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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 1d

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Jul 21

Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Early Land Plant Evolution – Phylogenetics, Paleobotany, and Evo-devo Physiology. Submission Deadline: 03/2026. academic.oup.com/plphys/pages...

#plantscience

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 1d

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #ICYMI

Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Jan 29

Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Algae and Aquatic Plants. This Focus Issue welcomes the submission of research articles on photosynthetic organisms found in aquatic or semi-aquatic environments. Submission Deadline: 11/2025. https://academic.oup.com/plphys/pages/plant-physiology-call-for-paper…

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Paul Rainey @paulbrainey.bsky.social · 2d

Two new positions are available at the MPI for Evolutionary Biology to support development of our genomics facility. Both stand to become permanent. Both offer a ton of opportunity to engage in a wide range of creative science.

Pls repost 🙏

www.evolbio.mpg.de/3838377/job_...

Two full-time positions | Bioinformatician (m/f/d) + Applications Specialist (m/f/d) - Molecular Biology

The Genome Facility at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön is seeking to fill two positions (full time) to support and expand our core facility services.

www.evolbio.mpg.de

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks David!

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 2d

~12 years after we coined it EPP1 with @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social one afternoon when we were postdoc with @jeanmichelane.bsky.social!

Congrats @melaniekrich.bsky.social @tatiana-vernie.bsky.social et al. for the hard work!

EPP1 is the fourth member of the Common Symbiosis Pathway 🍄🌱!

Mélanie Rich 🌱🍄 @melaniekrich.bsky.social · 2d

So happy to see the latest preprint of the team out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The continuation of a long standing project started by @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social in @jeanmichelane.bsky.social‘s lab. 1/7 🧵

EPP1 is an ancestral component of the plant Common Symbiosis Pathway

The success of plants on land has been enabled by mutualistic intracellular associations with microbes for 450 million years ([Delaux and Schornack 2021][1]). Because of their intracellular nature, th...

www.biorxiv.org

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 3d

Ah oui quand même.. il me tarde la pause café demain 😅

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Thibaut Brunet @thibautbrunet.bsky.social · 3d

Latest from ours: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

This is two stories in one: a case study/cautionary tale on developing genetic tools in new organisms, and the first hint at a gene regulatory network for choanoflagellate multicellular development (which turn out to involve a Hippo/YAP/ECM loop!) A 🧵

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · 4d

If you’re applying to your dream lab for an internship/PhD/postdoc, always send a second email 1-2 weeks after the first one if you don’t hear back.

I promise we will be grateful rather than annoyed. My email inbox is a disaster and I’m quite junior - and very few of us have secretarial support

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 5d

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.

Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.

Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…

www.jic.ac.uk

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Nacho!

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 6d

...and three more fern genomes @molbioevol.bsky.social !

Not-so-static static lineages!

academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...

Resolving the stasis-dynamism paradox: Genome evolution in tree ferns

Abstract. The paradox of evolutionary stasis and dynamism—how morphologically static lineages persist through deep geological periods despite environmental

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome on bsky @tatiana-vernie.bsky.social !

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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · 8d

Amazing work by the Santiago lab @unil.bsky.social. The malectin-LRR receptor kinase IGP1 senses cello-oligomers to alert the plant immune system & enhance disease resistance. Very nice discovery & mechanism.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 8d

A warm welcome to MAdLand2025, this year taking place in the beautiful botanical garden in Osnabrück 🌱. We are starting with a welcome talk by Sabine Zachgo, introducing us to Osnabrück and the bontanical garden 🌿 Looking forward to exciting talks about #plantsci #MAdLand2025

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 8d

Another fern (Lygodium microphyllum) genome just published @pnas.org !

What a year for non-sed plant genomics!

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

The genome of the vining fern Lygodium microphyllum highlights genomic and functional differences between life phases of an invasive plant | PNAS

Functional and genomic studies on the differences between the gametophyte and sporophyte life phases of plants remain scarce, yet unraveling these ...

www.pnas.org

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Antton Rouget @anttonrouget.bsky.social · 11d

Pour rappel : Nicolas Sarkozy a perdu tous ses procès dans Bismuth (1re instance, appel, cassation), Bygmalion (1re instance, appel) et Libye.

Les éditorialistes pourraient peut-être interroger la gravité de ses actes ou la faiblesse de sa défense plutôt que d’attaquer @mediapart.fr, non ?

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Arnaud Saint-Martin @arnaudsaint-martin.bsky.social · 14d

Augmentation des frais d'inscription dans le public, arnaques aux diplômes dans le privé... Il ne faut pas "réguler" l'enseignement supérieur privé lucratif, mais bien l'interdire !

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 13d

+1 for the title 🤩

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Dan Kliebenstein @spicybotrytis.bsky.social · 13d

Fun review of Arabidopsis anti-pathogen metabolism with @somssich.bsky.social and @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social.

Started to make a complete catalogue and had to focus. Even with all this knowledge, we still haven't studied most Arabidopsis enzymes or metabolites doi.org/10.1093/plph...

Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal

Arabidopsis remains one of the best studied models today and has a number of remarkable chemical defense systems which actively engage, interact and preven

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Dr Elodie Chabrol @eloscicomm.bsky.social · 15d

👩‍🔬J'ai commencé un kit de démarrage "chercheuses en France" go.bsky.app/TBEzKC #FemmesEnScience

J'ai besoin de votre aide pour le remplir et donner de la visibilité aux chercheuses que vous connaissez et qui sont sur Bluesky !
▶️Taguez celles que vous connaissez, je les ajoute !

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LRSV Toulouse @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social · 15d

Face aux changements climatiques, l'equipe REDYWOOD collabore avec une pépinière occitane pour améliorer la résistance des arbres en zone urbaine (projet ARBEAUD'OCC - @occitanie.bsky.social - FEDER) 🔽

www.ladepeche.fr/2025/09/21/d...

Daux. Dans la pépinière Caussat, on développe les arbres du futur

La pépinière Caussat mise sur des arbres résistants au climat de demain. Leader régional dans la culture d’arbres d’ornement, la pépinière Caussat, située au nord de Toulouse, s’engage dans une course...

www.ladepeche.fr

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 15d

A milestone for plant genomics just out @natgenet.nature.com

130 bryophyte genomes!

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

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

www.nature.com

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Sebastian Soyk @sebastiansoyk.bsky.social · 20d

Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congratulations Tonni!!

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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Camille Puginier @puginiercamille.bsky.social · Aug 28

So excited to see our review on how to detect horizontal gene transfers and their impact on plant functional evolution finally published in @theplantcell.bsky.social!
Great teamwork between @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social and LGDP-Perpignan 😎🥳🌱
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

Mechanisms, Detection, and Impact of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Plant Functional Evolution

Abstract. Horizontal gene transfers (HGT) have been observed across the tree of life. While their adaptive importance in bacteria is conspicuous, the occur

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