Excited to share our latest publication! 🎉 Here @sophiezoe.bsky.social reveals an early developmental time window determining initial growth direction of lateral roots. Wonderful collaboration with @wabniklab.bsky.social and @matesf.bsky.social lab www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @cibss.bsky.social

SHOOT GRAVITROPISM 9 links sensory timing to the initial lateral root growth angle | PNAS

Plants strategically respond to gravity and actively set defined growth angles. These gravitropic set-point angles (GSAs) shape the width and depth...

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On Thursdays, you can now socialize and network in our Faculty's botanical gardens whilst enjoying a lovely (iced) coffee & cake from Johanna's Wagencafe ☕🧋🍪 See you there? Bonus: you may even spot the local grass snake (Natrix helvetica) in the ponds whilst viewing the rich diversity of flora. 🌾🐍💦

You know I love #plantscience but I really love watching these guys 😍😎

Faculty of Biology - University of Freiburg@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social · last mo.

On Thursdays, you can now socialize and network in our Faculty's botanical gardens whilst enjoying a lovely (iced) coffee & cake from Johanna's Wagencafe ☕🧋🍪 See you there? Bonus: you may even spot the local grass snake (Natrix helvetica) in the ponds whilst viewing the rich diversity of flora. 🌾🐍💦

Nature Communications is looking for a plant biology editor: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

Associate/ Senior Editor

Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor Locations: Pune, Shanghai, Beijing Application Deadline: 15th July'26 About Springer Nature Springer Nature is one of the leading publishers of research in the wo...

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Such an honor to have been elected as an EMBO member and I am looking forward to contribute to the EMBO community! I got spoiled by my fantastic group today! @embo.org

Umeå Plant Science Centre@umeaplantsciencecentre.se · last mo.

🧪🌾NEWS - Congratulations to @srobertgroup.bsky.social on being elected an EMBO Member!🎉 "I want to share this recognition with the many fantastic members of my research group at UPSC over the years," says Stéphanie Robert. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n... #EMBOMembers2026 @embo.org

I've got something to "TORC" about! 😅 After 4 years building this project at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social, I'm so excited to share that my first independent preprint is now online! ✨ I hope you like it: doi.org/10.64898/202... A short thread... 🧵 #PlantSci #PlantScience

The TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR) kinase controls shade-mediated hypocotyl elongation responses in Arabidopsis.

Plants perceive neighboring vegetation through an enrichment of far-red light (shade) in the environment. These changes in light quality trigger molecular and physiological responses aimed at outgrowi...

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I updated my Falcoponic system writeup to include the new seed starting tray and updated all the links for material purchase. I use these exclusively in my lab for the last 6 years and they've been indispensable. Enjoy! 💚 www.printables.com/model/451575...

Falcoponics Lab Tube Hydroponics System by ATinyGreenCell | Download free STL model | Printables.com

A simple way to make a standing hydroponic system using 50mL falcon tubes and standard hotel food pans. | Download free 3D printable STL models

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While at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social a few months ago to give a seminar, @elkebarbez.bsky.social suggested a cool experiment for our work on hyponasty (upward leaf bending). Our excellent postdoc @lisaoskam.bsky.social put it to the test today using our imaging setup (doi.org/10.1093/plph...).

📣 #JobAlert The Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of @uni-freiburg.de invites applications for a Professorship (W3) for Theoretical Physics with focus on the physics of living systems. ❗ Application Deadline: 19 July, 2026 🔗https://kurzlinks.de/albi #TheoreticalPhysics #LivingSystems

Thanks Cell Wall Community to give our <CellWallCharge group> such a warm welcome on #CellWall2026 in beautiful Porto. We got blessed with a poster price (@chenluliu.bsky.social) and abstract talk (@paulinarm.bsky.social) and enjoyed many great talks, posters and people! Cu soon!

bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?... Curious is how to assess RALF - pectin binding in vitro? Enjoy!

@biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social quality remains phenomenal, unsurprisingly #CellWall2026

Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of new regulations for NGT-derived plants! 🌱💚🧬 This is a huge success, since these technologies can help accelerate plant breeding for increased stress resistance and contribute to more sustainable agriculture. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture | News | European Parliament

Parliament has adopted new rules facilitating access to new plants that are climate and pest resistant, give higher yields and require fewer pesticides.

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Peptide–carbohydrate interactions are everywhere— but how can we measure them in real time? Susan Lauw from the @uni-freiburg.de Signalling Factory developed an open-access protocol on biolayer interferometry (BLI): a label-free method to quantify binding kinetics. bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?...

The RTS (Swiss TV) visited our lab and talked about our recent work on natural variation for suberin in the News yesterday evening! (In French)

Les racines, un espoir pour l'adaptation des plantes face aux stress climatiques - 19h30 - Play RTS

Play RTS vous permet de visionner ou d'écouter de nombreuses émissions tv ou radio, quand et aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.

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"Development is something that happens over time." Today @augustinsvenja.bsky.social (from @simonrdg.bsky.social, @ceplas.bsky.social) showed how CLE40 coordinates developmental timing in the shoot apical meristem, linking WUS regulation and auxin-mediated differentiation. 📅 May 22 #PlantScience

So happy and proud to share our lab’s first #plantscience research article, revealing that angiosperms have the capacity to encode memory of flooding stress. A heroic effort by @aidamaric.bsky.social in collaboration with @djgibbs.bsky.social and others. A brief 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Here’s the press release by @ruhr-uni-bochum.de for our newest publication 🧬✨ “Bacteria use P-body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection” How pathogens rewire host translation via condensates 🔄🌱 #plantscience #proteostasis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How Bacteria Circumvent Plants’ Immune System

Bacteria deactivate the protein synthesis of host cells to hamper immune reactions. This insight could aid in the development of more resistant plants.

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Our first Kalanchoë laxiflora story found its perfect home @Science Advances with a beautiful cover image of Kalanchoë thyrsiflora leaves. I am grateful that I can continue working with this incredible new model to learn more about succulent development 🤩 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Heike Lindner@heikelindner.bsky.social · 2y ago

This story was only possible through true team effort. Team Kalanchoë with Xin at the forefront. @jameshartwell.bsky.social, the most generous scientist who shared resources and answered countless questions. Read about MUTE during stomatal development in Kalanchoë www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New method paper from Alberto Caregnato and former PhD student @hohmannulrich.bsky.social. A tailored crystallisation screen for plant receptor kinase ectodomains, with examples from our lab and from @cellsensing.bsky.social. Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Hope to see all of you (again) at our international #BT2026 organized by #MBP2026 @molplantsci.bsky.social co-host Christopher Grefen 📍 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de in Bochum, Germany. 📆 6 – 10 September 2026 bsky.app/profile/plan...

German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG)@plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#PlantSciConfi Registration open for International Conference of our German Society for Plant Sciences Botanik-Tagung #BT2026 in #Bochum, Germany 6 – 10 September 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/u/82bsBT2026

And here are this year’s winners of the Reinhold-von-Sengbusch prize for best Poster are: - Gali Araguirang - University Hamburg - Sophie Farkas - University Freiburg - Nazanin Mahouram Mashhadi - University Berlin #MBP2026

Our First preprint 🌱 about a new Component of the Autophagic Network identified in Pi-deprived root tips is online ❣️ All I wished for Valentine's day 😀 #proudPI#autophagy#rootPiSensing#plantproteolysis

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 6mo ago

CAN1-mediated autophagosome size regulation fine-tunes phosphate starvation tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.12.705259v1

The lab of @elkebarbez.bsky.social strikes again 👇 Cell wall charge acts as a tunable electrostatic gate controlling iron availability in roots. Really nice work linking extracellular physics with nutrient homeostasis.

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Cell wall charge gates iron availability in plant roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.15.711884v1

Another paper of @elkebarbez.bsky.social team, out this month. Check it out

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Cell wall charge gates iron availability in plant roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.15.711884v1

Cool new preprint on cell wall charge and iron by @elkebarbez.bsky.social . Congrats to all involved.

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Cell wall charge gates iron availability in plant roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.15.711884v1

🌿 GreenLabShare Freiburg New platform for sustainable lab practices at the University of Freiburg: 🔁 Laboratory exchange platform ♻️ Recycling and disposal infos ✅ Tips for everyday lab work 💬 Exchange & community 👉connect, recycle & grow! 🗓️ 24 March 2026 at 10:30 greenlabshare.uni-freiburg.de

New Article! Quantitative imaging of apoplastic pH in plant roots via confocal microscopy

Quantitative imaging of apoplastic pH in plant roots via confocal microscopy

Nature Protocols, Published online: 11 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41596-026-01337-xThis protocol details the quantitative imaging of apoplastic pH in Arabidopsis thaliana roots using confocal microscopy combined with the fluorescent pH probe 8-hydroxy-pyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid trisodium salt, enabling apoplastic pH dynamics to be assessed with high spatial resolution and accuracy.

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On our way to setup the #MBP2026 meeting hosted by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social. Super excited to meet all the wonderful peeps & 🤓 about #plantscience for a few days. See you all soon.

#Ligand-binding site predictor 😎 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

AF2BIND: predicting small-molecule binding sites using the pair representation of AlphaFold2 - Nature Methods

AF2BIND is a logistic regression model trained on AlphaFold2 pair features to predict small-molecule binding-site residues in proteins, without multiple sequence alignments, homology models or knowled...

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