Rose A Marks
@RoseAMarks1
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assistant professor. resurrection plants, ecophysiology and genomics of stress tolerance. she/her
University of Illinois
Joined March 2018
RT @WALIIAnhydro: WALII member, @RoseAMarks1 , brought together a team of 39 researchers across the globe to outline a comprehensive roadma….
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RT @naigavkar: Thrilled to share our latest perspective on desiccation-tolerant plants in @NatureComms ! Grateful to @RoseAMarks1 for leadi….
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Nature Communications - Desiccation tolerance is an extreme adaptation to water limitation. Here the authors envisage a roadmap to advance desiccation tolerance research, highlight key knowledge...
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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!
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Nature Communications - Desiccation tolerance is an extreme adaptation to water limitation. Here the authors envisage a roadmap to advance desiccation tolerance research, highlight key knowledge...
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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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RT @brianwong_: Kicking off Day 2️⃣ of #GESDASummit!. @RoseAMarks1 shared her groundbreaking work with desiccation-tolerant plants—offering….
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happy to see our recent work highlighted in PNAS front matter.
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Grasses such as Oropetium capense (left) evolved to survive in extreme drought environments, such as the rocky outcrops of Mpumalanga, South Africa (right). Image credit: Rose Marks, University of...
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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!.
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses (Nature Plants) @RoseAMarks1 @bob_vanburen (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching)
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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!
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RT @NewPhyt: Resurrection #plants revisited: bridging the gap between #bryophytes and #angiosperms to decode desiccation tolerance. 📖 https….
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RT @NaturePlants: New Article: "Convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses" Analysis of diverse resu….
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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.
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Nature Plants - Marks et al. explore the repeated evolution of desiccation tolerance in grasses. Their analysis of diverse resurrection grasses reveals significant genetic convergence and parallel...
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such a fabulous event! big thanks to the organizers and excellent speakers who came together to make this happen :).
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fun interview with friend and colleague Jenna Folgeras.
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Rose Marks uses her climbing skills in remote regions of South Africa to study how water-deprived plants might make drought-tolerant crops.
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our newest paper is out in JXB today :)
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We describe two diverging ecotypes of the resurrection grass Microchloa caffra occuring along an environmental aridity gradient . Our findings provide intr
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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.
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short interview from our recent field trip surveying South African resurrection grasses 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.
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