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Marija Smokvarska @smokvarska-marija.bsky.social · 6d

Super happy to take part in this congress surrounded by brilliant minds and inspiring science! A fantastic opportunity to learn, share, and connect. #EMBOMembraneContactSites2025 in Monopoli, Bari🇮🇹 @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social.

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Camila Goldy🌱🔬🧉 @camilagoldy.bsky.social · Aug 24

Take a look at part of my work with @mc-caillaud.bsky.social at @rdplab.bsky.social about the role of actin cytoskeleton to maintain cytokinesis against cellular geometry 🌱🔬

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Aug 23

Actin Counters Geometry to Guide Plant Cell Division https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.18.670899v1

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Emmanuelle Bayer @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social · Jul 28

We have two open Post-Doc positions in my group at the interface with:
1- @ataly.bsky.social for molecular dynamics
2- Bruno Guillotin from protein mobility

Apply by sending CV, two ref letters and a short motivation letter to me : [email protected]. Deadline 15 sept.

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mariebarberon.bsky.social @mariebarberon.bsky.social · Jul 24

Happy to see Kevin Robe’s work on ZIP transporters published. We found evidences that ZIP2 and ZIP8 are involved in Cu and Fe acquisition respectively and confirmed the role of ZIP3 and ZIP5 in Zn acquisition. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

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Laboratoire de Biogenèse Membranaire @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social · Jul 3

Summer clean-up goes hand in hand with a summer drink at the LBM!
The labs are glittering!

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Marija Smokvarska @smokvarska-marija.bsky.social · Jul 2

Such a pleasure to meet and discuss with ancient colleagues and friends from RDP- Lyon and IPSIM-Montpellier. Plant membrane meeting June 2025. Thanks for the organization @alexmartiniere.bsky.social🙌🏼

@lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social

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Marija Smokvarska @smokvarska-marija.bsky.social · Jun 17

Congrats to these brilliant minds @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social, @hortensem.bsky.social & Patrick Li for their great contributions in biology recognized by the Académie de sciences 🏅🌿
@lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social
@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social

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Elia Stahl @eliastahl.bsky.social · Jun 16

We are recruiting!
A three year PhD position @iecb.bsky.social and @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social to study lipid recognition by plant receptor-like kinases. A collaborative project with the team of @pierre-maisonneuve.bsky.social. Join us in the beautiful city of Bordeaux!

emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto...

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Marija Smokvarska @smokvarska-marija.bsky.social · May 22

As a microscopist MIFOBIO is a must at least once. The most thrilling, intense and rewarding microscopy gathering 🔬🌱✨

GdR ImaBio @gdrimabio.bsky.social · May 19

🔥 We've already received over a third of pre-registrations!

#Mifobio2025 is already shaping up to be a highly attractive event...

Don't delay in pre-registering!
👉 imabio-cnrs.fr

@cnrs.fr @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @cnrsingenierie.bsky.social @cnrs-inist.bsky.social

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CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · Mar 15

#RésultatScientifique🔎 Plasmodesmes : les autoroutes cachées des plantes 🌱

@emmanuellebayer.bsky.social @yvonjaillais.bsky.social et leurs collaborateurs dévoilent comment protéines et lipides régulent le flux moléculaire. Une percée dans la communication cellulaire des plantes !

La communication intercellulaire chez les végétaux : un changement de paradigme

Les plasmodesmes, des canaux membranaires essentiels chez les plantes, jouent un rôle primordial dans la communication intercellulaire.

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Emmanuelle Bayer @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social · Mar 19

Plasmodesmata: A new frontier for membrane contact site intercellular communication plantae.org?p=140096

Plasmodesmata: A new frontier for membrane contact site intercellular communication | Plantae

Membrane contact sites (MCSs) serve a critical role in intracellular communication, particularly between organelle membranes, enabling direct molecular transfer. Less clear is the role MCSs play in…

plantae.org

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Philipp Denninger @philipp-denninger.bsky.social · Apr 22

Specific ROPGEFs drive pollen germination in Arabidopsis

The first paper from my group @TUM is finally out in @plosbiology.org tinyurl.com/5n69jyuy

#PlantScience #Polarity #Pollen #ROPGEF #microscopy #Fertilization

Improved & with new results compared to the bioRxiv version
tinyurl.com/4hejrrp9

Polarized subcellular activation of Rho proteins by specific ROPGEFs drives pollen germination in Arabidopsis thaliana

RHO OF PLANTS (ROPs) signaling and their activating factors ROPGEFs are essential for initiating polar growth, but which ones activate pollen germination is unknown. These authors show polarization of...

dx.plos.org

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mariebarberon.bsky.social @mariebarberon.bsky.social · May 13

Check out our new preprint where we explore natural variation, leading to the identification of SUBER GENE1, a novel regulator of suberization. Excited to share the first manuscript from a project I conceptualized 10 years ago!

Jian-Pu 韩 @jian-pu.bsky.social · May 11

Delighted to share one piece of my postdoc work in preprint: Through forward genetic screening for suberin deposition in root endodermis, we identified SUBER GENE 1 (SBG1) by GWAS as a novel regulator for suberization by interacting with Type One Protein Phosphatase. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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EMBO @embo.org · Mar 5

Applications are open for the EMBO Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology in Helsingør, Denmark, 18 – 22 August 2025.
Registration deadline: 1 June
Abstract submission deadline: 15 June
meetings.embo.org/event/25-pla...
#EMBOplantMembraneBio 🧪

Plant Membrane Biology

For the 20th time, participants of the Workshop on Plant Membrane Biology (WPMB) conference can learn about the latest findings in the crucial field of Plant Membrane Biology. Biological membranes ar…

meetings.embo.org

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Marie-Cécile Caillaud @mc-caillaud.bsky.social · May 8

🚨Our paper is out!

If you ever wonder how four-way junctions are avoided during plant cell division, some answers here 🧬🍀🔬🧪🤓

👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Conserved mechanical hallmark guides four-way junction avoidance during plant cytokinesis

When building an organ, adjacent cells coordinate to form topologically stable junctions by integrating mechanosensitive signaling pathways. Positioni…

www.sciencedirect.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.

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Marie-Cécile Caillaud @mc-caillaud.bsky.social · Apr 10

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CNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · Apr 10

🌿🔬 Une révolution dans l’imagerie des cellules végétales !

Des scientifiques ont développé une méthode innovante pour observer les cellules végétales en 3D, avec une précision jamais atteinte. De quoi ouvrir de nouvelles perspectives en biologie végétale 🌱

Une révolution dans l’imagerie des cellules végétales

En 2015, une nouvelle technique de microscopie, appelée microscopie d’expansion, a bouleversé l’imagerie biologique en dépassant les limites de résolution des

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Marija Smokvarska @smokvarska-marija.bsky.social · Mar 28

Thank you Monica. We will be seeing each other around for a while it seems ☺️

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · Mar 18

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Plasmodesmata: a new frontier for membrane contact site intercellular communication (Cell) @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social @yvonjaillais.bsky.social (Summary by Stephanie Temnyk) buff.ly/aSoKPZ1

#PlantaePSRW

Plasmodesmata: A new frontier for membrane contact site intercellular communication | Plantae

Membrane contact sites (MCSs) serve a critical role in intracellular communication, particularly between organelle membranes, enabling direct molecular transfer. Less clear is the role MCSs play in…

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Comité National de la recherche Scientifique, Section 23 @section23-25.bsky.social · Mar 25

the results are the following:
Paloma DURAN, Liam ELLIOTT co-first
Marija SMOKVARSKA - 3
Hyun-Kyung LEE - 4
Pierre GAUTRAT - 5
Andrew HELMSTETTER - 6
Alan LE MOAN - 7
Laura ELVIRA GONZALEZ - 8
Liudmila KOZLOVA - 9

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