I am a candidate for the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Secretary-Elect and would greatly appreciate your support. My candidate statement is attached & cast your vote here: tinyurl.com/ycshbzxj
Polls close on June 19, 2026. Thank you! #ASPB
We know a lot about how roots grow but far less about why they stop, decline and die. In our recent @theplantcell.bsky.social review, Feng Qin connects the biology of root growth and root aging, highlighting opportunities to extend root function, enhance crop productivity, and increase soil carbon.
Our beautiful special issue on plant evolution is out @currentbiology.bsky.social !
www.cell.com/issue/S0960-...
After a long hiatus, happy #MicroscopyMonday! Here are some amoebae squeezing themselves into narrow channels (part of a video for our preprint pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41377514/).
Sound effects by Dillon (my 4 month old who may have had a little to do with the bluesky hiatus!)
My undergrad (soon to start the grad program with us), Joh's image has been selected and published as a Picture of the Month @cytoskeljournal.bsky.social
Congratulations, Joh šš¬š
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
If life builds order from heterogeneity while never completely eliminating it, is heterogeneity merely a byproduct or could it be part of the means by which biological order is generated? Check out Lanxi Hu's review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My undergrad Joh's chromatin dynamics manuscript is published at JoVE now!
Congratulations, Joh ššš¬šš
Quantitative Live Cell Imaging of Nuclear Shape and Chromatin Dynamics During Development and Environmental Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana Root
www.jove.com/t/71307/quan...
We had a busy and productive week running our very first week-long Quantitative Microscopy Workshop.
Thanks to 13 participants from 7 labs, and my students (Julia, Kamryn, & Joh) for leading sessions along with me.
Looking forward to the summer 2027 š¬š¬š¬
Scientific misconduct at a large scale!!! š”
Imagine, how many labs and their trainees suffered for these!
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Visualisation and Prediction of Phosphate Deficiency via Auto-Glowing Plant Bioluminescent Sensors @ Plant, Cell & Environment
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Wolfgang Busch
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Anne Knowlton
Adrienne Roeder Lab
Katrina Velle
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Arif Ashraf
Arif Ashraf
Arif Ashraf
Arif Ashraf
Arif Ashraf
Growth versus decline: root aging and plant performance (Feng Qin , Wolfgang Busch) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Ravi Palanivelu
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes:
šļø Dozens more images with duplications or painting
šØļø Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
Abstract. Roots play a central role in plant growth, survival, and fitness and are increasingly recognized as key determinants of crop yield and sustainabi
Exciting time!š¬š¬š¬
My lab has started the week-long hands-on Quantitative Microscopy Workshop from today.
We have 10-15 graduate students from 5-6 labs of UBC Botany are participating the workshop this summer.
Each of my grad students are leading at least one session on your expertise area.
