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Christina

@rossichristina.bsky.social
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PhD Candidate studying plant immunity and natural variation UWaterloo | WLU (she/her)

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Christina @rossichristina.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I will be running my first ever half-marathon in Ottawa, ON in 2026! 🎉 In light of this, I am fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society and running for those in my life who have been impacted by cancer. If you or someone you know would like to donate, please do so here: tinyurl.com/yd4kp2vd
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Thank you very much to @theplantjournal.bsky.social for featuring our work on the cover of the latest journal issue! 🌱🧬☀️ Special thanks to the LWDG Waterloo for designing the image! Cover image: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Charles Roussin-Léveillée @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New story out! Side project from the PhD that turned out to be quite interesting. Are chloroplastic ROS the initial trigger for SA biosynthesis in its originating organelle in plant immunity? Please, have a read and find out for yourself 😀! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Co‐occurrence of chloroplastic ROS production and salicylic acid induction in plant immunity
Chloroplasts are important sites of metabolite biosynthesis, including precursors of the defense-related phytohormone salicylic acid (SA). Chloroplastic reactive oxygen species (cROS) have previousl...
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Congratulations to PhD student @rossichristina.bsky.social for receiving the @cspbscbv.bsky.social Best Student Paper Award (Honourable Mention)! Christina's #PlantCellEnv publication was based on her previous MSc thesis research @laurierbiology.bsky.social. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Danve Castroverde @danvec.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Extremely PROUD of PhD student Christina Rossi for her great talk and for being an outstanding ambassador of our @laurierbiology.bsky.social research program here in Gent! 🤩🌱🧬 Shout-out to our #Proteomics collaborators Dr. Jennifer Geddes-McAlister and Dr. Jason McAlister (MCB Guelph)!
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Christina @rossichristina.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Calling all current Canadian Society of Plant Biologists student members! Voting for Student Representative has begun! If you are able, please check out cspb-scbv.ca/page-18186 to cast your vote (if you are a current graduate student or PDF).
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