Join the team for this very cool project! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. And since it’s a very interdisciplinary project, reposts to reach the right person (not necessarily with a plant background) are appreciated 😁

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🧪VACANCY: Computational biologist, modeller or biophysicist? Join Laura Bacete @cellwalldynamics.com and Christiane Funk in an interdisciplinary @icelabumu.bsky.social postdoctoral project exploring cell wall sensing in the microalga Chlorella vulgaris. Apply by 17 Sept👇 www.umu.se/en/work-with...

It is a pleasure to join the UPSC community and begin this new chapter. I’m excited for the years ahead and grateful for the opportunity to work alongside such inspiring colleagues. Many thanks to Anne Honsel for this beautifully written research portrait.

Umeå Plant Science Centre@umeaplantsciencecentre.se · last mo.

🧪🌾Researcher portrait: Meet @jalonsos.bsky.social 🌍 How do changes in water become signals that guide plant growth? In our new portrait, Juan talks about water movement, meristems, tree “heartbeats”, and why plants can be seen as teachers. Read the portrait here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

In WOODIER, we will investigate how aspen trees generate this excess wood and how the dynamics of wood formation change across the seasons. I can't wait to get started. Open positions available soon! 7/7

Excited to share that our work on single-nucleus RNA-seq of the shoot apical meristem — the shoot stem cell niche — has found a home. #Plantascience #scRNAseq #stemcells www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Single-nucleus transcriptomics resolves multiple fate dynamics between inflorescence meristem and primary stem

snRNA-seq reveals shoot stem cell heterogeneity and traces their differentiation into primary stem cell types.

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If life builds order from heterogeneity while never completely eliminating it, is heterogeneity merely a byproduct or could it be part of the means by which biological order is generated? Check out Lanxi Hu's review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

So proud to share our latest publication @CellCellPress! Yue Rui reveals that the same enzyme that makes the wall, cellulose synthase complex (CESA), also tethers the plasma membrane to the wall during water-deficit stress, providing resilience. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What is an edge? Why is this geometrical domain so crucial during plant morphogenesis? Read our review, co-written with Antoine Chevalier and @ckirchhelle.bsky.social to find out! authors.elsevier.com/c/1nAnf4tPF4...

Incredibly proud of this paper showing how plants couple vesicle delivery and phragmoplast expansion during division. This project started in the lab of the great and late Ian Moore, and it was a joy to finish it with @liamelliottplants.bsky.social et al! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A Rab/Kinesin-12/kinase module couples vesicle delivery and phragmoplast dynamics during plant cell cytokinesis - The EMBO Journal

Cytokinesis is a key process in the development of multicellular organisms, through both formative and proliferative divisions. In land plants, successful cytokinesis requires precise targeting of Gol...

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#PlantSciJobs 🌱 Postdoctoral Research Associate (x2) and Research Assistant (x2) Dr Edwige Moyroud is seeking 2 Postdocs and 2 Research Assistants to join her team investigating petal patterning Applications close: 5 June: Research Assistant bit.ly/4a32ffK 17 June: Postdoc bit.ly/4dT2LOC

Early career PI starting package, getting the basics right 🌱 #PlantScience

After a long journey, our new paper is out! 🌱 In this study, Tiina and colleagues show that cambium activation in the Arabidopsis root is triggered by the induction of auxin, cytokinin, and TDIF peptide signalling. 🧵1/x doi.org/10.1093/plce...

Plant hormone and peptide signaling converge in the genetic network regulating cambium activation in Arabidopsis roots

An intertwined network of cytokinin, auxin and peptide hormone signaling activates secondary growth in the Arabidopsis roots.

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During secondary growth, primary protective barriers break, and a new one forms beneath: the phellem. But what triggers phellem to differentiate and become a functional barrier? Our results show it’s mechanical cues from tissue rupture 🌱 Check out our preprint 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵/1

Check out our new preprint by @octaviarmn.bsky.social and @liobarueger.bsky.social in collaboration with @meikeburow.bsky.social - we investigate the spatial effect of glucosinolates on root microbiomes in Arabidopsis and Camelina! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... lots of cool stuff!

Excited to share our latest review on hydrosignaling: moisture-dependent molecular pathways that help plants grow towards water. Insightful review of the literature and discussion of moisture sensing mechanisms by Will Dwyer and @hhtormar.bsky.social. Enjoy! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Latest 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/...

🧪🌾News - How do trees know when winter has really begun? New research from the Bhalerao group in @natcomms.nature.com shows that trees don’t just count cold hours - they also use brief warm spells early in winter. 📸 From left: @shkpandey.bsky.social, Bibek Aryal & @sisiphusonbreak.bsky.social

✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/7) From growth potential to drought survival: a trait- and time-based framework for plant water economics across vascular species nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@labcosta.bsky.social Out now in ScienceAdvances our new work with @AndreaBassi78 MAcro Plant Projection Imaging (MAPPI): An open, scalable platform for whole-plant fluorescence real-time imaging | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🧪🌾 PAPER – How do trees know when winter is really over? Trees don’t just track long-term cold exposure. The Bhalerao group and collaborators show they also count short warm spells when assessing winter progression. Read more in @natcomms.nature.com:👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Variable temperature processing by plasmodesmata regulates robust bud dormancy release - Nature Communications

Tree buds integrate cold and warm cues to control dormancy release. Extended warm periods block plasmodesmata opening by repressing Flowering Locus T and GA pathways in buds. This mechanism ensures ro...

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#TansleyInsight Condense to sense: a new path for plant osmosensing Zhenyu Wang (王振宇), Hongwei Guo (郭红卫) nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience

🌱📢Join us at the 𝐆𝐑𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 23-24, 2026 in 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! 💡Specially encourage ECRs to apply to present your work! Its a great forum to connect with peers and mentors in the field. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲👉 www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please repost! #plantscience #abioticstress #ECRs

Great project and super nice working environment 👇

Ari Pekka Mähönen@apmahonen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We’re hiring! 🌱 Open positions in my lab for candidates interested in cambium development in Arabidopsis, hybrid aspen, or silver birch. Apply now! Please repost! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

paper is out now in Nature Plants, here is a link: Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development. Nat. Plants (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development - Nature Plants

Spatially resolved gene expression during barley development was done by integrating an scRNA-seq dataset from cells with unknown position with spatial transcriptomics. This dataset is publicly availa...

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We're looking for a postdoc to join us in trying to map the routes by which different signals travel through plants and identify what information they carry. Link👇or get in touch! @johninnescentre.bsky.social #PlantSciJobs www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Postdoctoral Researcher (Faulkner Group) | John Innes Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Faulkner Group at the John Innes Centre, working on cutting-edge science in the field of Cell & Developmental Biology.

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I’m very happy to share that next year I’m launching the Meristem Hydraulics Group. We will be at the @umeaplantsciencecentre.se (Sweden) & the University of Helsinki (Finland) @helsinki.fi Here is a brief description of our research interests: www.upsc.se/juan_alonso_... #PlantSciences

Thrilled to have our paper out in @science.org. Cell division guides plant cell wall formation. Does the reverse hold? We show that bimodal pectin methylesterification, via PME5 mRNA nuclear sequestration, influences plant cell division and cell plate orientation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics

The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...

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Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics

The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...

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“The ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis”. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A 🌱 thread 👇 1/x academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

It’s finally out! 🎉 Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth. 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #PlantSciences

An AINTEGUMENTA phosphoswitch controls bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth | PNAS

Plant stem cells have the remarkable ability to give rise to distinct tissues and organs throughout development. Two concentric cylinders of active...

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Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

On growth and flow: hydraulic aspects of aboveground meristems

Water is essential for plant growth under both normal and stress conditions. Aboveground, two key meristems control plant development: the shoot apical meristem and the vascular cambium. Here, stem c...

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