Happy to share our latest preprint on cork differentiation. Story led by David Molina #sfb1101#plantsciencewww.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I've got a postdoc position open in my lab. Do you work on moss, single cell transcriptomics or plant developmental genomics? Consider applying for this position - more here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06360

The research is "a reminder that over the history of life on Earth, there have existed trees that look unlike any we've ever seen before and some that look as though they may come from the imagination of Dr. Seuss, the researchers say." phys.org/news/2024-02...

Rare 3D fossils show that some early trees had forms unlike any you've ever seen

In the fossil record, trees typically are preserved with only their trunks. They don't usually include any leaves to show what their canopies and overall forms may have looked like. But now, researche...

“There is a cost for success in STEM academia. The few minoritized people who seem to thrive might be doing what psychologists call ‘high-effort coping’” True words by Jean King, and gosh, do I not feel it.

Why the mental cost of a STEM career can be too high for women and people of colour

Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creating psychological — and physical — effects. The scientific community must ease this burden. Under-represented groups face chronic barriers, creatin...

Microtubules and actin filaments direct nuclear movement during the polarisation of Marchantia spore cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.23.581750v1

Microtubules and actin filaments direct nuclear movement during the polarisation of Marchantia spore cells https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.02.23.581750v1

Multicellular organisms typically develop from single cells, the polarity of which establishes the f

The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia. Reporter fusions for most TF promoters, analysed expression patterns in Marchantia gemmae & build a map of expression domains to find key TFs in the stem cell zone academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia

A collection of promoters was systematically derived from transcription factor genes in Marchantia polymorpha and used to build a precise map of cell fates in v

Looks like it’s trying hard to be a giant moss….

Scarlet elf cup Sarcoscypha cochinea on my local walk - is spring on the way?

Butterfly 🦋 genomes: stable for 250 MY! 🐛 apple.news/AOCORWpLLRqa...

Botanical valentine 💚🧪🌱