Anna Stepanova

@AlonsoStepanova It has been a great start to the summer in the Alonso-Stepanova lab. First, Jose was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and just yesterday, Anna was appointed as a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor. Two great honors for our lab.

Congrats to Anna Yaschenko on the 6th paper from her dissertation work that is out today. It's a review on plant synthetic promoters that stems from the intro chapter of her PhD thesis. One more to go! frontiersin.org/journals/plant…

Out now in @ThePlantJournal: A deep dive into translation in plants by Jade & Karen! 🧬🌱 What started as Jade’s prelim evolved into a fantastic review on plant translation, thanks to a great collaboration with Karen. Congrats on this excellent review! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tp…

We attempted to "clean up" the model of the auxin biosynthesis pathway in Arabidopsis using genetic, pharmacological, and metabolomic approaches. We show that the CYP71A, NIT, AMI, and IAMH gene families are all dispensable for auxin production via IAOx. academic.oup.com/plcell/article…

Development of this new genetic tool was sparked by a spontaneous discussion at a scientific conference. One two-year NSF EAGER grant to jump-start the work and 5 more years of "side projects" by 18 talented scientists made EBSn possible. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you are considering NC State University for your PhD training in foundational plant biology, horticulture, crop sciences, agriculture-focused data sciences, or related disciplines, I encourage you to apply for a great two-year "GRAD-AID for Ag" fellowship (due Jan 17, 2025).

Hey US-based plant scientists, apply for Inclusivity Scholars Program (provides funding to attend ICAR Arabidopsis meeting) by next Friday (Mar 15)! Applicants must be members of groups underrepresented in STEM & members of NAASC, see surveymonkey.com/r/ISP2024 @NAASC_NA_ICAR

Yay! I’m THRILLED that this is out! 🎉👏🏻🥳 🌱 please share! Arabidopsis as a model for translational research. (Perfect intro to the upcoming Arabidopsis conference where we will award inaugural Lifetime Achievement in Arabidopsis awards) @ANStepanova45 academic.oup.com/plcell/article…

Pathy's paper on an efficient method to build synthetic repetitive promoters is out. A rapid and scalable approach to build synthetic repetitive hormone‐responsive promoters - Fernandez‐Moreno - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

@jonathandgjones Yes, deregulating a GMO trait in the US is incredibly expensive! One of the hopes I had for Cathie's purple tomato is that gardeners that grow it will become GMO advocates, but few can afford it this year!

if you knew how much time and effort had gone into reaching the point where we can now do this, you might think it was cheap at the price. Nobody is obliged to buy them, but 1000s have

@jonathandgjones In the US, Norfolk is selling 10 purple tomato seeds for $20. I doubt many gardeners can afford that (regular seeds go for $0.25-$5 per packet here).

a nice story about the purple tomato from NPR npr.org/sections/healt…

#ICAR2023 @Slotkin_Lab & Mentewab Ayalew announcing the NEW George Redei seed stock award to Scott Poethig from U Penn. Co-sponsored by NAASC & @ABRC_OSU Congratulations to Scott! More info on Redei here arabidopsiscommunity.org/news-events/re…

@Slotkin_Lab and Mentewab Ayalew of NAASC announce ICAR 2024-San Diego during #ICAR2023! Followed by announcement of ICAR 2025-Ghent, Belgium! 2 years of great science coming up

Excited to hear about different career paths at our Arabidopsis Community career panel Monday. arabidopsiscommunity.org/register-caree… @NAASC_NA_ICAR

@Xuemei_RNAlab Best of luck in your new role, Xuemei!

I am happy to announce that I have moved to Peking University as Professor and Dean of the School of Life Sciences. My new email address is xuemei.chen@pku.edu. Check out our School at bio.pku.edu.cn/enhomes/index/…

You're invited to join (free) the new Arabidopsis Community group. Currently there are 300+ members from 37 countries. Join today for great member benefits like the inaugural "My Plant Biology Story" with @JoseDinneny on zoom next week (next tweet) forms.gle/oDbYZZ5yJnKYEX…

Join members from 20+ countries across the globe-free! Under development: Spanish language group, Career talk/origin story with @JoseDinneny; Professional development seminars by the early career scholars committee; career panels, DEI training & interest groups. Join today👏🌱

Benefits of joining: Reddit board to share protocols, advice, resources, solutions to problems; Discounts to NAASC-run ICAR; Eligibility to nominate & apply/receive awards; job postings; Eligibility to give short talks at networking events prior to NAASC-organized ICARs + MORE

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Registration for IPGSA 2023 is now open: ipgsa2023.com. IPGSA 2023 will be held July 4-8 in Gyeongju, Korea. Early bird registration closes on April 30.