The Special Issue of @Nature Light: Science & Applications on "Brillouin Light Scattering for Life-science & Biomedical Applications" is open for submissions (DL: 31/01/2027)! Silvia Caponi, Fernando Perez-Cota, @prevedel-lab.bsky.social, @kelsayad.bsky.social www.nature.com/documents/Sp...

Out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social the improved version of our paper! I am very proud of this work with @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social, Annamaria Kiss, @moritznowack.bsky.social and others! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth-control program

During morphogenesis of multicellular organs, cells in distinct positions need to meet specific functional requirements to form the appropriate tissue…

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Excited to share our latest Brillouin work in @natmethods.nature.com: Standardized, Zarr-based file formats + open-source tools for Brillouin microscopy data analysis. Works across custom & commercial systems and approaches & implementations. Open science for the Brillouin community! rdcu.be/ftdjE

Towards a standardized file format and open-source analysis framework for Brillouin microscopy data

Nature Methods - Towards a standardized file format and open-source analysis framework for Brillouin microscopy data

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Right before vacation: abstract submission is now open for the 10th International BioBrillouin Conference in lovely Exeter UK: biobrillouin.org/events/10th-... Deadline for submission: 15th September. Come join us for our 10th conference anniversary! 🥳🤩

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...

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...

How do plants know when their cell walls are damaged?🤔 THESEUS1 (THE1) is a key “sensor” that helps plants: 🔎 Detect cell wall stress 🌱 Adjust growth & root development ⚡ Trigger stress responses A new review explores its evolution + what we still don’t know #PlantScience #Arabidopsis #CellBiology

Tomo @kawashimalab.bsky.social and I organized a special issue for @cytoskeljournal.bsky.social 🍀🔬 We have 11 articles on plant cytoskeleton in this issue. Looking forward to seeing the final version of the issue. Here is our editorial take: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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

#PlantSci Research Weekly March 13, 2026 plantae.org/plant-scienc... Reviews: Vulnerability of plant reproduction in warming world; Potential of macroalgae for space flight. Also – Metagenomic insights into the origin of eukaryotes; Biosynthetic gene clusters for post-chorismate metabolism (1/3)

🔬🍀🎉 I am happy and excited to share that graduate student, @ohazel.bsky.social Olivia's first author research article is published now @newphyt.bsky.social We are grateful to editor, reviewers, and @newphyt.bsky.social to help us to improve the story nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Cell cycle follows 'pause and play; mechanism in salt and cold stress recovery in diverse plant species Hazelwood et al. @ohazel.bsky.social @kamdiehl.bsky.social @aribidopsis.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

AGP and EXO-LIKE genes promote brassinosteroid-dependent anisotropic growth Daria Novikova, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

Another really interesting #SciHis Story by @asimovpress.bsky.social. Goes to show that there are interesting and curious stories and facts in everything - even little things like Agar that seem simple and straightforward. www.asimov.press/p/agar #ScienceHistory #MolecularBiology #Agarose #Seaweed

The Origins of Agar

First introduced into laboratories in 1881, agar remains indispensable as a culture medium.

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🔬🍀 (1/3) My undergraduate student, Joh, is working on chromatin (magenta dots in the movie) dynamics during the altered nuclear (green) shape. Here is a beautiful movie of chromatin dynamics.

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/...

Happy to share this preprint, we describe how the membrane could shape the ROS nanoenvironment in plant responses to osmotic signals. Led by @arthur-poitout.bsky.social and amazing colleagues @yvonjaillais.bsky.social , @jbfiche.bsky.social , A Meyer, and J Ugalde. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We are happy to announce the start of the MechanoBioTalks – Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter an initiative organized by GreenTE young researchers. The aim of the webinars is to bring together researchers interested in biomechanics, biophysics and biology. Register here: green-te.nl/activities/

Activities - GreenTE

Activities Webinars ”MechanoBioTalks – Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter” is a webinar series supported by the GreenTE consortium and organized […]

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Our work now on its final version. We mapped the mechanical properties of roots at tissue and single cell levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. Additional mutants and stress measurements from what we previously showed in the preprint are included. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stress

Brillouin microscopy reveals in vivo dynamics of mechanical properties during plant development and response to stress.

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‼️ SAVE THE DATE‼️ We are excited to announce that the 10th International BioBrillouin Meeting will take place from the 30th November – 3rd December 2026 in Exeter, United Kingdom. Registration will open soon, and be announced on www.biobrillouin.org

Hello world 👋 My first post here on Bluesky Excited to share our review in Chemical Reviews’ special issue “Mechanochemistry and Strain” on Mechanochromic Mechanophores 🛠️🌈 bit.ly/3OajSCg A memorable experience to read, reflect on, and synthesize the incredible work from the community @pubs.acs.org

Mechanochromic Mechanophores

Mechanochemistry has emerged as a powerful strategy for controlling chemical reactivity and tuning material properties through applied force. Within this growing field, mechanochromic mechanophores ha...

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🧬 🚚 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🚚 🧬 In this review, Ejike et al. highlight the role of phase separation for the transport of cargo through the nuclear pore complex, highlighting the assembly, structure, and function of the nuclear pore. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

2026 UK plant biomechanics workshop on 17th April 2026 in Nottingham. Abstract submissions deadline is 13 Feb, and registration is open. 🌱🧪🌿🔬#PlantSci

New episode of #No_Time_To_Read_podcast! 🎙️ I had a wonderful discussion with @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social Ajeet about his recent Molecular Plant paper. His work made it to the cover as well. Podcast: tinyurl.com/3ppeys36 Article: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

🧱 REVIEW 🧱 Plant growth is regulated by cell wall polysaccharide synthesis & integration, occurring indirectly via cell wall integrity sensing, relying on tight coupling between polysaccharide integration, remodelling & wall tension- Muller et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Active matter physics studies living beings as open, out of equilibrium, and emergent systems. In this perspective on plant morphogenesis, we show how such features arise from the basic hydromechanics of plant tissue and how to capture them in models. 🌱💧 Preprint 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2512.05554

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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New preprint! SOSEKI polarity proteins are mechanoresponsive integrators linking growth and tissue mechanics during lateral root formation. Their polarity marks growth boundaries and reorganises in response to mechanical alterations —reshaping how we think about axis formation. tinyurl.com/28p7af2w

Also happy to say that Arabidopsis epidermal cells make the cover of @theplantjournal.bsky.social for the issue with our paper, showing that nitrate availability impacts pectin metabolism and cell wall mechanics for growth 🌱 Check the work here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

A very good historical perspective why you want to work on the weed… knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

How a humble weed became a superstar of biology

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.

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