Laura Moody
@moodytomato.bsky.social
Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Department of Biology in Oxford. Unravelling 3D growth in plants 🌱 #plantscience
Very inspiring meeting so far 👍
This year’s @embo.org Workshop is held at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Open to 120 participants, it is over-enrolled with 180 attendees! Thank you to the organizers @isabelmonte.bsky.social, Aino Komatsu, @moodytomato.bsky.social, and Liam Dolan for making this event possible. #EMBOplantEvo
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Very inspiring meeting so far 👍
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This year’s @embo.org Workshop is held at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Open to 120 participants, it is over-enrolled with 180 attendees! Thank you to the organizers @isabelmonte.bsky.social, Aino Komatsu, @moodytomato.bsky.social, and Liam Dolan for making this event possible. #EMBOplantEvo
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This year’s @embo.org Workshop is held at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Open to 120 participants, it is over-enrolled with 180 attendees! Thank you to the organizers @isabelmonte.bsky.social, Aino Komatsu, @moodytomato.bsky.social, and Liam Dolan for making this event possible. #EMBOplantEvo
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 🌱 😃 🧬
The deadline for abstract submissions is TODAY… 😃
Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
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October 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The deadline for abstract submissions is TODAY… 😃
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...and 10 new phylogenetically diverse hornwort genomes here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@fernway.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social
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@fernway.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
...and 10 new phylogenetically diverse hornwort genomes here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@fernway.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@fernway.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social
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Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics
A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Delighted to present our Tansley Insight on what we know about the potential of different root cortex layers to do develop into different things!
👩🔬 @dorotakawa.bsky.social @hannahschneider.bsky.social
📗 @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👩🔬 @dorotakawa.bsky.social @hannahschneider.bsky.social
📗 @newphyt.bsky.social
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Coordination of cortex modifications in time, space, and under stress
In roots, cell-type-specific differentiation enables specialized responses to environmental stress. The cortex, located between the vasculature and epidermis, is a key site for stress-responsive modi....
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September 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Delighted to present our Tansley Insight on what we know about the potential of different root cortex layers to do develop into different things!
👩🔬 @dorotakawa.bsky.social @hannahschneider.bsky.social
📗 @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👩🔬 @dorotakawa.bsky.social @hannahschneider.bsky.social
📗 @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Exciting opportunities to join @justingoodrich.bsky.social group in Edinburgh as either a Postdoc or Research Assistant. See the link for further details: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Postdoctoral Research Associate
We are looking for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to characterise genes controlling cell death and breakdown of the embryo-surrounding maternal tissues of the model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha...
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September 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Exciting opportunities to join @justingoodrich.bsky.social group in Edinburgh as either a Postdoc or Research Assistant. See the link for further details: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
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September 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
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Abscisic acid signaling regulates primary plasmodesmata density for plant cell-to-cell communication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Abscisic acid signaling regulates primary plasmodesmata density for plant cell-to-cell communication
Abscisic acid reduces primary plasmodesmata density in moss through conserved ABA signaling factors of land plants.
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September 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Abscisic acid signaling regulates primary plasmodesmata density for plant cell-to-cell communication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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👉 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk
Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk
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August 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
👉 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk
Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk
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FLOE in the 2D-to-3D growth transition
This Research Highlight showcases the work from Zoe Weeks @zoeweeks.bsky.social, Gargi Chaturvedi, Emily Day, Steven Kelly, Laura A. Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
This Research Highlight showcases the work from Zoe Weeks @zoeweeks.bsky.social, Gargi Chaturvedi, Emily Day, Steven Kelly, Laura A. Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
August 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
FLOE in the 2D-to-3D growth transition
This Research Highlight showcases the work from Zoe Weeks @zoeweeks.bsky.social, Gargi Chaturvedi, Emily Day, Steven Kelly, Laura A. Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
This Research Highlight showcases the work from Zoe Weeks @zoeweeks.bsky.social, Gargi Chaturvedi, Emily Day, Steven Kelly, Laura A. Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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To find out more about their work, we spoke to the first author, Zoe Weeks @zoeweeks.bsky.social, and the corresponding author, Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social, Associate Professor in Molecular Plant Biology at the University of Oxford, UK.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
To find out more about their work, we spoke to the first author, Zoe Weeks @zoeweeks.bsky.social, and the corresponding author, Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social, Associate Professor in Molecular Plant Biology at the University of Oxford, UK.
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I am very excited to share my first publication from my PhD work: A FLOE-related protein regulates the two-dimensional to three-dimensional growth transition in the moss Physcomitrium patens url: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
A FLOE-related protein regulates the two-dimensional to three-dimensional growth transition in the moss Physcomitrium patens
Summary: The transition to 3D growth is negatively regulated by a FLOE-related protein that alters cytokinin perception and cell division processes in the moss Physcomitrium patens.
journals.biologists.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I am very excited to share my first publication from my PhD work: A FLOE-related protein regulates the two-dimensional to three-dimensional growth transition in the moss Physcomitrium patens url: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Super proud of @zoeweeks.bsky.social and the rest of the team for this work. We were honoured to be selected as a research highlight - see our interview here: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Super proud of @zoeweeks.bsky.social and the rest of the team for this work. We were honoured to be selected as a research highlight - see our interview here: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
📢 To all molecular mossers 📢
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
August 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢 To all molecular mossers 📢
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍
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We are looking for a new colleague! If you do exciting microbial work (from various fields and approaches), please consider applying. (Yes, I am talking to you, postdocs ;) ) :)
uni-goettingen.de/en/699057.html
uni-goettingen.de/en/699057.html
W1-TT-W2 Microbial Genetics - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
uni-goettingen.de
August 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We are looking for a new colleague! If you do exciting microbial work (from various fields and approaches), please consider applying. (Yes, I am talking to you, postdocs ;) ) :)
uni-goettingen.de/en/699057.html
uni-goettingen.de/en/699057.html
Registration for the EMBO workshop ‘Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land’ closes on 25th August. Don’t miss it! More details can be found here: meetings.embo.org/event/25-pla... 🌱 😀
Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land
The evolution of plants – photosynthetic eukaryotes resulting from the endosymbiosis of a cyanobacterium and a non-photosynthetic host cell – transformed the earth system by reducing the amount of CO…
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August 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Registration for the EMBO workshop ‘Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land’ closes on 25th August. Don’t miss it! More details can be found here: meetings.embo.org/event/25-pla... 🌱 😀
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Junior #GroupLeader position @mpipz.bsky.social
on Plant Development & Diversity ‼️ #plantsci www.mpipz.mpg.de/5697690/job_...
on Plant Development & Diversity ‼️ #plantsci www.mpipz.mpg.de/5697690/job_...
Group leader (m/f/d) | Plant Development and Diversity
The successful applicant will be expected to build an independent research group to study plant development and/or its natural variation.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Junior #GroupLeader position @mpipz.bsky.social
on Plant Development & Diversity ‼️ #plantsci www.mpipz.mpg.de/5697690/job_...
on Plant Development & Diversity ‼️ #plantsci www.mpipz.mpg.de/5697690/job_...
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We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
August 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
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🚨 Travel Grant Deadline: 14 Aug!
Heading to the Black in Plant Science Conference? Apply for a travel grant and attend stress-free!
🎟️ Awardees get:
✅ Free registration
🚆 Up to £75 for UK travel
Celebrate Black excellence in plant research 🌱🖤
Email: [email protected]
Heading to the Black in Plant Science Conference? Apply for a travel grant and attend stress-free!
🎟️ Awardees get:
✅ Free registration
🚆 Up to £75 for UK travel
Celebrate Black excellence in plant research 🌱🖤
Email: [email protected]
August 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨 Travel Grant Deadline: 14 Aug!
Heading to the Black in Plant Science Conference? Apply for a travel grant and attend stress-free!
🎟️ Awardees get:
✅ Free registration
🚆 Up to £75 for UK travel
Celebrate Black excellence in plant research 🌱🖤
Email: [email protected]
Heading to the Black in Plant Science Conference? Apply for a travel grant and attend stress-free!
🎟️ Awardees get:
✅ Free registration
🚆 Up to £75 for UK travel
Celebrate Black excellence in plant research 🌱🖤
Email: [email protected]
Reposted by Laura Moody
New paper alert!
Our latest work shows how oxygen sensing in plants evolved to make life on land possible.
Please, have a look-! www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
#plantscience
Our latest work shows how oxygen sensing in plants evolved to make life on land possible.
Please, have a look-! www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
#plantscience
May 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New paper alert!
Our latest work shows how oxygen sensing in plants evolved to make life on land possible.
Please, have a look-! www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
#plantscience
Our latest work shows how oxygen sensing in plants evolved to make life on land possible.
Please, have a look-! www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
#plantscience
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We are hiring for a research technician in our NWO-XL project BarrierFates! If you are interested in working with root barriers and their role for plant fitness, more info here:
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#PlantScience 🌱🌽🔬
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#PlantScience 🌱🌽🔬
Research Technician Root Barriers
Join us in investigating the role of maize root barriers in soil stresses!
www.uu.nl
May 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We are hiring for a research technician in our NWO-XL project BarrierFates! If you are interested in working with root barriers and their role for plant fitness, more info here:
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#PlantScience 🌱🌽🔬
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#PlantScience 🌱🌽🔬
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Excited to host the UK NonSeed Plant Meeting in Norwich this year on Friday December the 12th. It’s a great community and these meetings are always fun and informative. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or a newbie looking to diversify your research, please consider joining us!
May 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Excited to host the UK NonSeed Plant Meeting in Norwich this year on Friday December the 12th. It’s a great community and these meetings are always fun and informative. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or a newbie looking to diversify your research, please consider joining us!