Master database for gene expression in Marchantia - an important bookmark. (marchantia.info/mbex/)

Working with xylem is always a good time #Confocal #microscopy #xylem #plantscience

In our new study in Nature Biotechnology we describe a toolkit of synthetic gene circuits for stable cell reprogramming in plants. We hope this platform will provide useful new tools to the community for engineering plant form and function with greater precision nature.com/articles/s4158…

Three different objectives, sunday spent imaging meristem domains and being generally thrilled about the membrane RFP surviving a week of clearing/staining #planttwitter #meristem #confocal #leica

Very fun(ky) conidia of aptly named Asterosporium sp., found on top of a Xanthoria parietina today #mycology #lichenology #Xanthoria #conidia

I do love " #nature " but not when it's a south american species that is listed on multiple invasive plant watchlists self seeding in Essex. #killyourlawn and plant natives to the region.

Want to know where & when your favourite TF is expressed in Marchantia? Fear not, Facundo Romani in Jim Haseloff lab has the answer in a an open access database, after establishing and characterising reporter lines for almost all of the ~450 TFs - a real tour-de-force 🌟#sls22

Marchantia mitochondria acting like curious worms and generally being cute, construct by William Boxall

Now, that's what I call an antheridiophore... Hydroponics-happy Marchantia from Gemma Swan and Ignacy Bonter in Cambridge.

Plants without H3K27me3? hold your chair. Amazing work led by Tetsuya Hisanaga/久永哲也 going deep into the fascinating world of the evolution and evolution of epigenetic regulation in plants. It will be very interesting to get some feedback on the pre-print version. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Marchantia gemma reacting to losing its meristems and making a new one in 15 hours (with an apical cell marker in mVenus 🤠)

Imaging Calypogeia sp. today - UV caused cytoplasm to fluoresce

@efrangedakis and I tried our hand at timelapsing actin during cell divisions in Anthoceros a while back too, definitely not for 3 weeks though.

Finishing a very exciting year. Merry Marchantiasmas! 🎄🎅🎄. Red: chlorophyll, Green: to be revealed in 2025 (not hard to guess actually). Credits to Ignacy Bonter for making the time-lapse.

The landscape of transcription factor promoter activity during vegetative development in Marchantia (Facundo Romani, Susanna Sauret-Güeto, Marius Rebmann, Davide Annese, Ignacy Bonter, Marta Tomaselli, et. al.) ASPB #PlantSci buff.ly/3TdDCox

Trying out different stains for liverwort imaging (Lepidozia here, I think?)

Growing edge of Lithothamnion red alga

bioRxiv Plant Bio The final outcome of my undergraduate project! Give it a read if you're curious how the green lineage elaborated on the common arsenic detoxification mechanism with an extra sensor protein domain. Very cool and transient role of the golgi with some fun super-resolution imaging.