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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · 1d

Talking Science to school students! For ERC grantees..
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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · 1d

This poster is the result of a wonderful team effort, huge thanks to @sophiezoe.bsky.social and @aroessling.bsky.social for going that extra bit to make this possible.

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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a sneak peek from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social new poster featuring all the exciting projects we’re working on! My section explores the evolutionary role of PILS proteins in Chlamydomonas.

Come join us for the intro in BIO I today at 13:50 & ur Master thesis.

#plantbiology #masterthesis

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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · 1d

This poster is the result of a wonderful team effort, huge thanks to @sophiezoe.bsky.social and @aroessling.bsky.social for going that extra bit to make this possible.

Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · 16d

EMBL is recruiting for the winter semester
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EMBL International PhD Programme - winter recruitment 2026! 📣 Research groups across EMBL are actively looking to hire PhD students - find out more on our website: https://lnkd.in/d7PHcQFD Don’t… |...

EMBL International PhD Programme - winter recruitment 2026! 📣 Research groups across EMBL are actively looking to hire PhD students - find out more on our website: https://lnkd.in/d7PHcQFD Don’t mi...

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 17d

We're almost there and growing in numbers.. but lost @advaitagashe.bsky.social 🤔 #ISPLORE2025JP

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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.

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · Jan 6

Towards community-driven visual proteomics! Excited to finally share this large-scale curated & annotated dataset of 1829 high-quality #cryoET tomograms of the little green alga that just keeps giving— Chlamydomonas! 🧪🧶🧬🌾🌊🌍

Preprint📜: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

A short thread🧵👇

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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thanks to @uni-muenster.de @Hippler lab @Schroda lab and @gaiapigino.bsky.social for organising such a great conference

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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · Aug 26

260 people, 88 talks, 90 posters, Chlamy 2025 in Münster is just a whirlwind of information, but its oddly comforting being surrounded by people battling the same scientific battles. Makes me feel a little less clueless, a little more fond of my own work, and dare I say, a tad proud of myself.

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Kirsty Wan @micromotility.bsky.social · Aug 12

So you think you understand everything about #Chlamydomonas photoresponses? think again! #protists #behaviour #cilia

To explain how Chlamy switches handedness from swimming in CCW circles in low-light to CW in high-light... see our new preprint led by Alan Tsang (HKU) 👇
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · Jul 17

Everything you want to know about lateral roots

Join us for our next seminar by @sophiezoe.bsky.social (@kleinevehnlab.bsky.social), from auxin oscillations to gravitropic angles, dive into the plasticity of lateral root development!

📅 Fri, Jul 18 | 🕥 10:15 |📍KS 00.009
See you there! #PlantScience

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The Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social · Jul 4

The Role of CO₂, Nutrients, & Heat in Algal Proliferation

Incidences of Harmful Algal Blooms are becoming more frequent, together with their impacts on food & water security. Algal blooms act as a sink for atmospheric CO2, but can also harm biodiversity & disrupt ecosystems

buff.ly/A4Y9fUH #Algae

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Ben Long @botbml.bsky.social · Jul 4

A SynBio explosion: a whole new world for Rubisco engineering

From @laura-gunn.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

A SynBio explosion: a whole new world for Rubisco engineering

This article comments on:Archer J, Kathpalia M, Lee B, Li S, Wang T. 2025. Effects of chaperone selectivity on the assembly of plant Rubisco orthologs in E

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Kenichi Tsuda @kenichitsuda.bsky.social · Jul 4

This is interesting!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Growth arrest is a DNA damage protection strategy in Arabidopsis - Nature Communications

This study demonstrates that growth arrest under stress in Arabidopsis protects meristem cells from DNA damage, challenging the idea that it is merely due to energy trade-offs and highlighting its rol...

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Schaller lab @as-in-hohenheim.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy to share our latest work on the specific role of phosphatase PLL2 in phytocytokine vs MAMP signaling. Published today in Nature Plants. rdcu.be/euNse

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Félix de Carpentier @fdecarpentier.bsky.social · Dec 17

I'm surprised that, with a bit of help, 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘵𝘪𝘪 can be hybridized with 𝘊. 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢!
"Establishing the green algae 𝘊𝘩𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘺𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢 as a platform for recombinant protein production" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Takehiro A. Ozawa @tkozawa.bsky.social · Jul 2

Great work by Li et al. (2025) on identifying the regulatory loop between #PlantTOR complex (TORC) via its RAPTOR1B subunit (Ser897) and the CBL4/CBL10–CIPK24 module in #Arabidopsis, which regulates the balance between plant growth and #SaltStress response ⚖️.
#PlantScience

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Figure 1. Target of rapamycin complex (TORC) activity is rapidly repressed by salt stress.

A) Dose dependance of salt-mediated TOR repression. 35S:S6K1-HA seedlings were treated with different NaCl concentrations for 4 h. Band intensity in the immunoblots indicates the level of total protein (anti-HA in lower panel) or T449-phosphorylated form of S6K1 (anti-p-T449 in upper panel). B) Quantification of relative p-T449 intensity in A). The data represent the ratio of intensity of p-T449 over S6K1-HA, and the value for the sample “0 mM NaCl” was set as 1.

C) Time course of salt-mediated TOR repression. 35S:S6K1-HA seedlings were treated with 200 mM NaCl for indicated times. D) Quantification of relative p-T449 intensity in C). The value at 0 min was set as 1.

E) TORC activity was restored following salt recovery treatment. 35S:S6K1-HA seedlings were treated with 200 mM NaCl for 15 min, and then transferred to the recovery medium for indicated times. Rec, recovery. F) Quantification of relative p-T449 intensity in E).

In B), D), and F), the data represent the ratio of intensity of p-T449 over S6K1-HA, data are means±SEM, n=3 (biologically independent experiments). Different letters in B) and D) represent significant difference between samples by one-way ANOVA (P<0.05, Supplementary Data Set 1). In F), *P<0.05 (one-way ANOVA, Supplementary Data Set 1)

Figure 6.The salt-tolerant phenotype shown in raptor1b mutant is abolished in the absence of SOS2/Calcineurin B-Like (CBL)-Interacting Protein Kinase 24 (CIPK24).

A) Representative images of Col-0, cipk24, raptor1-2, and raptor1-2cipk24 mutant under normal or salt conditions in post-germination assays. Scale bar: 1 cm.

B) Chlorophyll content per 4 seedlings measured at the end of the assay shown in A). Quantitative data are mean±SD of three biological repeats. Statistical analyses were performed by one-way ANOVA. (***P<0.001, ****P<0.0001, n.s., not significant).

C) Working model for target of rapamycin complex (TORC), abscisic acid (ABA), and CBL–CIPK signaling pathways to orchestrate growth and salt stress response under changing salinity status. In response to salt stress, ABA pathway and CBL–CIPK pathway dominate, suppressing TORC by phosphorylating RAPTOR1B and slowing down the growth to facilitate stress adaptation. Upon the removal of salt stress, TORC rapidly activates to suppress the ABA- and CBL–CIPK-mediated salt stress response network and promotes plant growth.

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Ari Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · Jul 2

How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social‬ @erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature

A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.

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Darius Kosmützky @dariuskos.bsky.social · Jun 23

Ever wondered which tag is best to use to detect, purify or fluorescently label your protein of interest for expression in #microalgae?
Well, look no further. Jonathan Scarfe, Ellen Nisbet (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) & I wrote up an overview of tags best to use for @theplantjournal.bsky.social.

A game of tag: A review of protein tags for the successful detection, purification and fluorescence labelling of proteins expressed in microalgae

Protein tags for detection, purification and fluorescence labelling are vital in microalgal research, yet the suitability of specific tags remains largely unexplored. This review discusses the pros a....

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MolPlantSci @molplantsci.bsky.social · Feb 12

🌿🏆 Congratulations to Marc Somssich! 🏆🌿 @somssich.bsky.social
He receives the 2025 SciComm Award for outstanding social media contributions bringing scientific discoveries and plant scientists to life through engaging storytelling and historical context.
Well deserved! 👏 #SciComm #PlantSci #MBP2025

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Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · Jan 28

Oh! She looks so sad! We all have our overwhelming moments! Wishing you all the best wishes...

Nibedita Priyadarshini @n-priyadarshini.bsky.social · Jan 25

Sweet!

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Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces (MPICI) @mpici.bsky.social · Jan 23

in artificial #photosynthesis, #CarbonNitrides use light to break 💧 into oxygen and #hydrogen = a promising renewable energy source
But how exactly does #WaterSplitting work?
@paologiusto.bsky.social & co. solved this long-standing puzzle
@naturecomms.bsky.social
#chemsky

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Artificial Photosynthesis Decoded:How Carbon Nitride Splits Water (and Enables Green Hydrogen)

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · Jan 10

Full house on our first departmental seminar this year. Which biopolymer is your favorite? If you ask @lauraragni.bsky.social it's suberin and lignin, if you ask @reskilab.bsky.social he will say sporopollenin and cutin, but in the opinion of @huguesrenault.bsky.social all four of them!

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