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Arthur Leung
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PhD candidate with Rowan Sage at Univ. of Toronto 🇨🇦 Evolutionary biology, ecophysiology, and photosynthesis 🍃🔬🧪 he/him aleungplants.github.io
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · Aug 22
My first PhD chapter is out! I looked at the diversity of traits that affect the reassimilation of photorespiratory CO2 (and maybe ammonia) and the implications for evolving C2 and C4 photosynthetic pathways. 🌱

doi.org/10.1111/pce....
Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae) as a case study for the evolution of C2 and C4 photosynthesis
Physiological, structural, and immunohistochemical analyses of leaf tissues indicate sub-C2 and C2 character states occurring in Tribulus (Zygophyllaceae). These data reveal novel insights into the m....
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · 7h
Feedback please 🥹 [email protected]
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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 7h
Convergence, stability, and thermal adaptation in the rubisco enzyme in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.08.681247v1
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · 10h
Paper got desk rejected in May, picked myself back up and revised it with the editor's comments... just submitted elsewhere and to biorxiv.

Stress 😭
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Lancaster Plant Biology @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social · 8d
New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd
FindAPhD : NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow
Apply for a PhD: NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · 15d
Too much staring at TEMs all day... I wish I could be looking for plants in the Kimberley
sightseeing stop at Wolfe Creek Crater
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Christopher Krieg 🌿 @ckrieg.bsky.social · 16d
🚨 1 Week Left to Apply! 🚨
The Krieg Lab is hiring a Research Professional in Plant Ecophysiology & Evolution.

📅 Deadline: October 1, 2025
📧 Sending materials (Cover Letter, CV, References) to: kriegc[at]wfu.edu
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BSA-ecophys @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social · 20d
🌱📚 Love plants and books? The Plant Science Bulletin is looking for book reviewers. There are a few books that may interest our followers!

Visit here for more info:
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#Botany #bsa #PlantScience #BookReview #PlantScienceBulletin
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · Aug 29
New preprint up: "Single-cell-level response to drought in Sorghum bicolor reveals novel targets for improving water use efficiency."

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Here we show that drought response supersedes differences in cell identity and identify key transcriptional regulators.
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · Aug 29
yay matt!
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Aug 28
Professor Susanne von Caemmerer FRS and Professor Graham Douglas Farquhar FRS are jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) 2025 for refining the ways we monitor and model photosynthesis in leaves from molecular to global scales. #RSMedals https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/royal-medals/
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 28
🌿Thank you for making “A Day for BSA” a huge success! 🌿

Together, we exceeded our $15,000 Endowment campaign goal, raising over $16,000 to support students, publications, and the annual conference.

Did you miss it? This Endowment campaign continues through August 31!
crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...
This image shows the 2025 'A Day for BSA' logo as well as balloons. Text: A Day for BSA Thank You! Thank you for being part of the second annual "A Day for BSA," celebrating more than 130 years of the Botanical Society of America! Together, we surpassed our goal, raising over $15,000 for the BSA Endowment, a testament to the generosity and dedication of our community to the future of the botanical sciences.
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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 27
Thanks to everyone who’s donated to the '#ADayforBSA' Endowment campaign! We’ve already reached 20% of our $15,000 goal.

Every gift matters and helps support students, publications, and the Botany Conference. Haven’t given yet? There’s still time: crm.botany.org/civicrm/cont...

#IamaBotanist
This image shows the logo for "A Day for BSA" and around it a gauge that shows about 20% of goal made. Text: Help us reach today's endowment giving goal of $15,000.www.day-for-bsa.botany.org/2025. A group photo of BSA members are also shown.
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · Aug 23
CAM!

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Cryptic CAM photosynthesis in Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia, Y. jaegeriana)
Joshua trees are long-lived perennial monocots native to the Mojave Desert in North America. Composed of two species, Yucca brevifolia and Y. jaegeriana (Asparagaceae), Joshua trees are imperiled by...
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · Aug 22
I dont usually collect pokemon cards... but i came across a Professor Rowan card
Professor Rowan pokemon card
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Matt Stata @mattstata.bsky.social · Aug 16
This was a long time (too long) in the works, but I'm thrilled that it is finally out:

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"How evolution repeatedly builds complexity: a case study with C4 photosynthesis in Blepharis (Acanthaceae)"

And this was chosen for a cover photo:
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Aug 8
#TansleyReview: Mechanisms driving functional divergence of #TranscriptionFactor paralogs

Isabella J. Higgins, Sarah G. Choudury & Aman Y. Husbands 👇

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Mechanisms leading to paralog-specific binding profiles.
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BSA-ecophys @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social · Jul 29
We have stickers! Find @savageplantphys.bsky.social to get some and find out more about our section! #bsaecophys #botany2025
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · Jul 26
wish I could be there 🥹
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BSA-ecophys @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social · Jul 26
Who else is on their way to #Botany2025? 🙋‍♂️
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BSA-ecophys @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social · Jul 18
Who's excited for #Botany2025? The Phys & Ecophys section is gearing up for another fantastic conference this year!

We currently need judges (non-student) to evaluate student presentations and posters. If interested, contact [email protected], or reach out to him ‪@ckrieg.bsky.social‬

#Botany2025
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · Jul 16
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Li Zhao @lizhao.bsky.social · Jul 15
Our latest paper is out: rdcu.be/ev6Ym — one of my favorite projects. It began about 8 years ago when Nobel laureate Torsten Wiesel asked me: what transcription factors regulate new genes? I had no idea then. Now we have some answers.
Gene regulatory networks and essential transcription factors for de novo-originated genes
Nature Ecology & Evolution - A combination of computational methods applied to single-cell RNA sequencing data and genetic experiments shows that a small number of transcription factors are...
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · May 30
I should ask if he remembers you and your lab partner 😆
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · May 30
Botanizing in Western Australia 🦘 with Rowan Sage + Yuzhen Fan and Ellie Jordan from ANU! #plantphysfriday #plantscience 🌱

Wearing my Plant Fizz shirt of course @bsa-ecophys.bsky.social
me and Rowan holding bouquets of dried up Flaveria australasica in a dry landscape C3 Tribulus next to C4 spinifex(?) on gravely soil mats of C4 Tribulus on the side of Tanami Road
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · May 20
Go C4!
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Tim Osborne @timnmosborne.bsky.social · May 19
Viburnum opulus, Guelder-rose, what a beauty! In hedgerows now. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Arthur Leung @aleungplants.bsky.social · May 15
New #CAM paper dropped! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #plantscience
A high‐quality genome of the Atacama Desert plant Cistanthe cachinalensis and its photosynthetic behavior related to drought and life history
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis has independently evolved many times in arid-adapted plant lineages. Cistanthe cachinalensis (Montiaceae), a desert annual, can upregulate CAM facul...
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