José Dinneny
@Dinnenylab
Professor of Biology at Stanford University. Interested in how plants survive stressful environments so we can too.
Ok, this is a big one! Proud to present our latest story on hydropatterning-a process that allows plants to sense moisture gradients in soil and activate branching. Johannes Scharwies defines the genetic basis for this response in maize and Arabidopsis! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

“What do you do with a country with astounding advantages but that no longer believes in itself?” The answer is to get serious again about what actually improves lives-knowledge! Trump Is Winning the Race to the Bottom nytimes.com/2025/07/17/opi… via @NYTOpinion
Happy to share a publication before the summer break, a Minireview in #mSystems, a collaboration between two PhD students in the group, María & Adele The role of plant host genetics in shaping the composition and functionality of rhizosphere microbiomes journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…
#Arabidopsis research has been invaluable in progressing understanding of plant #abiotic stress responses. We highlight milestones in plant #hypoxia research that have contributed to advancing the field (& will continue to do so) academic.oup.com/plcell/article…
The #histone variant H3.14 is an early player in the abiotic #stress response of #Arabidopsis cell.com/developmental-… @Dev_Cell @CellPressNews @rnuvaz @b_desvoyes @CBM_CSIC_UAM @CSIC @UAM_Madrid
We're hiring! Need a microscopy wizard to help build the world’s first synthetic plant chromosome! Bring your lights, lasers, & lens-craft to characterise new artificial chromosomes. Join our ARIA-funded project at @uwanews in Perth & @plants4space. Apply: bit.ly/3GKSRSA
I tried... 😅
Make an unfolding video and reverse it. Like this: x.com/andrewwhite01/…
🚨 PhD position alert! We're hiring a PhD student in plant evolutionary genomics @nhm_uio 🧬🌿 Study convergent evolution & adaptation genomics in Arctic plants ❄️ 🧪 Fieldwork, population genomics, common garden experiments Apply by 10 August: 🔗 jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…
Highly recommended. Congrats, Mingyuan!
Excited to share that the Zhu Lab will officially open at Texas A&M University on August 1st, 2025! Actively recruiting! Postdoc Advertisement: drive.google.com/file/d/1Gpvni5…
The last day for applications is July 13th! To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference! To Learn More About Dr. Dinneny's Research: dinnenylab.me
Announcing the 2025 NAASC Arabidopsis Community Impact Awardees: Early Career Category: Jade Bleau, Univ. of Dundee, Scotland Later Career Category: José Dinneny, Stanford Univ., USA & Joanna Friesner, NAASC, USA- mailchi.mp/83b6d6238e51/2…
Nice cover @naturemethods A highly stable monomeric red fluorescent protein for advanced microscopy doi.org/10.1038/s41592…
🤓 Have you seen the latest edition of the ISRR newsletter? If not check it out for the latest updates and info on #roots and the #rhizosphere rootresearch.org/newsletter
Finalising the move from #Vienna to #Heidelberg Lesson’s at my office &🚪 @gmivienna that kept me company. 🧵 1/ Advice from my daughters
Truly honored and humbled to be the 2025 IPGSA (International Plant Growth Substance Association) Silver Medalist along w/ the eminent plant biologists, John Bowman and @jennyrussinova. Thank you. Plant peptides rock!! 🥰
Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch has received the NOMIS Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award. Busch is honored as an "[exceptional scientist] whose innovative ideas and approaches involve interdisciplinary collaboration and apply a broad range of methods, building bridges…
John Fowler’s guest column in the Clayton Tribune- his hometown newspaper- to provide ideas that folks could connect with, relating how federal investment in scientific research provides benefits to all Americans, including those from a small town in northeast GA. @jefowlerjr
Testing samples for a Flower Biodesign clothing line 🧬 🌹 More coming soon..
NAASC is thrilled to announce the 2025 recipients of the Arabidopsis Community Impact Awards! 💥 Jade Bleau, Univ of Dundee, Scotland 💥 José Dinneny, Stanford Univ., USA 💥 Joanna Friesner, NAASC, USA
NAASC is thrilled to announce this upcoming panel of new-ish PIs in a webinar by the Early Career Scholars Subcommittee!
I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please RT 💚