Mariana Silva Artur
Artur, M.A.S. - Assistant Professor, Seed Resilience Group, WUR.
mariana-artur.com #desiccationtolerance #seedresearch #functionalgenomics #evolution
- We made it to the cover!🤩🌱⏳️ Really proud of this work and of our PhD candidate @Asif! 🥹 The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my group, featured in the cover of the December 2025 issue of @theplantcell.bsky.social! Yay!🎉💪🏾✨️🙌🏾 #plantresearch #seedresearch #seedmaturation #evolution
- Check out the December 2025 issue of The Plant Cell from ASPB @aspbofficial and Oxford University Press! academic.oup.com/plcell/issue... #PlantScience
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturECR's: if you want to take part in the 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting remind the deadline, which is on 23rd January www.plant-ecr-networking.eu
- Reposted by Mariana Silva Artur🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making! 🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans. Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation? @cellpress.bsky.social
- New year, already a busy one teaching #SeedScience & on our new @cropxr.bsky.social course on #ClimateResilientCrops 🌱 Being back with students is a great reminder of how curiosity matter in science. Some reflections on my journey in an interview with @botany.one Happy New Year & fresh starts!✨
- Reposted by Mariana Silva Artur🧬 🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅 🧬 MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturWe just released a new version of MINI-EX, our tool to infer cell-type specific gene regulatory networks in plants starting from single-cell RNA-Seq data. MINI-EX v3.2 can now be run on large datasets of over 100,000 cells! More info here: github.com/VIB-PSB/MINI...
- In the WALII Symposium I provided insights of how our recent research on #seedmaturation #phylotranscriptomics is helping us to explore the link between seed #development & plasticity, including regulation and #evolution of #desiccationtolerance. The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐 #plantscifyi
- Thank you to everyone who made our inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water a success! 🎉 Videos from some of our 4 Invited Speakers and 12 Contributed Speakers are now available on our YouTube channel! Be sure to check it out at the link below! www.youtube.com/@WaterandLif...
- So special to have you there @kaisakajala.bsky.social! My ex-supervisor, still mentor, and forever role model! 👸 Thanks so so much! 🤗🌱✨️
- Flashback also to September when @marianasartur.bsky.social had her first co-promoted PhD graduate from @pph-wur.bsky.social! First photo shows her signing the PhD diploma, and second with the freshly minted PhD. So happy to see mentees become excellent mentors! 💚
- Reposted by Mariana Silva Arturwww.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPI115/r... A postdoc position is open in my group for a bioinformatician with expertise in RNA-seq as part of our tree speedbreeding project with @forest-protection.bsky.social. If interested in speeding trees, please apply, deadline Dec 2nd 🙂 #Plantscience #Plantscijobs
- Join us at the WALII for super interesting #seedresearch !
- Next Week! Meet the individuals selected to present their research at the first annual WALII Symposium! Check out the talk titles below from two speakers of Session Four. Visit www.walii.science/virtual-symp... to see the full list of talks and register to attend!
- Tomorrow I’ll be presenting some exciting findings from our recent work, including results from our new Plant Cell publication, at the WALII virtual symposium. 🌱 🧐 Hope to see you there at 4 PM CET! #plantresearch #seedresilience #climatechange #seedresearch #womaninscience
- Invited Speaker Dr. Mariana Silva Artur will be giving a talk on “Drying to Survive: Seed Maturation as a Unique System to Study Resilience and Evolution” at the first annual, virtual WALII Symposium. Register now to hear the talk! www.walii.science/virtual-symp... @marianasartur.bsky.social
- Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉 The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩 Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️ academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
- It's been a learning and exciting journey to us, filled with fun and passion for science. This work is a proof of this! 🤓🤩
- Special thanks to Leónie Bentsink for her mentorship, the anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback, NWO (Dutch Research Council) for funding my Veni project, and our awesome colleagues from the Laboratory of Plant Physiology Wageningen University & Research!🙌🏾
- Asif made and excellent summary of our work here 👇🏾 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Whooopp whooopp! Up we goooo! 🚀🚀🚀 #seedresearch #seedmaturation #plantresearch #plantscifyi #climatechange #ecr #womaninscience #wur
- I am looking forward to sharing a bit of our research on #seeds and #desiccationtolerance in the first WALII Symposium!🤩🧐🤓🌱 #plantresearch #plantscifyi
- Meet the speakers of the very first inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water, happening Tuesday, Nov 18! 💧 To Learn More about the symposium: walii.science/virtual-symp... To Learn More about Dr. Mariana Silva Artur: www.mariana-artur.com @marianasartur.bsky.social
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturNew preprint out by #RobertKoetsier, the first of his PhD project, on assessing the use of cross-species coexpression analysis to identify primary and secondary metabolic interactions in microbiomes: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturWant to dive into the datasets from our recent @natcomms.nature.com paper? 🌱📊 Check out this step-by-step guide on how to explore and analyze the #drought #recovery #datasets with Omnibusx: Check out the paper and datasets: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Tutorial: youtu.be/YI0RVFiQnMs
- An inspiring #teambuilding day with the colleagues of the Wageningen Seed Science Centre! 🌱 We focused on strengthening our working culture, discussing expectations alignment, & creating an inspiring environment where everyone can thrive and enjoy their work! Plus facing some personal fears (🛶 😉)!
- Reposted by Mariana Silva Artur📣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-ce... #plantscience
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturFrom a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond! Now out @natplants.nature.com We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturPlant Science Research Weekly -- When binding isn’t enough: Predicting TF activity through genomic neighborhoods (bioRxiv) @turchil.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) bioRxiv buff.ly/zkCtdCu #PlantaePSRW
- Reposted by Mariana Silva Artur🌱 Passionate About Plant Development? Join the "Summer School", a dynamic three-day intensive program tailored for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs eager to deepen their understanding of plant developmental biology. Register here: www.graduateschool-eps.info/events/eps-s...
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturOur work on MYBs and WRKY regulating suberin in tomato exodermis is now out in @jxbotany.bsky.social! 🍅 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 👩🔬 @leonardojo.bsky.social @riannekluck.bsky.social @marianasartur.bsky.social Sara Buti, Alex Cantó-Pastor @bradylabs.bsky.social 🌱 #PlantScience
- 🧨Pre-print alert!🧨 We investigated the role of three TFs in tomato 🍅 exodermis suberin, and we found some MYB/WRKY antagonism! doi.org/10.1101/2024... (1/5)
- Happy to share this super interesting perspective we wrote on desiccation tolerance research. Congratulations to the great team of researchers involved! #plantresearch #desiccation
- our perspective on desiccation tolerance research is out in @naturecomms.bsky.social. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Mariana Silva Artur19th Master Class on Seed Technology! 🚨 📅Oct 19-23, 2025 📍Wageningen, NL Register now! 📢 Explore: 🌱 Seed development, dormancy & longevity 🌱 Quality, stress tolerance & microbiome 🌱 Enhancement, priming, coating & more! Expert talks, hands-on sessions & networking. 🔗Sign up & share!
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturI'm excited to share my first book! #ClimateResilientGarden Plant physiology for gardeners really! Thanks to lots of people! Especially Ana Mogus for the illustrations @quercusbooks.bsky.social
- 📢JOB ALERT! An interesting position is open in our department for a project coordinator! Please share! #plantscijobs #plantscifyi @pph-wur.bsky.social www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...
- We've made it, just before Christmas! 🎄🤶🏾 I'm happy to share the first >>PRE-PRINT<< of my group!😊 The first manuscript of the first PhD student! Good job Asif!🙌🏾🎉👏🏾💪🏾🤗🥳 #plantresearch #seedmaturation #seedresearch #plantevo
- The angiosperm seed life cycle follows a developmental reverse hourglass biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on your phylotranscriptomic analysis of the seed life cycle, with a focus on the (still overlooked, but not for too long🧐😉) seed maturation phase!
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturI just published: How to hire the best people Steve Jobs was obsessed with hiring “the best people.” You should be too. link.medium.com/SAqkMnHlnPb
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturSuper excited to share the news that our BarrierFates consortium got 3M€ funding from NWO XL to study maize root barrier cell types! 🌽🔬 Delighted to embark on this journey with @dorotakawa.bsky.social , @hannahschneider.bsky.social , Victoria Mironova and Jian Xu! www.nwo.nl/en/news/64-m...
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturThrilled to receive the Stage 1 Road to Innovation Grant from @w-u-r.bsky.social! I’ll lead a 6-month project to develop a prototype for a salt prediction tool, using advanced plant physiology data combined with AI and validate its market potential. #Innovation #PlantScience #Sustainability
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturNew Preprint! Excited to share our method for profiling light elements in plant tissues using XRF. Fast, cost-effective, and no extraction needed—perfect for stress-related studies in plants. Read more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #PlantScience #XRF #Innovation
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturLATE MERISTEM IDENTITY2 regulates cuticle formation on the seed surface and influences seed longevity www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #plantscience
- Fresh PRE-PRINT!🚨🧐 We present SeedMatExplorer: an extensive transcriptome atlas underlying the acquisition of multiple seed quality traits during Arabidopsis seed maturation.🌱 #seedresearch #seedtechnology #seedscience #seedmaturation #breeding #plantresearch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Using module-trait correlations and gene co-expression network analysis we identified specific gene groups linked to the regulation of multiple seed quality traits. #seedresearch #seedresilience #plantresearch #climatechange
- E.g.: we identified Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) genes uniquely associated with desiccation tolerance and three DREB AND EAR MOTIF PROTEIN (DEAR) transcription factors involved in seed longevity regulation. #seedstorage #seedresilience #plantscifyi #plantbreeding
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View full threadHuge congrats to the efforst of all co-authors & all colleagues from the Wageningen Seed Science Centre! @harmn.bsky.social
- 📢#plantscijob alert!🧐 We have one PhD (Prof. Leónie Bentsink) group) and one Postdoc position (mariana-artur.com group) open to work on mechanosensing in seeds as part of the GreenTE consortium (green-te.nl). 🔬🌱💧🥼🧪 Please share! Links for application below👇🏾
- ▶️PhD position (Prof. Leónie Bentsink Group): www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... ▶️Postdoc position (Dr. Mariana Silva Artur Group): www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... #plantscijobs #plantscifyi #plantPhDposition #plantpostdocposition #seedresearch #greente
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturI'm delighted to see this story online and very happy to have been able to contribute! The work comes from @ronaldpierik.bsky.social’s group, study led by Martina huber. Congratulations to all involved 🥳🎉! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- Job opportunity (pls RT)! @UoBbiosciences @PlantSci_UoB is advertising for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Plant Biology. Further details and application instructions can be found here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Closing date: 07/04/2023 #plantsciencejobs #plantsci
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturOur (UU Science Faculty) wonderful communications department drew a visual story starring yours truly & plant plasticity! 🌱🔬👩🔬 www.uu.nl/en/news/to-t...
- Reposted by Mariana Silva ArturWe have an exciting opportunity to join us as an Associate Professor (or Professor) in Molecular Plant Biology! Establish or maintain your own collaborative, supportive research group and offer innovative teaching to students. Deadline to apply is 1 March ➡️ bit.ly/3OgnqQO #plantsci
- Reposted by Mariana Silva Artur#jobalert!📢 Are you passionate about understanding plant-environment interactions? This is a huge (!) opportunity to join us at the Laboratory of Plant Physiology @PPHWUR @WUR @WURPlant as an Assistant Professor! Please share!🤓🌱 #plantscijobs #climatechange #diversifyplantsci #plantecr
