Russell Woodford (he/him) is the First Author of PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION 5 enables efficient C4 photosynthesis under fluctuating light published 19 September 2025. Woodford is a PhD Candidate at Monash University. Educational background includes: 2023 Bachelor of Genetics (Honours) at The Australian National University, 2022 Bachelor of Science at The Australian National University .Research interests include Photosynthesis, Electron Transport, Plant Biotechnology. Personal interests include Soccer, Cycling

Woodford’s passion for plant science developed during an undergraduate research internship. #WeAreASPB academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com

C4 and CAM for photosynthetic improvement
🌿Jane Langdale, University of Oxford
🌿Ariel Orellana López, Universidad Andrés Bello

@janelangdale.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
#ICPR26 #photosynthesis

Meeting advertisement for C4-60, a meeting celebrating 60 years since the discovery of C4 photosynthesis.

Registration is open for *C460- From Kranz to Crops: Celebrating 60 Years of C4 Discovery and Innovation*

Celebrating 60 years since the discovery of C4 photosynthesis!

23-25 July 2026 at Lancaster University, UK

Generously funded by @annbot.bsky.social, @newphyt.bsky.social, and others!

Reactions, processes, and parameters controlling C4 photosynthetic flux in the NADP-ME subtype.

Tuning the C4 supercharger: improving #photosynthesis and #yield in C4 #crops

#TansleyReview by @mariaermakova.bsky.social, Robert E. Sharwood and Robert T. Furbank

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Monash Science awarded over $11 Million in ARC Discovery funding for 2026 Monash University’s Faculty of Science secures $11M in ARC Discovery Project funding for 2026, with Monash leading Australia with 78 projects worth $62.8M. Discovery projects funded include climate resilience, sustainable energy, microbial evolution, and digital innovation.

#MonashScience has secured $11M+ in #ARC #DP26! 14 projects funded, tackling climate, energy, evolution & more, including from our ECRs Dr @mariaermakova.bsky.social & Dr @agunn.bsky.social! Read more: www.monash.edu/science/news...

Russell Woodford and co-authors find an essential role of PGR5 in enabling efficient C4 photosynthesis under fluctuating light by regulating photosynthetic control and energy-dependent non-photochemical quenching. doi.org/10.1093/plph...

PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION 5 enables efficient C4 photosynthesis under fluctuating light The Proton Gradient Regulation 5 protein supports photosynthetic control and energy-dependent non-photochemical quenching to protect Photosystem I in C4

PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION 5 enables efficient C4 photosynthesis under fluctuating light url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

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RUBY-Red Siliques RUBY-red is a new plant marker that uses a bright red color for easy identification of transgenic plants.

Andrew Willoughby from the Nimchuk Lab at UNC wrote this great intro to RUBY for the Addgene blog! blog.addgene.org/ruby-red-sil...

Was great to celebrate the acceptance of the first PhD student’s paper coming from my lab! 🥳 Congrats to Russell Woodford, thanks to all co-authors and cheers for many more to come 🥂

🚩To all attendees of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on #Photosynthesis and to the wider #PlantScience community, don't miss our Special Issue on Photosynthesis
-out later this year!

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This is a flyer for a seminar of Prof Christine Raines in Melbourne, La trobe university city campus, room 2.15 on the 18th of Feb 2025 at 10.30 am.

Melbourne Plant Science Community! We have an opportunity to get together again for a seminar of Prof Christine Raines, a pioneer in genetic engineering of plants for improved photosynthesis and growth. Come on Feb 18, 10.30am to LaTrobe City Campus, room 2.15. Please repost & share with colleagues!

Repository of biology practicals Icon view

Enrique Lopez-Juez from Royal Holloway talked about the importance of practicals (👍👍👍👍👍 agreed). The SEB has a portal with same practicals for higher education, see below.
#PlantSciEd
www.sebiology.org/outreach/bio...

A family of NADPH/NADP+ biosensors reveals in vivo dynamics of central redox metabolism across eukaryotes - Nature Communications This article presents NAPstars, a family of genetically-encoded biosensors that enable real-time monitoring of NADP redox dynamics across species. The sensors reveal robust NADP redox regulation, cell...

A family of NADPH/NADP+ biosensors reveals in vivo dynamics of central redox metabolism across eukaryotes www.nature.com/articles/s41... @naturecomms.bsky.social

It’s a great way to share research before it gets published in a journal and not wait for 1-2 years.
Preprints are open for comments so it’s a form of ‘peer-review’ 😊

📢Preprint alert! We found a new PGRL1 paralog which evolved in grasses. Modelling suggests it has a distinct lumen-exposed region, compared to ‘conventional’ PGRL1, which could provide faster regulation of photoprotection. The two PGRL1s are expressed in different cell types in NADP-ME C4 grasses!

Here is a starter to a starter pack for the Aus plant science community. Let’s rebuild. #plantscience

Let me know if you want to be added. Help me find more.
go.bsky.app/AiLTKHH