1/7 Happy to share that the first publication from my PhD, in which we review the literature about THESEUS1, is now out in @theplantjournal.bsky.social ☘️: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

Curiosity, adventure and discovery. On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Giulia Giordano, Eleonora Macchia and Géraldine Laloux share what inspired them to choose a career in science, from early curiosity to inspiring teachers. #WomenInScience #GirlsInScience #IDWGS #STEM

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

🌱 How do roots push through compacted soil? A new study in @nature.com shows that soil compaction increases ethylene, reshaping cell wall mechanics in roots hydrosensing.eu/2026/02/ethy... Some key findings📝 • Ethylene activates ARF1 in the root cortex • ARF1 represses cellulose synthase genes 👇

Why are stress-resistant crops still rare? Bridging the gap between discovery and the field buff.ly/gnIupta via @universityofessex.bsky.social #Plantscience

📣 Check out the latest unit in the Teaching Tools in Plant Biology series, “Genomic Analysis of Botanical Collections: Opportunities and Challenges,” blog.aspb.org/new-teaching.... 🌱 #PlantScience

From a tiny model plant to global food systems 🌍🌱 Review in The Plant Cell explores how decades of research on Arabidopsis thaliana have transformed our understanding of plant development. #PlantScience #Arabidopsis #PlantGenomics 👇

🧬🌱 How do cells tune SUMOylation under stress? New study builds a SUMO Cell Atlas of the Arabidopsis root, revealing striking tissue- and compartment-specific regulation of the entire SUMO pathway, and how different stresses rewire it. 📝 To the full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🧬🌱 Just added a new paper to the website: A report about a Multi Targeted AmiRNA Cell type-specific Transportome-scale (mTACT) toolbox, a cell type-specific, transportome-scale amiRNA toolbox that overcomes functional redundancy in Arabidopsis. 📝 Here: hydrosensing.eu/2026/01/mtac... 👇

🌿To #grow or not to grow...🌿 This #OpenAccess #JIPB commentary discusses the mechanism by which #plants decide whether stop or continue growing under fluctuating #environmental conditions. doi.org/10.1111/jipb... @wileylifesci.bsky.social #PlantScience #botany #evolution #ClimateChange

2026 UK plant biomechanics workshop on 17th April 2026 in Nottingham. Abstract submissions deadline is 13 Feb, and registration is open. 🌱🧪🌿🔬#PlantSci

🌱 How do maize roots know where water is in dry soils... and why don’t all crops do this equally well?? Recap of the #HS Science paper "Moisture-responsive root-branching pathways identified in diverse maize breeding germplasm"💧🌿 📄 Full paper: www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1... 👇 1/3

🌱 How do plant roots sense and respond to water in the soil? Recap of hashtag#HS Journal of Experimental Botany review that synthesises current knowledge on hormonal control of root growth–water interactions💧🌿 📄 Full paper: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/76/7/1987/8011474 👇

🌱⚡🔬#RootStressWeek Tree age affects key fine root morphological traits but does not interfere strongly with (ecto-)mycorrhizal traits by Yu Qin and co-authors in @annbot.bsky.social #freeaccess article 👉 doi.org/qj59 #RootBiology #PlantStress #RootPhysiology #PlantScience

What is hydrotropism?💧 Hydrotropism is how plant roots find water. Roots don’t just grow straight down. They can sense where water is in the soil & grow toward wetter areas. This helps plants get the water they need to stay alive, especially when the soil is very dry. Think of it like this👇

Can we tackle antimicrobial resistance or predict future pandemics? The first panel of our #OneHealth conference will focus on innovation in surveillance and diagnostics, health systems and more! 👉 buff.ly/bqvaXlW @cassandrakoh.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @engelmal.bsky.social @epidemy.org

Rooting for roots? #PlantScience Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social Register here for free: tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx Programme👇

🌾 How plants adjust root architecture under drought? Recap of #HS paper in Current Biology! 🌱 Read the study: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... Study showed that ABA helps crops (eg rice & maize) grow roots at steeper angles in response to drought by boosting local auxin production at the root tip. 1/4

Celebrating Plant Science Excellence: 2026 Rank Prize in Nutrition The Global Plant Council warmly congratulates Professors David E. Salt and Martin Broadley on receiving the 2026 Rank Prize for Nutrition. buff.ly/S5pa3jP via Rank Prize #PlantScience

Our Hydrosensing partner NTNU hosted yesterday a fascinating lab webinar exploring the delicate relationship between the plasma membrane and the cell wall... and why studying it can truly test a scientist’s patience! Great insights from W Häger & M Tichá and great discussions followed 🌱🔬

Plantae Presents – Figuring It Out: Creating Figures That Communicate Science plantae.org/plantaeprese... via @plantaeofficial.bsky.social

Places still available for @embo.org Lab Leadership for #Postdocs online/in-person courses in January! Take time to focus on your interpersonal skills, discover tools to support your development + tune up your communication skills. Sign up now: www.embolableadership.org/course/embol... #EMBOLabLead

18 months into #HYDROSENSING learning about water sensing & droughts response & it shows: 🧬 15 publications (more coming) 🔬 CRISPR libraries + protein structures underway 🌾 Work advancing in Arabidopsis, tomato & rice models 🌱 40+ scientists collaborating Read more: hydrosensing.eu/2025/12/hydr...

Great session yesterday with Andrew Fleming from @sheffielduni.bsky.social He gave our researchers a fascinating look at stomatal mecanics & the role of stomata in plant function, which was especially insightful for those of us who usually focus on roots🌱 Thank you Andy for an inspiring talk!

Dr. Malcolm Bennett will be speaking about “Discovering how plants sense water stress” this Wednesday, 26th of November at Auditorio Abate Molina, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 🔸 Wednesday, 26 November 🕙 10:00 hrs

Relationship between hydrological restoration & the recovery of vegetation communities in boreal forestry-drained peatlands 📊🧪 Uses data on 👉species communities 👉water-table level 👉porewater quality ...before restoration & 2, 5 & 10  years after it! 🌎 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...

In today’s meeting, Malcolm Bennett went member by member through the research updates from the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social team, discussing methods, results, and how these connect with the work of others across the extended Hydrosensing team. Lots of food for thought. Exciting times ahead 😉

The 2026 plant science conference travel award program is open! Awards are given to student/mentor pairs. At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES. Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025. @sacnas.bsky.social rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...

Huge congratulations to our colleague and PI Malcolm Bennett, named among Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2025 in Plant & Animal Science! One of only 7 UK researchers in this field! 👏👏👏 Beyond being an outstanding scientist, he’s also a truly supportive and kind colleague. We’re so proud!!

Working in plant health and want showcase your achievements? Then why not apply for our new Plant Health Professional Development Award! Visit the award webpage to find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/plant-health... #PlantHealth

We’ve just hit the 1/3 mark on the project, good time to pause & ask: what’s working, & what could be better? At our last meeting, the ECRs led the discussion, PIs listening in. Everyone agreed the ECR meetings have been a strength a space to share the basics of each team’s work & discipline 💬

Join us for the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'AI and biology' 🤖🧬 Explore how AI transforms biological research – from foundation models for biology to generative modelling 🧠💡 10 – 13 March 2026 EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual Submit your abstract: s.embl.org/ees26-02-bl #EESAIBio #AI

Nanocosmos: Faster Than Your Quickest Thought! "Physik goes Downtown Night 2025" featured science presented by speakers from RUN that was truly mind-blowing. They delivered fantastic talks about the movement of atoms at speeds that completely redefine "quick"! www.uni-regensburg.de/physik/schul...

The @ziegler-lab-ur.bsky.social delegation survived the Munich Half Marathon! This Trial of Spirit demanded the Force be strong with us. And the Force was extraordinarily strong with @katjaurbansky.bsky.social Her exceptional pace has earned her a promotion to the Council of cryoKnights - so cool!

Why do scientific societies matter now more than ever? Scientists board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages 👍 🔗 buff.ly/YW2XUN3 #plantscience #science

Big news from the NTNU team! 👏 They've received €2.1M from the Norwegian Research Council for #StrawberryWalls project, exploring how plants adapt to heat, drought & pests in a warming Arctic. 👉 hydrosensing.eu/2025/10/strawberrywalls-new-research-to-help-plants-thrive-in-a-warming-arctic/ 1/4

From Sep 28th to Oct 1st, three of our PIs met in Nottingham for an in-person exchange of ideas and progress discussions. Over the days, the team engaged in: 🔬 Lab tours & hands-on sessions 💻 Project webinars 🍽️ Group lunches and dinners 💡 Discussions to spark ideas for collaborations 1/4

Exciting news from the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social lab!🔬 They have just set up a new ERC-funded vertical confocal platform that will allow to image root systems growing in more "natural ways" This setup will open up new opportunities to study plant development in unprecedented detail

MC 2025: We came, we saw, we won🏆 🏆! Amazing team on a fantastic time at the Microscopy Conference in Karlsruhe. Get this: two of our posters won Poster Prizes! We're pretty sure it was our perfect blend of science and questionable doodles in the margins. @ziegler-lab-ur.bsky.social

Back from summer & team meetings are buzzing again!!🧑‍🔬 To a good start, Barak Mitman from @eilonshani.bsky.social shared work on xerobranching-associated genes & transporters 🌱 We also welcomed many new faces, especially from Nottingham, making our calls bigger than ever: 26 people, 4 countries!! 🤩

🚨 Registration closes TODAY! 🚨 🌟 #JXB75 Daily Highlight 🌟 📅 Sept 19 – Final Session 🔮 FUTURE – New Plan(t)s 🧬 Exploring emerging technologies & synthetic biology with: ✨ Nicola Patron, Franziska Fichtner & Devang Mehta 🎤 👉 bit.ly/JXB75#JXB75 #JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪

I enjoyed attending the 13th SPPS PhD student conference in Tromsø! I got the chance to present my poster about my PhD topic that I am doing in collaboration with @hydrosensing.bsky.social in the lab of @hamannlab.bsky.social. Thanks for having me!

EMBO is #hiring a Policy Assistant for the EMBO Policy Programme – Apply now! www.embo.org/vacancy/poli... #JobOpening #JobSearch #CareerOpportunities 🧪

Plant roots don’t just rely on genes... physics shapes them too 🌱 Research shows plant roots can adjust their stiffness + softness within HOURS to keep growing, even under stress. 1/2

🌱 Announcing our brand new webinar series all 'aabout' #plantscience & #sustainableagriculture 🌱 Starting 23rd September with talks on #CRISPR in crops from: 🌾 @sadiyehayta.bsky.social 🍓 #ECR Ryan Creeth 🥔 @annalsapplbio.bsky.social author Karam Mostafa Register for free: buff.ly/qdflQbB

One of the key aspects influencing morphogenesis is mechanics. We mapped the mechanical properties of living roots at the tissue and cellular levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Today, Amichai Berman, PhD student from TAU - @eilonshani.bsky.social - deliver an engaging seminar on CRISPR; the 1st session on this & 3rd seminar overall in our ongoing series for PhD students & PostDocs. With 13 attendees across the 4 different teams of the project. #CRISPR #PhDLife #Science

Congrats to the RUN-Hydrosensing team! Proving that even on a biologically relevant timescale, you can still snag second place! Silver is golden! @hydrosensing.bsky.social

📝 EDITORIAL In JXB’s 75th year, Editor-in-Chief John Lunn reflects on the journal’s evolution and looks ahead to future directions - including the announcement of our 2025 editorial interns! 🌱🎉 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪 #JXB75 @sebiology.bsky.social

Not only small model plants! 🌱 #Hydrosensing team at Tel Aviv (Shani Lab) is carrying out large-scale CRISPR libraries in crops.