Assistant Professor at Utrecht University Functional genomics in plant environmental responses and development. @ucdavis Alumni First Gen. He/Him. thejolab.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3mkzgyuzoik23Less than a week left to apply! Come join us at UU Plants! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzgyuzoik23https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3mjmjowe2ec26I'm very excited to announce that the Jo Lab is hiring our FIRST EVER PhD candidate! f you're eager to drive discovery in plants, join us at UU Plants! More info: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-position-in-the-role-of-cell-identity-in-shaping-plant-stress-responses Lab website: thejolab.org #Plantbiology #Phd #Job16 Apr 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmjowe2ec26https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3mhqcnb4vac2iIt's been a while, but I've finally found the time to included additional maps to ggPlantmap (github.com/leonardojo/ggplantmap), thanks to the contribution of the community.23 Mar 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqcnb4vac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3mgmvkld4lc26The Jo Lab website is up! thejolab.org I expect to announce 1 PhD position and 1 Postdoc position in the spring of 2026 (April-May). Stay tuned! https://thejolab.org/09 Mar 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmvkld4lc26https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3mbwneeh5vc2rI'm very happy to announce that starting February 2026, I'm joining Utrecht University as an Assistant Professor!!!08 Jan 2026 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwneeh5vc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3l4eghnxmn52lToday we celebrated the "graduation" of our UU_plants Rclub 2024! We hope to keep empowering young researchers to improve their R skills! Special highlight for the great cake made by PhD candidate Dani (bottom left)! #Rstudio #tidyverse17 Sep 2024 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3l4eghnxmn52lhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3l2s2ziwqwk26It took me SEVEN years to figure out that you can save a ggplot as a vectorized .svg file ggsave("file.svg"). The svg file can be opened on pptx/ai/inkspace and it will be completely vectorized, even text are still recognized as text boxes! No more recreating plots on illustrator!!!!28 Aug 2024 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2s2ziwqwk26https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kyy6w4okiz2bVery happy to share this review with @mnodine1 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369526624001031 Here, we describe what is known (or unknown) about the mechanisms of chromatin reprogramming during the early embryogenesis in plants. A lot of exciting questions that still need to be explored. #plantbiology05 Aug 2024 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyy6w4okiz2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kqb6oouaxm2s[Beta test] ggPlantmap + shinyapp. Seeking help from the community: I created a function that allows users to create interactive shiny apps to navigate through multiple values (ex: genes) on top of their #ggPlantmap.16 Apr 2024 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqb6oouaxm2shttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kpv5kogao42cOMG! My great mentor John Harada is the recipient of the @aspbofficial.bsky.social Stephen Hales award 2024! This is HUUUGE! He just entered the plant biology hall of fame! Im so happy for him!11 Apr 2024 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpv5kogao42chttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kpsdkvpioe2sThe EPS best mentor award goes tooooo.. @kaisakajala.bsky.social !! I'm a bit biased but I believe it was really well deserved!!! 🤣10 Apr 2024 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpsdkvpioe2shttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kmvjf2q3a32qThe final version of the ggPlantmap is out at @jxbotany.bsky.social https://academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jxb/erae043/7603457 Come for the information, stay for the beautiful figures! We hope it can encourage people to create their own eFP-viewer!04 Mar 2024 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmvjf2q3a32qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kmuz72pvc523The final version of the ggPlantmap is out at @JXBot https://academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jxb/erae043/7603457… Come for the information, stay for the beautiful figures! We hope it can encourage people to create their own eFP-viewer!04 Mar 2024 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmuz72pvc523https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kmnnrujwho2sEverything makes sense now... #chickpea #plantbio01 Mar 2024 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmnnrujwho2shttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kkt5pmonqm2taRt: Building a root barrier. Built using: ggPlantmap and rayshader #plantbio #bioart07 Feb 2024 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkt5pmonqm2thttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kk2bwfslpb2dI’m happy to finally submit the final chapter of my PhD dissertation. Here we studied a very known TF in the field of seed lipid content - WRINKLED1. To our surprise, this was the first comprehensive study of genome-wide binding pattern of WRI1. #plantbio #seeds #lipids [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2024 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kk2bwfslpb2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kj7igcakfa2uNote: ggPlantmap small update (v1.1). ggPlantmap.to.SVG() converts your ggPlantmap into a SVG file that is compatible with an ePlant EFP pipeline or any graphic software (like powerpoint). The polygons will be grouped based on an assigned column.17 Jan 2024 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kj7igcakfa2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kgvuvzs2rr27If you use the background_image() function from ggpubr (https://rpkgs.datanovia.com/ggpubr/reference/background_image.html…), you can display your ggPlantmap on top of a image. There is a small y-axis offset, but it can do the trick. I will work on implementing this function whenever I have some free time. #ggPlantmap19 Dec 2023 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgvuvzs2rr27https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kglvnvckb32615 Dec 2023 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kglvnvckb326https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kgl4yy2zhn2zYou are welcome chatgpt.15 Dec 2023 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgl4yy2zhn2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kfvcalewdc2cContrary to my previous belief, root size doesn't seem to determine the number of xylem poles. Legume roots of different "thickness" can display 3 or 4 xylem poles. What could be the genetic basis (evo-devo) of different xylem pole numbers? #rootbiology #plantbiology06 Dec 2023 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfvcalewdc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kfpla53z5q22Our ggPlantmap manuscript is out at biorxiv. A bit awkward writing it honestly, but we made it! At the same time, I've seen some people using it and creating nice maps! I hope it empowers people to find new ways to explore their data! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2023 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfpla53z5q22https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kdtkogfhgh26Great work by bachelor student Martijn Posthumus during his 10-week internship. He built tagged versions of GFP that are transported to different cellular compartments. We will use it to study protein sub-cellular localization in plants. #plantbiology #protoplasts #GFP10 Nov 2023 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdtkogfhgh26https://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kcqdpmapd62iRoot protoplasts (+ fluorescein diacetate) #ROOTS #protoplasts #plantbio27 Oct 2023 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcqdpmapd62ihttps://bsky.app/profile/leonardojo.bsky.social/post/3kbzso2hjup27Minas Tirith - root cells version #aRt18 Oct 2023 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:qps45kxmmsc2m64wpmskflll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbzso2hjup27