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I am very happy to share that I will start as an assistant professor at the University of Lausanne in January 2027! Very much looking forward to joining the Department of Plant Molecular Biology. Exciting times ahead after a decade of fixed-term positions! ☺️
If you are interested in all things related to B vitamins and plant mutualistic symbiosis, come join our group as a PhD student. More details below:
Two similar GRAS factors coordinate shared and separate genes to regulate arbuscular #mycorrhiza Priority report by Tian Zeng, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @tianzeng77.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social #PlantScience
Good grief. What a depressing article. Plants mentioned briefly once, about their interactions with animals. How can the New York Times pretend to have captured "the biggest question in science" without reference to the most important kingdom, which sustains us? 😤 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
What Are the Biggest Questions in Science Today? 100 Scientists Weigh In. (Gift Article)
We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations — on the origins of life, the possibilities for human progress and much more.
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Toulouse - Summer 2027 European Nitrogen Fixation Conference (ENFC17) 22 - 25 August 2027 International Molecular Mycorrhizal Meeting (IMMM8) 26-27 August 2027
Huge congratulations to all three Nobel Laureates, and especially Peter Hegemann! 👏 His seminal work on the green alga Chlamydomonas 🦠 laid the foundation for optogenetics. Thank you for putting Chlamy in the spotlight! ✨ Proof that groundbreaking discoveries don't always come from animal models! 🔬
Nobel Prize@nobelprize.org · last mo.BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
Congratulations to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for being awarded the Nobel Prize 2026 in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics! A great day for German science and for plant science. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 was awarded jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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We are crowdfunding for a bench in a peaceful spot at Winterbourne Botanic Garden in Birmingham in memory of Philippa Borrill. Please share widely. Please email me or @drelunadiez.bsky.social for more details. 💚🌾🌿🌳 If you would like to contribute, the link is below ⬇️.
A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis 🌱 by Zhoubo Hu et al. @zhoubo1234.bsky.social, @biology-unige.bsky.social - published final version now available, open access @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... rdcu.be/fQjnjegEfrua
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Genomes of Poaceae relatives reveal key metabolic innovations preceding the evolution of grasses
The grass family (Poaceae) has immense economic and ecological importance and exhibits distinctive metabolic traits, including dual starch and lignin biosynthetic pathways. We sequenced the genomes of...
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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...
University of Freiburg
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On the cover of our #LatestIssue: A hand-knitted wire sculpture of stomata on the epidermis of wheat, made by scientist and artist Dr Jodie Armand from a 3D confocal image of the wheat epidermis. Image courtesy of Dr Jodie Armand (University of Sheffield). #PlantScience
Finally online! It took ut 9 yars from formulating the hypothesis to actually finalizing the last experiments... but there it is!
Mélanie Rich 🌱🍄@melaniekrich.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew preprint alert! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... The conclusion of a long-lasting obsession about lipids, plant terrestrialization and the origin of plant symbioses 1/7 🧵 @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social @katharinamel1.bsky.social @tatiana-vernie.bsky.social @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social
🌱🍄 SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORIAL 🍄🌱 "Emerging themes and technologies in multi-organismal approaches to understanding mycorrhizal functioning" 📝 David Johnson, Joanna Weremijewicz & Alan Wanke 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪
We are organising @oistedu.bsky.social an Engineering Biology Symposium, 16-18 November 2026. Join us! 🌏 For more information and registration (deadline August 31): www.oist.jp/events/plant...
❗ French agriculture is experiencing one of the worst nationwide agricultural disasters since 1945 due to drought. 🔻 corn -41% 🔻 sorghum - 61% (promoted as drought tolerant! 🤔 ) 🔻 wheat -31% 🔻 potato -42% 🔻 legumes -30 to -70% A huge challenge for all. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
La situation agricole française n’est plus au bord du gouffre, comme elle pouvait l’être en 2022 : cette fois-ci, elle est dans le gouffre. Il n’est désormais plus inconcevable que nous soyons en… | S...
La situation agricole française n’est plus au bord du gouffre, comme elle pouvait l’être en 2022 : cette fois-ci, elle est dans le gouffre. Il n’est désormais plus inconcevable que nous soyons en trai...
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🌾 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Stomatal Biology group in beautiful Bern @unibe.ch How do grass leaves spatially coordinate development of veins & stomatal rows? 2 years (plus possible extension), funded by @snsf.ch @dfg.de within @cerealcell.bsky.social RU5325 jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...
Spotlighting #plantscience that pushes the field forward. We share AI-generated summaries of key papers/news that deserve more eyes, always with source links Inbox us a paper link or tag us to be featured. #plantsci
A new documentary on scientific approaches to replace industrial nitrogen fertilizers is now online @artefr.bsky.social (only in DE/FR). Among them is our and @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social's work @ensa-research.bsky.social further supported by @cibss.bsky.social. www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
Dünger der Zukunft: Die Stickstoff-Revolution - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
Ohne künstlichen Stickstoffdünger wären die hohen Erträge der industriellen Landwirtschaft undenkbar. Doch der intensive Einsatz schädigt das Klima. Weltweit wird nach klimafreundlichen Alternativen g...
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For liverwort mavens, I've needed to shift our Marchantia resources to a new website (I've reached retirement from academia in Cambridge) - and the plant synthetic biology stuff has moved to https://www.haseloff-lab.info (Now have more time for DIY builds! Updates to come)
Are you excited about understanding the molecular underpinnings of arbuscular mycorrhiza? Then this PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/4...
Postdoc (m/f/d) position on molecular mechanisms of nutrient exchange in arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis
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New paper out from the Synoxys lab! We asked an important question: what if plants sensed oxygen like animals do? what if we swapped the O2 sensing across? We built the system to find out. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantscience @syno2xis.bsky.social @beagiuntoli.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
a poster for indiana jones and the last crusade with a man in a hat
ALT: a poster for indiana jones and the last crusade with a man in a hat
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Join our exciting line-up of speakers – submit your abstract for the 48th New Phytologist Symposium: Forest interactions! Deadline: 20 May 📅 13–16 October 2026 📍 Leysin, Switzerland www.newphytologist.org/events/48-nps #PlantScience
Forest interactions
Explore plant interactions in forest environments at all levels from micro- to macro-scales and across the whole spectrum of plant biology.Abstract submission now open - deadline 20 May 2026
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Hiring at IPB Halle! Department Head & Director – Chemistry of Natural Products and Bioactives. Exceptional position with outstanding support & research environment. Apply now by April 24, 2026!-> berufungsportal.uni-halle.de #NaturalProductChemistry #AcademicJobs #IPB #PlantScience
Very nice seminar by @carogutj.bsky.social from @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social today on plant - fungal symbiosis.
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 OA Brief Comm: "Cross-kingdom RNA interference promotes arbuscular mycorrhiza development" rdcu.be/e72nc Symbiotic fungi forming widespread arbuscular mycorrhiza symbioses use cross-kingdom RNAi to silence plant genes and promote their colonization of host roots.
Latest preprint from the lab! Did you ver wonder whether the symbiotic function of DELLA is something ancestral in land plants ☘️? @katharinamel1.bsky.social found out for you! 🔽
Katharina Melkonian@katharinamel1.bsky.social · 8mo ago1/ ✨ New preprint alert ✨ It is my pleasure to share: "Stepwise evolution of the developmental and symbiotic functions of DELLA in land plants" Here we investigated the role of the single GRAS transcription factor DELLA in #MyMarchantia doi.org/10.64898/202... #PlantScience A thread...
