Stéphanie Robert
@srobertgroup.bsky.social
Our research is focused on understanding the single steps controlling plant plasticity.
I love winter mornings up North.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I love winter mornings up North.
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“The ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis”. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A 🌱 thread 👇 1/x
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November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“The ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis”. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A 🌱 thread 👇 1/x
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The work of Samia Belaidi, PhD student in the team, and @bwojcikowska.bsky.social on the involvement of MP isoforms for somatic embryogenesis induction in Arabidopsis is now online! Congrats to all co-authors!
Work performed @ceitec.eu with the help of @ceitec-cellimcf.bsky.social
Work performed @ceitec.eu with the help of @ceitec-cellimcf.bsky.social
I'm thrilled to share our new publication in Plant Physiology! The paper focuses on the role of the MONOPTEROS transcription factor in somatic embryogenesis. Huge thanks to all my co-authors for being part of this great project!
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MONOPTEROS isoform MP11ir plays a role during somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
In Arabidopsis, canonical and short AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 5/MONOPTEROS isoforms are required for somatic embryogenesis induction by regulating auxin biosyn
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November 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The work of Samia Belaidi, PhD student in the team, and @bwojcikowska.bsky.social on the involvement of MP isoforms for somatic embryogenesis induction in Arabidopsis is now online! Congrats to all co-authors!
Work performed @ceitec.eu with the help of @ceitec-cellimcf.bsky.social
Work performed @ceitec.eu with the help of @ceitec-cellimcf.bsky.social
Looking for a fantastic place for your next career step? Come to speak about your science and meet us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Looking for a fantastic place for your next career step? Come to speak about your science and meet us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
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📣 Finishing your PhD or recently graduated?
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾
Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!
Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...
📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾
Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!
Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...
📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
📣 Finishing your PhD or recently graduated?
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾
Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!
Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...
📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾
Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!
Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...
📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
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One of the STARMORPH group leaders on the Highly Cited Researchers 2025! Congrats @nowako76.bsky.social !
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Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025
The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and ...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
One of the STARMORPH group leaders on the Highly Cited Researchers 2025! Congrats @nowako76.bsky.social !
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New OA Article: "Cambium LBDs promote radial growth by regulating PLL-mediated pectin metabolism" rdcu.be/eP4mp
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
New OA Article: "Cambium LBDs promote radial growth by regulating PLL-mediated pectin metabolism" rdcu.be/eP4mp
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
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How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
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@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Plant development depends on coordinated growth at cellular and organ scales, yet comparative analyses are hindered by inconsistent reporting of growth across studies. We conducted a meta-analysis o.....
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
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Excited to share our pre-print on how Sphingolipid-driven interleaflet coupling orchestrates ROP6 recruitment to nanodomains upon auxin. Great job from my PhD student Matheus Montrazi, @arthur-poitout.bsky.social, @alexmartiniere.bsky.social, @yvonjaillais.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Excited to share our pre-print on how Sphingolipid-driven interleaflet coupling orchestrates ROP6 recruitment to nanodomains upon auxin. Great job from my PhD student Matheus Montrazi, @arthur-poitout.bsky.social, @alexmartiniere.bsky.social, @yvonjaillais.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Which Arabidopsis gene discoveries have informed crop trait improvements? Here are just a few examples...
What are some of the others you're aware of? 🧪
#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience
What are some of the others you're aware of? 🧪
#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Which Arabidopsis gene discoveries have informed crop trait improvements? Here are just a few examples...
What are some of the others you're aware of? 🧪
#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience
What are some of the others you're aware of? 🧪
#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience
Congrats to all!
🧪🌾NEWS - Three UPSC research projects received funding from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social!
Rishikesh Bhalerao, Åsa Strand & Nathaniel Street will investigate how trees time bud break, how plant cells start photosynthesis and what makes conifers so resilient.
Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
Rishikesh Bhalerao, Åsa Strand & Nathaniel Street will investigate how trees time bud break, how plant cells start photosynthesis and what makes conifers so resilient.
Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Congrats to all!
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This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you.
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you.
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
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Thrilled to be among the recipients of the SNSF Starting Grants! Congrats to all the incredible researchers funded this year. Can’t wait to keep exploring how plants grow, sense, and respond to mechanical forces. Plants and biophysics rock!🌱⚛️
✨ Searching for extraterrestrial life or combating speech disorders: The SNSF is awarding #SNSFStartingGrants to 41 outstanding researchers. They will receive a maximum of CHF 1 million to lead a project with their own #research team at a Swiss university. 🚀
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thrilled to be among the recipients of the SNSF Starting Grants! Congrats to all the incredible researchers funded this year. Can’t wait to keep exploring how plants grow, sense, and respond to mechanical forces. Plants and biophysics rock!🌱⚛️
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Dear ENPER community,
We are pleased to invite you to the next ENPER meeting, which will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 26 to 28 August 2026. Link to the ENPER 2026 website:
enper2026.bio21.bas.bg
We are pleased to invite you to the next ENPER meeting, which will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 26 to 28 August 2026. Link to the ENPER 2026 website:
enper2026.bio21.bas.bg
ENPER 2026 – European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research
European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research
enper2026.bio21.bas.bg
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Dear ENPER community,
We are pleased to invite you to the next ENPER meeting, which will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 26 to 28 August 2026. Link to the ENPER 2026 website:
enper2026.bio21.bas.bg
We are pleased to invite you to the next ENPER meeting, which will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 26 to 28 August 2026. Link to the ENPER 2026 website:
enper2026.bio21.bas.bg
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Interested to learn more about Plant Biotechnology? Enroll in our one-year Subsequent Master program and enjoy a training at Europe's largest Agro-biotech campus: masterplantbiotechnology.ugent.be
January 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Interested to learn more about Plant Biotechnology? Enroll in our one-year Subsequent Master program and enjoy a training at Europe's largest Agro-biotech campus: masterplantbiotechnology.ugent.be
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My commentary published in Current Biology! “Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell” Full text available →
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October 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
My commentary published in Current Biology! “Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell” Full text available →
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Check out the ToC of our latest Special Issue about auxin in plant development.
https://bit.ly/3KSt2BW
All articles are free to read for 2 months. @srobertgroup.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3KSt2BW
All articles are free to read for 2 months. @srobertgroup.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Check out the ToC of our latest Special Issue about auxin in plant development.
https://bit.ly/3KSt2BW
All articles are free to read for 2 months. @srobertgroup.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3KSt2BW
All articles are free to read for 2 months. @srobertgroup.bsky.social
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Huge thanks to the incredibly talented Center for Visual Arts students for transforming microscopy images into incredible works of art for Toledo CellulART! Science meets art in the most inspiring way. 🔬❤️🎨 www.toledocellulart.org #SciArt #Microscopy
October 8, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Huge thanks to the incredibly talented Center for Visual Arts students for transforming microscopy images into incredible works of art for Toledo CellulART! Science meets art in the most inspiring way. 🔬❤️🎨 www.toledocellulart.org #SciArt #Microscopy
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And @newphyt.bsky.social continues it's great series of Profiles with this one on @pdchristine.bsky.social:
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#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries
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#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
And @newphyt.bsky.social continues it's great series of Profiles with this one on @pdchristine.bsky.social:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantImmunity #PlantLuminaries
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'With a dream career of ‘expressing beauty with flowers’, I decided to pursue an undergraduate education in horticulture in the Netherlands. It sounded so natural, but I never knew what would happen later.'
In Profile: Yuchen Long
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#PlantScience
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In Profile: Yuchen Long
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#PlantScience
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October 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
'With a dream career of ‘expressing beauty with flowers’, I decided to pursue an undergraduate education in horticulture in the Netherlands. It sounded so natural, but I never knew what would happen later.'
In Profile: Yuchen Long
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience
🧵👇
In Profile: Yuchen Long
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience
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@marhava.bsky.social and myself have edited a special issue on Auxin for Physiologia plantarum! Have a look at the nice contributions! @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
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The A to Z of Auxin in Plant Development: Physiologia Plantarum
Click on the title to browse this issue
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October 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
@marhava.bsky.social and myself have edited a special issue on Auxin for Physiologia plantarum! Have a look at the nice contributions! @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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The N-terminal domain of COMPANION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE1 promotes microtubule array formation in Arabidopsis (Viswanathan Gurumoorthy, Alan Hicks, Sriram Tiruvadi-Krishnan, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
The N-terminal domain of COMPANION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE1 promotes microtubule array formation in Arabidopsis
CC1 N-terminal domain binds and crosslinks microtubules (MTs) in an extended conformation, providing structural insights into how CC1 maintains MT organiza
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October 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The N-terminal domain of COMPANION OF CELLULOSE SYNTHASE1 promotes microtubule array formation in Arabidopsis (Viswanathan Gurumoorthy, Alan Hicks, Sriram Tiruvadi-Krishnan, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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#IJPB takes the floor at the 4th INUPRAG Symposium.
👩🔬C. Bellini 👉 CATS team bit.ly/4dy5hHO
👨🔬N. Arnaud 👉 FTA team bit.ly/3JfhiJ9
INUPRAG is a consortium between @inrae-france.bsky.social (BAP department) @umeaplantsciencecentre.se and @cragenomica.bsky.social
@ijpb-versaillescly.bsky.social
👩🔬C. Bellini 👉 CATS team bit.ly/4dy5hHO
👨🔬N. Arnaud 👉 FTA team bit.ly/3JfhiJ9
INUPRAG is a consortium between @inrae-france.bsky.social (BAP department) @umeaplantsciencecentre.se and @cragenomica.bsky.social
@ijpb-versaillescly.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#IJPB takes the floor at the 4th INUPRAG Symposium.
👩🔬C. Bellini 👉 CATS team bit.ly/4dy5hHO
👨🔬N. Arnaud 👉 FTA team bit.ly/3JfhiJ9
INUPRAG is a consortium between @inrae-france.bsky.social (BAP department) @umeaplantsciencecentre.se and @cragenomica.bsky.social
@ijpb-versaillescly.bsky.social
👩🔬C. Bellini 👉 CATS team bit.ly/4dy5hHO
👨🔬N. Arnaud 👉 FTA team bit.ly/3JfhiJ9
INUPRAG is a consortium between @inrae-france.bsky.social (BAP department) @umeaplantsciencecentre.se and @cragenomica.bsky.social
@ijpb-versaillescly.bsky.social
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We have a project available for 2026 NRP Doctoral Training Partnership entry (i.e. PhD studentship opportunity!)
How do cells communicate when it's hot?
Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...
How do cells communicate when it's hot?
Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...
How do cells communicate when it’s hot? (FAULKNER_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs.
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We have a project available for 2026 NRP Doctoral Training Partnership entry (i.e. PhD studentship opportunity!)
How do cells communicate when it's hot?
Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...
How do cells communicate when it's hot?
Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...