Thank you, @eliolanglois.bsky.social , for teaching us about cell confinement and microfluidics on the second day of INTERFACE 2026 in Lyon. That was amazing! 🧫🔬
Omar Hdedeh
@omarhdedeh.bsky.social
I am a postdoc researcher at VIB - Ghent, Belgium. I do research in plant cell biology and physiology in Van Damme lab 🌱.
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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Our paper is out !!! NADPH oxidases and aquaporins within membrane nanodomains form a functional unit for ROS signaling. Great work by arthur-poitout.bsky.social and amazing collaborator jbfiche.bsky.social, Jose Ugalde, A Meyer yvonjaillais.bsky.social! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2529740123
Our recent work on the mechanisms controlling HIR2 plasma-membrane targeting and nanodomain organization has been featured in a Research Highlight in The Plant Journal. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Membrane matters: assembly of HIR2 nanodomains in the plasma membrane
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I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join my team to work on the interplay between endocytosis and autophagy. The 3-year project runs in collaboration with the Dagdas lab @plantophagy.bsky.social and can start asap. Interested candidates can apply via the link below. jobs.vib.be/apply/134365
🎉 New publication. I'm delighted to share that our co-first author paper, “Mechanisms controlling the plasma membrane targeting and the nanodomain organization of the plant SPFH protein HIR2”, has just been published in The Plant Journal 🌱 Enjoy reading 🙂. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Mechanisms controlling the plasma membrane targeting and the nanodomain organization of the plant SPFH protein HIR2
S-acylation and lipid composition as well as oligomerization control the plasma membrane localization and the organization into nanodomains of the Arabidopsis Stomatin/Prohibitin/Flotillin/HflK/C (SP....
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Visit our Web site, register and subit your abstract for the next Plant Energy Mangement Meeting next july on Montpellier pem26.cnrs.fr @frannybarbs.bsky.social @lacombeb.bsky.social @franzificht.bsky.social @ccf-claire.bsky.social @msubrandizzilab.bsky.social @hatem-rouached.bsky.social
📅 Save the date! Plant Energy Management: Molecular Mechanisms of Growth and Stress Responses 📍 Montpellier, France 🗓️ July 12–15, 20
@pem2026.bsky.social · last yr.Save the date: "Plant Energy Management, Molecular mecanisms of growth ans stress responses" will take place in Montpellier next year july 12-15 @hatem-rouached.bsky.social @ccf-claire.bsky.social @msubrandizzilab.bsky.social @franzificht.bsky.social @lacombeb.bsky.social
Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio meetings.embo.org/event/26-org...
Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology
Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…
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Finally out in Nature Chem Bio: SNAP-tag2 for faster and brighter protein labeling www.nature.com/articles/s41... Thank you Steffi and Veselin.
SNAP-tag2 for faster and brighter protein labeling - Nature Chemical Biology
SNAP-tag is a widespread tool for labeling protein for bioimaging. Now, Kühn et al. report SNAP-tag2 with increased labeling kinetics and brightness, which translates into a better performance in live...
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New paper out showcasing the ALFA tag/ALFA nanobody technology for plant protein tagging. www.cell.com/plant-commun... @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social @mplantpcom.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social
Broad application of the ALFA tagging technology for in planta nanobody-based imaging and biochemical characterization of plant proteins
Short summary paragraph : The versatile ALFA tag/ALFA Nanobody system enables a wide range of imaging and biochemical approaches for studying proteins in plants, including localization, protein:protei...
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It has been an honor to give a talk during the Membrane meeting, which is taking place in Montpellier this time. Good feedback from colleagues and many things to test.
😊🌱 If you are interested in/want a little update on plasma membrane nanodomains in plants, our review is just out in @newphyt.bsky.social. We address their role in cellular functions and signaling. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Membrane nanodomains to shape plant cellular functions and signaling
Plasma membrane (PM) nanodomains have emerged as pivotal elements in the regulation of plant cellular functions and signal transduction. These nanoscale membrane regions, enriched in specific lipids ...
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Rho of Plant are signalling HUB and GEF behave as signal specific switches. We found that GEF14 specicaly activates ROP6 during osmotic signal. by 2 excellent young researcher L.Gorgues and M.Smokvarska One more great collaboration with @yvonjaillais.bsky.social www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
GEF14 acts as a specific activator of the plant osmotic signaling pathway by controlling ROP6 nanodomain formation | EMBO reports
imageimageRho Of Plant 6 (ROP6) acts as hub for several independent signaling processes and relies on stimuli-dependent membrane nanodomain formation. This study reveals that the GEF isoform GEF14 is ...
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