Arabidopsis GALACTURONOSYLTRANSFERASE (GAUT) 1 synthesizes a homogalacturonan tightly bound to the cell wall and required for cell expansion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.695998v1

📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: XVII Plant Cell Wall Meeting 👉 buff.ly/NVFF2mr #PlantScience

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... Postdoc position available in my lab, please spread the news!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Check out what a totally accidental discovery might lead to!

🧪🌾VACANCY - Do you have experience in cell and molecular biology and microscopy and are looking for a PhD?🔬 Join the multidisciplinary research group of @stephanevrg.bsky.social and study how plant cells adhere to each other. Learn more here 👇 and apply! www.umu.se/en/work-with...

Check out our new paper unraveling the structure of Rhsmnogalacturonan I in Arabidopsis. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F... 🧪🌱

Please RT. Milestone paper for all interested in apoplastic ROS signaling! Amazing work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New OA Letter: "Guard cells on the adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces use different compositions of potassium ion channels to drive light-induced stomatal opening" rdcu.be/evxO3 scRNA-Seq, OnGuard model, genetic modification show distinct AKT1/KAT1 on both sides.

How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social‬ @erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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

We are seeking two postdoctoral researchers or doctoral researchers for: (i) Remote sensing advised country-wide genotype-phenotype linking, and (ii) Country-wide study of genetic adaptation and population structure dynamics in a changing climate. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

In defense of funding foundational plant science (Joanna Friesner , Cristiana T Argueso , Wolfgang Busch , Thorsten Hamann , Lucia Strader , Mary Williams , Shuang Wu , Adrienne H K Roeder) Read more at: doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

"PhD position in plant science with a focus on cell adhesion at Umea Plant Science Centre, Umea, Sweden *Application Deadline: 6/26/2025" Read more here: https://www.upsc.se/jobs/6583-phd-position-in-plant-science-with-a-focus-on-cell-adhesion.html #PlantSciJobs

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

Storming the barricades of rhamnogalacturonan-II synthesis and function (Quentin Hays , Patrice Lerouge , Marc Ropitaux , Charles T Anderson , Arnaud Lehner) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

We are still accepting applications to attend the GRC on CAZymes for Glycan Conversions. This year's theme is ‘Unlocking CAZyme Interfaces’. This is one of my favorite meetings and I am excited to be the vice co-chair elect this year. #glycotime #biochemistry 🧪 www.grc.org/carbohydrate...

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!

Outer epidermal edges mediate cell-cell adhesion for tissue integrity in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.03.646819v1

Postdoc position available in the Plant Biochemistry and Biophysics group in our institute: jobs.bc.cas.cz/en/detail/247

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

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...

We've got an exciting (funded) opportunity for someone who wants to undertake a PhD in plant sciences -you'll work with the international #LEAF team on an Artemis III deployed instrument to understand how plants and their cell walls respond to lunar gravity. #plantsci #glycotime #space 🚀🌱

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.

Amazing work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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-...

PAPER - Do pollen grains contain specifically tuned mitochondria to support the energy-demanding pollen germination and tube growth? 🌾🧪🦾⚖️ According to the results from Boussardon et al from Olivier Keech's group YES! Read more in @currentbiology.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #plantscience

🚨Abstract Submission and registration is OPEN for ICAR 2025 #ICAR2025 Deadline to submit abstract for oral presentations: March 17th Early bird registration deadline: April 20th 🕸️www.icar2025.com

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...