Patrick J. Allen

Scientist and Educator. 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

New paper from my student days now accepted in @PCP_EIC (Allen et al., 2023). MYB-bHLH-TTG1 complexes regulate PMEI14 in young Arabidopsis seeds.🌱🧬🔬
Once again we say ありがとthanks to our world-class editors/reviewers 🇯🇵🇦🇺 and contributing authors from @latrobe @rossnapoli86

[Plant Cell Physiology @PCP_EIC]

🚀Advance Access: Regular Paper
MYB-bHLH-TTG1 in a Multi-tiered Pathway Regulates Arabidopsis Seed Coat Mucilage Biosynthesis Genes...
https://t.co/11r6d36yYE
Patrick J Allen et al.💐

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Just a short stay in Dublin (June, 2026). An absolute delight to finally meet @joanna_kacprzyk in person and thanks for the tour of plant growth/cell culture facilities at UCD. Research is a small world (plants especially) - You never know who you'll meet via social media. ☘️🌾☕️

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

We've had a somewhat-retrospective tone lately. So... here's an older paper from the archives (1990).🌾

"For the first time, rapid changes in [Ca2+] cyt and pH cyt are correlated directly with increases in cell elongation stimulated by light and gravity." https://t.co/lm55vxGdDO

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

A true highlight for 2024 to see internationally-renowned Elizabeth Bik @MicrobiomDigest present a research integrity talk here in our home town of Melbourne (@UniMelb @BioSci_UniMelb) and a concluding discussion with Prof. David Vaux.

Enjoy your time in Australia, Doc. 📍🇦🇺👍🏻

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Final instalment of photos from diving on the Great Barrier Reef (other side of Flynn Reef - some nice nitrox dives on 24/06/2024) before returning to Cairns to start @ipmb2024 #IPMB2024. 🌱🧬🌏

Bucket list item #22 completed. ✔️🐟🐠🤿

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

A few nice shots from diving on the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns (Milln Reef - dives on 22/06/2024) prior to @ipmb2024 #IPMB2024

Our night dive was quiet. Only 4 sharks sited.

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Some more shots from diving on the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns (Flynn Reef - dives on 23/06/2024) prior to @ipmb2024 #IPMB2024 .🌱🧬

An abundance of fish. Only 2 turtles. 🐟🐠🐢

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Approaching dry land after 3 spectacular days out diving on the Great Barrier Reef just off Cairns.🤿🐟🐠

See you shortly @ipmb2024. 🌱🧬📈 #IPMB2024

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Cairns Armour and Artillery Museum. Aus, US, British, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Czech (pretty much everyone who took part).

Largest WW2-era collection of this type in the Southern Hemisphere. Highly recommend. ✌🏻🌏

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

To follow a deadly global pandemic, generational recession, 2 postponements, a cold war, multiple hot wars, a catastrophic cyclone & local floods.. I've arrived in Cairns for #IPMB2021 (now #IPMB2024).🌱🧬@ipmb2024

These past few years turned out nothing like I had planned.🎶✈️

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Welcoming the southern hemisphere's winter with lamb & barley soup (feat. vegetables), limited-run XPA beer and Vasse Felix Cabernet (2017) from Western Australia. 🥩🌾🧄🧅🥕🥔🥬🍇🍺🍷🌏

Looking forward to using up some Long Service Leave in the weeks ahead. 🌱✈️🤿🐠🐟

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

So yeah. Back on the sauce for January after a full calender year choosing to go alcohol-free. Really enjoying some newer local beers combined with an old favourite (Bavarian brewery not far off its 1,000th birthday).🍺🍷🥃

Safe, healthy and prosperous 2024. 🌞 #OneYearChallenge

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Mulled wine and coffees for these hardcore Arabidopsis folk (@BioSci_UniMelb Melbourne, Australia). Even the drinks are seasonal (plus I really like the round table vibe in this photo).

Enjoy your weekend, everyone. 🍷☕️🌱😎

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

@zaman_nuz @PCP_EIC @latrobe @zaman_nuz Thank-you. 🙂
And likewise! 🌱🧬

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

New paper accepted in @PCP_EIC (Li* Allen* et al., 2020). MBW complex regulation of Arabidopsis seed coat biosynthesis pathways via a multi-tiered transcriptional hierarchy: https://t.co/uNeXt7Ruo5

ありがと Thanks to our editors/reviewers and my hard-working colleagues @latrobe

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

The ANU campus, National Arboretum and Botanic Gardens looking particularly nice in autumn. (Canberra, ACT, Australian east coast). @NatArboretum

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

When you ride @VLine Rail halfway from Melbourne to Canberra like it's 1945. 😎☕️✌🏻#AllChange #AllChange #CappedPriceTravel

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Highly-unofficial lab photo (John Golz lab and some affiliates enjoying Friday craft beers). ✌🏻🍺
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[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Had a brilliant time at @ComBio2022 talking seeds, walls, TFs & OMICS with some @asps_ozplants folk. Local conference for us -- only a short train ride into Melbourne. 🌱🌿🌾

First student poster session in 3 years. Next stop, post-conference drinks. 🍺🍷🥂✌🏻 #Oktoberfest

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

A few recent shots from here in Melbourne. 💉💉💉💉✌🏻🍺

(Getting repetitive, I know. Sign of the times, perhaps). #NovavaxBooster #TcellCount #ChunkyLambSoup #DryJuly #Covid19Vic #HomeFront #StaySafe

[Patrick J. Allen @drpatrickallen]

Would very much like to thank @GlobalPlantGPC & @FrontPlantSci who generously supported online #ICAR22 (Belfast) attendance for this ECR. Some favourites have been: symposia by @joanna_kacprzyk and all her speakers and student talk by @crbuckley6.🌱🌿🌾

Stay safe, everyone.🧬✌🏻