Paulo Menezes-Silva
@pmenezes-silva.bsky.social
Plant physiologist. Interested in water relations of tropical plant species, especially the structural and functional divergence of their hydraulic system
Our lab is all dressed up for Halloween!👻🎃🍃🌿
October 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Our lab is all dressed up for Halloween!👻🎃🍃🌿
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Great to see this paper out!📰
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌿🔬
@irnase.bsky.social
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌿🔬
@irnase.bsky.social
Just published by Gonzalez et al. in @newphyt.bsky.social:
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌳🔬
Check out our new way to follow cellular mortality using cavicams at: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌳🔬
Check out our new way to follow cellular mortality using cavicams at: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
October 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Great to see this paper out!📰
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌿🔬
@irnase.bsky.social
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌿🔬
@irnase.bsky.social
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-Silva
Just published by Gonzalez et al. in @newphyt.bsky.social:
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌳🔬
Check out our new way to follow cellular mortality using cavicams at: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌳🔬
Check out our new way to follow cellular mortality using cavicams at: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
October 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Just published by Gonzalez et al. in @newphyt.bsky.social:
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌳🔬
Check out our new way to follow cellular mortality using cavicams at: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Fifty shades of fade: linking transmittance loss to cellular death during leaf dehydration 🌳🔬
Check out our new way to follow cellular mortality using cavicams at: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Starting a new and beautiful project to explore the hydraulic and thermal limits of flowers from orchid species distributed across different Brazilian biomes🌸🌼🌸🌼
September 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Starting a new and beautiful project to explore the hydraulic and thermal limits of flowers from orchid species distributed across different Brazilian biomes🌸🌼🌸🌼
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New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New PhD position in Plant Ecophysiology🌳 Study how atmospheric & soil drought shape tree carbon & water relations at the VPDrought experiment in Switzerland. Start Jan 2026. Apply here: m.refline.ch/273855/1759/... @wslresearch.bsky.social
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Join us for an exciting ITMN Seminar:
“Tiny leaks with deadly consequences” by Paulo Menezes
July 24th at 3 pm (CEST).
Register here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/
“Tiny leaks with deadly consequences” by Paulo Menezes
July 24th at 3 pm (CEST).
Register here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/
July 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join us for an exciting ITMN Seminar:
“Tiny leaks with deadly consequences” by Paulo Menezes
July 24th at 3 pm (CEST).
Register here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/
“Tiny leaks with deadly consequences” by Paulo Menezes
July 24th at 3 pm (CEST).
Register here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/
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My PhD paper is out!
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My PhD paper is out!
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-Silva
📢Interested in plant drought resistance and tree mortality?🌳🌿
👥Join us to explore key physiological mechanisms behind these processes!
👨🎓We’re seeking strong candidates to apply for a MSCA #Postdoc Fellowship in our team.
🗓️Deadline: 10 Sept 2025 → t.ly/LmD1P
#PlantScience #Drought #TreeMortality
👥Join us to explore key physiological mechanisms behind these processes!
👨🎓We’re seeking strong candidates to apply for a MSCA #Postdoc Fellowship in our team.
🗓️Deadline: 10 Sept 2025 → t.ly/LmD1P
#PlantScience #Drought #TreeMortality
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May 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
📢Interested in plant drought resistance and tree mortality?🌳🌿
👥Join us to explore key physiological mechanisms behind these processes!
👨🎓We’re seeking strong candidates to apply for a MSCA #Postdoc Fellowship in our team.
🗓️Deadline: 10 Sept 2025 → t.ly/LmD1P
#PlantScience #Drought #TreeMortality
👥Join us to explore key physiological mechanisms behind these processes!
👨🎓We’re seeking strong candidates to apply for a MSCA #Postdoc Fellowship in our team.
🗓️Deadline: 10 Sept 2025 → t.ly/LmD1P
#PlantScience #Drought #TreeMortality
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Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types
I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types
www.nature.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Leaf drought and heat tolerance are integrated across three temperate biome types
I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am very happy to see our paper out! Plant responses to many stresses are mediated by the same processes and I have long wondered how this relates to hotter droughts.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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My first paper is out! We investigated how #photosynthetic and #respiratory #thermal #acclimation 🌡️ and #canopy size 🌳 shape tree net #carbon uptake under prolonged warming and drought. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My first paper is out! We investigated how #photosynthetic and #respiratory #thermal #acclimation 🌡️ and #canopy size 🌳 shape tree net #carbon uptake under prolonged warming and drought. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
@charlottegrossiord.bsky.social
@wslresearch.bsky.social
@charlottegrossiord.bsky.social
@wslresearch.bsky.social
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Our new paper describing a novel method for measuring plant cell turgor is now online at PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We demonstrate how nucleating microbubbles inside plant cells and studying their growth and dissolution dynamics allows us to estimate turgor pressure.
We demonstrate how nucleating microbubbles inside plant cells and studying their growth and dissolution dynamics allows us to estimate turgor pressure.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Our new paper describing a novel method for measuring plant cell turgor is now online at PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We demonstrate how nucleating microbubbles inside plant cells and studying their growth and dissolution dynamics allows us to estimate turgor pressure.
We demonstrate how nucleating microbubbles inside plant cells and studying their growth and dissolution dynamics allows us to estimate turgor pressure.
Reposted by Paulo Menezes-Silva
🌿🔥How heat and VPD shape tree survival? We tested how acclimation to high temperature & VPD impacts drought mortality. While heat speeds up death via leaf area expansion, VPD acclimation slows it down by enhancing stomatal control - balancing mortality timing. doi.org/10.1111/PCE....
March 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🌿🔥How heat and VPD shape tree survival? We tested how acclimation to high temperature & VPD impacts drought mortality. While heat speeds up death via leaf area expansion, VPD acclimation slows it down by enhancing stomatal control - balancing mortality timing. doi.org/10.1111/PCE....
My student Lucas (the bark boy) is on his way to solving a leaky radial mystery effect. Stay tuned for upcoming news on bark conductance in Cerrado species!
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My student Lucas (the bark boy) is on his way to solving a leaky radial mystery effect. Stay tuned for upcoming news on bark conductance in Cerrado species!
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Leaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughts (Viviane de Araújo Brito Fernandes, Fernanda Santos Farnese, Brenner Ryan Arantes, et. al.) https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf026 @ASPB #PlantScience
February 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Leaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughts (Viviane de Araújo Brito Fernandes, Fernanda Santos Farnese, Brenner Ryan Arantes, et. al.) https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf026 @ASPB #PlantScience
🔥Can heatwaves leave a thermal leaky legacy?🔥
Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄
Extremely proud of my student Viviane!
Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄
Extremely proud of my student Viviane!
Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Leaf minimum conductance dynamics during and after heat stress: Implications for plant survival under hotter droughts
Temperatures above a critical threshold can increase leaf minimum conductance after cooling, evidencing a “thermal leaky legacy effect” that can reduce pla
doi.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🔥Can heatwaves leave a thermal leaky legacy?🔥
Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄
Extremely proud of my student Viviane!
Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Check out our latest paper on gmin dynamics during and after thermal stress🍃📄
Extremely proud of my student Viviane!
Special thanks to @hcochard.bsky.social @torresruizjm.bsky.social @martijnslot.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
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Very happy to see this paper out in Plant, Cell & Environment ! 🥳
We show that:
➡️ Foliar water uptake contribute to leaf water potential recovery in mangroves 🌿💧
➡️ Tidal dynamic did not affect morning dew uptake 🌳🌊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
We show that:
➡️ Foliar water uptake contribute to leaf water potential recovery in mangroves 🌿💧
➡️ Tidal dynamic did not affect morning dew uptake 🌳🌊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Very happy to see this paper out in Plant, Cell & Environment ! 🥳
We show that:
➡️ Foliar water uptake contribute to leaf water potential recovery in mangroves 🌿💧
➡️ Tidal dynamic did not affect morning dew uptake 🌳🌊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
We show that:
➡️ Foliar water uptake contribute to leaf water potential recovery in mangroves 🌿💧
➡️ Tidal dynamic did not affect morning dew uptake 🌳🌊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...