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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Registration now open for the Non Seed Plant Meeting in Edinburgh on Dec 15. All welcome. Registration link and poster below www.epay.ed.ac.uk/conferences-...

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'm recruiting for a research assistant for a 22 month post funded by Leverhulme Trust and mainly featuring work with Marchantia. Details and how to apply are on my lab website (biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich).

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Justin Goodrich Lab | Biology

Professor Justin Goodrich Lab group website, investigating the evolution of plant development.

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Congratulations to Nadra Tabassum, her paper on the role of Marchantia MpGSNOR1 in development and immunity is now available online at Journal of Experimental Botany. The work was instigated when she was a PhD student with my colleague, the late Gary Loake. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

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A key role for S-nitrosylation in immune regulation and development in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha

First evidence from a liverwort shows S-nitrosoglutathione reductase controls immunity and development via S-nitrosylation, revealing these regulatory role

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Science . 2024 Mar 22;383(6689):1318-1325. doi: 10.1126/science.adl4685. Epub 2024 Mar 21. Volatile communication in plants relies on a KAI2-mediated signaling pathway Liked this and other papers from same group. Cool stuff!

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

Note how the smooth rhizoid continues growing while the pegged rhizoid has arrested tip growth prior to cell death execution. @moodytomato.bsky.social @huguesrenault.bsky.social @moritznowack.bsky.social

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

Movie: Confocal time-lapse imaging of a pegged and a smooth rhizoid expressing a double reporter (nuclear proMpUBE2:mTurquoise-N7 [cyan], plasma membrane-bound proMpUBE2:ScarletI-Lti6b [magenta]). Time indicated in minutes (min).

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

Very happy that my team with Yen-Ting Lu, Jeanne Loue Manifel and Philippe Gadient has been able to join this great collaboration with the teams of Mortiz Nowack @MoritzNowack.bsky.social at VIB Ghent and Gwyneth Ingram at ENS Lyon !

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

However, the transcriptional control differs: The bHLH transcription factor MpZOU1 whose ortholog ZOU promotes endosperm breakdown in Arabidopsis, is a key regulator of terminal differentiation in pegged rhizoids.

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 31/01/2024

In analogy to water conducting cells in vascular plants' xylem, cell wall reinforcements and programmed cell death are used to facilitate water transport in Marchantia pegged rhizoids. An amazing paradigm of convergent evolution in land plants! More here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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justingoodrich.bsky.social @justingoodrich.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Lectureship in Plant Scient at Edinburgh University, 5 Jan application deadline elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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