Patricia Lang Patricia Lang shows in NatureEcoEvo that genetic variants in Arabidopsis' stomata genes have changed in the last 200 years probably lowering stomatal density in leaves, which may be adaptive under climate change since they have more CO2! nature.com/articles/s4155…

Our latest research on position-dependent transcriptional regulatory sequences in plants is now published! 🌿 More details in our preprint tweet and in this thread! 👇 nature.com/articles/s4158… 📄🔍 (1/5)

Here’s a comprehensive (48-page) review of DNA extraction methods developed for point-of-need DNA-based testing that could be useful for DNA testing practitioners, students of PCR, fieldwork researchers, and anyone interested in DNA extraction chemistry. 👇 The authors, Lee et

Thrilled to share our study NatureCommunity, in collaboration with Denis Kutnjak, on the conservation of the molecular interface between plant and viruses!, we contribute the first comparative study including the non-vascular plant Marchantia polymorpha 🧵nature.com/articles/s4146…

Also need to thank my undergrad Zoey Mayo for doing the cloning, Beth Rowan for assisting and supervising, and Megan Reeves for lettuce transformation. And Richard Michelmore Lab for letting us work on this side project. #BlueLettuce

📣 The application deadline for the Plant Physiology Assistant Features Editor program is in two weeks! If you're a postdoc or late-stage PhD student, consider applying. Plant Physiology blog.aspb.org/plant-physiolo…

Revealing real-time 3D in vivo pathogen dynamics in plants by label-free optical coherence tomography disq.us/t/4qw0b7g . Great collaboration of the TU Delft and Utrecht University together with Rijk Zwaan. Smart technology to image downy mildew infection in lettuce.

🙌 Breakthrough in the fight against devastating banana diseases: first resistant plant developed 🍌 Professor of #phytopathology Gert Kema: “This is of great importance for the future of banana farming” 👉 wur.nl/en/research-re… #TR4 #blacksigatoka #plantbreeding

Addgene is the best! nature.com/articles/d4158…

My department has two open Asst. Prof searches: Plant Systems Biology or Biotechnology (aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02016) and Translational Plant Sciences (aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02015).

We are still looking for speakers for the PAG Plant Reproductive Genomics session - please reach out if interested!

The department of Chromosome Biology of the Max planck MPIPZ Cologne is looking for a new group leader. Join us, with Polina Yu. Novikova André Marques Schneeberger lab We are very open minded concerning the project, it just needs to be exciting. jobs.mpipz.mpg.de/jobposting/869…

I’ve noticed people leaving Twitter (or X, whatever) again, saying it’s horrible. But Twitter has always been horrible—that's how the 2016 elections happened, long before the current ownership. It's up to us to shape it into something valuable. For me, that means sharing and

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Joanne Chory's work on light signaling was an inspiration to me, especially in the early years of my research career. Now her light is gone. Rest in Peace. salk.edu/news-release/j…

What an year! Excited to share our work on Crosskingdom RNAi in plant-fungus symbiosis New Phytologist as part of a wonderful collaboration with Prof. Luisa Lanfranco in Università di Torino (more to come!) nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/4XMQABNN…

The Genetics Society Seed Plant Research Meeting is on again! Where: Durham, UK When: 8th and 9th of April 2025 Cost: registration £75/£95 for Genetics Society members/non-members, accommodation £58/night

The Slotkin lab is hiring for an exciting project that involves gene editing, transposable elements and plant transformation! Please RT! paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php…