The Hidden Half

Hidden Half is a new website showcasing the diverse world of plant roots using X-ray CT scanning at @UoNHounsfield

[The Hidden Half @UoNHiddenHalf]

The Hidden Half is now live!

Visit https://t.co/yeSYIBvXGD to see the incredible range of plant root structures being unveiled by @UoNHounsfield and @UoNBiosciences. Including the dense root system of Congo grass and the surprising root anatomy of grapevines!

[Silvio Salvi @SilvioSalvi2]

Extremely glad to share the link of our @NewPhyt paper describing Pin1a involvement in vascular patterning in barley roots. Thanks to all colleagues involved (@RabhoRoot, @riccardo_fusi22, and all)!
https://t.co/Z2t9yP6cVi

[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.

[Almudena Ortiz @aourquiza]

Check out this #PhD studentship on plant-fungus beneficial interactions available in my lab @UniofNottingham from October 2022. Please RT!!! 🙏🙏
#WeAreUoN #phdchat #PhDposition
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https://t.co/vfHZU2r1KS

[The Hidden Half @UoNHiddenHalf]

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 to @PlantSciNottm and @UoNHounsfield for their entry in this year's @NikonSmallWorld
in motion competition!
Showcasing root anatomics and the capabilities of the @BBSRC funded Laser Ablation Tomography platform
https://t.co/zBLo44B4ro
#Science
#Microscopy

[Nikon Small World @NikonSmallWorld]

Let's have a big round of applause for all who participated in this year's #NikonSmallWorldinMotion competition! 🎉 View this year's winning gallery: https://t.co/NVHNxnnCYo

#Microscopy #Science

[Hounsfield Facility @UoNHounsfield]

Amazing adding some 3D imaging to this collaborative project. The temporal development of early growth found some unexpected root structures. Additional images here-> @UoNHiddenHalf

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Happy Fascination of Plants Day 2019 @PlantDay18May! Take a look at our video showcasing some of our work at our facilities @UoNHounsfield.
#plantday #UoNResearch
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[The Hidden Half @UoNHiddenHalf]

#InternationalCarrotDay Who knew there was a day to show our love for the humble carrot?! A perfect excuse to share this x-ray CT scan of a carrot in the soil.

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Look at the root anatomy in this #grapevine!!

See https://t.co/LYsesXOfc0 for the details

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This 20 day old #strawberry plant has a clear tap root and many lateral roots.

Check out https://t.co/lM3YYm7K2S for more root systems!

#roots #plantsci

[The Hidden Half @UoNHiddenHalf]

Merry Christmas from @UoNHiddenHalf

[UoN Science @UoNScience]

Day 6 of #uonscienceadvent 🎄:

Tonight the lights on the Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square will be switched on.

The @UoNHiddenHalf team take us beneath the surface with their CT scan of a Norway Spruce.

Take a look 👇
https://t.co/ec4lEKVCxt

@UoNHounsfield @UoNBiosciences

[The Hidden Half @UoNHiddenHalf]

#WorldSoilDay
Succulent plants that thrive in arid environments, such as this cactus (Rebutia flavistyla) from the Andes, may hold the key to understanding how plant root systems can adapt to soils with a very low moisture content.

[The Hidden Half @UoNHiddenHalf]

Look how beautiful #rice can be! You can see many air gaps, known as aerenchyma, that are common in rice roots. These air pockets help plants growing in flooded conditions survive.

#plantsci #sciart #rootbiology

[The Hidden Half @UoNHiddenHalf]

This 20 day old #spinach is a great example of how different root types have different responses to gravity!

Although the main tap root (highlighted in orange) and the seminals grow vertically, the lateral roots grow out horizontally. #notallrootsgrowdown
#plantscience

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@ValentinCouvre1 @Jon_AAtkinson??

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Another treat from https://t.co/lM3YYm7K2S is the root anatomy of a #maize crown root.

Crown roots actually grow from the stem and in maize form the majority of the mature root system!

#sweetcorn #cornonthecob #sciart #plants

[Saoirse Tracy @SaoirseT]

ever wondered what an X-ray CT of a warty pumpkin looks like? Our very own Pumpkin king Micheal Byrne (Irish record holder for heaviest pumpkin) @GiantPumpkinsIE put one in our scanner. Happy Halloween from the @ucddublin @_Rosemount X-ray CT Facility

[The Hidden Half @UoNHiddenHalf]

Happy #Halloween

We've scanned a pumpkin so you don't need to carve one!

#pumpkin #pumpkincarving #plantscience #sciart