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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 2h

Congratulations again! We are so proud 💚 And huge thanks to @theplantjournal.bsky.social for supporting our meeting once again this year 🌿 #plantsci #MAdLand2025

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 6h

Meet the winners of the 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 consortium meeting

🟢 PhD student 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 @hannahlepper.bsky.social
@franzificht.bsky.social lab
🟢Postdoc 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡 @physcomitr_ella from the Ischebeck lab

CONGRATULATIONS!
@watertoland.bsky.social

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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 4d

Very happy and proud to share the #Spirogyra genome: 50 Mbp small, lacking almost all plastid division proteins and many transcription factors. Kudos to all the many people involved in this multi year project!
@jandevries.bsky.social
@watertoland.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 7d

And last but not least, congratulations to all the winners of the best poster prize! 🏆 1st place: Lara Canovai (right) from Zachgo lab in Osnabrück, Diego Artigas Hernández from Müller-Schüssele lab in Kaiserslautern and Ellen Lorberg from @jandevries.bsky.social
lab in Göttingen #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to Elena Lesch from the Ischebeck lab @uni-muenster.de for the best Postdoc talk and winning the @theplantjournal.bsky.social award 🎉 #MAdLand2025 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to the winners of best PhD talk @ #MAdLand2025! 🏆 1st place: @hannahlepper.bsky.social from @franzificht.bsky.social lab, who won @theplantjournal.bsky.social award! Christoph Kentrath (left) from Petersen Lab in Marburg
& Tim Ruder (right) from Pfannschmidt lab in Hannover #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 9d

These look amazing 🪴 thank you for coming, Hiro!

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 9d

Really glad you enjoyed it & big thanks for stepping in and giving a talk 🌱

MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you all for coming! It was great to have you in Osnabrück this year. Have a safe trip home and we hope to see you all next year in Göttingen. Stay tuned 🌱 #MAdLand2025 #Plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

The last talk of the session is given by Katrin Philippar from Saarbrücken, talking about the evolution of the plastid FAX (fatty acid export) proteins and the plants’ conquest of land #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Next, Lea Marie Preuß from the Ischebeck lab in Münster is diving into the evolution of lipid droplet-associated proteins and their role in drought resistance #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Gisela Hartmann @thanahartmann.bsky.social from @schullerjm.bsky.social lab in Marburg is telling us more about Cryo-Electron Tomography: Revealing the native cellular organization of streptophyte algae #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Shreya Kalan from the Buschmann lab in Mittweida is asking the important question: how has cell division evolved from water to land? #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Next up is Barış Ballık from the Herburger lab in Rostock, tracing cell wall polysaccharide footprints during desiccation in Zygnematophyceae and Marchantia #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

We start the next session, and Elena Sturm from the Bucher & Becker lab in Cologne is sharing insights about the role of phosphate starvation response and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in plant terrestrialization #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

A few impressions from the beautiful botanical garden in Osnabrück. Sabine shares her passion for the wonders of the tropical house and it's such a joy to listen and learn 🌺 #SciComm #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

And we are wrapping up the session with Zahin Bin Mohd Ali from @jandevries.bsky.social lab in Göttingen, discussing his findings on phytochrome-mediated light signalling of Physcomitrium patens #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Alisha Alisha from @plantphotobiology.bsky.social lab in Freiburg is telling us more about the
functional analysis of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORS and their potential roles in light and cytokinin signaling #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Niels van de Haar from the Höcker Lab in Cologne is diving into molecular adaptations to light during the water-to-land transition, using the moss Physcomitrium patens and charophyte algae #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Next, Chiara Kuhlmann from the Schünemann Lab in Bochum is presenting new insights into the adaptations of chloroplast protein transport mechanisms during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Kicking off the morning with a light-signaling session: Tim Ruder from the Pfannschmidt lab in Hannover, diving into the evolution of the plastid transcription machinery as a key adaptation to plant terrestrialization #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13d

Wrapping up the session with our final Invited Talk — @shiltemann.bsky.social and @dvarshney.bsky.social are giving the community informative overviews of DataPLANT ARCs @nfdi4plants.bsky.social and Galaxy @galaxyproject.bsky.social 🌱
#FAIRData #UseGalaxy #MAdLandtools #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 14d

Now we dive into MAdLand tools and resources with the Invited Talk by Noe Fernandez-Pozo @noefpbio.bsky.social from @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social in Malaga — presenting MAdLandExpression, a gene expression atlas for MAdLand species.
#MAdLandtools #MAdLand2025

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 14d

Next, we have an Invited talk by Lenka Caisová from Czech Republic, telling us more about the alga of the year: Draparnaldia and why it's interesting for studying plant evolution #MAdLand2025

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