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Alex Costa
@labcosta.bsky.social
Editorial Board @PlantCellEnvir, Board of Advisors @New Phytol, and @Facultyopinions
#Calcium #signaling #Arabidopsis #organelles #PCS #imaging
Farewell party for Matteo! After 8 successful years in my lab, he is now ready to begin a new adventure in Sierla’s lab at
@helsinki.fi. Wishing him the best of luck!
September 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
🍕 Pizza day for @lab_costa with our new guests from Spain — Jorge Morello (Miguel Botella lab, Malaga) and Pavel Brito-Gutiérrez (Maite Sanmartín lab, Valencia). Great way to kick things off!
September 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Differential regulation of calcium-activated plant kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana 🌱

A fascinating insight into how plants decode Ca²⁺ signals through CPKs — revealing specificity in calcium signaling.

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Thrilled to share that Stefano Buratti has been awarded the Fratelli Confalonieri Postdoctoral Fellowship! He'll be joining my lab @LaStatale to develop innovative tools for exploring plant–environment interactions. Congratulations, Stefano!
June 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Interested in plant Ca2+ imaging? If you have (or are about to earn) a PhD, consider joining our team at La Statale (UNIMI) as a Postdoc. A great opportunity to grow your expertise in a vibrant research environment!
Feel free to contact me to discuss applications to the MSCA
May 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Quantifying Plant Biology with Fluorescent Biosensors pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40153610/

A very nice Review from Jones' lab www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/alexa...
April 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from
@labcosta.bsky.social! Wishing you joy, success, and good luck for an amazing 2025!
December 21, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Honored to celebrate 6 years of collaborating with @PlantCellEnvir as an Associate Editor! Over 130 handled works later, I’m thrilled to receive this certificate of appreciation. Huge thanks to the team and contributors who made this journey so rewarding! 🌱📜
December 16, 2024 at 2:49 PM
An old video of calcium waves in Arabidopsis that still looks stunning... 🌱✨ #PlantScience #CalciumWaves"
December 5, 2024 at 12:51 PM
NEWS & VIEWS: Follow the calcium road: Conserved mechanisms of growth and development in Marchantia polymorpha (Jiawen Chen, Erin Cullen) doi.org/10.1093/plph...
November 25, 2024 at 3:40 PM
I am thrilled to have contributed to this publication with Prof. Kohchi Takayuki's lab! 🎉 First author Megumi Iwano
@KyotoU_News
MID1-COMPLEMENTING ACTIVITY regulates cell proliferation & development via Ca²⁺ signaling in Marchantia polymorpha. 🌱
academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
November 25, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Hello dear...I am also here...let's start with this:

Check out this timelapse of growing Arabidopsis leaves expressing a Calcium sensor. Nature's signal in motion! 🌱 #PlantScience #CalciumSignaling #Arabidopsis"
November 25, 2024 at 6:25 AM