April 2025 Phytogen is out now! asps.org.au/archives/54015 We have a jammed packed issue with info on awards, #asps2025 conference, SMP reports from Nipuni & Ashley Jones and contributions from Suyan Yee & Francine Perrine-Walker

⏰ Reminder: another STOmics webinar is coming soon! Secure your spot at: clt1482952.benchurl.com/c/l?u=1265B96A…

Our labs Karolina Mukhtar just published an article in TrendsPlantSci PRIMER cells: immune hotspots in plants." 🌿🦠 a highlight of the recent work by Nobori and offers a perspective of spatial biology in plant microbe interactions sciencedirect.com/science/authSh…

Still time to get your applications in for our prestigious awards. Winners present at our #asps2025 conference happening later this year in Adelaide. #AusPlantSci More Info👉 asps.org.au/awards

latrobe.edu.au/news/announcem… doi.org/10.1016/B978-0…

Great success for the Agri-Food Seminar at the French Embassy on April 30, marking the launch of the Afran Agri-Food Community! Over 70 participants, and new INRAE_International - CSIRO & INRAE-UQ partnerships to boost 🇫🇷🇦🇺 collaboration in sustainable agri-food research & innovation!

Single-cell multiome reveals root hair-specific responses to salt stress nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… ♻️

What a nice cover design!

Happy to share a preprint describing my new method, Dam-IT (DamID-seq Incorporating Transcriptomics)! Dam-IT simultaneously captures TF-DNA binding, gene regulation, and chromatin accessibility from the same batch of plant cells. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Plant Com May 2025 issue online🎉Cover story: PlantRing - A high-throughput wearable sensor system for decoding plant growth, water relations, and innovating irrigation. Image by Pei Xu, Chenze Lu, and Ting Yin. cell.com/plant-communic…

🚨 Last Friday, we celebrated the outstanding research talent of SABE’s early career researchers at the SABE ECR Showcase! Presenters from EPAS, B&C, and MAPP covered everything from pollinators to phages, courtship to cancer biology. We were also joined by Prof Grant Drummond,

That’s a wrap on the #FOMO2025! A heartfelt thank you to all our guest speakers, attendees, and incredible local hosts - Decode Science, South Australian Genomics Centre (SAGC), and @CEAStAR - for helping make these events such a success. Looking forward to FOMO next year! #Australia #MultiOmics

I have been awarded the SABE HDR Travel Award! $2,000 to support my professional development. Grateful to La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment La Trobe University for this opportunity to advance my PhD work and connect with the wider genomics community. #Genomics #PhD #PhDLife

Dynamic and spatial control of cellular activity during seed germination sciencedirect.com/science/articl… lewsey lab

Happy to share a joint effort with Lucas Auroux lewsey lab Whelan lab on our expert review published in the Journal of Experimental Botany. We explore how omics technologies are transforming our understanding of seed dormancy and germination.

📰 June 2025 Phytogen is online! Conference updates, travel awards, student journey from Belgium to ANU, and climate-resilient crop research. asps.org.au/archives/57774 #AusPlantSci #PlantScience #ASPS2025 Australian Society of Plant Scientists

doi.org/10.1093/jxb/er… La Trobe Agriculture, Biomedicine & Environment, thanks for sharing! photo credits: M. Peirats-Llobet (Marta Peirats) and myself

Yesterday was a blast! 🌱🚀 I had a great chat with Dr Shane Huntington OAM and Dr Ray on 3rrrfm’s #EinsteinaGoGo, sharing my work on @Plants4Space, developing a payload to send and grow seeds on the Moon. Catch the interview here: rrr.org.au/shared/broadca… #ArtemisIII #ScienceCommunication

Mark Luo shares how BGI promotes multi-omics innovation, expands NIPT access in West Asia, and helps local healthcare providers empower patients with cutting-edge solutions. youtu.be/SzRomz1HAow