Have you ever missed a road sign because of the busy traffic around you?
Milena Russo in the Liu lab @utmbiology.bsky.social has published unexpected revelations of an ancient pathway from brainstem to cortex that hides static objects from view in a moving background
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Milena Russo has found an unexpected ancient pathway that governs how we perceive static objects against a moving background
Fresh off the stage! President Melanie Woodin caught up with our newest alumni moments after convocation to hear what graduating from #UofT means to them, & what exciting steps they are taking next.
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Are you fascinated by cytoplasmic genetics and eager to uncover the mechanisms underlying maternal inheritance of plastids and mitochondria?
If so, join our group and contribute to our ERC-funded research "CytoInP"!🌟
Application link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
Excited to share our new @ThePlantCell Perspective on training plant scientists in the era of #GenAI 🌱🤖 A practical framework for research, teaching & mentorship across career stages. Open access + actionable ideas—please share!
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Russo’s novel experimental approach revealed that background motion engages the NOT-SC pathway to suppress visual responses in the SC and in turn impair SC-mediated visual detection
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Abstract. In recent years, a deluge of big and diverse datasets from hundreds of plant species, coupled with spectacular innovations in artificial intellig
Our group investigates the maternal inheritance of plastid and mitochondrial genomes in plants, with the goal of uncovering the mechanisms that govern this process.
Background motion profoundly impacts visual perception. Here, the authors show that an inhibitory brainstem pathway, recruited by global background motion, suppresses superior colliculus activity and ...
Cell & Systems Biology (CSB)
Hasna Khan in the Provart lab @bar-plantbio.bsky.social discovered that differential alternative splicing of RNA fine tunes drought response within guard cells. This complements conventional drought studies that look only at changes in gene expression.
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Kin Pan Chung
A differentially spliced gene, SAFE1, reproducibly showed drought-responsive alternative splicing in guard cells but maintained constant gene expression.
Splice locking SAFE1 made plants drought-sensitive further validating the bioinformatic findings of this paper
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Nicholas Provart
Society for Neuroscience
Surprising regulation revealed by digging deep into plant drought response at the cellular level
Differential alternative splicing is a powerful method of transcriptional reprogramming used by plants in response to stress, but its mechanism of action remains largely unanswered. In the present wo...
🏳️🌈This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with @gunawanlab.bsky.social about his personal and academic journey as an LGBTQIA+ immigrant. Happy Pride month! #PrideinSTEM #LGBT
👉https://rdcu.be/forCt
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with Felix Gunawan, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-affiliate group leader at the University of Münster, about his personal and acad...
🌈 At a time when progress can't be taken for granted, I 'm especially proud to share this @natcellbio.nature.com Q&A piece. I had the pleasure to discuss with @gunawanlab.bsky.social about his inspiring journey as an LGBTQIA+ immigrant. #PrideInSTEM
👉 rdcu.be/fnXQ6
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This June, we celebrate Pride by discussing with Felix Gunawan, assistant professor at the University of Toronto and co-affiliate group leader at the University of Münster, about his personal and acad...
