๐ Congratulations to Mariana Silva Artur (
@plantscifyi
), who has been named one of the 20 most influential women in the European seed sector in 2023 by
@SeedWorldEU
. Read more ๐
#plantphysiology
Woopwoop!๐A little delayed for the
#BlackBotanistsWeek
but here I am!๐ฉ๐พโ๐ฌI study how plants can survive without water๐ฑ๐งโก๏ธ
#desiccationtolerance
. This is found in many seeds and a few plants called
#resurrectionplants
.*the 2nd pic is an
@home
experimentation๐คorchid pollination.
๐I am super happy to announce that today I started as an Asistant Professor at the Lab. of Plant Physiology
@WURplant
@WUR
!๐ฅณ
Our group wil study the mechanisms of seed resilience to extreme abiotic stresses!๐ง๐ก๏ธ๐ฑ
๐๐พ
#plantscifyi
#womaninsci
#blackinstem
#PhDvacancy
An amazing opportunity to join us at the Laboratory of Plant Physiology
@WUR
! We are recruiting a PhD student to investigate the regulatory basis of desiccation tolerance in seeds. Please RT!๐ฑ๐ง๐ง๐ค๐คฉ
#plantscijobs
#plantscifyi
#plantresearch
๐ฅณI am so honored to be awarded the NWO-VENI grant to study how seeds survive drying during their development๐ฉ๐ฟโ๐ฌ๐ฑ. Thank you
@NWO_Science
, colleagues from Plant Ecophysiology
@UUBeta
& Plant Physiology
@WURplant
,collaborators,friends &family. Exciting
#science
on the way! YAY!!๐๐ฟ
54 Veni grants awarded within the
#domainscience
. Subjects include research into the genes that make you stutter and measuring stress with videogames. Congrats and good luck!
Our first speakers announced are the award lectures of the
@IntlSeedSciSoc
. The awardee of the Mike Black lecture is Marianna AS Artur
@plantscifyi
@WUR
.
I'm happy to share this In Brief
@ThePlantCell
where I highlighted the work of Yang, Zhao et al. on a new chromatin silencing mechanism acting on ABA signalling during seed germination!
A very interesting and inspiring work! ๐ฑ๐ค
#plantscifyi
#seedresearch
#abscisicacid
IN BRIEF: Better to keep silent: Chromatin-mediated repression of ABA biosynthesis and signalling genes allows seed germination - Mariana A S Artur
@plantscifyi
#PlantSci
Yesterday Mariana Silva Arthur
@plantscifyi
gave the Mike Black founder lecture. She presented her past work on vegetative and reproductive dessiccation tolerance.
I am happy to share my first IB
@ThePlantCell
where I highlighted the cool findings of Qin & collagues () on a new link between ethylene and gibberelin pathways controlling rice primary root elongation!
#plantscifyi
#plantresearch
#plantsarecool
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Orchids aren't resurrection plants, but mostly produce desiccation tolerant seeds.๐ฑ The picture show an orchid fruit growing chubby, and I hope inside there will be hundreds of baby orchids (=seeds).๐ค
Me: I am from Brazil.๐ง๐ทThanks to a brazilian scholarship in the old times I could do my PhD in Plant Physiology
@WURplant
, now I am a postdoc
@UUBeta
.I believe that science still have enough room for improvement towards
#equality
, and I am happy we are now talking about that!๐๐๐พ
Once the mother plant has given enough nutrients for the babies to form, the fruit will start to dry, as well as the seeds inside of it. These babies can lose ~90% of their water. What is super cool! (e.g. we humans can't lose even 8%of our body water). A reminder:
#drinkwater
๐ง!
I am happy to highlight the work of Xu, Sato & coauthors as an In Brief
@ThePlantCell
. A work that combined devo, physio, genet, molbio๐คฉ๐คฏ(all the cool stuff!) to show how endosperm cellularization failure affects embryo development! A must read! ๐ค๐ฑ
#plantscifyi
#seedresearch
Most likely the baby seeds 'know' they will face extreme drought already during their development, and the resurrection plants were smart enough to wake up this 'memory' dyring their evolution so that they could live and chill in very very dry environments! โบ๐โ๐พ
#plantsarecool
For example, some proteins called LEAs can protect cells from death caused by dehydration. These proteins are produced in the developing seeds even before they start to dry.๐ฏThe same protective LEAs help the leaves of
#resurrectionplants
to survive extreme drought!๐คฏ
This means at the same time baby plants are being formed, they start to be prepared for the harsh life once they are dispersed. We still know quite few how
#desiccationtolerance
is regulated during
#seed
development. But there are definitely cool stuff going on in there!๐ง
I am happy to share the In Brief I wrote about the work of Guo, Chen et al. (2023)
@ThePlantCell
! They investigated the contribution of translational regulation for wheat grain development & discovered a lot of interesting features associated with that!๐ต๐พโโ๏ธ๐พ๐
#plantscifyi
#wheat
REVIEW: A commitment for life: Decades of unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind seed dormancy and germination (Nikita Sajeev, Maarten Koornneef, Leรณnie Bentsink)
@Lbentsink
@ASPB
#PlantSci
Spent a great afternoon sharing our love for
#seeds
with kids! And our research team made it to the top three spots for the tv show
@hetklokhuis
!!๐๐
Plant Cell Webinar: Plant Responses to Abiotic Stress
Celebrating the January 2023 Focus Issue on Climate Change and Plant Abiotic Stress.
When: Tuesday, February 7, 2023, at 10 AM EST / 3 PM GMT.
It was such a great time working with you all at EvP. I learned so much and I'm really grateful for meeting amazing scientists and awesome people. I'll miss you, but I'm happy I'll be very close-by! Thank you thank you thank you! ๐ฑ๐ค๐ฑ
Weโre saying goodbye to the wonderful
@plantscifyi
who will be joining
@LBentsink
at
@WURplant
. Obviously, an online goodbye doesn't do justice, but it's the best we can do. We will miss you Mariana, but you will fortunately stay close!
Today I had the chance to conduct a class by myself for the 1st time.I saw how challenging it is to cheer up ~40 students for 5 consecutive hrs. It is nice to see that at the end they find
#plants
even cooler!Thanks
@kaisakajala
for the opportunity&
@C8TX89hEIF2aMzJ
for the help!
๐ญโ๐พ๐ง๐ท๐ช๐พ A esperanรงa voltou!
Lula presidente! LULAAAAA!
*Four years waiting for this day, for my country! Braziiiil!!!
#lula
#lulapresidente2022
Today we kicked off the Master Class on Seed Technology 2022 with
@LBentsink
's welcome and lectures on fundamental & applied aspects of seed maturation and germination by Steven Groot and myself!๐ค
Looking forward to the next days of interactions and knowledge exchange!
#seedsci
A very very cool research that I'm so happy to have contributed and learned so much! ๐ค๐ฑ๐คฉ๐งCongrats to all hard working and amazing researchers involved!๐ฅณ 'Innovation, conservation, and repurposing of gene function in root cell type development'
#plantscifyi
#plantresearch
As a Brazilian, black, woman,from a low income family who had the opportunity & support to study at public BR-University &abroad, I can explain how much stress the elections give me. There's only one choice for Brazil & the world:
@LulaOficial
#lula13
โ๐พ๐ง๐ท
Today we had Dr. Renake Teixeira sharing her interesting work on seed quality trait regulation, lectures, demontrations & practicals
@WURplant
on seed priming, imaging & aging, a tour
@CGN_Wageningen
&
@GeneSprout
sharing important information on NGTs!
#masterclass
#seedtech
I can't believe I am getting there!!On this Friday (11/01) at 4pm (NL time) I will defend my PhD thesis: 'Unfolding plant desiccation tolerance: Evolution, structure, and function of LEA proteins' via
@WUR
#plantscifyi
#phdfeelings
A very nice meeting of the Plant Development and Adaptation Cluster with speakers from: Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cluster Plant Developmental Biology! ๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ฅผ๐งช๐งซ๐ค
@WUR
@WURplant
@PDB_WUR
@PPH_WUR
@KarlovaRumyana
of
@PPH_WUR
kicked off todayโs PDA cluster meeting at
@WUR
with her groupโs exciting work on the role of roots microbiome for abiotic stress resilience in different crops.
@WURplant
Extremely exciting week nearing its end - my first postdoc
@plantscifyi
started on Monday, and yesterday I had the pleasure of being the inaugural speaker of
@PSB_VIB
PhD council seminars invited by
@clarajanae
!
Vote on us!๐๐ณ๏ธ
Help us to get an episode about the amazing world of
#seedresearch
for Het Klokhuis (a very pop Dutch TV show for kids) Science Prize 2023ย voting here ๐๐พ 'Hoe weet een zaadje of het wel of niet moet kiemen?'๐ฑ
#seedresearch
#zadenonderzoek
The registrations for the 18th Master Class on Seed Technology to be held in Wageningen from 14th-18th April 2024 are almost closing!
If you interested please contact us before 15th of February ๐ง mcst.pph
@wur
.nl
#training
#seedtechnology
#seedscience
Faculty Job: Myths & Realities - an interview with
@kaisakajala
: by
@aribidopsis
"I was nerdy and liked logic, puzzles, games and STEM subjects. First year of undergrad I first started to realize how ridiculously awesome the phenotypic plasticity was."
Feliz de compartilhar um pouco sobre minha trajetรณria em pesquisa de sementes com os alunos da
@uflabr
! Obrigada pelo convite prof.Michele Reis! ๐ฑ๐ง๐ค
*It was a pleasure to share a my
#seedresearch
trajectory with young researchers at my BSc & MSc uni!
#plantresearch
#seed
#ufla
New Research: Structural Plasticity of Intrinsically Disordered LEA Proteins from Xerophyta schlechteri Provides Protection In Vitro and In Vivo: Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins are essential to the ability ofโฆ
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
PPH extremely well represented
@EPSGradSchool
Lunteren meeting! Two nominations for the spotlight award and three for mentorship! Leonie Bentsink wins the mentor award!
#padiba2019
has started! And what an interesting place for that! An old church structure above our heads! Excited to learn and discuss about plant apoplastic barriers and beyond! ๐ง๐ฉ๐พโ๐ฌ๐ฑ
#plantscifyi
#plantresearch
#plantbarriers
Iโm happy to finally submit the final chapter of my PhD dissertation. Here we studied a very known TF in the field of seed lipid content - WRINKLED1. To our surprise, this was the first comprehensive study of genome-wide binding pattern of WRI1. ๐งต
#plantbio
#seeds
#lipids
Are you a professional seed technologist/researcher looking for updating and broadening your knowledge and expertise?
Registrations are now open for the 17th Master Class on Seed Technology๐ซ, from 9-13 October in Wageningen, NL.
More information below:๐๐พ
What a great way to break an almost two year in-person meeting starvation. Amazing talk from
@PlantoPhagy
at
@WUR
. Awesome C53 reticulophagy receptorย story. Q&I: Do autophagosomes move from cell to cell and why?
@EPSGradSchool
Our current focus is on the evolution & regulation of mechanisms of desiccation tolerance. We combine experimental physiology, bioinformatics & molecular biology approaches to study gene evolution & regulation in seeds of model and non-model (crop) species and resurrection plants
I'm very happy and thankful to be part of this work. The tomato root atlas! A super interesting paper with exciting findings. ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฉ๐พโ๐ฌ
#plantresearch
#plantscifyi
#tomatoresearch
Our preprint is out: Innovation, conservation and repurposing of gene function in plant root cell type development, a.k.a. Tomato root atlas
This is SO exciting - I started on this in 2012 and through a massive team effort we're here! A short thread โฌ๏ธ
If you are
#plantsci
postdoc at any of the affiliated institutions of the Graduate School Experiental Plant Sciences in The
#NL
() come and join us in the
@PlantSciPostDoc
. ๐ง๐ฑ
More info below ๐:
It was a huge learning activity for me to help on organizing the 16th Master Class on Seed Technology. A unique opportunity for young seed scientists and technologists to spend 5 days exchanging knowledge and networking with experts in different
#seedsciencefields
#plantscifyi
It is still possible to register for Life2021! We have an interesting line-up with keynotes by Edith Heard, John Cryan, Pablo Tittonell and John Duncan. Don't miss it!
IN BRIEF: From the archives: BETL, gamma, alpha โ An unexpected transporter mediating sucrose transfer in maize, innovation by whole-genome duplication, and cooperative DNA binding by Opaque2 (Mariana A S Artur)
@plantscifyi
@ASPB
#PlantSci
Today
@PPH_WUR
:
It was a Research Integrity and Inclusion workshop day.
Great discussion!
Openness, Transparency, Respect, Diversity were few of the many points discussed.
Thanks to everyone for making it such a fruitful day!
#researchintegrity
#inclusion
Are you interested in working with us?
We have two vacancies in the project โPlant stress resilience, think global, act localโ!! Apply via the following links:
for post-doc position
for Ph.D. position
๐ฃThe registrations for the Master Class on Seed Technology (MCST) 2023 are still open!
The MCST offers an intensive seminar program, with informal discussions & several demonstrations of recent technological developments.
Reach out via: mcst.pph
@wur
.nl
Very interesting research on how tomatoes protect themselves against pests! A comparative (morpho-)biochemical analysis between wild and cultivated species. Congrats to the team, specially my dear friend R. Therezan! ๐ฑ๐ง๐ช
#plantscifyi
#plantresearch
#plantdefense
The wild species S. habrochaites produces natural insecticides in its round-shaped type-VI trichomes. Here, the genetic factors necessary to build up insect resistance in cultivated tomatoes (S. lycopersicum)
The wait is over! International Rice Congress
#IRC2023
kicks off today, bringing together innovators and experts from around the world. Looking forward to insightful discussions and networking!
If you are interested in our work on rice
@PPH_WUR
you are welcome at poster no.924.
#vacancy
| Do you want to work on the physiology of plants ๐ฑ grown under fully controlled conditions? We are starting a large research programme โSky High: Vertical farming, a revolution in plant productionโ.
#verticalfaming
#postdoc
๐
@werkenbijwur
'Procrastination on social media is not always a negative. It can increase productivity and lead to new opportunities and important connections. ' :)
How to use Twitter to further your research career
๐ณGiving another guest lecture in the Big Data Labs of
@kaisakajala
. This time teaching how to perform a phylogenetic analysis! ๐ฉ๐พโ๐ซ
#plantscifyi
#teaching
Hereโs our delve into submergence ๐ responses in the root tips of four species ๐ ๐พ(and shoot tips of two), across five different levels of regulation.
It has been a long journey with us developing tools for every step on the way, and it feels unbelievable to be here today!
โ๏ธJOB ALERT โ๏ธI have an open PhD position to study recombination dynamics and molecular evolution in
#holocentric
#chromosomes
in collaboration with
@30Steven2
! Deadline January 6th! Apply here:
RT, please!
So interesting the co-option of desiccation tolerance in mosses! In the same 'history line' orthodox seeds & angiosperm resurrection plants became capable to survive extreme drying. So much to figure out about this amazing process!
#plantsarecool
#desiccationtolerance
#plantscifyi
Some species of spikemosses (Selaginella) can dry out and 'resurrect' once re-hydrated. A recent study found that different genes have been co-opted for the same desiccation tolerance trait in several species of
#Selaginella
. A cool example of convergent
#evolution
!
Will you apply for an NWO-Veni grant in 2021?
Would you like tips to prepare a successful application?
We are organizing a Veni workshop for EPS postdocs on the 25th of February. Registration is now open! Don't miss this opportunity!
#plantscievents
It was fun to write an In Brief highlighting the work of Palos et al. (2022)
@ThePlantCell
. They made use of publicly available RNA-seq data to create a pipeline and annotate new (functions) of LincRNAs in Brassicaceae. A must read!๐ค๐ฑ
#plantscifyi
#plantcell
#plantresearch
The Master Class on Seed Technology is a great opportunity for new or experienced professionals to learn and update their knowledge on basic and advanced aspects of seeds science and technology!
A few spots still available!
#seedscience
#seedtechnology