Our work on chromatin evolution in brown algae is now published in @natecoevo.nature.com! We show that developmentally complex brown algae evolved without epigenetic silencing pathways long thought universal, underscoring why non-model lineages are important to study. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

First publication of the year! We set up an image-based quantification of seed phenotypes (here Arabidopsis thaliana). It comes together with a random forest classifier for our favorite phenotype, seed abortion.

New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Samplify – automated quantification of seed abortion Bente et al. @hebente.bsky.social @claudiakohler11.bsky.social @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Clavel Group is recruiting a new postdoc for two possible projects dealing with plant-virus interactions and selective autophagy! More (wordy) details below ⬇️🌱🦠

Preprint alert! It is my great pleasure to announce the first manuscript from the lab, a story that started @gmivienna.bsky.social and was mainly accomplished by the intrepid @gesahoffmann.bsky.social at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social. A brief thread with our findings www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

AGO5 restricts virus vertical transmission in plant gametophytes

The propagation of a viral infection from a host parent to its progeny is known as vertical transmission, or seed transmission in plants. It allows viral infections to rapidly spread locally via polle...

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It was wonderful to have Bijun with us @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social & @incavirus.bsky.social to finally "use our microscope to its full potential" as our core-facility put it! 🔬 Congrats to all, esp. @bijuntang.bsky.social and @xanderjones.bsky.social ! Super happy to be a part of this great story!

Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)@slcuplants.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Salicylic acid biosensor, SalicS1, tracks the plant immune hormone salicylic acid in real time - revealing propagation of hormone surge during plant pathogen advance Latest biosensor from @xanderjones.bsky.social team In Science doi.org/10.1126/scie... Summary www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-bio...

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here it comes, first preprint from my postdoc time at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social in the lab of @claudiakohler11.bsky.social

Samplify: A versatile tool for image-based segmentation and annotation of seed abortion phenotypes

Automated seed phenotyping has wide applications in research and agriculture and relies on easy-to-use platforms and pipelines. Seed phenotyping in the model species Arabidopsis thaliana poses a signi...

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Samplify: A versatile tool for image-based segmentation and annotation of seed abortion phenotypes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.18.677122v1

Excited to share the first preprint from my lab @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social in Potsdam! Huge thanks to @o-sulkowski.bsky.social and the whole team for their hard work and dedication. 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Diversification of the "EDVID" packing motif underpins structural and functional variation in plant NLR coiled-coil domains

· Nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat receptors (NLRs) are critical in plant immunity and display remarkable allelic diversity. Coiled-coiled NLRs (CC-NLRs) are the most widespread group of these r...

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Awesome @gmivienna.bsky.social alumni reunion @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Thx @thevirusmc.bsky.social @incavirus.bsky.social @gesahoffmann.bsky.social & @hebente.bsky.social for a really fun & exciting visit!!!

Our group has an open PhD position in this call! Interested in viruses and stem cell immunity? Apply 🍀 don’t hesitate to drop @incavirus.bsky.social or me a message if you have any questions 😊

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪@mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · 2y ago

Looking for a #PhDposition in #PlantScience ? Our #IMPRS @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social and Uni Potsdam is currently recruiting! 📅 Apply by February 28, 2025 👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD #PlantSciJobs #PhDjobs #PlantPhysiology #epigenetics #PlantMicrobe #compbio #PlantBiology #PlantSci #plantPhD

It is happening MPI-DS Göttingen announced that they suspend their activity on X

BWJones@bwjones.bsky.social · 2y ago

Now for my Max Planck peeps… Get yer institutions onto Bsky and off of X.

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🎉 Congrats to @duartedf.bsky.social on receiving an ERC grant for his project NoSexSeed! 🌱 His goal? Enabling crops to reproduce pollen-free 🌍 #ERCCoG More on this: www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2778892/