Very happy to share our collaborative study revealing a novel recruitment mode for Polycomb at the chromatin: The 1st cryoEM structure of a plant PRC2 complex, in presence/absence of the ULT1 cofactor! 👍🏻 @UGrenobleAlpes @IBS_Grenoble @LPCV_Grenoble @institut_curie www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

ULTRAPETALA1 remodels PRC2 recruitment to nucleosomes

Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) establishes transcriptional repression through trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3), a modification essential for developmental patterning. Here, we d...

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🌺 How does a hibiscus flower pattern its petals? A new computational model reveals hidden "boundary" cells can spontaneously emerge during flower development, helping to create stable petal patterns. Prediction confirmed experimentally! 🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/how-hib... #PlantsInTheSpotlight

Now published in @natcomms.nature.com! Check it out: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Assembly of two functionally-distinct protein import complexes in the outer membrane of plant chloroplasts - Nature Communications

Chloroplasts import thousands of nucleus-encoded proteins via multiprotein translocons. The authors elucidate the assembly and molecular architecture of the outer-membrane TOC translocon (the import “...

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Jarvis Lab@pauljarvislab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our new study characterises 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 @Ivan Ahel's lab and @sykhalid.bsky.social's lab, for a fantastic collaboration! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

With new law, European Union can more quickly greenlight gene-edited crops www.science.org/content/arti...

With new law, European Union can more quickly greenlight gene-edited crops

Final political hurdle overcome, easing regulation of certain modified plants

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With an intense end if term, I caught this a little late. I’m no less excited, however, by a decision that will benefit people and planet. Finally! www.eu-sage.eu/index.php/no...

So proud to share our latest publication @CellCellPress! Yue Rui reveals that the same enzyme that makes the wall, cellulose synthase complex (CESA), also tethers the plasma membrane to the wall during water-deficit stress, providing resilience. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Now online! Plant cell wall-plasma membrane attachments mediate stress resilience through cellulose synthase complexes and remorins

Plant cell wall-plasma membrane attachments mediate stress resilience through cellulose synthase complexes and remorins

In plants, cell wall-plasma membrane attachments become evident upon severe water loss. These attachments depend on cellulose synthase complexes and remorins and mediate resilience under water stress.

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We are excited to be recruiting into 3 Associate Professorship's in @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social. Come join us as a colleague and benefit from our vibrant and multidisciplinary environment. Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! (tinyurl.com/48deybuu) (tinyurl.com/4pdvjaft).

📣 VACANCY: Postdoc/Research Assistant in the Kamoun group @kamounlab.bsky.social Join the team to work on the biology and applications of plant immune receptors 🌱 Applications will be reviewed from 16 March 2026 onwards www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t... #PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs

Postdoctoral Researcher / Research Assistant - Kamoun Lab

Biology and Applications of Plant Immune Receptors

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Registration for the 13th PhD School on Plant Development is open! 🌾 🔬 🌺 🧬 🌵 🧪 Deadline: June 30, 2026 Link to registration form forms.gle/tbmUxaw2vmEn... Cost: €350.- (incl. board, lodging and social event) For details re payment and abstracts see form or homepage raissiglab.org/plantdevosch...

The Lancet spells out the case against RFK Jr so clearly. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... (1/4🧵)

🌱 🚨Postdoc position – Plant Chromatin Biology (Strasbourg) Grob and Jullien Lab - details attached 📅 Apply by March 30, 2026 📩 stefan.grob@cnrs.fr Please share with anyone who might be interested! #Postdoc #PlantScience #Epigenetics #Chromatin

🚨 PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology 🌱 We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share! #PlantScience #PlantSciJob

Register for the Mendel Early Career Symposium by March 13th to be considered for a talk. Join #Mendel_ECR_26 at the GMI, part of the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social, to discuss the latest in plant science and network with researchers across career stages. Register: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...

Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you! 1/n

Evaluate the product , not the method, so much more justified

Nature Biotechnology@natbiotech.nature.com · 5mo ago

Re-evaluating the site-directed nuclease classification as a regulatory trigger for genome-edited plant products go.nature.com/4rhghjQ

We are very excited to share a new resource from our team: spatial subcellular proteome maps in plants! We developed an MS-based method that registers localizations of about 8000 proteins in Arabidopsis roots in a single experiment. (1/9) www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

🪴Postdoc position - UT Austin, TX, USA - Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptation to Underwater Environment/Genome Editing🪴 Do you love amphibious/aquatic plants? Then consider applying to the position! See the attached ads. utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...

Q&A with Miltos Tsiantis, who studies plant development and is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne. www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Interview with Miltos Tsiantis, who studies plant development and is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne.

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Highly recommended EMBO Workshop on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026) in Les Diablerets, Switzerland! (even if I may be slightly biased...) Registration open. We are very much looking forward to seeing you there! ⬇️

Please consider attending this conference in the Swiss Alps meetings.embo.org/event/26-pla... . Exciting science & great venue, lots of opportunities for selected talks from abstracts. Join the conversation on Bluesky with #EMBOispp2026

Please consider attending this conference in the Swiss Alps meetings.embo.org/event/26-pla... . Exciting science & great venue, lots of opportunities for selected talks from abstracts. Join the conversation on Bluesky with #EMBOispp2026

I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate. Please RT, many thanks career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree... career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

1 JOUR = 1 INFO SUR LA CRÉATION VARIÉTALE J87 A retrouver sur Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DT2jPkqje9...

It’s 2026 and one of the first things that has happened is that a major news outlet has announced that it will no longer seek information from experts. I don’t think this is gonna help with what I think is the most existential threat to our society currently: disinformation.

We are pleased to announce the official release of PLAZA 5.1, our plant genomics platform, which comes with a major front-end redesign. This results in improved performance, enhanced visualization tools, and refined Toolboxes. Src: www.vandepoelelab.be/plaza/news#28

Accessible chromatin enables rapid recruitment of PIFs to induce expression of shade-induced genes! doi.org/10.1186/s130.... Particularly proud of the excellent work of Sandi Paulišić and Alessandra Boccaccini. Many thanks to all authors who made it happen. @unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social

Transcriptional dynamics and chromatin accessibility in the regulation of shade-responsive genes in Arabidopsis - Genome Biology

Background Open chromatin regions host DNA regulatory motifs that are accessible to transcription factors and the transcriptional machinery. In Arabidopsis, responses to light are heavily regulated at...

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We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in Les Diablerets 🇨🇭 for the International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026), Sept. 8-11, 2026! @martinalegris.bsky.social @emiliedemarsy.bsky.social @chfankhauser.bsky.social @plantphotobiology.bsky.social ➡️ See the links below.

ISPP2026@ispphotobiology.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🌿🌈 Less than a year for ISPP 2026 in Switzerland! 🇨🇭 Check our website ispp2026.unine.ch for more details.

Researchers use less and less hedges (may, might, perhaps, probably ...) in their papers. Or in other words papers are becoming more like biblical texts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Promoting research by reducing uncertainty in academic writing: a large-scale diachronic case study on hedging in Science research articles across 25 years - Scientometrics

Hedges are important in academic writing since they indicate uncertainty and tentativeness about academic knowledge. However, few studies explore how hedges have changed in academic writing overtime. ...

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🌿🌈 Less than a year for ISPP 2026 in Switzerland! 🇨🇭 Check our website ispp2026.unine.ch for more details.