Olivia Hazelwood

Olivia Hazelwood

@ohazel.bsky.social

Researching plant cellular and developmental biology at the Ashraf Lab of UBC. @corylus_L on X

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Arif Ashraf
@aribidopsis.bsky.social

(1/17) We are excited to share the Ashraf and Gallagher labs collaboration on cell cycle regulation during environmental stress recovery in Arabidopsis, Brachypodium, and ryegrass.

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Cell cycle follows pause and play mechanism in environment stress recovery in diverse plant species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646900v1

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Arif Ashraf
@aribidopsis.bsky.social

🔬☘️ Congratulations to Cecilia Rodriguez-Furlan's lab, @adrienheymans.bsky.social, and @srobertgroup.bsky.social for the recent preprint. @ohazel.bsky.social and I are very grateful to contribute to the article from our lab. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

researchsquare.comRegulation of vacuole fusion, a pivotal mechanism mitigating salt-induced inhibition of root cell growthVacuoles are essential for plant growth and morphogenesis. Vacuoles fused under normal conditions, promoting cell elongation and organ growth. Changes in vacuole dynamics affect root growth, but how t...
Adrien Heymans@adrienheymans.bsky.social

🧪🌱Preprint: "Regulation of vacuole fusion, a pivotal mechanism mitigating salt-induced inhibition of root cell growth" It shows that low-salt stress inhibits vacuole fusion, but may serve as a protective mechanism! 📜Betz et al., 2025 dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.... #PlantSciences

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Olivia Hazelwood
@ohazel.bsky.social

(4/5) – But there is still always room for improvement in plant cell cycle markers. We proposed the combination of two existing marker lines (PCNA-GFP and tubulin marker) to visualize all stages of the cell cycle, including each stage of mitosis.

Olivia Hazelwood
@ohazel.bsky.social

(2/5) – You may already know that cell cycle marker lines have progressed much further in animals compared to plants. But why? It’s because in plants, there are challenges associated with developing a FUCCI equivalent marker. We go into more detail regarding this in the review.

Olivia Hazelwood
@ohazel.bsky.social

(3/5) – Luckily, plant cell biologists have become very creative to circumvent the challenges of developing a FUCCI equivalent marker. This figure summarizes the four markers that have helped visualize each stage of the cell cycle so far. Feel free to use this illustration.

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Arif Ashraf
@aribidopsis.bsky.social

Another successful semester of organizing Microscopy Monday! This semester, the heavy lifting was done by Olivia @ohazel.bsky.social for co-organizing each sessions. We are grateful to amazing speakers and cell biologists to contribute to the Microscopy Monday workshop series.

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