Had a great time at an art–science–design–food technology evening on oxygen @Droog. Was really fun to share our #UUplants research on oxygen sensing to such a diverse audience. Thanks to @yevkravt.bsky.social. I'd love do more events like this! #ScienceCommunication #ArtAndScience

The N-degron pathways move from basic to applied science. This pathway will prove to be of key importance for agricultural improvement. Very happy to have been a part of this work led by Chen Lin and colleagues. #plantscience #nendrule #hypoxia nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Generation of Brassica napus with enhanced Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance through CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated inhibition of the PROTEOLYSIS6 N‐degron pathway

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Tiny shoot apical meristems demand precision and patience. During my PhD, I measured oxygen directly by inserting a 3 or 10 µm microsensor into the meristem. Very happy that this work is now published in Molecular Plant. Link: doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...

Multifaceted roles of MTL/NLD/PLA1 in plant reproduction: In addition of inducing haploid embryos, loss of OsMTL function in rice 🌾 could lead to triploid embryo formation !! @newphyt.bsky.social ▶️ doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Annual experimental plant sciences meeting in the Netherlands. Here we go!

Today it’s @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social Annual Meeting. I am happy to present one of my favorite projects developed together with @panicuccigabriele.bsky.social, @jannehageman.bsky.social, and @daanweits.bsky.social, which has resulted in a tool for studying oxygen distribution in plant tissues.

Thanks for your hospitality @thomaswidiez.bsky.social Chatting with the excellent scientists at @rdplab.bsky.social was like a breath of fresh air!

Thomas WIDIEZ@thomaswidiez.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Great discussions today with @daanweits.bsky.social who visited our @rdplab.bsky.social in Lyon, France. Plenty of fresh ideas on plant oxygen sensing, the room definitely had good O₂ levels! 🌱🫧

What features are required to shape hypoxic niches enclosing meristems? We @viktoriiavoloboeva.bsky.social in collab @pieterverboven.bsky.social found that a combination of cuticle barrier, densely packed tissue and metabolic activity all uniquely contribute to maintain shoot apical meristem hypoxia

Great to see this out: Plants respond very fast (within 5-10 minutes 😱) to hypoxia and the N-degron pathway can be sufficient for this rapid induction. Congrats @mikellavi.bsky.social and team!

Mikel Lavilla-Puerta@mikellavi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Finally officially out!! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We moved the main oxygen sensing machinery from plants to yeast and we learned a few things!

#JobAlert #PhD 🌱 We are offering a PhD project to explore how transcription factors have shaped the evolution of plant protective barriers. We will support suitable candidates in applying to the @unistra.fr Graduate School competition. Interested? Please get in touch for more information!

What features are required to shape hypoxic niches enclosing meristems? We @viktoriiavoloboeva.bsky.social in collab @pieterverboven.bsky.social found that a combination of cuticle barrier, densely packed tissue and metabolic activity all uniquely contribute to maintain shoot apical meristem hypoxia

🚨 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

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/...

Great opportunity!

@hans-van-veen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Are you, or do you know someone that is excited to do a PhD in plant biology. We are happy to offer a position to explore physiology, gene regulatory networks and wild species. Come join our team in a stimulating scientific environment at the University of Groningen! werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...

Awesome group, supportive supervisor and a really interesting project. What's not to like? Check out this open PhD position in @dorotakawa.bsky.social team!

Dorota Kawa@dorotakawa.bsky.social · 7mo ago

PhD position open in my team @uuplants.bsky.social ! Join us to investigate how sorghum roots interact with recently discovered Suberin-Inducing Microbes! More details: www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Please share!

New in Science of Plants: "Inferring hypoxia-responsive regulators of cell fate in plant meristems throughsingle-cell transcriptomics" rdcu.be/eXYvw

Rainfall patterns during barley seed development underlie genomic variation for germination after flooding (Eva Maria Gómez-Álvarez , Margherita Marazzini , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

Rainfall patterns during barley seed development underlie genomic variation for germination after flooding

Barley's adaptation to rainfall patterns is associated with genetic variations that contribute to controlling seed germination after flooding.

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The University of Toulouse has 44 postdoc positions to fill (Horizon Europe MSCA-COFUND). My lab is looking for candidates to apply and work on how plants regulate cell surface levels of receptors or transporters in response to heat. Please DM me if interested! tiris.univ-toulouse.fr/en/programs/...

We are beyond excited to reveal the full line-up for our Environmental Signaling in Plants summer school 2026! Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!

Finishing the symposium with our second keynote @apmahonen.bsky.social - so many cool and impactful stories rolled into his talk!

EPS Theme 1 (plant development) symposium today in Utrecht! Exciting talks so far and very lively Q&As! Proud to be part of this community 🌱 @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social @violawillemsen.bsky.social @renskevroomans.bsky.social @uuplants.bsky.social

New lab / new life 🌱 The Julian Lab is now open at the Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (IMPB), BOKU University 🇦🇹 We explore how plants defend their vacuoles and how vacuoles defend them! 🛡️ Excited to collaborate with @angegross.bsky.social’s lab. #PlantBiology #Vacuole #VQC #BOKU #IMPB

How does leaf age affect flood resilience? 🌿🌊 New preprint from @rsasidharan.bsky.social with a little help from us www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Leaf-age specific flood resilience in Arabidopsis thaliana is determined by distinct processes contributing to post-submergence recovery

While the molecular mechanisms mediating submergence tolerance have been extensively studied, those underpinning age-dependent resilience remain poorly characterized. In Arabidopsis thaliana, submerge...

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Stoked to share our review advocating a whole plant perspective on resource balancing strategies with Joe Earle, Lucila Salvatore, Bas van den Herik and Kirsten ten Tusscher How coupling resources and development ensures whole plant homeostasis url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

Happy to share our recent thoughts on how grasses form and pattern stomata doi.org/10.1016/j.pb... 🌾From fate establishment, through within-file patterning to dumbbell formation🌾 Congrats to @lbmountain.bsky.social on getting two publications out in a single day - a first for the lab!

#ThrowbackThursday to last week Thursday at #ISPLORE2025JP where we took a group picture of our fantastic community. Missing those conferences vibes? Scroll back through the #ISPLORE2025JP hashtag for some of the best moments 🌱🌊

How did oxygen-sensing evolve in plants? In collaboration with @syno2xis.bsky.social Great work from @lauradc.bsky.social et. al. #plantscience @leverhulme.ac.uk “ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia” www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia

Short summary:This study investigates the evolution of the low-oxygen response in land plants mediated by group VII Ethylene Response Factors (ERFVIIs). We identified conserved transcriptional signatu...

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Happy to share that our multi-omic analysis comparing two Arabidopsis accessions is now published 🌿 The first story from our @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa #plant #proteostasis project. A great collaboration between @rothamsted.bsky.social @richardmott.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk and Kathryn Lilley at Cambridge.

Richard Mott@richardmott.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We have just published a paper in Genome Biology, rdcu.be/eIMLf. We explore the information flow between genome, gene body methylation, transcriptome, translatome and proteome in Arabidopsis. This is part of a BBSRC-funded collaboration with UCL, Rothamsted Research and University of Cambridge.

Join us at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht to start your research group! Fantastic scientific environment, strong support, and nice colleagues :) Apply and please share broadly in your network.

Hubrecht Institute@hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Ready to establish your own research group at the Hubrecht Institute for Molecular and Developmental Biology? We’re seeking a tenure-track group leader to develop an innovative research line within our vibrant scientific community. Learn more & apply! https://f.mtr.cool/jncxfqkuds

Great to see the hard work of Dani Amat, Janne Hageman and @viktoriiavoloboeva.bsky.social is appreciated by the #ISPLORE2025JP community!