Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience @newphyt.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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/...

Our latest review, co-authored with @agustilab.bsky.social (@ibmcp.bsky.social), “Environmental regulation of plant vascular networks,” is now published in @cp-trendsplantsci.bsky.social! Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We previously proposed that MS ion channels in pollen grains serve as a “osmotic safety valves”, releasing ions to reduce turgor--but it looks like anion efflux through MSL8 regulates cell wall composition and growth dynamics! #PlantScience 🧪 Kudos to Josh Coomey for wrapping this up on his own!

Final, edited version of the paper now available www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Really nice work with an adaptive twist on SAM hydraulics. Congrats to @weibingyang.bsky.social and all involved 🌱🌊 #plantscience www.cell.com/developmenta...

The Cambridge Morphogenesis Seminar Series is back this Michaelmas Term 2025! Join us for an exciting lineup of talks exploring the many facets of tissue morphogenesis. Check out the flyer for the full list of speakers!

How do #stemcells integrate information to coordinate fate decisions? Delighted to finally see our work showing how growth factors regulate the mechano-osmotic state of the #nucleus and #chromatin to control #pluripotency exit out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... see 🧵 👇

Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

It was already known that auxins (surprise!) had a key role controlling the end of flowering, plant menopause. Now we can tell you how and where they act in the inflorescence meristem to control the process. @irenegonzlez.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4

🌱✂️ How do plant cells decide where to divide? Our work shows that actin can override the geometric rules—guiding cells to divide in alternative orientations. #PlantScience #CellBiology #Arabidopsis @camilagoldy.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Take a look at part of my work with @mc-caillaud.bsky.social at @rdplab.bsky.social about the role of actin cytoskeleton to maintain cytokinesis against cellular geometry 🌱🔬

New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🍀🔬 CSLD5-mediated cell wall remodelling regulates tissue mechanics and shoot meristem growth @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Movies: Cell division orientation in wild-type (attached) and csld5 (comment) shoot apical meristem.

Really cool study on a fundamental aspect of plant cell mechanics-hydraulics. Congrats to all involved 🌱

Super nice work on how tissue water status can influence cell fate decisions. Congrats to all involved!

Really amazing and inspiring work. When it comes to sensing changes plants have some truly mind blowing tricks up their sleeves. Congrats to all involved!

An ABA–ROP toggle switch orchestrates xylem differentiation and cell wall patterning www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #plantscience

Thank you very much for this fantastic opportunity and for the great meeting. Looking forward to the next one!

Warming up to #ICAR2025 🌱with two days of cool vascular science at our Vascular Development satellite meeting at @psb-vib.bsky.social.

The Cell Wall Controls Stem Cell Fate in the Arabidopsis Shoot Apical Meristem https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.19.654883v1

🚨Our paper is out! If you ever wonder how four-way junctions are avoided during plant cell division, some answers here 🧬🍀🔬🧪🤓 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our study on the effect of strigolactone signaling on vessel formation and water usage is now peer reviewed: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Great achievement of Jiao Zhao, Dongbo Shi, Kiara Kaeufer, and everybody involved!

An Arabidopsis single-nucleus atlas decodes leaf senescence and nutrient allocation www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... #plantscience

🌱 🔬 🚨 There is a 2-year postdoc position available in my group in Neuchâtel 🚨 Please share! Details here: www.unine.ch/biologie/wp-...

Join us in Cambridge this September for the 9th annual Plant #ComputationalBiology Workshop. Seminars and discussions will focus on 5 key themes: 1. #Mechanics 2. Pattern processes 3. #AI 4. Computer graphics 5. Concepts 🧳3 travel grants available REGISTER TODAY www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa...

Today we gather to honor the memory of Professor Jaakko Kangasjärvi. An inspiring leader, mentor, and driving force in our Center of Excellence in Tree Biology. His visionary work shaped our research and our community. We carry his legacy forward, with gratitude and admiration. #plantbiology

Water immunity overrides stomatal immunity in plant resistance to Pseudomonas syringae (Jasmin Kemppinen, Maximillian Pollmeier, Sanna Ehonen, Mikael Brosché, Maija Sierla) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Our lab's first review article written with @yadhusankar.bsky.social and @vijayalakshmi.bsky.social is out now in The Plant Journal! 🎉🌱 We discuss temporal regulation of (plant) development. When and how do plants control organ and cell identity progression? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧪 New Paper Alert New publication in @natureplants.bsky.social by @routierlab.bsky.social and @kierzkowskilab.bsky.social on how mechanical interaction between tissue layers shapes organ development in plants. 🌱 Learn more 👉 rdcu.be/efad3 @fasudem.bsky.social @umontreal.ca

It's out! Detailed transcriptome atlas of mature Arabidopsis root undergoing secondary growth. Fantastic work by Munan Lyu and Hiroyuki Iida + other lab members, wonderful collab with @bertderybel.bsky.social lab on the scRNAseq analysis. @treebiocoe.bsky.social 1/x www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What types of tree species achieve the highest growth? We show, surprisingly, that tree species with conservative traits very often outperform acquisitive species, except in the most productive habitats. Excellent project lead by Laurent Augusto and Marie Charru. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Article: "The auxin–PLETHORA 5 module regulates wood fibre development in Populus tomentosa" rdcu.be/eejvP PLT5 in the vascular cambium regulates cell expansion and cell wall thickening of fibres by directly repressing SND1 genes during wood formation in P. tomentosa.

We are hiring! Are you interested in lateral root development and the cellular processes that accommodate these newly formed organs? If yes, apply! We are recruiting a Post-doc (from May 2025) and a PhD student (from September 2025). www.unine.ch/lbmc/jobs/

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...

Looking forward to presenting some published and new data on the hydraulics of shoot apical meristems 🌱🌊 This afternoon at 14:30 (UK time) @cammorphoseries.bsky.social See you there!

🚨“Hunger persists because we allow injustice to endure. Food isn’t scarce but many people can’t access it.” 🥣The answer to world #hunger isn’t factory farming or tech fixes: it’s confronting #power & #inequality. IPES-Food’s statement on food access👇 ipes-food.org/only-politic...

Yesterday we had a great talk by Tom Clement from the New Dawn Bio startup on the potential of growing wood in cell cultures. Hosted by Wiktoria Fatz from our CoE.

Happy to see that our Cell wall integrity #CWI & #ATG8ylation #preprint found a home @natureplants www.nature.com/articles/s41... Congrats Jose, Peng, Alessia & everyone involved. Stay tuned for exciting updates on this story…

Proud to share our latest published work on moisture responsive root development-a process we call hydropatterning! We find that this process has been under differential selection during maize breeding and the gaseous hormone ethylene prevents branching in air. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

This👇 Very nice read and I think quite useful to think of plant development studies too 🌱

Please Repost! We are offering a three-year fully funded doctoral researcher position to study how floral meristem patterning in woodland strawberry, and how it implicates the diversification in floral ground plans in Angiosperm flowers. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsini-...

Yet another reason to doubt every time I hear plant growth = carbon solutions

A treat from my hometown and a cultural symbol of friendship: Yerba Mate

🚨Hot off the press! With Ibrahim Cheddadi, we tackled a key challenge: building a field theory of plant morphogenesis, based on fundamental balance laws and capturing cell wall remodelling and water dynamics in tissues🌿💧Check out our paper at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵👇

Have you ever wondered how pectin acetylation affects cell adhesion? Together with @breeannau.bsky.social we have the answer! Check our our joint preprint! @treebiocoe.bsky.social www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

Tree drought physiology: critical research questions and strategies for mitigating climate change effects on forests https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20326

A postdoctoral position is available in the team of Gwyneth Ingram @rdplab.bsky.social as part of a collaborative project with our group @ibmp-cnrs.bsky.social #plantscience

Dec 6th ...shining brightly There is a lot of talk these days about optimization and efficiency--of governments, of biology. But in a complex and fluctuating world, what is actually desirable? I’m always impressed by Oliver Hamant (RDP, Lyon) grappling with and writing about this.