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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 1d

The Cell Wall as a Biophysical Gatekeeper of Iron Homeostasis in Plant Roots

Yesterday, Chenlu Liu (from the @elkebarbez.bsky.social group) revealed how dynamic cell wall charge regulates iron uptake in plant roots, acting as a reversible ion filter that shapes nutrient balance.
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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 4d

🌿 Join the #CIBSS & dompsfr.bsky.social Joint Seminar!
🧬 Dr. José Estevez estevezjosem.bsky.social (CONICET, Argentina / UNAB-CBV, Chile) on signaling pathways in plant root hair development under stress.
📅 Thu, Oct 09 · 10:15–11:00
📍 Biol. II/III, KS 00.009

🔗 kurzlinks.de/wegb

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 4d

A strong start to the semester at @uni-freiburg.de, @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social! 🌱 The Department of Molecular Plant Sciences (DOMPS) introduced its working groups, sparking lively conversations with many curious and motivated master’s students.

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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s a sneak peek from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social new poster featuring all the exciting projects we’re working on! My section explores the evolutionary role of PILS proteins in Chlamydomonas.

Come join us for the intro in BIO I today at 13:50 & ur Master thesis.

#plantbiology #masterthesis

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 12d

You can read more about it in their publication: bsky.app/profile/soms...

Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Dec 13

📜 A developmentally controlled cellular decompartmentalization process executes programmed cell death in the Arabidopsis root cap

🧑‍🔬 Jie Wang, Norbert Bollier, Rafael Andrade Buono, Moritz K. Nowack, et al.

📔 The Plant Cell

🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

#️⃣ (Feeds) #PlantScience #PlantDev

A developmentally controlled cellular decompartmentalization process executes programmed cell death ...

Live-cell imaging of the Arabidopsis root cap reveals a series of developmentally controlled cellular decompartmentalization events occurring during the executi

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 12d

A question of death ☠️ and life 🧬

Yesterday we hosted @moritznowack.bsky.social (from Ghent University and @viblifesciences.bsky.social), their research on root caps uncovers the gene regulatory and molecular mechanisms coordinating differentiation with developmentally programmed cell death.

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 16d

We heard a very engaging talk today from @gjjang.bsky.social. 👀 You can dive deeper into their research in their recent publication "SlimVar for rapid in vivo single-molecule tracking of chromatin regulators in plants" (doi.org/10.1038/s414...)

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 16d

We heard a very engaging talk today from @gjjang.bsky.social. 👀 You can dive deeper into their research in their recent publication "SlimVar for rapid in vivo single-molecule tracking of chromatin regulators in plants" (doi.org/10.1038/s414...)

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 16d

So proud of @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social for winning best oral presentation award at #ISPLORE2025JP 🥇🤗☔🌱

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 18d

Proteins can form condensates to boost interactions and gene control. This week @gjjang.bsky.social (from @mpi-ie.bsky.social) shows how plants use them in transcription and epigenetics, and how super-resolution microscopy reveals them in vivo.

📅 Fri, Sep 26 | 🕥 10:15 |📍KS 00.009
#PlantScience

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 18d

So proud of our team members @aidamaric.bsky.social @kevindaniel.bsky.social @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social and @advaitagashe.bsky.social presenting their work on flooding and hypoxia responses at #ISPLORE2025JP 🤓🌱🌊☔ #plantscience

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 20d

New leadership for #CIBSS!
Welcome Sonja-Verena Albers as new spokesperson & congrats to Claudine Kraft on her confirmation. Together with Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, they’ll lead CIBSS into its #NextChapter – following Wolfgang Driever & Carola Hunte.
More info: kurzlinks.de/fkv4

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 25d

Happy to share our latest publication:
Production of human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles in #Physcomitrella #photobioreactors
It's the first report on the production of #VLPs as #vaccine candidates in a non-vascular plant.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Production of human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles in Physcomitrella photobioreactors - Plant Cell Reports

Key message First production of virus-like particles as a vaccine candidate in a non-vascular plant. Abstract Virus-like particles (VLPs) are self-assembling nanoparticles composed of viral structural...

link.springer.com

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 20d

1/ 🌱 When plants face stress, they often suppress growth to save resources.
In our new Science Advances paper, we reveal how: plants repurpose their ER quality control machinery (ERAD) to regulate auxin compartmentalization and thus growth.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants

Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.

www.science.org

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 20d

We made made it with the team to #ISPLORE2025JP 🌱🌊

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 22d

Thrilled to share our latest story on the ERAD machinery and how it controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES for acclimative growth

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants

Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.

www.science.org

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 27d

TODAY at 12:00 ➡️ We are are excited to host Dr. Tanja Mittag in our Seminar Series! @stjuderesearch.bsky.social @sfb1381.bsky.social @mpi-ie.bsky.social www.stjude.org/research/lab...

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · Sep 11

Another best presentation award for @aroessling.bsky.social! Congratulations!

We are very proud of you @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de

Frank Menke @frankmenke.bsky.social · Sep 10

PPRM2025 ECR poster prizes sponsored by @nature.com awarded to @rebeccaburkart.bsky.social and Bruno Smet and ECR talk prizes sponsored by @gpsep.bsky.social and @biologists.bsky.social to Ann-Katherine Roesling and Irene Guzman-Benito

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 18d

Proteins can form condensates to boost interactions and gene control. This week @gjjang.bsky.social (from @mpi-ie.bsky.social) shows how plants use them in transcription and epigenetics, and how super-resolution microscopy reveals them in vivo.

📅 Fri, Sep 26 | 🕥 10:15 |📍KS 00.009
#PlantScience

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Elke Barbez @elkebarbez.bsky.social · 23d

Thanks to @lauraragni.bsky.social for the chocolates and happy post doc appreciation day.

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 23d

Starting our first @dompsfr.bsky.social #plantscience seminar series of the academic year with a thank you by @elkebarbez.bsky.social for postdoc appreciation day, chocolates and a talk by @beritebert.bsky.social on cell walls and glycans!

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 25d

Untangling the wall: from building blocks to complex glycans
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We start the academic year with @beritebert.bsky.social (from @ruhr-uni-bochum.de) on how nucleotide sugar transporters drive cell wall biosynthesis and shape rhizosphere interactions.

📅Fri, Sep 19 | 🕥10:15 |📍KS 00.009
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Faculty of Biology - University of Freiburg @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social · Sep 4

The state has funded a large amount of initiatives to make lab work more green and sustainable 🌱, including the "Nachhaltiger Bio-Campus Freiburg" proposal by our @corneliaklose.bsky.social & Henriette Rübsam. Congratulations!

Faculty of Biology - University of Freiburg @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Land fördert 29 Projekte für klimafreundliche Labore an Hochschulen

In den Laboren unserer Hochschulen entstehen wegweisende Innovationen – doch der Energie- und Ressourcenverbrauch ist enorm. Der Ideenwettbewerb „BWGreenLabs“ des Wissenschaftsministeriums zeigt, wie ...

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · Aug 25

Happy to see our latest #plantscience review by @aidamaric.bsky.social, @advaitagashe.bsky.social and Johanna onlinr! We describe how epigenetic mechanisms control ethylene signal generation and progression, and how ethylene in turn modulates chromatin.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ethylene signal integration through epigenetic mechanisms in plants

Ethylene is an essential phytohormone that controls a plethora of plant developmental and stress responses. Accordingly, ethylene signal generation an…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · Aug 19

Congrats to our fantastic MSc student Johanna Söntgerath for winning best #plantscience Master Thesis of @uni-freiburg.de 🎉🥇Thanks to @aidamaric.bsky.social for leading the project and @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social for the award!

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