The cost of a meal: an ancestral plant strategy turns fatty acids into weapons against insect herbivores 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 👆 A #Commentary by Acharya & Gasperini on this article by Jimenez-Aleman et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

Phylogenize2: robust phylogenetic methods link genes to phenotypes across host-associated and environmental microbiomes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.15.738685v1

Proud of @filbinci.bsky.social and @gguarneri.bsky.social: A symbiotic MLO gene regulates root development via RALF34-triggered Ca2+ signalling in Lotus japonicus academic.oup.com/plphys/artic.... Great collaboration with @lorellanavazio.bsky.social

🎉 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 to @josephineherbst.bsky.social (@unihalle.bsky.social), winner of the 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 for early-career group leaders at the 39th German Molecular Biology of Plants Conference (#MBP2026)! 🌱

W2 tenure track or W3 Biochemisty of Plants professorship open. www.uni-bielefeld.de/uni/karriere...

Today I am very grateful to current and former lab members, NIH staff and reviewers, and the US taxpayers as we receive news that our NIH R35 has been renewed 1/n

A tomato MIK2‐clade receptor is involved in the perception of a Fusarium‐derived elicitor - Maroschek - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We are currently recruiting an Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of biotic and/or abiotic stress biology in plants at the University of Göttingen (starting in January 2027). www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... Best, Salma Balazadeh & Volker Lipka

Cell-based crop #phenotyping for future climates #Viewpoint by Sergey Shabala, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #MachineLearning

We're thrilled to share that Chief Science Officer Tanya Berardini has received the NAASC Community Award for 'Dissemination of Arabidopsis Knowledge' from the @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social 🧪 www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/recipients-c... #ICAR2026 #plantscience #plantbiology #Arabidopsis

Elemental cryo-imaging reveals #SOS1-dependent vacuolar #sodium accumulation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience @nature.com @ivedesmet1978.bsky.social @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social @plantresearch.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social @plantbiology.bsky.social @plantpowered1971.bsky.social

How do roots avoid growing in an unhealthy direction? Jiří Friml of @istaresearch.bsky.social describes a newly identified root response, called saprotropism, showing how plants sense acidity changes in the soil and adjust their growth direction accordingly. Learn more 🔗 buff.ly/fLKS5f0

Hormone-dependent receptor docking controls calcium channel activity in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.10.737476v1

Thanks to all the speakers and participants in the "Plant Robustness from molecules to ecosystems" session at the #SEB2026 conference! Exciting science and great discussions sponsored by @theplantjournal.bsky.social and our Excellence Cluster @greenrobust.de 🌱 with @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social

New Online! Bringing CRISPR screens into tissue space

New Article: "Neighbours rewire plant–soil feedback patterns via reshaping root microbiomes" rdcu.be/ftejZ Plant performance in conspecific and heterospecific soils is also determined by neighbours inducing changes in the root microbiome that regulate plant growth. #PlantScience

Domain swap is a staple in protein engineering. But instead of trial & error, can we predict an ideal crossover w/ comp modeling? Happy to share a wonderful collaboration w/ Jürgen @lassak-lab.bsky.social at my alma mater LMU Munich to convert a protein ligase to an aaRS for β amino acids t.ly/lNpVw

New Publication: Siderophore production by the lichen fungus Xanthoria parietina supports its algal symbiont (2026) www.tsl.ac.uk/publications...

Tired of AI-generated figures? I asked our talented scientific illustrator Manon Zuurmond to draw some of the instruments and lab equipment we missed in NIH's otherwise fantastic BioArt resource. First batch now available as CC BY. Free for everyone to use in publications: github.com/Center-for-P...

"Our real duty as teachers has always been challenging students to think. The task now is finding ways to engage them in the painful, essential work of critical thinking in a world where machines are willing to do it for them." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/4vKqh8k

JOB ALERT! 3-year postdoc position to work on plant robustness in an interdisciplinary project. Great for somebody with experience who can take a central role, coordinate experiments and co-supervise students, and contribute conceptually. @greenrobust.de @unituebingen.bsky.social Please re-post.

Frontier AI companies as biotech acquirers www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Today, we hosted 18 international early-career researchers who took the time after this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting to visit us as part of a Baden-Württemberg International (BW_i) program. The day included career insights and lab tours led by our postdocs. Thanks for the visit!

Systemic acquired resistance: an emerging role for #jasmonates in local signal biogenesis, translocation and distal signal decoding #TansleyReview by Fay Bennett, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience

#Cytokinin-activated DIRIGENT13 promotes #lignan synthesis to regulate #root growth and #abiotic stress tolerance by modulating #ROS homeostasis in #Arabidopsis www.cell.com/plant-commun... #PlantScience @mplantpcom.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social

Excited to be able to advertise 1x postdoc and 2x technician positions to join my group in Cambridge working on an exciting ARIA funded project to help bring a plant artificial chromosome into existence! Reposts very welcome please 🙏 (1/2)

📣 VACANCY: Scientist/Senior Scientist - Innovation Pilot Lead with @kamiljwitek.bsky.social in the 2Blades Group This position offers an exciting opportunity to identify and address market-driven challenges in crop protection and trait development. ⏰ Apply online by 3 Aug 2026 buff.ly/YR73ZY4

Latest publication form the group and first paper on poplar! GWAS and discovery of a MYB TF involved in cell shape acquisition nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @siamsadoyle.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se Thanks to @erc.europa.eu @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social Kempe fondation

Communications Chemistry (@commschem.nature.com) has a great page celebrating outstanding referees www.nature.com/commschem/re...

Direct comparison of CRISPR knockout and interference with Perturb-seq https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.04.736492v1

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!

You are a plant biologist and don't want to pipette anymore, because deep in your heart you always wanted to become an editor at Nature Communications. It is your lucky day. Check this: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu... Deadline 15th July. Come work with us, it's (mostly) fun !

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob Research / PostDoc position (m/f/d) Natural products involved in the communication between individuals of the same or different species @Uni Bielefeld in @chemecolcm.bsky.social 's lab. #PlantSci www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

"No one’s Ph.D. journey is the same, and no one deserves to be shamed for how long it takes." #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4gaZ4GS

New Online! How proteins fold

RT: #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob W2 / Tenured Professorship: Systematics, evolution and biodiversity of plants. @unihalle.bsky.social Start: 1 October 2027 Deadline: 30 July 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

#AI -driven bioinformatic tools hold promise for broadening discovery, yet major inequities persist. This Perspective, growing from the #AlphaFold Education Summit, argues that equitable tool adoption will require sustained global investment, not just access 🧪#AcademicSky bit.ly/4xVH9dL

This week we had Rosa Lozano-Durán from @geminiteamlab.bsky.social @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social here at our @kwsgroup.bsky.social Einbeck Headquarter. A fantastic opportunity to hear about her research & discuss future cooperation to tackle virus diseases of our crops. #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

Die Mitgliederversammlung der #DFG hat heute im Rahmen der Jahrestagung in #Bonn 8 neue Senator*innen gewählt. 4 Senatsmitglieder wurden im Amt bestätigt und setzen ihre Arbeit für eine weitere Amtszeit von 3 Jahren fort. Übersicht des gesamten Senats: www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

Our own STARMORPH PI elected an EMBO member! Congratulations @srobertgroup.bsky.social @embo.org @erc.europa.eu

Foundation models are transforming plant biology across genomes, phenotypes and AI agents #TansleyInsight by Haopeng Yu @haopengyu.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/MB4DAU...

DeepMASS v2: An enhanced deep learning platform for large-scale discovery and structural annotation of unknown plant metabolites #resource #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

Attention ECRs: Deadline for self nominations to present in the next Rising Stars of IS-MPMI @ismpmi.bsky.social webinar is TODAY! PhD students and postdocs — don't miss your chance to share your research with the global MPMI community! Apply now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Happy to see this story out! Big congratulations @scourbier.bsky.social

We have an open position for lab technician to support our research @uni-muenster.de : stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/9... Experience in molecular biology, laboratory management, and strong communication skills are required. The position is initially offered at 50% for one year. 🌱🍅🧪

I was on a 🇩🇪 reviewing board for postdoc fellowships last week. In the past, the 🇺🇸 was always the No. 1 destination across all disciplines. This time, only 10% of applicants aimed for the US. This year the most popular destination was 🇦🇺 (Australia).

Now online! Excessive epithelial mechanosensation drives nociceptive innervation and chronic bladder pain via the PIEZO1-SLC7A11-glutamate axis

Cytokinin-mediated trichome initiation in Nicotiana benthamiana upon Agrobacterium tumefaciens infiltration #correspondence #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...