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🎥 Talks now online from our 75th Anniversary Symposium! 🎥

Missed the conference or want to rewatch some of the fantastic talks? Recordings are now available on demand, exclusive to SEB members 🌿

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Thrilled to join the #JXB75 Symposium, marking the 75th anniversary of the @jxbotany.bsky.social , founded by @sebiology.bsky.social

The meeting opened with workshops on manuscript prep & publication ethics, followed by talks on plant science spanning beginning to future!

Andrew Millar (University of Edinburgh, UK) presenting the final talk of the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference, “Practical steps to build a future digital plant: counting proteins, sharing data and an anchoring institution,” with slides projected behind him. Learn more in his JXB review doi: 10.1093/jxb/ery435.

🌱 In the final talk of the conference, Andrew Millar is presenting “Practical steps to build a future digital plant: counting proteins, sharing data and an anchoring institution” 🌿

Learn more in Andrew's JXB review 👇
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery435

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Priscila Auler (University of São Paulo, Brazil) presenting her talk, “Acetylome and phosphoproteome exhibit opposing response patterns in resistant and susceptible rice genotypes to Magnaporthe oryzae infection,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 Our second-last speaker of the conference is Priscila Auler (University of São Paulo, Brazil) presenting “Acetylome and phosphoproteome exhibit opposing response patterns in resistant and susceptible rice genotypes to Magnaporthe oryzae infection” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @pri-auler.bsky.social

Ilaria Porcelli (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) presenting her talk, “Implementing proximity labelling to investigate protein-protein interactions for cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis in the Golgi,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 Next up is Ilaria Porcelli (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) presenting “Implementing proximity labelling to investigate protein-protein interactions for cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis in the Golgi” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Devang Mehta (KU Leuven, Belgium) presenting his talk, “Re-engineering plant chronobiology: from genome to proteome and from molecules to future geographies,” with a picture of earth from space on slides projected behind him at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

Devang is at the podium presenting his talk, and on the slide he shares his lab’s ethical publishing pledge: "Reimagining Science Publishing Stop playing a rigged game Our #EthicalPublishing pledge All our original research articles will be published in non-profit/charitable journals, preferably as Open-Access with a CC-BY licence. (Rare exceptions might occur in the case of collaborative projects). All papers will be first published as preprints (Read Plan U). All research data and code will be shared freely, with the exception of protected IP. Read about KU Leuven's Open Science policies."

🌱 The final invited speaker of the conference is Devang Mehta (KU Leuven, Belgium) presenting “Re-engineering plant chronobiology: from genome to proteome and from molecules to future geographies” 🌿

Devang also shared his lab’s ethical publishing pledge 📝 🙌

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @mehta-lab.com

Laura Copeland (University of Strathclyde, UK) presenting her talk, “Fourier ptychographic microscopy for applications in live imaging of plant and algal tissue,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference. She demonstrated the applications of the FPM microscope she built!

🌱 Laura Copeland (University of Strathclyde, UK) presenting
“Fourier ptychographic microscopy for applications in live imaging of plant and algal tissue” 🌿

Laura demonstrated the applications of the FPM microscope that she has built 🔬

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @lauracopeland.bsky.social

Toby Coombe-Tennant (University of Edinburgh, UK) presenting his talk, “Investigating the potential role of riboregulation in paclitaxel biosynthesis,” with slides projected behind him at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference. He recently published a review on paclitaxel synthesis in the JXB Medicinal Plants special issue (doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae240).

🌱 Toby Coombe-Tennant (@instmolplantsci.bsky.social) presenting “Investigating the potential role of riboregulation in paclitaxel biosynthesis” 🌿

Toby recently published a review on paclitaxel synthesis in our Medicinal Plants special issue:
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae240

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Anthony Bishopp (University of Nottingham, UK) presenting his talk, “Keep it simple Spirodela: structural reduction in duckweed,” with slides projected behind him at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference. He discussed why duckweed has a miniature frond structure and comparisons with other species in the Araceae family.

🌱 Anthony Bishopp (University of Nottingham, UK) presenting “Keep it simple Spirodela: structural reduction in duckweed” 🌿

Anthony outlined recent research that can explain why duckweed has a miniature frond structure in comparison with other species in the Araceae family 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Franziska Fichtner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting her talk, “Trehalose 6-phosphate coordinates sugar status with hormone signalling and plant development,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference. She shared that some of this work was just accepted at JXB, so watch this space!

🌱 Franziska Fichtner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:

“Trehalose 6-phosphate coordinates sugar status with hormone signalling and plant development” 🌿

Franziska also shared work that was just accepted at JXB, so watch this space!

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Nicola Patron (University of Cambridge, UK) presenting her talk, “Cultivating Chemistry: Engineering plant metabolism for health and agriculture,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 The first invited speaker of our final session:

Nicola Patron (University of Cambridge, UK) presenting:
“Cultivating Chemistry: Engineering plant metabolism for health and agriculture” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @nicolabiologist.bsky.social

Session 4 Future [Tinto] Chairs: Franziska Fichtner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) & Aleksandra Skirycz (Michigan State University, USA) 13:30–13:35 Session intro, Aleksandra Skirycz 13:35–14:10 Invited Speaker: Nicola Patron, University of Cambridge, UK “Cultivating Chemistry: Engineering plant metabolism for health and agriculture” 14:10–14:45 Invited Speaker: Franziska Fichtner, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany “Trehalose 6-phosphate coordinates sugar status with hormone signalling and plant development” 14:45–15:00 Anthony Bishopp, University of Nottingham, UK “Keep it simple Spirodela: structural reduction in duckweed” 15:00–15:15 Toby Coombe-Tennant, University of Edinburgh, UK “Investigating the potential role of riboregulation in paclitaxel biosynthesis” 15:15–15:30 Laura Copeland, University of Strathclyde, UK “Fourier ptychographic microscopy for applications in live imaging of plant and algal tissue” 15:30–16:00 Refreshment break [Moorfoot] 16:00–16:35 Invited Speaker: Devang Mehta, KU Leuven, Belgium “Re-engineering plant chronobiology: from genome to proteome and from molecules to future geographies” 16:35–16:50 Ilaria Porcelli, University of Copenhagen, Denmark “Implementing proximity labelling to investigate protein-protein interactions for cell wall polysaccharides biosynthesis in the Golgi” 16:50–17:05 Priscila Auler, University of São Paulo, Brazil “Acetylome and phosphoproteome exhibit opposing response patterns in resistant and susceptible rice genotypes to Magnaporthe oryzae infection” 17:05–17:30 Andrew Millar, University of Edinburgh, UK “Practical steps to build a future digital plant: counting proteins, sharing data and an anchoring institution” 17:30–17:45 Prize giving and closing remarks

🌟 The final session of the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference 🌟

Here we look to the future where there are many challenges, but exciting opportunities in plant science research 🌱

Chaired by Franziska Fichtner (HHU Düsseldorf) & Aleksandra Skirycz (Michigan State University)

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Umesh Bhati (CSIR-IHBT Palampur, India) presenting his talk, “Decoding stress-specific transcriptional regulation by causality-aware Graph-Transformer deep learning,” with slides projected behind him at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 Final talk of Session 3: Maturity

Umesh Bhati (CSIR-IHBT Palampur, India) presenting:
“Decoding stress-specific transcriptional regulation by causality-aware Graph-Transformer deep learning” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Jack Kelly (University of Adelaide, Australia) presenting his talk, “Strigolactones coordinate barley tillering and grain size,” with slides projected behind him at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference. The research was recently published in JXB (doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraf229).

🌱 Jack Kelly (University of Adelaide, Australia) presenting:
“Strigolactones coordinate barley tillering and grain size” 🌾

Jack recently published this research in JXB. Check out his paper here:
👉 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf229

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Yunqing Yu (James Hutton Institute, UK) presenting her talk, “The YABBY gene SHATTERING1 controls activation rather than patterning of the abscission zone in Setaria viridis,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 Yunqing Yu (James Hutton Institute, UK) presenting:

“The YABBY gene SHATTERING1 controls activation rather than patterning of the abscission zone in Setaria viridis” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @hutton.ac.uk

Cristobal Uauy (John Innes Centre, UK) presenting his invited talk, “Early inflorescence development shapes yield in the field,” with slides projected behind him at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference. He shared the advice: “be a good colleague.”

🌾 The next talk was invited speaker Cristobal Uauy (John Innes Centre, UK) presenting on "Early inflorescence development shapes yield in the field” 🌱

His key advice to the audience: be a good colleague!

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @cristobaluauy.bsky.social

Martina De Angelis (University of Bristol, UK) presenting her talk, “Growth patterns controlling carpel emergence in Arabidopsis,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌼 Last talk before the morning coffee break was Martina De Angelis (University of Bristol, UK) presenting “Growth patterns controlling carpel emergence in Arabidopsis” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @martinadeangelis.bsky.social

Teva Vernoux (ENS Lyon, France) presenting his invited talk, “From dynamical auxin fields to the emergence of phyllotaxis.” On the slide behind him is his most cited paper: a JXB review titled “Glutathione homeostasis in plants: implications for environmental sensing and plant development.”

🌿 Next Invited Speaker is Teva Vernoux (ENS Lyon, France) presenting “From dynamical auxin fields to the emergence of phyllotaxis” 🌱

Fun fact: Teva’s most cited paper is a JXB review he wrote as a master’s student!

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/49.321.649

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @tevavernoux.bsky.social

Madelaine Bartlett (University of Cambridge, UK) presenting her invited talk, “Developmental mechanisms underpinning the evolution of floral form in the grasses,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌸 First up in Session 3 is Invited Speaker Madelaine Bartlett (University of Cambridge, UK) presenting:
“Developmental mechanisms underpinning the evolution of floral form in the grasses” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @madelaineb.bsky.social

DAY 3 of the JXB 75th anniversary conference Friday 19 September 2025 Session 3 Maturity Chairs: Madelaine Bartlett (University of Cambridge, UK) & Cristobal Uauy (John Innes Centre, UK) 09:00-09:05 Session intro, Cristobal Uauy 09:05-09:40 Invited Speaker: Madelaine Bartlett, University of Cambridge, UK "Developmental mechanisms underpinning the evolution of floral form in the grasses" 09:40-10:15 Invited Speaker: Teva Vernoux, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France "From dynamical auxin fields to the emergence of phyllotaxis" 10:15-10:30 Martina De Angelis, University of Bristol, UK "Growth patterns controlling carpel emergence in Arabidopsis" 10:30-11:00 Refreshment break [Moorfoot] 11:00-11:35 Invited Speaker: Cristobal Uauy, John Innes Centre, UK "Early inflorescence development shapes yield in the field" 11:35-11:50 Yunqing Yu, James Hutton Institute, UK "The YABBY gene SHATTERING1 controls activation rather than patterning of the abscission zone in Setaria viridis" 11:50-12:05 Jack Kelly, University of Adelaide, Australia "Strigolactones coordinate barley tillering and grain size" 12:05-12:20 Umesh Bhati, CSIR-THBT Palampur, India "Decoding stress specific transcriptional regulation by causality aware Graph-Transformer deep learning"

Cristobal Uauy (John Innes Centre, UK) introducing Session 3: Maturity at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference, standing at the podium

🌿 Kicking off Day 3 of the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference! 🌿

We began with Session 3: Maturity
Chaired by Madelaine Bartlett (University of Cambridge, UK) & Cristobal Uauy (John Innes Centre, UK)

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Diane Beckles (UC Davis, USA) presenting her talk, “Regulation of fruit photosynthesis, carbohydrate, and ripening dynamics in tomato under stress,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 Last talk of Day 2: Diane Beckles (UC Davis) on the “Regulation of fruit photosynthesis, carbohydrate, and ripening dynamics in tomato under stress” 🍅
Diane is a JXB Handling Editor & recently edited a special issue on Tomato - watch this space!

#JXB75 #PlantScience @dianemariabeckles.bsky.social

Kaining Jin (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands) presenting her talk, “Photorespiratory bypasses to improve rice yield: from carbon-negative to carbon-positive pathways,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 Next up is Kaining Jin (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands) presenting:

“Photorespiratory bypasses to improve rice yield: from carbon-negative to carbon-positive pathways” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Britta Förster (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) presenting her talk, “Directed evolution generated gain-of-function mutations of the cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter BicA for crop improvement,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 Part 2 of Session 2:

Britta Förster (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) presenting:

“Directed evolution generated gain-of-function mutations of the cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter BicA for crop improvement” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Lara Esch (University of Edinburgh, UK) presenting her talk, “Building a functional starch sheath for a pyrenoid-based CO₂ concentrating mechanism in Arabidopsis,” with a slide showing the operating principle of the pyrenoid-based CCM at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference.

🌱 Last talk of Session 2 before the afternoon coffee break:

Lara Esch (University of Edinburgh, UK) presenting:

“Building a functional starch sheath for a pyrenoid-based CO₂ concentrating mechanism in Arabidopsis” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Urte Schlüter (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting her talk, “Cell-specific metabolism in leaves of the C2 species Moricandia arvensis,” with slides projected behind her at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference in Edinburgh. The talk includes research recently published in JXB.

🌱 Next up is Urte Schlüter (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:

“Cell-specific metabolism in leaves of the C2 species Moricandia arvensis” 🌿

Urte presented research recently published in JXB: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraf245

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Vittoria Clapero (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany) presenting her talk, “Experimental demonstration of a 3-PGA/triose-phosphate energy shuttle in all C4 photosynthetic subtypes,” with slides projected behind her at the conference.

🌱 Vittoria Clapero (MPI-MP, Germany) presenting: “Experimental demonstration of a 3-PGA/triose-phosphate energy shuttle in all C4 photosynthetic subtypes” 🌿

Fun fact: Vittoria is currently a JXB intern! Apply for the 2026 intern call now 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Berkley Walker (Michigan State University, USA) presenting a slide with a throwback photo of himself from 2012, noting that JXB was the first place he ever submitted a paper independently… thankfully it was accepted!

🌱 Next up, Berkley Walker (MSU) on “Combining metabolic flux analysis with classic physiology to understand photorespiration in plant metabolism” 🌿

Berkley gave JXB a great shoutout - it was the first place he ever submitted a paper independently… and it was accepted! 🙌

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Christine Raines (University of Essex, UK) delivering her talk on “Improving photosynthesis for sustainable crop productivity,” with slides behind her recapping the C3 cycle, at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference in Edinburgh.

During her presentation, Christine also gave a wonderful tribute to Prof. Stephen Long (1950-2025), pictured on the slides behind her, at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference in Edinburgh.

🌱 First up, our invited speaker Christine Raines (University of Essex, UK) talking about “Improving photosynthesis for sustainable crop productivity” 🌿

Christine was JXB’s first female EIC (2012–2020) and also gave a wonderful tribute to Prof. Stephen Long during her talk.

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

Agustin Zsögön (Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil) standing at the podium, introducing the first speaker of Session 2: Growing at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference in Edinburgh.

JXB 75th Anniversary Conference session 2 programme: Session 2 Growing [Tinto] Chairs: Agustin Zsögön (Federal University of Vicosa, Brazil) & Diane Beckles (University of California, Davis, USA) 13:30-13:35 Session intro, Agustin Zsögön 13:35-14:10 Invited Speaker: Christine Raines, University of Essex, UK "Improving photosynthesis for sustainable crop productivity" 14:10-14:45 Invited Speaker: Berkley Walker, Michigan State University, USA "Combining metabolic flux analysis with classic physiology to understand the manifold roles of photorespiration in plant metabolism" 14:45-15:00 Vittoria Clapero, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany "Experimental demonstration of the operation of a 3-PGA/triose-phosphate energy shuttle in all C4 photosynthetic subtypes" 15:00-15:15 Urte Schlüter, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany "Cell specific metabolism in leaves of the C2 species Moricandia arvensis" 15:15-15:30 Lara Esch, University of Edinburgh, UK "Building a functional starch sheath for a pyrenoid-based COz concentrating mechanism in Arabidopsis" 15:30-16:00 Refreshment break [Moorfoot] 16:00-16:15 Britta Förster, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany "Directed evolution generated gain-of-function mutations of the cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporter BicA for crop improvement" 16:15-16:30 Kaining Jin, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands "Photorespiratory bypasses to improve rice yield: from carbon-negative to carbon-positive pathways" 16:30-17:05 Invited Speaker: Diane M Beckles, UC Davis, USA "Regulation of fruit photosynthesis, carbohydrate, and ripening dynamics in tomato under stress"

🌿 Next up at the JXB 75th Anniversary Conference! 🌿

Session 2: Growing - chaired by Agustin Zsögön (Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil) & Diane Beckles (University of California, Davis, USA)

Here is Agustin introducing the first speaker… 🎤

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Kin Pan Chung (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands) presenting his talk, “To begin is easy, to persist is art: the inheritance of cytoplasmic genomes in plants,” with slides projected behind him at the conference centre in Edinburgh.

🌱 Last talk of Session 1: Beginnings & Roots

Invited Speaker Kin Pan Chung (Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands) presenting:

“To begin is easy, to persist is art: the inheritance of cytoplasmic genomes in plants” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @kinpanchung.bsky.social