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Unraveling plant growth at a subcellular level @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @dompsfr.bsky.social‬ @uni-freiburg.de Speaker @cibss.bsky.social Senior editor @elife.bsky.social www.plantscience.de

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 17d

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.

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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 1d

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maria Kalweit übernimmt die neu eingerichtete CRIION-Professur für Bioinformatik: Künstliche Intelligenz für die Onkologie-Forschung. Sie wird unter anderem Verfahren für KI-assistierte Diagnosesysteme und Vorhersagemodelle für Krankheitsverläufe entwickeln. ufr.link/criion-professur

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 1d

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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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 1d

🌿 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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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats and enjoy this beautiful city!

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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · 2d

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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Xander Jones @xanderjones.bsky.social · 6d

Only a few days left to apply!

My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.

@starmorph-syg.bsky.social

Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)

www.cam.ac.uk

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Merissa Huei-Hsuan Tsai @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social · 7d

Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science!
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.

Science Magazine @science.org · 7d

Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.

Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk

A confocal microscopy image shows root-colonizing bacteria clustering around an emerging lateral root, where localized glutamine leakage induces spatially confined reporter activity.

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations!

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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 8d

Looking for a friend 🙃

Does anyone have a reliable protocol for plasma membrane isolation/enrichment from N. benthamiana leaves, ideally for downstream proteomics. Got one that works?

Please share or repost! 🌱🧬

#PlantProteomics #Protocols #NicotianaBenthamiana #MembranePrep

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 8d

Up next, we have a workshop on power abuse in science, hosted by Be COSMOPOLITE (-> linkedin.com/company/be-cosmopolite) and organized by the MAdLand EDI Committee. We look forward to engaging conversations! #MAdLand2025 #EDI #AcademicEquity

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 8d

Great to see time and space being dedicated to this important topic! 👏

(…and what a beautiful, open venue for these conversations 😍)

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 9d

Starting our short talk sessions with Deepti Varshney @dvarshney.bsky.social from Freiburg, sharing insights on inferring the nature of the most recent common ancestor of plants #MAdLand2025

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scheuring-lab.bsky.social @scheuring-lab.bsky.social · 9d

Interested in plant hormones? Check out our newest research paper in @plantphys.bsky.social about a novel role of Salicylic Acid (SA) restricting growth: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...

Salicylic acid inhibits V-ATPase activity and restricts cell elongation

The phytohormone salicylic acid directly inhibits V-ATPase activity and cell elongation thereby limiting plant growth.

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Freddy Boutrot @freddyboutrot.bsky.social · 10d

A RALF-brassinosteroid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypocotyl cell shape doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social · 10d

Bis zu 14 hochqualifizierte Wissenschaftler:innen in frühen Karrierephasen, die aufgrund ihrer Arbeit in den USA unter politischem Druck stehen, können ihre Forschung künftig @uni-freiburg.de, Tübingen & Konstanz fortsetzen. Das FRIAS hat die Initiative mitbegründet. uni-freiburg.de/neue-fellows...

Entrane to Harvard Universit as symbolic picture for the programme post docs under pressure FRIAS Uni Freiburg

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 10d

‘It was an honor to meet Minister Olschowski and share how the vision of CIBSS to decode decision-making in living systems holds great promise for sustainable agriculture and human health.’ - Prof. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, who together with Prof. Sonja Albers presented our Cluster’s research. 1/5

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Alexandra Klein @naturealexk.bsky.social · 12d

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Share & join us for 11 TEDx talks about "The future is now" in Berlin 18. October 2025 😊

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Claudine Kraft's Lab @kraftlabfr.bsky.social · 13d

Back from the 8th NAS Conference in Sånga Säby, and what a wonderful experience it was! Christoph and Franzi represented the lab, and as a cherry on top, Chris won an award for his talk 🎉 Huge thanks to the NAS for organising and always creating such a warm community atmosphere!

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Universität Freiburg @uni-freiburg.de · 13d

Gestern tauschte sich Ministerin Petra Olschowski mit der Uni-Leitung zur strategischen Weiterentwicklung der #unifreiburg aus – und würdigte sie als Leuchtturm der baden-württembergischen #Wissenschaftslandschaft. @mwk-bw.bsky.social ufr.link/besuch-petra-olschowski

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 14d

Wonderful! Big congrats, Rim!
The @dompsfr.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social community is also very proud of you!

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 14d

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

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 14d

True — eLife has shown a way forward with preprint peer review and significant statements. As a senior editor, I value this model! Uptake is still in its early stages, and long-term community acceptance will be key.

KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 14d

Absolutely — nothing replaces reading. But I guess we agree that in an interdisciplinary world, no one has the expertise to assess quality across all fields. If individual reading were the only fix, IF will likely remain. Fixing the system is more complicated than that.

KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 14d

The system needs proxies for quality and researchers want visibility for their work. That combination has kept the treadmill running so far. Universal preprints would already ensure access but there’s still no systemic consensus on quality assurance, separating the must-reads from the nice-to-knows.

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 14d

Growth Switch Uncovered That Enhances Plant Adaptability
scienmag.com/new-growth-s...

New Growth Switch Uncovered That Enhances Plant Adaptability

Plants possess an extraordinary ability to modulate their growth in response to fluctuating environmental conditions, a feature essential for their survival and adaptation. Scientists at the

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