Water loss control beyond stomatal mechanisms Perera-Castro et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper in New Phytologist, led by Alicia Perera Castro! 🌿 with @florianabusch.bsky.social and David Hanson Mosses can regulate water loss without stomata. This challenges passive poikilohydry and hints at an ancestral nonstomatal mechanism shared with vascular plants. doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Great to have @dmarquez.bsky.social visit today for a fascinating seminar on water use efficiency and non-stomatal control of transpiration. Lots of interesting discussions afterwards with Plant Bio people, thanks for visiting Diego! @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social

So excited to share our new preprint! We used meta-transcriptomics and multiplex imaging to identify disease-specific signatures in liver tissues. We also detected viral signatures and immune activation pathways in seronegative hepatitis (SNH) patients. #Autoimmune_hepatitis #Seronegative_hepatitis

If you’re interested in gaining practical experience with the use of stable isotopes and related equipment in plant and environmental science, I can recommend the SIBS workshop (30 Jan – 6 Feb 2026, Uni of Sydney, Australia). Details: www.bioisotopesworkshop.com/workshop-info/

**Please Repost** Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate. PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... Deadline: October 15.

Professor Susanne von Caemmerer FRS and Professor Graham Douglas Farquhar FRS are jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) 2025 for refining the ways we monitor and model photosynthesis in leaves from molecular to global scales. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/royal-medals/

Flash talks at the New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists 2025 event at the University of Birmingham, UK! Sharing insights on mesophyll conductance—how shifts in liquid-phase diffusivity shape gas exchange. @newphyt.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Preprint with @lucascernusak.bsky.social, @florianabusch.bsky.social and Graham Farquhar! We show that mesophyll cell water status is the key signal regulating non-stomatal control of transpiration. We introduce a mechanistic model linking plant hydraulics and gas exchange. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

🌱 The first issue of Plant Ecophysiology is out! Chief Editor Jaume Flexas shares his vision for the future of plant science publishing—and how Plant-Environment Interactions is leading the way. A standout feature? Reviewers are paid for their work. Editorial: media.sciltp.com/articles/250...

Very excited to present our research on “Biochemical Modulation of Mesophyll Resistance” at the Gordon Research Seminar in June. Many thanks to the organisers for the opportunity. Looking forward to discussing mesophyll conductance and photosynthesis with everyone at the meeting in Newry!

We are a proud sponsor of CO2 Assimilation in Plants from Genome to Biome: Probing Mechanisms Across Scales Gordon Research Conference June 8 - 13, 2025 | Newry, Maine register here: www.grc.org/co2-assimila... #PlantScience #PlantSciEvents

Excited to share a new preprint led by Alicia Perera-Castro! 🌿 Mosses actively regulate water loss without stomata, challenging the view of poikilohydry as purely passive—and hinting at a mechanism analogous (perhaps ancestral?) to nonstomatal control in angiosperms. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are in Liverpool this week at the @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference our IMI line up today looks like this .. #Microbio25

'With modern communications pressing to steal my attention I try to remember to take a step back and appreciate the privilege that it is to be able to spend my time working on things that I find so interesting.' In #Profile: Lucas A. Cernusak 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢 Deadline today! Apply to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 - a FREE meeting for early career researchers in #PlantScience. 4–7 August 2025 University of Birmingham, UK Apply now! https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2025

Don't miss your opportunity to attend New Phytologist next generation scientists, the FREE meeting for early career researchers in plant science. #npnextgen 4–7 July 2025 Birmingham, UK Apply to attend by 27 January! www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...

Definitely a recommended read for any exchanger of gases working with stressed and low-flux material. This summarizes many important considerations and measurement assumptions underlying the models of stomatal conductance and other derived parameters which are implemented in gas exchange systems.

Very happy to see this paper out in Plant, Cell & Environment ! 🥳 We show that: ➡️ Foliar water uptake contribute to leaf water potential recovery in mangroves 🌿💧 ➡️ Tidal dynamic did not affect morning dew uptake 🌳🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Excited to share our paper with Anna Gardner and @florianabusch.bsky.social in Plant Ecophysiology!🌿 We review challenges in interpreting plant stress responses using gas exchange data, offer solutions to improve accuracy and discuss gaps in our current knowledge. www.sciltp.com/journals/Pla...

New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 takes place on 4–7 August at the University of Birmingham! Don't miss your opportunity to join this unique meeting of early career plant scientists! Apply to attend by 27 January: www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent... #PlantScience #npnextgen

Resolving the contrasting leaf hydraulic adaptation of C3 and C4 grasses - Alec Baird et al. - New Phytologist - nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @colinplants.bsky.social @cscoffoni.bsky.social @hcochard.bsky.social @erikajedw.bsky.social

Deciphering the core shunt mechanism in Arabidopsis cuticular wax biosynthesis and its role in plant environmental adaptation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantscience

New Phytologist next generation scientists is a unique meeting organised for, and by, early career researchers. Next year's meeting takes place at the University of Birmingham, UK, on 4–7 August. Applications close on 27 January - apply now! https://www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/2025

A postdoctoral position is available in the team of Gwyneth Ingram @rdplab.bsky.social as part of a collaborative project with our group @ibmp-cnrs.bsky.social #plantscience

New in #NewPhytologist: Temperature governs the relative contributions of cuticle and stomata to leaf minimum conductance (shorturl.at/f9h7O) - Exciting work with #MichaletzLab PhD graduate #JosefGaren @ubcbotany.bsky.social @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @newphyt.bsky.social

I just finished the amazing EMBL Hands-on Proteomics Curse! It was packed with practical sessions on sample prep, instrument demos, and bioinformatics, plus excellent theoretical insights. Huge thanks to the brilliant instructors and organisers! 🙌 #EMBLProteomics

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

My first post in BSky, let's do it about our last paper (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...). We show how vital nonstomatal control of transpiration is for maintaining high assimilation rates in plants such as maize and sorghum under increased VPD. This mechanism boosts C4 plants' water-use efficiency.