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Filippo Binci

@filbinci.bsky.social

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Post-Doc at UniPD. Working on calcium signalling in plant development and plant-microbe interactions #PlantScience #MPMI

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 14d

Plan U, for universal, is the necessary standard. Post everything as a preprint at or before point of submission. Then publish in any journal you want but never pay exorbitant APCs.

Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 14d

HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 14d

Dear @dfg.de & @erc.europa.eu Why don't you do the same? What's stopping us from adopting this model to all tax-payer funded research in Europe? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · 16d

6/6) Overall, LjMLO4 is a key molecular hub between peptide signalling, Ca2+ transport and root system architecture, highlighting MLO integration of developmental, nutrition and symbiotic cues.

Thanks to my supervisors, collaborators and MSc students!

Feel free to get in touch for comments!

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · 16d

5/6) Then, we tested mlo4 responsiveness to exogenous treatments with Lj RALF peptides. We found that mutants are less sensitive to LjRALF34 than WT in terms of root growth inhibition and Ca2+ signalling, supporting recent evidence of MLO as signal amplifiers of the RALF/CrRLK1L signalling

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · 16d

4/6) Given the recently proposed role of MLO functioning as Ca2+ channel downstream of RALFs, first we tested that LjMLO4 can mobilize Ca2+ across biological membranes by heterologous expression in E. coli.

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · 16d

3/6) Surprisingly, no major AM-related phenotypes were visible in mlo4 mutants, but we uncovered clear root developmental phenotypes irrespective of root colonization by AM fungi. mlo4 mutants have shorter and fewer lateral roots, and this is dependent on exogenous Ca2+ levels.

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · 16d

2/6) We found that the promoter of LjMLO4 has a dual expression pattern in roots: strongly activated in arbusculated cells and a basal expression at lateral root primordia and root tips

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · 16d

1/6) Third effort from my PhD with @magiovan.bsky.social and @lorellanavazio.bsky.social, happy to see it online!

We show that a symbiotic clade IV MLO (LjMLO4) regulates root development and responses to endogenous RALF34 via calcium signalling in Lotus japonicus

www.biorxiv.org.

A symbiotic MLO gene regulates root development via RALF34-triggered Ca2+ signalling in Lotus japonicus

Mildew Locus O (MLO) genes, initially identified as powdery mildew susceptibility factors, are increasingly recognized as multifunctional regulators implicated in diverse processes including plant rep...

www.biorxiv.org

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · 24d

In the MSCA global fellowship there is a mandatory "outgoing phase", for mobility from the chosen european host to an "outgoing country" out of Europe and back.. EU bureaucratic language can be misleading :)

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · 24d

I think both graphs gather applications for the chosen destination (in Europe or abroad). No data here about the country of origin of applicants, but only where they would like to go

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Derek Severi Lundberg @derekseveri.bsky.social · 25d

record 17,058 Marie Curie proposals in 2025 vs. 10,360 in 2024!!! the reason is pretty obvious, but wow that is a huge jump marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/news/msca-po...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 receives record number of 17,058 proposals

This year’s annual MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships call has attracted considerable interest from the research community with 17,058 proposals submitted.

marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu

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Ivan Radin @radinbio.bsky.social · Sep 8

This might be one of the simplest images I captured, but very fascinating nonetheless, as it shows how tight the cytoplasm in a plant cell is. The cytosol and all other organelles are squished between the plasma membrane (magenta) and the central vacuole (its membrane is green)
#MicroscopyMonday

The image shows one straight magenta line and, close to it, another wavy green line.

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carogutj.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social · Aug 23

Attention plant proteomics specialists: We are looking for a Head of our new Proteomics Unit at our international and dynamic Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Applications are welcome until 30. Sept 2025: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/8...

Head of Service Unit Proteomics

jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · Aug 4

"If you’re a scientist, you’re in the business of producing and communicating knowledge.

It’s worth reminding ourselves: the goal isn’t simply to publish papers. The goal is to produce knowledge that yields predictable outcomes — science that stands the test of time"

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · Aug 4

I just published: Data vs hypothesis driven research: the false dichotomy

This post is adapted from a talk I gave @plantae_org Find out more 👇
medium.com/p/data-vs-hy...

Data vs hypothesis driven research: the false dichotomy

This post is adapted from a talk I gave at the Plantae Presents webinar More Money, More Data: Data-Driven versus Hypothesis-Driven…

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Ève Teyssier @eveteyssier.bsky.social · Jun 12

I’m very happy that my main PhD work, under the supervision of @malick-mbengue.bsky.social, found a home in @pnas.org
Two days before my PhD defence! 🎉 (1/6)

A plant Lysin Motif Receptor-Like Kinase plays an ancestral function in mycorrhiza | PNAS

Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) with soilborne Glomeromycota fungi was pivotal in the conquest of land by plants almost half a billion years ago. In flo...

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Jean-Michel Ané @jeanmichelane.bsky.social · Jun 6

The latest publication from our lab!

The famous "glomalin" from arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is not a protein but a polysaccharide from AM fungi, so we renamed it "glomalose". Glomalin-related proteins are bacterial proteins stuck in this glomalose.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Sabine Brumm @binebrumm.bsky.social · May 21

Excited to share that our preprint has found a home in Science Advances. We show that intrinsically disordered regions determine the functional diversification of actin-regulatory SCAR proteins in Medicago. 🧵 1/3
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
#ScienceAdvances #PlantScience #IDRs

Functional divergence of plant SCAR/WAVE proteins is determined by intrinsically disordered regions

Intrinsically disordered regions in SCAR/WAVE proteins drive diverse functions in root hair and leaf trichome development.

www.science.org

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Simon Stael @simonstael.bsky.social · May 20

What started as a 'funky' observation back in 2017 while visiting the lab of @labcosta.bsky.social, and after skilfull execution of Dominic Kuang, Shanna Romand, and many more, now found a home in Current Biology. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The burning glass effect of water droplets triggers a high light-induced calcium response in the chloroplast stroma

Plants rely on water and light for photosynthesis, but water droplets on leaves can focus light into high-intensity spots, risking photodamage. Excess…

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Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · May 20

Proud to have contributed to this during my MSc thesis @carogutj.bsky.social lab. Thanks to Michi Paries and congrats to all involved!

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology 🌱🧪 @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social · May 20

🌱 New discovery in plant-fungi symbiosis:
@carogutj.bsky.social and team have identified the Gene Activator Complex that promotes the exchange of nutrients between plants & fungi.
📖 Read more: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

The GRAS protein RAM1 interacts with WRI transcription factors to regulate plant genes required for arbuscule development and function | PNAS

During arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis AM fungi form tree-shaped structures called arbuscules in root cortex cells of host plants. Arbuscules ...

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Scienza in rete @scienzainrete.bsky.social · May 15

In molte città italiane il 12 maggio scorso i precari delle università sono scesi in piazza. Al centro del dibattito c’è il contratto di ricerca istituito dal governo Draghi in sostituzione degli assegni di ricerca. Contestate le modifiche proposte dal governo

www.scienzainrete.it/articolo/con...

Contratti per i ricercatori: sciopero contro tagli, precarietà e guerra

Torino, Milano, Siena, Bologna, Roma, Palermo, Napoli, Venezia e molte altre città il 12 maggio scorso hanno visto scendere in piazza i precari delle università. È stato il primo sciopero nazionale ad...

https://www.scienzainrete.it/articolo/contratti-ricercatori-sciopero-contro-tagli-precarietà-e-guerra/cristiana-pulcinelli/2025

Filippo Binci @filbinci.bsky.social · Apr 15

Congrats Sagar!

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Sagar Bashyal @sagarbashyal.bsky.social · Apr 15

Absolutely thrilled to share our story—please take a moment to check it out! Huge thanks to all the contributors and my amazing supervisor @lmueller.bsky.social . This was truly a team effort! #peptides #mycorrhiza

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Arianna Capparotto @arianna-kr8.bsky.social · Apr 3

Excited to share our latest publication in bioRxiv regarding the response of lettuce to a soil microbial consortium 🥬🦠.
@magiovan.bsky.social

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Apr 2

Plant genetic and root-associated microbial diversity modulate Lactuca sativa responsiveness to a soil inoculum under phosphate deficiency https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646582v1

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Sabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · Mar 31

Italian readers: articolo intervista sul “lato umano della scienza” e la relazione tra #scienza e #filosofia, messo insieme da Sofia Belardinelli a Padova: ilbolive.unipd.it/it/news/scie... #philsci 🧪

Il lato umano della scienza: la ricerca come attività sociale | Il Bo Live UniPD

La scienza è neutrale? I dati sono solo una rappresentazione dei fatti? A queste questioni si dedica la ricerca di Sabina Leonelli, filosofa della scienza, a cui abbiamo posto alcune domande sulla nat...

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