Adriana Garibay

VACANCY - We’re recruiting for a visionary group leader to lead fundamental research on Discovery Plant Science as part of our vibrant research community

Successful candidate will be offered a six-year tenure-track position with the opportunity to apply for tenure:

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees - Nature Microbiome analyses of living trees show that a single tree can host approximately one trillion bacteria, with microbial communities distinctly partitioned between heartwood and sapwood and with minim...

#NatMicroPicks

Hidden microbial world in trees🌳

Living wood hosts trillions of bacteria making trees a complex ecosystems with major roles in forest health and function.

#PlantMicro #MicroSky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fig. 3.Illuminance measured through different xylem thicknesses. (A) Illuminance (lux) was measured through different xylem thicknesses (µm) of fully saturated branch sections collected from P. abies (black triangles), P. sylvestris (orange squares), and P. cembra (blue circles) (A), and of either fully saturated (black) or dehydrated to 75% of full weight (gray) of branch sections of P. abies (B; triangles), P. sylvestris (C; squares), and P. cembra (D; circles). Solid lines show the mean and shaded areas represent the corresponding 95% confidence interval.

🪵🌲💡RESEARCH💡🌲🪵

In conifers, optical visualization of xylem embolism is limited to thin, peripheral xylem layers, and vulnerability thresholds may differ from those of thicker samples. Light transmission was decreased in dry xylem.

📝 Losso et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪

Analysis of plant metabolomics data using identification‐free approaches Plant metabolomes are structurally diverse. One of the most popular techniques for sampling this diversity is liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS), which typically detects thousands of pea....

Analysis of plant metabolomics data using identification-free approaches #ApplPlantSci #MassSpec bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

AtHSP90.5 and AtFtsH12 synergistically regulate the accumulation of photosynthesis protein complexes and chloroplast development in Arabidopsis The assembly of photosynthesis protein complexes during chloroplast biogenesis requires the massive translocation of photosynthesis proteins into chloroplasts, a process powered by chloroplast chaper....

AtHSP90.5 and AtFtsH12 synergistically regulate the accumulation of photosynthesis protein complexes and chloroplast development in Arabidopsis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @theplantjournal.bsky.social

We are proud to be a founding contributor to lipidinteractome.org, a repository developed by @tafesselab.bsky.social & Schultz lab to increase accessibility to proteomics data from multi-functionalized lipid analogs! Check out the website & preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2507.23101 #lipidtime

"For many of us, mobility is not just about advancing our careers; it’s about whether we can remain in science at all." "I hope for a future where researchers, regardless of their background or nationality, have equal opportunities to choose where they spend each stage of their academic careers."

"I’m fortunate that I can study a topic relevant to my tribe, my institution, and my degree, all at once."

"Don’t deliver “Deliveroo science”: half-baked experiments rushed to please a PI or a journal. Follow the data. Do the work. Build the knowledge."

Millennial women were told to chase our dreams. That’s left us burnt out, broke and dreaming of a rich patron | Carolin Würfel In creative industries, my generation of women are expected to be grateful to be there at all. That gratitude has kept us compliant – and broke, says writer Carolin Würfel

"Our economic system doesn’t just undervalue women’s work. It depends on it. It relies on our flexibility, unpaid labour, creative output, willingness to make it work. It assumes women will absorb the risk...they are expected to be grateful to be there at all. And that gratitude has kept us quiet.."

Great to see our collaborative study with Ed Cahoon and colleagues on the front cover of PBJ, describing our successful efforts to engineer the accumulation of astaxanthin in GM camelina seeds. Astaxanthin is a ketocarotenoid that is a powerful antioxidant & used in aquaculture feeds as a pigment.

The histone core domain evolves at single-residue resolution to directly orchestrate transcription Nucleosomes are thought to be structural barriers to transcription, establishing a restrictive ground state that must be destabilized for gene express…

Happy to share our new paper out today in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social in collaboration with @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social @akihisaosakabe.bsky.social about how evolution can do big things with small changes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thank you for pointing out elephants in the room!

The behavior of academic scorpions... "It’s predatory and calculated, and it often targets those perceived as less likely to push back." 💔

OMG, I am so happy to see the work of Victor out! All the best of lucks! ❤️

Isoprenoids in eukaryotic phytoplankton: metabolic diversity, eco-physiology and biotechnological opportunities Abstract. Isoprenoids are a diverse group of metabolites essential for algal physiology and ecology, which hold biotechnological potential. Despite recent

Isoprenoids in eukaryotic phytoplankton: metabolic diversity, eco-physiology and biotechnological opportunities academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @plantphys.bsky.social

Final model of the study.

New OA Article: "A root-based N-hydroxypipecolic acid standby circuit to direct immunity and growth of Arabidopsis shoots" rdcu.be/expzb

Root microorganisms can trigger the release of immune-stimulating N-hydroxypipecolic acid from Arabidopsis roots.

"In the Church of Impact Factor, this kind of display is the academic equivalent of preaching from the pulpit: Behold the elect, chosen by the high priests of CNS. Aspire to be among them.."

First Ma lab #GMI paper is now online! It‘s a mini-review on insect-induced plant #galls —their coolness and research potential! Plant galls induced by insects: Coordinated developmental reprogramming and defence manipulation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #ICYMI

The role of metabolism in shaping enzyme structures over 400 million years - Nature By combining structural biology and evolutionary genomics analyses, the evolution of enzymes over 400 million years is shown to be governed by catalytic function, metabolic network architecture, cost ...

The role of metabolism in shaping enzyme structures over 400 million years
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very happy to see our contribution to a better understanding of Hsp70/90 #chaperones online! Congrats and a big thank you to all co-authors, collaborators and reviewers! #proteostasis @poepsel-lab.bsky.social @crc1430.bsky.social @unidue-zmb.bsky.social

Recurrent hot droughts cause persistent legacy effects in a temperate Scots Pine forest A series of hot drought events caused persistent legacy effects in a Scots Pine forest, with severe negative impacts on ecosystem carbon fluxes.

By combining ecophysiological, satellite, and ‪‬eddy covariance data we show how our @icos-ri.eu forest ecosystem changes in function and structure following hot-drought-induced tree mortality. New article by
@simonhaber.bsky.social as part of @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/plb....

Filosofía pura. Gracias!

‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals Subtle DNA changes in trees demonstrate Charles Darwin’s natural selection – although human help may be needed

‘New hope’: ash trees rapidly evolving resistance to dieback, study reveals

Necesito el texto original en español 🤣❤️

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #ICYMI

Cones and consequences: the false dichotomy of conifers vs broad‐leaves has critical implications for research and modelling In plant science research and modelling, particularly from the northern hemisphere, the terms ‘needle-leaved’ and ‘conifer’ along with ‘broad-leaved’ and ‘angiosperm’ are often used synonymously, cre...

Did you ever wonder when to use "conifer", "gymnosperm", "needleleaf", "angiosperms" and "broadleaves"? Us too so we transformed the discussion into this viewpoint. I hope you enjoy the reading as much as we enjoyed the writing! @kateplantphys.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

City trees provide cooling even in extreme heat Urban trees transpire much more than expected at temperatures above 39°C. This questions previous assumptions about heat regulation.

☀️🌳🌇 Even in extreme heat above 39 °C, plane trees keep cooling our streets by evaporating water!
Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.uf...
www.wsl.ch/en/news/city...

Kerouac with advice on how to find a science buddy.