SPReD Lab

Sexual Plant Reproduction and Development Laboratory 🌱
PI: Sílvia Coimbra @scoimbra_silvia 🌸
Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto
🔬@laqv_requimte

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

🚨 SAVE THE DATE!
📍 Porto, Portugal
📅 15–19 June 2026
The next #CellWallMeeting2026 is coming! 🌿
A global gathering to share the latest in plant cell wall biology.
Don’t miss it – more info soon!
#PlantScience #CellWall #Porto2026 #CWM2026

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬💚

Our Researcher @diana_moreira8 participated in the celebration of this day at @ciencias_fcup

[FCUP | Faculdade de Ciências da U.Porto @ciencias_fcup]

Hoje, no Dia Internacional das Mulheres e Meninas na Ciência, damos voz a investigadoras e docentes que partilharam uma frase que as tentou limitar e a conquista científica que alcançaram apesar dela.

Porque o talento não tem género. E a ciência ganha quando todos têm espaço. 🩵

[LAQV REQUIMTE @laqv_requimte]

⭐️ Today we celebrate #Women in #Science ⭐️

📢 Women in #LAQV: your curious minds, rigorous methods and bold questions advance knowledge, mentor future scientists and make #innovation happen❗️

👉 Break barriers to #gender #equality in our society!

@IUPAC
#GWB2026

@FCTNOVA

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

🧬 New preprint out on bioRxiv! 🌸
🌱 A new piece in the puzzle of cell wall signaling, AGPs, calcium dynamics, and plant reproduction.

📄 Preprint available on bioRxiv: https://t.co/MgVKgCn0Bb

#PlantReproduction #CellWallBiology #AGPs #CalciumSignaling #Arabidopsis

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

🧬 New preprint out on bioRxiv! 🌸
🌱 A new piece in the puzzle of cell wall signaling, AGPs, calcium dynamics, and plant reproduction.

📄 Preprint available on bioRxiv: https://t.co/MgVKgCn0Bb

#PlantReproduction #CellWallBiology #AGPs #CalciumSignaling #Arabidopsis

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

New preprint on bioRxiv 🌱
We show that Ca²⁺ binding by arabinogalactan-proteins (AGPs) is essential for male fertility and successful double fertilisation in Arabidopsis.
GLCAT mutants reveal AGPs as functional apoplastic Ca²⁺ stores.
#PlantReproduction #CellWall #Calcium

[bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv_plants]

AGP-Ca2+ binding is essential for pollen development and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis thaliana https://t.co/Ez20E2IN16 #biorxiv_plants

[ana marta pereira @meninatoxica]

Hello #CellWallers!
Ready to come back to Porto? 🇵🇹
⏰ Abstract submission deadline: Feb 16
Don’t miss it!

We’re excited to host the Cell Wall community once again!
🔗 https://t.co/l0HONt8xAN
#PlantCellWalls #PlantScience

[LAQV REQUIMTE @laqv_requimte]

📢 @fct_pt opens the 2025 call for R&D Projects in all Scientific Fields

📅 November 27, 2025, to March 11, 2026

💰 104 million Euros

📌More details here:
https://t.co/MggKpzUba8

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

Very prouf of our master Students Júlia Trancho e Clara Konrad 👏🍀They are awarded with a research scholarship from @fidelidadeseg

@ciencias_fcup

https://t.co/rxzdYlHqOe

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

🧱 The countdown is on! The Plant Cell Wall Meeting 2026 will take place in Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 (June 15–19) — hosted by @spredlab 🌿
🧩 Session topics coming soon!
📅 Abstracts open Dec 1, 2025 → https://t.co/ecBeYtqXF8

#PCWM2026 #PlantScience #CellWall

[ana marta pereira @meninatoxica]

August meant a lot of collecting rice pistils from field grown plants 🌾
#PrOryza #riceflower #fieldtrials

[CiB Centro de Informação de Biotecnologia Portugal @cibpt]

🚨 Crise alimentar em níveis recorde!
Em 2024 quase 300 milhões de pessoas em 53 países sofreram fome aguda e 1,9 milhão ficaram em situação catastrófica. Os extremos climáticos é um dos fatores que agravam a crise.
👉https://t.co/umphvuIPc3
#Fome #SegurançaAlimentar

[CiB Centro de Informação de Biotecnologia Portugal @cibpt]

Reino Unido aprovou nova lei para regular plantas editadas geneticamente com CRISPR 🧬.
A medida visa impulsionar a inovação agroalimentar, segurança alimentar e sustentabilidade. Entra em vigor em 2025. 🌱
https://t.co/K8hpGoMAmi
#CRISPR #Biotecnologia #AlimentosDoFuturo #UK

[Judith Bernal-Gallardo @JudithJ_Bernal]

Excited to share new protocols from @defolter_lab!

🍅 CRISPR tomato transformation
🧬 miRNA promoter analysis
🌿 Arabidopsis protoplast isolation
🌸 Confocal imaging of gynoecium

Check them out in the book! 🚀
Link: https://t.co/iRUaZoYKIM

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

@PlantDay18May

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

Yesterday we celebrated #FascinationOfPlantsDay by showcasing ongoing research in our Plant Science labs—including a hands-on workshop on transforming Arabidopsis using the floral dip method! #PlantDay #PlantScience

[Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis]

🍀🎉😊❤️🙏

I am so grateful and proud to be working with Catherine, Joanna, Adrienne and Nan to create the Arabidopsis timeline!

Such a landmark project, published @ThePlantCell & initiated by NAASC @NAASC_NA_ICAR

[SPReD Lab @spredlab]

📢 Ana Marta Pereira and Rita Queirós are attending the 2nd RECROP Annual Meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece 🌱
Yesterday, they presented their work in poster format, contributing to the discussion on climate resilient crops during reproductive processes 🌼
#RECROP2025#RECROPCOST

[IASPRR @iasprr.bsky.social @iasprr]

Fertilization-dependent phloem end gate regulates seed size: Current Biology https://t.co/mXpf6HUpDf

[CRISPR News 🧬 @CRISPR_News]

Johns Hopkins & Cold Spring Harbor scientists use CGISPR to boost tomato & eggplant size, enhancing flavor and yields. https://t.co/XEC5QRt1YT