Leonor C. Boavida

Assist. Professor at #PurdueBPP. Plant scientist interested in #genetics, #cellbiology of #gametes and #fertilization in #plantdevelopment.

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

Had a great time at #ICSPR2024 at Brown University! One of the best I ever attended, great science, amazing people, new collaborators! @PurdueCPB @PurdueBPP , @PurdueAg

[IASPRR @iasprr.bsky.social @iasprr]

We finish the morning with Leonor Boavida and her studies on tetraspanin microdomains and membrane signaling hubs for fertilization factors 🌱 #ICSPR2024

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

@FloresTornero @MPIMP_Potsdam @DAAD @uni_regensburg @itqbnova @GIMM_Institute @BiologiquesUV Congratulations Maria! Wish you all the best.

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

Invasion of the stigma by oomycete or pollen tubes: striking similarities and differences https://t.co/RoDcLB5UYz

[Widiez Thomas 🌽 @ThomasWidiez]

Delighted to have this community effort online

@NaturePlants

👉We unified the nomenclature of a unique membrane that enclosed the 🌱 sperm cells as the:

PERI-GERM CELL MEMBRANE

read more:

📖https://t.co/9HGAVrrw6d

📖https://t.co/a12hKDYt9u

[Nick Desnoyer @NickDesnoyer]

I filmed the microscopic explosions that allow sperm release and fertilization in flowering plants at the highest resolution to date and in 3D 💥(https://t.co/qFPd62Wqp3)

Don’t have time to read? Just watch the movies in this thread 🧵

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

Does nature ever stop surprising us? A super interesting mechanism of pollen meiotic drive!

[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @CSHL]

Why was corn able to spread and adapt so rapidly across the Americas 4,000 years ago? Research from CSHL’s Rob Martienssen suggests that the answer may lie in a genetic system called Teosinte Pollen Drive. https://t.co/iC5ZB6e47Y

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

@KeilaJ824 our @PurdueBPP senior presenting her work at @PurdueOUR . Excellent job ! A good start for grad school! 👏

[Purdue Undergraduate Research @PurdueOUR]

Today is the day! The in-person Spring Undergraduate Research Conference talks take place today from 9am-5pm in STEW 214 with LLLC presentations from 10am-4pm in STEW 218. Refreshments are available throughout the day. See you soon! https://t.co/vmxSQqjmdc

[Purdue Center for Plant Biology @PurdueCPB]

See you this weekend at the 2024 @ASPB Midwest meeting on @LifeAtPurdue campus.

Follow @PurdueCPB for updates during the meeting, & be sure to use #MWASPB2024 when you post from the meeting!!

Thank you to all the sponsors who helped make this meeting possible!

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

👉Time is up! Deadline for Registration - Friday March 8!
🌱2024 Midwestern American Association of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Meeting by Purdue University 🌱https://t.co/PhZhOpqys6 @PurdueAg @PurdueAgronomy @PurdueBPP @PurdueCPB @PurdueFNR @PurdueBiochem @PurdueHortLA #MWASPB2024

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

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[Purdue Center for Plant Biology @PurdueCPB]

Thanks to @PurdueAg our PLATINUM Sponsor! And all generous contributions from @USDA_NIFA, @NSF, @PurdueCPB, @PurdueBPP, @PurdueFNR, @PurdueAgronomy, @PurdueHortLA, @PurdueBiochem, @ASPB, @Corteva and @Inari_Ag

Contact us to tailor your sponsorship!

[Purdue Center for Plant Biology @PurdueCPB]

Thanks to @PurdueAg our PLATINUM Sponsor! And all generous contributions from @USDA_NIFA, @NSF, @PurdueCPB, @PurdueBPP, @PurdueFNR, @PurdueAgronomy, @PurdueHortLA, @PurdueBiochem, @ASPB, @Corteva and @Inari_Ag

Contact us to tailor your sponsorship!

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to share your work and ideas and network with a dynamic community of Plant Biologists @PurdueAg @ASPB @PurdueCPB #Midwest

👉Submit your Abstract by February 23!👈https://t.co/du7htOLIW9

[Purdue Center for Plant Biology @PurdueCPB]

Join us on March 16-17th for the @ASPB Midwest 2024 meeting hosted by @PurdueCPB in West Lafayette, IN!

Registration & abstract submission are now open

Registration: https://t.co/Vhk9OZYsgU
Abstract submission:
https://t.co/xsL6zLFrXO

More info here:
https://t.co/otGGEENVTj

[Rabern Simmons, PhD 🔬💧🍄 @DrRabern]

Congrats to @KeilaJ824 and the @boavida_lab on winning this year's @PurdueBPP pumpkin carving contest! It's been a pleasure keeping the title and trophy since last year, and I'll be in the hunt again in 2024!

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

@ChenxinLi2 @BrianDilkes @jrossibarra @jefowlerjr @DamonLisch @NelmsLab Should a sexual generation be defined by the initiation of a distict developmental program that gives rise directly to new progeny through gametophytes, independently of ploidy level or genetic background?

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

@ChenxinLi2 @BrianDilkes @jrossibarra @jefowlerjr @DamonLisch @NelmsLab Here is one complex issue, is clonal progeny a new generation? If the origin goes through a gametophytic phase I would say yes, independently of ploidy level

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

@jefowlerjr @DamonLisch @NelmsLab @BrianDilkes @ChenxinLi2 @jrossibarra @KaushikPanda1 @Slotkin_Lab We do!

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

@duarte_d_f @ChenxinLi2 @jefowlerjr @DamonLisch @NelmsLab @BrianDilkes @jrossibarra @KaushikPanda1 @Slotkin_Lab Things might be not be so simple

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

@ChenxinLi2 @jefowlerjr @DamonLisch @NelmsLab @BrianDilkes @jrossibarra @KaushikPanda1 @Slotkin_Lab The MGU cellular organization during pollen tube growth can function as a perfect "highway" for exchange of information

[Leonor C. Boavida @boavida_lab]

@ChenxinLi2 @jefowlerjr @DamonLisch @NelmsLab @BrianDilkes @jrossibarra @KaushikPanda1 @Slotkin_Lab There are plenty of opportunities for the two sperm cells to become different, either during PMII, (e.g. unequal partition of organelles or transcrips) or during pollen tube growth.