Marc Somssich
@somssich.bsky.social
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Editor @ThePlantCell.bsky.social
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The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
Reposted by Marc Somssich
CSIRO was responsible for so many wonderful plant science discoveries. This is so sad. When the pathogens win and we canβt grow enough food, these decisions will be viewed harshly
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
CSIRO was responsible for so many wonderful plant science discoveries. This is so sad. When the pathogens win and we canβt grow enough food, these decisions will be viewed harshly
A new @newphyt.bsky.social Profile, this time on Roberto Solano:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interesting as always π
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Marchantia
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interesting as always π
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Marchantia
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A new @newphyt.bsky.social Profile, this time on Roberto Solano:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interesting as always π
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Marchantia
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Interesting as always π
#PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Marchantia
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
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We have an amazing opportunity for Early-Career Researchers to join our Board of Directors!
We're looking for someone with experience in leading #OpenScience projects to support and lead eLife in our mission to change research communication.
π buff.ly/SZgtgVv
We're looking for someone with experience in leading #OpenScience projects to support and lead eLife in our mission to change research communication.
π buff.ly/SZgtgVv
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We have an amazing opportunity for Early-Career Researchers to join our Board of Directors!
We're looking for someone with experience in leading #OpenScience projects to support and lead eLife in our mission to change research communication.
π buff.ly/SZgtgVv
We're looking for someone with experience in leading #OpenScience projects to support and lead eLife in our mission to change research communication.
π buff.ly/SZgtgVv
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We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Next generation of 1001 Genomes Plus browser and data download
Please indicate all features you would like to see in a browser that displays features of completely sequenced Arabidopsis thaliana genomes
docs.google.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We (Nordborg & Weigel labs) need input on the next generation of genome browsers & data download modes for the #Arabidopsis #1001GenomesPlus project. We have now a curated collection of over 500 long read genomes.
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please help us by filling out this questionnaire: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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πͺ² REVIEW πͺ²
This review uncovers the critical role of the plant cell wall in pest defence, integrating structural, molecular, and genetic insights to highlight its emerging significance in plantβpest interactions during herbivory - Perez-Alonso et al.
π doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience π§ͺ
This review uncovers the critical role of the plant cell wall in pest defence, integrating structural, molecular, and genetic insights to highlight its emerging significance in plantβpest interactions during herbivory - Perez-Alonso et al.
π doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience π§ͺ
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
πͺ² REVIEW πͺ²
This review uncovers the critical role of the plant cell wall in pest defence, integrating structural, molecular, and genetic insights to highlight its emerging significance in plantβpest interactions during herbivory - Perez-Alonso et al.
π doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience π§ͺ
This review uncovers the critical role of the plant cell wall in pest defence, integrating structural, molecular, and genetic insights to highlight its emerging significance in plantβpest interactions during herbivory - Perez-Alonso et al.
π doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience π§ͺ
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βThe ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsisβ. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A π± thread π 1/x
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
βThe ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsisβ. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A π± thread π 1/x
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#TansleyReview: Physiological roles of #lignins β tuning cell wall hygroscopy and #biomechanics
Pesquet, Cesarino, Kajita & Pawlowski
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π nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
Pesquet, Cesarino, Kajita & Pawlowski
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π nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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π Check out the latest from Qin Guβs team at Nanjing Agricultural University: βKeystone Pseudomonas species in the wheat phyllosphereβ (Cell Host & Microbe) π www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Keystone Pseudomonas species in the wheat phyllosphere microbiome mitigate Fusarium head blight by altering host pH
Fusarium graminearum (F. graminearum) pathogen induces wheat phyllosphere alkalinization,
promoting the development of Fusarium head blight (FHB). Xu et al. show that host-acidifying
Pseudomonas, sele...
www.cell.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
π Check out the latest from Qin Guβs team at Nanjing Agricultural University: βKeystone Pseudomonas species in the wheat phyllosphereβ (Cell Host & Microbe) π www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short π§΅
The missing heritability question is now (mostly) answered
Not with a bang but with a whimper
theinfinitesimal.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short π§΅
Reposted by Marc Somssich
Convergence and constraint in glucosinolate evolution across the Brassicaceae (Amanda Agosto Ramos, Kevin A Bird, Annanya Jain, Gabriel Philip Sumo, Odinaka Okegbe, Lucy Holland, Daniel J Kliebenstein) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Convergence and constraint in glucosinolate evolution across the Brassicaceae
Studying a glucosinolate enzyme across the Brassicaceae shows evolution of plant specialized metabolism involves independent gene losses, distal duplicatio
doi.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Convergence and constraint in glucosinolate evolution across the Brassicaceae (Amanda Agosto Ramos, Kevin A Bird, Annanya Jain, Gabriel Philip Sumo, Odinaka Okegbe, Lucy Holland, Daniel J Kliebenstein) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Finally, the first public release of #BigVolumeBrowser, so after teasers, you can try it yourself. For details, please check the announcement post (1/2)
forum.image.sc/t/bigvolumeb...
forum.image.sc/t/bigvolumeb...
BigVolumeBrowser: a new 3D multi volume/mesh/point clould (SMLM) data viewer
Hello everyone, Iβd like to share with you another 3D viewer for FIJI, BigVolumeBrowser (full documentation link). Itβs a first initial public release, so there is still space for improvements. Le...
forum.image.sc
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Finally, the first public release of #BigVolumeBrowser, so after teasers, you can try it yourself. For details, please check the announcement post (1/2)
forum.image.sc/t/bigvolumeb...
forum.image.sc/t/bigvolumeb...
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Finally published!
Our new study in Curr Biol @currentbiology.bsky.social analyzes how CYP707A1 promoter variation drives an evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange across Brassicaceae species.
Free-access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7H93QW8S...
Our new study in Curr Biol @currentbiology.bsky.social analyzes how CYP707A1 promoter variation drives an evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange across Brassicaceae species.
Free-access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7H93QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Finally published!
Our new study in Curr Biol @currentbiology.bsky.social analyzes how CYP707A1 promoter variation drives an evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange across Brassicaceae species.
Free-access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7H93QW8S...
Our new study in Curr Biol @currentbiology.bsky.social analyzes how CYP707A1 promoter variation drives an evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange across Brassicaceae species.
Free-access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7H93QW8S...
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A team led by @kit.edu and with significant participation from @leibnizipk.bsky.social has succeeded for the first time in specifically altering the chromosome number of Arabidopsis using CRISPR Cas - without adversely affecting plant growth.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
CRISPR-Casβmediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Casβmediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A team led by @kit.edu and with significant participation from @leibnizipk.bsky.social has succeeded for the first time in specifically altering the chromosome number of Arabidopsis using CRISPR Cas - without adversely affecting plant growth.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Marc Somssich
CRISPR-Casβmediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
CRISPR-Casβmediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Casβmediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
www.science.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CRISPR-Casβmediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
Very nice work from Holger Puchta & colleagues
That's definitely a possibility. At least for the purple (aka good) ones.
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
That's definitely a possibility. At least for the purple (aka good) ones.
...and eating all the Ballisto βοΈ
I know, I'm very disappointed too. But this tight one-month registration deadline is not compatible with my travel planning. I can't committ yet. ππ
I know, I'm very disappointed too. But this tight one-month registration deadline is not compatible with my travel planning. I can't committ yet. ππ
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
...and eating all the Ballisto βοΈ
I know, I'm very disappointed too. But this tight one-month registration deadline is not compatible with my travel planning. I can't committ yet. ππ
I know, I'm very disappointed too. But this tight one-month registration deadline is not compatible with my travel planning. I can't committ yet. ππ
I highly recommend the #MBP2026 #PlantScience Meeting in Hennef, especially if you're an ECR or #NewPI trying to connect to the German Plant Science Community.
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 π
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 π
π Early Career Researchers in #PlantSci:
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
ποΈ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 4 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef, Germany
Registration + abstract submission end on
ποΈ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I highly recommend the #MBP2026 #PlantScience Meeting in Hennef, especially if you're an ECR or #NewPI trying to connect to the German Plant Science Community.
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 π
It's interactive, fun and relaxed.
Unfortunately, I won't be there this year, but I'll be back in 2027 π
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TUM Offers a professorship in Crop Production. Geat opportunity!
portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
TUM - Professor in Β» Crop Production Β«
Studierenden- und Mitarbeiterportal der Technische UniversitΓ€t MΓΌnchen
portal.mytum.de
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
TUM Offers a professorship in Crop Production. Geat opportunity!
portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
Reposted by Marc Somssich
I am currently one of the Research Highlights editors for TPJ, and I highly recommend applying! Sadly stepping down next year.
πΎGreat job to improve writing & communication, for networking and outreach!π»
βΆοΈ
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
πΎGreat job to improve writing & communication, for networking and outreach!π»
βΆοΈ
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I am currently one of the Research Highlights editors for TPJ, and I highly recommend applying! Sadly stepping down next year.
πΎGreat job to improve writing & communication, for networking and outreach!π»
βΆοΈ
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
πΎGreat job to improve writing & communication, for networking and outreach!π»
βΆοΈ
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Our ten years of work is finally out in Current Biology! We reveal a new mode of action of the bacterial phytotoxin coronatine produced by Pseudomonas syringae. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Evolutionary trade-off between stomatal defense and gas exchange in Brassicaceae
Kang et al. show that coronatine hijacks the ABA hydroxylase CYP707A1 in A. thaliana
to override stomatal defense. While CYP707A1 also enables rapid light-induced stomatal
opening, C. rubella and E. s...
www.cell.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Our ten years of work is finally out in Current Biology! We reveal a new mode of action of the bacterial phytotoxin coronatine produced by Pseudomonas syringae. www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Marc Somssich
Hi passionate π±π¬ the #MBP2026 by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social is entering its last registration week. Take some time and ASAP πββοΈ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/conference-m... . Please repost, like, & spread the word.
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Hi passionate π±π¬ the #MBP2026 by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social is entering its last registration week. Take some time and ASAP πββοΈ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/conference-m... . Please repost, like, & spread the word.