Public lectures, research talks and interviews featuring José and the lab. Each video plays here on the page.
The Hidden World of Plant Roots
Science Communication Lab · 2025 · 11 min
A short documentary following the lab underground. José explains why the half of the plant we never see determines how well it survives drought, and the film shows the imaging approaches the lab uses to watch roots grow in soil.
My Plant Biology Story
NAASC · March 2023 · 60 min
A talk in the North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee series on the paths people take into plant science: what drew José to biology, the detours and obstacles along the way, and what he has learned, followed by an extended Q&A with the audience.
Innovative, Inclusive, and Integrative Plant Science Outreach
NAASC, Seeds of Change symposium, UC Davis · November 2018 · 8 min
A short overview of how plant science can reach beyond the lab, presented at a symposium on using plants to broaden the impact of science in society.
Between the Palms: an interview on roots
Plantae, Plant Biology 2017, Oahu · October 2017 · 15 min
A conversational interview with Rishi Masalia covering how José came to plant biology, what the lab studies, and where the frontiers lie in understanding how plants respond to their environment.
Stressed! How plants cope through dynamic responses
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting, Walnut Creek · March 2016 · 32 min
A research talk on how plants respond to water limitation and salinity across scales, from changes within single cell types to the architecture of the whole root system.
Roots and the Hidden Half of Plant Biology
Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC · March 2014 · 57 min
A public lecture on why the root system, invisible in daily life, is central to understanding how plants respond to a changing environment, and why that knowledge may underpin the next green revolution.
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