🌾Researcher Spotlight:
Meet Ursula who is using the CHLORAD pathway to improve crops. She has developed “stay-green” wheat that photosynthesises longer for better yields and stress tolerance, with field trials in the UK and close collaborations with industrial partners.
Meet Ursula who is using the CHLORAD pathway to improve crops. She has developed “stay-green” wheat that photosynthesises longer for better yields and stress tolerance, with field trials in the UK and close collaborations with industrial partners.
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🌱Another Exciting Opportunity!
The Jarvis Lab is recruiting a Research Assistant to study the assembly of the chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) machinery.
Application Deadline: 12 noon, 24 November 2026
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
The Jarvis Lab is recruiting a Research Assistant to study the assembly of the chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) machinery.
Application Deadline: 12 noon, 24 November 2026
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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🌱Exciting Opportunity!
The Jarvis Lab is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate to study the structure and function of the chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) machinery.
Application Deadline: 12 noon, 24 November 2026
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
The Jarvis Lab is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate to study the structure and function of the chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) machinery.
Application Deadline: 12 noon, 24 November 2026
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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🌱 It was a pleasure sharing updates on our research in protein import into chloroplasts and its regulation by the ubiquitin-proteasome system at the 5th International Conference on Plant Proteostasis in Strasbourg. Until next time!
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Congratulations to Shuyang Cheng on the successful completion of his DPhil viva today! 👏
We are delighted to celebrate this important milestone and all the hard work that has gone into your research. Well done, Dr. Cheng! 🥂 @ShuyangC87304
We are delighted to celebrate this important milestone and all the hard work that has gone into your research. Well done, Dr. Cheng! 🥂 @ShuyangC87304
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🌱Our new preprint in @biorxiv_plants uncovers a novel role for Toc90 in regulating chloroplast senescence and photosynthetic protein abundance in Arabidopsis.
📄:biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
📄:biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
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🥼🧪🌱 An overdue celebratory post as the Jarvis group settles into our new digs in Oxford's new Life and Mind Building @OxfordBiology
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Another great @EMBO workshop on Advances and New Frontiers in Protein Translocation Across Membranes! Until next time!
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🌱 New paper in @TrendsPlantSci, "Ubiquitin signalling redefines nutrient trade-offs in crops". Engineered E3 ligases rebalance root-shoot growth and pair cold tolerance with better phosphate uptake, a new route to climate-resilient crop breeding.
📄: doi.org/10.1016/j.tpla…
📄: doi.org/10.1016/j.tpla…
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Jarvis Lab retweeted
Pleased to contribute to this @NatureComms review by @PaulJarvisLab comparing ERAD, mitochondrial quality control pathways, and CHLORAD, highlighting conserved mechanisms and organelle-specific adaptations. nature.com/articles/s4146…
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Check out our new review of Cdc48-dependent proteolysis at the ER, mitochondria and chloroplasts, now published in @NatureComms:
nature.com/articles/s4146…
nature.com/articles/s4146…
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🧪Researcher Spotlight:
Meet Anne, a DPhil student investigating the role of CDC48 adaptor proteins in the CHLORAD pathway, and Nic, a visiting student from Heidelberg, who is assisting Anne in studying the roles of specific TIC components in chloroplast protein import.
Meet Anne, a DPhil student investigating the role of CDC48 adaptor proteins in the CHLORAD pathway, and Nic, a visiting student from Heidelberg, who is assisting Anne in studying the roles of specific TIC components in chloroplast protein import.
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Yesterday we said goodbye to Mudassar, a visiting postdoctoral researcher in the Jarvis Group studying the role of TOC75 in TOC complex assembly. Wishing you the very best in your future endeavours! @AwanCemb16318
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Celebrating our colleague, Weifeng Zhang today who received the Star in Plants Award from the Molecular Plant Biology Section of @OxfordBiology @UniofOxford for his contributions to research on CHLORAD!
Congratulations, Weifeng!
Congratulations, Weifeng!
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Now published in @NatureComms! Check it out: nature.com/articles/s4146…
Our new study characterizes the assembly of two functionally distinct chloroplast protein import complexes (TOC-P and TOC-N) in the outer membrane of plant chloroplasts.
Huge thanks to @IvanAhelLab and @SKhalidLab, for a fantastic collaboration!
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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🌱Exciting Opportunity!
The Jarvis Group is recruiting a Research Assistant to study the mechanism and structure of the chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) system.
Term: 3 years
Application Deadline: 12 noon, 19 June 2026
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
The Jarvis Group is recruiting a Research Assistant to study the mechanism and structure of the chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) system.
Term: 3 years
Application Deadline: 12 noon, 19 June 2026
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
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Interested in protein targeting and translocation?
Register for the upcoming EMBO workshop set in the stunning Spanish resort near Girona/Barcelona (Eden Roch).
Deadlines: abstract submission (1st June) and registration (30th June)
meetings.embo.org/event/26-prote…
Register for the upcoming EMBO workshop set in the stunning Spanish resort near Girona/Barcelona (Eden Roch).
Deadlines: abstract submission (1st June) and registration (30th June)
meetings.embo.org/event/26-prote…
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Our new study characterizes the assembly of two functionally distinct chloroplast protein import complexes (TOC-P and TOC-N) in the outer membrane of plant chloroplasts.
Huge thanks to @IvanAhelLab and @SKhalidLab, for a fantastic collaboration!
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
Huge thanks to @IvanAhelLab and @SKhalidLab, for a fantastic collaboration!
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Jarvis Lab retweeted
Membranous translation platforms in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Yi Sun, Shiva Bakhtiari, Melissa Valente-Paterno, Heng Jiang, William Zerges) academic.oup.com/plphys/advance… @YiSun94609169 @biologyatCU @OxfordBiology @ASPB #PlantSci
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