@waliianhydro.bsky.social
WALII is an NSF-funded Biology Integration Institute focused on understanding anhydrobiosis - how life continues without water.
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WALII Member Marisa Otegui gave a wonderful presentation this afternoon at the ASPB Conference on "Membrane Remodeling by ESCRT Proteins in Plant Cells."
#PlantBio2025
Promotional image with a transparent, leafy green background. The text on the image reads, "Marisa Otegui, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 'Membrane Remodeling by ESCRT Proteins in Plant Cells' Tuesday July 29, 2025 1:30PM. Room 203CD." The promo also has an image of Marisa, a woman with shoulder-length darn hair as well as the logos for the ASPB Plant Biology Conference and the Water and Life Interface Institute.
WALII Member Marisa Otegui will be speaking this afternoon at the @aspbofficial.bsky.social Conference! Make sure to attend to listen to her talk on "Membrane Remodeling by ESCRT Proteins in Plant Cells."
#PlantBio2025
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Sue Rhee, Frank Telewski, and Jannis Jacโobs standing together smiling.
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We had an amazing time yesterday evening with the ~100 MSU #PlantScience researchers, alumni, and collaborators who joined us at the MSU Plant Science Community networking mixer at #PlantBio2025! Thank you to everyone who attended, and enjoy the rest of the conference! ๐ฟ #GoGreen!
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We really enjoyed WALII Scientific Advisory Board Member Kent Bradford's talk today at the @aspbofficial.bsky.social conference on "Understanding Dormancy Strategies of Seed Populations."
#PlantBio2025
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Are you attending the ASPB Conference this week?
Stop by the Grand Ballroom tomorrow, Monday July 28, to listen to WALII SAB Member Kent Bradford's talk on "Understanding Dormancy Strategies of Seed Populations."
#PlantBio2025
Don't forget to join us tomorrow night!
This event is open to all WALII members!
If you're attending the ASPB conference this weekend, make sure to stop by this community mixer - open to all WALII members attending the conference!
24.07.2025 14:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The MSU Plant Resilience Institute has been made aware of a fraudulent TikTok account impersonating our organization. We are continuing to work through official TikTok channels to have the impersonating account removed as swiftly as possible. Learn more: plantresilience.msu.edu/2025-07-stat...
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We are happy to announce that we have just launched a WALII YouTube channel!
On our YouTube channel, you will be able to view videos from WALII Webinars and other important WALII talks/events.
To visit and subscribe:
www.youtube.com/@WaterandLif...
๐ข There's only ONE WEEK LEFT to submit an abstract to present a poster at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference!
Submit your #GLPSC2025 poster abstract by Monday, June 30, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. ET at: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
#PlantScience #PlantBiology #AgEducation #PlantConference
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Did you know? Today is the World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought!
The United Nations is focusing on one of the most urgent global challenges: restoring 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land & jumpstarting a trillion-dollar land restoration economy by 2030.
To Learn More: bit.ly/4leB8S9
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Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee will delight us at #ICDB2025 with her work to dissect how plants adapt and acclimate to changes in temperature, water availability, or nutrient limitation. Very important during the global warming era! ๐ฑ๐งช
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A graphic advertising the MSU Plant Science Community Plant Biology 2025 Mixer. The top of the graphic features a background photo of an enlarged DNA strand and a microscope with the ASPB Plant Biology and MSU logos, a circular photo of The Brewery venue, and the following text: Sunday, July 27, 2025, 7:30-10:30 p.m. CT, The Brewery, 1101 N Water St, Milwaukee, WI. The bottom half of the graphic has a green gradient background with the sponsor's logos in a white square on the left and the following bulleted text on the right: What to Expect: Food and drinks provided, Network across disciplines and career levels, Socialize with fellow MSU plant scientists, Unwind after a long day at the conference, Free to attend, no registration required
Join @michiganstateu.bsky.social plant scientists attending @aspbofficial.bsky.social Plant Biology 2025 in Milwaukee at our community mixer! Current, former, and future Spartans are all invited to attend this casual networking event. #MSUPlantScience #ASPB2025 #PlantBiology2025
06.05.2025 16:01 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Thank you, @waliianhydro.bsky.social ! It's an honor to represent fellow trainees and serve the WALII community. I cherish this community so much, and I'm so proud of all the resources we continue to invest in trainees and ECRs. #drytosurvive #NSForever
25.04.2025 03:11 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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We are SO excited to announce that Olivia Carmo has been elected to serve as the 2025 trainee representative on the WALII Executive Committee!
Olivia will bring a valuable trainee perspective to the committeeโs discussions and decisions.
Congrats, Olivia!
@oliviacarmo.bsky.social
A graphic promoting GLPSC 2025 with a background image of blurred leaves in the background and an outline of the Great Lakes. The graphic features a QR code with the link to register and the logos of the organizing institutions. The text says, "1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, September 12-14, 2025, the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI. Abstract submissions and travel grant applications are due April 30, 2025! Research.msu.edu/glpsc2025. Organized by 10 universities around the Great Lakes to push the boundaries of plant science, promote collaborations, and empower the next-generation plant science leaders. Hosted by Michigan State University and the Plant Resilience Institute."
๐จ 1 week left! ๐จ Submit your abstracts and travel grant applications for #GLPSC2025, the inaugural Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Network, present, and learn with leading plant scientists September 12โ14 in Lansing, MI! research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
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We are pleased to announce our new paper "UnigeneFinder: An Automated Pipeline for Gene Calling From Transcriptome Assemblies Without a Reference Genome" is officially in press at @plantdirectj.bsky.social!
Available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New work from C-SPIRITโs Dr. Sue Rhee & Dr. Robert VanBuren in Nature Comms!
Their paper maps out the future of desiccation tolerance researchโcalling for exactly the kind of coordination C-SPIRIT was built to support. ๐ฟ๐ง
Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#PlantScience #PlantResilience
Dr. Rose Marks and an international team of researchers, including @bobvanburen.bsky.social and @rheelab.bsky.social, are studying life on the dry side! ๐๏ธ Read the story of their groundbreaking roadmap for advancing research on desiccation tolerance here: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...
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WALII member, @roseamarks.bsky.social, brought together a team of 39 researchers across the globe to outline a comprehensive roadmap for advancing research on desiccation tolerance in a newly published paper with @natcomms.nature.com
Read about it here!
plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...
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...
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
12.04.2025 15:12 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A graphic promoting GLPSC 2025 with a background image of blurred leaves in the background and an outline of the Great Lakes. The text says, "1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, September 12-14, 2025, the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI. Travel Awards Available! Organized by 10 universities around the Great Lakes to push the boundaries of plant science, promote collaborations, and empower the next-generation plant science leaders. Hosted by Michigan State University and the Plant Resilience Institute." The logos of the following participating institutions are at the bottom: Michigan State University, Plant Resilience Institute, Indiana University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, University of Chicago, University of Guelph, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Big news for #GreatLakes region plant scientists! Travel awards are available now for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! Trainees can apply for a $300 travel grant to support their trip to Lansing, MI! #GLPSC2025
๐โก๏ธ Learn more and apply by April 30: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
A child looks under a microscope to find tardigrades at the WALII Life Without Water booth.
A presenter at the WALII Life Without Water Booth helps to water seed necklaces for a few participants.
The seed necklace station at the WALII Life Without Water booth. The station includes instructions, cotton balls, twine for the necklace, seeds, and water.
We've been having so much fun at the @msuscifest.bsky.social STEAM Expo!
Join us as we hunt for tardigrades under a microscope๐ฌ and grow our own plants with seed necklaces๐ฑ!
We'll be here until 4pm today!
Two participants in the "Life Without Water" booth listen to a presenter explain how tardigrades can survive dehydration.
A presenter walks a child through how to make a seed necklace at the WALII booth.
A display of strawberries, resurrection plants, and grasses in various stages of rehydration.
WALII is at the @msuscifest.bsky.social STEAM Expo educating next-gen scientists about how life survives without water! ๐ง At our table, attendees can sample astronaut ice cream, explore resurrection plants, and look at water bears under a microscope! We'll be here again tomorrow in room 2202!
05.04.2025 19:45 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The annual @msuscifest.bsky.social kicks off today! Come visit PRI and other plant research groups across campus at the STEM Teaching and Learning Facility room 2202 TODAY and TOMORROW from 11:00am-4:00pm to explore the fascinating word of plants!
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A graphic promoting GLPSC 2025 with a background image of blurred leaves in the background and an outline of the Great Lakes. The text says, "1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, September 12-14, 2025, the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI. Registration Open! Organized by 10 universities around the Great Lakes to push the boundaries of plant science, promote collaborations, and empower the next-generation plant science leaders. Hosted by Michigan State University and the Plant Resilience Institute." The logos of the following participating institutions are at the bottom: Michigan State University, Plant Resilience Institute, Indiana University, Ohio State University, Purdue University, University of Chicago, University of Guelph, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, University of Toronto, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
๐ฟ Registration is now OPEN for the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference! Join us Sept 12-14, 2025, in Lansing, MI for cutting-edge #plantscience research, networking, and professional development opportunities. #GLPSC2025
Learn more and register: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025
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Don't forget to join us THIS WEEKEND April 5-6 at MSU Sci-Fest!
We will be at the STEM Teaching & Learning Facility, Room 2202 from 11am-4pm both days!
natsci.msu.edu/news/2025/20...
A promotional flyer for Dr. Anja Thalhammer's talk at the WALII Webinar Series. The talk is on Lea Proteins and their dehydration tolerance.. The talk is at 11 am EST on April 3.
TODAY! Join us at 11am EST for Dr. Thalhammer's talk on LEA Proteins!
To Register: walii.science/events
Today is the last day!
Apply now at bit.ly/BoothbyLab
