Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
@jenlopezortiz.bsky.social
Plant biologist interested in barriers development, secondary growth and biomechanics 🌱⚙️
University of Helsinki 🇫🇮
Also into crafting and outdoor sports ✨
University of Helsinki 🇫🇮
Also into crafting and outdoor sports ✨
Pinned
Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature
A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.
www.nature.com
Plants can sense when their barrier is injured—and repair it! 🌱
This stunning work, led by Hiroyuki Iida, shows that wounding is sensed through the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen.
I had the pleasure of contributing and see this project grow.
Check it out👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
This stunning work, led by Hiroyuki Iida, shows that wounding is sensed through the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen.
I had the pleasure of contributing and see this project grow.
Check it out👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
🧬 🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅 🧬
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
![Fig. 2 (shortened, full legend in paper): Perturbations of SlMYB41, SlMYB92, and SlWRKY71 expression affect the suberization of tomato exodermis. (A) Percentage of cross-sections showing a non-suberized, an early suberized (suberin in <50% of exodermal cells), or a late suberized (suberin in >50% of exodermal cells) exodermis phenotype in hairy root cultures of the control (empty vector), CRISPR knockout lines [Slmyb41-ko, Slmyb92-ko, Slwrky71-ko(4), and Slwrky71-ko(5)], and overexpressing lines (SlMYB41-OX, SlMYB92-OX, and SlWRKY71-OX). The number above the bars represents the number (n) of individual roots examined in each genotype. Asterisks denotes statistically significant differences between each line in comparison with the empty vector control, whereas n.s. indicates no significant differences (P<0.05, χ2 test).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ggz22gcwkakll7efac23g33s/bafkreidbanhpxnb52kuljrltp3voz7jfnkuh4js6tbmdxudjsbfxuozteu@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🧬 🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅 🧬
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Oh Wow!
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics
The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...
www.science.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Oh Wow!
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Plant Science Research Weekly Dec 5, 2025 plantae.org/plant-scienc...
Review: Complete guide to metabolomics
Review: Root exudates and rhizosphere microbiome; Perspective on polyploidy in crops;
Soybean evolution insights from 8105 genomes; (1/2)
Review: Complete guide to metabolomics
Review: Root exudates and rhizosphere microbiome; Perspective on polyploidy in crops;
Soybean evolution insights from 8105 genomes; (1/2)
December 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Plant Science Research Weekly Dec 5, 2025 plantae.org/plant-scienc...
Review: Complete guide to metabolomics
Review: Root exudates and rhizosphere microbiome; Perspective on polyploidy in crops;
Soybean evolution insights from 8105 genomes; (1/2)
Review: Complete guide to metabolomics
Review: Root exudates and rhizosphere microbiome; Perspective on polyploidy in crops;
Soybean evolution insights from 8105 genomes; (1/2)
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Finally! The European Union allows the use of genome editing! 🌱🌾🫛🇪🇺🧬
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
EU einigt sich auf Lockerungen für gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel
Für viele gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel soll es künftig keine Hinweispflicht mehr in Supermärkten geben. Darauf einigten sich Vertreter aus dem Europaparlament und dem Rat der EU-Länder.
www.tagesschau.de
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Finally! The European Union allows the use of genome editing! 🌱🌾🫛🇪🇺🧬
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
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I just published: ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.
medium.com/p/erc-plus-j...
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.
medium.com/p/erc-plus-j...
ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re…
medium.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I just published: ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.
medium.com/p/erc-plus-j...
My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.
medium.com/p/erc-plus-j...
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Temporal decoupling of #carbon #source and sink processes in temperate trees: insights from combined measurements of #remote #sensing and #xylogenesis
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Leng et al.
@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Leng et al.
@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
December 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Temporal decoupling of #carbon #source and sink processes in temperate trees: insights from combined measurements of #remote #sensing and #xylogenesis
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Leng et al.
@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Leng et al.
@WIleyPlantSci #PlantScience
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Help choose JCB’s cover of the year! Explore 12 breathtaking images submitted by our talented authors and vote for your favorite. Voting closes on Wed. December 31. Don’t miss your chance to have your say in celebrating the beauty of science 👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/JCB2025Cov...
#CellBio2025
#CellBio2025
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Help choose JCB’s cover of the year! Explore 12 breathtaking images submitted by our talented authors and vote for your favorite. Voting closes on Wed. December 31. Don’t miss your chance to have your say in celebrating the beauty of science 👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/JCB2025Cov...
#CellBio2025
#CellBio2025
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Historic day! 🌾
The #EU agrees on new rules for genomic techniques, paving the way for crops that better resist climate change and pests, deliver higher yields, and need fewer fertilisers & pesticides. A big step towards a more sustainable food system.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
The #EU agrees on new rules for genomic techniques, paving the way for crops that better resist climate change and pests, deliver higher yields, and need fewer fertilisers & pesticides. A big step towards a more sustainable food system.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
New genomic techniques: deal to support the green transition in farming | News | European Parliament
The new rules will make the EU food system more secure and sustainable, with climate- and pest-resistant plants that give higher yields and require fewer fertilisers and pesticides.
www.europarl.europa.eu
December 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Historic day! 🌾
The #EU agrees on new rules for genomic techniques, paving the way for crops that better resist climate change and pests, deliver higher yields, and need fewer fertilisers & pesticides. A big step towards a more sustainable food system.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
The #EU agrees on new rules for genomic techniques, paving the way for crops that better resist climate change and pests, deliver higher yields, and need fewer fertilisers & pesticides. A big step towards a more sustainable food system.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Spatial Flavonoid Accumulation in Soybean Pericycle Restricts Phytophthora sojae Invasion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.11.30.691358v1
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Spatial Flavonoid Accumulation in Soybean Pericycle Restricts Phytophthora sojae Invasion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.11.30.691358v1
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Now online! Membrane potential mediates the cellular response to mechanical pressure
Membrane potential mediates the cellular response to mechanical pressure
Cells in tissues need to know when to start growing and when to stop growing to quickly heal wounds but prevent tumorous overgrowth. Membrane potential allows cells to sense physical forces, including those from neighboring cells, and thereby regulates growth.
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Now online! Membrane potential mediates the cellular response to mechanical pressure
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Vacuolar invertase knockout enhances drought tolerance in potato plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691554v1
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Vacuolar invertase knockout enhances drought tolerance in potato plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691554v1
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Plenty of time for a language polish and image check! planteditors.com Our editors are standing by––and yes, we have some #CellWall fans on the team.
🚨 FINAL CALL 🚨
🔬 🧱 The Plant Cell Wall Biology Special Issue is closing at the end of December 🧱 🔬
We're still accepting submissions! Got a manuscript?
👉 Contact the JXB office: bit.ly/JXBissues
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
🔬 🧱 The Plant Cell Wall Biology Special Issue is closing at the end of December 🧱 🔬
We're still accepting submissions! Got a manuscript?
👉 Contact the JXB office: bit.ly/JXBissues
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
🌿 UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE 🌿
🔬🧱 Plant Cell Wall Biology 🧱🔬
Editors: George Haughn, Shawn Mansfield & Lacey Samuels
📅 Deadline: 31 December 2025
📣 We welcome contributions! 🔗 Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues?utm...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social
(1/2)
🔬🧱 Plant Cell Wall Biology 🧱🔬
Editors: George Haughn, Shawn Mansfield & Lacey Samuels
📅 Deadline: 31 December 2025
📣 We welcome contributions! 🔗 Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues?utm...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social
(1/2)
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Plenty of time for a language polish and image check! planteditors.com Our editors are standing by––and yes, we have some #CellWall fans on the team.
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables.
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
Head of Cell Biology KWS Vegetables
Head of Cell Biology KWS Vegetables
jobs.kws.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables.
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Our latest publication
Physiological and transcriptomic dissection of submergence tolerance in cabbage highlights ERF-VII and N-degron regulation
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Physiological and transcriptomic dissection of submergence tolerance in cabbage highlights ERF-VII and N-degron regulation
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Our latest publication
Physiological and transcriptomic dissection of submergence tolerance in cabbage highlights ERF-VII and N-degron regulation
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Physiological and transcriptomic dissection of submergence tolerance in cabbage highlights ERF-VII and N-degron regulation
doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth
-in @plosbiology.org from Devin Coleman-Derr
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
-in @plosbiology.org from Devin Coleman-Derr
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth
Understanding how root microbes respond to drought is crucial for improving crop resilience. This study finds that Streptomyces responses are strain-specific and functionally diverse, with traits and ...
journals.plos.org
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth
-in @plosbiology.org from Devin Coleman-Derr
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
-in @plosbiology.org from Devin Coleman-Derr
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Congratulations Elise Laruelle & @robinsonsci.bsky.social on your @acceleratescience.bsky.social - @c2d3.cam.ac.uk funded project "Plant automatic cell lineage reconstruction"
More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a...
Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social
More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a...
Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Congratulations Elise Laruelle & @robinsonsci.bsky.social on your @acceleratescience.bsky.social - @c2d3.cam.ac.uk funded project "Plant automatic cell lineage reconstruction"
More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a...
Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social
More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a...
Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
New sheriff in town!
Check out the latest from the Synoxys lab identifying histone demethylase - KDMs as a new class of oxygen sensors that act in a root-specific manner and help prime plants for hypoxia tolerance.
#plantscience
Check out the latest from the Synoxys lab identifying histone demethylase - KDMs as a new class of oxygen sensors that act in a root-specific manner and help prime plants for hypoxia tolerance.
#plantscience
KDM7-mediated oxygen sensing reprograms chromatin to enhance hypoxia tolerance in the root https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.24.690241v1
November 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New sheriff in town!
Check out the latest from the Synoxys lab identifying histone demethylase - KDMs as a new class of oxygen sensors that act in a root-specific manner and help prime plants for hypoxia tolerance.
#plantscience
Check out the latest from the Synoxys lab identifying histone demethylase - KDMs as a new class of oxygen sensors that act in a root-specific manner and help prime plants for hypoxia tolerance.
#plantscience
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Bitopic ligands with 2 distinct binding sites can offer finely tuned control of #GPCR signaling. This Primer explores a @plosbiology.org study showing logic-gated activity at co-expressed receptor pairs using novel nanobody-small molecule conjugates 🧪 Paper: plos.io/4p3VOyH Primer: plos.io/48mz0mE
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Bitopic ligands with 2 distinct binding sites can offer finely tuned control of #GPCR signaling. This Primer explores a @plosbiology.org study showing logic-gated activity at co-expressed receptor pairs using novel nanobody-small molecule conjugates 🧪 Paper: plos.io/4p3VOyH Primer: plos.io/48mz0mE
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Trees are amazing! They build their bodies from thin air, move water with pressures that would crush a human, and grow using a system of living cables wrapped in layers of corpses. Watch our video to find out how they work, and why they might even be immortal: https://kgs.link/TreesAreDead
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trees are amazing! They build their bodies from thin air, move water with pressures that would crush a human, and grow using a system of living cables wrapped in layers of corpses. Watch our video to find out how they work, and why they might even be immortal: https://kgs.link/TreesAreDead
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Integration of light quality signals regulates ABA abundance and stomatal movements during seedling establishment
Gustavsson et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Gustavsson et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Integration of light quality signals regulates ABA abundance and stomatal movements during seedling establishment
Gustavsson et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Gustavsson et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Important video from fellow scientist and microscopist @stephanie-shiers.bsky.social. Please respect our work.
#Microscopy #MicroscopyMonday
#Microscopy #MicroscopyMonday
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Important video from fellow scientist and microscopist @stephanie-shiers.bsky.social. Please respect our work.
#Microscopy #MicroscopyMonday
#Microscopy #MicroscopyMonday
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Stomatal development and function in the upper and lower leaf surfaces
Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Stomatal development and function in the upper and lower leaf surfaces
Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Jennifer Lopez Ortiz
Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#mimuluspropaganda
#mimuluspropaganda
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#mimuluspropaganda
#mimuluspropaganda
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