Hey plant colleagues out there! 3 days to go to apply for the plant biotechnology professorship. Great colleagues @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social, amazing atmosphere @dompsfr.bsky.social, lovely city to settle. And great support by @cibss.bsky.social. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

W3 Professorship for Plant Biotechnology - Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg (DE) job with University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg) | 12859402

The future position holder will lead an internationally recognized research program that combines excellent basic research with clear perspectives for

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How do roots choose their angle? Steep, deep, and cheap! @gwenkirschner.bsky.social (from @hutton.ac.uk) explored the molecular control of root angle in barley, revealing how cytokinin and other regulators determine root growth angle and shape root system architecture. 📅 Jun 26 #PlantScience

It worked! Our Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social community supports the approval of NGTs (see the small bottom image from 2 years ago) 🌱

WePlanet@weplanetint.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today is a big moment for the future of European agriculture. After over two years of negotiations the EU Parliament's ENVI committee will vote on the New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) file. We've been there since the beginning advocating for NGTs to improve EU sustainability & food security.

Happy to share our newest preprint. We developed guidelines and analysis workflows for FLIM Imaging in plants. Multiplexing with spectrally overlapping fluorophores in plants is now possible. Have a look. Any feedback is more than welcome. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Excited to see our #plantscience review published in @jxbotany.bsky.social! It really captures our lab’s perspective on how plants use spatiotemporal signaling under environmental contexts when floods occur, to coordinate acclimation responses and achieve stress tolerance. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

Anticipate, acclimate, recuperate and remember: How spatiotemporal signal integration controls flooding stress resilience in plants

Abstract. Flooding is a major abiotic stress that restricts terrestrial plant growth and survival. A plant tissue’s ability to avoid or sustain critical ox

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Many thanks to Yue Rui and @josedinneny.bsky.social for generously involving us into this great story. Amazing appreciation of the work of @nikolajabel.bsky.social. Congratulations to all authors.

Cell - a Cell Press journal@cp-cell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now online! Plant cell wall-plasma membrane attachments mediate stress resilience through cellulose synthase complexes and remorins

Come join us to uncover epigenetic memory in trees 🎄 #plantscience

Katrin Heer@katrinheer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🌲 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Future Forests Excellence Cluster at Uni Freiburg to uncover the molecular basis of stress resilience in forest trees. Work with Douglas fir & sessile oak using epigenomics, RNA-seq, and more. 3-year position, TV-L 13. Apply now! 🧬🌿 uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

Come to join us in beautiful Freiburg #PlantSciJob #Plantscience. 🌱

KleineVehnLab@kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

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...

Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us! uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

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...

It's a special week of firsts. I never really imagined doing this until last year, but we also started our first field trial with a local farmer and consortium, supported by @mwk-bw.bsky.social 🌽🌾 Super exciting! #plantscience

Sjon Hartman@hartman-plantlab.com · 3mo ago

So happy and proud to share our lab’s first #plantscience research article, revealing that angiosperms have the capacity to encode memory of flooding stress. A heroic effort by @aidamaric.bsky.social in collaboration with @djgibbs.bsky.social and others. A brief 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

So happy and proud to share our lab’s first #plantscience research article, revealing that angiosperms have the capacity to encode memory of flooding stress. A heroic effort by @aidamaric.bsky.social in collaboration with @djgibbs.bsky.social and others. A brief 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Such a pleasure to host @christatesterink.bsky.social and @ronaldpierik.bsky.social in Freiburg this week! ✨ Beautiful talks, sunny weather, great discussions and plenty of time to catch up. Big thanks to @cibss.bsky.social for sponsoring their visit! 🎉 🌱

Check out this cool #plantscience work by @guofengzhang.bsky.social & @ottlab.bsky.social on symbiosome stabilization and the HUNTER tool 🌱

Thomas Ott@ottlab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New pre-print from the lab! We show that the subtilase SBT12a is essential for symbiosome stabilization in Medicago. Using HUNTER proteomics, we even got some of its substrates. Have a look. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New pre-print from the lab! We show that the subtilase SBT12a is essential for symbiosome stabilization in Medicago. Using HUNTER proteomics, we even got some of its substrates. Have a look. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

"Development is something that happens over time." Today @augustinsvenja.bsky.social (from @simonrdg.bsky.social, @ceplas.bsky.social) showed how CLE40 coordinates developmental timing in the shoot apical meristem, linking WUS regulation and auxin-mediated differentiation. 📅 May 22 #PlantScience

Did auxin signalling exist before plants? @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social (from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social) studies auxin responses in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, where auxin affects growth and gene networks linked to ROS metabolism, transport, and the cell cycle. 📅 May 8 #PlantScience

From herbicides to tomato breeding: Philipp Johnen (from @basfde.bsky.social) showed how molecular plant science translates into agriculture. From identifying herbicide modes of action to breeding resistant tomatoes, and how basic research supports farmers and crop resilience. 📅Apr 24 #PlantScience

How do plants sense competition? Ronald Pierik (from @w-u-r.bsky.social) explored how far-red light drives shade avoidance, showing how vascular bundle structure determines auxin routes within leaves to coordinate growth. Check out their fun lockdown project: plantmoves.nl 🌱

Plant Moves

Time-lapse videos of plants

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies@cibss.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#TODAY Join us for two joint CIBSS and @dompsfr.bsky.social seminars on 20 April: 1) Prof. Dr. @christatesterink.bsky.social (@w-u-r.bsky.social, Netherlands) | 10:00 - 11:00 2) Prof. Dr. Ronad Pierik (@w-u-r.bsky.social, Netherlands) | 12:00 - 13:00 📍 KHS, Bio II/III (Schänzlestr. 1, Freiburg)

How do plants reprogram growth under stress? @christatesterink.bsky.social (from @w-u-r.bsky.social) showed how salinity reshapes root branching and flowering through auxin, transcriptional regulation, and epigenetics, revealing latent pathways and developmental flexibility. 📅 Apr 20 #PlantScience

CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies@cibss.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#TODAY Join us for two joint CIBSS and @dompsfr.bsky.social seminars on 20 April: 1) Prof. Dr. @christatesterink.bsky.social (@w-u-r.bsky.social, Netherlands) | 10:00 - 11:00 2) Prof. Dr. Ronad Pierik (@w-u-r.bsky.social, Netherlands) | 12:00 - 13:00 📍 KHS, Bio II/III (Schänzlestr. 1, Freiburg)

Frauke Garbsch (from Laux group) explored how the shoot apical meristem is established in Arabidopsis. We learned about the WOX2 module and how it initiates stem cell formation, together with newly identified downstream genes involved in shoot stem cell niche establishment. 📅 Apr 17 #PlantScience

#TODAY Join us for two joint CIBSS and @dompsfr.bsky.social seminars on 20 April: 1) Prof. Dr. @christatesterink.bsky.social (@w-u-r.bsky.social, Netherlands) | 10:00 - 11:00 2) Prof. Dr. Ronad Pierik (@w-u-r.bsky.social, Netherlands) | 12:00 - 13:00 📍 KHS, Bio II/III (Schänzlestr. 1, Freiburg)

🌿 PhD opportunity in forest molecular ecology! Study how trees and their microbiome respond to climate stress in the ECOSENSE forest 🌳 🧬 RNAseq | qPCR | Fieldwork | Interdisciplinary research 📅 Deadline: April 20, 2026 @uni-freiburg.de

Looking forward to this new @focalplane.bsky.social webinar series! Our microscopy expert @blace.bsky.social will be one of the speakers in the first session.

FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are excited to launch a new webinar series, Macro to micro: quantitative plant imaging across scales, organised by @ajcellbio.bsky.social and @joemckenna.bsky.social. Our first webinar will featured talks from @blace.bsky.social and Simon Gilroy. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/03/30/n...

Thanks for this initiative! Great idea. Happy to see @blace.bsky.social from our lab @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social and involved in imaging approaches @sfb1381.bsky.social kicks it off. Hope to see many people online.

FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are excited to launch a new webinar series, Macro to micro: quantitative plant imaging across scales, organised by @ajcellbio.bsky.social and @joemckenna.bsky.social. Our first webinar will featured talks from @blace.bsky.social and Simon Gilroy. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/03/30/n...

We are excited to launch a new webinar series, Macro to micro: quantitative plant imaging across scales, organised by @ajcellbio.bsky.social and @joemckenna.bsky.social. Our first webinar will featured talks from @blace.bsky.social and Simon Gilroy. focalplane.biologists.com/2026/03/30/n...

Super proud of this gang! #proudPI #plantscience

DOMPS@dompsfr.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Last but not least, a huge thank you to our amazing organizers @hengqi.bsky.social, @carlos-rc.bsky.social, @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social, @advaitagashe.bsky.social, and @kevindaniel.bsky.social for making the symposium inspiring and full of great #PlantScience! 🙌 And thank you all for joining!

Last but not least, a huge thank you to our amazing organizers @hengqi.bsky.social, @carlos-rc.bsky.social, @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social, @advaitagashe.bsky.social, and @kevindaniel.bsky.social for making the symposium inspiring and full of great #PlantScience! 🙌 And thank you all for joining!

Celebrating excellence at our 4th DOMPS Symposium! 🎉 Best Paper of the Year went to @seinabnoura.bsky.social, and Best Poster prizes were awarded to @jsalfeld.bsky.social, @aroessling.bsky.social, and @sophiezoe.bsky.social. Incredible work by all! 👏👏👏

Jürgen Kleine-Vehn (@kleinevehnlab.bsky.social) reflected on how big ideas start small, something puzzling, recurring, or arising by chance. That the right conditions, such as time, tools, environment, and people, are key. So he would invest in creating conditions where ideas can likely grow big.