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Laura Moody
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Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Department of Biology in Oxford. Unravelling 3D growth in plants 🌱 #plantscience
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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 7d
...and 10 new phylogenetically diverse hornwort genomes here:
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · 8d
Fantastic 👍
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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 13d
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.
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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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Kaisa Kajala @kaisakajala.bsky.social · 19d
Delighted to present our Tansley Insight on what we know about the potential of different root cortex layers to do develop into different things!

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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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Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant SIG @gensocuknonseed.bsky.social · 19d
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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Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant SIG @gensocuknonseed.bsky.social · 26d
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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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · 26d
Fantastic. Congratulations Dr Liu 😊
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Jill Harrison @jillharrison.bsky.social · 26d
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4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025 | John Innes Centre
General Information Established thanks to the support of the Genetics Society, the Non-Seed Plant Sectional Interest Group brings together UK researchers studying all aspects of plant biology using…
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 6
Fab looking tomatoes 🍅 😃
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 6
Cool 😎
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Hugues Renault @huguesrenault.bsky.social · Sep 5
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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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 5
Infinite supplies in there 👍
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 5
I’m so excited for you Tina - massive congratulations 🥳
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 5
Congratulations Isabel 😊
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 5
Super exciting - congratulations 🙌🏻
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 5
Thanks Hugues 👍
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 5
Thanks Vinay 😃
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Sep 4
Fantastic news Vinay - enormous congratulations 🥳
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Lars Østergaard @larsostergaard.bsky.social · Aug 25
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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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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Aug 28
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:

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Fig. 2. The snog1a mutant is cytokinin responsive. (A) Representative images of wild-type (WT), nog1dis and snog1a plants cultured in the presence or absence of the cytokinin analogue 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP).
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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Aug 28
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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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Aug 26
More pieces of the puzzle will follow soon 😃
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Aug 26
Thanks @julietccoates.bsky.social 😃
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Zoe Weeks @zoeweeks.bsky.social · Aug 26
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.
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Laura Moody @moodytomato.bsky.social · Aug 26
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/...
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