Rose Marks

The architecture of resilience: a genome assembly of Myrothamnus flabellifolia sheds light on desiccation tolerance and sex determination Myrothamnus flabellifolia is a dioecious resurrection plant endemic to southern Africa that has become an important model for understanding desiccation tolerance. Despite its ecological and medicina...

The January issue of New Phytologist is online now, featuring on the cover @roseamarks.bsky.social’s article on the physiology and genomics of the resurrection plant, Myrothanus flabellifolia. doi.org/10.1111/nph....

(I’m posting here for Dr. Marks, who is currently doing field work off the grid)

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

new paper! this one holds a special place in my heart--it's the project that brought me to South Africa--just a short 6 years later, we have a product

Myrothamnus is a resurrection plant with deep cultural roots. it's been a privilege to study this iconic species that survives with so little.

Promotional graphic for the 'First WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water.' The graphic features a sandy, desert landscape with a blue sky background. The WALII logo is present on the bottom of the graphic. The rest of the text reads: "Present at one of our four symposium sessions: Science of Drying & Rehydrating Tools & Technologies Engineering, Biotechnology, and Applications of Desiccation Tolerance Integrating Across Scales & Organisms Abstract Submission Deadline: October 9, 2025."

Join us for the first inaugural WALII Virtual Symposium on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025!

Abstract submissions for a contributed talk are NOW OPEN!

Selected speakers will be chosen in Oct. & will present 10-12 min. talks followed by 3-5 min. of Q&A.

Visit: walii.science/virtual-symp...

Calling #mycologists and anyone working on plant fungal interactions, please help spread the word - opportunity to come work with these wonderful people @minyaaa.bsky.social @roseamarks.bsky.social @dallingjim.bsky.social

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The architecture of resilience: a genome assembly of Myrothamnus flabellifolia sheds light on desiccation tolerance and sex determination Myrothamnus flabellifolia is a dioecious resurrection plant endemic to southern Africa that has become an important model for desiccation tolerance. Here, we present a chromosome-level, haplotype-reso...

new preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

we camped in the bush, got caught in a storm, and watched Myrothamnus flabellifolia spring back to life....

now we’ve got a genome assembly and a field-based transcriptomic timecourse to tell its story

Perspective. The art of drying gracefully: The future for desiccation research | Plantae In their perspective article, “Life on the dry side: a roadmap to understanding desiccation tolerance and accelerating translational applications,” Marks et al. outline the current state and future…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- The art of drying gracefully: The future for desiccation research (Nature Communications) @roseamarks.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social (Summary by Stephanie Temnyk) buff.ly/D6x3PIA

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one of the most rewarding projects i’ve ever been part of. huge thx to the team of amazing folks who came together to make this happen ✨

This was an incredible, international, tree-of-life spanning collaborative effort led by @roseamarks.bsky.social. I had fun and it was great model for how we can start to reach across disciplinary barriers and silos. @naturecomms.bsky.social #interdisciplinary

Life on the dry side: a roadmap to understanding desiccation tolerance and accelerating translational applications - Nature Communications Desiccation tolerance is an extreme adaptation to water limitation. Here the authors envisage a roadmap to advance desiccation tolerance research, highlight key knowledge gaps, call for standardizatio...

our perspective on desiccation tolerance research is out in
@naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...