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…

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...

The RTS (Swiss TV) visited our lab and talked about our recent work on natural variation for suberin in the News yesterday evening! (In French)

Les racines, un espoir pour l'adaptation des plantes face aux stress climatiques - 19h30 - Play RTS

Play RTS vous permet de visionner ou d'écouter de nombreuses émissions tv ou radio, quand et aussi souvent que vous le souhaitez.

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It’s FINALLY out! We investigated the natural variations for endodermal suberin and identified SUBER GENE1 (SBG1)- Type One Protein Phosphatases (TOPPs) as a novel module that regulates endodermal suberization. @mariebarberon.bsky.social rdcu.be/fgU6g #PlantScience

GWAS reveal SUBER GENE1-mediated suberization via type one phosphatases

Nature Plants - A genetic screen across Arabidopsis accessions identifies SBG1 as a regulator of root abscisic acid response and endodermal suberin deposition via type 1 protein phosphatases,...

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We are looking for a new Director @cragenomica.bsky.social to help us keep growing and making even cooler science, come join us!, Application details www.cragenomica.es/sites/defaul... please, help us spread the word!

Happy to share the third chapter of my postdoctoral adventure at @mpipz.bsky.social ➡️doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.20.719616 We used C. chenopodiifolia's ability to produce explosive aerial fruit and non-explosive underground fruit to identify REVOLUTA's role in cell fate and wall patterning🌿💥 ⬇️🧵

🚨Job alert: We are looking for a #phd student to join us @unil.bsky.social to study the evolution & function of gene regulatory sequences in the context of crop domestication using genomics, genome editing and imaging 🌱🍅🧬. #plantscience #scijobs #plantscijobs. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3u73csma

🔬 Der Schweizerische Wissenschaftsrat (SWR) begleitet das BFI-System aus einer unabhängigen und langfristigen Perspektive. Seine Expertise ist zentral für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Schweizer #Forschung. Deshalb lehnt der SNF die vorgeschlagene Auflösung des SWR ab. Mehr dazu ➡️ sohub.io/urox

Wenn ihr mehr dazu wissen wollt, haben wir hier alles kompakt dazu aufgeschrieben, mit vielen weiterführenden Links. Wenn euch die Demeter-Kampagne begegnet, teilt gern diesen Artikel oder meinen Thread. 10/10 #GiveGenesAChance 💚

NGT-Essentials: Alles Wichtige zu den Neuen Genomischen Techniken auf einen Blick - ÖkoProg

Alle wichtigen Argumente, warum NGT in der Pflanzenzüchtung endlich möglich gemacht werden sollten. Kennzeichnung, Umwelt, Patente & mehr

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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.

Latest from our lab! Detailed and committed work by Jennifer combined with Hiro's special skills👌. Wonderful collaboration with @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab (Damien and Etienne) and @jalonsos.bsky.social 👇

Jennifer Lopez Ortiz@jenlopezortiz.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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

Very impressive work identifying novel BIK1 substrates (and immunity players) in Arabidopsis 🔽! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Motif-based substrate mapping of the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1 reveals novel components and regulatory nodes of plant immunity - Nature Plants

Cell surface receptors perceive immunogenic elicitors, triggering downstream signalling via receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases such as BIK1. Here the authors define and use the phosphorylation motif of...

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Great GRC conference in the Swiss alps! www.grc.org/salt-and-wat...

Read the full article & preview all pieces in Issue 09: www.asimov.press/p/nature

How Nature Became a 'Prestige' Journal

Since launching in 1869, Nature has evolved from a periodical offering commentary on pigeons to the prestige journal in science. But how did Nature build its reputation, and can it last?

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At the end of 2024 I did a chronological round up of all the #plantscience in @science.org that year. So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)

Have you ever wondered how new DNA methylation patterns are established? Paradigm shift ahead! We discovered a new mode of DNA methylation targeting in plants that relies on transcription factors and sequence motifs rather than chromatin modifications to regulate the methylome. rdcu.be/eQ6L5 1/8

May their words reach politicians‘ ears…

Nature Plants@natplants.nature.com · 8mo ago

Comment in @nature.com: "Food will be more affordable — if we double funds for agriculture research now" www.nature.com/articles/d41... A global drop in public and private investment in agricultural science in the past four decades is partly to blame for high food prices, an analysis reveals.

Great opportunity for Early Career Researchers - Utrecht PhD Summer School 2026! eps.sites.uu.nl

EPS Summer School | Universiteit Utrecht

We would like to invite you to join the PhD Summer School that has an attractive program with many expert speakers in the field of environmental signaling in plants. In addition to the invited speaker...

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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe! We are uniting two research powerhouses. For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more. Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.

A really nice telling of the rise of Arabidopsis - mentioning so many of my heroes! We should be grateful for their vision and persistence.

Knowable Magazine@knowablemag.bsky.social · 9mo ago

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. ✍️ Rachel Ehrenberg knowmag.org/4hImL8e

This going to be a superb talk at #PMS2025, @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social (@unil.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social group) on localized glutamine leakage drives microbial colonization patterns on roots See their recent @science.org paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗 beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas

This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…

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A long road to the Cover of Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization

Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...

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Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Our latest story with soon-to-be published results at #2025ISMPMI !

Merissa Huei-Hsuan Tsai@hueihsuantsai.bsky.social · last yr.

My poster is up and ready at #2025ISMPMI! Curious why bacteria show spatial colonization preferences on roots? If you want to know more, come visit my poster P-248, on Thursday, 13:30–15:15

How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social‬ @erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature

A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.

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Inspiring work and a conceptually beautiful model!

Sadaf Shadan@sshadan.bsky.social · last yr.

How do plants notice loss of structural barriers (e.g. the periderm, which prevents water loss and pathogen infection) to regenerate them? Work @nature shows that plants sense damage to barrier integrity from diffusion of gases such as ethylene and oxygen. shorturl.at/FIhJ8 & N&V shorturl.at/u7PYs

We are recruiting! A three year PhD position @iecb.bsky.social and @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social to study lipid recognition by plant receptor-like kinases. A collaborative project with the team of @pierre-maisonneuve.bsky.social. Join us in the beautiful city of Bordeaux! emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

New tenure track assistant professor position in molecular microbiology in our department @dmf-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! We are casting a wide net for an experimental molecular microbiologist. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

Well deserved! Congratulations!

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research@mpipz.bsky.social · last yr.

🎉 We’re thrilled to share that our director Miltos Tsiantis has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu for his project CLONAL, which will explore the development and diversity of root suckers. Congratulations! 🌱👏Learn more: bit.ly/43KuvBe #ERCAdG #plantsci