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Ciara O’Brien @ciara-obrien.bsky.social · 2d

It was so great having you at @johninnescentre.bsky.social!

Some amazing conversations on AI in writing, teaching, and the importance of plants 🌾

Grateful to be a part of the @aspbofficial.bsky.social community ❤️

Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 2d

I'm Norwich to give a talk tomorrow, but came a day early to give a writing workshop. Wonderful to catch up with Cathie Martin, who hired me in 2009 when she was EIC of @theplantcell.bsky.social. Thanks to @ciara-obrien.bsky.social for being a great host & other @plantaeofficial.bsky.social fellows.

Top left = Mary and Cathie catch up over coffee and talk about books. Top right = Mary and Ciara take a photo opp in front of Cathie's world-renowned collection of Plant Cell covers. Middle = a fantastic, thoughtful, engaged group of ECRs who shared thoughts on writing and AI. Bottom, current, former, and maybe future Plantea Fellows after we shared our "origin stories" over lunch.

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 6d

#ThrowbackThursday to last week Thursday at #ISPLORE2025JP where we took a group picture of our fantastic community. Missing those conferences vibes? Scroll back through the #ISPLORE2025JP hashtag for some of the best moments 🌱🌊

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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 11d

Huge thanks to the ISPLORE community for this award! Beyond the inspiring science in last few days, this is extra fuel to keep driving our low Oxygen research forward.
Phenomenal work by the organizers at Nagoya University.
See you in the UK for the next one! #ISPLORE2025JP

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 12d

#ISPLORE2025JP is over.. but not before a comedy performance and closing ceremony by the organizers Mikio Nakazono and Moto Ashikari 😆

Thanks so much to all organisers and sponsors for making this edition possible. It was truly amazing!

Next edition reveal by @djgibbs.bsky.social: #ISPLORE2028UK

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 12d

@rsasidharan.bsky.social pays tribute to Rens Voesenek for his major contributions to our field and #plantscience in general. 🌱🌊 Inspiring anectdotes and life lessons from Rens, who was a mentor to many of us.

@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 12d

Beautifully engaging and Ted-talk worthy lecture by the first Rens Voesenek awardee Ole Pedersen at #ISPLORE2025JP 🌱🌊 Ole contributed significantly to our community, including all his work on oxygen dynamics in plants, especially in the field (and ocean!).

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to all #ISPLORE2025JP Best Oral and Poster presentation winners. Very high quality of ECR talks this year!

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Gunjan Sharma @gunjansharma88.bsky.social · 12d

Enjoyed every bit #ISPLORE2024JP

Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · 12d

And that’s a wrap on #ISPLORE2025JN 🇯🇵 🌱 🫧

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 12d

So proud of @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social for winning best oral presentation award at #ISPLORE2025JP 🥇🤗☔🌱

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Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · 13d

It’s been a great opportunity for our lab to deliver four talks on different aspects of plant hypoxia and flooding research at #ISPLORE2025JN! Well done @linazhou.bsky.social @gunjansharma88.bsky.social & @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social for the great presentations! 🌱 💦 🌾 🦠 🌺 🫧 🇯🇵 #plantsci

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Gunjan Sharma @gunjansharma88.bsky.social · 14d

So happy to have presented my work on the epigenetic basis of flooding tolerance in plants #ISPLORE2025JP 🌱🌊

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 14d

Next @gunjansharma88.bsky.social talks about Histone demethylation on the regulation of hypoxia genes 🌱🌊

academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

Primed to persevere: Hypoxia regulation from epigenome to protein accumulation in plants

Abstract. Plant cells regularly encounter hypoxia (low-oxygen conditions) as part of normal growth and development, or in response to environmental stresse

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 15d

The second day of #ISPLORE2025JP starts with a great overview talk by @theplantlab.bsky.social on hypoxia regulation. Hypoxia is everywhere! #plantscience 🌱🌊

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 15d

In the last session before lunch we have @n-end-rules.bsky.social open the Hypoxia sensing and signalling session describing a novel oxygen sensing substrate 🌱🌊 Exciting!

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Rim Chaudhury @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social · 15d

Jun Prof. Dr. Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com talking about VRN2-dependency in flooding stress memory at ISPLORE 2025 🌊🌱 #ISPLORE2025JP

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 15d

Having a great time presenting our work at #ISPLORE2025JP, great people, great science, great food 👌🏻

Rim Chaudhury @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social · 15d

Jun Prof. Dr. Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com talking about VRN2-dependency in flooding stress memory at ISPLORE 2025 🌊🌱 #ISPLORE2025JP

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 15d

The #ISPLORE2025JP audience is very happy the last talk standing between them and lunch was finished 😉 Official group photo still coming 📷

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 16d

Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Thomas Arnesen @natmachinery.bsky.social · 15d

Developing leaves form a spatiotemporal oxygen gradient that is sensed through the oxygen sensing machinery and directs morphogenesis | New preprint from @daanweits.bsky.social and @syno2xis.bsky.social labs #N-degron #Cysteine #hypoxia @ispt-proteinterm.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Pierdomenico Perata @theplantlab.bsky.social · 15d

The speed of hypoxia: great talk by @mikellavi.bsky.social at the @isplore.bsky.social conference in Nagoya!

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 15d

After the lunch break, the hypoxia signalling session continues with talks of @djgibbs.bsky.social and Peter Geigenberger, check out Dan's recent paper! #ISPLORE2025JP 🌱🌊

www.cell.com/developmenta...

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 15d

We finish this #ISPLORE2025JP session with exceptional talks by @mikellavi.bsky.social, Daai Zhang, @vinayshukla.bsky.social and Lina Zhou 🌱🌊 Check out @beagiuntoli.bsky.social's recent preprint #plantscience

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

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 17d

We're almost there and growing in numbers.. but lost @advaitagashe.bsky.social 🤔 #ISPLORE2025JP

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Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · 17d

After a fantastic week exploring Tōkyō and Ōsaka, today it’s the Shinkansen 🚅 to Nagoya ahead of ISPLORE 2025 tomorrow 🌱 Looking forward to meeting friends and colleagues and hearing the latest in plant low oxygen and flooding research! #ISPLORE2025JP

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Rory Osborne @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social · 18d

Look out Japan, here we come!

So excited for the #ISPLORE meeting in Nagoya 😁 🌿

Can't wait to hear about all the amazing low oxygen research @gunjansharma88.bsky.social @djgibbs.bsky.social

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