Kevin Cox Jr

I assumed they liked it so they don't have to do extra work to go back into the text and find the revisions. That's why I routinely do it

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In a time as this— I am deeply thankful to be blessed with this honor. As a scientist and educator, the NSF CAREER award allows me to integrate the very core of who I am as a scientist and educator.

Forever grateful to past and present members of my lab for helping me accomplish this dream.

🌱 aspbofficial.bsky.social presented @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social Kevin Cox, PhD, the Eric E. Conn Young Investigator Award in recognition of his contributions to plant pathology and spatial biology research & commitment to meaningful outreach and service. Congrats Kevin! loom.ly/jIIgq2o

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I can’t believe I battled @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social on the dance floor at the #PlantBio2025 annual party 🤣

In a fun and engaging manner, @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social shared how we can use expansion microscopy to effectively study stress responses in duckweed! What I really loved was how his lab organizes various outreach activities to make such complex mechanisms easier to young students! #aspb #pb2025

Unlocking expanded flagellin perception through rational receptor engineering - Nature Plants Receptor kinase FLS2 detects the flg22 epitope of bacterial flagellin. Here the authors identify key residues on FLS2’s concave surface that enable expanded perception of flg22 variants, allowing the ...

Excited this paper is finally published! We focused on the inner concave surface of LRR RKs to expand bacterial flagellin perception in plants. Selection indicates expanded perception is more common than previously thought. Experiments led by @jerrytli.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Really engaging talk by @kcox-bioguy.bsky.social in the Single Cell transcriptomics and spatial session today at #PlantBio2025 . A lot of exciting technologies and research underway in his lab and I think I am convinced duckweed is my new fav 🦆 🌱

A male speaker stands on a stage with a green curtain background and big block white letters that say "AS" behind him. There is a lectern directly in front of him with a "Plant Biology" sign across the front. On the left side of the image there is a large screen with the title page of the speaker's slideshow presentation. The title is "Employing Spatial Biology Tools in Duckweed to Decode Stress Responses." In the foreground of the photo there are tables lined with a black table cloth and chairs facing the speaker.

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Kevin Cox had us all laughing during his entertaining and informative talk on “Employing Spatial Biology in Duckweed to Decode Stress Responses at a Cellular Resolution.”

#PlantBio2025

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Promotional image with a transparent, leafy green background. The text on the image reads, "Kevin Cox, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. 'Employing Spatial Biology in Duckweed to Decode Stress Responses at a Cellular Resolution' Tuesday July 29, 2025 10:10AM. Grand Ballroom ABC." The promo also has an image of Kevin, a man in a white labcoat, holding up a beaker as well as the logos for the ASPB Plant Biology Conference and the Plant Cell Atlas.

Stop by to listen to PCA Member Kevin Cox's talk on "Employing Spatial Biology in Duckweed to Decode Stress Responses at a Cellular Resolution" TOMORROW, July 29 at 10:10am.

To learn more: plantbiology.aspb.org/speakers-and...

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Your 3MT session host is ready. See you at the 3MT session in today's Biomechanics Plenary! The 3MT will start at around 11am! #PlantBio2025 @aspbofficial.bsky.social

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I’ll be speaking in the final plenary—sharing the story behind this paper and some new, unpublished work from my lab at TSL. Hope people stick around till the end (though a few already warned me they’re leaving early 😅)!

Thanks Mae!

Thanks Gitta!

Thanks Suchi!

Thanks to @hhmi.org for the shout-out! Also, kind of crazy it has already been 6 years since I took that photo 😅😅

Thanks Marissa! 🙂

(1/10) I am excited to share this signature review from our lab published @jxbotany.bsky.social

Congratulations to @ohazel.bsky.social and @jessicaa-orr.bsky.social (first published paper for Jessica!)

Nuclear positioning and cell division site specification in plants
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Exciting opportunities to establish your group at JIC! Come join our vibrant research community in Norwich!

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Going to a conference and hope someone posts about your talk? Make it easy for the posters!!

Tips:
1. Include your handle at beginning and end
2. Make clear what is published/not
3. Have a conclusions slide with key message
4. Highlight new preprint or publication if relevant

#AcademicSky 🦠🧪🧬

I also want to again thank @root-shoot.bsky.social for the support to attend this meeting! I could not have done it otherwise.

I am hoping that my #2025ISMPMI posting is helping others participate as well. 🌱

Are you a PI in a biology field looking for postdocs? Here is a Starter Pack of early career biologists currently seeking postdoctoral positions! (Also if you are searching for a postdoc, let me know if you want to be added!) go.bsky.app/8zZNEGV

Didn't have the bandwidth to travel internationally for #2025ISMPMI, but I would have liked to share our biophysics story on Ralstonia's goopy biofilms.

Most biofilms are sticky, but #Ralstonia makes a unique exopolysaccharide that makes their biofilms highly mobile.

EPS-I gives Ralstonia wings!

If you are enjoying #2025ISMPMI then you might also be interested in joining the Plant Peptide and Receptor Meeting #PPRM2025, 8th-10th September in Edinburgh. We have a great lineup of speakers and a diverse and inclusive community. More info here pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk

Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defense proteins to processing bodies Aphids hijack plant immunity via p-bodies, but plants fight back with a heat shock protein in an unexpected twist on defense.

Our paper is now online in Science Advances! Congrats @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social and all coauthors!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...