Amanda Cavanagh

Figure 1 from Kinoshita and Finkemeier article showing gas-exchange measurements of petiole-cut Arabidopsis leaves in the whole plant chambers of the LI-6800 system. Panel A shows a schematic diagram of the method i.e. petiole cutting on wet paper and insertion of leaves into a parafilm-sealed dish containing water. Panels B-E are graphs that show C02 assimilation and transpiration rates under different conditions tested

Chamber of Secrets?

Kinoshita @strnk17desejp.bsky.social & Finkemeier @ifink-lab.bsky.social present an alternative method to precisely measure CO2 assimilation rate & transpiration of #Arabidopsis leaves in whole-plant chambers

Open Access🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#PlantPhysiology
#PlantScience

Another exciting opportunity to be a part of our team!!

Please spread the news.

The JXB Ethics Manager Mareike Jezek delivering the JXB75 workshop on Publication Ethics in a meeting room in conference centre in Edinburgh.

The JXB Assistant Editor Bridget O'Boyle delivering the JXB75 workshop on Manuscript Preparation in a meeting room in the conference centre in Edinburgh.

✨ Day 1 Highlights of our 75th Anniversary Conference in Edinburgh ✨

We kicked off with a series of interactive workshops hosted by the JXB editorial office & Jamie Gallagher:

🔹 Publication Ethics
🔹 Manuscript Preparation
🔹 Presentation Skills

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

PEPG Techniques Workshop 2025 going down a treat 🌿

Photos from yesterday's workshop on water relations and today's on chlorophyll fluorescence, as well as pastel de nata and Quinta horses @sebiology.bsky.social

More pictures from theDay 2 for the PEPG 2025 workshop

Many thanks to Mengjie Fan for an impressive video

From science to socials 🍷

Day 1 of #PEPGWorkshop combined engaging talks, practical sessions, a wine trail & dinner — a great start to the week!

Day 1 of the #PEPGWorkshop kicked off with inspiring talks on leaf gas exchange, fluorescence, water relations, roots & soil, and ecosystems 🌱✨
Afternoon = hands-on + networking!

Christmas came early to the Pallavi Singh Lab this year! Thrilled to welcome another brand-new Gen 2000 Conviron, a fantastic boost to our plant growth facilities in the Plant Productivity Group at Essex

Fab highlight of our unique site from @carlbernacchi.bsky.social The Quinta housed pioneering ecophys work from Otto Lange who characterized (among many things) midday depression. Read more about his work and inspiring life here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Lu...
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@sebiology.bsky.social

What an inspiring and energizing kick off to the week at #PEPG2025. We spent the morning getting up to speed on our themes, and the afternoon in hands on practical activities thanks to our manufacturing partners!

@sebiology.bsky.social

Excited to be at this year's PEPG Field Techniques Workshop in beautiful Portugal! Highlight of day one was putting names to faces in person and making new connections 😁 @sebiology.bsky.social

@cavycavs.bsky.social @lornamca.bsky.social @erikmurch.bsky.social @moore-science.bsky.social

Spending the day getting reacquainted with our home for the next week. Tomorrow things kick off for #PEPG2025

Empathy and kindness are becoming rather rare traits these days. There is nothing more important than treating each other like the finite mortal short-lived nociceptive beings we are. A life lived in apathy feels so much shorter and far too cold.

Try to love more while you live.

A huge round of applause for our
conference prize winners! Congratulations to Jessica Moon, James Vanstone, Anoop Tripathi, Rhiannon Durant, Daisy Bown and Ryo Tachibana! Your outstanding research was a highlight of the conference #PlastidPreview2025

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Plastid Preview 2025 program

It's been a great day at #PlastidPreciew2025 at the @universityofessex.bsky.social I've learnt about chloroplast development, retrograde signalling and even macroalgae!

@ciara-obrien.bsky.social, Thomas and Carol (my Seung group lab mates) gave fab talks and I'm looking forward to my go tomorrow...

Massive thanks to our #PlastidPreview2025 sponsors!
Gatsby Charitable Foundation, New Phytologist Foundation, New Phytologist, @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social, @sebiology.bsky.social, @jxbotany.bsky.social, Plant Biotechnology Journal, @universityofessex.bsky.social & @rainca.bsky.social‬

🌿 A big thank you to Plant Biotechnology Journal for sponsoring the Poster Session at #PlastidPreview2025! 🧬✨
Your support helps early career researchers share their exciting work and spark new collaborations.

@sebiology.bsky.social
@johnathan-n.bsky.social

The Plastid Preview 2025 spirit has taken over the Pallavi Singh Lab! 🌿🧬 We are gearing up for an exciting meeting of early career researchers in the plant sciences community. Don’t miss the excitement, we look forward to seeing you on 1–2 September! 📅 #PlastidPreview2025 #PlantScience

I am so happy about this you would think I won the award myself. What a well deserved honour for pioneers of the field.

🌟We’re hiring: Science Communication Lead🌟

At Jan IngenHousz Institute (JII) in Wageningen, NL, we’re building a young research institute focused on improving #photosynthesis to secure future food production. Now we need your comms expertise to help us grow. Keep reading👇 #Hiring #OpenScience

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

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...

🌱 Kickstart your plant science career!
We’re offering 2 paid Research Trainee roles (Oct ‘25–Mar ‘26) at Jan IngenHousz Institute — 6 months to explore photosynthesis, gain hands-on skills, and prepare your own PhD proposal. Read on for more info👇

This is a fab program, and a great way to connect with other plant scientists! Consider joining the Plantae fellow team!

This is a great program. We started in in 2016 and it just gets better and better!
Check out some past fellows who are on Bluesky: @philcarella.bsky.social @mattbnt.bsky.social @psaima.bsky.social @fromani.bsky.social @sjb287.bsky.social @aribidopsis.bsky.social @cavycavs.bsky.social

Photosynthetic induction describes the increase in photosynthetic CO2 assimilation (A) in response to a change from low irradiance or shade to high irradiance.

A guide to understanding and measuring photosynthetic induction: considerations and recommendations

A #CommunityResource by Liana Acevedo-Siaca & Lorna McAusland 👇

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

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

A photograph of the front cover of the first issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany, published in March 1950.

VIRTUAL ISSUE

🌱☀️ Photosynthesis ☀️🌱

📜 JXB has a long history of publishing impactful photosynthesis research - dating back to the very first issue in March 1950, which featured 'The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis’ by Benson & Calvin 🔬

🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1927

Our special issue on “Crops under stress: can we mitigate the impacts of climate change on agriculture and launch the ‘Resilience Revolution’?” in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is out.
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

Precision in action! The DroughtSpotter automatically irrigates based on real-time weight, simulating water stress with accuracy. Making our experiments smoother and our lives easier! #PlantScience #WaterStress

If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.