New preprint 🌱 Segment plants in time-series images using foundation model SAM2 - without training a model 🪩. Magician Alex Abbey! 💡SAP works across species, scales, and even z-stacks. From single cells to whole plants→ quantitative growth & dynamics . tinyurl.com/3raedtvm @biosofttau.bsky.social

We have been cooking up this story for a while and we are excited to finally be able to share! Read on if you're interested in whole plant regeneration WITHOUT the application of hormones!

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Beautiful! @keikoutorii.bsky.social and co! Comparative proteomic profiling of receptor kinase signaling reveals key trafficking components enforcing plant stomatal development | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our first study on how the leaf succulent Kalanchoë laxiflora makes stomatal subsidiary cells is finally peer-reviewed & out - and it made the cover! 🌵 🧬 🔬 doi.org/10.1126/scia... Despite 150 years of evolution, grasses and Crassulacean succulents use the SAME gene to make subsidiary cells! 🤯

Our latest review on pavement cell shape acquisition is on line! Work from @lorindaloi.bsky.social @sharmavinod.bsky.social @absolutemaverick.bsky.social @kawresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu Kempe fondation Vetenskapsrådet (VR) MSCA www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Women in plant science around the world #plantscience

Bumping this and flagging some corny folks - anyone know the best place for PH207 seeds (and if there are RILs or NILs)? @jefowlerjr.bsky.social @jrossibarra.bsky.social @carolynplants.bsky.social @maizegdb.bsky.social @maizezynskihi.bsky.social

📣 Call for abstracts from global #plantsci community working on plant development! ⏰ Abstracts close in 7 days (due Monday 30 March) Registration fees due later (15 June) Register at: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sainsbury-la...

LETTER: SCARECROW functions in root radial patterning in rice to organize multiple cortical cell layers (Jingxia Li , Shoya Minami , Katsutoshi Tsuda , Takaki Yamauchi) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

The lab of @elkebarbez.bsky.social strikes again 👇 Cell wall charge acts as a tunable electrostatic gate controlling iron availability in roots. Really nice work linking extracellular physics with nutrient homeostasis.

The 7th International Symposium on Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers (PADiBa2026) will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from August 31th to September 3rd 2026. We now have a website: wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/ Registrations will open on April 1st.

FATE annual in person meeting! This time in Umeå! Nice day of interdisciplinary science! @stephanevrg.bsky.social @lorindaloi.bsky.social @pmarhavy.bsky.social @kawresearch.bsky.social @uu.se @umeaplantsciencecentre.se @liu.se

After a long journey, our new paper is out! 🌱 In this study, Tiina and colleagues show that cambium activation in the Arabidopsis root is triggered by the induction of auxin, cytokinin, and TDIF peptide signalling. 🧵1/x doi.org/10.1093/plce...

During secondary growth, primary protective barriers break, and a new one forms beneath: the phellem. But what triggers phellem to differentiate and become a functional barrier? Our results show it’s mechanical cues from tissue rupture 🌱 Check out our preprint 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵/1

#Ligand-binding site predictor 😎 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Want to image apoplastic pH in plants? 🔬 Two new papers from our team offer a full workflow plus open access analysis tools. Congrats to @aroessling.bsky.social, Niklas Mayle and @lguerard.bsky.social Nature Protocols: rdcu.be/e7R2E BMC Methods: lnkd.in/dctpWJ3X Happy Imaging!

Register Now! #SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium | 22-24 Sept 2026 | Cambridge, UK Theme - Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis! If you are into Plant Development - join us! In-person + livestream Limited fee waivers www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls

🪴Postdoc position - UT Austin, TX, USA - Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptation to Underwater Environment/Genome Editing🪴 Do you love amphibious/aquatic plants? Then consider applying to the position! See the attached ads. utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...

Really happy to see this one out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Alibek's drive & great coll w/ friends @gekaragoz.bsky.social & E. Hallacli resulted in a cool story that starts with our beloved #Marchantia and ends with iPSC-derived neurons 🤩🤪 A short 🧵

Fantastic paper! ‪@roederlab.bsky.social‬ @soestrauss.bsky.social

I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate. Please RT, many thanks career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree... career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Leaf pavement cells may look simple, yet their shapes encode developmental history & environmental response. @srobertgroup.bsky.social show that a MYB transcription factor contributes to fine-tuning this process in aspen. #preprint #preLight by Jeny Jose ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/a...

Students out there, I have a PhD project cutting across biology, material science and biomedicine that requires a highly capable, diverse and brave applicant. if you think this is for you please Apply using the link below. All details in the website!! Project: eb4bm.org/project/engi...

Our preprint was highlighted in prelights, selected by the biological community: prelights.biologists.com/highlights/a... Thanks for that! @siamsadoyle.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

Discrete and cell-specific hypoxic responses in #Arabidopsis #roots resolved by single-nuclei transcriptomics A #CommunityResource by Hill et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

#ResultatScientifique🔎| Comment les cellules végétales orientent-elles correctement leur division pour construire des tissus cohérents ? ✍️ @mc-caillaud.bsky.social @camilagoldy.bsky.social ▶️ buff.ly/JWEIPoD buff.ly/Joa0GPo

Our work now on its final version. We mapped the mechanical properties of roots at tissue and single cell levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. Additional mutants and stress measurements from what we previously showed in the preprint are included. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

What could be more satisfying than this ? ✨️Congrats to all the authors ✨️ Could not be more proud of you 🥹 Credit: Camila Goldy @camilagoldy.bsky.social

NIce!! Congrats to all.

(1/5) I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com Regulation of ROS production and signalling 🌿 Åsa Strand @umeaplantsciencecentre.se 🌿 Ginga Shimakawa, Kobe University #ICPR26 #photosynthesis

New Science paper out! 🚀 The @starmorph-syg.bsky.social team contributed to a Science paper revealing a completely new mechanism that plants use to develop vascular tissue. Amazing teamwork with colleagues from Cambridge, Helsinki & beyond. 🌱✨ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Spotted from the road! Umeå has some beautiful winter days right now. The reindeers just bring the magic! @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

www.umu.se/en/news/trop... @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

We are pleased to announce that registration and abstract submission for ENPER 2026 are now open! The 25th meeting of the ENPER community will be held in Sofia over three days. Please visit the conference website for more details: enper2026.bio21.bas.bg

Thanks to its imaging development service and close collaboration with @bic-bordeaux.bsky.social, the LBM is overcoming technological barriers and making cutting-edge imaging accessible in the field of plant biology. © Magali Grison @france-bioimaging.bsky.social www.biomemb.cnrs.fr/service-micr...

#Heat shock #protein modulates #cell expansion via #ROS homeostasis nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newphyt.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social @plantredox.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social @plantbasednews.bsky.social @reskilab.bsky.social @plantscientist.bsky.social

Exciting imaging ahead #Zeiss #microscopy @erc.europa.eu @starmorph-syg.bsky.social

⏰Final call – 6 days left!🧪🌾 We’re recruiting 3 PhD students at UPSC & SLU in the frame of the #WIFORCE programme: 🧬 RNA biology of trees 💻 Climate adaptation & modelling 🌿 Nitrogen use efficiency & wood formation 🗓 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026 #PlantSciJobs

Latest preprint from our group together with @stephanevrg.bsky.social @wabniklab.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social Our work supports the view that morphogenesis is not driven by growth alone, but by the integration of physical and biological regulation. www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

🗣️ 𝐼𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐙𝐢𝐩𝐟𝐞𝐥 Cyril Zipfel, a leading voice in plant immunity, reflects on plant immune recognition, his scientific journey, and what’s next for the field 🌱🧬 interviewed by @luisdeluna.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70688

Enjoying winter in Umeå. Our new Friday cold ritual (Team Robertopsis and friends)! We even had to make the hole again, this is dedication. @umeaplantsciencecentre.se @lorindaloi.bsky.social @loupitgreg.bsky.social

New preprint from PEPA lab: www.pepa.science ! 🍅🌱 GRANAR-dicot anatomical reconstructions + 💧 MECHA hydraulic modeling show how lignin cap acts on root water transport. 📄 doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.27.701735 Great work @marcodago.bsky.social et al. #plantsci

The Laboratory of Biophysics at Wageningen University & Research (NL) is looking for a new chair! Details here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f...

🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORIAL 🌱 🔬 Plasmodesmata (PD) are membrane-lined channels in cell walls 🔬 In this editorial, Brunkard & Burch-Smith shift focus from "which molecules move through PD?" to "which molecules are *prevented* from moving through PD?" 🔎 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Please check out these amazing women! They are fantastic scientists, committed mentors, supportive friends and honestly super stars! 🤩@bradylabs.bsky.social @mydennis.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/podcast...

Just published: Ancient oomycete honors Sophien Kamoun Sophien Kamoun, group leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory, has been celebrated in the most enduring way possible: a newly discovered fossil species has been named in his honour. medium.com/p/ancient-oo...