First May issue is live: link.springer.com/journal/4431... Cover features Simon Unterholzner @simonjunterholzner.bsky.social @unibz.bsky.social and co-workers showing that #brassinosteroids control cell proliferation in the lateral #root cap of #Arabidopsis. -> link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We’re excited to share that our latest work is now online in EMBO Reports! 🎉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... A big thank you to everyone who contributed, supported, and provided valuable input along the way! @emboreports.org @raffolab.bsky.social

Brassinosteroids control cell proliferation in the lateral root cap of the Arabidopsis root - EMBO Reports

Stem cell protection is key to proper plant development. The root cap tissue performs this task by enclosing delicate stem cells in the root meristem and consists of columella cells at the tip and lat...

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We are looking for a postdoc to establish our Cell imaging laboratory for investigating plant stress factors. The postdoc will develop and optimize #CLSM technologies including fluorescence lifetime measurements and life imaging @unibz with @simonjunterholzner.bsky.social Please repost

Stellen für Akademisches Personal | Allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie (Prof. Schuler Hannes)

Kompetenzzentrum für Pflanzengesundheit: Vergleichendes Bewertungsverfahren für 1 Stelle/n als „Tecnologo“ erster Ebene mit befristetem Arbeitsvertrag (A)

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Welcome to the 21st century, EU! 🥳👍 "New genomic techniques: Council and Parliament strike deal to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of our food systems" #PlantScience #PlantNGTs www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

New genomic techniques: Council and Parliament strike deal to boost the competitiveness and sustainability of our food systems

Council and Parliament reach provisional deal on a set of rules for new genomic techniques, aiming to improve the competitiveness of European agriculture and support the sustainability of our food sys...

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📜 Hormonal regulation of primary root development 🧑‍🔬 Michela De Nittis, Mirko De Vivo, @raffolab.bsky.social, Sabrina Sabatini 📔 @cp-cellreports.bsky.social 🔗 www.cell.com/cell-reports... #️⃣ #PlantScience #RootBiology #PlantRoots #Phytohormones #Auxin #Cytokinin #PlantDevelopment

Hormonal regulation of primary root development

Dynamic hormone networks orchestrate Arabidopsis root meristem growth. In this review, Nittis et al. highlight recent advances in how these regulatory systems shape root development and discuss their ...

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We join Assosementi in condemning the vandalism of research aimed at helping farmers and growers with sustainable farming solutions. This research focuses on developing disease-resistant grape varieties that could reduce fungicide use by up to 80% 🍇 Read more: www.seedworld.com/europe/2025/...

Assosementi: Vineyard Vandalism at the University of Verona - Seed World

Assosementi firmly condemns the destruction of the San Floriano experimental vineyard, where researchers from the University of Verona were conducting

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After the destruction by unknown vandals of the NGT-1 grape experimental field of colleagues from Uni Verona, we will meet in Florence to discuss present and future of our researches. In Italian, it will be possibile to follow online upon registration.

We are very happy to share our latest work on the Molecular mechanisms driving light independent germination in plants!

Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · 2y ago

📜 A DOF transcriptional repressor-gibberellin feedback loop plays a crucial role in modulating light-independent seed germination 🧑‍🔬 Andrea Lepri, Hira Kazmi, @raffolab.bsky.social, Paola Vittorioso, et al. #️⃣ Plant Communications 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #️⃣ #PlantScience

Fantastic cover story by our colleagues @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @dompsfr.bsky.social Deciphering the molecular logic of WOX5 function in the root stem cell organizer: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... #plantsciencefreiburg

The EMBO Journal@embojournal.org · 2y ago

Happy New Year with our first 2025 issue! With cover by Thomas Laux, Ning Zhang et al and: FNDC1 as myokine Tubulin glutamylation in axon guidance Chromatin remodelers aiding meiotic recombination Maintaining subunit essentiality during RUBISCO evolution www.embopress.org/toc/14602075...

🌿 Making ammonia from thin air New research published in @science.org demonstrates tech that turns air and water into ammonia using a simple catalyst with no emissions. A portable, sustainable solution for greener agriculture and irrigation. 🌱 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scia... #GreenTech #SciComm 🧪

Onsite ammonia synthesis from water vapor and nitrogen in the air

Green ammonia is produced from water vapor and nitrogen in air for direct irrigation by microdroplet contact electrocatalysis.

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I want this: Genome-edited Chardonnay grapes resistant or tolerant to mildew & powdery mildew! Did you know that grapes are grown on only ~5% of European agricultural land, but account for ~2/3 of all fungicide sprayed in Europe? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #plantscience

"The history of GM crops in Italy" Science & Society article in EMBO Reports by Roberto Defez, @vittoriab.bsky.social, and colleagues www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience #PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs #Agriculture

Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited grape vines have begun in northern Italy. Developed by EdiVite, Chardonnay vines have undergone gene inactivation to enable them to better defend themselves against downy mildew, a major fungal disease

Italy tests first gene-edited vines for winemaking - Nature Biotechnology

Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines began in northern Italy on 30 September 2024. Developed by EdiVite, a spinoff from the University of Verona, these Chardonnay vines have undergone gene ...

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New Article: "ABA-activated low-nanomolar Ca2+–CPK signalling controls root cap cycle plasticity and stress adaptation" rdcu.be/d1kKp An ultrasensitive biosensor shows how spatiotemporal Ca2+ dynamics modulate the root cap cycle in adaptation to stress through ABA–Ca2+–CPK signalling. #PlantScience