Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaPlant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Such a privilege to collaborate with @s-akter.bsky.social @monicaperri1.bsky.social @mikellavi.bsky.social @vinayshukla.bsky.social @lauradc.bsky.social @beagiuntoli.bsky.social @emilyflashman.bsky.social @syno2xis.bsky.social 152
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaPlant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2026We knew PCOs & ERFVIIs regulated plant hypoxia, but this work shows they also manage the 'reoxygenation' stress. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @biology.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @uni-muenster.denature.comH2O2 repurposes plant O2 sensing to regulate post-hypoxia responses - NatureExperiments in Arabidopsis demonstrate that group VII ethylene response factors show differential responses to different stimuli, enabling plants in flood-prone environments to adapt to both submergen... 13114
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaVinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 19/04/2026The big takeaway: these O2 sensing systems are functionally interchangeable across kingdoms, but they're not identical. The kinetic differences matter! 341
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaVinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 19/04/2026New paper out from the Synoxys lab! We asked an important question: what if plants sensed oxygen like animals do? what if we swapped the O2 sensing across? We built the system to find out. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantscience @syno2xis.bsky.social @beagiuntoli.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.ukmedia.tenor.coma poster for indiana jones and the last crusade with a man in a hatALT: a poster for indiana jones and the last crusade with a man in a hat 22914
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaFrancesco Licausi @syno2xis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026It's finally out! With this new paper, Salma and Monica show that hypoxia-regulated ERFVIIs are not immediately destabilised during reoxygenation: they instead persist in the nucleus to control oxidative stress genes. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 95526
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford @oxengsci.bsky.social · 24/03/2026When oxygen drops, plants respond in minutes 🌱 Oxford @biology.ox.ac.uk's @mikellavi.bsky.social and @syno2xis.bsky.social + Engineering Science researchers, with Prof Antonis Papachristodoulou, reveal a circuit key to plant survival. 🔗 eng.ox.ac.uk/news/without... 032
Mikel Lavilla-Puerta @mikellavi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Very happy to see this out!! Thank you all! Check out or latest publication www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgA synthetic ERFVII-dependent circuit in yeast sheds light on the regulation of early hypoxic responses of plants | PNASPlants face hypoxic conditions either chronically, as particular tissues are characterized by fluctuating or stable low oxygen levels, or acutely, ... 0123
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaOxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 20/03/2026Without oxygen, the first minutes matter 🌱 In low oxygen, eg when flooded, plants need to act quickly to survive. New research led by @mikellavi.bsky.social has revealed a molecular circuit that kicks into gear in minutes - and it can work completely independently 👇 bit.lyWithout oxygen, the first minutes matter: a molecular circuit helps plants survive 183
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaDaan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 10/03/2026What features are required to shape hypoxic niches enclosing meristems? We @viktoriiavoloboeva.bsky.social in collab @pieterverboven.bsky.social found that a combination of cuticle barrier, densely packed tissue and metabolic activity all uniquely contribute to maintain shoot apical meristem hypoxia 32315
Mikel Lavilla-Puerta @mikellavi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Finally officially out!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We moved the main oxygen sensing machinery from plants to yeast and we learned a few things!pnas.orgA synthetic ERFVII-dependent circuit in yeast sheds light on the regulation of early hypoxic responses of plants | PNASPlants face hypoxic conditions either chronically, as particular tissues are characterized by fluctuating or stable low oxygen levels, or acutely, ... 3189
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaN End Rules @n-end-rules.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Surprisingly: "Conditional stability of HY5 through the ATE N-degron pathway regulates environmental responses in Arabidopsis thaliana". The shining bounds of N-degron pathway influence expands! @charlene-kunaka.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.org 11714
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaVinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 11/02/2026🚨 Positions available in Plant Science! Please share. We’re hiring: 1. Postdoc 2.PhD (UK applicants only) Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development. More info here- sites.google.com/view/root-re... #plantscijobs #plantscience 03139
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaInternational Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 01/10/2025#ThrowbackThursday to last week Thursday at #ISPLORE2025JP where we took a group picture of our fantastic community. Missing those conferences vibes? Scroll back through the #ISPLORE2025JP hashtag for some of the best moments 🌱🌊 0147
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaInternational Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 26/09/2025#ISPLORE2025JP is over.. but not before a comedy performance and closing ceremony by the organizers Mikio Nakazono and Moto Ashikari 😆 Thanks so much to all organisers and sponsors for making this edition possible. It was truly amazing! Next edition reveal by @djgibbs.bsky.social: #ISPLORE2028UK 0145
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaDaan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 36731
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaInternational Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 23/09/2025We finish this #ISPLORE2025JP session with exceptional talks by @mikellavi.bsky.social, Daai Zhang, @vinayshukla.bsky.social and Lina Zhou 🌱🌊 Check out @beagiuntoli.bsky.social's recent preprint #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 0128
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaPierdomenico Perata @theplantlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2025The speed of hypoxia: great talk by @mikellavi.bsky.social at the @isplore.bsky.social conference in Nagoya! 0105
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaInternational Society for Protein Termini (ISPT) @ispt-proteinterm.bsky.social · 08/09/2025A synthetic ERFVII-dependent circuit in yeast sheds light on the regulation of early hypoxic responses of plants | Preprint from @mikellavi.bsky.social @beagiuntoli.bsky.social @syno2xis.bsky.social #N-degron #hypoxia www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgA synthetic ERFVII-dependent circuit in yeast sheds light on the regulation of early hypoxic responses of plantsPlants face hypoxic conditions either chronically, as particular tissues are characterized by fluctuating or stable low oxygen levels, or acutely, when flooded. In vascular plants, transcriptional ada... 074
Mikel Lavilla-Puerta @mikellavi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Preprint alert! 🗞 We used SynBio to "simplify" the plant oxygen sensing pathway and implement it in yeast🍄. We can now control yeast growth through oxygen! But most importantly, Here's a very short recap of what we understood thanks to it: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…media.tenor.coma cartoon of spongebob wearing a hat with the letter f on itALT: a cartoon of spongebob wearing a hat with the letter f on it 353
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaPlant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 01/08/2025“I come from a rural area where agriculture and natural spaces coexist.” academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... #WeAreASPB 021
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaVinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Honoured & excited that ‘Breathing Underground’ has been funded by the ERC! This will let me explore one of the most fundamental questions of plant life: how roots breathe underground? @erc.europa.eu 168925
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaPlant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 02/01/2025The January 2025 issue of Plant Physiology is now online! Read this Focus Issue on Hypoxia and Plants here: academic.oup.com/plphys/issue @ASPB @OxUniPress #PlantSciacademic.oup.comThe diverse aspects of hypoxia. The size of the oxygen bubble correlates with concentration. This collection highlights the importance of hypoxia for plant development and environmental adaptation such as during flooding, in compacted or poorly aerated soils, high altitudes, and within meristematic tissues. Image credit: Moe Abbas. 0207
Mikel Lavilla-Puerta @mikellavi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024The real deal on the topic of plant hypoxia, SynBio and orthogonality. How to use these three concepts to build new oxygen-sensitive circuits? Don't miss the thread below! 121
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaVinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Preprint alert, please share!! With our new study, we engineered an orthogonal hypoxia-responsive system in plants inspired by mammalian HIF protein degradation. We demonstrated that this system could control protein stability and activity, enabling modulation of Oxygen sensing outputs. Here's how: 65328
Reposted by Mikel Lavilla-PuertaInternational Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Added many more ISPLORE researchers to our starter pack, including @theplantlab.bsky.social, @mikellavi.bsky.social @freddietheodoulou.bsky.social, @gunjansharma88.bsky.social. Welcome to BlueSky! 111
Mikel Lavilla-Puerta @mikellavi.bsky.social · 05/12/2024First Bluesky post to share our review with the world! Is there anything, beyond oxygen biosensors, that SynBio can provide to the world of plant hypoxia? Check it out here! @plantphys.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...academic.oup.comDesigned to breathe: synthetic biology applications in plant hypoxiaNovel biosensors and concepts from engineering biology expand the toolbox for plant low oxygen biology research 01710