Can the pretrained transformer-based architecture TabPFN predict plant organismal complexity based on their complement of transcription factors? Yes it can: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Happy to hear your thoughts! @dvarshney.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social

Prediction of plant organismal complexity based on transcription factor annotation: an AI approach

How morphological complexity evolves is still enigmatic. While there is evidence in algae and plants as well as animals that diversification of the repertoire of transcription factors (TF) is causativ...

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The TORC-SnRK Axis: An Integrative Signaling Framework Balancing Growth and Stress Responses in Plants #review #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

We’re thrilled to announce that our new preprint is now live! In this study, we uncover a previously unrecognized molecular framework underlying radial cell polarity in plants. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The Lateral Protein Cluster as a Key Component of Plant Cell Polarity

Cell polarity is an ancient organizing principle across kingdoms. As in animal epithelial cells, plant cells asymmetrically distribute proteins to establish functionally distinct membrane domains. In ...

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Researchers from NTT and Tokyo Metropolitan University develop a technique to crossbreed four rice varieties, resulting in seeds 1.7 times heavier than the average: group.ntt/en/newsrelea... The research is published in New Phytologist: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

NTT and Tokyo Metropolitan University Develop the World's First Multi-Variety Hybridization Technology Enabling Simultaneous Hybridization of Four Rice Varieties | Press Release | NTT

— Enabling the combination of the four varieties-derived desirable traits ...

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#TansleyReview: The mosaic of aquatic photorespiration: evolution, diversity, and global biogeochemical impacts Dao et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Summary also available in French. #LatestIssue #PlantScience

📣 Job alert! PhD position on Regulation of Pattern Scaling in Plant Stem Cell Niches in Marja Timmermans's lab and co-supervised by @cecilialaram.bsky.social The project is part of the @cerealcell.bsky.social consortium. The position is available from October 1st Apply now or share it! #PlantSciJob

Unveiling the Epigenomic Control of Temperature Acclimation in Marine Phytoplankton through Multiomics Integration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.19.745701v1

Sample Preparation for Imaging-Based Spatial Transcriptomics in Rigid Plant Tissues (Roots, Shoots) Work by Hanhong Liu and Mingyuan Zhu at Texas A&M University and Jingyuan Zhang at Duke University. #LifeSciences #Reproducibility #PlantScience

A stress response can be a great starting point for discovering new biology! By following genes regulated during the chloroplast unfolded protein response, we’re discovering novel factors involved in chloroplast homeostasis. Here’s the first one we characterized: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

VIA1 is a conserved regulator of thylakoid membrane integrity that acts through VIPP1 | PNAS

Thylakoid membranes are indispensable for oxygenic photosynthesis, yet the mechanisms that protect these membranes from photooxidative damage remai...

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It took some time, but we are thrilled to present the first major outcome of our @erc.europa.eu ERC DIRNDL AdG project: Evgeniya Pukhovaya @epukh.bsky.social and others in our team describe the discovery of a mechanism for polar protein targeting in plants (1/13) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Systematic proteomics identifies a conserved mechanism for polar targeting of plant cortical proteins

Multicellular development is tightly coupled to the polarization of individual cells, which partitions polar proteins along the cell cortex and can control asymmetric cell division, anisotropic growth...

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New preprint alert! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... The conclusion of a long-lasting obsession about lipids, plant terrestrialization and the origin of plant symbioses 1/7 🧵 @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social @katharinamel1.bsky.social @tatiana-vernie.bsky.social @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social

The combination of morphogenic regulators BABY BOOM and GRF‐GIF improves maize transformation efficiency and promotes leaf regeneration 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Chen et al. @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

Postdoc Opportunity at McGill University, Montreal, Canada You have worked with Arabidopsis / other plant model systems & are trained in high-end imaging? Details: www.plantbiomechanics.net/joining-the-... #plants, #Arabidopsis, #postdoc, #jobs, #microscopy, #confocal, #molecularbiology

We are many but we are looking for 3 more PhD students! 🪲🥦🧬 The projects will explore: 🧬 Evolution of ankyrin-repeat effectors in gall-forming plasmodiophorids 🦠 Microbiome-mediated insect adaptation to extreme environments 🍃 Leafhopper effectors at the plant–insect interface Full description ⬇️

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New paper! Amphibious plant, H. difformis, reprograms C3 to potential C4 photosynthesis underwater, highlighting its amazing plasticity of carbon assimilation machineries for aquatic environment. Congrats, Hongwei & the team🥳🌿🐸! academic.oup.com/hr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/hr/uhag230/8708086

The Azrieli Fellowship for postdoctoral research is now open for submission! Excellent postdocs come join us! 🌱 Study how plants respond to and recover from stress - from physiology and phenotyping to single-cell and spatial genomics in the Illouz-Eliaz Lab. Azrieli Fellowship deadline: 11 Nov 2026

We are happy to share a new preprint: After years of searching, we discovered that a lanthipeptide from the symbiotic cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme forms covalent oligomers. Even more remarkable, it promotes the intimate interaction with its host Blasia pusilla. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

An Oligomeric Lanthipeptide from Nostoc punctiforme Promotes Host Association During Early Symbiosis with Blasia pusilla

Nitrogen-fixing Nostoc species form symbiotic relationships with diverse plants, yet the role of specialized metabolites in these interactions remains poorly understood. Here, we identify a previously...

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MCB is hiring Assistant Professors across 3 divisions!: 🧪BBS: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05483 🧬GGED: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05481 🦠IMM: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05486 🗓️ Application Deadline: October 19, 2026 🔗 Click the links or scan the QR codes to learn more and apply

Postdoc position on Antarctic Mixotrophic Microalgae https://www.academictransfer.com/363294/ @UVA_Amsterdam

New publication from the lab! Winter cold doesn't just make plants flower. Long cold also primes them to regenerate🌱❄️. We show cold-induced CBFs recruit HAG1 to switch on key regeneration genes like WOX5. Many congrats to @fu-yu-h.bsky.social! www.cell.com/developmenta...

Bottom-up reconstruction of synthetic pyrenoids provides insights into the mechanisms and evolution of carbon concentration by EPYC1 proteins Cool paper! Title says 'carbon concentrating' but I would emphasise 'CO2' or 'inorganic carbon' concentrating. The abstract seems ambivalent but I say 'CO2'.

Bottom-up reconstruction of synthetic pyrenoids provides insights into the mechanisms and evolution of carbon concentration by EPYC1 proteins - Nature Plants

This study shows that the structural protein essential pyrenoid component 1 (EPYC1) and the enzyme Rubisco are sufficient to assemble into pyrenoid-like structures that are functionally active and sho...

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Finally out!! Beatifull work leaded by Arezo Rahimi and Salma Balazadeh group at University of Göttingen and colaborators showing the power of root hairs induced by Flavo98 to enhance drought tolerence in plants!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Endophytic Flavobacterium promotes root hair development and enhances drought tolerance via an ERF–CEP5 hormonal regulatory module - Nature Plants

Flavobacterium sp. 98 promotes root hair development and enhances plant drought tolerance via a novel signalling pathway, highlighting the role of plant–microorganism interactions for improving crop r...

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Our latest preprint! A deep learning framework that maps suberin, lignin and aerenchyma in both monocots and dicots! We present a collection of 1,695 fluorescent images. One surprise-the model works best when trained on both monocots + dicots! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

RADIX: a deep learning framework that maps root barriers across species and reveals genetic and environmental contributions

Root anatomical barriers, including the suberized and lignified walls of the endodermis and exodermis, and cortical aerenchyma, regulate water and nutrient transport, gas exchange, and rhizosphere int...

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I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777

Job opening at the IGI's Plant Genomics & Transformation Facility at UC Berkeley: Assistant / Associate Specialist – Plant Transformation & Genome Editing https://ow.ly/7htY50ZyBqg #CRISPR 🌱🧬

We're hiring 🔬🌱🦠 We're looking for someone with confocal microscopy expertise to join our work on plant–microbe interactions @thesainsburylab.bsky.social . A whole new suite of genetically encoded reporters + 3D spatial gene expression tools like PHYTOMap and more. Please share!

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📣 VACANCY: Research Assistant / Postdoctoral Researcher - Tatsuya Nobori group @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social Join the team to work on work on live-cell and 3D spatial imaging of plant–microbe interactions 🔬🌱 📍Norwich, UK ⏰ Apply online by 14 Sept 2026 Apply here: www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t...

Prof. Avi Sadka's lab and Dr. Ido Nir's lab are looking for a #Postdoctoral candidate for a collaborative project.

Fresh preprint online from our group! We find that stomatal maturation IS possible in the embryo, when they lack ERECTA signaling, but then still, only at the cotyledon tip. A thread. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

ERECTA signaling controls the timing of Arabidopsis Guard Cell maturation at the embryonic leaf tip

While cell identities are established early during embryogenesis, these cells remain immature until germination, and the mechanisms enforcing this developmental pause are poorly understood. Embryonic ...

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Plants can synthesize mimics of the insect molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) to defend against pests. In this preprint, we discover that two plant families independently evolved biosynthetic gene clusters to make 20E. Amazing team effort by my lab! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Convergent biosynthesis of insect molting hormones in plants

Insect herbivores have driven plants to evolve complex chemical defenses, including mimics of the arthropod molting hormone 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E). Many distantly related plants produce 20E, suggest...

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We're hiring an ecologist at UC Berkeley! The Dept. of Integrative Biology is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Ecology. Plants/algae, invertebrates, microbes, or marine systems a priority. Come join us!! Apply by Oct 5, 2026. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05489 PS: Please share!

Assistant Professor –Ecology- Integrative Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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