Rose Marks
assistant professor at UIUC plant bio. evolution and ecology of resurrection plants in southern Africa
- Reposted by Rose MarksThe January issue of New Phytologist is online now, featuring on the cover @roseamarks.bsky.social’s article on the physiology and genomics of the resurrection plant, Myrothanus flabellifolia. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... (I’m posting here for Dr. Marks, who is currently doing field work off the grid)
- new paper! this one holds a special place in my heart--it's the project that brought me to South Africa--just a short 6 years later, we have a product Myrothamnus is a resurrection plant with deep cultural roots. it's been a privilege to study this iconic species that survives with so little.
- Reposted by Rose MarksJoin us for the first inaugural WALII Virtual Symposium on Tuesday, Nov 18, 2025! Abstract submissions for a contributed talk are NOW OPEN! Selected speakers will be chosen in Oct. & will present 10-12 min. talks followed by 3-5 min. of Q&A. Visit: walii.science/virtual-symp...
- Reposted by Rose MarksCalling #mycologists and anyone working on plant fungal interactions, please help spread the word - opportunity to come work with these wonderful people @minyaaa.bsky.social @roseamarks.bsky.social @dallingjim.bsky.social
- new preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... we camped in the bush, got caught in a storm, and watched Myrothamnus flabellifolia spring back to life.... now we’ve got a genome assembly and a field-based transcriptomic timecourse to tell its story
- Reposted by Rose MarksPlant Science Research Weekly -- The art of drying gracefully: The future for desiccation research (Nature Communications) @roseamarks.bsky.social @rheelab.bsky.social (Summary by Stephanie Temnyk) buff.ly/D6x3PIA #PlantaePSRW
- one of the most rewarding projects i’ve ever been part of. huge thx to the team of amazing folks who came together to make this happen ✨
- WALII member, @roseamarks.bsky.social, brought together a team of 39 researchers across the globe to outline a comprehensive roadmap for advancing research on desiccation tolerance in a newly published paper with @natcomms.nature.com Read about it here! plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...
- Reposted by Rose MarksThis was an incredible, international, tree-of-life spanning collaborative effort led by @roseamarks.bsky.social. I had fun and it was great model for how we can start to reach across disciplinary barriers and silos. @naturecomms.bsky.social #interdisciplinary
- Life without water? A few organisms manage it. A new paper by Assistant Professor Jenna Ekwealor and co-authors in Nature Communications explores desiccation tolerance. Read more here! 🧬 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #biology #desiccation #biotech #conservation
