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Mariana Silva Artur

@marianasartur.bsky.social
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Artur, M.A.S. - Assistant Professor, WUR. www.mariana-artur.com #desiccationbiology #seedresearch

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
So proud to share our latest publication @CellCellPress! Yue Rui reveals that the same enzyme that makes the wall, cellulose synthase complex (CESA), also tethers the plasma membrane to the wall during water-deficit stress, providing resilience. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Have you ever caught yourself awake at night thinking: “If water is essential for life, how can seeds survive losing almost all of it?” 💦🚫🌱 Good news! In our new preprint, we start to uncover some answers 👉🏾 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We're hiring! 🌱 The RO2T Respiration Group is looking for a PhD student and a postdoc to work on root oxygen biology! Please spread the word! #plantscijobs
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We made it to the cover!🤩🌱⏳️ Really proud of this work and of our PhD candidate @Asif! 🥹 The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my group, featured in the cover of the December 2025 issue of @theplantcell.bsky.social! Yay!🎉💪🏾✨️🙌🏾 #plantresearch #seedresearch #seedmaturation #evolution
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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
ECR's: if you want to take part in the 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting remind the deadline, which is on 23rd January www.plant-ecr-networking.eu
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Plant ECR networking
Join us at the Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting! Calling all experienced PhD students and postdocs in plant research.
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Hajk-Georg Drost @hajkdrost.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making! 🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans. Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation? @cellpress.bsky.social
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New year, already a busy one teaching #SeedScience & on our new @cropxr.bsky.social course on #ClimateResilientCrops 🌱 Being back with students is a great reminder of how curiosity matter in science. Some reflections on my journey in an interview with @botany.one Happy New Year & fresh starts!✨
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Mariana S. Artur: "I Always Wish I Had a Pocket-Sized Microscope"
Botany One interviews Dr Mariana S. Artur, a Brazilian scientist who found her way to the Netherlands to study the wonders of seeds and plant resilience.
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🧬 🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅 🧬 MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 2 (shortened, full legend in paper): Perturbations of SlMYB41, SlMYB92, and SlWRKY71 expression affect the suberization of tomato exodermis. (A) Percentage of cross-sections showing a non-suberized, an early suberized (suberin in <50% of exodermal cells), or a late suberized (suberin in >50% of exodermal cells) exodermis phenotype in hairy root cultures of the control (empty vector), CRISPR knockout lines [Slmyb41-ko, Slmyb92-ko, Slwrky71-ko(4), and Slwrky71-ko(5)], and overexpressing lines (SlMYB41-OX, SlMYB92-OX, and SlWRKY71-OX). The number above the bars represents the number (n) of individual roots examined in each genotype. Asterisks denotes statistically significant differences between each line in comparison with the empty vector control, whereas n.s. indicates no significant differences (P<0.05, χ2 test).
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Vandepoele lab @vandepoelelab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We just released a new version of MINI-EX, our tool to infer cell-type specific gene regulatory networks in plants starting from single-cell RNA-Seq data. MINI-EX v3.2 can now be run on large datasets of over 100,000 cells! More info here: github.com/VIB-PSB/MINI...
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
In the WALII Symposium I provided insights of how our recent research on #seedmaturation #phylotranscriptomics is helping us to explore the link between seed #development & plasticity, including regulation and #evolution of #desiccationtolerance. The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐 #plantscifyi
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
So special to have you there @kaisakajala.bsky.social! My ex-supervisor, still mentor, and forever role model! 👸 Thanks so so much! 🤗🌱✨️
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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r... A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social. If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂 #Plantscience #Plantscijobs
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Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Join us at the WALII for super interesting #seedresearch !
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting some exciting findings from our recent work, including results from our new Plant Cell publication, at the WALII virtual symposium. 🌱 🧐 Hope to see you there at 4 PM CET! #plantresearch #seedresilience #climatechange #seedresearch #womaninscience
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉 The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩 Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️ academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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The phylotranscriptomic profile of angiosperm seed development follows a reverse hourglass pattern
Angiosperm seed development exhibits a reverse phylotranscriptomic pattern, with early and late stages showing greater conservation and mid-phase showing h
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I am looking forward to sharing a bit of our research on #seeds and #desiccationtolerance in the first WALII Symposium!🤩🧐🤓🌱 #plantresearch #plantscifyi
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Marnix Medema @marnixmedema.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
New preprint out by #RobertKoetsier, the first of his PhD project, on assessing the use of cross-species coexpression analysis to identify primary and secondary metabolic interactions in microbiomes: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Using cross-species co-expression to predict metabolic interactions in microbiomes
In microbial ecosystems, metabolic interactions are key determinants of species’ relative abundance and activity. Given the immense number of possible interactions in microbial communities, their expe...
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Natanella Illouz-Eliaz @natanellae.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Want to dive into the datasets from our recent @natcomms.nature.com paper? 🌱📊 Check out this step-by-step guide on how to explore and analyze the #drought #recovery #datasets with Omnibusx: Check out the paper and datasets: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Tutorial: youtu.be/YI0RVFiQnMs
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Drought recovery in plants triggers a cell-state-specific immune activation - Nature Communications
Post-drought rehydration triggers a preventive immune response in plants, revealing targets to enhance crop resilience by linking drought&nbsp;stress recovery with improved pathogen resistance.
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
An inspiring #teambuilding day with the colleagues of the Wageningen Seed Science Centre! 🌱 We focused on strengthening our working culture, discussing expectations alignment, & creating an inspiring environment where everyone can thrive and enjoy their work! Plus facing some personal fears (🛶 😉)!
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
📣The Plant Cell is recruiting Assistant Features Editors. The application period opens now and runs through September 15, 2025!🌱 👉Application information can be found at this link: blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce... #plantscience
Image Text: The Plant Cell. Call for Assistant Features Editors. Deadline for applications: September 15, 2025. Featuring The Plant Cell logo.
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Natanella Illouz-Eliaz @natanellae.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond! Now out @natplants.nature.com We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle - Nature Plants
This study presents an extensive single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle that represents ten distinct developmental time points inclusive of six diverse organs.
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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Plant Science Research Weekly -- When binding isn’t enough: Predicting TF activity through genomic neighborhoods (bioRxiv) @turchil.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) bioRxiv buff.ly/zkCtdCu #PlantaePSRW
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When binding isn’t enough: Predicting TF activity through genomic neighborhoods | Plantae
Transcriptional regulation is fundamental for coordinating cellular activities in response to developmental programs and environmental cues. Certain transcription factors (TFs) control the expression…
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EPS Graduate School @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🌱 Passionate About Plant Development? Join the "Summer School", a dynamic three-day intensive program tailored for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs eager to deepen their understanding of plant developmental biology. Register here: www.graduateschool-eps.info/events/eps-s...
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Kaisa Kajala @kaisakajala.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Our work on MYBs and WRKY regulating suberin in tomato exodermis is now out in @jxbotany.bsky.social! 🍅 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 👩‍🔬 @leonardojo.bsky.social @riannekluck.bsky.social @marianasartur.bsky.social Sara Buti, Alex Cantó-Pastor @bradylabs.bsky.social 🌱 #PlantScience
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Transcription factors SlMYB41, SlMYB92 and SlWRKY71 regulate gene expression in the tomato exodermis
Abstract. Root barrier cell types, like the endodermis and exodermis, are crucial for plant acclimation to environmental stresses. Deposition of suberin, a
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Happy to share this super interesting perspective we wrote on desiccation tolerance research. Congratulations to the great team of researchers involved! #plantresearch #desiccation
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Patricija Gran @gran4726.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
19th Master Class on Seed Technology! 🚨 📅Oct 19-23, 2025 📍Wageningen, NL Register now! 📢 Explore: 🌱 Seed development, dormancy & longevity 🌱 Quality, stress tolerance & microbiome 🌱 Enhancement, priming, coating & more! Expert talks, hands-on sessions & networking. 🔗Sign up & share!
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Amanda Rasmussen @razda5.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I'm excited to share my first book! #ClimateResilientGarden Plant physiology for gardeners really! Thanks to lots of people! Especially Ana Mogus for the illustrations @quercusbooks.bsky.social
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
📢JOB ALERT! An interesting position is open in our department for a project coordinator! Please share! #plantscijobs #plantscifyi @pph-wur.bsky.social www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
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Project Coordinator Plant Physiology
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
We've made it, just before Christmas! 🎄🤶🏾 I'm happy to share the first >>PRE-PRINT<< of my group!😊 The first manuscript of the first PhD student! Good job Asif!🙌🏾🎉👏🏾💪🏾🤗🥳 #plantresearch #seedmaturation #seedresearch #plantevo
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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I just published: How to hire the best people Steve Jobs was obsessed with hiring “the best people.” You should be too. link.medium.com/SAqkMnHlnPb
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Kaisa Kajala @kaisakajala.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Super excited to share the news that our BarrierFates consortium got 3M€ funding from NWO XL to study maize root barrier cell types! 🌽🔬 Delighted to embark on this journey with @dorotakawa.bsky.social , @hannahschneider.bsky.social , Victoria Mironova and Jian Xu! www.nwo.nl/en/news/64-m...
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64 million euros for groundbreaking fundamental research projects | NWO
21 research consortia have the chance to reach a breakthrough thanks to funding from the ENW-XL Open Competition. From fundamental research on the effects of certain materials on the methane cycle to ...
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Parvinder Kahlon @parvinderkahlon.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Thrilled to receive the Stage 1 Road to Innovation Grant from @w-u-r.bsky.social! I’ll lead a 6-month project to develop a prototype for a salt prediction tool, using advanced plant physiology data combined with AI and validate its market potential. #Innovation #PlantScience #Sustainability
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Parvinder Kahlon @parvinderkahlon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New Preprint! Excited to share our method for profiling light elements in plant tissues using XRF. Fast, cost-effective, and no extraction needed—perfect for stress-related studies in plants. Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #PlantScience #XRF #Innovation
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Quantitative light element (sodium and potassium) profiling in plant tissues using monochromatic X-ray fluorescence analysis
Accurately determining the elemental composition of plant tissues is essential for physiological studies on plant stress, including salinity tolerance. However, high-throughput routine analysis of lig...
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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
LATE MERISTEM IDENTITY2 regulates cuticle formation on the seed surface and influences seed longevity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #plantscience
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Fresh PRE-PRINT!🚨🧐 We present SeedMatExplorer: an extensive transcriptome atlas underlying the acquisition of multiple seed quality traits during Arabidopsis seed maturation.🌱 #seedresearch #seedtechnology #seedscience #seedmaturation #breeding #plantresearch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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SeedMatExplorer: The transcriptome atlas of Arabidopsis seed maturation
Seed maturation is a critical developmental phase during which seeds acquire essential traits for nutritional value and desiccation survival. Abscisic acid (ABA) signalling has long been recognized as...
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 23/07/2024
📢#plantscijob alert!🧐 We have one PhD (Prof. Leónie Bentsink) group) and one Postdoc position (mariana-artur.com group) open to work on mechanosensing in seeds as part of the GreenTE consortium (green-te.nl). 🔬🌱💧🥼🧪 Please share! Links for application below👇🏾
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Parvinder Kahlon @parvinderkahlon.bsky.social · 22/04/2024
I'm delighted to see this story online and very happy to have been able to contribute! The work comes from @ronaldpierik.bsky.social’s group, study led by Martina huber. Congratulations to all involved 🥳🎉! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Far‐red light enrichment affects gene expression and architecture as well as growth and photosynthesis in rice
Plant, Cell & Environment is an ecology journal analysing the ways plants respond to their environment including biological, physiological and ecological factors.
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
#plantscijobs #plantscifyi
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Kaisa Kajala @kaisakajala.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
Our (UU Science Faculty) wonderful communications department drew a visual story starring yours truly & plant plasticity! 🌱🔬👩‍🔬 www.uu.nl/en/news/to-t...
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'To the roots of the matter' part 2: Kaisa’s responsive plants
The visual series 'To the roots of the matter' presents stories from the Utrecht University plant labs.
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 23/01/2024
We have an exciting opportunity to join us as an Associate Professor (or Professor) in Molecular Plant Biology! Establish or maintain your own collaborative, supportive research group and offer innovative teaching to students. Deadline to apply is 1 March ➡️ bit.ly/3OgnqQO #plantsci
An illustration of a sorrel leaf. Text reads: Join us as an Associate Professor (or Professor) in Molecular Plant Biology
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
#jobalert!📢 Are you passionate about understanding plant-environment interactions? This is a huge (!) opportunity to join us at the Laboratory of Plant Physiology @PPHWUR @WUR @WURPlant as an Assistant Professor! Please share!🤓🌱 #plantscijobs #climatechange #diversifyplantsci #plantecr
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
#jobalert!📢 Are you passionate about understanding plant-environment interactions? This is a huge (!) opportunity to join us at the Laboratory of Plant Physiology @PPHWUR @WUR @WURPlant as an Assistant Professor! Please share!🤓🌱 #plantscijobs #climatechange #diversifyplantsci #plantecr
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
#vacature #docentplantenfysiologie #plantscijobs #plantscifyi
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Mariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 17/12/2023
#plantscijobs #plantscifyi #plantphdpositions #plantpostdocpositions
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