assistant professor. resurrection plants, ecophysiology and genomics of stress tolerance. she/her
University of Illinois
Joined March 2018
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Rose A Marks retweeted
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-…
ALT Dr. Rose Marks and field assistant Yandisa Ndzeku sample resurrection grasses at the Free State National Botanical Garden in Bloemfontein, South Africa. These grasses can survive near-total dehydration, offering key insights into the biology of desiccation tolerance.
Rose A Marks retweeted
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/s41467-0… @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/s41467-0…
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
youtube.com/watch?v=MGEZUmmv…
Rose A Marks retweeted
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 #climateresilience & safeguarding global #foodsecurity. Meaningful inclusion of stakeholders in Global South will ensure these innovations benefit those most in need.
happy to see our recent work highlighted in PNAS front matter. pnas.org/post/journal-club/o…
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) buff.ly/3xSNCMm
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/s41477-0…
Rose A Marks retweeted
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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Rose A Marks retweeted
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.
Rose A Marks retweeted
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-…
ALT A headshot of Dr. Rose Marks in a white shirt and bright green blazer against a gray background is on the left side of the image next to a close-up photo of a green blade of Microchloa caffra that has gone to seed on the right side of the image
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/s41477-0…
such a fabulous event! big thanks to the organizers and excellent speakers who came together to make this happen :)
Thank you to everyone from around the world who participated in the First International Summit on Plant Resilience! Together, let us sow the seeds of discovery, innovation, and collaboration in the field of #plantresilience.
ALT Almost 200 hundred participants for day two of the First International Summit on Plant Resilience stand on an indoor bridge smiling at a camera aimed from above.
ALT A world map with several countries colored green to show where participants are traveling from to attend the First International Summit on Plant Resilience.
advancedsciencenews.com/rose… fun interview with friend and colleague Jenna Folgeras
our newest paper is out in JXB today :) academic.oup.com/jxb/advance…
short interview from our recent field trip surveying South African resurrection grasses youtube.com/watch?v=X4_ZVOPu… 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