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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Aug 27

Some Impressions of the FASEB Mechanism of Plant Development - 110 attendees, two keynotes, 46 Talks & 83 posters but one passion: understand plant development 🌱🧪🔬🧑‍💻 #PDevSRC

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Aug 19

New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Split-YFP-coupled interaction–dependent TurboID identifies new functions of basal cell polarity in Arabidopsis @pnas.org from Juan Dong's lab.

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

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Kalika Prasad @kalikaprasad.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our new paper is out!
1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry!

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Wound repair in plants guided by cell geometry

Mathew et al. show that growth conflicts reshape cells after injury, forming rhomboidal geometries that trigger diagonal divisions. This reorients cell files to restore tapered morphology. A two-step ...

www.cell.com

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Aug 5

Final Program announced for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA).: tinyurl.com/2cfa8keo

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Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · Aug 2

5 dynamical systems concepts every developmental biologist needs to know! This came out of the 2023 Morphogenesis Program. @pauformosa.bsky.social ‪@perez-carrasco.bsky.social‬
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms

Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...

journals.biologists.com

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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · Jun 27

New KITP Program! #MORPHO26

Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants

Dates: 7/20/2026 - 8/20/2026

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Jan Broder Engler @jbengler.de · Jul 21

This is how to get started with #tidyplots 🚀

tidyplots.org/getstarted

#rstats #dataviz #phd

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Jul 17

We received 80 abstracts and have >100 registered participants for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA). Time for us to select ~20 talks from those 😱
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a

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Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie e.V. @gfeev.bsky.social · Jun 24

Are you in Germany in September (25th-27th) and ready to present your science? no further hesitation and register for the 15th GfE School on "Lineages: Revealing how Cells make Embryos and Tissues" at Schloss Reisensburg: www.vbio.de/gfe-entwickl... all #devbio enthusiasts and interested welcome!

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Jun 24

Deadline for abstract submission for the FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is extended until July 13th! 🌱 Submit! It will be a fantastic meeting.
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a

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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

adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Jun 3

The GreenRobust cluster of Excellence is now live on Bluesky @greenrobust.de
Follow to be informed of the great things coming up 🌱

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Jun 3

[3/3] 🌟 Keynote highlights!
We’re honoured to host:
🧠 @bradylabs.bsky.social – Benfey Memorial Lecture on Developmental Biology
🌱 @nikogeldner.bsky.social – Chory Memorial Lecture on Plant Signaling
Celebrating the legacies of Phil Benfey & Joanne Chory.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Jun 3

[2/3] 🗓️ Submit by June 29, 2025 to present your work at the FASEB SRC Mechanisms of Plant Development.
Submit here ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
Thanks to an agreement with AI2EAR (ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu), non-tenured participants who register will be eligible to apply for limited financial support!

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Jun 3

🚨 The FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is happening this summer! 🌱
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA. A short thread [1/3]

We have an outstanding roster of confirmed speakers — it's shaping up to be a fantastic meeting.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a

bsky.app/profile/fase...

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · Apr 21

The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration.

We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.

France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs

The Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...

www.techspot.com

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Apr 11

Same verdict: it will be huge academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

Super-resolution expansion microscopy in plant roots

The development of expansion microscopy in the Arabidopsis root enabled the imaging of molecular targets in tissues at diffraction-unlimited resolution.

academic.oup.com

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Apr 11

This is going to be huge 😅https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/37/4/koaf050/8109904

Root expansion microscopy: A robust method for super resolution imaging in Arabidopsis

Root expansion microscopy (ROOT-ExM) achieves super-resolution expansion microscopy in plants.

academic.oup.com

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Stéphanie Robert @srobertgroup.bsky.social · Apr 11

Whaouhouh! @yohannboutte.bsky.social @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social Magalie Grison!!!

academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

Root expansion microscopy: A robust method for super resolution imaging in Arabidopsis

Root expansion microscopy (ROOT-ExM) achieves super-resolution expansion microscopy in plants.

academic.oup.com

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Pau Formosa-Jordan @pauformosa.bsky.social · Mar 18

Spatial ploidy inference using quantitative imaging, our new collaborative work in the Polyploidy Integration & Innovative Institute, with the @roederlab.bsky.social and the Fox lab. Try our pipeline with your images!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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René Schneider @schneiderlab.bsky.social · Mar 18

🔬🌿 PhD Opportunity – TRM Proteins & Xylem Formation

Exciting PhD position available in plant cell biology, jointly hosted by Uni Potsdam (Germany) & INRAE Versailles (France)!

📍 Start Oct 1
📅 Apply by March 25
📨 Contact: [email protected] | [email protected]

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Mar 10

Great theory paper by @hadrienoliveri.bsky.social & I. Cheddadi: a Hydromechanical field theory of plant growth treating tissue as a growing poroelastic medium. It's a nice bridge from cell biophysics to tissue-scale growth. arxiv.org/abs/2409.02775 & tinyurl.com/22n9ykdo

Hydromechanical field theory of plant morphogenesis

The growth of plants is a hydromechanical phenomenon in which cells enlarge by absorbing water, while their walls expand and remodel under turgor-induced tension. In multicellular tissues, where cells...

arxiv.org

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Feb 28

To clarify and better planning: meeting starts on Aug 24th late afternoon and concludes on Aug 28th, morning.

Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Feb 17

Delighted to unveil the poster and speakers list of the Mechanism of Plant Development meeting. 2 keynotes by @bradylabs.bsky.social & @nikogeldner.bsky.social to honour the legacy of P. Benfey & J. Chory. Congrats to @minyaaa.bsky.social for her beautiful Mimulus image.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a

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Jan Broder Engler @jbengler.de · Feb 28

This website showcases #tidyplots use cases, complete with data and code 🔥

tidyplots.org/use-cases/

#rstats #dataviz #phd

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