Sandy Hetherington
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Dr Alexander J. Hetherington, Plant evolutionary biologist, @InstMolPlantSci @SBSatEd @EdinburghUni #UKRIFLF. Lab group @MPEG_Edinburgh Views my own
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1/9 I am excited to share our pre-print on spatial transcriptomics in wheat spikes in collaboration with Ashleigh Lister. Using MERFISH, we resolved the expression of 200 genes to cellular resolution. Check out the pre-print 👉tinyurl.com/c7t3kncf
Check out this amazing thread by Katie Long on our latest work using spatial transcriptomics in wheat alongside fabulous colleagues Earlham Institute Ashleigh Lister Iain Macaulay.
New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 takes place on 4–7 August at the University of Birmingham! Don't miss your opportunity to join this unique meeting of early career plant scientists! Apply to attend by 27 January: newphytologist.org/nextgenevents/… Wiley Plant Science #npnextgen
New paper out today led by Sanaa! We revisit the famous 790-million-year-old Svanbergfjellet Formation for The Geological Society's Lagerstätten Series. Open access at: lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.11… The Royal Society | University of Oxford | Oxford University Museum of Natural History | Oxford Earth Sciences
Would you like to work with me on #MesozoicMammals from #Scotland? We're seeking a Research Assistant for an amazing The Leverhulme Trust project, based in Birmingham with Prof Richard Butler. You'd join our team gaining new insights into mammal evolution! jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/res…
How do fungi explore a root system over time? Spatial and temporal tracking of the Nicotiana root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi using MycoRed. Videos and images and optimised Rhizotrons by Nick Garcia Science behind this: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
![Interested in the latest advances developed to bring fossils back to life? 🦴 Join us for the A2 - Experimental Palaeobiology session at the #SEBconference in Antwerp, 8-11 July 2025 🇧🇪🦾
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'Dino Birds' airs on NOVA | PBS in N. America tomorrow (9pm). Follow research from our lab and colleagues revealing the origin of birds. Hope you enjoy it! pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vide… Steve Brusatte Jingmai O'Connor Anusuya CHINSAMY-T Daniel Ksepka Lizzy Steell Guillermo Navalón Juan Benito
On the cover of our #LatestIssue: Ptychostomum demissum, an acrocarpous #moss with strongly asymmetrical capsules in #arctic or #alpine areas. Image courtesy of Rui-Liang Zhu. 📖 See Shen et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… Wiley Plant Science
It’s been a pleasure hosting Haru Nishida, Aya Kubota, Nao Kawagoe and Andrew Scott this week The Molecular Palaeobotany and Evolution Group Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh. Topped off with a great #FossilFriday trip to see the Early Carboniferous rocks by Oxroad Bay!
