Preprint with @lucascernusak.bsky.social, @florianabusch.bsky.social and Graham Farquhar! We show that mesophyll cell water status is the key signal regulating non-stomatal control of transpiration. We introduce a mechanistic model linking plant hydraulics and gas exchange. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/6... please help to spread the word! I am recruiting one PhD candidate. Fully funded! Theme: regulation of C4-CAM photosynthesis
Research Assistant (PhD Candidate) in Molecular physiology of photosynthesis (m/f/x)
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Could fungi help grow rice more sustainably? 🍚 At the Crop Science Centre, Cambridge researcher Dr Emily Servante is working with Tilda and basmati farmers in India to develop a more environmentally friendly way of growing rice. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4dCvKWS 📸 Studio Charuau
✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/7) From growth potential to drought survival: a trait- and time-based framework for plant water economics across vascular species nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
From growth potential to drought survival: a trait- and time-based framework for plant water economics across vascular species Volaire et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
From the Crop Science Centre in Cambridge to farmers' fields in India: check out the translational work of Cereal Symbiosis Lab member Emily Servanté, just published in THE CONVERSATION theconversation.com/how-im-helpi... @cropscicentre.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social
How I’m helping rice farmers in India harness the power of fungi in the soil
By boosting beneficial microbes, researchers hope to increase crop resilience while reducing the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilisers.
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Check out the newest publication from our lab!! 🌱🌽❄️
Plant Physiology@plantphys.bsky.social · 8mo agoSub-optimal temperature leads to tighter coupling between photosynthetic electron transport and CO2 assimilation under fluctuating light in maize (Cristina R G Sales , Stéphanie Arrivault , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Delighted to share new work on the 3D anatomy and stomatal patterning of a C4 grass www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
High-resolution microCT reveals relationships between stomata and interior leaf anatomy in Sorghum
Stomata are pores in the leaf epidermis that regulate the trade-off between CO2 uptake for photosynthesis and water vapor loss to the atmosphere. Stomatal patterning therefore influences water use eff...
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Can anyone help: I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) as a putative key regulator of diurnal deacidification in CAM leaves across varying light intensities and photoperiods academic.oup.com/jxb/article-... @jxbotany.bsky.social
Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase (PPDK) as a putative key regulator of diurnal deacidification in CAM leaves across varying light intensities and photoperiods
Abstract. Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants primarily fix atmospheric CO2 at night and store it as malic acid in their vacuoles. During daytime, va
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New paper led by @bposch.bsky.social out in @newphyt.bsky.social . We reviewed evidence, mechanisms, and consequences of high temperature acclimation of leaf heat tolerance: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph....
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A novel single‐cell NAD‐ME C4 subtype integrated with #CAM and #bicarbonate use in an aquatic plant 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Sheng Jiang et al. @WileyPlantSci #photosynthesis #Rubisco
New paper - led by Isabella Østerlund Rho-GTPase overexpression can impact the development of cell shape and airspace structure in Arabidopsis. These genetic changes can also reduce photosynthesis, due to lower mesophyll conductance nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rho GTPase overexpression impacts leaf internal architecture and mesophyll conductance in Arabidopsis
Leaves are built from multiple cell types and are structured to enable the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into sugars in the process of photosynthesis. Understanding how cell architecture im.....
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One day in the lab, we accidentally discovered that the spines of a cactus 🌵 straighten when exposed to fog. I was intrigued and so were my collaborators. How does this work and what can be gained from it? Here are some of the answers in our new preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🎉🆕📰🎉: The winner takes it all: a single genotype of Kalanchoe × houghtonii is a global invader doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Since I’ve moved to England in 2020 we’ve lived through three of the hottest years on record. Unsurprisingly, this is impacting crop yields. Read more about the impact, and the work we do to mitigate this in this weekend’s times: www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Inside the Essex ‘drought room’ testing crops for climate change
After one of the driest springs on record, and with British harvests collapsing, urgent research is finding creative ways to help farmers adapt
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New Article: "Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales" rdcu.be/epLNP Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.
New #CAM paper dropped! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #plantscience
A high‐quality genome of the Atacama Desert plant Cistanthe cachinalensis and its photosynthetic behavior related to drought and life history
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis has independently evolved many times in arid-adapted plant lineages. Cistanthe cachinalensis (Montiaceae), a desert annual, can upregulate CAM facul...
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Regulation of Crassulacean acid metabolism at the protein level in Kalanchoë laxiflora (Katharina Schiller , Saskia Janshoff , Sanja Zenker , Prisca Viehöver , James Hartwell , Jürgen Eirich , Iris Finkemeier , Andrea Bräutigam) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience
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please share - 2 postdoc positions available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-... @ripeproject.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
🌿 Excited to share our latest preprint! We tracked how plasmodesmata numbers evolved across the path from C₃ → C₄ photosynthesis in Flaveria - and found a stepwise increase in cell-to-cell connectivity. Thoughts or feedback are most welcome 😊 #PlantScience
bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · last yr.Stepwise increase in plasmodesmata during C4 evolution in Flaveria https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649591v1
♻️🆓: Elevated nocturnal respiratory rates in the mitochondria of CAM plants: current knowledge and unanswered questions doi.org/10.1093/aob/...
Welcome to the Pallavi Singh Lab account! We explore how plants respond to water stress, investigate shoot-root interactions via monocot grafting & work on enhancing photosynthesis. Follow us for research updates, fieldwork adventures & behind the scenes lab moments! #PlantScience #Photosynthesis
Have you ever wondered about NPQ in C4 plants? ☀️🪴 Check out the recent pre-print from Lucìa who used to be a PhD student/post-doc in our lab and now works for the @ripeproject.bsky.social in Illinois. She shows that C4 plants have faster NPQ than related C3 plants. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Faster relaxation of nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ) in C4 than in C3 species
Acceleration of photoprotective non-photochemical quenching (NPQ) responses to changes in light intensity has been suggested as a strategy to enhance crop yield. Despite many key crops utilising C4 ph...
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Check out our postdoc Georgia's new paper on the role of hydrogen peroxide in coordinating photosynthesis with stomatal opening 🌱 In it she shows that chloroplast-derived hydrogen peroxide coordinates stomatal conductance and that this signal predominantly arises from the guard cells.
WE’RE HIRING! Funded 3-year postdoc looking at the impact of chilling on maize 🌽 The project will be looking at chilling responses in roots and shoots 🌱❄️ including the role of ABA and photoinhibition. Applications close 28th March. More details below www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50591/
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
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I just signed (this one is for British citizens only)
Guy Shrubsole@guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 2y agoThis petition to stop Musk donating insane amounts of money to UK political parties just hit 70,000 signatures - up from 30k a day ago. Can we make it hit the 100k mark tomorrow and trigger a parliamentary debate?? bsky.app/profile/guys...
I need help finding a pdf of a paper that seems to be impossible for me to find - can anyone help? “Physiological conditions in cucumber houses” (1917) F.G. Gregory
Over 3 pandemic summers @kmeacham-hensold.bsky.social led a fabulous team characterizing a photorespiratory bypass in field-grown potato, giving us more evidence that manipulating PR can enhance crop thermotolerance! Out today : onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/oidcS... @globalchangebio.bsky.social
Shortcutting Photorespiration Protects Potato Photosynthesis and Tuber Yield Against Heatwave Stress
Over two growing seasons, a chloroplast localized synthetic glycolate metabolic pathway expressed in potato, enhanced tuber biomass. We confirmed that this yield benefit did not come at the cost of t...
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