Stéphane Verger
@stephanevrg.bsky.social
Associate professor and group leader at Umeå Plant Science Centre, Sweden. Interested in plant mechanosensing, cell adhesion and wood formation.
http://www.upsc.se/stephane_verger
http://www.upsc.se/stephane_verger
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🧪🌾INTERVIEW: New tools to study how plant cells hold together🔬
Léa Bogdziewiez from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group developed innovative tools to study cell adhesion at a whole new level. She just defended her PhD thesis – congrats, Léa!
Learn more in this interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
Léa Bogdziewiez from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group developed innovative tools to study cell adhesion at a whole new level. She just defended her PhD thesis – congrats, Léa!
Learn more in this interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
November 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🧪🌾INTERVIEW: New tools to study how plant cells hold together🔬
Léa Bogdziewiez from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group developed innovative tools to study cell adhesion at a whole new level. She just defended her PhD thesis – congrats, Léa!
Learn more in this interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
Léa Bogdziewiez from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group developed innovative tools to study cell adhesion at a whole new level. She just defended her PhD thesis – congrats, Léa!
Learn more in this interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
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Thrilled to be among the recipients of the SNSF Starting Grants! Congrats to all the incredible researchers funded this year. Can’t wait to keep exploring how plants grow, sense, and respond to mechanical forces. Plants and biophysics rock!🌱⚛️
✨ Searching for extraterrestrial life or combating speech disorders: The SNSF is awarding #SNSFStartingGrants to 41 outstanding researchers. They will receive a maximum of CHF 1 million to lead a project with their own #research team at a Swiss university. 🚀
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Thrilled to be among the recipients of the SNSF Starting Grants! Congrats to all the incredible researchers funded this year. Can’t wait to keep exploring how plants grow, sense, and respond to mechanical forces. Plants and biophysics rock!🌱⚛️
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🧪🌾INTERVIEW - His discovery challenges current textbook knowledge
PhD student Özer Erguvan from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group discovered that two key sites in plant cell walls and not the middle lamella help cells stick together.🔬
Read more in this interview👇:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
PhD student Özer Erguvan from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group discovered that two key sites in plant cell walls and not the middle lamella help cells stick together.🔬
Read more in this interview👇:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
October 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🧪🌾INTERVIEW - His discovery challenges current textbook knowledge
PhD student Özer Erguvan from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group discovered that two key sites in plant cell walls and not the middle lamella help cells stick together.🔬
Read more in this interview👇:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
PhD student Özer Erguvan from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group discovered that two key sites in plant cell walls and not the middle lamella help cells stick together.🔬
Read more in this interview👇:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
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People: "Things used to be better."
Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"
People: "When I was born."
From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"
People: "When I was born."
From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
October 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
People: "Things used to be better."
Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"
People: "When I was born."
From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"
People: "When I was born."
From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
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🧪Are you looking for a postdoc in a multidisciplinary environment?
Don't miss this opportunity to join @icelabumu.bsky.social and apply for 1 out of 3 available fellowships!
Project D will be in collaboration with our group leader @stephanevrg.bsky.social.
Take a look on the link below and apply!
Don't miss this opportunity to join @icelabumu.bsky.social and apply for 1 out of 3 available fellowships!
Project D will be in collaboration with our group leader @stephanevrg.bsky.social.
Take a look on the link below and apply!
NOW SEEKING POSTDOCS - the 6th call for IceLab Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellows funded by Kempestiftelserna is open! Apply now for 3 fellowships with six exciting research projects to choose from: www.umu.se/en/work-with...
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows
August 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
🧪Are you looking for a postdoc in a multidisciplinary environment?
Don't miss this opportunity to join @icelabumu.bsky.social and apply for 1 out of 3 available fellowships!
Project D will be in collaboration with our group leader @stephanevrg.bsky.social.
Take a look on the link below and apply!
Don't miss this opportunity to join @icelabumu.bsky.social and apply for 1 out of 3 available fellowships!
Project D will be in collaboration with our group leader @stephanevrg.bsky.social.
Take a look on the link below and apply!
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NOW SEEKING POSTDOCS - the 6th call for IceLab Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellows funded by Kempestiftelserna is open! Apply now for 3 fellowships with six exciting research projects to choose from: www.umu.se/en/work-with...
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows
August 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
NOW SEEKING POSTDOCS - the 6th call for IceLab Multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellows funded by Kempestiftelserna is open! Apply now for 3 fellowships with six exciting research projects to choose from: www.umu.se/en/work-with...
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social #postdoc #scisky #postdocfellows
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🧪🌾Are you familiar with protoplasts and why they are used as simplified models to investigate complex mechanisms such as how cells stick together?🔬
If not, take a look on this short popular science video created last year by Léa Bogdziewiez & Sonhita Chakraborty for the Fascination of #PlantDay👇:
If not, take a look on this short popular science video created last year by Léa Bogdziewiez & Sonhita Chakraborty for the Fascination of #PlantDay👇:
July 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🧪🌾Are you familiar with protoplasts and why they are used as simplified models to investigate complex mechanisms such as how cells stick together?🔬
If not, take a look on this short popular science video created last year by Léa Bogdziewiez & Sonhita Chakraborty for the Fascination of #PlantDay👇:
If not, take a look on this short popular science video created last year by Léa Bogdziewiez & Sonhita Chakraborty for the Fascination of #PlantDay👇:
Reposted by Stéphane Verger
Really happy to see this work published! Last year, when we started working with protoplasts, Stéphane connected us with Léa, who was incredibly helpful. She did a fantastic job teaching the students in our group protocols and tricks, and I’m really grateful. This pipeline will be useful for many!👇
🧪🌾PAPER - Would like to use protoplasts to study cell walls but struggle with cell wall recovery?🦾
Check out the Q-Warg Pipeline: a robust and versatile workflow established by Bogdziewiez et al from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group!
Find it in @plantdirectj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1002/pld3...
Check out the Q-Warg Pipeline: a robust and versatile workflow established by Bogdziewiez et al from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group!
Find it in @plantdirectj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1002/pld3...
doi.org
July 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Really happy to see this work published! Last year, when we started working with protoplasts, Stéphane connected us with Léa, who was incredibly helpful. She did a fantastic job teaching the students in our group protocols and tricks, and I’m really grateful. This pipeline will be useful for many!👇
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@stephanevrg.bsky.social lab is changing the way we question cell wall developmental role! Thanks Léa for this great pipeline! In use for our @kawresearch.bsky.social project!
🧪🌾Are you familiar with protoplasts and why they are used as simplified models to investigate complex mechanisms such as how cells stick together?🔬
If not, take a look on this short popular science video created last year by Léa Bogdziewiez & Sonhita Chakraborty for the Fascination of #PlantDay👇:
If not, take a look on this short popular science video created last year by Léa Bogdziewiez & Sonhita Chakraborty for the Fascination of #PlantDay👇:
July 28, 2025 at 8:20 AM
@stephanevrg.bsky.social lab is changing the way we question cell wall developmental role! Thanks Léa for this great pipeline! In use for our @kawresearch.bsky.social project!
Reposted by Stéphane Verger
🧪🌾PAPER - Would like to use protoplasts to study cell walls but struggle with cell wall recovery?🦾
Check out the Q-Warg Pipeline: a robust and versatile workflow established by Bogdziewiez et al from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group!
Find it in @plantdirectj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1002/pld3...
Check out the Q-Warg Pipeline: a robust and versatile workflow established by Bogdziewiez et al from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group!
Find it in @plantdirectj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1002/pld3...
doi.org
July 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🧪🌾PAPER - Would like to use protoplasts to study cell walls but struggle with cell wall recovery?🦾
Check out the Q-Warg Pipeline: a robust and versatile workflow established by Bogdziewiez et al from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group!
Find it in @plantdirectj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1002/pld3...
Check out the Q-Warg Pipeline: a robust and versatile workflow established by Bogdziewiez et al from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group!
Find it in @plantdirectj.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1002/pld3...
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Please spread the word: Position in plant development @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
Looking forward to having a new colleague!
www.upsc.se/jobs/6590-as...
Looking forward to having a new colleague!
www.upsc.se/jobs/6590-as...
Umeå Plant Science Centre - Associate Senior Lecturer in plant physiology with focus on plant embryo development
Umeå Plant Science Centre - A centre of excellence for experimental plant biology in Umeå Sweden. ©UPSC
www.upsc.se
July 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Please spread the word: Position in plant development @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
Looking forward to having a new colleague!
www.upsc.se/jobs/6590-as...
Looking forward to having a new colleague!
www.upsc.se/jobs/6590-as...
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🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you expert in plant embryo development and planning your next career step?
Join the excellence initiative "SLU Future" at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and become group leader @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!
Read more here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJobs
Join the excellence initiative "SLU Future" at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and become group leader @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!
Read more here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJobs
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you expert in plant embryo development and planning your next career step?
Join the excellence initiative "SLU Future" at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and become group leader @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!
Read more here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJobs
Join the excellence initiative "SLU Future" at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and become group leader @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!
Read more here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJobs
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1/27 We have a new paper out! Turns out that snowflake yeast have been hiding a secret from us - they've evolved a (very!) crude circulatory system. Not with blood vessels or a heart, but through spontaneous fluid flows powered by their metabolism. 🧪🔬
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
1/27 We have a new paper out! Turns out that snowflake yeast have been hiding a secret from us - they've evolved a (very!) crude circulatory system. Not with blood vessels or a heart, but through spontaneous fluid flows powered by their metabolism. 🧪🔬
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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🚨 Calling all plant modelling enthusiasts!
Plant Computational Biology Workshop
Open to researchers at all levels
Workshop is free. Participants cover own travel, food & accommodation
📅 8-12 Sept | 💻 Talks, tools & hand-on sessions
🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa...
#ComputationalBiology #PlantSci
Plant Computational Biology Workshop
Open to researchers at all levels
Workshop is free. Participants cover own travel, food & accommodation
📅 8-12 Sept | 💻 Talks, tools & hand-on sessions
🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa...
#ComputationalBiology #PlantSci
June 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🚨 Calling all plant modelling enthusiasts!
Plant Computational Biology Workshop
Open to researchers at all levels
Workshop is free. Participants cover own travel, food & accommodation
📅 8-12 Sept | 💻 Talks, tools & hand-on sessions
🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa...
#ComputationalBiology #PlantSci
Plant Computational Biology Workshop
Open to researchers at all levels
Workshop is free. Participants cover own travel, food & accommodation
📅 8-12 Sept | 💻 Talks, tools & hand-on sessions
🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa...
#ComputationalBiology #PlantSci
Looking for a new PhD student to join the lab! Please share!
🧪🌾VACANCY - Do you have experience in cell and molecular biology and microscopy and are looking for a PhD?🔬
Join the multidisciplinary research group of @stephanevrg.bsky.social and study how plant cells adhere to each other.
Learn more here 👇 and apply!
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Join the multidisciplinary research group of @stephanevrg.bsky.social and study how plant cells adhere to each other.
Learn more here 👇 and apply!
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
PhD position in plant science with a focus on cell adhesion
www.umu.se
June 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Looking for a new PhD student to join the lab! Please share!
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After a long and very successful career our plant cell wall expert Professor Ewa Mellerowicz is retiring.
Ewa mentored & inspired many young scientists and her contributions to wood biology research are invaluable.
Thank you for everything, Ewa, and all the best for the next chapter in your life!👏
Ewa mentored & inspired many young scientists and her contributions to wood biology research are invaluable.
Thank you for everything, Ewa, and all the best for the next chapter in your life!👏
April 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
After a long and very successful career our plant cell wall expert Professor Ewa Mellerowicz is retiring.
Ewa mentored & inspired many young scientists and her contributions to wood biology research are invaluable.
Thank you for everything, Ewa, and all the best for the next chapter in your life!👏
Ewa mentored & inspired many young scientists and her contributions to wood biology research are invaluable.
Thank you for everything, Ewa, and all the best for the next chapter in your life!👏
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New preprint from @stephanevrg.bsky.social 's lab!
🧪 Simulations + mutant tests show a shift in how we think about plant cell adhesion, challenging "textbook" view on the role of middle lamella.
📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Thank you Özer Erguvan and all co-authors 🔬
#PlantSci #CellBiology
🧪 Simulations + mutant tests show a shift in how we think about plant cell adhesion, challenging "textbook" view on the role of middle lamella.
📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Thank you Özer Erguvan and all co-authors 🔬
#PlantSci #CellBiology
April 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New preprint from @stephanevrg.bsky.social 's lab!
🧪 Simulations + mutant tests show a shift in how we think about plant cell adhesion, challenging "textbook" view on the role of middle lamella.
📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Thank you Özer Erguvan and all co-authors 🔬
#PlantSci #CellBiology
🧪 Simulations + mutant tests show a shift in how we think about plant cell adhesion, challenging "textbook" view on the role of middle lamella.
📄 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Thank you Özer Erguvan and all co-authors 🔬
#PlantSci #CellBiology
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Hello Bluesky! Here’s my first post:
My lab in NUS (Singapore) has one postdoc (research fellow) position open. Candidate will conduct mechanobiology study on duckweed (Wolffia sp.), in close association with Prakash Kumar’s lab.
More info and application link: careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research...
My lab in NUS (Singapore) has one postdoc (research fellow) position open. Candidate will conduct mechanobiology study on duckweed (Wolffia sp.), in close association with Prakash Kumar’s lab.
More info and application link: careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research...
Research Fellow (Biological Sciences)
Research Fellow (Biological Sciences)
careers.nus.edu.sg
February 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hello Bluesky! Here’s my first post:
My lab in NUS (Singapore) has one postdoc (research fellow) position open. Candidate will conduct mechanobiology study on duckweed (Wolffia sp.), in close association with Prakash Kumar’s lab.
More info and application link: careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research...
My lab in NUS (Singapore) has one postdoc (research fellow) position open. Candidate will conduct mechanobiology study on duckweed (Wolffia sp.), in close association with Prakash Kumar’s lab.
More info and application link: careers.nus.edu.sg/job/Research...
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🌾🧪VACANCY - Are you expert in wood biology and would like to set up your research group in a great environment for this type of research? 🧬🖥️⚖️
Join us a @umeaplantscicentre.bsky.social!
Read more here👇 and apply latest on Feb 28:
slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJob #sciencejobs #hiring
Join us a @umeaplantscicentre.bsky.social!
Read more here👇 and apply latest on Feb 28:
slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJob #sciencejobs #hiring
February 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌾🧪VACANCY - Are you expert in wood biology and would like to set up your research group in a great environment for this type of research? 🧬🖥️⚖️
Join us a @umeaplantscicentre.bsky.social!
Read more here👇 and apply latest on Feb 28:
slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJob #sciencejobs #hiring
Join us a @umeaplantscicentre.bsky.social!
Read more here👇 and apply latest on Feb 28:
slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJob #sciencejobs #hiring
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Plant Biomechanics friends and colleagues - I created a starter pack for our community. Feel free to let me know if you want to be removed from or added to the list!
go.bsky.app/D9oZmVH
go.bsky.app/D9oZmVH
December 22, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Plant Biomechanics friends and colleagues - I created a starter pack for our community. Feel free to let me know if you want to be removed from or added to the list!
go.bsky.app/D9oZmVH
go.bsky.app/D9oZmVH
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Calling all early-career plant scientists (-6 months to +2 years from PhD defence)! 🌱 Share your research at the Umeå Plant Science Centre Symposium on 26–27 March 2025. Network, collaborate, and join exciting workshops! Apply by 7 January 2025. Details: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n... #PlantScience
Umeå Plant Science Centre - UPSC invites young plant researchers to present their research
Umeå Plant Science Centre - A centre of excellence for experimental plant biology in Umeå Sweden. ©UPSC
www.upsc.se
December 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Calling all early-career plant scientists (-6 months to +2 years from PhD defence)! 🌱 Share your research at the Umeå Plant Science Centre Symposium on 26–27 March 2025. Network, collaborate, and join exciting workshops! Apply by 7 January 2025. Details: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n... #PlantScience
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We are looking for a new colleague :)
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
📢 Job Alert! The Faculty of #Biology of the @uni-freiburg.de is seeking for a researcher with a competitive, internationally visible profile in #ChemicalBiology focusing on #BiologicalSignallingResearch.
Join us and apply by 28 February, 25!
More info: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
Join us and apply by 28 February, 25!
More info: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
December 17, 2024 at 2:04 PM
We are looking for a new colleague :)
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
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🚨 PhD Opportunity Alert! 🚨 I'm thrilled to announce my new project, Watchers on the Wall, exploring how plant cells sense and respond to stress through their walls. 🌱 A 5-year fully funded PhD position is open—please share with potential candidates! 👇 (1/7)
December 2, 2024 at 12:05 PM
🚨 PhD Opportunity Alert! 🚨 I'm thrilled to announce my new project, Watchers on the Wall, exploring how plant cells sense and respond to stress through their walls. 🌱 A 5-year fully funded PhD position is open—please share with potential candidates! 👇 (1/7)
Reposted by Stéphane Verger
On March 26 and 27, 2025, we will arrange the next UPSC Early Career Plant Scientist Symposium.
For young researchers to present their research at UPSC and explore potential collaborative projects with UPSC group leaders.
www.upsc.se/early-career...
For young researchers to present their research at UPSC and explore potential collaborative projects with UPSC group leaders.
www.upsc.se/early-career...
November 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM
On March 26 and 27, 2025, we will arrange the next UPSC Early Career Plant Scientist Symposium.
For young researchers to present their research at UPSC and explore potential collaborative projects with UPSC group leaders.
www.upsc.se/early-career...
For young researchers to present their research at UPSC and explore potential collaborative projects with UPSC group leaders.
www.upsc.se/early-career...
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🌱 New preprint from the Verger Lab @stephanevrg.bsky.social ! 🧪
📜 Imran Baba et al., 2024: doi.org/10.1101/2024...
🔬 Discover how RG-II crosslinking in the plant cell wall, regulated by Boron, is crucial for cell adhesion during growth.
✨ Bonus: RRQuant tool! (Details in thread 👇)
#PlantBiology
![Figure 2: Homogalacturonan deficiency and rhamnogalacturonan-II
dimerization defects affect adhesion through largely separate pathways. (A-G)
Representative max intensity Z-projections of confocal stacks from 4-days-old darkgrown hypocotyl stained with propidium iodide from Col-0 (A), mur1-2 (B), qua2-1 (C),
mur1-2 qua2-1 (D), esmd1-1 (E), mur1-2 esmd1-1 (F) and qua2-1 esmd1-1 (G). (H)
Schematic representation of Boron-Rhamnogalacturonan-II (RG-II) dimers and
Calcium-Homogalacturonan (HG) “egg-box” crosslinking domains along the HG
backbone. (I) Quantification of the relative ruthenium red staining intensity (see
representative images and length quantification in figure S3). Boxplots summarize
three biological replicates, as represented by dots of different colors, and letters
describe the statistically significant differences between populations determined by
one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s HSD test (P < 0.05).[Scale bars, 30µm in images
(A-G).] See related content in figure S2 and S3.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yizeaaccrv65tzu5cmxr7wv7/bafkreibyujocxmy7z2vea5qb2jw2vlm5zruz65dvzqkhublxtbok4hurii@jpeg)
November 29, 2024 at 2:54 PM
🌱 New preprint from the Verger Lab @stephanevrg.bsky.social ! 🧪
📜 Imran Baba et al., 2024: doi.org/10.1101/2024...
🔬 Discover how RG-II crosslinking in the plant cell wall, regulated by Boron, is crucial for cell adhesion during growth.
✨ Bonus: RRQuant tool! (Details in thread 👇)
#PlantBiology