Jim Rowe
@botanicaljim.bsky.social
Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. Interested in how ABA patterns control water fluxes in leaves using ABA biosensors and image analysis.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/academic-staff/people/jim-rowe
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/academic-staff/people/jim-rowe
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I'm offering a PhD project together with Sarah McKim on temperature-controlled stomata formation within EASTBIO DTP www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #plantscience #plantscijobs Deadline 15 Feb. Please share/RP
EASTBIO - How plants breathe in a warming world: unravelling temperature control of stomata development at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO - How plants breathe in a warming world: unravelling temperature control of stomata development at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm offering a PhD project together with Sarah McKim on temperature-controlled stomata formation within EASTBIO DTP www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #plantscience #plantscijobs Deadline 15 Feb. Please share/RP
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Redesign of Calmodulin for Genetically Encoded Zn2+ Sensing with High Dynamic Range
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Redesign of Calmodulin for Genetically Encoded Zn2+ Sensing with High Dynamic Range
The development of genetically encoded Zn2+ probes (GEZPs) has been hindered by the limited signal transduction efficiency of natural zinc-binding domains, but the encoded Ca2+ indicators utilize the ...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Redesign of Calmodulin for Genetically Encoded Zn2+ Sensing with High Dynamic Range
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Stomatal development and function in the upper and lower leaf surfaces
Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Stomatal development and function in the upper and lower leaf surfaces
Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social
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Stomata In-Sight: Integrating Live Confocal Microscopy with Leaf Gas Exchange and Environmental Control url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @tombuckleylab.bsky.social @lawrensack.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social @stanfordstomata.bsky.social
Stomata In-Sight: Integrating Live Confocal Microscopy with Leaf Gas Exchange and Environmental Control
The development of a tool to simultaneously measure stomatal conductance and aperture enables investigation into the role of stomatal anatomy in controllin
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November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Stomata In-Sight: Integrating Live Confocal Microscopy with Leaf Gas Exchange and Environmental Control url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @tombuckleylab.bsky.social @lawrensack.bsky.social @sheffieldpps.bsky.social @scottmcadam.bsky.social @stanfordstomata.bsky.social
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Really happy to see our paper about seedlings, stomata, and light signals is now online!
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Integration of light quality signals regulates ABA abundance and stomatal movements during seedling establishment
Obtaining sufficient light for photosynthesis and avoiding desiccation are two key challenges faced by seedlings during early establishment. Perception of light quality via specialised photoreceptor...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Really happy to see our paper about seedlings, stomata, and light signals is now online!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We just released a new major version of TrackMate (v8), the cell and organelle tracking plugin of Fiji.
It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:
It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We just released a new major version of TrackMate (v8), the cell and organelle tracking plugin of Fiji.
It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:
It ships many new features, detailed below, but that are articulated around the following:
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📢Check out our latest #preprint list on FocalPlane
This list focusses on the latest research on bioimage analysis and data management. Let us know if there are any preprints that we should add to our list and send us recommendation for the next one!
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This list focusses on the latest research on bioimage analysis and data management. Let us know if there are any preprints that we should add to our list and send us recommendation for the next one!
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Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis - FocalPlane
Microscopy preprints – bioimage analysis - News
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November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
📢Check out our latest #preprint list on FocalPlane
This list focusses on the latest research on bioimage analysis and data management. Let us know if there are any preprints that we should add to our list and send us recommendation for the next one!
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/14/m...
This list focusses on the latest research on bioimage analysis and data management. Let us know if there are any preprints that we should add to our list and send us recommendation for the next one!
focalplane.biologists.com/2025/11/14/m...
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Lighten up your life! We built a “darkbox” with a CCD camera to image bacterial infections across entire trays of Arabidopsis plants. Our technical advance with Python image analysis pipeline out now! @havandenburg.bsky.social @nwtaks.bsky.social bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Non‐Invasive, Bioluminescence‐Based Visualisation and Quantification of Bacterial Infections in Arabidopsis Over Time
Development of a non-invasive high-throughput phenotyping pipeline to visualise and quantify progression of bioluminescent bacterial pathogens in Arabidopsis rosettes over time.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Lighten up your life! We built a “darkbox” with a CCD camera to image bacterial infections across entire trays of Arabidopsis plants. Our technical advance with Python image analysis pipeline out now! @havandenburg.bsky.social @nwtaks.bsky.social bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I am happy to introduce this bioRxiv. Stomatal opening is crucial for gas exchange, but it unavoidably offers invasion by pathogens. We found that by coronatine (COR), Pto DC3000 exploits CYP707A1 activation in Arabidopsis thaliana, encoding an enzyme that degrades ABA, for stomatal invasion.
Evolutionary Trade-off Between Stomatal Defense and Gas Exchange in Brassicaceae https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.31.646295v1
April 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I am happy to introduce this bioRxiv. Stomatal opening is crucial for gas exchange, but it unavoidably offers invasion by pathogens. We found that by coronatine (COR), Pto DC3000 exploits CYP707A1 activation in Arabidopsis thaliana, encoding an enzyme that degrades ABA, for stomatal invasion.
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Interested in plant development and/or cell walls? We (Sam Amsbury, Andrew Fleming and I) have three PhD positions at the University of Sheffield open for applications until 7th January. We offer a friendly, jointly-run lab, great facilities, an affordable city and proximity to the Peak District!
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Interested in plant development and/or cell walls? We (Sam Amsbury, Andrew Fleming and I) have three PhD positions at the University of Sheffield open for applications until 7th January. We offer a friendly, jointly-run lab, great facilities, an affordable city and proximity to the Peak District!
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🌿 Plant Immunity in Focus - Join us on Dec 9, 2025 at Coupure, Ghent @fbwugent.bsky.social
🕒 15:00 Melissa Mageroy (NIBIO)
🕒 15:45 @jurriaanton.bsky.social (Sheffield U)
🎓 Followed by PhD defense of Jasper Matthys at 17:00.
#PlantScience #Epigenetics #PlantImmunity #UGent #DoctoralSchool
🕒 15:00 Melissa Mageroy (NIBIO)
🕒 15:45 @jurriaanton.bsky.social (Sheffield U)
🎓 Followed by PhD defense of Jasper Matthys at 17:00.
#PlantScience #Epigenetics #PlantImmunity #UGent #DoctoralSchool
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🌿 Plant Immunity in Focus - Join us on Dec 9, 2025 at Coupure, Ghent @fbwugent.bsky.social
🕒 15:00 Melissa Mageroy (NIBIO)
🕒 15:45 @jurriaanton.bsky.social (Sheffield U)
🎓 Followed by PhD defense of Jasper Matthys at 17:00.
#PlantScience #Epigenetics #PlantImmunity #UGent #DoctoralSchool
🕒 15:00 Melissa Mageroy (NIBIO)
🕒 15:45 @jurriaanton.bsky.social (Sheffield U)
🎓 Followed by PhD defense of Jasper Matthys at 17:00.
#PlantScience #Epigenetics #PlantImmunity #UGent #DoctoralSchool
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By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Auxin transport positions stem cells in the vascular cambium during normal development and regeneration | PNAS
The vascular cambium contains bifacial stem cells producing secondary phloem in one
and secondary xylem to the opposite direction. In Arabidopsis r...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Finally, Ondrej developed a very cool genetic cell-ablation tool based on tissue-specific induction of the murine pro-apoptotic factor mBax. It’s extremely useful when your confocal laser can’t reach internal tissues for laser ablation. 5/6
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Finally, Ondrej developed a very cool genetic cell-ablation tool based on tissue-specific induction of the murine pro-apoptotic factor mBax. It’s extremely useful when your confocal laser can’t reach internal tissues for laser ablation. 5/6
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Raymond Wightman, Microscopy Core Facility Manager at The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, will be presenting at our event.
Dr. Wightman will be sharing "FLIM-confocal-Raman imaging in all things plant" - a session you won't want to miss!
Dr. Wightman will be sharing "FLIM-confocal-Raman imaging in all things plant" - a session you won't want to miss!
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Raymond Wightman, Microscopy Core Facility Manager at The Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, will be presenting at our event.
Dr. Wightman will be sharing "FLIM-confocal-Raman imaging in all things plant" - a session you won't want to miss!
Dr. Wightman will be sharing "FLIM-confocal-Raman imaging in all things plant" - a session you won't want to miss!
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Consistently an absolutely fantastic meeting - don’t miss out on an opportunity to interact with an awesome bunch of non-seed enthusiasts 🌱 😃 🧬
Only two days left to register for the UK NonSeed meeting (Dec 12th, Norwich). We’re still accepting flash talks!! www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge...
4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025 | John Innes Centre
Supported by the Genetics Society, the Non-Seed Plant Sectional Interest Group brings together UK researchers studying all aspects of plant biology using species outside of seed-bearing plants…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Consistently an absolutely fantastic meeting - don’t miss out on an opportunity to interact with an awesome bunch of non-seed enthusiasts 🌱 😃 🧬
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How do fungi explore a root system over time?
Spatial & temporal tracking of the Nicotiana root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi using MycoRed.
Videos, images & optimised Rhizotrons by Nicolas Garcia Hernandez @slcuplants.bsky.social
Science behind it: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Spatial & temporal tracking of the Nicotiana root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi using MycoRed.
Videos, images & optimised Rhizotrons by Nicolas Garcia Hernandez @slcuplants.bsky.social
Science behind it: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
January 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
How do fungi explore a root system over time?
Spatial & temporal tracking of the Nicotiana root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi using MycoRed.
Videos, images & optimised Rhizotrons by Nicolas Garcia Hernandez @slcuplants.bsky.social
Science behind it: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Spatial & temporal tracking of the Nicotiana root symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi using MycoRed.
Videos, images & optimised Rhizotrons by Nicolas Garcia Hernandez @slcuplants.bsky.social
Science behind it: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
Highly recommend. Great mentor, great group, great project.
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Highly recommend. Great mentor, great group, great project.
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Ever wondered if analyzing your images by using intensity Z-projections impacts your data?
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
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#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
buff.ly/KJ147tI
#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ever wondered if analyzing your images by using intensity Z-projections impacts your data?
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
buff.ly/KJ147tI
#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
Happy to announce my guest article in Microscopy & Analysis on that topic. It's a very short read but worth for everyone dealing with image analysis!
buff.ly/KJ147tI
#Microscopy #ZProjection #ImageAnalysis
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Top investigation this, and great local journalism
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
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Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
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November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Top investigation this, and great local journalism
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Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN - Sign the Petition! c.org/p5jy2GXHcX via
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November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Illuminating plant immunity: a live sensor to watch salicylic acid in action (Science) @bijuntang.bsky.social @xanderjones.bsky.social @botanicaljim.bsky.social @philcarella.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/SF8nZ9R
#PlantaePSRW
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Illuminating plant immunity: A live sensor to watch salicylic acid in action | Plantae
Salicylic acid (SA) is best known as a central hormone orchestrating plant immune response, including the hypersensitive reaction and systemic acquired resistance. Beyond defense…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Illuminating plant immunity: a live sensor to watch salicylic acid in action (Science) @bijuntang.bsky.social @xanderjones.bsky.social @botanicaljim.bsky.social @philcarella.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/SF8nZ9R
#PlantaePSRW
#PlantaePSRW
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PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social