🔬🔬🔬 Many of you have seen @juliazheku.bsky.social Julia's pretty wheat and maize root images. Here is an effort of growing root in the messy soil environment.

🔬🍀🎉 Really excited to see that @science.ubc.ca UBC Research Excellence cluster highlighted the wheat image, captured by @juliazheku.bsky.social Julia, from our lab in the cover this year.

🔬🍀🎉 I am happy and excited to share that graduate student, @ohazel.bsky.social Olivia's first author research article is published now @newphyt.bsky.social We are grateful to editor, reviewers, and @newphyt.bsky.social to help us to improve the story nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our fantastic #FluorescenceFriday featured image was acquired by @juliazheku.bsky.social, a graduate student with @aribidopsis.bsky.social. The image shows a maize cross section, with a developing nodal root breaking through the basal stem node. Check out our post ⤵️:

(1/5) I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I am excited to share that Julia will start grad school @science.ubc.ca @ubcbotany.bsky.social with us from Fall 2025! Julia graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and worked on root development with Tobias Baskin. She is my grad advisor's postdoc advisor's student!