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Kay Schneitz @kschneitz.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations, Dr. Rodion Boikine! He led our efforts to understand the molecular mechanism of receptor kinase-mediated cell wall damage caused by inhibition of cellulose biosynthesis. Instrumental in establishing FRET-FLIM technology in our lab. Excellent work! Also, a kind human being.

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Wolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 13d

Human organisations are like biological networks: there are enzymes, activators and repressors. The enzymes are the people who do stuff. Activating interactions motivate and inspire them. Repressing interactions create friction, bureaucracy, etc. Roles or processes that create friction tend ...

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Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 16d

We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607

Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics

Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US

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Kay Schneitz @kschneitz.bsky.social · 17d

👍 Wir sehen auch immer mehr Wärmepumpen in unserem Viertel.. auch in Altbauten. Wir haben auch gerade unsere alte Ölheizung gehen eine Wärmepumpe getauscht..

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Loic Lepiniec @lepiniec.bsky.social · 18d

Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration,
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01020-7

Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration, https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01020-7

• LEC2 reprograms somatic epidermal cells into totipotent somatic embryo founder cells • LEC2 and SPCH co-activate local auxin biosynthesis by targeting TAA1 and YUC4 • GMC-auxin state marks stomatal cells shifting from differentiation to totipotency • Transcriptional rewiring and auxin signaling drive reprogramming of stomatal cells

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 18d

Thrilled to share our latest story on the ERAD machinery and how it controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES for acclimative 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.

www.science.org

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 21d

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 29d

W1 Tenure-Track Professor for Plant Biochemistry.
Tübingen, Germany. #plantscijobs #plantscijob
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...

JobOpportunities

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Isabel saur @izzysaurlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

I am thrilled &honoured, what a journey that was!
Only possible with the great support from family, all lab members, friends, current @unicologne.bsky.social / @ceplas.bsky.social & former colleagues & mentors.
With this project, we will do all that we can to help protect plants from diseases (1/2)

Universität zu Köln @unicologne.bsky.social · Sep 4

🎉 Three ERC Starting Grants for Cologne researchers:
Dr. Sabina Hillebrandt, Dr. Isabel Saur, and Professor Dr. Johannes Wohlfart. They will now receive up to €1.5 million in funding for a period of five years. Congratulations 🥳

Read more👇
uni.koeln/H4YG9

Millions in EU funding: Three ERC Starting Grants Awarded to Researchers at the University of Cologne

Three researchers at the University of Cologne have each received one of the most coveted European research grants for early-career researchers / for a total of 4.5 million euros over five years

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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · Sep 1

Six years ago, I started at the MPIPZ with a head full of ideas. What a journey. I’m thrilled to share that, from Jan 2026, I will be moving to Zurich as a chaired associate professor at the University of Zurich.
A new chapter, and plenty of roots still to grow. Can’t wait for the adventure ahead!

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · Aug 30

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement

Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

www.nature.com

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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · Aug 30

Mann beschließt, Kiste mit Kabeln, die er seit 2004 hat, ein weiteres Jahr zu behalten www.der-postillon.com/2019/08/kabe...

Mann beschließt, Kiste mit Kabeln, die er seit 2004 hat, ein weiteres Jahr zu behalten

Thorsten Beckmess aus Osnabrück hat heute nach langer Zeit wieder einmal die Kiste mit Kabeln, die er seit 2004 besitzt, inspiziert. Nach eingehend

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Kay Schneitz @kschneitz.bsky.social · Aug 29

3D digital plant organs? What for? Curious? Have a look at our review. Nice work by Tejasvinee Mody and Ratula Ray from our lab.

Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · Aug 29

🔎 DARWIN REVIEW 🔎

Mody et al. review the study of the cellular basis of plant morphogenesis with 3D digital organs 🔬🌱

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪 @kschneitz.bsky.social

Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): Pipeline to generate 3D digital organs demonstrated using a stage 3-V Cardamine hirsuta ovule. (A) The generation of a 3D digital organ starts with 3D imaging of the organ of interest stained with a cell wall stain such as SR2200. The 3D rendering of a confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) z-stack of ovule with SR2200-stained cell walls is shown. The bounding box shows the xyz imaging directions of the ovule in the 3D view (top panel).

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Charlotte Kirchhelle @ckirchhelle.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thrilled to share our latest work: how plants control growth through activation of a surface-specific growth programme. Thanks @zoenv.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social and the other coauthors for all the hard work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme

During morphogenesis of multicellular organs, cells acquire distinct identities that meet specific functional requirements. Epidermal identity is widely considered essential for plant morphogenesis du...

www.biorxiv.org

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · Aug 27

This always blows my mind. Dude mapped qtl for a quantitative trait to a chromosome in 1923!

Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · Aug 27

Related but cool combo of cytogenetics and phenotype. Know when the first QTL was mapped?

Sax, K. 1923. The association of size differences with seed coat pattern and pigmentation in Phaseolus vulgaris. Genetics 8:552-560.

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Biozentrum, University of Basel @biozentrum.unibas.ch · Aug 26

🧪 The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship in #ClimateBiophysics at the @biozentrum.unibas.ch, funded by the Georg H. Endress Foundation. This new professorship strengthens climate research @unibas.ch. www.biozentrum.unibas.ch/news/detail/...

New endowed professorship strengthens climate research at the University of Basel

The University of Basel is setting up a new endowed professorship at the Biozentrum to make fundamental discoveries at the interface between biophysics and climate-relevant environmental biology. This...

www.biozentrum.unibas.ch

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Schnittger Lab @schnittger-lab.bsky.social · Aug 22

First up: understanding how plants defend themselves against heat stress. Our recent Science Advances paper shows that the meiotic cyclin TAM localizes to stress granules—special biomolecular condensates—during meiosis.

The recruitment of the A-type cyclin TAM to stress granules is crucial for meiotic fidelity under heat

The concentration of a meiotic regulator into membrane-less compartments assures genomic stability during reproduction.

www.science.org

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Travis Lee @tralee-sci.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thrilled to have our spatial single-cell atlas of the Arabidopsis lifecycle in @NaturePlants. Turns out that its easy to make nice images when spatial expression of 1,000 genes is available! 1/n
@natanellae.bsky.social @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social @joeecker.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Aug 18

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #ICYMI

Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Jun 30

📢 When you publish in Plant Physiology, you're doing more than sharing research—you’re strengthening the plant science community.
🌿 Published by a nonprofit.
🌿 Supporting the next generation of scientists.
🌿 Advancing discovery.
#PlantScience #SciComm @ASPB

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Christian Kost @kostchristian.bsky.social · Aug 18

Me and my group are searching for a senior postdoc (3 +3 years) in the field of theoretical/ computational biology.

The position provides the opportunity to closely interact with experimentalists and develop own research projects.

Please RT.

Deadline: 11/09/2025

Details 👇:
shorturl.at/iiiOv

116 FB 5 Research Assistant (m/f/d) field of Theoretical Ecology and Evolution or Computational Biology: Uni Osnabrück

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Nick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · Aug 11

Introducing the 1,000 Flower Collection 🧬🌹

I’m creating 1,000 genetically designed flowers each crafted with new colors, patterns, and shapes.

Here’s how I’m making it happen… and how you can join me on this journey 🧵(1/7)

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Aug 14

A reminder you/your lab can support FlyBase at Cambridge through the following link. Every bit helps. Please share if you yourself can't donate.

www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb...

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Life Science Zurich @lifesciencezurich.bsky.social · Aug 14

Zurich is one of Europe's leading centres for life sciences.

Do you know why? Check out the Innovation Hub Directory, set up by the LSZ Business Network!

lifescience-businessnetwork.ch/directory/

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Bjørn Panyella Pedersen @bjornppedersen.bsky.social · Aug 13

Best thing is to come back from ⛰️vacation☀️ to find a manuscript has metamorphosed into a published paper, so..

🚀 Check out our paper on hormone import⏬ into plant cells in @natplants.nature.com 🌱👇

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · Aug 9

Our latest on brassinosteroid signaling: Ligand binding spectrum, specificity & selectivity of all BR receptors in Arabidopsis. By @albertocaregnato.bsky.social , @hmchen93.bsky.social and our great chemistry collaborators Mirek Kvasnica, Jana Oklestkova and Mirek Strnad.

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