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Ronald Pierik @ronaldpierik.bsky.social · Aug 28

New paper: Gibberellins are long-distance regulators of shoot-to-root signalling of the light environment

Our latest paper ( published online in Plant Cell, shows that Gibberellins are involved in long-distance signalling of phytochrome-sensed light signals all the way in to the roots that are not…

New paper: Gibberellins are long-distance regulators of shoot-to-root signalling of the light environment

Our latest paper ( published online in Plant Cell, shows that Gibberellins are involved in long-distance signalling of phytochrome-sensed light signals all the way in to the roots that are not light-exposed but still respond to light quality changes. We think that not only the precursor GA12, but also bioactive GA4 is shoot-to-root mobile. The work was led by former postdoc…

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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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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our story on the biosynthesis of anti-inflammatory triterpenes from pot marigold is published ☺️ We had a lot of fun working on this beautiful & interesting species. Well done team marigold! 🌼 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Biosynthesis and bioactivity of anti-inflammatory triterpenoids in Calendula officinalis - Nature Communications

Calendula, a plant used in traditional medicine for centuries, helps reduce inflammation. Here the authors identify natural compounds that are key to its anti-inflammatory activity, revealing how they...

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mariebarberon.bsky.social @mariebarberon.bsky.social · Jul 22

Very excited that our work on directional symplastic transport in differentiated root is now published!A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

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Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · Jul 21

"We found that TF orthologues from distant species retain
nearly identical binding preferences, while on the same timescales the gain and loss of TFBSs are widespread."

From: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Recruitment, rewiring and deep conservation in flowering plant gene regulation - Nature Plants

A highly scalable approach is used to generate 3,000 genome-wide maps of transcription factor binding in ten flowering plants, along with multi-species single-nucleus RNA-seq atlases. Together, the re...

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Jul 16

GROUP LEADER VACANCY

JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.

If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

www.jic.ac.uk

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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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Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jun 27

#ISMPMI2025 attendees!

Bookmark our concurrent session co-organized with @uprogress.bsky.social featuring exciting talks on the spatial and temporal regulation of plant–microbe interactions.

We have 3 invited speakers: Feng Zhou, @lluginbuehl.bsky.social @type3lab.bsky.social

and…

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Jake Harris @c-jake-harris.bsky.social · May 31

Pleased to see this work come out in its final form! rdcu.be/em4UY. Great collaboration with the Ausin lab. Here we provide some mechanistic insight into how H2A.Z finds its way to gene bodies (spoiler alert, H3K4me3 readers are involved!).

H3K4me3 binding ALFIN-LIKE proteins recruit SWR1 for gene-body deposition of H2A.Z

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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · May 27

My pick for In Other Journals this week:
Sugar signaling boosts wheat yields - field trials of a trehalose-6-phosphate spray that boosts yield, probably via upregulation of starch synthesis and CO2 fixation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Paper here:
rdcu.be/enUzK

#PlantScience

In Other Journals

Editors’ selections from the current scientific literature

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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · May 23

Preprint! w/ C. Strullu-Derrien,R.Wightman,L.P.McDonnell, G.Evans,F.Fercoq,P.Kenrick & A.Ferrari

An ancient plant symbiotic fungus with distinct features identified through advanced fluorescence & Raman imaging

@slcuplants.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social Cambridge Graphene Centre @mnhn.fr

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Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social · May 4

Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025!

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

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Tina Schreier @tinaschreier.bsky.social · Apr 22

🌿 Excited to share our latest preprint!
We tracked how plasmodesmata numbers evolved across the path from C₃ → C₄ photosynthesis in Flaveria - and found a stepwise increase in cell-to-cell connectivity.
Thoughts or feedback are most welcome 😊
#PlantScience

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Apr 22

Stepwise increase in plasmodesmata during C4 evolution in Flaveria https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.18.649591v1

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Kromdijk Lab @plantphys-cam.bsky.social · Mar 14

WE’RE HIRING!

Funded 3-year postdoc looking at the impact of chilling on maize 🌽

The project will be looking at chilling responses in roots and shoots 🌱❄️ including the role of ABA and photoinhibition.

Applications close 28th March. More details below www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50591/

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Research Assistant / Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge.

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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · Feb 12

Congrats to Alex Guyon for passing his viva today @slcuplants.bsky.social
Really proud of him! He was doing the last experiments in the morning and now is celebrating with the examiners @lluginbuehl.bsky.social and Mahmut Tör.

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · Jan 1

Really pleased to transition from 2024 to 2025 with Tatiana Vernie's work on the evolution of the common symbiosis pathway published @pnas.org 🔽

We finally demonstrate that ☘️ have maintained a genetic pathway to engage with🍄for half a billion years!

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

Conservation of symbiotic signaling since the most recent common ancestor of land plants | PNAS

Plants have colonized lands 450 million years ago. This terrestrialization was facilitated by developmental and functional innovations. Recent evo-...

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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · Jan 2

We’re looking for 3 postdocs to join our lab and work on engineering plant gene expression, metabolism and growth. If you have enthusiasm & skills in synthetic biology or metabolic engineering, apply by Jan 31.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/

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Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thank you Jane!

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Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social · Nov 22

It works beautifully in rice leaves, which are tricky to image because of high levels of autofluorescence. Very glad it worked out for this reporter line.

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Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social · Nov 21

Very happy to share that our latest publication on the evolution of C4 photosynthesis is out now. It was such a pleasure working with the amazing Joseph Swift, Joe Ecker, @tinaschreier.bsky.social, and @jmhibberd.bsky.social.

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

Exaptation of ancestral cell-identity networks enables C4 photosynthesis - Nature

Single-nucleus RNA-sequencing and chromatin-accessibility analyses in rice (a C3 plant) and sorghum (a C4 plant) provide insight into how C4 photosynthesis evolved in bundle-sheath cells, revealing th...

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