Calcium waves trigger leaf movement in Mimosa plants nature.com/articles/s4146…

Phycobilisomes? Photosystems? The gang's all here!

The best smelling part of your body is almost definitely your nose.

Happy to attend my first Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis! Also quite ironically, I was excited to spot my first non-photosynthetic plant during my stay at the conference.

Cryo-EM structure of a plant photosystem II supercomplex with light-harvesting protein Lhcb8 and α-tocopherol | Nature Plants ⁦Nature Plants⁩ nature.com/articles/s4147…

A microscopic species of algae is disrupting entire ecosystems around the world. Associate professor of Purdue Biochemistry Jennifer Wisecaver's findings on the genetic diversity of the organism could help better predict when toxic blooms occur. purdue.university/445bg2c

Plant photosystem II assembly: TROL2 to the rescue #spotlight #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-plan…

Thanks to the organizers of #ASPBMW2024 for giving me an opportunity to talk about my research!

Proud to announce that I defended my thesis this past week. A HUGE thanks to all of those who have helped me to accomplish this milestone in my life! Boiler up! Purdue Biochemistry Purdue Center for Plant Biology

Had a great time presenting my research this year at #PlantBio2024!

Sienna Ogawa loves the spirit of discovery. A self-described “ideas person," the PhD candidate in Purdue BPP wants to learn something about plants that nobody has before through her research and teaching. purdue.ag/ogawa

Wonderful news! Parafilm M rules! Very well-deserved recognition after helping so many other #NobelPrize winners achieve their breakthroughs! Congratulations Moved on to @parafilmm.bsky.social

🍂NEW VIDEO🍂 All through Autumn, trees race against time to recycle their chlorophyll--and basically everything else in their leaves. But why go through all this effort? The answers are honestly mind-blowing: rendered in #blender3d using Brady Johnston's #molecularnodes

My second favorite mutation in A. thaliana goes to immutans 🌱 We’ve all seen variegation—the striking appearance of different colors in plant parts, often forming fascinating patterns. While several A. thaliana mutants show variegation, immutans is unique… 🧵

This year, with a bit of breeding and CRISPR, I upgraded the roses to be larger and more beautiful 🪄✨ These look like a completely different species, but have the genetic backbone of Arabidopsis 😎 (5/7)

Happy Holidays everyone ⭐! I hope you enjoy some relaxing time with your loved ones.

Every synthetic biologist, every biochemist, when they dream, will sometimes hear a voice calling A whisper on the wind, as impossible as infinity, as sweet as the ambrosia of the very Gods "Engineer RuBisCo" And this paper takes us one step closer nature.com/articles/s4158…

Researchers in Purdue Biochemistry's studies on the photosystem II protein complex, published in Cell Press, could lead to more efficient photosynthetic light energy conversion in plants. ag.purdue.edu/news/2025/02/p…

MLO-mediated calcium influx regulates root hair tip growth Ogawa et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

Unraveling design principles of protein landscapes in photosynthetic membranes in plant chloroplasts | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… Science Advances