initiation and crossover formation in Arabidopsis thaliana" rdcu.be/etNl0 SCEP3 is critical for synapsis, heterochiasmy and crossover interference.
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‼️Can we tune crossover hotspot activity by targeting chromatin modifiers? Absolutely!💥 Our screen shows dCas9-JMJ14 represses crossovers at targeted sites, while VP64 boosts them! 🧬 Check our new preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… #meiosis4ever #CRISPR #Arabidopsis

Modifying meiotic recombination by targeting chromatin modifiers to crossover hotspots in Arabido...

The impact of specific chromatin modifications on meiotic crossover frequency is usually inferred from correlative studies, leaving open the question of causality. To address this, we used a dCas9-...

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What a great team to do a postdoc with! I highly recommend them! I’d apply myself - unfortunately, I’m too old 😄
Heïdi Serra@heidi_serra19 Jun 2025
Interested in Plant Genetics and Evolution? 🌱🧬 An ERC-funded Postdoc Position is available in our lab to investigate the mechanisms of meiotic adaptation to allopolyploidy! Please RT 🙏 #Meiosis #Polyploidy #ResearchOpportunity @GReD_Clermont @ERC_Research
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New Postdoc position (2yrs) available in our #EvoMPMI lab @JohnInnesCentre. Come and work with on harnessing the diversity of immune mechanisms to protect plants. jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?v…
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📢 Calling all modellers📢 ... 3 year postdoc available in Howard group using computational models to study meiotic crossover patterning. Deadline 10th Feb. #meiosis4eva jic.ac.uk/vacancies/postdoct…
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Ian Henderson@hendersi6 Jan 2025
Natural variation modifies centromere proximal meiotic crossover frequency and segregation distortion in Arabidopsis thaliana biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… new work from us on centromere inheritance and organisation @njgorringe @MpNaish @malacopa_genome
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Happy to share our Tansley insight published in @NewPhyt doi.org/10.1111/nph.20376 #plantscience #chromosome #centromere #meiosis
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Dan Gibbs@DJ_Gibbs9 Dec 2024
Two @MIBTP_BBSRC funded PhD project are available in my lab, focussed on understanding roles for protein degradation in the regulation of translational quality control and iron homeostasis in plants! Project details here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/… deadline to apply: 16/01/2025
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Jim Rowe@BotanicalJim18 Nov 2024
The Rowe lab is recruiting a #PlantScience PhD student for 2025! You'll use our new ABACUS FRET biosensors to map the dynamic leaf #AbscisicAcid accumulations at low humidity in Arabidopsis, wheat and rice. #PhDposition findaphd.com/phds/project/un…
A grey coloured Arabidopsis leaf epidermis, with black cell walls. Each cells has a colourful blobs - a nuclear localised fluorescent ABA sensor, with warm colours indicating high concentrations, and cooler colours indicating lower concentrations.

ALT A grey coloured Arabidopsis leaf epidermis, with black cell walls. Each cells has a colourful blobs - a nuclear localised fluorescent ABA sensor, with warm colours indicating high concentrations, and cooler colours indicating lower concentrations.

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Don’t miss out! Apply by MONDAY (25/11/24) for our @NRPBIODTP PhD projects - Oct 2025 entry 🔬🌱 ➡️ biodtp.norwichresearchpark.a… @PhilippaBorrill @YiliangDing @MattHutchings10 @Tung_BK_Le @Saunders_Lab @ChrisMorgan555 @SusanSchlimpert @AndyTruman4 @WebsterMichael0 @barriewilksjic
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Official website for EMBO meiosis 2025 is live now! Looking forward to seeing you in Switzerland next June! #meiosis4eva meetings.embo.org/event/25-m…

Meiosis: Exploring diversity to discover the fundamentals

Meiosis is an essential cell division for sexual reproduction and fertility across eukaryotes. It involves a series of tightly regulated processes, including entry into meiosis, pairing of homologs, …

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Apply TODAY for the John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme 🪴 This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the John Innes Centre and @TheSainsburyLab Closing date - 14 November 2024 More info: okt.to/KLrTmh

Rotation biology PhDs | John Innes Centre

Prestigious studentships, for entry in October 2022, this multi-disciplinary PhD programme includes; plant science, microbiology, biological chemistry, applied mathematics…

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