Cytosolic Ca2+ as a universal signal for rapid root growth regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683082v1

Karl Körber supported by his great lab team Lisa Martinez, Chandra Ramanathan, Devin Dalsgaard and Ahmed Salem are busy sampling barley varieties, mutants and introgression lines from his second controlled drought experiment to disclose links btw barley genes, microbiomes and drought resilience🌾🌞

Here’s a sneak peek from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social new poster featuring all the exciting projects we’re working on! My section explores the evolutionary role of PILS proteins in Chlamydomonas. Come join us for the intro in BIO I today at 13:50 & ur Master thesis. #plantbiology #masterthesis

The ability of roots to control their growth direction will never stop to amaze me 😀 #gravitropism #roots #barley #rootphenotyping monitoring dynamics of root growth changes on soil (frames every 10 min during 1h, 1DAG primary root, 2nd time gravistimulated in a row)

#roots #rootphenotyping on soil 🔬 DIY setup to track dynamic root growth continously without disturbing root using IRLEDs #plantscience @raspberrypi.com @openflexure.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social #simonpree @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

News & Views by #ambassadorISRRWP6 @bjazminrh.bsky.social

Our #AmbassadorISRRWP6 representing at #PlantBio2025 🌱 Talking about root systems in barley! 😊

A question of death ☠️ and life 🧬 Yesterday we hosted @moritznowack.bsky.social (from Ghent University and @viblifesciences.bsky.social), their research on root caps uncovers the gene regulatory and molecular mechanisms coordinating differentiation with developmentally programmed cell death.

Thanks a lot Jeremie and Thomas for the hosting me at @IPS2

A long road to the Cover of Science! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ROS #roothairs #roots

Membrane trafficking meets root barriers, resilience, and carbon storage 🌱🌍 New discovery: Blocking clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis roots sparks ROS bursts → ectopic suberization. This might unlock ways to increase suberization in roots and C in soils #PlantScience #RootBiology #Suberin

You have a strong interest in plant genetics and root biology? You have experience with modern genetic, genomic, and bioinformatic method? And you hold a PhD in plant science, molecular biology, or genetics? Then we have a great job offer! ➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2pyc68cu

It was a pleasure to host @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social at PLEN, where she shared updates from @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social as well as endeavors into imaging plant roots in the dark

Ambassador meeting in Copenhagen @bjazminrh.bsky.social @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @rootscientists.bsky.social WP6 #roots

📆Save the date: ISRR Mini-symposium: Between The Roots 28th January 2026. An online event hosted by the ISRR Working Groups. Mark it in your calendars! #Roots #Rhizosphere #Soil #biology

#roots, cell cycle and modeling!

Our collaborative research with Dr. Kawachi group have been published. PET-CT results suggest that nodules act as dynamic regulators of photosynthates translocation under soil variation in soybean. Congrats, Dr. Miyoshi!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Some very nice #PlantScience papers in this #Preprint list! I 👀 one by @aribidopsis.bsky.social on root hair development. Here's the direct link to the plant development section: thenode.biologists.com/august-in-pr...

#rootforaging correlation environment/ field (samlped in Austria @bokuvienna.bsky.social Wien, Morocco, Lebanon #ICARDA) of our 3 subset of 200 #barley varieties per panel #rootangle #roots #rootphenotyping in-field - super exciting @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

I am happy to present a, what I learned from our in-field to lab approach @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social -which #roottraits #rootphenotyping were informative in an approach across 3 countries (5 fields, Austria, Lebanon, Morocco) - and b, my long year interest of experimental design influences #root

Interested in root phenotyping in soil and in the dark? and in Copenhagen on Oct 2? @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social will give a seminar at @ucph.bsky.social PLEN at 11.00 in room M117 - stop by and see high-resolution imaging and multi-omics at work!

Regulatory Analysis of Root Architectural and Anatomical Adaptation to Nitrate and Ammonium in Brachypodium distachyon https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631519v1

Hot off the press!! At my exchange at @niab-uk.bsky.social, we found some interesting patterns in how root hairless wheat will use its microbiome (bacteria + fungi) to improve its phosphorus uptake. The results in one sentence: bacteria may be cool, but AMF are the superstar!

The level of talks on the 18th Symposium on #BiologicalNitrogenFixation with non-legumes is amazing. Plant-Bacteria interactions are complex and we need more of this, to figure out how to bring science to application. #BNF #ENFC16 #PMI 🧪 #PlantScience

ow.ly/pAzz50WIVzv Congratulations @gwenkirschner.bsky.social

Of The Oak - an immersive video installation celebrating the oak tree as a network of relationships. The artwork invites viewers on a sensory journey across seasons, unveiling the oak's hidden vibrancy. Currently showing at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 🧪🌳

At London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Marshmallow Laser Feast’s latest work situates a monumental, double-sided video of the Lucombe oak, portraying a “digital double” using real-world data. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/mars...

Out in @science.org The crazy sequence of events from planting maize in dense fields. Density-dependent linalool release triggers release of compounds into the soil affecting microbes and plants. Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #PlantScience

Our mini-review with @deenigeechte.bsky.social in @jxbotany.bsky.social on recent advances in CLE signaling field highlighting studies from bryophytes to angiosperms. @uni-muenster.de @unifrbiology.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

One of the key aspects influencing morphogenesis is mechanics. We mapped the mechanical properties of living roots at the tissue and cellular levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #pinformed2 #pin2 mutant in #barley shows modified #roots growth dynamic, changes in #gravitropism and #rootarchitecture

#roots #rootphenotyping From sky to soil: Samir Alahmad et al predict barley root distribution with drones and machine learning 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 👈

New YouTube video on arbuscular mycorrhiza: how can you tell if a plant's roots are colonized by AM fungi? youtu.be/EaS52TOLhVQ

new publication about the holobiont concept for sustainable agroecosystems www.cell.com/trends/plant...

new publication about natural variation of biological nitrification inhibition in a wheat germplasm collection. #rootexudatemetabolomics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... medienportal.univie.ac.at/en/media/rec...

Our dispatch is out, about gravity perception and signal conversion via the LAZY protein family, in @currentbiology.bsky.social. You can read it at this temporary free link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This drawing did not make it into the publication, but I enjoyed making it.

New 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 🌟 Guiding gravitropism: root coiling in response to growth-promoting bacteria is mediated by root cap transcription factors 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70338 Relates to Jiménez-Vázquez et al 🧵

Excellent plenary talk by Matyas Fendrych on the role of #auxin and pH in root growth, kick-starting day 3 of #ICAR2025 Read more on the effects of pH in root growth👇By Diaz-Ardila & @christianhardtke.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #plantscience #rootbiology

Kevin Bellande (University of Neuchâtel, 🇨🇭) “Cell wall remodelling dynamics impact LR emergence patterns in B. distachyon accessions” just told us about the atlas of #Brachypodium #LateralRoot development. #IBRC2025 #Brachy2025 #CellWall 🧪 #PlantScience journals.biologists.com/bio/article/...

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...

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Identity is Everything: MYB68 regulates endodermal differentiation and suberin patterning (Cell Reports) @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social‬ @leoniekraska.bsky.social (Summary by Irene I. Ikiriko) buff.ly/EeU14pn #PlantaePSRW

Opportunity: Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions at JIC. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

Love it when online connection turn to real life ones - glad we could finally meet in person @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social! Looking forward to having you back at KU soon!

🌱 Catch up on 4 recent IBH Root-related seminars featuring research from: 1. Dr. Riccardo Fusi – U. of Nottingham 2. Prof. Lee Hickey – U. of Queensland 3. Dr. Rahul Bhosale – U. of Nottingham @intbarleyhub.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk

What an amazing week hosting @gwenkirschner.bsky.social, @matesf.bsky.social, @awaisfarooq724.bsky.social and @jamespblloyd.bsky.social amongst other amazing speakers at the ‘Gravitropism and Root Architecture session at the 2025 Society of Experimental Biology at Antwerp! We hope you enjoyed it!

New OA Article: "Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress" rdcu.be/esLU8 With News & Views: "Environmental cues shape root barriers" rdcu.be/esSRh

How do plants decide the fate of a wound and what to regenerate? Water availability! Abdul Kareem and colleagues show that regeneration outcomes after tissue cutting are controlled by water. A 🧵/n 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sensl: a synthetic #biology sensor for tracking #strigolactone signaling in #rice A #Letter by Li et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue