John is a visionary in our field. I always like hearing his new ideas, many of which end up proving to be rather prophetic. #PlantScience 🌾🧪

John F. Allen@profjohnallen.bsky.social · 2w ago

Why a Chloroplast Needs Its Own Genome Tethered to the Thylakoid Membrane—Co‐Location for Redox Regulation - Allen - 2026 - BioEssays - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We're hiring a PhD candidate! 🔬 Are you fascinated by cytoplasmic genetics and eager to uncover the mechanisms underlying maternal inheritance of plastids and mitochondria? If so, join our group and contribute to our ERC-funded research "CytoInP"!🌟 Application link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

PhD position: Manipulating plastid and mitochondrial inheritance in plants

Our group investigates the maternal inheritance of plastid and mitochondrial genomes in plants, with the goal of uncovering the mechanisms that govern this process.

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Our work is out now! (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). We discover a selective autophagy pathway that protects plants from the mess caused by RNA viruses. Intrigued? Follow the spaghetti trail for a summary of our findings🧵-->

Selective autophagy fine-tunes plant immunity to promote cell survival during viral infection

RNA viruses co-opt host endomembranes to form replication complexes, often triggering cellular stress and immune responses. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana activates selective autophagy to res...

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A News & Views article featuring our recent publication🌟! doi.org/10.1038/s414... It highlights the potential of manipulating mitochondrial inheritance for crop breeding 🌾 @natplants.nature.com

Our work on #hornwort #pyrenoids is finally out in @science.org! 🎉 We uncovered how hornworts pack their Rubisco into pyrenoids and successfully recreated them in Arabidopsis. A key step toward engineering more efficient photosynthesis in crops @btiscience.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An unconventional Rubisco small subunit underpins the CO2-concentrating organelle in land plants

In many algae, photosynthesis is boosted by biophysical CO2-concentrating mechanisms, which pack the CO2-fixing enzyme Rubisco into liquid-like organelles called pyrenoids. Engineering C3 crops with a...

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Mitochondria can indeed be inherited from the father! 🍀 In this new study, we uncovered the molecular mechanisms underlying mitochondrial inheritance in Nicotiana tabacum. @natplants.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s414...

High-frequency biparental inheritance of plant mitochondria upon chilling stress and loss of a genome-degrading nuclease - Nature Plants

Maternal inheritance of mitochondria breaks down in the cold when a mitochondrial DNA degrading nuclease is defective, resulting in biparental inheritance that can rescue mitochondrial mutations and g...

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We are very excited to share a new resource from our team: spatial subcellular proteome maps in plants! We developed an MS-based method that registers localizations of about 8000 proteins in Arabidopsis roots in a single experiment. (1/9) www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Glad to see that our Viewpoint article is now online! doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... We highlight recent exciting advances in plastid-to-nucleus gene transfer and share our perspectives in this evolving field. 💪🙏Many thanks to Yuyang and Femke for their contributions to this work. @jxbotany.bsky.social

Happy to share this work with Virginia Sanchez-Puerta (not on bsky) and colleagues on how loss of photosynthesis in these (strange!) plants affects translation and tRNAs in plastids and mitochondria.... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/n

Are you interested in using synthetic approaches to promote arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis? Then our PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b...

Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉 The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩 Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️ academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

The phylotranscriptomic profile of angiosperm seed development follows a reverse hourglass pattern

Angiosperm seed development exhibits a reverse phylotranscriptomic pattern, with early and late stages showing greater conservation and mid-phase showing h

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Cool study from the Sloan lab @sloanevolab.bsky.social demonstrating MSH1’s role in maintaining low mutation rates in cytoplasmic genomes and plant viability across generations! dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Flipping the switch on some of the slowest mutating genomes: Direct measurements of plant mitochondrial and plastid mutation rates in msh1 mutants

Author summary Plants have very low rates of mutations in the sequence of their mitochondrial and plastid (chloroplast) DNA, especially when compared to the high rates found in animal mitochondrial ge...

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Please share! Our lab is recruiting a PhD student to join us starting fall 2026. Our group is broadly interested in plant molecular evolution and comparative genomics. More info about our lab and grad programs at Colorado St. is available on our lab website. sites.google.com/site/danielb...

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Welcome! Our research focuses on the evolutionary process at the molecular level. In particular, we investigate how a mixture of natural selection and non-adaptive forces create and maintain the amazi...

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Just a few left - Do not miss your chance !

Journal of Experimental Botany@jxbotany.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Only 3 weeks to go 📢 📝 Abstract submission and travel grant deadlines for #JXB75 are both on July 22 - so don’t delay applying 👩‍💻 Join us in beautiful Edinburgh to celebrate our 75th year 🎂 🔗 bit.ly/JXB75?utm_sou... #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social @oxfordacademic.bsky.social‬

A plant biologist’s day at WUR @w-u-r.bsky.social @pph-wur.bsky.social @wurplant.bsky.social

Jenny Saile@jennysaile.bsky.social · last yr.

This week, I’m #RootingForScience by sharing a day in my life as a plant biologist, highlighting what I do and why it matters💚

SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻 #SEBconference Senior researchers and group leaders will also be showcasing their exciting work. Come and learn more about the research of Eyal Fridman and @vanessaloi.bsky.social ! Registration Deadline: 13th June Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...

SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻 We encourage New Generation Researchers to take the stage and share their new ideas on cytoplasmic genetics. Don't miss the talks by Femke van den Berg and Schewach Bodenheimer. Registration Deadline: 13 June Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a... #SEBconference

Join us at SEB Annual Conference in Antwerp🌻 #SEBconference Early Career Researchers, @egonzalezduran.bsky.social and Tom Theeuwen, will share their excellent research with us in the Plant Session P4! Conference Registration Deadline: 13th June Link: www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...

✈️ JXB75 Travel Grants are now LIVE on the website ✈️ 📢 Calling all ECRs attending the #JXB75 Symposium – apply now for travel support! 👉 More info here: sebiology.org/events... 🧪 #PlantScience @sebiology.bsky.social

🔬 New study from José Gualberto’s team in @theplantcell.bsky.social reveals how OEX1 safeguards mitochondrial DNA in Arabidopsis thaliana. This all-purpose nuclease is key to genome stability and plant fertility. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience #Mitochondria #Arabidopsis

New research by @egonzalezduran.bsky.social shows that DSB repair suppresses gene transfer from chloroplasts to nucleus. With DSB repair impaired, transfer rates jump 20× — revealing how plants protect genome stability, with lessons beyond plant biology. Read: nature.com/articles/s41477-025-02005-w

Suppression of plastid-to-nucleus gene transfer by DNA double-strand break repair - Nature Plants

Inactivation of double-strand break repair pathways greatly increases the integration of plastid DNA into the nuclear genome of tobacco plants, highlighting the mutagenic potential of organellar DNA a...

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Over 100 organisations still consider eLife papers when evaluating research contributions since losing our Impact Factor: buff.ly/wGQWNqs Help us rally more community support for research reform and let us know your funder or institution’s stance on the #ImpactFactor 💬

Excited by new #NSFFunded research from #PopUpPoplars led by @michellezavala.bsky.social that shows the importance of considering cytonuclear interactions to plant function The role of cytonuclear interactions to plant adaptation across a Populus hybrid zone www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Glad to share this review, which takes a narrative approach to explore mechanisms governing cytoplasmic inheritance. It highlights exciting advances in the field, while also pointing to the many open questions that remain. Have a read here: doi.org/10.1093/plph...

Cytoplasmic Inheritance: The Transmission of Plastid and Mitochondrial Genomes Across Cells and Generations

Abstract. In photosynthetic organisms, genetic material is stored in the nucleus and the two cytoplasmic organelles: plastids and mitochondria. While both

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🚨 Job Alert 🚨 We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to investigate how plastids and mitochondria are inherited in plants. Join us at Laboratory of Plant Physiology - Wageningen University & Research! 🔬 📅 Application deadline: 19th May, 2025 Link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

PhD position: Manipulating plastid and mitochondrial inheritance in plants

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Job Alert 🚨 We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the ERC-funded project 🌟Cytoplasmic Inheritance in Plants🌟 Join us at Wageningen University! 🔬 📅 Application deadline: April 7, 2025 Application link: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p... More details about us: www.cytoplasmic-genetics.org

So true: "In a very short time, we have created not only silly systems of governance and regulation, but are also managing to subvert academic life through the creation of bullshit jobs and, I would argue, bullshit practices."

Ben Long@botbml.bsky.social · last yr.

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IPGSA 2025 is going on in BEAUTIFUL Fort Collins, Colorado, from June 29th to July 3rd. EARLY REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION deadlines due April 15th! 54 talks chosen from abstracts and 22 Travel Awards to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Register and apply for awards NOW. 🌱 #plantscience

Join us in Edinburgh & enjoy the FOUR sessions covering the life journey of a plant! BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress FUTURE – new plan(t)s

Journal of Experimental Botany@jxbotany.bsky.social · last yr.

We've got some 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 speakers at our 75th birthday conference. Sign up now to join them in September bit.ly/JXB75 🎉 🌳 🧪 #plantscience @janelangdale.bsky.social @cristobaluauy.bsky.social @kinpanchung.bsky.social @dianebeckles.bsky.social

Join us in Edinburgh & enjoy the FOUR sessions covering the life journey of a plant! BEGINNINGS – the origins of plants and the start of the life cycle GROWING – photosynthesis, respiration, nutrient acquisition, growth MATURITY – flowering, reproduction and coping with stress FUTURE – new plan(t)s

Journal of Experimental Botany@jxbotany.bsky.social · last yr.

We've got some 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 speakers at our 75th birthday conference. Sign up now to join them in September bit.ly/JXB75 🎉 🌳 🧪 #plantscience @janelangdale.bsky.social @cristobaluauy.bsky.social @kinpanchung.bsky.social @dianebeckles.bsky.social