Anthony Bishopp

We are based at the University of Nottingham, UK and focus primarily on understanding the regulatory processes controlling root patterning.

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

We are looking for a PhD candidate interested in the evolution and development of plants who can start in October 2025. Please see the link below for more details and contact information.

https://t.co/iAgeqjUz8E

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

Does reducing the number of auxin components limit the number of auxin responses? Does it change the kinetics? More importantly, would you be motivated to find out?

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

We're looking for two postdocs to work in Nottingham on an interdisciplinary collaborative project with the @etienne_farcot and @RabhoRoot labs. One experimental biologist
https://t.co/I8Puhajc2p and one mathematician
https://t.co/DqVCg89UDQ

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

Duckweeds are free-floating angiosperms that have lost many developmental features, including apical growth, root hairs, root branching, and, in some cases, the ability to produce a root. This is coupled with a reduced number of auxin signalling components.

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

We've been really excited to see the interest in our recent paper about duckweed root vestigiality. It's a privilege to feature in the PNAS Front Matter journal club. Thank you @amygmcdermott for writing such an inspiring piece.

https://t.co/wXUYfUHpP3

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

@AlexanderGWare @LeviYant @BotanistBritta @KellieESmith1 @Jon_AAtkinson @RabhoRoot

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

What do snakes, cavefish and duckweed have in common? They are now all models for understanding organ loss. Inspired by research on limblessness in snakes and vision loss in cavefish, we examined root loss in duckweed. Paper here: https://t.co/wev9q13mR5 in @CurrentBiology.

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

What sets them apart from snakes and cavefish, is that many of the intermediate forms are still alive today. This makes them ideal models to understand root loss, and we are starting to look at the molecular mechanisms that underpin this.

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

We are looking for a postdoc to work on an interdiscplinary project on root hair patterning. The ideal applicant will have good skills in image acquisition and analysis. Please RT and feel free to contact me for more information.

https://t.co/PbdqcDBZq9

[Annelie Carlsbecker @AnnelieCarlsbe1]

Abscisic acid signaling activates distinct VND transcription factors t... https://t.co/PNlCwpVLas

[Rooting2021 @rooting2021]

Remember the deadline for abstracts for talks is this Friday (March 26th at 23:59CDT, that’s 4:59am in the UK, 5:59am in Europe, 4:59am UTC)

Get your abstract in! We’re looking forward to selecting some great talks.

Poster abstract deadline is April 30th, still plenty of time!

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

There have been so many crucial roles identified for AHP6, but we didn't have any idea if the psuedo phosphotransfer proteins had any role in other species. In this collaboration with Joe Kieber's lab we show functionally diverged roles for PHPs in rice. https://t.co/hCehAY9EBl

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

The volatile plant hormone ethylene allows plant roots to sense & avoid compacted soils, researchers report in Science. The findings reveal how plants regulate their growth in response to soil compaction—a growing challenge facing modern agriculture. ($) https://t.co/LpDzuRJf0x

[Anthony Bishopp @Bishopp_Lab]

wonderful collaboration with @teva_vernoux @RDPlab @bradylabs
@AP_Mahonen @Francois_Parcy
showing a network of transcriptional repressors upstream of the activating ARFs.
https://t.co/2dJsePnTrd

[Idan Efroni @efronilab]

We had a beautiful hypothesis about how auxin triggers root regeneration. It flows down from the stele and because it can't flow back when you cut the root it forms a new auxin peak. A simple and beautiful self-repair mechanism. The only problem was that it was wrong...

[EMPHASIS @EMPHASIS_EU]

Have a look at this free online course on "Image Analysis Methods for Biologists" by @UniofNottingham starting on 11 May: https://t.co/Sk9yuWkR9Q

[Ksenia Krasileva @kseniakrasileva]

New preprint! Genome of a duckweed Wolffia reveals a single canonical NLR (plus 2 non-canonical) in its reductionist immune system https://t.co/olFg92BnST great collaboration, NLR analysis by @erinbaggs_