Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaCharlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 18/08/2026📢 We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Ecophysiology at EPFL/WSL in Lausanne! 🌿 Study physiological mechanisms of leaf browning under heat & drought stress 🔬 Experimental plant ecophysiology 🎓 Mentoring/teaching opportunities Please share! Apply here: apply.refline.ch/273855/1893/... 03944
Paulo Menezes-Silva @pmenezes-silva.bsky.social · 16/06/2026How do Cerrado species cope with seasonal droughts? 📝New paper out in @JXBot! We show that hydraulic failure can be minimized through plasticity in water loss, rather than through plasticity in water storage capacity or embolism vulnerability.🌳 👇👇👇 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...doi.orgHydraulic failure in Cerrado plants is reduced by plasticity in water loss, not water storage or embolism vulnerabilityAbstract. Increasingly frequent and intense drought events are challenging the survival of several forest species worldwide. Yet, the extent to which plant 031
Paulo Menezes-Silva @pmenezes-silva.bsky.social · 12/06/2026📢 Ajude a divulgar esta oportunidade! Vaga de pós-doutorado no meu laboratório para investigar como seca, calor e aumento de CO₂ afetam a sobrevivência de plantas do Cerrado em cenários de mudanças climáticas. 🌱 Compartilhe! ifgoiano.edu.br/home/index.p...ifgoiano.edu.brIF Goiano abre seleção para bolsista de pós-doutorado em Biodiversidade e ConservaçãoInscrições vão até 25 de junho. Bolsa é destinada a doutores titulados há no máximo cinco anos e integra projeto de pesquisa em rede financiado pela Capes.... 000
Paulo Menezes-Silva @pmenezes-silva.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Today, we had a wonderful morning with outstanding colleagues from Spain, Colombia, and Brazil discussing science at the 1st IF Goiano Plant Ecophysiology Meeting. We hope future editions will bring together even more researchers and collaborators from around the world 011
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaCamille Ziegler @csziegler.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Freshly published paper led by @santiagotrueba.bsky.social on leaf water losses across vascular plants 🌳🔬🧪 The 50-fold variation in gmin across ecological groups was weakly related to phylogeny with evidence for convergent evolution in response to climate 🌡️💦 @newphyt.bsky.socialnph.onlinelibrary.wiley.comEcological drivers and phylogenetic patterns of leaf minimum conductance variability in vascular plantsStomatal closure prevents significant water losses during drought events. Yet, leaves are not perfectly hermetic and dehydration ensues through residual water losses, known as minimum conductance (g... 22713
Paulo Menezes-Silva @pmenezes-silva.bsky.social · 12/03/2026New paper out!🗞️🎉 How do Cerrado plants cope with drought?🌳💧 In our new study in @annbot.bsky.social, we show how water availability shapes drought-tolerance strategies in Cerrado species across contrasting phytophysiognomies Read the paper: 👇 academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...academic.oup.comWater availability shapes drought-tolerance strategies in forest phytophysiognomies in the Brazilian SavannaAbstractBackground and Aims. Water availability strongly influences plant survival and distribution in the Cerrado, but many species co-occur in contrastin 021
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaBrendan Choat @profchoat.bsky.social · 11/03/2026🚨 New paper out in Journal of Plant Hydraulics! jplanthydro.org/article/view... Our team shows that Optical Dendrometry on small branches produces an incredibly tight linear relationship with water potential (R² ≈ 0.99) during drought‑to‑death drydowns in Eucalyptus crebra. 1142
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaThe International Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social · 06/03/2026We relaunch our seminar series! Jordi Martinez-Vilalta will talk on the ‘Limits and opportunities in predicting drought-induced forest mortality’ 24 March 2026 at 15:00 UTC www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/ 02012
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaMartijn Slot @martijnslot.bsky.social · 11/02/2026New publication on stomatal decoupling led by Zhaoguo Wang. I first noticed decoupling in temperature response curves in 2016 (tinyurl.com/k6dnhn94) and have been intrigued since. This study focuses on decoupling under experimental warming, showing interesting patterns www.nature.com/articles/s41... 03011
Paulo Menezes-Silva @pmenezes-silva.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Our lab is all dressed up for Halloween!👻🎃🍃🌿 000
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaJosé M. Torres-Ruiz @torresruizjm.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Great to see this paper out!📰 Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌿🔬 @irnase.bsky.social 0104
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaMarylou Mantova @maryloumantova.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Just published by Gonzalez et al. in @newphyt.bsky.social: Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌳🔬 Check out our new way to follow cellular mortality using cavicams at: doi.org/10.1111/nph.... 1249
Paulo Menezes-Silva @pmenezes-silva.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Starting a new and beautiful project to explore the hydraulic and thermal limits of flowers from orchid species distributed across different Brazilian biomes🌸🌼🌸🌼 030
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaCharlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 20/08/2025New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social 15559
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaThe International Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Join us for an exciting ITMN Seminar: “Tiny leaks with deadly consequences” by Paulo Menezes July 24th at 3 pm (CEST). Register here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/ 165
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaBianca Butter Zorger @biancazorger.bsky.social · 16/05/2025My PhD paper is out! We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 3152
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaJosé M. Torres-Ruiz @torresruizjm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025📢Interested in plant drought resistance and tree mortality?🌳🌿 👥Join us to explore key physiological mechanisms behind these processes! 👨🎓We’re seeking strong candidates to apply for a MSCA #Postdoc Fellowship in our team. 🗓️Deadline: 10 Sept 2025 → t.ly/LmD1P #PlantScience #Drought #TreeMortalityt.lyEU Funding & Tenders PortalThe Funding and Tenders Portal is the single entry point (the Single Electronic Data Interchange Area) for applicants, contractors and experts in funding programmes and procurements managed by the Eur... 01310
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaLouis Santiago @santiago-ecofiz.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLeaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types - Scientific ReportsScientific Reports - Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types 03413
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaJanisse Deluigi @janissedeluigi.bsky.social · 03/04/2025My first paper is out! We investigated how #photosynthetic and #respiratory #thermal #acclimation 🌡️ and #canopy size 🌳 shape tree net #carbon uptake under prolonged warming and drought. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author... @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social 44814
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-Silvabrodersenlab.bsky.social @brodersenlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Our new paper describing a novel method for measuring plant cell turgor is now online at PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We demonstrate how nucleating microbubbles inside plant cells and studying their growth and dissolution dynamics allows us to estimate turgor pressure.pnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 083
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaCharlotte Grossiord @charlottegrossiord.bsky.social · 26/03/2025🌿🔥How heat and VPD shape tree survival? We tested how acclimation to high temperature & VPD impacts drought mortality. While heat speeds up death via leaf area expansion, VPD acclimation slows it down by enhancing stomatal control - balancing mortality timing. doi.org/10.1111/PCE.... 34717
Paulo Menezes-Silva @pmenezes-silva.bsky.social · 12/03/2025My student Lucas (the bark boy) is on his way to solving a leaky radial mystery effect. Stay tuned for upcoming news on bark conductance in Cerrado species! 030
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaPlant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Leaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughts (Viviane de Araújo Brito Fernandes, Fernanda Santos Farnese, Brenner Ryan Arantes, et. al.) doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf026 @ASPB #PlantScience 02616
Paulo Menezes-Silva @pmenezes-silva.bsky.social · 11/02/2025🔥Can heatwaves leave a thermal leaky legacy?🔥 Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄 Extremely proud of my student Viviane! Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/plph...doi.orgLeaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughtsTemperatures above a critical threshold can increase leaf minimum conductance after cooling, evidencing a “thermal leaky legacy effect” that can reduce pla 0135
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-SilvaAlice Gauthey @a-gthy.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Very happy to see this paper out in Plant, Cell & Environment ! 🥳 We show that: ➡️ Foliar water uptake contribute to leaf water potential recovery in mangroves 🌿💧 ➡️ Tidal dynamic did not affect morning dew uptake 🌳🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... 062