🔬 Postdoc opportunity: how do plant cells sense and respond to changes in their cell walls? Join the @cellwalldynamics.com lab @umeaplantsciencecentre.se, integrating Brillouin, O-PTIR & spatial transcriptomics on the Arabidopsis root. Deadline 31 Aug 2026 🔗 buff.ly/cPFemXd #PlantScience #Postdoc

☀️Summer greetings from UPSC!🌸 Before we take a summer break, we're sharing our Biennial Report 2024–2025, highlighting research, people and achievements from across UPSC. 📖 Read it here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/r... Enjoy the season. We look forward to sharing more plant science after the break!🧪🌾

🧪 UPSC Alumni Spotlight – Following scientific challenges across disciplines In this interview, Krisztina Ötvös shares how embracing new scientific challenges and building on transferable skills shaped her career from plant biology to translational research. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Latest publication form the group and first paper on poplar! GWAS and discovery of a MYB TF involved in cell shape acquisition nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @siamsadoyle.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se Thanks to @erc.europa.eu @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social Kempe fondation

A drought stress‐induced MYB transcription factor regulates pavement cell shape in leaves of European aspen (Populus tremula)

MYB305a promoter expression increases in pavement cells as they grow and acquire their complex shape.

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🧪🌾Researcher portrait: Meet Leonard Blaschek🧬 We often think of wood as a building material. But before it becomes timber, it is living tissue. In this portrait, our new group leader Leonard Blaschek talks about living wood, cell walls and why he chose UPSC. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Excited to share that my postdoctoral work on pavement cell shape acquisition has been accepted in JXB @jxbotany.bsky.social. Forever grateful to Stéphanie @srobertgroup.bsky.social for making me a part of the incredible research team at @umeaplantsciencecentre.se. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

The primary beta-galactosidase BGAL10 modulates pavement cell shape acquisition in Arabidopsis

Abstract. Cell shape acquisition is a fundamental biological process that allows cells to establish and maintain morphologies adapted to their specialised

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🧪🌾PAPER – How do pavement cells get their puzzle-piece shape🔬 New research from the @srobertgroup.bsky.social group in collaboration with @cellwalldynamics.com reveals how a cell wall enzyme helps shape plant cells as they grow, improving our understanding of plant development. Read more👇

Stéphanie Robert@srobertgroup.bsky.social · last mo.

The latest paper of the group on pavement cell shape acquisition! Work from @sandeep18887.bsky.social @sharmavinod.bsky.social @adrienheymans.bsky.social @petergrones.bsky.social in collaboration with @cellwalldynamics.com @umeaplantsciencecentre.se pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42381545/

🧪🌾 Ready to establish your own research group in plant science? Explore @umeauniversitet.bsky.social's new Northern Star Fellows programme and consider UPSC as the home for your future research. 📅 Deadline: 1 October Questions? Contact @johanneshanson.bsky.social 🔗 www.umu.se/en/work-with...

🧪A fantastic opportunity to join an interdisciplinary research environment! Interested in combining mathematical modelling with cell wall biology? Take a closer look at the first project, led by @laurabacete.bsky.social, Christiane Funk and Yanjun Zan, and 📅 Apply by 17 September

IceLab@icelabumu.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 NOW SEEKING POSTDOCS 🚨 The call for IceLab Interdisciplinary Postdoc Fellows funded by Kempestiftelserna is open until Sept 17 2026! 3 postdocs will join teams working at the interface of theory, computation, & experiment. #Postdoc #ComputationalBiology #ComplexSystems #InterdisciplinaryResearch

🧪🌾The July issue of UPSC Insights is out now!🔬 This issue features the new UPSC Biennial Report 2024–2025, recent research highlights, an alumni interview with Krisztina Ötvös, introductions to new research group leaders, and more. 📩 Read it here: umu.bmc.nu/Modules/News...

🧪🌾NEWS - Congratulations to @srobertgroup.bsky.social on being elected an EMBO Member!🎉 "I want to share this recognition with the many fantastic members of my research group at UPSC over the years," says Stéphanie Robert. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n... #EMBOMembers2026 @embo.org

🧪🌾NEWS - Scientists identify the “point of no return” in dying leaves 🍃 A new study from Olivier Keech's group, published in @natplants.nature.com, shows that plants use arginine levels to determine when leaf cells reach the point of no return. 🔗Read the full story: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

🧪🌾PAPER – How are colourful stems formed in camphor trees?🧬 UPSC researcher Bo Zhang and collaborators identified a key regulator of pigment accumulation, laying the groundwork for breeding more colourful ornamental trees. Read more in Plant, Cell & Environment: doi.org/10.1111/pce....

MYB17‐DFR/LDOX Module Positively Regulates Cyanidin Deposition in Cinnamomum Camphora

This research explained the pattern of colour variation and revealed CcMYB17-CcDFR/CcLDOX regulates the synergistic accumulation of cyanidin in a coloured camphor variety ‘Gantong 1’. It provides a f...

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🧪🌾VACANCY - Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Plant Physiology🧬 Are you ready to take your RNA biology research to the next level, with a focus on trees?🌲 Join us at UPSC & SLU and contribute to research, teaching and our academic environment. Apply by Aug 19👇: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Plant Physiology | slu.se

SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life

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🧪VACANCY: Computational biologist, modeller or biophysicist? Join Laura Bacete @cellwalldynamics.com and Christiane Funk in an interdisciplinary @icelabumu.bsky.social postdoctoral project exploring cell wall sensing in the microalga Chlorella vulgaris. Apply by 17 Sept👇 www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Three multidisciplinary postdoctoral scholarships (2 years)

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🧪🌾Researcher portrait: Meet @jalonsos.bsky.social 🌍 How do changes in water become signals that guide plant growth? In our new portrait, Juan talks about water movement, meristems, tree “heartbeats”, and why plants can be seen as teachers. Read the portrait here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

We are hiring! Come and join the team reach out here, by email, or find me in person at #ICAR2026 if you happen to be in Singapore this week 🌱🧱🚨

Umeå Plant Science Centre@umeaplantsciencecentre.se · last mo.

🧪🌾VACANCY - How do cell-wall properties shape plant growth?🔬 Join Laura Bacete's group @cellwalldynamics.com as a postdoc and combine plant cell wall biology, biophysics and spatial transcriptomics. Apply by Aug 31👇 www.umu.se/en/work-with...

An important step towards strengthening Nordic-Baltic collaboration and advancing breeding for the forests of the future 🌲

Advancing Breeding of Minor Tree Species through Nordic-Baltic Cooperation. In tree breeding, minor species are often the future species. Support from SNS nordicforestresearch.org and IUFRO @iufro.bsky.social 🌲🌱 @umeaplantsciencecentre.se www.iufro.org/events/advan...

🧪🌾VACANCY - How do cell-wall properties shape plant growth?🔬 Join Laura Bacete's group @cellwalldynamics.com as a postdoc and combine plant cell wall biology, biophysics and spatial transcriptomics. Apply by Aug 31👇 www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Postdoctoral scholarship (2 years) in Plant Cell Wall Biology, Biophysics, and Spatial Transcriptomics

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And just right of center in this picture, we have our very own @manju-mhj.bsky.social on her way to some super-interesting keynotes! Catch up with her at poster A095, or with @laurabacete.bsky.social tomorrow in Concurrent Session 16, for the latest updates from our group #icar2026

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR)@tairnews.bsky.social · last mo.

We made it to #icar2026! Opening session is about to start. #arabidopsis

Heading to the #ICAR2026 poster session today 18:00–19:00? Make sure to visit @manju-mhj.bsky.social at #A095! Find out how we are using cutting-edge tools like Brillouin microscopy and O-PTIR to capture the earliest stages of plant cell wall integrity 🌿🔬 (Catch her Thursday at the same time too!)

🌱Genetic & metabolic approaches dissect auxin inactivation, revealing pathway order among GH3 & DAO enzymes & a stronger-than-anticipated contribution of glycosylation to IAA homeostasis and #plant growth. @emateobonmati.bsky.social @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se go.sn.pub/e7xylx

Comprehensive characterisation of IAA inactivation pathways reveals the impact of glycosylation on auxin metabolism and plant development in Arabidopsis - Communications Biology

Integrated genetic and metabolic approaches dissect auxin inactivation, revealing pathway order between GH3 and DAO enzymes and a stronger-than-anticipated contribution of glycosylation to IAA homeost...

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📆 Deadline approaching today! 🌾Are you interested in how plant cells perceive and respond to mechanical signals?🧪 Apply for this postdoctoral scholarship and join @stephanevrg.bsky.social's group. 👉 See the original post for details and application.

Umeå Plant Science Centre@umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 3mo ago

🧪🌾VACANCY: Postdoctoral scholarship in Plant Cell Adhesion and Mechanosensing🔬 Interested in how plant cells perceive and respond to mechanical signals? Join @stephanevrg.bsky.social’s group and work on fundamental questions in plant cell biology. Apply by June 22👇: www.umu.se/en/work-with...

🧪🌾 Shaping the future of plant science at UPSC 🌲 Research group leaders and members of our Scientific Advisory Board gathered in Granö for two days of scientific exchange and strategic discussions. Thank you to our Scientific Advisory Board members for their expertise and continued support.

🥔 NEWS – Potatoes benefit when two soil bacteria team up 🧪 Combining two beneficial bacteria triggered distinct responses and was linked to earlier tuber formation and higher yields in greenhouse-grown potatoes - a finding from Benedicte Albrectsen's group.🌾 🔗Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Who's ready for #ICAR2026? ✋🧪 Be sure to catch the #Arabidopsis Bioinformatics Workshop on Day 3, June 24 from 2-3:30 And drop into say hello at the #TAIR booth

🧪🌾PAPER – How do different versions of the same gene contribute to plant traits?🧬 Jian-Feng Mao and colleagues developed Alleleauto, an open-source workflow that helps identify gene alleles and study their activity. Read more in aBiotech: doi.org/10.1016/j.ab...

🌲🧬 Training the next generation of forest geneticists🧪🌾 In May, 20 early-career researchers joined an intensive and well-received course on quantitative genetics and genomic breeding, coordinated by Harry Xiaming Wu and taught together with Fikret Isik. Thank you to everyone involved!👏 📸 Harry Wu

Who's ready for #ICAR2026? ✋ Be sure to catch the #Abidopsis Bioinformatics Workshop on Day 3, June 24 from 2-3:30 And drop into say hello at the #TAIR booth

What a joy to celebrate Karin Ljung’s inspiring journey as a scientist, mentor, and role model! It was fantastic to welcome several generations of the Ljung crowd and share a memorable day together. @nowako76.bsky.social @ioannaantoniadi.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

Umeå Plant Science Centre@umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 2mo ago

🧪🌾Today, colleagues, collaborators and former group members gathered to celebrate Karin Ljung and her many contributions to science and academia.🌱🎓 Wonderful to see so many former group members return to share their work and memories. Thank you, Karin, and all the best for the future!