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Umeå Plant Science Centre
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A centre of excellence for experimental plant research and forest biotechnology in Northern Sweden that belongs to Umea University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
🧪🌾 PAPER – How do trees know when winter is really over?

Trees don’t just track long-term cold exposure. The Bhalerao group and collaborators show they also count short warm spells when assessing winter progression.

Read more in @natcomms.nature.com:👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Variable temperature processing by plasmodesmata regulates robust bud dormancy release - Nature Communications
Tree buds integrate cold and warm cues to control dormancy release. Extended warm periods block plasmodesmata opening by repressing Flowering Locus T and GA pathways in buds. This mechanism ensures ro...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🧪🌾 A real pleasure to host you, Edwige! Thank you for contributing your expertise and for the inspiring scientific discussions during your visit! 🌸
It was such a pleasure to have Edwige Moyroud from @slcuplants.bsky.social visiting @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
She acted as external evaluator for @absolutemaverick.bsky.social Hemamshu Ratnakaram half time seminar and we could enjoyed her fascinating research overview. Thanks Edwige!
January 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on January 28 at 8:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2026 Plantae Fellows.🌱

👉 Free registration at buff.ly/FbmaFGR

#PlantScience
January 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Seeking scientist volunteers for the 2026 spring semester! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? Apply by 1/25. Please share widely. bit.ly/comicscollabspring2026
January 15, 2026 at 8:13 PM
🧪🌾Sweet training outcome - looks like the students really understood leaf epidermis structure 🧁!
Leaf epidermis cupcakes! Our students got creative🧁. Thanks Jule and Mélio. @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
January 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
⏳ Deadline Today: applications close 11 Jan. Hurry up! 🧪🌾
📣 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
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
🧪🌾PAPER - Why do Rhododendron flowers show such diverse colours?

Jian-Feng Mao's group shows that transposable elements account for ~50% of Rhododendron genomes and may drive genomic divergence and colour diversity.🌸🧬

Explore their pangenome study in BMC Genomics: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM
🧪🌾PAPER - How conserved are spliceosomal genes across plant life forms?

By studying the spliceosomal genes SmEa and SmEb in poplar, Goretti et al. reveal both conserved and divergent regulatory roles compared to Arabidopsis.

Read more in BMC Plant Biology: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🧪🌾PAPER - When did cell wall sensing developed?🧬

The groups of @laurabacete.bsky.social and Christiane Funk showed that key cell wall integrity sensing components already exist in green algae, revealing deep evolutionary roots of extracellular surveillance.

Read more in @pplplantarum.bsky.social👇
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
🧪🌾PAPER - How do different nitrogen forms shape root growth?

Pařízková et al. reveal that L-glutamine acts beyond nutrition, triggering a specific root growth response and linking nitrogen metabolism with hormone signalling.

Read more in @pplplantarum.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1111/ppl....
doi.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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The Plant Cell welcomes 2026 Assistant Features Editors.
In an exciting turn of events, this year I get to work with the Plant Cell Assistant Features Editors (AFEs) as well as Plant Physiology AFEs, because Nan Eckardt, long-time Plant Cell Features Editor, has retired! 🎉
doi.org/10.1093/plce...
January 9, 2026 at 8:06 AM
⏰ Last call – apply by 11 Jan!

Are you finishing your PhD or recently graduated in plant science?🧪🌾

Applications for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists (28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden) are closing soon!

👉 www.upsc.se/about-upsc/e...
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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‼️If you are finishing (or have just finished) your PhD and are exploring postdoc options, this is a great chance to meet people, share ideas, and build links. Come to northern Sweden ❄️🇸🇪 and connect with the community

Message me if you have any questions 📩
🎄✨ Season’s greetings from UPSC!

Looking ahead to the new year - are you an early career plant scientist interested in new research ideas and collaborations?

🌾Apply for the UPSC Early Career Symposium, April 2026!🧪

🗓 Deadline: 11 January 2026

👉 www.upsc.se/early-career...
December 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🎄✨ Season’s greetings from UPSC!

Looking ahead to the new year - are you an early career plant scientist interested in new research ideas and collaborations?

🌾Apply for the UPSC Early Career Symposium, April 2026!🧪

🗓 Deadline: 11 January 2026

👉 www.upsc.se/early-career...
December 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Really enjoyed being part of this #AcademicFreedom workshop. I learnt so much, and it finally filled in the global perspective that was kind of missing. Here is a summary for anyone interested.

sverigesungaakademi.se/en/internati...
Young academies from four continents gathered in Stockholm - Young Academy of Sweden
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December 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
So much good food! Looks like a wonderful celebration.
Last weekend we celebrated the winter holidays with a Christmas Potluck. From shared experiments to shared meals, gratitude for the teamwork that binds us, and hope for discoveries ahead. Grateful for our team in Umeå and Trondheim 🎄🔬

Our blog entry: www.cellwalldynamics.com/a-christmas-...
A Christmas Potluck: Where Science Meets Spice | Green cell wall dynamics lab
The Cell Wall Dynamics Lab at Umeå celebrated the winter holidays with a Christmas Potluck, where the team's global diversity came together through shared dishes. It was a moment to pause and apprecia...
www.cellwalldynamics.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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🌱 Meet Manju, our new PhD student in the Cell Wall Dynamics team! From the Newah Indigenous community in Nepal🇳🇵 to Umeå, she’ll work on the VR-funded Watchers on the Wall project, using advanced tools to study how plant cell walls sense and respond to stress.
🔗 Read her interview: bit.ly/3JAsZK7
Meet Manju, the PhD student in the Cell Wall Dynamics team | Green cell wall dynamics lab
A short interview with Manju on her background, interests, and plans for exploring how plants sense changes in their cell walls in the
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August 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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🎉 Proud moment for our lab!
PhD student Klaudia Ordyniak won the Best Poster Award at the #SPPSPhD2025 conference for her work on transcription factors ZAT11 & ZAT18 in cell wall integrity 🌿👏
Also cheers to another UPSC colleague, Julie Ducla, for winning Best Presentation! bit.ly/46xCUZZ
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you interested in RNA biology and how it shapes tree growth and adaptation?🧬

Join the Peter Kindgren group for a PhD and study how trees adapt their RNA synthesis (transcription) during their life cycle.

Read more:
👉 www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

📆Deadline: 10 Feb 2026

#PlantSciJobs
PhD position in the RNA Biology of trees | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🧪🌾PAPER - How does alternative splicing change protein structure?

Vergara et al. present IsoformMapper, a tool that uses protein structure to compare splice isoforms, enabling functional analysis across biological systems.🧬

Read more in @rnajournal.bsky.social:
rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/32/1...
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A monthly journal publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research on all topics related to RNA and its metabolism in all organisms
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December 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🧪🧬NEWS - New Master’s Programme in Bioinformatics @umeauniversitet.bsky.social

Starting autumn 2026, this programme focuses on bioinformatics and data-driven biology, bridging molecular biology and data science, with UPSC involvement.

👉Read more - and feel free to share:
www.umu.se/en/news/new-...
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you interested in combining plant physiology, climate science, and modeling?🧬

Join the Kelly Swarts group to study how plants inherit environmentally induced responses to changing conditions.

Read more & apply👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

⏰ Deadline: 10 Feb 2026

#PlantSciJobs
PhD student in physiology and heritable climate adaptation modeling | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se
December 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Welcome to @umeaplantsciencecentre.se, @jalonsos.bsky.social! We are very much looking forward to working with you!
I’m very happy to share that next year I’m launching the Meristem Hydraulics Group. We will be at the @umeaplantsciencecentre.se (Sweden) & the University of Helsinki (Finland) @helsinki.fi

Here is a brief description of our research interests:
www.upsc.se/juan_alonso_...

#PlantSciences
December 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🧪🌾VACANCY - Looking for a PhD in plant/forest science?

Join the @hanneletuominen.bsky.social group at UPSC & the WIFORCE Research School and investigate nitrogen use efficiency and wood formation in trees!

Read more and apply here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Deadline: 10 Feb 2026

#PlantSciJobs
PhD position in nitrogen use efficiency and wood formation in forest trees | slu.se
SLU - Science and Education for Sustainable Life
www.slu.se
December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🧪🌾NEWS - Nitrate affects wood development, not just growth

PhD student Anna Renström showed that nitrate specifically affects wood formation and wood properties - adding some of the missing pieces to a better understanding of how trees respond to nitrogen.🔬

Read more:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM