Robyn Emmerson
@robynemm.bsky.social
Postdoc in plant epigenetics at University of Oxford, UK in the Mosher lab
Interested in epigenetics 🧬 plant reproduction 🌱 photosynthesis 🌿
Lino print enthusiast 🎨
Interested in epigenetics 🧬 plant reproduction 🌱 photosynthesis 🌿
Lino print enthusiast 🎨
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🚨📢📄 Article in press in Genome Biology doi.org/10.1186/s130...
We introduce panREPET, a reference-free pipeline to detect shared transposable element (TE) insertions across pangenomes and retrace their evolutionary dynamics #TEsky 🧵👇
We introduce panREPET, a reference-free pipeline to detect shared transposable element (TE) insertions across pangenomes and retrace their evolutionary dynamics #TEsky 🧵👇
A reference-free pipeline for detecting shared transposable elements from pan-genomes to retrace their dynamics in a species - Genome Biology
Background The role of transposable elements (TEs) in host adaptation has gained interest in recent years. Individuals of the same species undergo independent TE insertions, providing genetic variabil...
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February 16, 2026 at 8:38 AM
🚨📢📄 Article in press in Genome Biology doi.org/10.1186/s130...
We introduce panREPET, a reference-free pipeline to detect shared transposable element (TE) insertions across pangenomes and retrace their evolutionary dynamics #TEsky 🧵👇
We introduce panREPET, a reference-free pipeline to detect shared transposable element (TE) insertions across pangenomes and retrace their evolutionary dynamics #TEsky 🧵👇
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All together now 🗣️🗣️ : mitochondrial dynamics are vital *even in plants*! 🗣️🗣️ Fantastic work looking looking at the prime candidate for the mysterious & elusive plant mito fusion factors: MIRO1
The momentum for plant mito dynamics is picking up 💪🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The momentum for plant mito dynamics is picking up 💪🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mitochondrial fusion safeguards stomatal defence in plants - Nature Plants
Plants close their stomata to block pathogen entry, but how this defence is supported at the organelle level remains unclear. Our study reveals that immune signalling promotes MIRO1-dependent mitochon...
www.nature.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
All together now 🗣️🗣️ : mitochondrial dynamics are vital *even in plants*! 🗣️🗣️ Fantastic work looking looking at the prime candidate for the mysterious & elusive plant mito fusion factors: MIRO1
The momentum for plant mito dynamics is picking up 💪🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The momentum for plant mito dynamics is picking up 💪🏻
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls
In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...
jessasato.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
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Are you, or do you know someone that is excited to do a PhD in plant biology. We are happy to offer a position to explore physiology, gene regulatory networks and wild species. Come join our team in a stimulating scientific environment at the University of Groningen!
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
PhD position Growth-resilience trade-offs in plants - Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
werkenbij.rug.nl
January 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Are you, or do you know someone that is excited to do a PhD in plant biology. We are happy to offer a position to explore physiology, gene regulatory networks and wild species. Come join our team in a stimulating scientific environment at the University of Groningen!
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
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If you are a masters or early stage PhD student interested in evolutionary biology, consider applying for a place on Guarda Summer School. Based in the Swiss alps, this was one of the best experiences of my PhD!
Application deadline: 20 Jan 2026
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
Application deadline: 20 Jan 2026
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you are a masters or early stage PhD student interested in evolutionary biology, consider applying for a place on Guarda Summer School. Based in the Swiss alps, this was one of the best experiences of my PhD!
Application deadline: 20 Jan 2026
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
Application deadline: 20 Jan 2026
tb.ethz.ch/education/gu...
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So happy to see this work finally online!
In this Research Review, I discuss the emerging roles of H3K27me3 writers (the enzymes that lay it down) and erasers (the enzymes that remove it) in controlling plant adaptation 🌿🌡️❄️🦠
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In this Research Review, I discuss the emerging roles of H3K27me3 writers (the enzymes that lay it down) and erasers (the enzymes that remove it) in controlling plant adaptation 🌿🌡️❄️🦠
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Finding balance: the dynamic interplay between H3K27me3 writers and erasers in regulating environmental plasticity and memory
Subject to an ever-changing world, plants must respond to harmful conditions and environmental fluctuations. Their evolutionary success can be attributed to their plasticity in both perceiving and in...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
So happy to see this work finally online!
In this Research Review, I discuss the emerging roles of H3K27me3 writers (the enzymes that lay it down) and erasers (the enzymes that remove it) in controlling plant adaptation 🌿🌡️❄️🦠
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In this Research Review, I discuss the emerging roles of H3K27me3 writers (the enzymes that lay it down) and erasers (the enzymes that remove it) in controlling plant adaptation 🌿🌡️❄️🦠
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
I also have a plant evo-devo PhD opportunity open to study the evolutionary origins of female meiosis with me ^^.
Deadline Thursday 27th November, so if you know anyone who might be interested, please do let them know!
#Plantscience
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r...
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r...
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social.
If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂
#Plantscience
#Plantscijobs
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Research question for the #epigenetics community: Anyone on here tested using NEB's EM conversion with Illumina Infinium microarrays and want to share there experiences? Please share 🙏
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Research question for the #epigenetics community: Anyone on here tested using NEB's EM conversion with Illumina Infinium microarrays and want to share there experiences? Please share 🙏
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My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
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Please consider signing
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Please consider signing
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
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Happy to share our latest paper on a new method iNOME-seq that acts as an in vivo bookmarking system to measure open chromatin and other features in plants rdcu.be/eMh36. Project started several years ago with Prof Jose Gutierrez-Marcos and a great collaboration with @plantevolution.bsky.social.
October 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Happy to share our latest paper on a new method iNOME-seq that acts as an in vivo bookmarking system to measure open chromatin and other features in plants rdcu.be/eMh36. Project started several years ago with Prof Jose Gutierrez-Marcos and a great collaboration with @plantevolution.bsky.social.
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If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
FindAPhD : Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Apply for a PhD: Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences at Gatsby Charitable Foundation
www.findaphd.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you’re looking for a PhD studentship in some really exciting areas of plant science 🌿 take a look at this year’s Sainsbury PhD studentships - you could come and study orchid mycorrhizas 🌸🍄 with me & @garethphoenix.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd
FindAPhD : NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow
Apply for a PhD: NorthWestBio Fully Funded Doctoral Training Programme Studentship 2026 at University of Glasgow
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September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd
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🚨 Hurry! Only 3 days remaining to submit your session proposals for SEB Florence 2026.
Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up!
🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology.
Apply now:
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Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up!
🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology.
Apply now:
www.sebiology.org/resource/ses...
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
🚨 Hurry! Only 3 days remaining to submit your session proposals for SEB Florence 2026.
Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up!
🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology.
Apply now:
www.sebiology.org/resource/ses...
Deadline: Wednesday, 1 October 2025 — time is almost up!
🔬 Organise a session, share your expertise, and help shape the future of experimental biology.
Apply now:
www.sebiology.org/resource/ses...
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DNA methylation contributes to plant acclimation to naturally fluctuating light
📖 buff.ly/3QP9OJ5
by Emmerson et al.
@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience
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by Emmerson et al.
@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
DNA methylation contributes to plant acclimation to naturally fluctuating light
📖 buff.ly/3QP9OJ5
by Emmerson et al.
@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience
📖 buff.ly/3QP9OJ5
by Emmerson et al.
@robynemm.bsky.social @raduzabet.bsky.social @ubechtold.bsky.social @proftlawson.bsky.social #PlantScience
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We are looking for a Postdoc with expertise in plant molecular/synthetic biology, or single-cell/spatial transcriptomics to join the UKRI-FLF funded project focused on understanding and improving water-use efficiency in rice.
Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
RP
Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
RP
September 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We are looking for a Postdoc with expertise in plant molecular/synthetic biology, or single-cell/spatial transcriptomics to join the UKRI-FLF funded project focused on understanding and improving water-use efficiency in rice.
Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
RP
Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
RP
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We are looking for a PDRA for the PlantPlug project, turning parasitic plants into programmable bio-modules! Using mistletoe as a novel chassis, we are exploring the frontiers of inter-species communication.
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We are looking for a PDRA for the PlantPlug project, turning parasitic plants into programmable bio-modules! Using mistletoe as a novel chassis, we are exploring the frontiers of inter-species communication.
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
*RP*
#PlantSciencesJobs
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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Excited to see our story on epigenetic mediated aclimation of plants to fluctuating light patterns out today in doi.org/10.1111/nph..... This work started 6 years ago co-supervised with the amazing @proftlawson.bsky.social and led by the brilliant @robynemm.bsky.social. 1/2
September 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Excited to see our story on epigenetic mediated aclimation of plants to fluctuating light patterns out today in doi.org/10.1111/nph..... This work started 6 years ago co-supervised with the amazing @proftlawson.bsky.social and led by the brilliant @robynemm.bsky.social. 1/2
I'm so pleased this is out, I loved my PhD project so much!
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️
Excited to see our story on epigenetic mediated aclimation of plants to fluctuating light patterns out today in doi.org/10.1111/nph..... This work started 6 years ago co-supervised with the amazing @proftlawson.bsky.social and led by the brilliant @robynemm.bsky.social. 1/2
September 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm so pleased this is out, I loved my PhD project so much!
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️
We found that natural fluctuations in light impacts both DNA methylation and gene expression, and identified a possible candidate (MCCA) for further exploration. Check it out ⬇️
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I can't stress it more. This conference has been designed for us by us. Support @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at the University of Leeds funded by the SEB, Faculty of Biological Science at Leeds, the Grow More and New Phytologist foundations and Gastby. Join us on 24/10, details below.
📢Deadlines fast approaching for the BiPS Conference 2025!
Join us for a day of connection and celebration where we'll be hearing from the renowned academics Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox. With workshops on a variety of topics and a chance for you to build your community.
Register: buff.ly/J9PM0Wj
Join us for a day of connection and celebration where we'll be hearing from the renowned academics Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox. With workshops on a variety of topics and a chance for you to build your community.
Register: buff.ly/J9PM0Wj
September 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I can't stress it more. This conference has been designed for us by us. Support @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at the University of Leeds funded by the SEB, Faculty of Biological Science at Leeds, the Grow More and New Phytologist foundations and Gastby. Join us on 24/10, details below.
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Thank you to our brilliant delegates, mentors, speakers, the organising committee and our hosts at the University of Birmingham for making New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 a great success!
August 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Thank you to our brilliant delegates, mentors, speakers, the organising committee and our hosts at the University of Birmingham for making New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 a great success!
I really enjoyed writing this with Marco! If you're interested in the possible consequences of transposon movement and viral infection on plant genome plasticity, check it out ⬇️
🌱 🌽 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🦠 🧬
The role of mobile DNA elements in the dynamics of plant genome plasticity - Emmerson & Catoni
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @robynemm.bsky.social
The role of mobile DNA elements in the dynamics of plant genome plasticity - Emmerson & Catoni
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪 @robynemm.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I really enjoyed writing this with Marco! If you're interested in the possible consequences of transposon movement and viral infection on plant genome plasticity, check it out ⬇️
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📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣
Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops
📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst
📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social @alineprobst.bsky.social
Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops
📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst
📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social @alineprobst.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣
Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops
📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst
📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social @alineprobst.bsky.social
Epigenetic Plasticity: From Model Plants to Crops
📘 Edited by Marco Catoni, Tamara Lechon Gomez, and Aline Probst
📸 Cover image by Yihan Dong
🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb...
#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪
@sebiology.bsky.social @alineprobst.bsky.social
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⚠️ SEB MEMBERS: This is for you.
Don’t let your research live and die in a PDF.
Bring it to life in the SEB Spring 2025 Magazine.
Contact us now:
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Don’t let your research live and die in a PDF.
Bring it to life in the SEB Spring 2025 Magazine.
Contact us now:
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May 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⚠️ SEB MEMBERS: This is for you.
Don’t let your research live and die in a PDF.
Bring it to life in the SEB Spring 2025 Magazine.
Contact us now:
🔗 www.sebiology.org/resource/promote-your-work-in-our-spring-2025-magazine.htm
Don’t let your research live and die in a PDF.
Bring it to life in the SEB Spring 2025 Magazine.
Contact us now:
🔗 www.sebiology.org/resource/promote-your-work-in-our-spring-2025-magazine.htm