This has originally developed out of a thought along the lines of: "What can you do if you only manage to get weak fluorescence signals?" A short explaining thread 🧵

Tonni Andersen@tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Check out our new preprint: a very cool fluorescence tool developed by @samwalds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Just emailed 26,000 people about snail facts advent calendars. This better result in 500 snail sales. Snales. Wait that just sounds like snails. Is that a good omen?? Get a calendar here: SquidFacts.net

Please consider submitting comments on the implementation for genome edited plants in the EU. Reminder: this is not the place for general statements regarding your personal vie of #NGT. Instead, the Commission is asking for input for the development of workable rules.

We are looking for a Group Leader in #Wheat research for pre-breeding here @kwsgroup.bsky.social. This is a full-time, permanent position at KWS France. You would be working on a research station near Lille or Paris. jobs.kws.com/job/Mons-en-... #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs

PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs

Another reason why cities should develop bike infrastructures: it simply makes economical sense!

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“According to the finance ministry’s calculations, the cost to society of trips by car is close to one euro/km. On the other hand, every km travelled by bike yields societal gains of 60 euro cents thanks to the health benefits of cycling, transport efficiency gains, & lower infrastructure spending.”

Happy to share our combined views on the opportunities and challenges in single-cell and spatial biology; collaborative work now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social : track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

Decoding plants cell by cell: opportunities and challenges in single-cell and spatial biology

Single-cell and spatial biology techniques present new opportunities for plant research, but also come with methodological considerations, technical limita

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VACANCY - We’re looking for a Research Assistant/Lab Manager to join the @tinaschreier.bsky.social group, working on plant cell biology and C4 photosynthesis. https://okt.to/ewfnRI Closing date - 18 August 2026 Contract - 36 months, full-time

This coming school year's Lego League theme is biodiversity, which means it's about to be all-hands-on-deck for ecologists. Let's get ready for the flood. Ecologists, if you're willing to answer questions from classrooms or LEGO teams, we need ya. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Fall 2026 Scientist Form

Thank you for Volunteering with Skype a Scientist for the Fall 2026 semester! We match all classrooms up once per week. You may get a match immediately and you may not get a match for a few months. ...

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@breakliquid.bsky.social and I are delighted to say our OpenEVO preprint is finally live! An open source hand-made turbidostat that's modular, affordable, and made to be customized. Designed with love for the research community. Enjoy!!!💚 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

OpenEvo: An Open-Source Platform for Automated Evolution and Analysis

Here we introduce OpenEvo, a fully open-source, low-cost turbidostat platform for automated continuous culture and directed evolution experiments. Existing tools are expensive, complex, or lack open-s...

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Time for another preprint from the lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Led by @yuanyuanzhang.bsky.social and @defengshen.bsky.social. We found some surprising secrets that connect and uncouple root barrier formation with systemic nitrogen signaling in shoots. see the thread below for more details

A tunable receptor separates root barrier formation from nutrient signaling through ligand-perception states

In roots, the endodermis controls nutrient entry by forming a barrier known as the Casparian strip. Yet how barrier-associated processes interface with systemic signaling remains unclear. Here, we sho...

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My favourite ‘snacking whilst running’ season has kicked off ✨

I just lived through a real-life metaphor of why we need to always critically judge and understand our data: At the check-out at the supermarket, my bill was way too high. Like utterly beyond reason too high. The cashier and I looked confused at each other and my cart. 1/

Wanted: Outstanding plant scientist and fantastic colleague. If your science combines fundamental discovery with future applications, we would love to hear from you @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

This screenshot that came up in my FB memories today is based on a real peer reviewed study! Published in the BMJ, which is an extremely reputable journal! What the AI Overview misses (because it cannot think!) is the study, itself, was satirical: a demonstration of the limits of randomized trials.

Plasmodesmal closure triggers stress responses! Turns out cells are generally better off with connections to their neighbours. This manuscript represents a decade-long team collaboration, with heroic effort from Estee Tee to lead it over the line! #PlantScience link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Plasmodesmal closure elicits stress responses - EMBO Reports

Plant cells are connected to their neighbors via plasmodesmata facilitating the exchange of nutrients and signaling molecules. During immune responses, plasmodesmata close, but how this contributes to...

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We invented “triplet tumbling microscopy” (TTM) to track protein-protein interactions in living cells! Tag your protein with GFP and see it interact with *untagged* binding partners www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

the snacks the experiments for the with the collaborators collaborators

A side project that got out of hand—in the best way 🚀 New paper is out: www.nature.com/articles/s41... We sequenced the first Clusia genomes to understand something subtle but fundamental: 👉 CAM is a drought adaptive mechanism in plants - how do different physiotypes of CAM evolve? A 🧵 👇 1/14

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

The “my train is delayed”-treat in the sunshine. Life could be worse 🤷‍♂️☀️

Registrations are open for PADiBa2026!

@mariebarberon.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The 7th International Symposium on Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers (PADiBa2026) will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from August 31th to September 3rd 2026. We now have a website: wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/ Registrations will open on April 1st.

New preprint 🌱 Segment plants in time-series images using foundation model SAM2 - without training a model 🪩. Magician Alex Abbey! 💡SAP works across species, scales, and even z-stacks. From single cells to whole plants→ quantitative growth & dynamics . tinyurl.com/3raedtvm @biosofttau.bsky.social

A new chapter for open science 🧬 Plasmidsaurus is excited to announce a four-year strategic partnership with @addgene.bsky.social Open science runs on verified materials. Learn more: plasmidsaurus.com/news/a-new-c...

Another really interesting #SciHis Story by @asimovpress.bsky.social. Goes to show that there are interesting and curious stories and facts in everything - even little things like Agar that seem simple and straightforward. www.asimov.press/p/agar #ScienceHistory #MolecularBiology #Agarose #Seaweed

The Origins of Agar

First introduced into laboratories in 1881, agar remains indispensable as a culture medium.

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RNA splicing generates a functionally specialized Rep protein isoform in geminiviruses — enabling timely control of the viral cycle. Strikingly, similar strategies might have evolved in DNA viruses infecting different kingdoms: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Spearheaded by @delphinem-p.bsky.social!

Celebrating Karneval/Fasching by making Berliner/Krapfen at home. 🧑‍🍳🎉

Open for registration now! 🌱 The new working group on Plant Biotechnology within the German Society for Plant Breeding will held its first workshop in March 2026. I'm looking forward to an amazing meeting!

Leibniz IPK@leibnizipk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The aim of the new Plant Biotechnology group of the @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social is to facilitate the exchange of expertise between research, breeding and biotech companies. An initial workshop will take place on 9 and 10 March at the @leibnizipk.bsky.social. ➡️All information: tinyurl.com/4nn5ufnr

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...