Our new MS on hypocotyl anisotropy can be found on bioRxiv.
Learn how we think combining cell wall anisotropy and pectin asymmetry give the fastest growth.
Check out the Taproot Podcast!
On the fourth episode of this great new series, Siobhan talks with Ivan Baxter and Liz Haswell about uncertainty in science and careers!
The whole series is slated to be excellent if the first three episodes are anything to go by!
Spiral phyllotaxis in a seaweed!
Check out our new MS on bioRxiv;
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/05/09/135806
Looking for a new and exciting oppertunity?
Joanna is off to start a PhD! So we need a new Research Assitant in the lab. If you are interested in joining our team, see the advert here.
What is Soapbox Science?
Cambridge is about to find out!
Come visit Cambridge’s first Soap Box Science event on July 2nd! Siobhan will be speaking about how plants move- without muscle. Learn more here.
Don’t you want to know more about wall mechanics and development?
Check out this review from myself and Henrik Jonsson in Current Opinions in Plant Biology (OA!)
New review out: pectin and cell wall adhesion
Haven’t you always wanted to know how plant cells stick together? And how they come apart? Better than Velcro!
Check out Firas’ new review here. Open access all the way!
LithographX- excellent tool for confocal image analysis
LithographX is a spin-off of the MorphoGraphX project. Made for scientists, by scientists- it is easy to use, has excellent documentation and tutorials, and a very responsive developer who helps with problems and is interested in incorporating more tools.
CHECK IT OUT!
2015.05.13 A film review in Nature Plants
The marriage of science and art is old, important and tricky! See Siobhan’s review of a beautiful effort from the Cambridge Shorts program here.
2015.05.11 Seeking a new technician
see the advert here (http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/6990/).
Come join our team!