#esn2026

Super excited to see Atlas of Botany in print!!! A pleasure to work with the wonderful team from DK and the @thebotanics.bsky.social I wrote the Ancient Biomes section covering some of my favourite stories about plant evolution from the last 500 million years! @instmolplantsci.bsky.social

Single-cell laser ablation uncovers the blueprint of plant development #plantscience

Single-cell laser ablation uncovers the blueprint of plant development

Understanding how positional information within plant tissues shapes developmental programs in real time has long remained a challenge due to technical limitations in precisely accessing and manipulating defined cellular domains within complex tissues. Recent advances in single-cell laser ablation, particularly when combined with confocal microscopy, now allow precise spatiotemporal perturbation of selected cells. This technology has enabled researchers to dissect cellular functions, communication dynamics, and mechanical responses with unprecedented accuracy. Here, we review how laser ablation has emerged as a transformative approach in plant biology, from unraveling the signaling networks governing meristem maintenance and root patterning to modeling wound responses and immune activation.

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Excited to share our latest piece in Trends in Plant Science! 🌱🔬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We highlight how single-cell laser ablation reveals plant development, wound responses, and root defenses. @TrendsPlantSci @KAUST_BESE @ESNematologists @umeaplantscie ncecentre.se #PlantScience

Single-cell laser ablation uncovers the blueprint of plant development

Understanding how positional information within plant tissues shapes developmental programs in real time has long remained a challenge due to technica…

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Concluding a great #rooting2026 Thank you Sabrina, Riccardo and Raffaele (not in Pic) for perfect organisation!

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@enper2026.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Did you know that ENPER started in 1997 with just ~30–35 participants? It was founded by David G. Robinson and Jürgen Denecke and has since grown into a key conference for plant cell biology researchers. doi.org/10.1007/s007... Don’t forget to register enper2026.bio21.bas.bg

FATE annual in person meeting! This time in Umeå! Nice day of interdisciplinary science! @stephanevrg.bsky.social @lorindaloi.bsky.social @pmarhavy.bsky.social @kawresearch.bsky.social @uu.se @umeaplantsciencecentre.se @liu.se

It was a great pleasure to host with @marhava.bsky.social, an excellent scientists and our former mentors at #KAUST, #BESE @frimllab.bsky.social and Eva Benkova from #IST-Austria. Truly inspiring talks discussions and a wonderful time reconnecting!

Very proud of my PhD student Julie Ducla, who was awarded Best Presentation at the SPPS PhD Conference 🎉👏 Congratulations Julie — an outstanding achievement and so well deserved!

A big thanks to all the speakers of the session on cell-to-cell communication #ICAR2025👏👏👏 @pdchristine.bsky.social @pmarhavy.bsky.social @matiasgleason.bsky.social @rebeccaburkart.bsky.social Dimitra Valadourou 🙏Many thanks to my co-chairs @yvonjaillais.bsky.social and Isabelle Fobis-Loisy

Excellent plenary talk by Matyas Fendrych on the role of #auxin and pH in root growth, kick-starting day 3 of #ICAR2025 Read more on the effects of pH in root growth👇By Diaz-Ardila & @christianhardtke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #plantscience #rootbiology

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Matyas Fendrych- morning plenary on Plant Development- auxin signaling updates #arabidopsis #icar2025

Second plenary session starts with @jennyrussinova.bsky.social who will talk about brassinosteroid homeostasis #ICAR2025

🧪🌾PAPER - What happens on the molecular and cellular level when plants are wounded? 🔬 Xuemin Ma et al from @pmarhavy.bsky.social's group studied early responses of Ca2+ and plant hormones and the interactions between them after wounding. Read more in @emboreports.org: doi.org/10.1038/s443...

Ca2+ waves and ethylene/JA crosstalk orchestrate wound responses in Arabidopsis roots | EMBO reports

imageimageThis study reports regional Ca2+ wave patterns and ethylene responses upon laser ablation, while jasmonate (JA) responses remain limited. The potential roles of GLR3.3/GLR3.6, MSL10, and MCA...

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🧪🌾 INTERVIEW - Becoming a docent: our group leaders Peter Kindgren & Peter Marhavý @pmarhavy.bsky.social have fulfilled the final requirement this week. What motivated them to continue in academia and what do they enjoy about their work? Read more here👇: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

"Sequencing a new genome is the ultimate thrill because you then have this immense challenge of working out what it is in that #genome that creates the variety of life." In #Profile: Nathaniel Street 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

We have EXTENDED THE DEADLINE for TRAVEL AWARD APPLICATIONS UNTIL APRIL 8TH

We are hiring! Are you interested in lateral root development and the cellular processes that accommodate these newly formed organs? If yes, apply! We are recruiting a Post-doc (from May 2025) and a PhD student (from September 2025). www.unine.ch/lbmc/jobs/

A little bit more than a week left to apply! Come do your PhD with us! 🌲🌳🧫🔬 @pmarhavy.bsky.social @clydecia2020.bsky.social

Sandra Jämtgård@rootsofthenorth.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please share! PhD position in my group on #boreal plant #root exudation at #Forest ecology and management #SLU #Umeå in collaboration with Umeå Plant Science Centre and Swedish Metabolomics Centre Apply here: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

PAPER - Do pollen grains contain specifically tuned mitochondria to support the energy-demanding pollen germination and tube growth? 🌾🧪🦾⚖️ According to the results from Boussardon et al from Olivier Keech's group YES! Read more in @currentbiology.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #plantscience

Happy to share our latest @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social “Effector-triggered processing body formation attenuates host translation via ER stress responses and autophagy upon bacterial infection” #proteostasis #plantimmunity 🧵(1/16) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thrilled to share our work lead by Di Fino in great collaboration with @Panosmoschou,@Hamann_lab, @GreenMechanobio, @RichardSmithLab published @Dev_Cell: Developmental Cell www.cell.com/developmenta...

Cellular damage triggers mechano-chemical control of cell wall dynamics and patterned cell divisions in plant healing

Di Fino et al. analyzed the biomechanical properties of the cell wall in the Arabidopsis root and found that xylem pole pericyclic cell walls are more flexible than outer cell walls. This flexibility ...

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Still open!! Please spread the word.

Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please spread the word, 2-year-postdoc position in my group to understand fate determination. www.upsc.se/jobs/6548-po...

Please spread the word, 2-year-postdoc position in my group to understand fate determination. www.upsc.se/jobs/6548-po...

So nice to have Jenny Russinova and Qian Ma around! Nice dinner with @pmarhavy.bsky.social