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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Aug 24

Arabidopsis Group I Pumilio RNA-binding factors are vital for embryo development and balancing between growth and stress resistance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.21.671196v1

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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

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Suayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details!

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W1TTW2 Professorship in Membrane Biology (m/f/d)

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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · Aug 12

🌟 #JXB75 Daily Highlight 🌟

On Sept 18, we will have our first session:

🌱 BEGINNINGS - the origins of plants and the start of the plant life cycle 🌱

🎤 Invited speakers incl Steve Penfield & Kin Pan Chung

⏳ Join us! Register by Aug 19 🗓️

👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75

#PlantScience 🧪

JXB 75th Anniversary Symposium
SESSION 1: BEGINNINGS
The origins of plants and the start of the plant life cycle
Chairs: Diana Santelia & Steve Penfield
18 September | 9 AM | Edinburgh
INVITED SPEAKERS
Prof Steve Penfield
John Innes Centre
Inter-generational temperature signalling during plant reproductive development
Asst Prof Kin Pan Chung
Wageningen University
To begin is easy, to persist is art: the inheritance of cytoplasmic genomes in plants

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · Aug 11

If you’re enjoying some calm while others are on holiday, here’s a #NEW #preprint to dive into — led by the brilliant @vbcscitraining.bsky.social student A. Abdrakhmanov:
👇 A quick thread + link:
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Ancestral P-body proteins rewired for autophagic recycling in the early land plant Marchantia polymorpha

Processing bodies (P-bodies) are conserved ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules central to RNA metabolism across eukaryotes. Although the mechanisms underlying their assembly are well understood, the path...

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Jenny Saile @jennysaile.bsky.social · Aug 7

The amazing @newphyt.bsky.social #NGS2025 meeting in Birmingham has ended. Unlike typical research-focused events, it brought together diverse topics and backgrounds, united by being the next generation of plant scientists. Grateful for the connections, honest conversations, and inspiring peers!

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thank you to our brilliant delegates, mentors, speakers, the organising committee and our hosts at the University of Birmingham for making New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 a great success!

Large group of diverse scientists and researchers gathered outside a modern building for a New Phytologist next generation scientists symposium.

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Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · Aug 6

This was a fantastic talk - the perfect blend of personal and scientific insight

New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · Aug 5

Re-join the New Phytologist next generation scientists live stream at 18:30 BST (UTC+1), when we'll be delighted to welcome Noni Franklin-Tong for a special evening lecture on 'A research career focused on investigating how self-incompatibility works'

👉 www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent...

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Rodrigo Reis @rodrigoreislab.com · Jul 30

Identification of RBPs if plants
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Protocol for capturing the RNA-binding proteome from plants using orthogonal organic phase separation

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) regulate many processes related to RNA biogenesis, localization, half-life and function. Here, we present a protocol for the en masse isolation of RBPs cross-linked to RNA ...

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Sascha Laubinger @saschalaubinger.bsky.social · Jul 17

One more week to apply for this exciting Professorship in Plant Sciences at Uni Halle! Join our vibrant plant research community 🌱

Info 👉 wcms.itz.uni-halle.de/download.php...

@unihalle.bsky.social @snp2prot.bsky.social

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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology @jipb.bsky.social · Jul 8

Alternative #splicing is a crucial post-transcriptional mechanism in #plants. In a new #review, Zhu et al. explore the potential of AS to provide new strategies for #crop improvement and #sustainable #agriculture.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb...
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Examples of distinct splice isoforms generated by exon skipping (ES), intron retention (IR) and other mechanisms, enabling plants to adapt to a range of biotic stresses, including those posed by bacteria, fungi and viruses.

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martinalegris.bsky.social @martinalegris.bsky.social · Jul 7

🔥Postdoc opportunity 🌱

The Legris lab at the University of Neuchâtel 🇨🇭 is looking for a Postdoc to work on the regulation of branching by warm temperatures. If you have a background on plant physiology and development, and you're interested in shoot thermomorphogenesis, apply now!

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · Jun 29

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SUF4 (SUPPRESSOR OF FRIGIDA 4) forms temperature-dependent condensates in plant cell nuclei!

Manipulating condensation of thermo-sensitive SUF4 protein tunes flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana; from David Ehrhardt's lab @cp-cellreports.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Sabine Brumm @binebrumm.bsky.social · Jun 26

Please RT: 🌾 Open PhD Position @TUM (Phytopathology, Freising, Germany)
Join our team and help us to decode the molecular mechanisms driving plant cell remodeling during fungal infection. Focus: RIC proteins in Barley–Blumeria hordei interaction 🔬 CRISPR, microscopy, proteomics & more!
#PlantScience

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Jenny Saile @jennysaile.bsky.social · Jun 26

Thank you all! I really enjoyed making the video and taking part in the challenge! It was a lot of fun!
@plantteaching.bsky.social @science-irl.bsky.social @strnk17desejp.bsky.social

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Jenny Saile @jennysaile.bsky.social · Jun 25

This week, I’m #RootingForScience by sharing a day in my life as a plant biologist, highlighting what I do and why it matters💚

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · Jun 24

#ASPBPlantCellTuesday #ICYMI

The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · May 26

PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE2A B′η drives spliceosome subunit dephosphorylation to mediate alternative splicing following heat stress (Seung Hee Jo , Hyun Ji Park , Haemyeong Jung , Ga Seul Lee , et. al.) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thanks for the challenge @science-irl.bsky.social.
I can't say I'm very good at reel-making, but I tried 🌱💚.
It copied here without sound, but the version on Instagram has voiceover 😂.
#RootingForScience

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Michael Booth @drmikebooth.bsky.social · Jun 23

We have developed an entirely new mechanism of action for gene knockdown -> trafficking of targeted mRNAs to the lysosomal, using lysosomal trafficking oligonucleotides (LyTONs)!

Published in @chemicalscience.rsc.org
Led by Disha Kashyap
#chemsky 🧪
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Engineering antisense oligonucleotides for targeted mRNA degradation through lysosomal trafficking

Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) can modulate gene expression at the mRNA level, providing the ability to tackle conventionally undruggable targets and usher in an era of personalized medicine. A key...

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Eirini Kaiserli @ekaiserli.bsky.social · Jun 20

Interested in Photoreceptors, Photobiological Responses and Optogenetic Applications across species? Join us at the GRS & GRC 2026 in California on Feb 7. grc.org/photosensory...
Share your work with the photobiology community! Abstracts will be selected for oral presentations.

2026 Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · Jun 17

@wigge.bsky.social and @christatesterink.bsky.social on heat and salt stress, two of the major challenges for plants, i.e. for agriculture, i.e. for humanity. #ICAR2025

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Jun 10

The @maizel-lab.org & @schumacherlab.bsky.social are hiring!
Part-time lab manager position available immediately! Apply by June 30th 🇬🇧/🇩🇪
➡️ adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...

Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg

Infosystem der ZUV

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Charlotte Gommers @charlottegommers.bsky.social · Jun 8

Very happy to see this review by @elizavveen.bsky.social, Jesse Küpers and myself now out in Plant Cell & Environment! About how stresses impact chloroplasts, and how this can steer plant development via retrograde signaling 🌱 @pph-wur.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.15664

Plastids in a Pinch: Coordinating Stress and Developmental Responses Through Retrograde Signalling

Plastids can sense environmental stress and improve whole plant adaptation through retrograde communication to the nucleus. Recent studies have advanced our understanding of integrated canonical and ...

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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · Jun 7

Control of seed-to-seedling transition by an upstream open reading frame in ABSCISIC ACID DEFICIENT2
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staigerlab.bsky.social @staigerlab.bsky.social · Jun 2

Our latest research on At-RS31, a key splicing factor in Arabidopsis thaliana, reveals its role in integrating alternative splicing with TOR-ABA signaling. Using iCLIP and RNAcompete, we mapped its binding sites. 🌱 Read more at nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social

At‐RS31 orchestrates hierarchical cross‐regulation of splicing factors and integrates alternative splicing with TOR‐ABA pathways

Alternative splicing is essential for plants, enabling a single gene to produce multiple transcript variants to boost functional diversity and fine-tune responses to environmental and developmental ...

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