The Pallavi Singh Lab

OryzaNet is a new BBSRC-funded rice research network launching Spring 2026.

We are inviting researchers, social scientists, stakeholders & innovators to register interest ahead of launch.

www.oryzanet.com

We are thrilled to welcome Tingting to @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social as our new Postdoctoral Researcher! 🌿Tingting joins us to explore the fascinating biology of mistletoe. We are excited to see her expertise in our group! 🌳 Welcome to the team, Tingting!

#PlantScience

The Pallavi Singh Lab is growing! 🌱 We are thrilled to welcome Alex Meadows to the team as our newest Research Assistant. Alex will be diving into our mistletoe and banana research and helping us push the boundaries of #PlantScience.

Postdocs are the hidden powerhouse of academia. I am proud to have started the journey to rebuild an active and sustainable postdoc association at the School of Life Science, Essex

We are kicking off Postdoc Appreciation Day, organised by @crispus-mbaluto.bsky.social, Virginie Mengin and Lizzie Archer! A fantastic opportunity to celebrate the hard work, creativity and impact of our postdoctoral researchers. Let's get started! 🎉🔬 #PostdocAppreciationDay

Come join our group for an exciting PhD program!

Augmenting Urban Tree Canopies with Mistletoe: Enhancing Air Quality, Biodiversity, and Wellbeing in a Changing Climate at University of Essex on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Augmenting Urban Tree Canopies with Mistletoe: Enhancing Air Quality, Biodiversity, and Wellbeing in a Changing Climate at University of Essex, listed on FindAPhD.com

A fully funded, fun PhD to enhance urban tree canopies with mistletoe to increase air quality, biodiversity, and well-being - all within a creative, collaborative molecular physiology and synthetic biology research environment.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We are celebrating @crispus-mbaluto.bsky.social from the Pallavi Singh Lab as he reflects on his inspiring career journey so far! 🌿

We are excited to welcome Ella Whiteley, our new Master's student, to the Singh Lab! 🌱 Ella will be joining us to explore aquaporins and water transport to improve water-use efficiency in rice🌾
#PlantScience

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Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate.

PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Deadline: October 15.

Another exciting opportunity to be a part of our team!!

Please spread the news.

Exciting opportunity. Come work with us @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

We are looking for a PDRA for the PlantPlug project, turning parasitic plants into programmable bio-modules! Using mistletoe as a novel chassis, we are exploring the frontiers of inter-species communication.
Apply online by 15/10/2025.
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#PlantSciencesJobs

vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

📢Come work with us! We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the ARIA-funded PlantPlug project🌱 Be part of pioneering work turning mistletoe into programmable plant biointerfaces🧬

More information: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

#PlantScience #PostdocJobs #SyntheticBiology

Christmas came early to the Pallavi Singh Lab this year! Thrilled to welcome another brand-new Gen 2000 Conviron, a fantastic boost to our plant growth facilities in the Plant Productivity Group at Essex

#PlastidPreview2025
A big thank you to all our excellent presenters and participants for making this meeting such a stimulating and engaging event. Grateful to be part of the inspiring Plastid Biology community!!

Rose presenting

Rose standing in front of a screen reading 'Generating giant starch granules in wheat'

The second and final day of #PlastidPreview2025 has been really insightful! I enjoyed networking with other early career researchers and it was an honour to present my work from my post doc. I was so pleased that so many people enjoyed hearing about starch and the many fruitful followup discussions!

A huge round of applause for our
conference prize winners! Congratulations to Jessica Moon, James Vanstone, Anoop Tripathi, Rhiannon Durant, Daisy Bown and Ryo Tachibana! Your outstanding research was a highlight of the conference #PlastidPreview2025

To wrap things up, we have @ryotachibana.bsky.social‬ from the Molecular Physiology group at @camplantsci.bsky.social‬, who is discussing how certain proteins maintain chloroplast and etioplast homeostasis in Arabidopsis. A great final talk! #PlastidPreview2025

Next, we have Dušan Živković from the Bolla Lab at @ox.ac.uk‬. He is presenting on mass spectrometry techniques to study Rubisco heterogeneity in crops🌾 Exciting research! #PlastidPreview2025

After lunch, we have Virginie Mengin from the @rainca.bsky.social research group at @universityofessex.bsky.social presenting on non-transgenic approaches to enhance photosynthetic efficiency in crops🌾 A very relevant topic! #PlastidPreview2025

The stage is set for the speaker in Session IV Ousmane Dao from the University of York, who is redefining algal photorespiration. #PlastidPreview2025

We are now joined by @rosemcn.bsky.social‬ from the @johninnescentre.bsky.social‬, who is sharing her work on generating giant starch granules in wheat. What a fantastic project! #PlastidPreview2025

@erickramonerick.bsky.social‬ from the @unisouthampton.bsky.social is up next! He is talking about enhancing photosynthesis and nutritional value in tomato by manipulating chloroplast development. So interesting! 🍅 #PlastidPreview2025

Time for a tour! We are
now off to visit the Plant Growth Facility at the @universityofessex.bsky.social. This is a fantastic opportunity for everyone to see some of the amazing infrastructure supporting plant science research. #PlastidPreview2025

Many thanks to @thepallavisingh.bsky.social and @cavycavs.bsky.social for organising and hosting a great meeting. #PlastidPreview2025

Next up in Session III, we have David Pearce from the Webster Lab at @johninnescentre.bsky.social‬, presenting on the structural basis of chloroplast translation. Let's get into the details! 🔬

We are kicking off Session III with Daisy Bown from the @unisouthampton.bsky.social, who will be discussing how TaPIF3 regulates chloroplast development in hexaploid wheat🌾. A great way to begin the session! 🌱

Good morning plant scientists! Day two of #PlastidPreview2025 is officially underway. We are starting with our keynote presentation from Greg Reeves of Plant and Food, New Zealand, who will be sharing a career talk on transitioning from academia to industry. A must-see! 🚀

🌿 A big thank you to Plant Biotechnology Journal for sponsoring the Poster Session at #PlastidPreview2025! 🧬✨
Your support helps early career researchers share their exciting work and spark new collaborations.

@sebiology.bsky.social
@johnathan-n.bsky.social