IN BRIEF: Better together: the transcription factor MUTE aggregates into nuclear condensates to regulate stomatal development in maize (Pablo González-Suárez) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

Better together: the transcription factor MUTE aggregates into nuclear condensates to regulate stomatal development in maize

Moving from water to land was no easy job for plants. Over millions of years, ancestors of modern land flora evolved critical adaptations to prevent desicc

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PhD position available on modeling the mechanical regulation of plant development and regeneration. A great opportunity to join the plant mechanobiology community in GreenTE! More info can be found here: green-te.nl/job/open-phd... @green-te.bsky.social @roelandmerks.bsky.social

Open PhD position: Modeling the mechanical regulation of plant development and regeneration - GreenTE

The opening is for a PhD research position within the field of mathematical or theoretical biology, computational physics, applied mathematics […]

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Postdoc position starting in January 2027. You will investigate the mechanistic basis of how pathogen effectors target and modify host proteins using a combination of structural biology, proteomics and interaction assays in vivo and in vitro. Apply by October 2nd! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

PhD position in cellular development. We seek for a motivated candidate with experience in electron microscopy to use volumetric EM, cryo-ET and state-of-the-art image segmentation for defining changes occurring in plant cells at high resolution 🧊🔬🌱 uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

PhD position in Ribosome Biology. We look for a motivated candidate to investigate how ribosomes change during plant germination. You will join a dynamic and multidisciplinary team to apply cryo-EM, proteomics and functional assays across different model species. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Now in @jxbotany.bsky.social ! Check out our opinion piece on Atomic Force Microscopy #afm in Plant Biomechanic Research: A powerful tool that needs careful handling, interpretation & more research! @Klaus Harter, @moscabiomeclab.bsky.social at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

Deadline extended 📢 Submit your abstract for the #PPRM2026 by July 29th! Check our fantastic lineup of invited speakers and come join us discuss all things #plant peptide receptors 🌱 Please spread the word and see you in Freising (Germany) from September 14 to 16 😊 www.events.tum.de/frontend/ind...

🌾 Every grass leaf shares the same repeating short-long cell pattern in its epidermis. Our new #preprint identifies the protein that builds it. 🔬🧬 📄 preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵⬇️ 1/11

Join us at the #SEBconference Florence 2026 to discuss #Plant Robustness! 🌱🔥 @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social and I are organising the P12 session "Plant robustness from molecules to ecosystems" with the support of @greenrobust.de Check the program and submit your abstract by March 6th! 👇

SEBiology@sebiology.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Abstract submissions for #SEBconference Florence 2026 are officially open! 🎉 Deadline: 6 March 2026. Submit today and be part of cutting-edge biology in Florence. More information www.sebiology.org/resource/seb-conference-florence-2026-abstract-submission-is-now-open.html

Please repost! 🌿 Postdoctoral position available in the Yadav Lab at UMass Amherst! 🌿 Apply by September 25, 2026. See the advertisement below. drive.google.com/file/d/1W9QU... We are seeking a #postdoc to investigate the genetic, and biomechanical principles underlying the leaf morphogenesis.

Now out in its full copy-edited form, check it out 😍🌱🌊 #plantscience doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

Anticipate, acclimate, recuperate, and remember: how spatiotemporal signal integration controls flooding stress resilience in plants

This review discusses how plants integrate both environmental and internal signals across space and time to anticipate, acclimate to, recover from, and rem

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I've got something to "TORC" about! 😅 After 4 years building this project at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social, I'm so excited to share that my first independent preprint is now online! ✨ I hope you like it: doi.org/10.64898/202... A short thread... 🧵 #PlantSci #PlantScience

The TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR) kinase controls shade-mediated hypocotyl elongation responses in Arabidopsis.

Plants perceive neighboring vegetation through an enrichment of far-red light (shade) in the environment. These changes in light quality trigger molecular and physiological responses aimed at outgrowi...

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✨ Mark your calendars! ✨ The Plant Computational Biology Workshop 🌱💻 is back—10th edition! 🎉 Sept 7–11 | Lyon, France | FREE ✓ Registration mandatory Limited to 70 researchers (spots filling fast!) Learn more & Register : pcbw.inria.fr

🧪🌾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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🍃 Growing a flat leaf 🍃 Check out our new review to learn how plants generate, maintain, and modulate flatness. A pleasure to put this together with Alexis De Carufel, Elvis Branchini, in collaboration with Marja Timmermans 🙏 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of new regulations for NGT-derived plants! 🌱💚🧬 This is a huge success, since these technologies can help accelerate plant breeding for increased stress resistance and contribute to more sustainable agriculture. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture | News | European Parliament

Parliament has adopted new rules facilitating access to new plants that are climate and pest resistant, give higher yields and require fewer pesticides.

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Interested to join us to study plant proteostasis? We study host translation controlled by condensates 🧬, cell-type specific proteostasis ♻️, proteotoxic stress in the context of biotic and abiotic stress 🦠🔥🧂 👉 Build your own project in @theustunlab.bsky.social ⏳ Sept 9 #MSCA #Postdoc

European Commission@ec.europa.eu · 4mo ago

Big opportunities for researchers 🌍 We are investing nearly €400 million to help researchers share their work and collaborate with the best scientific teams across the EU. The 2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships are now open. More: link.europa.eu/PNxpxw

I'm thrilled to see our recent paper out in @dev-journal.bsky.social 🎉 Here we look into the transition from cell division to differentiation in the late stomatal lineage and identify regulators of guard cell morphology and function doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Targets of SPEECHLESS and FAMA control guard cell division and expansion in the late stomatal lineage

Highlighted Article: In Arabidopsis stomatal cells, SPEECHLESS persists into maturing guard cells where its balance with FAMA is essential for guard cell development. Transcriptomic and genetic analys...

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Margot Smit@likeyoda1.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy to share our new paper in @dev-journal.bsky.social . This project started while I was at Stanford with @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and was completed at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social by @pablidopsis.bsky.social . Find it here: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Also, Development interviewed Pablo and me on this story! journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

The people behind the papers – Pablo González-Suárez and Margot Smit

In stomatal development, epidermal cells progress through distinct stages as they differentiate into stomatal guard cells, a process orchestrated by closely related basic helix-loop-helix transcriptio...

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! In short, balanced FAMA and SPCH levels are needed to create a pair of correctly shaped GCs!

Happy to share our new paper in @dev-journal.bsky.social . This project started while I was at Stanford with @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and was completed at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social by @pablidopsis.bsky.social . Find it here: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Targets of SPEECHLESS and FAMA control guard cell division and expansion in the late stomatal lineage

Highlighted Article: In Arabidopsis stomatal cells, SPEECHLESS persists into maturing guard cells where its balance with FAMA is essential for guard cell development. Transcriptomic and genetic analys...

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Cool special issue on plant evolution just dropped at @currentbiology.bsky.social our 2 cents: Fruits of tons of fun discussions with the one and only Susana Coelho: www.cell.com/current-biol... Reflections on evolution of auxin response with @jorgehg.bsky.social : www.cell.com/current-biol...

This is going to be so exciting! Reach out with ideas! And come find me at ICAR in Singapore to learn more.

Development@dev-journal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Call for Papers Submit your latest plant and multicellular algae #DevBio research to our upcoming special issue – Plant and Algae Development #DevSIPlantAlgae Editors: @stanfordstomata.bsky.social & Susana Coelho Deadline: 2 November 2026 journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pl...

Excited to see our #plantscience review published in @jxbotany.bsky.social! It really captures our lab’s perspective on how plants use spatiotemporal signaling under environmental contexts when floods occur, to coordinate acclimation responses and achieve stress tolerance. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

Anticipate, acclimate, recuperate and remember: How spatiotemporal signal integration controls flooding stress resilience in plants

Abstract. Flooding is a major abiotic stress that restricts terrestrial plant growth and survival. A plant tissue’s ability to avoid or sustain critical ox

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If I could do another Postdoc, I would do it with Edwige! I highly recommend her as a mentor, person, and scientist. You can do incredible research at a cutting-edge institute surrounded by a supportive team. Don‘t miss this chance! 🌱

Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU)@slcuplants.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#PlantSciJobs 🌱 Postdoctoral Research Associate (x2) and Research Assistant (x2) Dr Edwige Moyroud is seeking 2 Postdocs and 2 Research Assistants to join her team investigating petal patterning Applications close: 5 June: Research Assistant bit.ly/4a32ffK 17 June: Postdoc bit.ly/4dT2LOC

Mechanical forces & cell shape guide how plant stomata form🥬👄 @leoserra.bsky.social & Euan Smithers from @robinsonsci.bsky.social's team uncover how the interplay between cell shape & mechanical stress influences the orientation of stomata doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/mechani...

🧪🌾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...

Postdoctoral scholarship (2 years) within plant cell adhesion and mechanosensing

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Plant Developmental Biology // University Of Sydney www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list... The research will focus on flower development using the model plant species Arabidopsis thaliana, as part of a project by Dr Marcus Heisler & colleagues. #BotanyJobs

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Plant Developmental Biology - Camperdown, Australia job with UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY | 410768

Participate in an international ERC funded team aiming to re-engineer by design, a complex developmental system - the flower.

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A few more weeks to apply for the PhD position! Cell biology and polarity in a cool developmental context: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

PhD Position: The Cellular Basis of Plant Regeneration | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD 'The Cellular Basis of Plant Regeneration' at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!

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