Our single-cell atlas paper made the cover 🎉 image by @lbmountain.bsky.social, showing the mature Brachy epidermis in all its beauty. #GoBrachy: yellow is lignin, and blue is cell wall autofluorescence.

🌾 Grass leaves are the photosynthetic powerhouses of human civilisation. @lbmountain.bsky.social's transcriptomic atlas of nearly 70,000 cells from shoot apex to mature leaf follows the genetic programs that form a grass leaf 🧬 paper doi.org/10.1093/plce... expression browser shiny.ips.unibe.ch

Took me a while, but we finally have a new lab website: ydagdas-lab.github.io/Lab-Website/ I will do my best to keep this one up to date.

🌾 Every grass leaf shares the same repeating short-long cell pattern in its epidermis. Our new #preprint identifies the protein that builds it. 🔬🧬 📄 preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵⬇️ 1/11

A new publication by our RU members Michael Raissig and Lea Berg from Switzerland 🇨🇭 has been published online. 🌾Congratulations! 👏

Hurrah, it’s now official: the RU CSCS is moving into its second funding phase! 🥂 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this success.🎉

Are you attending the #SEBconference in person? Come join @katherinedenby.bsky.social, @thepallavisingh.bsky.social and myself for @theplantjournal.bsky.social fellows session. We will discuss about career development, postdoc-to-PI transition and publishing! Today at 13:00 in the Onice room 🌱👩‍🎓👩‍🔬👩‍💻

I had a blast talking to @aribidopsis.bsky.social about my recent @newphyt.bsky.social paper! If you're eating corn this fourth of July weekend and having deep thoughts about how it grows, give our discussion a listen!

🌾 Grass leaves are the photosynthetic powerhouses of human civilisation. @lbmountain.bsky.social's transcriptomic atlas of nearly 70,000 cells from shoot apex to mature leaf follows the genetic programs that form a grass leaf 🧬 paper doi.org/10.1093/plce... expression browser shiny.ips.unibe.ch

Plant microscopy was well represented at the Research Day of the Microscopy Imaging Centre @unibe.ch - fantastic talk by @ncyberwitch.bsky.social and 3rd prize for best MIC image of the year for @charlotte-dlslle.bsky.social Congratulations! I'm very happy to have you both on the team 🔬🌾

Finally, being a plant biologist will pay off big!!

#EED2026 in Glasgow was my first but surely not last EED conference.What a welcoming and inspiring crowd combining plant and animal Evo-Devo,I learned so many new things.Our group went strong with great talks by @michaelraissig.bsky.social and @aemonet.bsky.social and Lidia winning the poster prize!

Back from #EED2026 in Glasgow. What a wonderful, curiosity-driven, supportive community. @unibe.ch's plant development and genetics group surely made an impression with wonderful talks by @heikelindner.bsky.social and @aemonet.bsky.social and the poster prize for PhD student Lidia Hoffmann 🧬🌾🔬🌵

Just published in The Plant Journal: dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... Jess Pritchard produced stable transgenic lines of Kalanchoë laxiflora that luminesce with circadian rhythms of luciferase activity, revealing new insights into the circadian clock control of CAM genes.

On the cover: Maximum projection confocal micrograph of a developing maize ear primordium expressing PIP2-CFP membrane marker (cyan) and developmental receptor BAM1D-YFP (yellow). Image is courtesy of Penelope Lindsay. 📖 See Jackson et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

So proud to share our latest publication @CellCellPress! Yue Rui reveals that the same enzyme that makes the wall, cellulose synthase complex (CESA), also tethers the plasma membrane to the wall during water-deficit stress, providing resilience. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to announce that I have started my own research group at the MPIPZ and that I am looking for a postdoc who would like to investigate Marchantia prothallus development with me! Please spread the word and/or apply if interested :)

this is not my ideal way of seeing my lab published in Science magazine, but, here we are. Roger is well known as a devoted life-long plant scientist, but he is also an incredible human being who shows constant kindness and encouragement to everyone around him. this is simply not fair.

Thanks so much for the write-up, Montserrat López-Coria and @plantaeofficial.bsky.social - very much appreciated!! 🌵

🥳 Happy (belated) 8th Birthday to the Stomatal Biology group @unibe.ch🌾🌵 This is also the first birthday of the "Functional Anatomy of Succulents" group led by my partner-in-crime, best friend and eternal ally @heikelindner.bsky.social. Here's to many more years of adventures and joys together!

Thank you for a wonderful day at @slcuplants.bsky.social - what a fantastic institute and community in a town buzzing with scientific energy both historic and modern. A special shout-out to my amazing host, friend and role model Edwige Moyroud (may the apple fall on our head as well)

This story is truly amazing! What I appreciate most is the raw phenomenon-driven approach to figure out how and why some plants make both underground and aerial fruit. Clearly, now is the time to venture beyond classical model systems 🪷🪻🎋🫛🍁🌳🌵🌱🌴 congratulations @aemonet.bsky.social

🚨Job alert: We are looking for a #phd student to join us @unil.bsky.social to study the evolution & function of gene regulatory sequences in the context of crop domestication using genomics, genome editing and imaging 🌱🍅🧬. #plantscience #scijobs #plantscijobs. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3u73csma

Our former PhD student Xin Cheng was highlighted by New Phytologist. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... She won the poster prize at the 46th New Phytologist Symposium (Kaifeng, China, 2024) and just recently published her main work! doi.org/10.1126/scia... Congrats, Xin, we miss you!

🌱 CRAG launches an international call for early‑career researchers! We invite young scientists interested in starting their independent research group at CRAG 📅 Deadline - April 26 Apply now 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/jdwzombrbd

Many thanks to @michaelraissig.bsky.social @heikelindner.bsky.social for this brilliant collaboration. They did the elegant and innovative developmental biology and we provided resources and training for the Kalanchoë laxiflora diploid model species: Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Nice to see the story about Kalanchoë laxiflora MUTE regulating stomatal subsidiary cell development from the labs of @heikelindner.bsky.social @michaelraissig.bsky.social being picked up by wider news outlets: phys.org/news/2026-03...

Published! From a proteomic atlas of the ERECTA signaling network, we show that receptor kinase endocytosis is essential for proper stomatal patterning. Congrats, Pengfei, @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social, @hhmi-science.bsky.social, @texasscience.bsky.social & co-authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Interested in signaling? Evolution? Microfluidics? Phosphoproteomics? Imaging? Green organisms? Consider joining the awesome Jan De Vries team for this 5-year (!) post-doc and come collaborate with Joris Sprakel and me!

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 Review "Development, Anatomy and Integrated Function of Grass Leaf Veins and Graminoid Stomata" is out doi.org/10.1146/annu... Alec Baird and I discuss the development and function of the anatomical structures that regulate water supply (leaf veins) and water demand (stomata) in the grass leaf.

Hiding in plain sight! 2.3M conserved non-coding sequences traced back 300M years across 284 plant species Ground-breaking study out in First Release @science.org from labs of @madelaineb.bsky.social, @idane.bsky.social & Zach Lippman ▶️ doi.org/10.1126/scie... ▶️ www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/hiding-...

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...

Congratulations Dr. @lbmountain.bsky.social! The past 6 years with you in the lab were a joy! Starting as a rotation student, MSc student and PhD student, moving with us from Heidelberg to Bern, sharing so many memories. You will be missed is the understatement of the year. Thank you for everything!

Congratulations Dr. @lbmountain.bsky.social I could not be prouder of your achievements and the scientist you have grown into. Your output, your calm demeanour, your focus, your enthusiasm and your community-oriented mindset make you a fantastic scientist, team member, person and role model.

🔬 MSc/PhD/postdoc position available - An exciting and innovative research opportunity! 🌱 Our lab at the Institute of Plant Sciences, Volcani Institute (ARO), is seeking an outstanding MSc, PhD, or Postdoc to join a cutting-edge research project on plant development and environmental responses.

Very proud of our stellar postdoc @charlotte-dlslle.bsky.social to have secured a MSCA postdoc fellowship! Very happy to have you an extra two years in the lab and accompany you on your journey to become a scientific leader and role model!

🌄 The #RigiWorkshop 2026 is in full swing - once again bringing together early-career #researchers! 🧪 A big thank you to the organisers @caroreymond.bsky.social, @dudinlab.bsky.social & @michaelraissig.bsky.social 🙏

What a fun meeting! The future of Swiss science is bright ⭐️ Thanks @dudinlab.bsky.social @michaelraissig.bsky.social for the invite! Wonderful to see old friends @annikaguse.bsky.social @lsaunders.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social and new

Today is the last day of the Rigi Workshop 2026 organised by @dudinlab.bsky.social @michaelraissig.bsky.social and @scnat.ch.Thanks to the participants and the fantastic speakers: Gautam Dey, Edwige Moyroud, Annika Guse, Susana Coelho, Lauren Saunders and Jan deVries. #SwissSocietyofPlantBiology

If you're interested in #PlantScience R&D work at a plant breeding company: @kwsgroup.bsky.social is hosting its annual R&D TalentCampus here in Einbeck on May 29th. More info here: www.kws.com/corp/en/care...

10 more days to apply - wonderful place and wonderful people (even though I might be slightly biased...)

Save the date: Plant Development PhD school (i.e. Retzbach 2.0) in Neustadt, Germany. Sept 23rd-25th, 2026 ~€350 all inclusive Excellent speakers and a relaxed atmosphere for early-career researchers (PhDs & postdocs). Registration opens soon. For more info, see raissiglab.org/plantdevosch...

paper is out now in Nature Plants, here is a link: Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development. Nat. Plants (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Interested in learning about the latest and greatest research in how plants respond to excess salt, too little or too much water? Come to the GRC in Salt and Water Stress in Switzerland. Lots of opportunities for all career levels. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat.... Please repost!

Look at this remarkable preprint by @lbmountain.bsky.social, presenting a single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing Brachypodium distachyon leaf. What a joy it was to watch Lea progress during the analysis and to continuously find more and more exciting facts about the developing leaf 🌾

🙏 Anybody knows from where I can download a raster map with the different ecoregion of Europe?

1/ Preprint alert:
 🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
 👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025... A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social

Check out this advertised professorship in Bern with my colleagues at the Institute of Plant Sciences! Please share widely to reach candidates from across the world and beyond our local academic bubbles. 🫧 #QueerInSTEM #DisabledInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #WomenInSTEM #CarersInSTEM #AcademicSky #HigherED

Last but not least, I want to thank Sharon Kessler and @stanfordstomata.bsky.social . Your continuous support throughout my career, your encouragement to keep going even if my career path was far from straightforward, means a lot!