How does a cell learn? In our new perspective in @nature.com we propose a model where the properties of the AP-1 family of transcription factors – stress-induced feedback, regulatory combinatorics and cellular memory – encode a mechanism for cellular learning. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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)

Another great collaboration with @trevormnolan.bsky.social and @nvukas.bsky.social where we give our vision on how brassinosteroid research can pave the way to precision plant engineering www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Unlocking the potential of brassinosteroids: A path to precision plant engineering

Brassinosteroids are essential plant hormones that play a central role in regulating growth, development, and stress responses. Their impact on plant architecture and productivity makes them attractiv...

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Interested in learning about the latest and greatest research in how plants respond to excess salt, too little or too much water? Come to the GRC in Salt and Water Stress in Switzerland. Lots of opportunities for all career levels. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat.... Please repost!

New #plantscience Review article out in this week's @science.org looking at how technological advances are informing brassinosteroid research: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Thanks to authors @jennyrussinova.bsky.social @trevormnolan.bsky.social @nvukas.bsky.social

Unlocking the potential of brassinosteroids: A path to precision plant engineering

Brassinosteroids are essential plant hormones that play a central role in regulating growth, development, and stress responses. Their impact on plant architecture and productivity makes them attractiv...

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It was great to talk science and show @billgates.bsky.social around our lab at @caltech.edu . Nolan and Meyerowitz lab postdoc Donovan Phua's regenerating callus is featured 🌱 www.instagram.com/reel/DQo2pen...

Our new review in Science @science.org is out with @jennyrussinova.bsky.social and @nvukas.bsky.social. We discuss how precise modulation of brassinosteroid signaling can enable more targeted, predictable improvements in plant growth and resilience. science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9798

Plant roots adapt to their environment including to soil conditions. Using single-cell transcriptomics, @nature authors report on the rice root responses and adaptations to soil-related stresses at individual cell level. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress - Nature

Single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomic approaches reveal major expression changes in outer root cell types when grown in soil versus gel conditions, and also uncover how root tissu...

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Thrilled to see our work now online @nature.com This study reveals how individual root cells sense and respond to real, compacted soil environments. www.nature.com/articles/s41... beautiful spatial transcritomics of rice root in gel & soil conditions and huge credit to Mingyuan and colleagues.

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Plant roots adapt to their environment including to soil conditions. Using single-cell transcriptomics, @nature authors report on the rice root responses and adaptations to soil-related stresses at individual cell level. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We have a postdoc position that just opened up in the Brady lab on reprogramming tomato root system architecture in response to changes in nutrient availability - please consider applying! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07095

Postdoctoral Researcher- Brady Lab

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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(1/17) We are excited to share the Ashraf and Gallagher labs collaboration on cell cycle regulation during environmental stress recovery in Arabidopsis, Brachypodium, and ryegrass.

bioRxiv Plant Bio@biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · last yr.

Cell cycle follows pause and play mechanism in environment stress recovery in diverse plant species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646900v1

🌱 When a root cell undergoes symmetric division, are the daughter cells actually identical? By combining live-cell imaging and scRNAseq we discovered a new cell state with uneven BR activity. Read our full paper in Cell: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... @nvukas.bsky.social @trevormnolan.bsky.social

🌱 Thrilled to see our latest collaborative work with @jennyrussinova.bsky.social @nvukas.bsky.social published in Cell! By combining single-cell RNA-seq and live imaging, we uncovered previously hidden brassinosteroid signaling states and their role in optimizing root growth. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...