The last day of #auxin2026 featured more of the STARMORPH crowd. @nowako76.bsky.social referred to one of our mentors Karin Ljung @umeaplantsciencecentre.se and Sophie Zoe Farkas from the @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social
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Four research groups (Robert, Novak, Kleine-Vehn and Jones) working together to understand the development of plants.
Day two of the #auxin2026 was a blast with more STARMORPH members on stage! @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social
STARMORPH groups are all at the #auxin2026 meeting in Portugal! First day @srobertgroup.bsky.social and @xanderjones.bsky.social were giving invited lectures and Markéta Budérova gave her first (ever) flash talk!
One of the STARMORPH PI @srobertgroup.bsky.social has been elected EMBO member this year and is now in the Fellows' and Members' meeting in @embl.org Heidelberg! @umeaplantsciencecentre.se @erc.europa.eu
Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · 2w agoOff we go! First day of @embo.org fellows and members meeting!
Two of STARMORPH PIs were at the @slcuplants.bsky.social for #SLS26! Morphogenesis at its best! @xanderjones.bsky.social @srobertgroup.bsky.social
Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · 2w agoAnd the end of an amazing meeting! One of the best I have ever attended! Thank you @robinsonsci.bsky.social and News bâtis for the organization! @slcuplants.bsky.social #SLS26
And the end of an amazing meeting! One of the best I have ever attended! Thank you @robinsonsci.bsky.social and News bâtis for the organization! @slcuplants.bsky.social #SLS26
Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)@slcuplants.bsky.social · 3w agoWelcome to #SLS26 by symposium coordinators @robinsonsci.bsky.social and Neha Bhatia
New STARMORPH paper by @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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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Latest publication from the STARMORPH project from @nowako76.bsky.social group! academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
Cytokinin senescence delay is shaped by receptor specificity and metabolic stability
Abstract. Each of the 4 different cytokinin (CK) base forms, trans-zeatin (tZ), isopentenyladenine (iP), dihydrozeatin (DHZ), and cis-zeatin (cZ) has disti
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And another STARMORPH paper from @srobertgroup.bsky.social on cell shape acquisition. Check it out!
New Phytologist@newphyt.bsky.social · 3mo agoA #drought-induced MYB transcription factor regulates pavement cell shape in aspen leaves Sijia Liu (刘斯佳), et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @srobertgroup.bsky.social #PlantScience
A #drought-induced MYB transcription factor regulates pavement cell shape in aspen leaves Sijia Liu (刘斯佳), et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @srobertgroup.bsky.social #PlantScience
New STARMORPH paper from @srobertgroup.bsky.social !
Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe latest paper of the group on pavement cell shape acquisition! Work from @sandeep18887.bsky.social @sharmavinod.bsky.social @adrienheymans.bsky.social @petergrones.bsky.social in collaboration with @cellwalldynamics.com @umeaplantsciencecentre.se pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42381545/
Our own STARMORPH PI elected an EMBO member! Congratulations @srobertgroup.bsky.social @embo.org @erc.europa.eu
Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · 3mo agoSuch 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
A STARMORPH review
Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · 7mo agoOur latest review on pavement cell shape acquisition is on line! Work from @lorindaloi.bsky.social @sharmavinod.bsky.social @absolutemaverick.bsky.social @kawresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu Kempe fondation Vetenskapsrådet (VR) MSCA www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
STARMORPH meeting on line! Full afternoon of brainstorming. It was fun!
A new paper from @nowako76.bsky.social in collaboration with Helariutta group and many others (including @umeaplantsciencecentre.se) Congrats to all!
Ondřej Novák@nowako76.bsky.social · 8mo agoNew Science paper out! 🚀 The @starmorph-syg.bsky.social team contributed to a Science paper revealing a completely new mechanism that plants use to develop vascular tissue. Amazing teamwork with colleagues from Cambridge, Helsinki & beyond. 🌱✨ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New preprint from @srobertgroup.bsky.social. Part of The STARMORPH project @erc.europa.eu together with @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social
Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · 8mo agoLatest preprint from our group together with @stephanevrg.bsky.social @wabniklab.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social Our work supports the view that morphogenesis is not driven by growth alone, but by the integration of physical and biological regulation. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Review by @nowako76.bsky.social group from STARMORPH team!
Ondřej Novák@nowako76.bsky.social · 9mo ago📢 Our latest review explores cutting-edge insights into plant biology, highlighting key molecular mechanisms and their link to environmental factors, future directions for sustainable agriculture and innovative applications. 🔗 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... @starmorph-syg.bsky.social
Three STARMORPH PIs on the line up! Looking forward to discuss auxin biology! @erc.europa.eu
Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · 9mo agoLooking forward!
And another one: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The first author is a STARMORPH PhD student from @nowako76.bsky.social lab.
Metabolic network divergence: polyamine and ethylene biosynthesis dynamics in Arabidopsis thaliana and Solanum lycopersicum
Polyamines are ubiquitously present in all living organisms. In plants, together with phytohormone ethylene, their metabolism plays a crucial role in …
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Another STRAMORPH publication by @nowako76.bsky.social on Fluorescence-activated organelle sorting (FAOS) for organelle sorting! academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
Illuminating the subcellular maze: fluorescence-activated organelle sorting in plant sciences
We present an overview of how fluorescence-activated sorting enhances plant organelle isolation, showcasing its advantages, recent achievements, and future
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Looking for a fantastic place for your next career step? Come to speak about your science and meet us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
Umeå Plant Science Centre - Research Groups at UPSC
Umeå Plant Science Centre - A centre of excellence for experimental plant biology in Umeå Sweden. ©UPSC
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Umeå Plant Science Centre@umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 11mo ago📣 Finishing your PhD or recently graduated? Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾 Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community! Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career... 📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
One of the STARMORPH group leaders on the Highly Cited Researchers 2025! Congrats @nowako76.bsky.social ! clarivate.com/highly-cited...
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025
The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...
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@marhava.bsky.social and myself have edited a special issue on Auxin for Physiologia plantarum! Have a look at the nice contributions! @umeaplantsciencecentre.se onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
The A to Z of Auxin in Plant Development: Physiologia Plantarum
Click on the title to browse this issue
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And @newphyt.bsky.social continues it's great series of Profiles with this one on @pdchristine.bsky.social: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries
Christine Faulkner
Christine Faulkner, John Innes Centre (UK).
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Marc Somssich@somssich.bsky.social · last yr.I really like the series of profiles @newphyt.bsky.social is currently publishing. The new one is on @stanfordstomata.bsky.social: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #PlantLuminaries
Check out the ToC of our latest Special Issue about auxin in plant development. https://bit.ly/3KSt2BW All articles are free to read for 2 months. @srobertgroup.bsky.social
1/ 🌱 When plants face stress, they often suppress growth to save resources. In our new Science Advances paper, we reveal how: plants repurpose their ER quality control machinery (ERAD) to regulate auxin compartmentalization and thus growth. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants
Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.
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We have two open Post-Doc positions in my group at the interface with: 1- @ataly.bsky.social for molecular dynamics 2- Bruno Guillotin from protein mobility Apply by sending CV, two ref letters and a short motivation letter to me : emmanuelle.bayer@u-bordeaux.fr. Deadline 15 sept.
