{"id":1399,"date":"2025-07-29T18:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2026-10-24T01:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T01:45:51","slug":"new-paper-on-mobile-gene-clusters-in-sinorhizobium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/new-paper-on-mobile-gene-clusters-in-sinorhizobium\/","title":{"rendered":"New paper on mobile gene clusters in Sinorhizobium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is bittersweet that after many years of hard work, this collaborative paper (truly a co-lead situation) finally came out in PNAS right after we lost our friend, colleague, and collaborator Amy. This paper was such a labor of love, and we&#8217;re deeply thankful to have had the pleasure of working and writing with this amazing human. Love you, babe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/local\/heath\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6611-1024x769.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1401\" width=\"599\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/local\/heath\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6611-1024x769.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/local\/heath\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6611-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/local\/heath\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6611-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/local\/heath\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6611-1536x1154.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/local\/heath\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6611-2048x1539.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/app.sib.illinois.edu\/heath\/local\/heath\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_6611-100x75.jpeg 100w, 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