Svenja Augustin
@augustinsvenja.bsky.social
PhD student @ceplas.bsky.social working on plant development, board member @oekoprog.bsky.social, #GiveGenesAChance
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Oh Wow!
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics
The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...
www.science.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Oh Wow!
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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#GiveGenesAChance 🌱🧬✊
Das Öko-Progressive Netzwerk e.V. (ÖkoProg) begrüßt die Einigung zwischen Europäischem Parlament, Europäischem Rat und EU-Kommission in ihrer gemeinsamen Sitzung im Rahmen des gestrigen Trilog-Verfahrens.
Zur Stellungnahme ⤵️
oekoprog.org/stellungnahm...
Das Öko-Progressive Netzwerk e.V. (ÖkoProg) begrüßt die Einigung zwischen Europäischem Parlament, Europäischem Rat und EU-Kommission in ihrer gemeinsamen Sitzung im Rahmen des gestrigen Trilog-Verfahrens.
Zur Stellungnahme ⤵️
oekoprog.org/stellungnahm...
Stellungnahme zum Trilog zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken (NGTs) in der EU - ÖkoProg
Das Öko-Progressive Netzwerk e.V. (ÖkoProg) begrüßt die Einigung zwischen Europäischem Parlament, Europäischem Rat und EU-Kommission in ihrer gemeinsamen Sitzung im Rahmen des Trilog-Verfahrens am 03....
oekoprog.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
#GiveGenesAChance 🌱🧬✊
Das Öko-Progressive Netzwerk e.V. (ÖkoProg) begrüßt die Einigung zwischen Europäischem Parlament, Europäischem Rat und EU-Kommission in ihrer gemeinsamen Sitzung im Rahmen des gestrigen Trilog-Verfahrens.
Zur Stellungnahme ⤵️
oekoprog.org/stellungnahm...
Das Öko-Progressive Netzwerk e.V. (ÖkoProg) begrüßt die Einigung zwischen Europäischem Parlament, Europäischem Rat und EU-Kommission in ihrer gemeinsamen Sitzung im Rahmen des gestrigen Trilog-Verfahrens.
Zur Stellungnahme ⤵️
oekoprog.org/stellungnahm...
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Weil es viele Meldungen verkürzt darstellen:
Die #Gentechnik -Regeln in der EU werden im Kern nicht geändert. Es wird lediglich eine Ausnahme-Regel für Pflanzen geschaffen, die mit neuen Techniken gezüchtet wurden, aber äquivalent zu konventionellen sind. Für alle anderen gelten die alten Regeln.
Die #Gentechnik -Regeln in der EU werden im Kern nicht geändert. Es wird lediglich eine Ausnahme-Regel für Pflanzen geschaffen, die mit neuen Techniken gezüchtet wurden, aber äquivalent zu konventionellen sind. Für alle anderen gelten die alten Regeln.
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Weil es viele Meldungen verkürzt darstellen:
Die #Gentechnik -Regeln in der EU werden im Kern nicht geändert. Es wird lediglich eine Ausnahme-Regel für Pflanzen geschaffen, die mit neuen Techniken gezüchtet wurden, aber äquivalent zu konventionellen sind. Für alle anderen gelten die alten Regeln.
Die #Gentechnik -Regeln in der EU werden im Kern nicht geändert. Es wird lediglich eine Ausnahme-Regel für Pflanzen geschaffen, die mit neuen Techniken gezüchtet wurden, aber äquivalent zu konventionellen sind. Für alle anderen gelten die alten Regeln.
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Preprint alert! It is my great pleasure to announce the first manuscript from the lab, a story that started @gmivienna.bsky.social and was mainly accomplished by the intrepid @gesahoffmann.bsky.social at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social. A brief thread with our findings
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
AGO5 restricts virus vertical transmission in plant gametophytes
The propagation of a viral infection from a host parent to its progeny is known as vertical transmission, or seed transmission in plants. It allows viral infections to rapidly spread locally via polle...
www.biorxiv.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Preprint alert! It is my great pleasure to announce the first manuscript from the lab, a story that started @gmivienna.bsky.social and was mainly accomplished by the intrepid @gesahoffmann.bsky.social at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social. A brief thread with our findings
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Im Interview mit @jostmaurin.bsky.social in der @taz.de stellt die Demeter-Bäuerin und Co-Initiatorin einer Petition gegen die geplante neue Regulierung für NGTs, Pola Krenkel, eine Reihe gängiger Falschbehauptungen auf, die ich aus diesem Anlass in einem kurzen 🧵 debunke:
#GiveGenesAChance
#GiveGenesAChance
Ganz unabhängig davon, wie man zu den Neuen Genomischen Techniken (NGTs) steht, gibt es natürlich einfach grundlegende Fakten, die man nicht einfach ingnorieren kann.
Leider stellt Frau Krenkel in dem Interview einige Falschbehauptungen auf:
1/
Leider stellt Frau Krenkel in dem Interview einige Falschbehauptungen auf:
1/
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Im Interview mit @jostmaurin.bsky.social in der @taz.de stellt die Demeter-Bäuerin und Co-Initiatorin einer Petition gegen die geplante neue Regulierung für NGTs, Pola Krenkel, eine Reihe gängiger Falschbehauptungen auf, die ich aus diesem Anlass in einem kurzen 🧵 debunke:
#GiveGenesAChance
#GiveGenesAChance
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Reviewer asking the authors to add 10 references from their lab
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reviewer asking the authors to add 10 references from their lab
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A great opportunity to join our newly established imaging centre in Frankfurt as engineer/technician. If you love light microscopy, please apply!
Please share!
Please share!
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A great opportunity to join our newly established imaging centre in Frankfurt as engineer/technician. If you love light microscopy, please apply!
Please share!
Please share!
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Countdown has started:
There are only 10 days left, if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 10 days left, if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
Registration is open to take part in the Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026), which especially invites early career scientists to present their molecular #plantsci research www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Countdown has started:
There are only 10 days left, if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 10 days left, if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
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🔥We released a new episode of the Night Science Podcast today, all about the power of improvisation in life, the arts and the sciences. We talked with Stephen Nachmanovitch who wrote the classic book "Free Play". Check it out and please me know what you think!
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
🔥We released a new episode of the Night Science Podcast today, all about the power of improvisation in life, the arts and the sciences. We talked with Stephen Nachmanovitch who wrote the classic book "Free Play". Check it out and please me know what you think!
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This is a such an inspiring book about the art of improvisation and how it applies to our lives in general. I think it’s also very relevant also for what it’s like to do science. It was a pleasure to talk with Stephen about it on the Night Science podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is a such an inspiring book about the art of improvisation and how it applies to our lives in general. I think it’s also very relevant also for what it’s like to do science. It was a pleasure to talk with Stephen about it on the Night Science podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
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It was already known that auxins (surprise!) had a key role controlling the end of flowering, plant menopause. Now we can tell you how and where they act in the inflorescence meristem to control the process.
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4
Local regulation of auxin-related pathways in the shoot apical meristem plays a major role during proliferative arrest
González-Cuadra et al. show that repression of auxin-related pathways locally in the
SAM is key in the control of proliferative arrest. FRUITFULL regulates these pathways
to promote meristem arrest. B...
www.cell.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It was already known that auxins (surprise!) had a key role controlling the end of flowering, plant menopause. Now we can tell you how and where they act in the inflorescence meristem to control the process.
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4
Plants: happy, healthy, and reaching the required developmental stages ✅
Microscope: working and available ✅
Favourite dissection tools: arrived on time ✅
Analysis of the last experiment: done ✅
Final selection of stable reporter lines for the next experiment: in progress 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
Microscope: working and available ✅
Favourite dissection tools: arrived on time ✅
Analysis of the last experiment: done ✅
Final selection of stable reporter lines for the next experiment: in progress 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Plants: happy, healthy, and reaching the required developmental stages ✅
Microscope: working and available ✅
Favourite dissection tools: arrived on time ✅
Analysis of the last experiment: done ✅
Final selection of stable reporter lines for the next experiment: in progress 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
Microscope: working and available ✅
Favourite dissection tools: arrived on time ✅
Analysis of the last experiment: done ✅
Final selection of stable reporter lines for the next experiment: in progress 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
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Hi all @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social members and other 🌽community folks, #MBP2026 🌱 is no open for registration. Please 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
Conference
Conference "Molecular Biology of Plants", annual meeting of the Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology in the DBG
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hi all @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social members and other 🌽community folks, #MBP2026 🌱 is no open for registration. Please 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
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I'm never sure how many of my #Foellowers on here are interested in this, or even speak German, but if you're curious about what I'm doing if I'm not posting on here, a brand-new episode of MAITHINK X just went online and you can find it here: maithinkx.de/Folge50
(You won't see me there, though)
(You won't see me there, though)
Muskelaufbau - Mythen vs. Fakten
Was steckt hinter den ultimativen Trainingstipps der Fitness-Influencer? Und was ist wissenschaftlich gesehen das effektivste Training, um Muskeln aufzubauen? Mai widmet sich dem Thema Fitness.
maithinkx.de
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I'm never sure how many of my #Foellowers on here are interested in this, or even speak German, but if you're curious about what I'm doing if I'm not posting on here, a brand-new episode of MAITHINK X just went online and you can find it here: maithinkx.de/Folge50
(You won't see me there, though)
(You won't see me there, though)
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social, head of Biotechnology & Genome Editing, at @leibnizipk.bsky.social joins our webinar on New Genomic Techniques to boost sustainability in Europe”! 🇪🇺🌾
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social, head of Biotechnology & Genome Editing, at @leibnizipk.bsky.social joins our webinar on New Genomic Techniques to boost sustainability in Europe”! 🇪🇺🌾
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
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Job
Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm
In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm
In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
Job Openings
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de
September 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Job
Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm
In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm
In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
My luggage if I travel 4 hours to Bremen: one backpack.
My luggage for a nine-day research trip to Wageningen (2h by car): a suitcase, a backpack, and an IKEA bag - because, god forbid, they might not have my specific favourite coffee and tea in this exotic, foreign country 😅
My colleague: 1x 🧳
My luggage for a nine-day research trip to Wageningen (2h by car): a suitcase, a backpack, and an IKEA bag - because, god forbid, they might not have my specific favourite coffee and tea in this exotic, foreign country 😅
My colleague: 1x 🧳
August 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My luggage if I travel 4 hours to Bremen: one backpack.
My luggage for a nine-day research trip to Wageningen (2h by car): a suitcase, a backpack, and an IKEA bag - because, god forbid, they might not have my specific favourite coffee and tea in this exotic, foreign country 😅
My colleague: 1x 🧳
My luggage for a nine-day research trip to Wageningen (2h by car): a suitcase, a backpack, and an IKEA bag - because, god forbid, they might not have my specific favourite coffee and tea in this exotic, foreign country 😅
My colleague: 1x 🧳
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Heute trendet #Wahlfreiheit wegen einer Petition, in der es um #Gentechnik geht. Sie richtet gegen ein laufendes Verfahren auf EU-Ebene zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken in der Pflanzenzüchtung.
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Koexistenz, Wahlfreiheit - Wo ist überhaupt das Problem? - Progressive Agrarwende
Sind Koexistenz und Wahlfreiheit zwischen verschiedenen Formen der Landwirtschaft durch Neue Genomischen Techniken wie CRISPR & Co in Gefahr?
progressive-agrarwende.org
August 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Heute trendet #Wahlfreiheit wegen einer Petition, in der es um #Gentechnik geht. Sie richtet gegen ein laufendes Verfahren auf EU-Ebene zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken in der Pflanzenzüchtung.
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
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Please RT: We are hiring 📣! We are looking for a coordinator of our CEPLAS Graduate School!
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
July 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Please RT: We are hiring 📣! We are looking for a coordinator of our CEPLAS Graduate School!
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
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Best practices in plant fluorescence imaging and reporting: A primer (Kirk J Czymmek , Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso , Tessa Burch-Smith , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Best practices in plant fluorescence imaging and reporting: A primer (Kirk J Czymmek , Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso , Tessa Burch-Smith , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience
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To promote the collection, I’ve launched a designer clothing line where synthetic biology meets aesthetics.
I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
August 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
To promote the collection, I’ve launched a designer clothing line where synthetic biology meets aesthetics.
I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
August 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM