Ravi Palanivelu

Happy to see @rpalaniveluaz.bsky.social at #PlantBio2025 too!

I will be giving a talk on my lab’s innovative strategy (PhD thesis project of my graduate student Emma Jong @EmmaJong3 ) to generate heat-tolerant tomato varieties. Tomorrow (Monday) at #PlantBio2025. Please consider attending it. plantbiology.app.swapcard.com/event/plant-...

My graduate student Kelsey Pryze will present a poster on heat stress and role of ROS in tomato pistil thermotolerance. Today (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday) evenings at #PlantBio2025. Poster # 100-15. Please consider visiting it. plantbiology.app.swapcard.com/event/plant-...

My graduate student Calvin Perkins will talk about GWAS on tomato pollen to identify genes critical for cell wall integrity. Tomorrow (Monday) afternoon at #PlantBio2025. Please consider attending it. plantbiology.app.swapcard.com/event/plant-...

I became a scientist, but I don’t know if my career will exist in five years | Opinion “The opportunities I had as an aspiring researcher are gone. The path to a better life for kids in Sacramento is slipping away.”

Opinion from a plant science PhD. student in Wisconsin who grew up in Sacramento, attended UC Davis, and is worried the Trump administration is killing science

"STEM careers at risk: NIH funding cuts impact the sciences | Sacramento Bee" share.google/BfnM7qnrFt1j...

My lab had a strong Spring semester following an excellent Fall semester —my PhD students won best poster and oral presentation awards at both the unit and college levels, and we capped it off with their review article being accepted.

Please share. 🙏
I'm searching for an RA to join my group this fall. 1-year fixed term, with the possibility for extension depending on funding. Suitable to a post-bacc or masters interested in plant genomes, epigenetics, or reproductive biology.
DM, email, or comment with questions.

A two-step pollination mechanism enhances reproductive success in Arabidopsis and other self-pollinating Brassicaceae species under adverse conditions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢📢Happy to announce that our 28th ICSPR meeting will be held in Chengdu, China🇨🇳!, co-chaired by Professors Weicai Yang, Li-Jia Qu, Honghui Lin and Hongju Li.
Stay tuned! more details coming soon!
#ICSPR2026 🌱😉 (foto: Zain Lee, in Unsplash).

Want to see your amazing plant reproduction picture on the cover of this fantastic journal @springernature.com? 🤩🌱
We are looking for it!
📸Take part in our contest and get the prize!
More info? 👉visit our website!😉

Hi everybody! We are happy to announce that we are creating an official account also in this social platform!🌍🌎🌏. New papers, congress, workshops, and news from our plant reproduction labs around the world coming soon! 🌱🔬🧬🌺 #PlantReproduction #PlantReproJobs #SciFamily

Maize Genetics Meeting stands up for science!

Thank you @rm0sher.bsky.social for being such a gracious host and loved my visit to the Oxford University! Great science and great company with a very interactive community.

NSF downsizes summer research program for undergraduates Many participants are from groups underrepresented in science

"downsizes" is a weak way of saying "forced to cancel dozens of programs, which jeopardizes future STEM careers of talented undergrads" @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard

“There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years.” scim.ag/3ERRLDo

#science #plantscience #USDA #NIH academic and government labs solve pressing problems. Research stimulates the economy! Find senators who supported vaccines, medical, agricultural research. Thank them for past support Ask for continued support. Eg. Thanks to #MitchMcConnell for supporting vaccines!

German and US flags

To US colleagues who have lost or are in imminent danger of losing their jobs: please DM whether we can accommodate your research.

Me in the Guardian today on DEI as the new N-word for the right:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Instead of cuts we should look for ways to enhance university-federal government partnerships so research can thrive in the years ahead. Great explanatory video on “Facilities and Administrative costs” and what the proposed F and A cuts would mean for our nations research.

Image text: ASPB Reaffirms Its Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion. Statement from ASPB’s Board of Directors, February 11, 2025. Featuring ASPB logo.

ASPB "remains committed to robustly supporting and strongly advocating for diversity and inclusion in the plant sciences, period."

Read full statement 👉 https://blog.aspb.org/aspb-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/.

February 8, 2025 Yesterday the National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration announced a new policy that will dramatically change the way the United States funds medical research.

February 8, 2025

I’m an NSF panel reviewer that was scheduled to meet today. Just got notice that all NSF panels were canceled today. I reviewed some innovative proposals in support of students. Devastating if these scholars don’t get to do this work. For the love of science & students I hope this is just a delay.💔

Gentle reminder that if you truly value diversity in the workforce, top down executive orders may/will change implementation but it shouldn’t change your dedication to building the best possible team/group/cohort/generation of researchers

I'm happy to announce a postdoctoral position is available in my lab. We have lots of great data to analyze with respect to transposons & epigenetics and cool biological questions to answer.
Please reskeet and share.

Repairing a deleterious domestication variant in a floral regulator gene of tomato by base editing - Nature Genetics A deleterious mutation in the tomato transcription factor SSP2 was enriched during domestication. Repairing the deleterious mutation in cultivated tomato by base editing leads to compact growth and ea...

Repairing a deleterious domestication variant in a floral regulator gene of tomato by base editing www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Announcing a curated collection of long-read genomes for Arabidopsis thaliana: The 1001 Genomes Plus Project. Currently 453 unique accessions/almost 600 assemblies.
Interested in contributing? Please contact us!
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

CSHA2025 Plant Reproduction meeting in Japan🇯🇵🌱. Save the dates! 🤩#PlantReproduction #CSHA
More information? 👇
csh-asia.org/?content/2653