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Ali Raza
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#PlantBiotech👨‍🔬| #Postdoc research fellow | Trying to understand how plants respond/adapt to #abiotic stress conditions🌡️❄️💦🫧🌫 | Open for #collaboration | 😍→🏏✍🏻🥘🍔🥗🍲🍦☕️ | 𝕏 @Ale_Raza6
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Ali Raza @aliraza6.bsky.social · Oct 3
Excited to share our review is on the Cover of @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social (Vol 30, Issue 10)🤩🎉😍

👉 #Panomics to manage combined #abiotic stresses in plants

🔗 www.cell.com/trends/plant...

Congratulations to all authors @agbioworld.bsky.social👏

@plantteaching.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social
In this work, together with my wonderful co-authors (Yiran Li, Channapatna Prakash, and Zhangli Hu), we discuss how climate change-driven combined abiotic stresses threaten global crop productivity, and how panomics, AI-driven breeding, single-cell omics, and advanced phenotyping can guide the way for stress-smart crops of the future🌱 🔑 𝙆𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨: Panomics + AI = unlocking novel molecular targets & pathways Field-level validation + spatial/single-cell omics for real-world solutions Synthetic biology and epigenome editing as next-gen breeding strategies Crop wild relatives as hidden reservoirs of resilience Designing "genetic circuits" and "full-gene packages" for enhanced tolerance Ultimately, we propose panomics as a “social insurance” for crops, equipping them to withstand real-world stress combinations and secure sustainable agriculture in a changing climate 🌍✨
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"Heatwaves are systematically hotter, longer and more frequent the longer net zero is delayed .......regional trends show no decline over the ... 1000 years of each simulation....heatwaves do not start to revert to preindustrial conditions."
doi.org/10.1088/2752...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
Heatwaves in a net zero World - IOPscience
Heatwaves in a net zero World, Perkins-Kirkpatrick, Sarah, Palmer, Lucinda, King, Andrew, Ziehn, Tilo
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Happy to share our latest article in @newphyt.bsky.social. We look at the impacts of high atmospheric CO2, heatwaves, nitrogen fertiliser and drought on #wheat stomatal performance, photosynthesis, water usage and yield. @drhollycroft.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
A schematic representation of the key findings of our latest study show how heatwaves override most environmental responses we tested in our study.
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
aliraza6.bsky.social
Happy to share our 🆕review "Role of plant #peroxisomal #catalase in #temperature❄️☀️ and #drought💧🌵 stress: Physio-biochemical and #molecular perspectives" is out in PPB @elsevierconnect.bsky.social 🥳🤩

🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0981942825012586

#PlantScience @planteditors.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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November 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
Tuning the C4 supercharger: improving #photosynthesis and #yield in C4 #crops

#TansleyReview by @mariaermakova.bsky.social, Robert E. Sharwood and Robert T. Furbank

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

#PlantScience @monashbiol.bsky.social.
Reactions, processes, and parameters controlling C4 photosynthetic flux in the NADP-ME subtype.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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aliraza6.bsky.social
Excited to share our new article “The MATE family #transporter CaDTX12 🧬 confers #cadmium accumulation in #pepper🌶️ ( #Capsicum annuum)” is out in Funct Integr Genomics🥳 🎉

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Congrats to all authors 💫👏

#PlantScience @springernature.com @ashs-hort.bsky.social
The MATE family transporter CaDTX12 confers cadmium accumulation in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) - Functional & Integrative Genomics
Cadmium (Cd) contamination in agricultural soils poses a significant threat to the safety of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) products. The development of low-Cd-accumulating pepper varieties is a promisin...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🚨Reposts appreciated‼️If I had read this PhD offer five years ago, I wouldn’t have hesitated for a second to apply 😉
Passionate about gene regulation, chromatin, and developmental biology? Just contact @radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social at @ibbtec.bsky.social 🧬✨

#PhD #3DGenome
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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natanellae.bsky.social
Interesting work showing guard cell specific - severity dependent drought responses in Arabidopsis | INTACT-based guard cell transcriptomes from a progressive drought time course reveal targets for modifying stomatal responses url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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"With AI, synthetic biology can become computationally driven, rather than intuition driven, where algorithms design DNA, enzymes, & entire biosynthetic pathways before they’re ever built," says @berkeleylab.lbl.gov's Hector Garcia Martin.
How AI Is revolutionizing synthetic biology and biomanufacturing
Beyond Biotech podcast - Héctor García Martín on why biology is hard to engineer
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November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
aliraza6.bsky.social
Excited to share our new article “The MATE family #transporter CaDTX12 🧬 confers #cadmium accumulation in #pepper🌶️ ( #Capsicum annuum)” is out in Funct Integr Genomics🥳 🎉

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Congrats to all authors 💫👏

#PlantScience @springernature.com @ashs-hort.bsky.social
The MATE family transporter CaDTX12 confers cadmium accumulation in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) - Functional & Integrative Genomics
Cadmium (Cd) contamination in agricultural soils poses a significant threat to the safety of pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) products. The development of low-Cd-accumulating pepper varieties is a promisin...
link.springer.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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plantteaching.bsky.social
#PlantScience Research Weekly, November 14, 2025 plantae.org/plant-scienc...
Reviews on non-photochemical quenching and hydraulic traits;
Oat pangenome/pantranscriptome;
Non-enzymatic functions of isoamylase complex; Quantification of organ geometry (1/2)
@howarthoats.bsky.social
On the left, a diagram shows that as water becomes scarce, plants modify stomatal aperture, but as it becomes more scarce, they induce tolerance mechanisms. On the right, a Venn diagram showing greater water use efficiency, drought avoidance, with limited transpiration in the overlap.
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🌸 FLOWERING NEWSLETTER REVIEW 🌸

González-Suárez et al. review how temperature regulates reproductive development in seasonal contexts, focusing on molecular factors controlling meristem transition from vegetative growth to the end of flowering 🌼

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 4.Changes in meristem activity and identity across the seasons. Circular diagram illustrating the multiple developmental transitions that occur in aerial meristems of Arabidopsis during the year. The temperature profile and timing of events are based on a field trial conducted in Norwich, UK (Lu et al., 2022). The apical vegetative meristem (VM) acquires reproductive identity during late autumn and early winter, after which it initiates floral primordia and later becomes dormant. In spring, flowering-promotive conditions trigger bolting, and the VM from the primary inflorescence (PI), now fully transitioned into an inflorescence meristem (IM), resumes reproductive development in the I2 zone of the inflorescence. Although delayed in their floral transition, axillary meristems (AMs) follow a similar developmental fate in the I1 zone. Finally, IMs undergo proliferative arrest in summer.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- A new shade of photosynthesis: The missing chlorophyll f found in action (Science) (Summary by Katarina Kurtović, @katarinakurtovic.bsky.social) @giovanniconsoli.bsky.social buff.ly/RptKc4Q

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A new shade of photosynthesis: The missing chlorophyll f found in action | Plantae
Photosynthetic organisms were long believed to only use visible light for energy capture, until the discovery of far-red photosynthesis challenged this view. Far-red photosynthesis is thought to be…
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Translational insights into abiotic interactions: From Arabidopsis to crop plants We highlight milestones in plant hypoxia research contributing to advances in field (and will continue to do so) @roederlab.bsky.social @cargueso.bsky.social @theplantcell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
July 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Excited for a second #GreenHorizons training session with undergrads on #PlantScience that feeds the world! Today we’ll learn about the new tools that are transforming plant breeding, and what the future could look like for wheat. 🌾 🌱 #STEMCareers #FutureOfFood
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🌿 RESEARCH 🌿

Single-nucleus RNAseq reveals bundle sheath cell-specific photorespiration pathways in Moricandia arvensis, incl ammonium assimilation & redox regulation, highlighting metabolic compartmentalization in C3–C4 photosynthesis – Triesch et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
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Fig. 2.UMAP visualizations of the integrated Moricandia arvensis single-nuclei RNA-Seq and Kim et al. (2021) Arabidopsis thaliana single-cell RNA-Seq dataset colored by cell type (A) and species (B). (C) Heatmaps indicating normalized expression in mesophyll and bundle sheath clusters in A. thaliana and M. arvensis. Expression was normalized to the highest expressed marker gene in the respective cluster and species. (D) Enrichment of MapMan bins for 110 BSC-specific differentially partitioned genes between M. arvensis and A. thaliana. (E) Sankey diagram indicating the expression of M. arvensis marker genes (right side of the diagram) in A. thaliana clusters (left side).
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🧬 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🧬

Trihelix transcription factors control developmental processes, from embryogenesis to reproductive growth, responses to pathogens & abiotic stress, & epigenetic modifications after ethylene & ABA perception - Ibarra & Reynoso

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

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Fig. 1.Functionally characterized trihelix transcription factors during development and stress. TTFs were classified according to a phylogeny of their DNA-binding domains presented in Kaplan-Levy et al. (2012) (central scheme). Clades are indicated by different shaded backgrounds. TTFs in non-Arabidopsis species include a prefix: Brassica napus Bn, Gossypium hirsutum Gh, Malus domestica Md, Oryza sativa Os, Pyrus bretschneideri Pbr, Solanum habrochaites Sh, Solanum lycopersicum Sl, and Zea mays Zm. Phenotypes are represented in different genotypic backgrounds: wild-type Wt, knockdown KD, overexpression OE, and knockout mutants (lower case, italized). Plants exhibiting higher sensitivity to a specific stress or treatment are colored in light green. See full paper for abbreviations.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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newphyt.bsky.social
#TansleyReview: Light #signal transduction in #plants: insights from phytochrome nuclear translocation and photobody formation

By Chang et al.
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Fig. 4 The photobody formatin of phyA and phyB.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
⚙️ SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW ⚙️

Iron is essential to plants, and molecular mechanisms controlling iron uptake and concentration are affected by other essential nutrients such as zinc, copper, phosphorus, and nitrogen 🧲 🌿

📝 Wairich et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 2 (shortened, full legend in paper): Example of major mechanisms involving the Fe–P interplay in Arabidopsis. In shoots and under Fe deficiency (↓Fe), reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulate in chloroplasts, suppressing AtbZIP58 expression, reducing photosynthesis-related genes, and causing chlorosis. Fe deficiency also lowers ascorbic acid (AsA) levels by repressing VITAMIN C 4 (AtVTC4) expression. In combined Fe and P deficiency (↓Fe↓P), AtVTC4 is upregulated, boosting AsA production. AsA scavenges ROS in chloroplasts, restoring AtbZIP58 expression, photosynthesis-related gene activity, and chlorophyll accumulation, maintaining photosynthetic activity and a stay-green phenotype. In low P conditions, blue light activates ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL5 (HY5), inducing LOW PHOSPHATE ROOT 1 (LPR1)–PHOSPHATE DEFICIENCY RESPONSE 2 (PDR2) pathways that oxidize Fe2+ to Fe³+, promoting ROS production, callose deposition, and root growth inhibition.
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Our new review in Science @science.org is out with @jennyrussinova.bsky.social and @nvukas.bsky.social. We discuss how precise modulation of brassinosteroid signaling can enable more targeted, predictable improvements in plant growth and resilience.
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9798
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Another great collaboration with @trevormnolan.bsky.social and @nvukas.bsky.social where we give our vision on how brassinosteroid research can pave the way to precision plant engineering www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unlocking the potential of brassinosteroids: A path to precision plant engineering
Brassinosteroids are essential plant hormones that play a central role in regulating growth, development, and stress responses. Their impact on plant architecture and productivity makes them attractiv...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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🧪 Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses identify MYB genes regulating key metabolites and agronomic traits in upland cotton Gossypium hirsutum
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses identify MYB genes regulating key metabolites and agronomic traits in upland cotton Gossypium hirsutum - Nature Genetics
A multiomics dataset including genomics, transcriptomics and metabolomic variations across 403 upland cotton accessions identifies MYB genes regulating key metabolites and agronomic traits during cott...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🌍🌽 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🌽🌍

Global climate change is resulting in long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. This review highlights primary metabolic adjustments of plants to cope with future abiotic stressors 🌡️☀️💧

📝 Bulut et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 2.Schematic illustration of plant responses to abiotic stress. Common aspects of plant responses highlighting morphophysiological changes and molecular responses. SA = salicylic acid; JA = jasmonic acid; ABA = abscisic acid; GA = gibberellic acid; SL = strigolactone; CK = cytokinin.
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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danvec.bsky.social
A transcription factor HvCBP60-8 confers salt tolerance in barley

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A transcription factor HvCBP60‐8 confers salt tolerance in barley
Loss-of-function of HvCBP60-8 up-regulated the expressions of three receptor-like kinase genes (HvRLK3/4/5) and key ion transporter genes (HvHAK1, HvNHX1, and HvHKT1;1), highlighting the positive rol...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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bradylabs.bsky.social
Interested in learning about the latest and greatest research in how plants respond to excess salt, too little or too much water? Come to the GRC in Salt and Water Stress in Switzerland. Lots of opportunities for all career levels. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat.... Please repost!
2026 Salt and Water Stress in Plants Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Salt and Water Stress in Plants will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM