WALII member, @RoseAMarks1 , brought together a team of 39 researchers across the globe to outline a comprehensive roadmap for advancing research on desiccation tolerance in a newly published paper in @NatureComms

Read about it here!

plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/2025-…

Thrilled to share our latest perspective on desiccation-tolerant plants in @NatureComms ! Grateful to @RoseAMarks1 for leading this effort and to all the brilliant minds we collaborated. nature.com/articles/s4146… @Bryophyter @plantscifyi @DrLlewelynV @bob_vanburen @thomasboothby

our perspective on desiccation tolerance research is out in @NatureComms today. with nearly forty authors from around the world spanning diverse career stages and disciplines, this work represents a shared vision for the field. let us know what you think! nature.com/articles/s4146…

I gave a talk on resurrection plants at #GESDA last week. amazing opportunity to talk about this work with a really diverse group of people including diplomats, policy makers, corporate investors, and academics. hopefully I did these amazing plants justice
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Kicking off Day 2️⃣ of #GESDASummit!

@RoseAMarks1 shared her groundbreaking work with desiccation-tolerant plants—offering hope for drought-resistant crops as we face growing climate challenges.

Advances in synthetic biology, AI, and genetic engineering are crucial to building feguarding global #foodsecurity. Meaningful inclusion of stakeholders in Global South will ensure these innovations benefit those most in need.

we made the cover!! ☺️

happy to see our recent work highlighted in PNAS front matter. pnas.org/post/journal-c…

so nice to see this thoughtful and succinct coverage of our recent work. thanks @plantae_org and @PlantTeaching for helping us spread the wonder of resurrection plants!

the briefing on our recent @NaturePlants paper is out. it's just a quick summary, but sometimes it's nice to read a shorter version of the story! nature.com/articles/s4147…

Resurrection #plants revisited: bridging the gap between #bryophytes and #angiosperms to decode desiccation tolerance

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👆 A #Commentary by @RoseAMarks1 on this article by Zhang et al.
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New Article: "Convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses" rdcu.be/dLwrw

Analysis of diverse resurrection grasses reveals significant genetic convergence and parallel evolution, suggesting a shared foundation for adapting to extreme drought.

A groundbreaking new collaborative @NaturePlants paper led by @RoseAMarks1, a @michiganstateu PRI postdoc fellow in the @bob_vanburen Lab, sheds new light on the evolutionary origins & mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants. Read more: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/marks…

happy to share our recent work on the convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses, out in @NaturePlants today. big thx to coauthors @DrLlewelynV, Ian Gilman, Jenny Schuster, and @bob_vanburen. support from @WALIIAnhydro, @MSU_PRI, and @NSF
nature.com/articles/s4147…

such a fabulous event! big thanks to the organizers and excellent speakers who came together to make this happen :)

advancedsciencenews.com/rose-marks-a-b… fun interview with friend and colleague Jenna Folgeras

our newest paper is out in JXB today :) academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-ar…

short interview from our recent field trip surveying South African resurrection grasses youtube.com/watch?v=X4_ZVO… thanks @AgriOrbit for the coverage, @iBioIllinois for providing me with a platform to grow this work and @WALIIAnhydro and @MSU_PRI for support along the way

big s/o to my amazing team @DrLlewelynV, @olivia_carmo, @Yandisandzekuu and Michael Witttenberg who braved thunderstorms, scorching heat, and endless gravel roads to get these collections