Last Monday was more than a special day!!! It marked the “end” of a beautiful PhD journey that I had the privilege of being part of! 😊 Our brilliant PhD candidate, Asif Ahmed Sami, PhD successfully defended his PhD at Wageningen University & Research, graduating cum laude!!! 🎓 For me, this was also so special: seeing my first PhD candidate obtain his doctoral degree brought back so many happy memories of our journey. I shared my passion for #seedscience and curiosity for..

Some recognitions are worth highlighting >> even if we’re a bit late!!! Back in 2023, Mariana Silva Artur was named among the 20 Most Influential Women in the European seed sector by Seed World Europe:https://www.seedworld.com/europe/2024/03/07/20-most-influential-women-in-the-eu-seed-sector-in-2023/ And honestly, it still feels just as relevant to celebrate now. In our group, we see every day what that “influence” really looks like >> not just publications, but the questions

Have you ever also caught yourself awake in the middle of the night thinking: “𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵?” 💦 🚫 🌱 😵 I bring you some good news! In our new preprint, we uncovered some answers!! 👉🏾Drying kinetics govern transcriptional and post-transcriptional reprogramming during seed maturation | bioRxiv We explored how different drying regimes during seed ma

Mariana S. Artur: "I Always Wish I Had a Pocket-Sized Microscope"

"Branching out: Increased specialization of young genes during seed maturation explained by new “out of the seed” hypothesis" ( link )

"Drying to Survive: Seed Maturation as a Unique System to Study Resilience and Evolution". Youtube video: Mariana Silva Artur, PhD - WALII Symposium Session 1 Invited Speaker - YouTube

Dr. Mariana A. S. Artur was selected as the Michael Black awardee to deliver a talk in the 14th Biennual International Society for Seed...

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