Transposable elements are mobile small repetitive DNA sequences that play key roles in gene regulation and genome structure and are regarded as important drivers of genetic diversity in plants.

The TATSI technology takes advantage of over two billion years of evolution of plant transposable elements, which naturally function as honed molecular machines to insert DNA into the genome. The ...

Susan R. Wessler, a distinguished professor of genetics at the University of California, Riverside and a world-renowned expert in transposable elements, has been awarded the McClintock Prize for ...

Virginia Walbot, OBPC Symposium: Maize 2004 & beyond: Regulation of the MuDR/Mu Transposable Elements of Maize and Their Practical Uses, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. Plant, Vol. 41, No.

Transposable elements contribute to cell and species-specific chromatin looping and gene regulation in mammalian genomes. Nature Communications, 2020; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15520-5 ...

Wessler's research focuses on plant transposable elements and their role in the evolution of plant genomes. She is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, a fellow of the American Association of ...

The research project, funded by BBSRC, will investigate the molecular mechanisms underlying the initiation of epigenetic silencing in plant transposable elements. Towards this goal, the study will ...

Study uncovers how transposable elements in Alzheimer's-affected brains could hold the key to new therapeutic approaches, as scientists uncover the genetic links behind these molecular disruptions ...

Pan-cancer analysis identifies tumor-specific antigens derived from transposable elements. Nature Genetics, 2023; DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01349-3 ...

Her laboratory focuses on plant transposable elements and the evolution of plant genomes. It has pioneered the use of computational and experimental analyses in the identification of actively ...

Decades later, transposable elements were discovered at his alma mater, Cornell University: jumping genes could change the phenotypes of corn plants.