Out after peer review, led by @shanshanwang3.bsky.social. Gating of immune responses in Arabidopsis mesophyll cells: after initial response, immune gene expression stays hi in some cells, while during PTI other cells reinitiate a growth-related program. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making! 🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans. Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation? @cellpress.bsky.social

Towards a quantitative view of NLR evolution in genome space -- check out where we think the field of #NLR #evolution research is heading in this review led by Luzie Wingen and Aurélien Tellier. ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... #plantscience

NLR-like immunity in bacteria A new study from the Alex Gao lab. The scope of this work is incredible!!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

We're looking for a postdoc to join us in trying to map the routes by which different signals travel through plants and identify what information they carry. Link👇or get in touch! @johninnescentre.bsky.social #PlantSciJobs www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Happy to see this out! We describe a patterning mechanism underlying rhizoid specification in Marchantia. Contrary to classic patterning mechanisms (e.g., Turing), rhizoid specification depends on both randomness and lateral inhibition, involves subcritical bifurcations, and occurs at criticality!

🌱 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social Launch your first independent research group in quantitative plant development, with generous support & world-class facilities. Deadline extended to 30 Jan 2026 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s... #plantscijobs 1/4🧵

Dear Plant ECRs, don't miss this wonderful opportunity!

I’m excited to share a new preprint from Carella group #CarellaCapybaras! biorxiv.org/content/10.6... In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:

Excited to share our latest preprint on the conservation of RAR1-SGT1 across plants and their unexpected divergence in ferns! @hynmn-jeong.bsky.social @michaelwebster.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @yusugihara.bsky.social. Check out the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

The Clavel Group is recruiting a new postdoc for two possible projects dealing with plant-virus interactions and selective autophagy! More (wordy) details below ⬇️🌱🦠

I started my PhD as a hesitant moss researcher and finished it as a confident bryophyte researcher. Huge thanks to my supervisory team @philcarella.bsky.social @kamounlab.bsky.social for their guidance and support throughout this journey!

Celebrating the recent PhD success of @hynmn-jeong.bsky.social, who is now a very “confident moss researcher”! More good news to come soon too… 🌱 📄 🧬 Congrats again Dr. Jeong 🥳 🙌 🥂

Too excited by the science to include the link to the paper! Here it is: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Amyloplasts of Brachypodium endosperm Esch et al. @johninnescentre.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Very inspiring keynote talk by Stefan Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social at today’s UK NonSeed Plant Meeting. It was an inspiring day, and I am so glad I could be part of it! Thanks again for the invitation @philcarella.bsky.social 💚

It was a great meeting, thanks to all the speakers, particularly @sramundo.bsky.social and @rensingstefan.bsky.social for their keynotes. Next year is already announced, looking forward to #NonseedUK2026 in Edinburgh,organised by @justingoodrich.bsky.social and @sandyheth.bsky.social 🙂 #Plantscience

Happy to share my lab’s first venture into the world of wheat from an enjoyable collaboration with Chris Burt at RAGT Seeds and Keith Edwards. My team members Katie Jeal and Sophie Carpenter did a terrific job of the bioinformatics and starting the lab work. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

“Ok, one slide on microbial interaction”… #Evo-MPMI crew - I think we’re wearing him down

It’s a pleasure to have @rensingstefan.bsky.social join our UK NonSeed Plant Group Meeting in Norwich! Happy to see a very popular cartoon in the slides ☀️ 🌱 🧴 🍄

GetGenome is proud to partner with @johninnescentre.bsky.social , @cimmyt.bsky.social , @gatesfoundation.bsky.social and #DEWAS to advance a bottom-up, equitable approach to access genomics 🌾 🧬 “Battling crop diseases without borders” www.jic.ac.uk/blog/battlin...

Macarena Mellado Sanchez provides insights into DELLA function in Marchantia polymorpha #nonseedUK25 😃

@justingoodrich.bsky.social investigates the ancestral roles of ZHOUPI genes in land plants #nonseedUK25 🌱 👍

@sramundo.bsky.social looks through the lens of Chlamydomonas to understand the origins of plastid-encoded RNA polymerase complexity #nonseedUK25 👍

Katy Mather introduces a novel regulator of 3D growth in P. patens (NOG5) #nonseedUK25 😃

@jimfouracre.bsky.social discusses vegetative phase change and the ancestral role of miR156 #nonseedUK25

Hugh Mulvey explains why M. polymorpha is such a great system for studying morphogenesis from a single cell #nonseedUK25 👍

Miriam Charpentier discusses the evolution of endosymbiosis-mediated nuclear calcium signaling in land plants #nonseedUK25 🌱 👍

Ooi-Kock Teh explores how cells sense and adapt to changes in cell wall integrity #nonseedUK25 🌱 👍

@dariuskos.bsky.social highlights the multitalented MpGRAS7 gene, which is involved in both stress response and reproductive development #nonseedUK25 😀

📣 Major milestone achieved! First @teamthomma.bsky.social @unicologne.bsky.social PhD student graduated 🎉! Congratulations to @wolki95.bsky.social for a stellar defence of a thesis on antimicrobial effectors of Verticillium dahliae that drive niche adaptation #proudPI #PhDone

Abstract submission open for #Fungal26 through Dec 4! Comparative & functional genomics, gene regulation, cell biology, biochemistry and metabolism, population & evolutionary genetics, host-pathogen interactions, ecology, and more. Can’t wait to see your science! genetics-gsa.org/fungal-2026/...

@davidjhoey.bsky.social discusses the acquisition of vasculature as an evolutionary innovation - lovely comparative approaches across multiple land plant lineages #nonseedUK25 🌱 😊

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES). Vancouver, Canada. #plantscijobs #plantscijob botany.ubc.ca/job-postings...

Today's the day! Thanks so much to Phil Carella of JIC for hosting this meeting at Norwich. #Plantscience

Very happy to have Silvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social join our NonSeed UK meeting for the opening keynote talk!

Comparative genomics to understand the evolution of water conducting tissues. A great overview by @alexmcbowles.bsky.social 🌱 #nonseedUK25

@philcarella.bsky.social opens up the 4th #nonseedUK25 meeting. An exciting day of science lies ahead…

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi boost plant resilience by remodelling the plant-pathogen membrane interface Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...

Looking forward to the meeting and very happy that you are joining us for an opening keynote Silvia!!

Out today... From Bowman lab, MpARF2 is the first essential transcription factor to be described for meristem maintenance in Marchantia. Glad to have contributed to another paper with Eduardo. #plantsciences #evodevo www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Glad to have this finally published: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... lots of new data since the #preprint. If you are into selective #autophagy, #evolution, #proteostasis Please have a look!

PhD opportunity in our lab - deadline passes on Dec 2nd - don’t miss out!

Congrats Iqra and Team Laila!!

Some news 🎉 After five incredible years in Tübingen, it’s time to say goodbye. Starting February, the Mutualisms Lab will relocate to the John Innes Centre, right next door to @berasymbionts.bsky.social and her group at The Sainsbury Laboratory 🪲🦠

Plant EvoDevo and EvoMPMI people - consider applying to UBC, their science (and weather) is great!

Only two days left to register for the UK NonSeed meeting (Dec 12th, Norwich). We’re still accepting flash talks!! www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge...

This is a remarkable study describing a new fungal species in a 407 million year old plant - Rugososporomyces lavoisierae Strullu-Derrien and Schornack sp. nov - using some amazing technology. Worth a read 👇