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#MSCA
#Postdoc
, Van Breusegem Lab
#VIB
-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology
#plantscience
#redox
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Nature
1 day ago
Ever since Charles Darwin proclaimed the carnivorous Venus flytrap one of the “most wonderful” plants in the world, scientists have been trying to work out how it snaps shut so quickly on its prey. A research team has now snapped a key piece of the puzzle in place.
go.nature.com/43yWTW5
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Revealed: how Venus flytraps snap shut with astonishing speed
Nature - Softening of the cells on the outermost suface of the trap lets the plant move at a breakneck pace.
https://go.nature.com/43yWTW5
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c0nc0rdance
1 day ago
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Saravanan Palani
3 days ago
Our new paper in
@plosbiology.org
introduces IntAct-U-ExM enabling isoform-specific imaging of actin at nanoscale across yeast, mammalian cells & primary neurons. Fabulous work spearheaded by
@anubhavdhar.bsky.social
along with an amazing team!
#actin
#U-ExM
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Sebastian S. Cocioba
1 day ago
Taking a moment to plan out the lift and domestication of the pVib (pJE202) luciferase operon from Vibrio harveyii into my Golden Braid parts bin. SpliceCraft has this fun "Lift Operon" function that makes primers to swap out bases; eliminate cutsites. Open source glow bug soon!
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Robert Grosse @ grosselab
1 day ago
Nice work "IntAct-U-ExM enables super-resolution imaging of isoform-specific actin networks across species":
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👉endogenously tagged beta and gamma actin inside the nuclear compartment- how cool is that?!
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Journal of Cell Biology
1 day ago
The endolysosomal system in conventional and unconventional protein
#secretion
. A Perspective by Eloïse Néel, Marioara Chiritoiu-Butnaru, Julien Villeneuve and colleagues:
rupress.org/jcb/article/...
📕 Part of
#Lysosomes
2026:
rupress.org/jcb/collecti...
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Hiroshi Takagi (Nagoya University)
2 days ago
Delighted to share that our new article has been published in
@plantcellphysiol.bsky.social
. We investigated mechanisms underlying GA-dependent
#Arabidopsis
stem elongation through cell growth measurements, hormone quantification, and gene expression analyses.
academic.oup.com/pcp/advance-...
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GA20ox1-mediated GA4 production promotes inflorescence stem growth in Arabidopsis via inner-layer cell proliferation
Abstract. Elongation of flowering stems is crucial for successful sexual reproduction and seed dispersal, yet its cellular mechanisms remain largely unknow
https://academic.oup.com/pcp/advance-article/doi/10.1093/pcp/pcag077/8707359?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=pcp&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=
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📢 New publication. We answered an old question in structural biology: (how) does the crystal lattice impact proteins? In particular, how does the crystal restrict the protein's dynamics? We used local probes of dynamics: the rotation of aromatic rings. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Aromatic ring flips reveal reshaping of protein dynamics in crystals and complexes - Nature Chemistry
The extent to which crystal packing constrains protein dynamics is hard to decipher. Now a combination of NMR, crystallography and molecular dynamics simulations show that intermolecular contacts can ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-026-02155-0
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Liat Adler
1 day ago
So excited to see this amazing story out!
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Ben Field 🌿
3 days ago
Chloroplastic plastoglobules compartmentalize nitrogen assimilation in maize
#plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Plastoglobules compartmentalize nitrogen assimilation in maize - Nature
Chloroplast plastoglobules act as nitrogen-assimilation hubs in maize, with key enzymes enhancing nitrogen-use efficiency and offering new strategies for developing high-yield, sustainable crops.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10610-8
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Abiotic Stress in Plants
1 day ago
#Stomata
in motion: How
#temperature
shapes
#guard
cell function and developmental plasticity
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#PlantSci
@newphyt.bsky.social
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
@stomata-tweets.bsky.social
@stomagenesis.bsky.social
@plantcellatlas.bsky.social
@sciplant.bsky.social
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Arif Ashraf
1 day ago
🍀🔬 The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor KIP-RELATED PROTEIN 6 promotes stem cell death upon DNA damage in Arabidopsis roots
@theplantjournal.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Just crazy ! ♥️♥️👌
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Martin Jonikas
4 days ago
The algal pyrenoid fixes ~1/3 of global carbon, relying on a unique membrane-within-condensate architecture. How is this architecture built? We discovered that the protein MITH1 draws membranes into the pyrenoid condensate by promoting wetting! 🌿💧
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Ben Long
2 days ago
A bifunctional coiled-coil protein generates the membrane-within-condensate architecture of the CO2-fixing pyrenoid
@mjonikas.bsky.social
lab
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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A bifunctional coiled-coil protein generates the membrane-within-condensate architecture of the CO2-fixing pyrenoid
How membranes are integrated into biomolecular condensates is a fundamental question in cell biology. In the algal pyrenoid, an organelle responsible for one-third of global carbon fixation, CO2-deliv...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.09.731149v1
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Abiotic Stress in Plants
1 day ago
#Melatonin
seed
#priming
: A climate-smart, green strategy to enhance
#abiotic
stress tolerance in plants
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantSci
@jipb.bsky.social
@wileylifesci.bsky.social
@wileyecology.bsky.social
@sciplant.bsky.social
@plantmetabolism.bsky.social
@plant-sci.bsky.social
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Global Plant Science Spotlight
3 days ago
🌱🧬Pathogens manipulate the apoplast by controlling pH, water & nutrients. Plants fight back with oxidative bursts, toxins & hydrolases. Adapted pathogens disarm these defenses & hide from detection Molecular arms race outside the cell
@annualreviews.bsky.social
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Extracellular Antagonists: Offense and Counter-Defense in the Apoplast
Extracellular interactions are pivotal in the plant–pathogen arms race. Fungal, bacterial, and oomycete pathogens manipulate the apoplast to control pH, water soaking, sugar levels, and nutrient avail...
https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-phyto-011325-012824
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Amazing ! What about redox gradient?
@parikki.bsky.social
@vanbreusegemlab.bsky.social
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Yamuna Krishnan
6 months ago
Organelles do NOT have a single uniform pH. And if you think they must, because “protons diffuse fast,” this paper is for you. A thread on why that assumption is wrong; and what we found instead. 🧵 1/n
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Mary Mirvis
about 1 month ago
1/13 So excited to share our new preprint!! How do organelles pack together in a crowded cytoplasm? we know organelles interact via contact sites, but how does competition for space contribute to organelle morphology and interactions?
@wallaceucsf.bsky.social
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Karel Riha
27 days ago
Manipulating meiotic recombination in plants. Amazing seminar by
@piotraz.bsky.social
at
@ceitec.eu
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Karel Riha
20 days ago
Last MCS seminar at
@ceitec.eu
by
@apmahonen.bsky.social
Great talk on plant vascular system differentiation! A new seminar series coming from the autumn …
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Ghent Rooting-lab/Steffen Vanneste
4 days ago
#single
insert transformation. The problem of multiple inserts lies in your T-DNA 😳
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Rational design of T-DNA vectors enables predictable, single-copy integration in Arabidopsis thaliana
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation is the dominant method for plant transgenesis, yet it frequently produces multi-copy, structurally complex T-DNA insertions associated with transgene silencing, u...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.08.730999v1
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Anne Knowlton
7 days ago
Our beautiful special issue on plant evolution is out
@currentbiology.bsky.social
!
www.cell.com/issue/S0960-...
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Yohann Boutté
7 days ago
Congrats to my former PhD student,
@louisefougere.bsky.social
, for getting the
@sbcf.bsky.social
PhD price 2026. Presented at the SBCF general assembly today 😍
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EMBO
6 days ago
Congratulations to Gautam Dey (
EMBL
) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪
https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/
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Roman Podolec
5 days ago
Check out this cool new preprint by
@willshaw.bsky.social
from the Gehring and Khalil labs about the optimization of T-DNA vector backbones to achieve predictable and stable (over)expression in Arabidopsis
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Michael Hothorn
3 days ago
Very happy with today’s PhD defence by Alberto Caregnato. Amazing quantitative biochemistry, crystallography and cryoEM. Well done Alberto, it was a pleasure working with you. Big thanks to
@hillerlab.bsky.social
, Andreas Boland and
@romanulm.bsky.social
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Ryo Yokoyama
3 days ago
Glycolysis Dominates Over Photorespiration in Governing Oxalate Accumulation in Rice
academic.oup.com/plphys/artic...
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Glycolysis Dominates Over Photorespiration in Governing Oxalate Accumulation in Rice
Clarifying the metabolic mechanisms of oxalate in plants will help improve crop stress resilience and food quality at reducing lithiasis risks.
https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/plphys/kiag357/8706721
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Hugues Renault
3 days ago
Just received the programme for the upcoming Molecular Moss Workshop in Oxford, and it looks fantastic! Kudos to the organisers
@moodytomato.bsky.social
@violawillemsen.bsky.social
@coudertlab.bsky.social
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CRAG
3 days ago
🎉🌱 Great news! We have been awarded, for the third time, the Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation 🏅 A recognition of our scientific excellence and international leadership in plant and animal genomics. 👇 Read the full news
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CRAG obtains Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation for the third time
CRAG has been awarded in the 2025 call of the Severo Ochoa Centres of Excellence programme, marking its third accreditation and reinforcing its position as a leading centre in plant and animal genomics research.
https://f.mtr.cool/psbjokotwy
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4 days ago
📣#PlantBio2026 daily highlight: Phenomics, Whole Plant, Computational: Cross-scale Phenomics of Plant Function in Changing Environments Concurrent Session!🌱
plantbiology2026.eventscribe.net/index.asp
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#plantsci
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Marie-Cécile Caillaud
3 days ago
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Ralph Hückelhoven
4 days ago
It is
#Microscopyfriday
. Chevron barley ear tissue stoma (magenta) invaded by Fusarium culmorum hyphae (green, wheat germ agglutinin staining). Note the substomatal vesicle like fungal strcture!
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American Society of Plant Biologists
3 days ago
This week’s Signal Edition (6/11/26) is out!🌱 👉Read more
buff.ly/WAnExJO
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#PlantSci
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Joachim Goedhart
3 days ago
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging in Plants: Practical guidelines for multiplexing, label-free imaging and data analysis by Thomas Ott and team:
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Thomas Ott
3 days ago
Happy to share our newest preprint. We developed guidelines and analysis workflows for FLIM Imaging in plants. Multiplexing with spectrally overlapping fluorophores in plants is now possible. Have a look. Any feedback is more than welcome.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Plant Systems Biology
3 days ago
PAPER from
@danielvandamme.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Mechanistic Insight Into Clathrin‐Mediated Endocytosis in Plants
Mechanistic insight into plant clathrin-mediated endocytosis.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tra.70040
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Margot Smit
4 days ago
Happy to share our new paper in
@dev-journal.bsky.social
. This project started while I was at Stanford with
@stanfordstomata.bsky.social
and was completed at
@zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social
by
@pablidopsis.bsky.social
. Find it here:
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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Targets of SPEECHLESS and FAMA control guard cell division and expansion in the late stomatal lineage
Highlighted Article: In Arabidopsis stomatal cells, SPEECHLESS persists into maturing guard cells where its balance with FAMA is essential for guard cell development. Transcriptomic and genetic analys...
https://journals.biologists.com/dev/article/153/11/dev205374/371922/Targets-of-SPEECHLESS-and-FAMA-control-guard-cell
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Abiotic Stress in Plants
5 days ago
Cascading functional
#water
balance traits enhance
#wheat
grain
#yield
under terminal
#drought
academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
@jxbotany.bsky.social
@sebiology.bsky.social
@wheatgh0st.bsky.social
@wheatgenome.bsky.social
@grainledger.bsky.social
@plant-sci.bsky.social
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Cascading functional water balance traits enhance wheat grain yield under terminal drought
Multi-environment high-throughput phenotyping reveals cascading water traits that sustain wheat yield under terminal drought, validating the translation of
https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/77/9/2757/8304852?login=false
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Institut Jacques Monod
5 days ago
✍️ The
@bladoux.bsky.social
/
@rmmege.bsky.social
lab contributed to a new article 📖
@natmater.nature.com
📃 Fibronectin matrix remodelling modulates the active nematic dynamics of cancer-associated fibroblasts 🔗
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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SEBiology
5 days ago
We invite you to explore this exciting new isssue from
@jxbotany.bsky.social
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MANGO LAB
4 months ago
www.ird.fr/concours-che...
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Concours chercheurs et chercheuses IRD 2026 : 37 postes ouverts | Site Web IRD
Les concours chercheurs/chercheuses de l’IRD vous offrent une opportunité unique de vous investir dans des projets de recherche et de formation coconstruits avec nos partenaires situés dans les région...
https://www.ird.fr/concours-chercheurs-et-chercheuses-ird-2026-37-postes-ouverts
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Dr. Arturo Marí-Ordónez, duckweed and Transposons. TEs get crazy in Wolffia! Please check his rescent preprint
doi.org/10.64898/202...
@mangolab.bsky.social
what do you think about this?
@psb-vib.bsky.social
@gmivienna.bsky.social
5 days ago
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Wouter Kohlen
5 days ago
After a journey of roughly 12 years I am very happy to share with you that our manuscript on the spatiotemporal role of ethylene during nodule initiation has finally been published in
@theplantcell.bsky.social
@aspbofficial.bsky.social
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Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Ethylene Biosynthesis Shape Infection and Nodule Initiation in Medicago Truncatula
Spatially reprogramming of the expression of ACS genes in Medicago truncatula coordinate localized changes in ethylene levels and response across root tiss
https://academic.oup.com/plcell/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plcell/koag173/8705094
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Moritz K. Nowack
about 1 month ago
Out now in
@natplants.nature.com
: A cell type-specific antagonism of autophagy and age-induced programmed cell death controls root hair life span
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
, back to back with another story on root hair-specific autophagy by
@plantophagy.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Plant Systems Biology
6 days ago
TOMORROW: SEMINAR by Arturo Marí-Ordóñez from
@gmivienna.bsky.social
, invited by
@pnovik.bsky.social
and
@yvdp.bsky.social
.
@viblifesciences.bsky.social
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Marie-Cécile Caillaud
5 days ago
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Michael Hothorn
5 days ago
Fantastic last seminar before his well deserved retirement by Philippe Reymond
@unil.bsky.social
on the signaling immune responses following insect cell deposition on plant leaves. A technical tour de force & exciting findings.
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The Plant Cell
6 days ago
IN BRIEF: A multi-layered disruption: how calcium, acidification, and ROS signals converge to shut down energy metabolism in incompatible pollen (Ved Prakash)
doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience
@aspbofficial
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A multi-layered disruption: how calcium, acidification, and ROS signals converge to shut down energy metabolism in incompatible pollen
Self-incompatibility (SI) is a pollen-pistil recognition system that prevents inbreeding by inhibiting self-pollen fertilization, thereby promoting outcros
https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koag046
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