@keikoutorii.bsky.social shared her work investigating patterning & differentiation in stomata in her #SLS26 talk "The plant-specific ACTL domain determines bHLH transcription factor heterodimeric partner selectivity during stomatal development" More at: plant-stomata.org #PlantScience

Plant geneticists #SLS26 having scientific discussion at The Eagle, Cambridge, where Watson and Crick announced their discovery of the double helix 🧬 in 1953

Since the discovery of tomato Systemin in 1991, the world of plant peptides & receptors completely has changed the paradigm of plant cell-cell signaling. It is the true joy to witness the rise of this important research field throughout my career paths😍🌱. 2/2

I am proud to share my No-AI-assisted perspective review "Plant Peptide Hormones: Three Decades of Discovery and Emerging Paradigms" for the Centennial issue of @plantphys.bsky.social 🌱🍅. It's OA, so everyone can access! 1/ academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...

Thank you, everyone, for the 2 full days of exciting plant science, ~VIB Ghent at the Forefront of Plant Research~ at beautiful Handelsbeursgebouw 🧪🌱🧬! www.vibconferences.be/events/at-th...

Fantastic moment to reunite with amazing plant biologists🌱, great meeting #PPRM2026 in a beautiful city of Freising🇩🇪🥂🍻—Vielen Dank

🫘Webinar Alert🥑 International Committee @aspbofficial.bsky.social announces @plantaeofficial.bsky.social Webinar "Crops of the Future: Revisiting Neglected & Underutilized Crops for Global Nutrition". Supported by @templetonfdn.bsky.social. Sept 1-2. Please register→ blog.aspb.org/crops-of-the...

📣Join us for the upcoming ASPB Member webinar series on September 1 and 2 at 9:45 am Eastern Time, organized by the ASPB International Committee, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, in collaboration with CICY and Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. 👉 Free registration at buff.ly/s545Wtx

New paper! Amphibious plant, H. difformis, reprograms C3 to potential C4 photosynthesis underwater, highlighting its amazing plasticity of carbon assimilation machineries for aquatic environment. Congrats, Hongwei & the team🥳🌿🐸! academic.oup.com/hr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/hr/uhag230/8708086

Silent master: #SPEECHLESS the driver of #stomatal stem cell fate and integrator of intrinsic & #environmental cues nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience @newphyt.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @plantresearch.bsky.social @stomata-tweets.bsky.social

Want to learn how ligand-induced ubiquitination of a receptor kinase translates into proper number and patterning of plant stomata? Check out the poster by the Torii lab postdoc, Dr. Minh Huy Vu and say hi #2026SDB @socdevbio.bsky.social 🌱🔬🥳

Let's make this official: ASPB, @plantphys.bsky.social, @theplantcell.bsky.social, @plantdirectj.bsky.social, and @plantaeofficial.bsky.social merch is here! Find your new favorite hoodie and rep your science 🌱 aspb-merch.printful.me

Fascinated about the world of amphibious plants? Come visit the poster and say hi to the Torii Lab presenter, Calvin Coffin🐸🪴😉 @aspbofficial.bsky.social #PlantBio2026 "#700-154 Transformation and genome editing of the asexual amphibious Brassicaceae species, Rorippa aquatica".

Come visit and say hi to the Torii Lab poster presenter, Pengfei Bai 😉⚗️🌱 @aspbofficial.bsky.social #PlantBio2026 "#400-026 Fate at the Surface? Proteomic Profiling of Receptor Kinase Signaling in Stomatal Development from Perception to Trafficking"

Want to learn about the unique TF domain? Come to the poster of the Torii Lab presenter, Krishna Mohan Sepuru 🧬🌱😃 #PlantBio2026 @aspbofficial.bsky.social "#500-024 A Bacterial-Origin ACT-Like Domain Confers Partner Selectivity to Plant bHLH Transcription Factors in Stomatal Development"

Torii Lab members enjoying the beautiful city of Ottawa 🇨🇦🍁🏰 #PlantBio2026

Le Canal Rideau 🇨🇦

Don't forget to join the 100 Celebration of Plant Physiology Symposium- #PlantBio2026 @plantphys.bsky.social Monday, July 20, 1:30 pm-, Canada Hall 1. And, stop by our booth 🥰🌱🍁 -Photo, our might EIC, Yunde Zhao!

#Stomata in motion: How #temperature shapes #guard cell function and developmental plasticity nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantSci @newphyt.bsky.social @wileylifesci.bsky.social @stomata-tweets.bsky.social @stomagenesis.bsky.social @plantcellatlas.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social

🐸🌱Position OPEN in the Torii Lab @texasscience.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social ! We are looking for an enthusiastic, plant propagation, tissue culture, transformation and genome editing expert for functional genomics of Amphibious model system🐸🌱 utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UTstaf...

2026 GRC Salt and Water Stress in Plants. Amazing conference with awesome scientists like Prof. Ora Hazak @hazaklab.bsky.social at enchanted and beautiful Les Diabrelets 🏔️🇨🇭🫕. Thank you, organizers, for the invitation and 5-days of exciting science!

Je suis arrivée à destination 🇨🇭🏔️. 2番目の目的地に到着. 天気良すぎ。。☀️

Thank you, Profs. Michael Hothorn, Roman Ulm, and Marie Barberon for the fantastic time and exciting scientific discussion after my seminar - à L'Université de Genève🇨🇭

🌳 Can we make "tree-ing" a thing? ✍️ @rachelscience.bsky.social knowmag.org/4tHDb5w

What makes a tree a tree?

Despite numerous studies and 30-plus genomes under their belts, scientists are still struggling to nail down the defining traits of these tall, long-lived, woody plants

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Breakthrough discovery in the field of peptide-receptor kinase signaling in stomatal development🌱. Six partially-redundant subtilases producing mature EPF1/EPF2 pepetide to enforce stomatal patterning @natplants.nature.com 🥰 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Subtilase-mediated maturation of EPF1 and EPF2 is crucial for stomatal patterning - Nature Plants

This study identifies epidermal patterning factor (EPF)-processing proteinases as the key activators of EPF1 and EPF2 peptides, establishing their proteolytic processing as the critical missing link f...

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Ubiquitination-triggered receptor endocytosis enforces stomatal development Chen, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience @stomata-tweets.bsky.social

Published @newphyt.bsky.social. We identified peptide ligand-induced K63-linked Ub sites of ERECTA, required for endocytosis & signal attenuation for proper stomatal patterning. Congrats, all authors🌱👍 @texasscience.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

"Cell Cycle in Plant Development and Reprogramming”, @dev-journal.bsky.social W/ a fantastic ECR, Prof. Laura Lee @uncbiology.bsky.social! Artwork by Dr. Ramin Rahni. Thanks for the wonderful opportunity @texasscience.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 🌱 journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Published! From a proteomic atlas of the ERECTA signaling network, we show that receptor kinase endocytosis is essential for proper stomatal patterning. Congrats, Pengfei, @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social, @hhmi-science.bsky.social, @texasscience.bsky.social & co-authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Comparative proteomic profiling of receptor kinase signaling reveals key trafficking components enforcing plant stomatal development

Proteomic mapping uncovers endocytosis adaptors that drive receptor internalization for robust stomatal development.

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Very interesting paper-- evolutionary redeployment of MUTE to generate unique CAM plant (Kalanchoë) stomatal complex. From Raissig Lab, Sci Adv 🌵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

MUTE drives asymmetric divisions to form stomatal subsidiary cells in Crassulaceae succulents

Crassulaceae MUTE guides asymmetric divisions to form stomatal subsidiary cells in succulents.

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