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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 7d

#ThrowbackThursday to last week Thursday at #ISPLORE2025JP where we took a group picture of our fantastic community. Missing those conferences vibes? Scroll back through the #ISPLORE2025JP hashtag for some of the best moments 🌱🌊

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N End Rules @n-end-rules.bsky.social · May 28

How did oxygen-sensing evolve in plants?
In collaboration with @syno2xis.bsky.social Great work from @lauradc.bsky.social et. al. #plantscience @leverhulme.ac.uk
“ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia”
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ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia

Short summary:This study investigates the evolution of the low-oxygen response in land plants mediated by group VII Ethylene Response Factors (ERFVIIs). We identified conserved transcriptional signatu...

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Frederica Theodoulou @freddietheodoulou.bsky.social · 8d

Happy to share that our multi-omic analysis comparing two Arabidopsis accessions is now published 🌿 The first story from our @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa #plant #proteostasis project. A great collaboration between @rothamsted.bsky.social @richardmott.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk and Kathryn Lilley at Cambridge.

Richard Mott @richardmott.bsky.social · 8d

We have just published a paper in Genome Biology, rdcu.be/eIMLf. We explore the information flow between genome, gene body methylation, transcriptome, translatome and proteome in Arabidopsis. This is part of a BBSRC-funded collaboration with UCL, Rothamsted Research and University of Cambridge.

Information flow between omic levels in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Francesca Mattiroli @fmattiroli.bsky.social · 10d

Join us at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht to start your research group! Fantastic scientific environment, strong support, and nice colleagues :) Apply and please share broadly in your network.

Hubrecht Institute @hubrechtinstitute.bsky.social · 12d

Ready to establish your own research group at the Hubrecht Institute for Molecular and Developmental Biology? We’re seeking a tenure-track group leader to develop an innovative research line within our vibrant scientific community. Learn more & apply! https://f.mtr.cool/jncxfqkuds

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 11d

Great to see the hard work of Dani Amat, Janne Hageman and @viktoriiavoloboeva.bsky.social is appreciated by the #ISPLORE2025JP community!

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Rory Osborne @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social · 12d

Incredible location ✅
Excellent science ✅
Amazing community ✅
Perfectly organised ✅

What more could we ask for!?

Safe travels to everyone!
#ISPLORE2025JP

Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · 12d

And that’s a wrap on #ISPLORE2025JN 🇯🇵 🌱 🫧

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 13d

Very grateful that my team was represented by three talks at #isplore2025jp and two posters 🇯🇵🌱🫚

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 13d

Cool talks!

Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · 13d

It’s been a great opportunity for our lab to deliver four talks on different aspects of plant hypoxia and flooding research at #ISPLORE2025JN! Well done @linazhou.bsky.social @gunjansharma88.bsky.social & @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social for the great presentations! 🌱 💦 🌾 🦠 🌺 🫧 🇯🇵 #plantsci

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 13d

Excellent initiative!

eLife @elife.bsky.social · 14d

Openness means more than access.

We’re pleased to announce that we now publish Replication Studies, helping make science more reliable, transparent, and trustworthy.
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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 14d

5 ECR #ISPLORE2025JP talks starting with Muhammad Ateeq talking about tolerance mechanisms in Peach 🍑 academic.oup.com/treephys/art...

Comprehensive physio-biochemical and transcriptomic characterization to decipher the network of key genes under waterlogging stress and its recuperation in Prunus persica

Abstract. Waterlogging is a major abiotic stress that plants encounter as a result of climate change impacts. Peach is very sensitive to hypoxia during wat

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 14d

The #ISPLORE2025JP poster session is in full swing 🌱🌊

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 14d

We finish this #ISPLORE2025JP session with talks by PhD students Stephanie Frings, @rimchaudhury15.bsky.social and Gabriele Panicucci. 🌱🌊☔ Check out their recent review and preprint:
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 16d

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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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 14d

Very cool work from the @syno2xis.bsky.social lab by first author @ximenachirinos.bsky.social . Also very well presented at #ISPLORE2025JP!

Ximena Chirinos Herrera @ximenachirinos.bsky.social · 15d

Thrilled to make my first post here 🌱 Right after presenting at #ISPLORE2025JP, where I shared our work on how anatomy & habitat shaped the oxygen-sensing machinery of angiosperms. Please check out our new preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 15d

The second day of #ISPLORE2025JP starts with a great overview talk by @theplantlab.bsky.social on hypoxia regulation. Hypoxia is everywhere! #plantscience 🌱🌊

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Kierzkowski Lab @kierzkowskilab.bsky.social · 22d

Join us at the Plant Science Research Institute of the University of Montreal to develop your research group in Plant Molecular Genetics:
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Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Institut de recherche en biologie végétale (IRBV) | 12844852

A full-time tenure-track assistant professor position at the IRBV, Université de Montréal.

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 16d

@syno2xis.bsky.social @vinayshukla.bsky.social @viktoriiavoloboeva.bsky.social @panicuccigabriele.bsky.social

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 16d

We link the PCO N-degron pathway to acquisition of specialized cell fates and cell expansion, resulting in an altered leaf shape. A detailed RNAseq analysis led us to identify key genes downstream of the oxygen sensing pathway involved in the formation of specialized cells in leaves.

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 16d

Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 16d

Opening keynote lecture of #ISPLORE2025JP is by Genshiro Sunagawa about hibernation, the role of oxygen, and potential application in medicine. Very cool!

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 16d

Here we go! My team is fully represented at #ISPLORE2025JP #plantsciences . Yesterday we had lovely ramen together with Livia Merendino :)

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Rashmi Sasidharan @rsasidharan.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨Job Alert!! Assistant professor vacancy ‘plant abiotic stress resilience’ in our group @uuplants.bsky.social Come for the science, stay for the amazing colleagues 😀More details here www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Please share!!

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · Jun 19

How did plants evolve how to sense oxygen? Recently unraveled in an extensive and elegant analysis by @lauradc.bsky.social @syno2xis.bsky.social ‪@n-end-rules.bsky.social‬ All land plant lineages induce glycolysis and fermentation, but the ERFVII evolved in vascular plants with roots #plantscience

ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia

This study investigates the evolution of low-oxygen responses in land plants mediated by group VII Ethylene Response Factors (ERFVIIs). Conserved transcriptional signatures of hypoxia responses across...

www.cell.com

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Frederica Theodoulou @freddietheodoulou.bsky.social · May 12

Great to see a much needed tool for #plant science- a chemical probe for #hypoxia 🌿 Congrats @emilyflashman.bsky.social @daanweits.bsky.social!

Emily Flashman @emilyflashman.bsky.social · May 9

And now formally published, a chemical probe that can detect hypoxia in plants - congratulations to all authors! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Hypoxia‐activated fluorescent probes as markers of oxygen levels in plant cells and tissues

Low oxygen signalling in plants is important in development and stress responses. Measurement of oxygen levels in plant cells and tissues is hampered by a lack of chemical tools with which to reliab...

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · Apr 7

Openness guides discovery www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Openness guides discovery - Nature Biotechnology

Nature Biotechnology - Openness guides discovery

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