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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 15h

A strong start to the semester at @uni-freiburg.de, @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social! 🌱 The Department of Molecular Plant Sciences (DOMPS) introduced its working groups, sparking lively conversations with many curious and motivated master’s students.

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 19h

🌿 Join the #CIBSS & dompsfr.bsky.social Joint Seminar!
🧬 Dr. José Estevez estevezjosem.bsky.social (CONICET, Argentina / UNAB-CBV, Chile) on signaling pathways in plant root hair development under stress.
📅 Thu, Oct 09 · 10:15–11:00
📍 Biol. II/III, KS 00.009

🔗 kurzlinks.de/wegb

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 1d

Wow congratulations and good luck with the move, we should catch up!

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 1d

New Article: "Nutrient-driven TOR signalling controls a chromatin-associated complex for orchestrating plant growth and stress tolerance" rdcu.be/eJOFF

With Research Briefing: rdcu.be/eJOJK

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Rory Osborne @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social · 2d

My latest In Brief for @theplantcell.bsky.social is now online!

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Luan and colleagues describe the role of DSP4, a dual specificity phosphatase, in regulating plant viral immunity 🦠

Check out their great story here:
doi.org/10.1093/plce...

DSPicable V: TuMV exploits a dual-specificity phosphatase to suppress MAPK signaling and host resistance

Rory Osborne; DSPicable V: TuMV exploits a dual-specificity phosphatase to suppress MAPK signaling and host resistance, The Plant Cell, , koaf238, https://

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Olivier Mathieu @oliviermathieu.bsky.social · 2d

Our paper is finally out in Nature Plants. MAIL proteins antagonize Polycomb-mediated silencing. Full text here: rdcu.be/eJisX

Plant mobile domain protein–DNA motif modules counteract Polycomb silencing to stabilize gene expression

Nature Plants - This study reveals that plant proteins MAIL1, MAIN and MAIL2 function as anti-silencing factors that maintain active gene expression. They bind specific DNA motifs to prevent...

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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 5d

HY5 integrates light and electrical signaling to trigger a jasmonate burst for nematode defense in tomato
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#plantscience

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 5d

A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization

Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...

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

We finished the #ISPLORE2025JP developmental #plantscience session with 4 exciting ECR talks on root develoment under waterlogging and barley priming by Shotaro Tamaru, Tilo Renziehausen, @kevindaniel.bsky.social and Hinako Shiba 🌾🌱🌊 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE - CLOSING SOON 🚨

⛰️🌊 Plants and low oxygen ⛰️🌊

📅 Deadline: 31 October

📄 Got a manuscript?

👉 Contact the JXB office: bit.ly/JXBissues

#JXBspecialissues #isplore2025jp #PlantScience 🧪

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · May 2

🌿 UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE 🌿

🌊⛰️ Plants and Low Oxygen ⛰️🌊

Editors: Mikio Nakazono, Takeshi Fukao & Motoyuki Ashikari

📅 Deadline: 31 October 2025

📣 We welcome contributions! 🔗 Contact us: bit.ly/JXBissues?utm...

#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

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Special issue: Plants and low oxygen, edited by Mikio Nakazono, Takeshi Fukao & Motoyuki Ashikari.

An illustration of an ecosystem in a bowl. There is a mountain, forest, wetland and lake with different plants depicted in across the landscapes. Photos stemming from the illustration show alpine flowers, wetland plants and submerged plants, depicting different low oxygen environments.

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 5d

📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣

🔬Plant Proteases - Guardians of Proteome Integrity & Function
🌱 Exploring the fascinating diversity, function & regulation of proteases in plants

📘 Edited by Pitter Huesgen, Annick Stintzi & Andreas Schaller

🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪

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Merissa Huei-Hsuan Tsai @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social · 6d

Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science!
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.

Science Magazine @science.org · 6d

Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.

Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk

A confocal microscopy image shows root-colonizing bacteria clustering around an emerging lateral root, where localized glutamine leakage induces spatially confined reporter activity.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 6d

#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Infotafel mit Schriftzug "Walter Benjamin Programme" und Datumsangaben:
14 October
Tuesday
1:30 - 15p.m. CET
in English

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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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Jeffrey Dean @jeffdean-uga.bsky.social · 8d

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MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap - Nature Communications

The Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant, catches prey by sensing touch. Here, the authors show that DmMSL10 functions as a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in sensory hairs, initiating long-range calcium and electrical signals required for trap closure.

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Ben Field 🌿 @benfield1.bsky.social · 8d

Discovery of a chromatin-associated complex (CACG) of ~16 proteins that negatively regulates the expression of nutrient-starvation-induced gene. CACG is of course controlled by TOR! #PlantScience www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nutrient-driven TOR signalling controls a chromatin-associated complex for orchestrating plant growth and stress tolerance - Nature Plants

A chromatin-associated complex, which is dynamically regulated by TOR kinase at the translational level, functions to suppress the transcription of stress-responsive genes marked by histone acetylation, thereby coordinating plant growth and stress tolerance.

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 9d

‘It was an honor to meet Minister Olschowski and share how the vision of CIBSS to decode decision-making in living systems holds great promise for sustainable agriculture and human health.’ - Prof. Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, who together with Prof. Sonja Albers presented our Cluster’s research. 1/5

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Rashmi Sasidharan @rsasidharan.bsky.social · 10d

#ISPLORE25JP has been such a fabulous meeting. I got to remember & honor my mentor, watch my PHD twins shine on stage, meet old friends, experience exciting science, and the beauty and hospitality of Japan ❤️❤️❤️ @isplore.bsky.social @uuplants.bsky.social

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 10d

This was ❤️🥹

International Society for Plant Low Oxygen Research @isplore.bsky.social · 13d

@rsasidharan.bsky.social pays tribute to Rens Voesenek for his major contributions to our field and #plantscience in general. 🌱🌊 Inspiring anectdotes and life lessons from Rens, who was a mentor to many of us.

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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 12d

A tiny white-petalled weed beloved of plant biologists has received a CRISPR-fueled makeover, turning it into a supersized ruby-colored bloom www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Blooms supersized - Nature Biotechnology

Nature Biotechnology - Blooms supersized

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 12d

Techniques and challenges in studying photosynthetic diversity in freshwater aquatic vascular plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.24.677520v1

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 13d

This is a box crab 📦🦀, likely Calappa calappa (from a Malay word meaning "coconut").

They're also called 'shame-faced crabs' because they pull their massive claws (chelae) in front of their face when alarmed.

Why are they squirting? This is a way of moving water over their gills to keep them wet.

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 12d

And what a fantastic edition of #ISPLORE2025JP it was! Really had a wonderful time discussing science, meeting old friends and making new and enjoying the local cuisine 🌱🍣

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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 14d

Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

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