**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.

We are looking for a Postdoc with expertise in plant molecular/synthetic biology, or single-cell/spatial transcriptomics to join the UKRI-FLF funded project focused on understanding and improving water-use efficiency in rice. Apply online before 15/10/2025: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... RP

📢Come work with us! We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the ARIA-funded PlantPlug project🌱 Be part of pioneering work turning mistletoe into programmable plant biointerfaces🧬 More information: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... #PlantScience #PostdocJobs #SyntheticBiology

Christmas came early to the Pallavi Singh Lab this year! Thrilled to welcome another brand-new Gen 2000 Conviron, a fantastic boost to our plant growth facilities in the Plant Productivity Group at Essex

Part of the #PlastidPreview2025 program involved a trip to the plant growth facility at @universityofessex.bsky.social It was super cool to see all the amazing facilities including onions growing in a vertical farm, how to measure photosynthesis and some impressive dynamic growth rooms 🌱

The second and final day of #PlastidPreview2025 has been really insightful! I enjoyed networking with other early career researchers and it was an honour to present my work from my post doc. I was so pleased that so many people enjoyed hearing about starch and the many fruitful followup discussions!

#PlastidPreview2025 A big thank you to all our excellent presenters and participants for making this meeting such a stimulating and engaging event. Grateful to be part of the inspiring Plastid Biology community!!

A huge round of applause for our conference prize winners! Congratulations to Jessica Moon, James Vanstone, Anoop Tripathi, Rhiannon Durant, Daisy Bown and Ryo Tachibana! Your outstanding research was a highlight of the conference #PlastidPreview2025

To wrap things up, we have @ryotachibana.bsky.social‬ from the Molecular Physiology group at @camplantsci.bsky.social‬, who is discussing how certain proteins maintain chloroplast and etioplast homeostasis in Arabidopsis. A great final talk! #PlastidPreview2025

Next, we have Dušan Živković from the Bolla Lab at @ox.ac.uk‬. He is presenting on mass spectrometry techniques to study Rubisco heterogeneity in crops🌾 Exciting research! #PlastidPreview2025

After lunch, we have Virginie Mengin from the @rainca.bsky.social research group at @universityofessex.bsky.social presenting on non-transgenic approaches to enhance photosynthetic efficiency in crops🌾 A very relevant topic! #PlastidPreview2025

The stage is set for the speaker in Session IV Ousmane Dao from the University of York, who is redefining algal photorespiration. #PlastidPreview2025

We are now joined by @rosemcn.bsky.social‬ from the @johninnescentre.bsky.social‬, who is sharing her work on generating giant starch granules in wheat. What a fantastic project! #PlastidPreview2025

@erickramonerick.bsky.social‬ from the @unisouthampton.bsky.social is up next! He is talking about enhancing photosynthesis and nutritional value in tomato by manipulating chloroplast development. So interesting! 🍅 #PlastidPreview2025

Time for a tour! We are now off to visit the Plant Growth Facility at the @universityofessex.bsky.social. This is a fantastic opportunity for everyone to see some of the amazing infrastructure supporting plant science research. #PlastidPreview2025

Next up in Session III, we have David Pearce from the Webster Lab at @johninnescentre.bsky.social‬, presenting on the structural basis of chloroplast translation. Let's get into the details! 🔬

We are kicking off Session III with Daisy Bown from the @unisouthampton.bsky.social, who will be discussing how TaPIF3 regulates chloroplast development in hexaploid wheat🌾. A great way to begin the session! 🌱

Good morning plant scientists! Day two of #PlastidPreview2025 is officially underway. We are starting with our keynote presentation from Greg Reeves of Plant and Food, New Zealand, who will be sharing a career talk on transitioning from academia to industry. A must-see! 🚀

🌿 A big thank you to Plant Biotechnology Journal for sponsoring the Poster Session at #PlastidPreview2025! 🧬✨ Your support helps early career researchers share their exciting work and spark new collaborations. @sebiology.bsky.social @johnathan-n.bsky.social

Time for our rapid-fire flash talks! ⚡ We have an amazing lineup of researchers sharing their work with us in just 5 minutes each. We are excited to hear from: Anisha Uppal Carol Huang Adam Green Alex Mann Zihan Li Micha Wijesingha Ahchige Billy Tasker Brown #PlastidPreview2025

Rounding out the day's talks, we have Mihris Ibnu Saleem Naduthodi from @uoylibrary.bsky.social. He is exploring a unique green lineage pyrenoid to accelerate plant CCM engineering. What an innovative topic #PlastidPreview2025

The stage is now with @ciara-obrien.bsky.social‬ from the Seung Lab at @johninnescentre.bsky.social. She is presenting on how starch phosphorylase is necessary for normal starch granule initiation in potato tubers. Great insight into potato biology! #PlastidPreview2025‬

Next, we are joined by Rhiannon Durant from the @ox.ac.uk‬. Her talk on the biochemical characterisation of Oep80 in Arabidopsis thaliana supports its central role in chloroplast protein assembly. Fascinating research! #PlastidPreview2025

Welcome to Session II! First up, we have Enrique Lopez-Juez and Priyanka Mishra from Royal Holloway University of London. They are discussing the genetic hierarchy during chloroplast biogenesis. Don't miss it! #PlastidPreview2025

Time for a well-deserved break! ☕ Our coffee break and accommodation check-in are now open. Grab a drink, enjoy some refreshments, and take this opportunity to meet fellow attendees and speakers! #PlastidPreview2025

To round out Session I, we have Shaila Islam Satu from @qmul.bsky.social‬ discussing the importance of photosynthesis in developing seeds of barley. A great talk to finish the session! #PlastidPreview2025‬‬

Next up in Session I, we have Ignacio Sparrow Muñoz from the Burgess Lab at the University of Illinois presenting on the continuous directed evolution of soybean. A truly innovative approach to plant genetics! #PlastidPreview2025

Up first in Session I, we have Thomas Navarro from the Seung Lab at @johninnescentre.bsky.social! He is sharing his exciting work on how to improve diploid potatoes using a novel gene silencing technology. What an interesting project! #PlastidPreview2025‬

Our Keynote Presentation is underway! We are honoured to have @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social‬ from the @unisouthampton.bsky.social‬ discussing the fascinating world of chloroplast-to-nucleus retrograde signalling. What a great start to the day! #PlastidPreview2025

And we are off! The conference has officially begun with our opening remarks from @thepallavisingh.bsky.social. A huge welcome to everyone joining us, both in person and online! Let's get started 🌱🚀 #PlastidPreview2025

Everything is ready for #PlastidPreview2025! 🌿🧬 Excited to welcome early career researchers in plant science for two days of inspiring talks, posters, and discussions at the @universityofessex.bsky.social 🌱

Massive thanks to our #PlastidPreview2025 sponsors! Gatsby Charitable Foundation, New Phytologist Foundation, New Phytologist, @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social, @sebiology.bsky.social, @jxbotany.bsky.social, Plant Biotechnology Journal, @universityofessex.bsky.social & @rainca.bsky.social‬

The Plastid Preview 2025 spirit has taken over the Pallavi Singh Lab! 🌿🧬 We are gearing up for an exciting meeting of early career researchers in the plant sciences community. Don’t miss the excitement, we look forward to seeing you on 1–2 September! 📅 #PlastidPreview2025 #PlantScience

📢Excited to share a new paper from my PhD thesis at @fisioklima.bsky.social!🌾Sorghum maintained better photosynthetic performance and water use efficiency than maize under high CO2, hig temperature and drought, even without a growth advantage. A promising climate-resilient crop! #PlantScience

🌿 Did you know? @thepallavisingh.bsky.social has received a landmark @aria-research.bsky.social grant to develop PlantPlug, a project to tranasform mistletoe into a programmable interface that helps host plants thrive under climate stress. 🔗 Read more: www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/07... #PlantScience

🌱 Big news! @thepallavisingh.bsky.social has been awarded by @aria-research.bsky.social to develop PlantPlug! 🎉🧬 By turning mistletoe into a programmable bio-interface, we aim to boost crop resilience & yields 🌿 Stay tuned for more updates and job opportunities! #SyntheticBiology #PlantScience

Exciting times @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social Glad to be awarded the Opportunity Seed Funds by @aria-research.bsky.social for our Mistletoe research on “PlantPlug: Bioengineering Parasitic Plants into Programmable Modules”

🌱 Our team member Urvi is working on mistletoe tissue culture propagation in the lab, exploring new methods to grow this fascinating parasitic plant 🔬 #PlantScience #TissueCulture #MistletoeResearch

Last day of measurements at the Pallavi Singh Lab! Wrapping up an intense experiment exploring how grafting rice with millets can improve water use efficiency 🌾💧 #PlantScience #CropResilience #WUE

Our recent work in NewPhytologist: Shows that rhizobacteria innoculation of barley against aphids, is dynamic and acts via several molecular pathways to modulate and prime plant resistance (defense) and tolerance (nutrition and growth) to aphid feeding @szytynska.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/nph....

#ICAR2025, poster 36. I will discuss our progress to understand how monocot grafting affects plant physiology and molecular responses under variable water availability conditions. @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social @blackinplantsci.bsky.social @martinezgonixs.bsky.social

Glad to have participated in the EGU Mary Anning 2025 conference in Bordeaux, learning more about novel insights into the coupling of H2O and C cycles. I presented a poster on the use of phloem δ¹³C as a proxy for whole-tree WUE. Great to connect with inspiring researchers and exciting ideas!

Precision in action! The DroughtSpotter automatically irrigates based on real-time weight, simulating water stress with accuracy. Making our experiments smoother and our lives easier! #PlantScience #WaterStress

End of the first experiment in @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social🌾 @crispus-mbaluto.bsky.social and @thepallavisingh.bsky.social are harvesting rice samples for RNA-Seq analysis—getting to the root of how rice responds to water scarcity at the molecular level! #PlantScience #Transcriptomics

CO2 response curves in progress! Moui and @martinezgonixs.bsky.social using the LI-6800 to measure photosynthesis in rice🌾 Exploring how different water regimes impact its photosynthetic performance☀️ #PlantScience #Photosynthesis

Excited to be working with @crispus-mbaluto.bsky.social to explore the mechanisms activated in rice 🌾 under reduced water availability 💧 #PlantScience