Congratulations to Shuyang Cheng on the successful completion of his DPhil viva today! 👏
We are delighted to celebrate this important milestone and all the hard work that has gone into your research. Well done, Dr. Cheng! 🥂 @ShuyangC87304
🌱Our new preprint in @biorxiv_plants uncovers a novel role for Toc90 in regulating chloroplast senescence and photosynthetic protein abundance in Arabidopsis.
📄:biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
🥼🧪🌱 An overdue celebratory post as the Jarvis group settles into our new digs in Oxford's new Life and Mind Building @OxfordBiology
Another great @EMBO workshop on Advances and New Frontiers in Protein Translocation Across Membranes! Until next time!
🌱 New paper in @TrendsPlantSci, "Ubiquitin signalling redefines nutrient trade-offs in crops". Engineered E3 ligases rebalance root-shoot growth and pair cold tolerance with better phosphate uptake, a new route to climate-resilient crop breeding.
📄: doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.20…
Jarvis Lab retweeted
Pleased to contribute to this @NatureComms review by @PaulJarvisLab comparing ERAD, mitochondrial quality control pathways, and CHLORAD, highlighting conserved mechanisms and organelle-specific adaptations. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Check out our new review of Cdc48-dependent proteolysis at the ER, mitochondria and chloroplasts, now published in @NatureComms:
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
🧪Researcher Spotlight:
Meet Anne, a DPhil student investigating the role of CDC48 adaptor proteins in the CHLORAD pathway, and Nic, a visiting student from Heidelberg, who is assisting Anne in studying the roles of specific TIC components in chloroplast protein import.
Yesterday we said goodbye to Mudassar, a visiting postdoctoral researcher in the Jarvis Group studying the role of TOC75 in TOC complex assembly. Wishing you the very best in your future endeavours! @AwanCemb16318
Celebrating our colleague, Weifeng Zhang today who received the Star in Plants Award from the Molecular Plant Biology Section of @OxfordBiology @UniofOxford for his contributions to research on CHLORAD!
Congratulations, Weifeng!
Now published in @NatureComms! Check it out: nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Our new study characterizes the assembly of two functionally distinct chloroplast protein import complexes (TOC-P and TOC-N) in the outer membrane of plant chloroplasts.
Huge thanks to @IvanAhelLab and @SKhalidLab, for a fantastic collaboration!
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
🌱Exciting Opportunity!
The Jarvis Group is recruiting a Research Assistant to study the mechanism and structure of the chloroplast-associated protein degradation (CHLORAD) system.
Term: 3 years
Application Deadline: 12 noon, 19 June 2026
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
Interested in protein targeting and translocation?
Register for the upcoming EMBO workshop set in the stunning Spanish resort near Girona/Barcelona (Eden Roch).
Deadlines: abstract submission (1st June) and registration (30th June)
meetings.embo.org/event/26-p…
Our new study characterizes the assembly of two functionally distinct chloroplast protein import complexes (TOC-P and TOC-N) in the outer membrane of plant chloroplasts.
Huge thanks to @IvanAhelLab and @SKhalidLab, for a fantastic collaboration!
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Jarvis Lab retweeted
Membranous translation platforms in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (Yi Sun, Shiva Bakhtiari, Melissa Valente-Paterno, Heng Jiang, William Zerges) academic.oup.com/plphys/adva… @YiSun94609169 @biologyatCU @OxfordBiology @ASPB #PlantSci
Jarvis Lab retweeted
We provide comprehensive evidence for non-canonical chloroplast membranes as key platforms for translation and biogenesis, supporting an ‘assembly line’ model for thylakoid membrane formation in Chlamydomonas.
It’s out! Membranous translation platforms in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii academic.oup.com/plphys/arti… Grateful for the constructive feedback from reviewers!
🚀 Exciting postdoc opportunity! Join the Jarvis Lab @OxfordBiology and help unravel the assembly of the chloroplast TOC-TIC translocon! Our well-funded lab offers a great environment for ground-breaking research! 🔬🌱
Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
🌱 Exciting opportunity in the Jarvis Lab @OxfordBiology! We're hiring a 3-year Research Assistant to study the structure & function of the plant chloroplast protein import machinery.
🔬 Help us resolve the structure of the TOC-TIC translocon! Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…
We're hiring! Seeking a postdoc (or Grade 6 role with adjusted responsibilities) to investigate the molecular functions of the CHLORAD system. Join us to unravel its intricate details! Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… @OxfordBiology






























