mary williams
@PlantTeaching
Promoting SciComm, teaching, equity & inclusion in plant biol PI NSF RCN: ROOT&SHOOT. Features Editor @ThePlantCell @PlantPhys. @[email protected]
I'm no longer posting here. I'm still very active, but you can find me at Bluesky, same name, same profile picture, same great chatter 💚🌱 bsky.app/profile/plantt…
The first night of @pintofscience has been great 🎉🍻 I've learnt about droughts (did you know East Anglia is drier than Morocco) ☀️, how our brains perceive 🧠 and links between the menopause and Alzheimer's🩸 #pint25
It was fun putting this vignette together with Malcolm Bennett et al......@ThePlantCell What do we learn from Arabidopsis for Crop Innovation? academic.oup.com/plcell/article… @IISERPune @DBTIndia @IndiaDST Thanks Shuang, it was great working with you on this
An analogy is getting the skills to build cathedrals. At the start, much about physics & properties of stone was poorly understood. Result: -Some cathedrals collapsed (e.g. Beauvais ⬇️) -Architects & masons learned -Learning took *centuries* -“Stay humble, biodesigners” @SynBio1
do think discourse on engineering biology would benefit from fewer platitudes about the complexity of living systems and more informed optimism about our inevitable path to break down, understand and rebuild organisms
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
🚨 Vacancy PhD student 🚨 Passionate about #CRISPR, plant biotechnology, and breeding? Join our project on meiotic recombination in maize 🌽 A collaboration of our lab @FbwUGent, @ILVOvlaanderen & @KU_Leuven 🔗ugent.be/en/work/scient… Apply before August 10!
New Postdoc position (2yrs) available in our #EvoMPMI lab @JohnInnesCentre. Come and work with on harnessing the diversity of immune mechanisms to protect plants. jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?va…
Truly honored to receive this year’s TPJ-PSNA Early Career Award at the PSNA annual meeting in Toronto! Huge thanks to all the mentors, colleagues, and collaborators who have supported me along the way.
Proud moment at #PSNA2025! PSNA presents the TPJ-PSNA Early Career Awards to Dr. Ryo Yokoyama and Dr. Boaz Negin for their stellar phytochemistry research and bright futures in plant science! 🌿🏆 #PlantScience #YoungResearchers
The TSL Preprint Club assembled for the 8th edition of our Preprint Pizza Party 🍕, where students, postdocs and RAs got together to review the latest @biorxivpreprint articles in the MPMI field. Comments will made public online soon! prereview.org/clubs/tsl-prep… #preprintcommentclub
Thank you for sharing. This truly has been a memorable collaboration. The chapter is freely accessible to everyone for the next 50 days at the following link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lFg5EqyntAmq @AbioticStress @PlantTeaching @Root2Res @IndianBotanists
Excited to share our new book chapter just published! This work highlights how strategic root traits can be leveraged to enhance crop resilience and productivity under challenging environmental conditions. @KJagadish_TTU @ISomayanda @TTUDAVISCOLLEGE
I had a lot of fun discussing Arabidopsis and translational research with Cris Argueso, Anna Stepanova, Xiaolan Zhang, Michael Bevan, and Federico Ariel in a webinar for our @ThePlantCell focus issue led by @PlantTeaching. You can watch youtube.com/watch?v=BAnTtf…
This is a great program, with great benefits, to boost ECR careers. If you are a senior graduate student or postdoc consider applying!
📣The Plant Cell is recruiting Assistant Features Editors. The application period opens now and runs through September 15, 2025!🌱 👉Application information can be found at this link: blog.aspb.org/the-plant-cell… #plantscience
We’ll build synthetic chromosomes for plants with new stress tolerance and nutrient traits. At Cai Lab, we’re rewiring DNA for more resilient, higher-value organisms. #synbio 🪴🥔🧬 manchester.ac.uk/about/news/fut…
With my Stress Granule group 🙏🥰 @Israel1707 @itzellbiologiam @AlquraishFatema @ViolaLondono Greatful for this amazing team!
Join us for our next webinar exploring editor roles & tools for scientific publication. Webinar features Nancy Hofmann, Ellen Kuwana, & Mary Williams followed by a short applied section. Wednesday, June 4 10 AM PT/ 12 PM CT/ 1 PM ET Register here: tinyurl.com/4p8sk5us
Deeply honored and humbled by this recognition. Thrilled to be part of @TheSainsburyLab! None of this would be possible without the unwavering support from my colleagues, friends, family, and above all, every past and present member of my group! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🙏🙏🙏@royalsociety @ISMPMI
We are delighted to announce that TSL group leader, Professor Wenbo Ma @wenboEffector, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. This honour celebrates her groundbreaking research in molecular plant pathology.
Diets+food systems are driving an ongoing epidemic of overweight/obesity, insulin resistance, diabetes & other diseases ⬇️Fixes are long overdue. See this straightforward 1-stop resource for decision-makers & concerned citizens from @UF_IFAS @UFMedicine doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…🧵
Excited to host the UK NonSeed Plant Meeting in Norwich this year on Friday December the 12th. It’s a great community and these meetings are always fun and informative. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or a newbie looking to diversify your research, please consider joining us!
We’re very excited to announce that the #nonseedUK25 meeting will be held in Norwich on 12th December 2025. For now, please save the date and more details will follow. Enormous thanks to @Phil_Carella for organising this year’s meeting 😃
Hey everyone! I will be at #ICAR2025 in Ghent 🇧🇪 talking about my favourite condensates --> Stress Granules in the session on biomolecular condensates! See you there! 😄🫂 @NAASC_NA_ICAR