Alex Costa

Heat Stress Phenotyping: A Key for Plant Selection in a Warming Climate 🌱🔥 Check out this new review exploring how plants respond to rising temperatures, and how phenotyping can help us select resilient varieties. @FraResentini @mendeslab and more! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Many congratulations to Giorgia and Fabio on their successful Master’s thesis defense in Plant Science! 🥳🌱 🎉🎉🎉"

Coordinated control of calcium signaling by CPK3 and CaM2 via CNGCs in... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It was extremely informative and insightful to attend a wonderful COST Action microscopy training school at University of Milan from 8-9th July 2024. So much to learn and gain about the advancement in microscopy. Thankful to the whole organising team and RECROP 🌻😊

The CATION CALCIUM EXCHANGER 4 (CCX4) regulates LRX1-related root hair development through Ca2+ homeostasis biorxiv.org/content/10.110… ♻️

The CATION CALCIUM EXCHANGER 4 (CCX4) regulates LRX1-related root hair development through Ca2+ homeostasis biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Many thanks to Madeleine Seale (@ScienceMagazine) for highlighting our recent collaborative work with @SimonStael in Current Biology @CurrentBiology sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Ca2+ Channel CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL13 (CNGC13) regulates systemic wound signalling... - goo.gl/scholar/Tsq3s5 #ScholarAlerts

🔥New and hot in #PlantSci!🔥 By fusing roGFP2 to the type II peroxiredoxin (PRXIIB) endogenous H2O2 sensor, Hu et al. have developed an ultra-sensitive #HydrogenPeroxide probe for H2O2 dynamics in diverse #plant #biological processes. doi.org/10.1111/jipb.1… @wileyplantsci #JIPB

Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Thrilled to share that Stefano Buratti has been awarded the Fratelli Confalonieri Postdoctoral Fellowship! He'll be joining my lab @LaStatale to develop innovative tools for exploring plant–environment interactions. Congratulations, Stefano!

Evolutionarily conserved BON1 regulates the basal cytosolic Ca2+ level by calmodulin-independent activation of Ca2+ pumps in Arabidopsis | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

I am happy to see that I can contribute to supporting the scientific community, not only through my research but also by using the expertise that I have gained to help improve other works @Nature @NaturePlants @NatureComms

Dictyostelium on the cover! Pattern formation along signaling gradients driven by active droplet behavior of cell swarms | PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Cellular calcium homeostasis and regulation of its dynamic perturbation | Quantitative Plant Biology | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3YTKY3i

The burning glass effect of water droplets triggers a high light-induced calcium response in the chloroplast stroma! New paper out in @CurrentBiology, a great collaboration with @SimonStael and other great collaborators... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What started as a 'funky' observation back in 2017 while visiting the lab of @lab_costa and after skilfull execution of @DominicKwong11, @RomandShanna, and many more, now found a home in Current Biology. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Very happy to have had the chance to talk about calcium signaling in mitochondria at the 2nd RECROP Annual Meeting. 🪴 @Recrop22157

Interested in plant Ca2+ imaging? If you have (or are about to earn) a PhD, consider joining our @lab_costa at @LaStatale as a Postdoc. A great opportunity to grow your expertise in a vibrant research environment! Feel free to contact me to discuss applications to the MSCA

Rain gone, smiles remain. A photo that reflects my gratitude for a lab that grows with passion...☔☔🌈🌈🌈