Dr. Israel Luna

Ph.D Plant Science. 🍇🥑🌽🍋🍊🌳🎄🌱🪴 ♡🍷🕊 Xilhim/Phlohim

[Red Latinoamericana de Ecofisiología Vegetal @ecofisiologia]

📢Unete al grupo #REDLEV para escuchar el próximo seminario! Fabio Ernesto Martínez Maldonado nos hablaá de cómo cambia la reflectancia del dosel de papa en respuesta al déficit hídrico. No se lo pierdan este jueves 9 de julio a las 9am (hora de Panamá). https://t.co/pJaL9Y0SZY

[Red Latinoamericana de Ecofisiología Vegetal @ecofisiologia]

Estamos comenzando!

[National Grape Research Alliance @GrapeResearch]

Amid changing economic conditions, OSU’s Patty Skinkis examines alternatives to new vineyard development that support long-term land stewardship while maintaining flexibility for future production. #graperesearch https://t.co/AiCIggUVf9

[Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis]

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A timelapse movie (unpublished data) from the lab.

In the movie, the nucleus is moving towards the base of the polarized root hair cell.

[Red Latinoamericana de Ecofisiología Vegetal @ecofisiologia]

📢Acompáñanos en nuestro próximo seminario #REDLEV con la Dra. Chris Smith-Martin. Ella nos hablará acerca del impacto de perturbaciones asociadas al cambio climático en los bosques tropicales. Regístrate aquí https://t.co/85523HkBeW

[Experience ORISE Internships and Fellowships @ExperienceORISE]

📣 Calling #STEM majors! @ENERGY's Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for summer 2026!

Take part in a cutting-edge research project at a national lab or DOE's HQ.

🔗 Apply now: https://t.co/FKW1rtsIc0

@FECMgov | @NETL_DOE

[Daniel Swain @Weather_West]

A substantial autumn pattern shift will unfold this week, especially across the Pacific Northwest and northern CA. Multiple episodes of light to locally moderate rainfall and cooler temperatures, associated with modest fronts, will occur over the next 10 days. [1/2] #CAwx #CAfire

[Ajwal Dsouza @DsouzaAjwal]

Artificial Photosynthesis: A Step Towards Synthetic Plant Cells

Plant chloroplasts perform two main photosynthetic processes: 1) Light reactions, creating ATP and NADPH. 2) Dark reactions, uses ATP/NADPH to convert CO2 into plant material.

Miller et al tried building a self-sustaining artificial photosynthesis system.

They transferred thylakoid membranes of spinach chloroplasts in tiny water droplets suspended in oil.

Inside these droplets, they also added 16 enzymes that form a completely artificial "CETCH pathway” that captures and process CO2.

They could adjust the composition of these droplets monitored the metabolic activity in real time by NADPH fluorescence.

When light was applied, the system successfully used the light energy to turn CO2 into glycolate (a basic building block) and created more ATP.

These artificial chloroplasts, could potentially be used to perform various complex biological processes and also sequester carbon.

It's also a step toward creating a self-sustaining artificial plant-like cell.

Study: https://t.co/vMpPIpca9M

[SciCommIndia 🇮🇳 @SciComm_India]

🌿Ever wonder why some leaves are thicker than others?

🔍This @NewPhyt review article explores how genes, cells, & the environment work together to shape leaf thickness—a trait that helps plants photosynthesize & save water.
🔗 https://t.co/S7oWMcwN3L

[Next Gen Scientists Foundation @GenScientists]

🌿 PhD Opportunity: Herbivorous Insect–Plant–Microbiome Interactions at @WUR, Netherlands – Fall 2025

🔬 Host: Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
📅 Deadline: 16 May 2025
🔗 Apply: https://t.co/Fp1N1ewpuy
📱 NGSF WhatsApp: https://t.co/ndMSJviR6i

[Next Gen Scientists Foundation @GenScientists]

🎓 PhD Opportunity in Plant Root Physiology & Modeling – UCLouvain, Belgium 🇧🇪

📢 Application Deadline: 15 May 2025 – Don’t miss out!

📲 Apply Now: https://t.co/kWJnXofqBq

NGSF WhatsApp group 👉 https://t.co/ndMSJvjoVQ

[US Homeland Security News @defense_civil25]

🚨🚨🚨Alert: US Military is getting ready to launch air strikes on Mexican Narco Terrorist drug facilities and weapons storage sites!! They will strike without warning!!🔥🔥🔥

[Lord Bebo @MyLordBebo]

He noticed that all the negotiations and work that was done with Ukraine … was just flushed down the drain by zelensky.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

LFG 🔥🔥🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Dr. Sabrina Green, PhD @MotherOfPhage]

As a postdoc in Europe I can tell my American friends that it’s also hard here.
It’s hard for any postdoc.

[Felix “Javi” Berrios @FelixJBerrios]

Post-Bacc Opportunity!

Participate in a full year of research and receive a stipend of $32,000. Additionally, a roundtrip ticket to Panama and lodging at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute facilities are included.

Link Below ⬇️

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

#Viewpoint: Harnessing #microbes as #suncream against high light stress

Filippo Villano, Raffaella Balestrini, Luca Nerva and Walter Chitarra
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📖 https://t.co/dkh3ZBW80K

#LatestIssue @wileyplantsci

[Sofia Doello @DoelloSofia]

📢 We are hiring!
We have an open PhD position to investigate the regulation of glycogen metabolism in cyanobacteria. Details below 👇

[Australian Plant Phenomics Network @AustPlantPhenom]

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Work with the APPN-UQ team to conduct research, manage a small technical team & develop plant phenotyping methods using 3D imaging, multispectral data, crop modelling and more! Applications close 10 Nov.
Apply at 👉 https://t.co/o6KdkLXjGl