Role of membrane-organizing SPFH proteins in plants: @hannah-web.bsky.social, Alexandra Ehinger, @birgitkemmerling.bsky.social et al define how Arabidopsis HIR2 forms higher-order assemblies and organizes receptor signaling domains link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Arabidopsis SPFH protein HIR2 modulates receptor signaling and plasma membrane organization - The EMBO Journal

Plant plasma membrane proteins are organized into distinct domains; however, the principles that govern this spatial organization are not fully understood. HYPERSENSITIVE-INDUCED REACTION (HIR) protei...

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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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Now in @jxbotany.bsky.social ! Check out our opinion piece on Atomic Force Microscopy #afm in Plant Biomechanic Research: A powerful tool that needs careful handling, interpretation & more research! @Klaus Harter, @moscabiomeclab.bsky.social at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

Calling all STEM people 📣 Penpal registration for Letters to a Prescientist is now open! After 4y I can tell you: There’s nothing more cute and rewarding than getting letters from highschool penpals - aka next generation of scientists!👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬🔬🧫🧬 Check out LPS and sign up 😊👇🏻 prescientist.org/register/

Pumpkin loading … 🪫🎃

My postdoc preprint is now online @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social. We established HYDRA, a shoot regeneration assay in Arabidopsis without exogenous hormones, and show that photosynthesis-derived carbon drives regeneration via RBR1 pathway–mediated cell cycle activation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Photosynthesis-derived carbon gates cell cycle activation to enable hormone-autonomous shoot regeneration

Shoot regeneration is a powerful model for cell fate reprogramming but how it occurs in nature remains poorly understood because studies in Arabidopsis thaliana conventionally rely on in vitro assays ...

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New Preprint! We identified 20 new type II-secreted effectors from Xanthomonas euvesicatoria and show that they help bacteria feed and remodel plant cell walls during infection. Proud of my team at #ZMBP and collaborators for making this possible! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Defining the Xanthomonas euvesicatoria type II-secreted effector arsenal: core nutritional functions and effector diversity

The type II secretion (T2S) system is conserved across the Xanthomonas lineage, yet its contributions to pathogenicity and secreted protein repertoires are poorly defined. We demonstrate that T2S syst...

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Please share this gift article from The New York Times with friends, family, sceptics, and People who think that studying weird things is a waste of money. Then follow up with meaningful discussion about what I call 'free range science'. Free without subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o...

Opinion | The Science That Turned Lizard Venom Into GLP-1s Is Under Attack

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Happy to share our new paper in @dev-journal.bsky.social . This project started while I was at Stanford with @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and was completed at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social by @pablidopsis.bsky.social . Find it here: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Targets of SPEECHLESS and FAMA control guard cell division and expansion in the late stomatal lineage

Highlighted Article: In Arabidopsis stomatal cells, SPEECHLESS persists into maturing guard cells where its balance with FAMA is essential for guard cell development. Transcriptomic and genetic analys...

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Check out our updated preprint where we introduce dual-color #sptpalm #superresolution microscopy 🔬 for tracking membrane proteins in live plant cells 🌱 Lead by @plant-cyclist.bsky.social at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social

Leander Rohr, PhD @plant-cyclist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 Preprint Update 📢 New Title 📰 More Data 📊 New Co-Author: @luiselotterausch.bsky.social 👋 We show simultaneous dual-color #sptPALM in live #Arabidopsis hypocotyl cells using codon-optimized #PA-GFP and #PATagRFP. 🌱🔬 Check it out👉 t1p.de/6cybn @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Our new preprint! Winter-like extended cold primes plants for regeneration🌱❄️! Work by Fu-Yu Hung, now a new PI in Taiwan!

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Prolonged cold exposure enhances regeneration potential in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.20.719581v1

I don’t know if you saw the MASSIVE news announced by @erc.europa.eu today: from now on, if you get a B at step 1 you are eligible to apply at N+3(!!!) years. Say you got a B in STG2026 step 1, you thought you could apply in STG2028, but no: only in STG2029! erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

Applying for an ERC grant in the 2027 competitions: what you need to know

The ERC plans to launch the grant competitions under its 2027 Work Programme between July 2026 and June 2027, with the calls for proposals introducing several changes to the eligibility rules for appl...

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Histone deacetylases and cell cycle regulators orchestrate cell identity transitions during Arabidopsis root regeneration #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

Many congrats to Akira!

Molecular Plant & Plant Communications@mplantpcom.bsky.social · 5mo ago

WIND1 controls cell fate transition through coordinately integrating histone acetylation and deacetylation-mediated transcriptional reprogramming during somatic embryogenesis #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

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植物再生スイッチの制御原理を解明

理研らの共同研究グループは、植物が傷付いたときなどに組織を再生させる能力のスイッチとして働くWIND1という転写因子が、将来どのような細胞や組織になるかという発生運命を転換する制御原理を発見しました。

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The lab of @elkebarbez.bsky.social strikes again 👇 Cell wall charge acts as a tunable electrostatic gate controlling iron availability in roots. Really nice work linking extracellular physics with nutrient homeostasis.

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Cell wall charge gates iron availability in plant roots https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.15.711884v1

Asked my Intro Plant Bio students to make Valentine's day plant meme using what they learned in class so far, and dang, it gives me SO MUCH joy seeing all the submissions. Some of my favs here: #valentinesday #ib103 #iamabotanist #plantjoy @botsocamerica.bsky.social l @plantteaching.bsky.social

📢Job alert📢 @uniheidelberg.bsky.social has an opening for a full W3-position on “Modeling of Biological Processes” 😀👍 Here is the call tinyurl.com/3w9e9dtf and application deadline is March 15. The group would be located at the beautiful #BioQuant center right in the middle of Neuenheimer Feld.

Please share! PhD position (4 years) available in my group @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We look for candidates with solid aptitude in computer science to cross disciplines and use cutting edge imaging to understand host infection by destructive plant pathogens. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

🔬 EXPERT VIEW 🔬 Oven-Krockhaus et al. introduce single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy for studying plasma membrane proteins in plants, outlining key applications and practical guidance on instrumentation, probes, and analysis. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Apply now for a PhD in Life Sciences at IMPRS “From Molecules to Organisms”! Research nanomechanics of cellular machines and track kinesin motors at high resolution in Tübingen in Erik Schäffer’s group at the University of Tübingen. More information available on our website: www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de

Check out our latest paper. Very glad to see this one finally out. Fantastic work by @charlotte-dlslle.bsky.social . Learn more about MBAP proteins and their roles in brassinosteroid signaling. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Phosphoproteomics uncovers rapid and specific transition from plant two-component system signaling to Ser/Thr phosphorylation by the intracellular redox sensor AHK5 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.13.682113v1

Transcriptional targets of SPEECHLESS and FAMA control guard cell division and expansion in the late stomatal lineage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.12.681868v1

Fran @frangordilloc.bsky.social and I wrote this piece on one of our favorite topics: the evolutionary relevance of co-receptors for immune receptor transfer in #plants 🌱 #EvoMPMI #MPMI Check also the beautiful paper by Zhang et al. on the PRR STOMR and discover what happened to its co-receptor 😱

Cell Host & Microbe@cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Lost & found: Reconstituting PRR immune function through co-receptor transfer @isabelmonte.bsky.social highlights work revealing cross-species co-receptor transfer can overcome restricted taxonomic functionality in rice, pointing to strategies for crop protection www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

The Cluster of Excellence @greenrobust.de is hiring: - Computer Scientist/Research data manager: shorturl.at/xSvvO - Data steward: shorturl.at/l6NCv - Scientific coordinator 'Plant Perturbation Atlas': shorturl.at/vBU6x Deadline: Friday, 7 November 2025 RT are welcome #plantjobs #plantscijobs

Stellenangebote: Universität Hohenheim

Aktuelle Stellenangebote der Universität Hohenheim.

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With Sven zur Oven-Krockhaus, @luiselotterausch.bsky.social & Klaus Harter we wrote an #ExpertView on #sptPALM in #plants 🌱 (focus: #plasmamembrane). ✔️ Our goal: help you get started with this powerful method 🚀 ❓ Curious? We’ll be happy to get you ready!

Luiselotte Rausch@luiselotterausch.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Check out our latest review on investigating plant plasma membrane proteins with super resolution microscopy 🔬 🌱 in @jxbotany.bsky.social #superresolution #plasmamembrane academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

Check out our latest review on investigating plant plasma membrane proteins with super resolution microscopy 🔬 🌱 in @jxbotany.bsky.social #superresolution #plasmamembrane academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

Revealing Plasma Membrane Protein Dynamics in Living Plant Cells with Single-Molecule Tracking

Abstract. The behavior of proteins and other biomolecules in cellular environments is governed by complex molecular processes. Understanding their temporal

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Well done, Max! Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Neofunctionalized RGF pathways drive haustorial organogenesis in parasitic plants

Plant peptide hormones regulate and induce the parasitic plant specialized organ for connecting to and feeding from the host.

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