Andrea Gómez

An unconventional Rubisco small subunit underpins the CO2-concentrating organelle in land plants In many algae, photosynthesis is boosted by biophysical CO2-concentrating mechanisms, which pack the CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco into liquid-like organelles called pyrenoids. Engineering C3 crops with a...

Our work on #hornwort #pyrenoids is finally out in @science.org! 🎉 We uncovered how hornworts pack their Rubisco into pyrenoids and successfully recreated them in Arabidopsis. A key step toward engineering more efficient photosynthesis in crops @btiscience.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Not something you see in textbooks very often: tripolar mitosis.

The Plant Cell welcomes 2026 Assistant Features Editors.
In an exciting turn of events, this year I get to work with the Plant Cell Assistant Features Editors (AFEs) as well as Plant Physiology AFEs, because Nan Eckardt, long-time Plant Cell Features Editor, has retired! 🎉
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New paper from our lab @jxbotany.bsky.social about auxin and cytokinin interactions during carpel initiation in Arabidopsis

Led by @andreagomezfe.bsky.social in collaboration with @defolter-lab.bsky.social

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Much of this work was carried out during the pandemic and sat quietly in a folder on my computer for a long time. I kept telling myself I would write it “when I had time”, but as we all know, in research there is always something else to do. Today, it is finally done!

Auxin and cytokinin regulate growth dynamics underlying carpel initiation Abstract. Plant organ initiation requires precise spatial and temporal coordination of cellular behaviors. In Arabidopsis thaliana, the gynoecium, the fema

I’m happy to finally share our story on carpel initiation in Arabidopsis and how auxin and cytokinin shape carpel growth patterns. Auxin and cytokinin regulate growth dynamics underlying carpel initiation url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

#ASPBPlantCellTuesday #InBrief #ICYMI

🌱 Open PhD Position in Plant EvoDevo 🌱 Thinking about a PhD in plant evodevo? The Becker Research Group (JLU Giessen, Germany) has a fully funded 4-year PhD position in the ICIPS II research unit! 🎓 📍 Where? Gießen, Germany – great research environment & vibrant plant science network.

#Nectar, the original cocktail: an introduction to a #VirtualIssue

Check out this #Editorial from Gong, et al. introducing the Virtual Issue 'Nectar and nectaries'

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#LatestIssue #PlantScience

Seeing Red: A UC San Diego Invention is Transforming the Way Scientists Track Genes UC San Diego biologists have created a transformative new way to monitor genes. The game-changing tool known as RUBY is an inexpensive, easy-to-use technology that allows researchers to visualize gene...

Profile of @plantphys.bsky.social EIC Yunde Zhao & RUBY reporter his lab developed; free for use in academic labs & classrooms. “RUBY is making a difference in so many ways because we opened it up to all of science".
"Fundamental research is crucial because it can lead to unexpected discoveries.”

Excellent!
"We must focus on process over product. We must explore the complex, intricate, dynamic connection between the writing process and the thinking process and reflect on what it means and what it feels like when we outsource these processes."

Have you ever wondered what’s inside the head of a flower? Researchers @ucalgary.bsky.social @helsinki.fi and the CLS used our synchrotron’s X-ray imaging to map the structure of daisy-like plants, revealing a vein network that moves water and nutrients. Paper: https://bit.ly/4mBnqcZ

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

A milestone for plant genomics just out @natgenet.nature.com

130 bryophyte genomes!

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

ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.

Thrilled to share our latest story on the ERAD machinery and how it controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES for acclimative growth

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Laboratory evolution of Rubisco solubility and catalytic switches to enhance plant productivity - Nature Plants This study demonstrates the power of directed evolution to unlock latent functional potential in plant Rubisco. By identifying mutations that enhance CO2 fixation and solubility, it advances avenues f...

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Rubisco engineering for more efficient photosynthesis

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Welcome to Lansing, #GLPSC2025 attendees! PRI and @chooselansing.bsky.social are thrilled to host you for three days of networking, collaboration, and cutting-edge #plantscience at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Let’s expand horizons in plant science together! 🌍

#ChooseLansing

Beautiful image!!

AM: We should define authorship contributions at the start of the study, not at the end.
Kiemer et al:
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We should continue doing research on authorship and move to an organizational and community culture of responsible authorship.
#PRC10

Thank you!!

Is any link to watch them?

A GLPSC 2025 graphic promoting featured session speakers with a background image of blurred leaves and an outline of the Great Lakes. The text says, "1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, September 12-14, 2025, Lansing, MI, USA. Plant Science in a Changing Climate Session Featured Speakers. Learn more and register: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025.” Contained in a white box is a headshot of Alizée Malnoë with the text, “Session Chair: Alizée Malnoë, PhD, Indiana University Bloomington, ‘Regulation and Mechanism of Photoprotective qH in Arabidopsis’." A blue box on the right also includes the headshots and presentation titles of the three other short talk speakers in the session, Manish Tiwari, Andrea Glassmire, and Samuel Hazen.

Explore adaptation, resilience, and sustainable solutions at #GLPSC2025! 🌱 This session will examine the latest advances in plant adaptation and resilience strategies, focusing on molecular, physiological, and ecological responses to climate stress.

Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

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I think it is the dream of a lot of scientists! Including myself

It looks really nice!! Congratulations 🎉!!

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As a reviewer of open source lab hardware manuscripts for a few years now, I am asking the community to PLEASE include step by step construction documentation with your manu submissions, ideally with photos. I know its a lot of work but also the heart of your design being reproducible by others. 🙏

Two orthogonal differentiation gradients locally coordinate fruit morphogenesis Nature Communications - The coordination of cellular behaviors is essential for proper organogenesis. Here the authors show that fruit development in Arabidopsis is governed by time-shifted...

One of my first live imaging of Arabidopsis gynoecium www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
@iansample.bsky.social writes @theguardian.com
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I skipped congress this year due to immigration. I live in US, I do not want to risk coming back.

Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters) Publishing your poster creates a verifiable and citable record of your work. It also protects you from bad actors — the evidence will be…

I just published: Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters)

Publishing your poster creates a citable record and protects you from bad actors.

#ISMPMI2025 #OpenMPMI #AcademicChatter #PhDchat

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