Agri-waste discarded daily. But what if cashew nut shells could power sustainable solutions? Research shows pyrolysis at 500°C unlocks high-yield bio-oil with dual energy & antibacterial potential. Don't miss this. 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s427... #Sustainability #Biofuel #AcadeMax #ZJU #AcademicSky

Our fantastic #FluorescenceFriday featured image was acquired by @juliazheku.bsky.social, a graduate student with @aribidopsis.bsky.social. The image shows a maize cross section, with a developing nodal root breaking through the basal stem node. Check out our post ⤵️:

Really cool!

By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

“The ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis”. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A 🌱 thread 👇 1/x academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

We are hiring! There is a PhD-position available in my group on environmental signal integration in plants. @swammerdamuva.bsky.social More information: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

We just released a new version of MINI-EX, our tool to infer cell-type specific gene regulatory networks in plants starting from single-cell RNA-Seq data. MINI-EX v3.2 can now be run on large datasets of over 100,000 cells! More info here: github.com/VIB-PSB/MINI...

We are pleased to announce the official release of PLAZA 5.1, our plant genomics platform, which comes with a major front-end redesign. This results in improved performance, enhanced visualization tools, and refined Toolboxes. Src: www.vandepoelelab.be/plaza/news#28

Happy to present our latest: Evolutionary adaptations to the hormonal regulation of vascular tissue development | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/.... Work by Wei Xiao and funded by @erc.europa.eu

PAPER from @bertderybel.bsky.social in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

In @science.org this week, thermospermine affects ribosome methylation, which in turn regulates translation of xylem development proteins www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #plantscience

I am happy to announce the launch of a new Arabidopsis genomics resource! Check out arabidopsislyrata.org Now you can easily look at the natural genetic variation across the entire species range of A. lyrata and A. arenosa.

🌱 The fourth episode of @episeedlink.bsky.social podcast is out! @shreyasbeedubail.bsky.social & Martina Curci, dive into the real #MSCA experience, bureaucracy, cultural bumps, research pressure, and why good mentors and support networks keep you afloat. 🎧On YouTube now: youtu.be/TnuCNF5QBgY

📌 New review out today from my colleague Aurore Johary and our PI @zoejolylopez.bsky.social! An overview of TE-based epigenome engineering in plants. 🧬🌿 #PlantScience cbgg.hapres.com/htmls/CBGG_1...

Excited to share our Review by @prof-braj-singh.bsky.social @natrevmicro.nature.com Impacts of climate extremes on plant pathogens, microbiomes and plant health. We propose an integrated pathway for harnessing microbiomes to address the critical challenges posed by climate extremes. dlvr.it/TRR2wT

This is so valuable! Congrats to the team!

New biosensor alert! 🧪 mStayGold(J)-based calcium ion and pH biosensors are now on bioRxiv. Excited to see how they fare in real applications! Reach out if you'd like to give them a whirl. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📢 Postdoc position in plant chromatin biology 🌱 (Strasbourg) Apply before March 30 🔗 www.unistra.fr/fr/recruteme... #PlantBiology #Postdoc

Registration for the 13th PhD School on Plant Development is open! 🌾 🔬 🌺 🧬 🌵 🧪 Deadline: June 30, 2026 Link to registration form forms.gle/tbmUxaw2vmEn... Cost: €350.- (incl. board, lodging and social event) For details re payment and abstracts see form or homepage raissiglab.org/plantdevosch...

We’re recruiting new Research Group Leaders! Why join? 🌍Work across EMBL’s 6 sites 🎓Participate in @embl.org courses and seminars 🔬Lead discovery-driven research in a collaborative environment Apply by 11 April: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j... #ResearchCareers @epetsalaki.bsky.social

We are inviting applications for a joint appointment: Director at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry Full Professor (W3) at MLU Apply by April, 24 via: berufungsportal.uni-halle.de Join us in advancing innovative research at the interface of chemistry and bioactive natural products.

Next-generation proximity labeling: redefining protein interactomes #plantscience

🔥Fantastic paper!🔥 TE with a role in vegetative phase change and gametogenesis, mediated by 24-nt siRNAs acting in trans to a wide range of genes. Found by GWAS in A. thaliana 🌱. Congratulations to the authors! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #epigenetics #plantscience www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Single-particle cryo-electron microscopy: visualizing plant-macromolecule conformational transitions #plantscience

This is really beautiful work by PhD student Alexandre Porcher Fernandes (@alefern.bsky.social) on the evolution of reproductive strategies. I'm really keen to see where we can take this framework next!

Why are we still spending tens of thousands of $$$ on APC for non-society journals like Nature? Wouldn’t that money be better spent at society journals at least? We are doing ourselves a disservice by continuing to participate in this madness. You don’t need a paper in these journals to succeed.

Join us in Toulouse !!

Full professor for plant ecology in Regensburg. #plantscience #plantscijobs jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...

🚨 Our new paper is out! 🙌 Bioorthogonal reactions often create bulky, non-native linkages-great for labeling, but not ideal for installing natural PTMs. We combine GCE with a chemoselective amide-bond forming reaction to install site-specific acylation PTMs. www.cell.com/chem/fulltex... 1/4

#PlantSciJobs 🌱

To activate plant immunity, NLR receptors such as SUMM2 form resistosome complexes, which act as Ca2+-permeable plasma-membrane channels. Work @nature shows how SUMM2 and its associates assemble into even higher-order clusters to initiate cell death. shorturl.at/653TZ plus N&V shorturl.at/vqqYg

Just discovered this wonderful adaptation of our maize moving map (figshare.com/articles/fig...) by @andikur.bsky.social .

🍃🎤🍃 Speaker announcement 🍃🎤🍃 Announcing our final set of Invited Speakers for Photosynthesis 2026 🌱 🎉 🐦️ There's just 3 weeks left to register at the early-bird rate ⏰️ Abstract submission for oral presentations closes 31st March Find out more 👉 photosynthesis2026.com #plantscience #ICPR26 🧵1/9

New preprint! Researchers from the Marí-Ordóñez group at the GMI of the @oeaw.bsky.social studied how genome expansion driven by transposable elements (TEs), or “jumping genes”, is linked to the way plants keep these genomic parasites under control.

➡️Plant flowering integrates environmental and nutrient cues, yet how mineral nutrients interface with core flowering pathways remains unclear. In this issue of @cp-devcell.bsky.social, Lyu et al. identify a N-responsive module to regulate flowering. Our preview: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mlLF5Sx5h...

📢New paper alert: 🍄 Friendly #fungi hijack #plant regulator to promote #symbiosis - study uncovers #mechanism that helps fungi to colonize plant #roots 👉 Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @an-pocheng.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social

Advances in imaging Arabidopsis embryogenesis Babić et al. @istaresearch.bsky.social @milanzupunski.bsky.social @frimllab.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨 New preprint by @cate-giannini.bsky.social🚨 We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#PlantScience If you are interested in #PlantPhenomics, you might be interested in submitting a manuscript on this topic to the SI of @jxbotany.bsky.social. From the pre-inquiry we've received so far, it is clear that the manuscripts cover a wide variety of species, techniques and fascinating data.

Excited to announce I’m starting a new lab at @gmivienna.bsky.social (Vienna BioCentre) in Sept 2026 We study how carbon fixation is inherited and maintained in algae using cryo-ET, imaging, environmental sampling&more Looking for people who want to build the lab together, get in touch! #teamtomo

📣 VACANCY: Postdoc/Research Assistant in the Kamoun group @kamounlab.bsky.social Join the team to work on the biology and applications of plant immune receptors 🌱 Applications will be reviewed from 16 March 2026 onwards www.tsl.ac.uk/working-at-t... #PlantSciJobs #PlantScience #STEMJobs

This post was prompted by hearing from a former AFE who is starting their own lab, yay! If you've been in one of these mentored programs and have moved on, drop me a line and I'll update my spreadsheet. Or drop me a line just to say hi 😀.

Happy to share our latest work in collaboration with the lab of @pengbo10.bsky.social. Here, we describe that a formin protein mediates the polarity switch from root hair to infection thread growth during symbiotic interactions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨 PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology 🌱 We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share! #PlantScience #PlantSciJob

Two papers on apoplastic pH visualisation coming out together – a nice double pack from @aroessling.bsky.social and @elkebarbez.bsky.social -> www.nature.com/articles/s41... -> link.springer.com/article/10.1... @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social

The Faculty of Biology of the University of Freiburg is now on Bluesky. Follow our faculty members for the latest news and updates. go.bsky.app/SEf1J3F

100 Years of Plant Physiology! How has the journal impacted your career? Submit a 90-second video for our Centennial Competition. Winning videos will be shared on social media & featured at #PlantBio2026 in Ottawa (July 18–22). Details: blog.aspb.org/100-years-of... #PlantPhys100 #PlantScience

The February 2026 issue of Plant Physiology from ASPB @aspbofficial and Oxford University Press is now COMPLETE! Check it out here: academic.oup.com/plphys/issue... #PlantSci

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