Happy to share the first manuscript from my PhD & congrats to all authors!! We delve a bit deeper into the evolution of the understudied SymRK receptor family in plants. Stay tuned, more to follow about them;)

Excited to share that our work on VIH2-dependent inositol pyrophosphate signaling and arbuscular mycorrhiza is now out in Science Advances! In this study, we explore how VIH2 contributes to the regulation of AM in Lotus japonicus. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very happy to share our recent publication in @currentbiology.bsky.social, showcasing the cell systems response of a close relative of land plants to UV-B light by utilising a multi-omics approach. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social

Now online at @natplants.nature.com ‼️ Led by Jierui Zhao, a former PhD student @gmivienna.bsky.social & together w/ @moritznowack.bsky.social lab, we uncover how #autophagy shapes salt stress tolerance and lifespan. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... A short 🧵👇

Im Interview mit Prof. Alain Tissier @atissier.bsky.social 👉 Präziser züchten in Zeiten von Klima und Krise – Innovation für die Landwirtschaft 🌱 Lesen Sie das ganze Interview für eine spannende Perspektive aus Wissenschaft und Praxis www.linkedin.com/pulse/pr%C3%... @ipbhalle.bsky.social

Thrilled to introduce our next act 🎭 in @cp-molcell.bsky.social sciencedirect.com/science/arti... led by @glangin.bsky.social We uncover how proteotoxic stress is integrated across compartments, controlling proteasome activation ⚖️ vs photosynthesis repression 🌱 🧵(1/6) #proteostasis

We are looking for a new Director @cragenomica.bsky.social to help us keep growing and making even cooler science, come join us!, Application details www.cragenomica.es/sites/defaul... please, help us spread the word!

Come to Bochum 🌱 — we’d love to host all #plantscience peeps! From biotic interactions 🦠 to #proteostasis ♻️ and development 🌿, there’s something for everyone. Looking forward to inspiring science & great conversations ✨ More info here: botanik-tagung.de

Today is the last day for early-bird registration with discounted fees! Don't miss this opportunity to connect with many different #plantscience topics and peep🌱! 👇 botanik-tagung.de/registration...

Here’s the press release by @ruhr-uni-bochum.de for our newest publication 🧬✨ “Bacteria use P-body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection” How pathogens rewire host translation via condensates 🔄🌱 #plantscience #proteostasis www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🚨 Paper out now in #ScienceAdvances @science.org 🌱🦠 Pathogens don’t just target protein degradation—they also hijack host translation. "Bacteria use P-body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection" ⚖️♻️ led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Our 4th Symposium speaker: Katharina Bürstenbinder is back in Halle (@unihalle.bsky.social)! She’s presenting her lab’s work on IQDs as plant‑specific hubs linking signaling & cytoskeleton - aiming to bridge the scales from organismal growth to molecular mechanisms. #IPB2026

And that's a wrap at the 2026 Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium #IPB2026!💚 Thanks to all the speakers & participants for great presentations & lively discussions.👏🏻 Safe travels home to all & pls spread the word that #Halle is a great place for science & living!🗣️ #PlantSci #ECR #HalleSaale

Finally, @dolfweijers.bsky.social & again it's about #auxin that controls almost everything. Dolf speaks about its evolution - from the birth of auxin response in land plants, to the origin & diversification of the 1st ARFs, to them acquiring activator capability as their most recent innovation.

We may disagree with Darcy McRose on whether plants or microbes rule the world 😉💚. But thanks for taking us into the world of redox-active metabolites (RAMs) in the rhizosphere. Fascinating results about microbes countering the plant RAMs, coumarins, with specific efflux pumps. #IPB2026

Pierre Stallforth just mesmerized the #IPB2026 audience with a clip of an army of amoeba decimating a bacterial film. What #NaturalProducts do bacteria produce against such a raid? Interesting discoveries of amoebicidal compounds. Also great insights into natural products from the past #paleobiotech

If you pay attention, you will most likely find a #protease story in each conference 🙃. This time Pierre Stallforth mentions their recently described and intriguing “Lips” At the IPB Symposium. Have a look to their paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

That concludes day 1 of our Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium #IPB2026 on a beautiful sunny day here in Halle.🌤️ What were your highlights? See you for another round of excellent talks tomorrow.👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Symposium day 2 #IPB2026 has begun and @frimllab.bsky.social is telling us the journey of researching canonical vs. non-canonical #auxin signalling, which led to revising the canonical mechanism - cAMP production is required for transcriptional activation. Also, lots of cool tools & techniques.🔬

Brilliant start on the second day of the Plant Biochemistry Symposium 2026. Jiri Friml guides us through the journey on understanding how auxin signalling pathways work

#IPB2026 Love Jiří’s talk so very much😆. The optogenetic approach applied to auxin signalling from a different angle was really inspiring. More ideas coming on how to perturb auxin 💪.

@spicybotrytis.bsky.social asks where do new pathways come from? A master class on glucosinolates 🤩

Amazing day 1 of IPB Plant Biochemistry symposium 2026 , great lineup indeed! @ipbhalle.bsky.social

Starting off our symposium #IPB2026 is @luciastrader.bsky.social with recent insights from her lab on temperature regulation of #auxin signalling and also interesting approaches to shed light on plant transcription factors.

Changing gears and diving into #phosphorus: Matthew Pasek, as our second #IPB2026 speaker, really expands our view. Deep sea, other planets, lightning chemistry, biogeochemistry - fascinating perspectives that are rarely on our plant researchers' minds, but so interesting to see a bigger picture.

Next up is Matthew Pasek discussing where Phosphorus comes from

Kicking the symposium off, @luciastrader.bsky.social gives us a beautiful overview of her work on the molecule that is involved in almost everything 🙃

Next, @structplantbio.bsky.social is sharing on inositol pyrophosphates' regulatory function and their implication in plant #phosphate homeostasis - with beautiful #structuralbiology. In addition, there's still a lot of plant InsPs and interactors and interactions out there. 🅿️🌱 #IPB2026

Before our lunch break, an amazing talk from Michael Horton on how plants sense phosphorus internally.

Let's go!!! The lecture hall is filling up and our Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium is about to start. #plantsci #IPB2026

🌱 #PSSC2026 is coming to IPB Halle (10-12 June 2026). Organized by our doctoral representatives, the student conference offers great talks, poster sessions, workshops & keynote lectures by invited international plant scientists. Info & registration: eveeno.com/pssc26 #PhDnetwork #PlantSci #PlantECRs

New pre-print from the lab! We show that the subtilase SBT12a is essential for symbiosome stabilization in Medicago. Using HUNTER proteomics, we even got some of its substrates. Have a look. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Autophagy acts as a spatial organizer of cell-type-specific plant immunity theustunlab.com/2026/04/12/a... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #proteostasis #plantscience #plantimmunity #theustunlab

Check out this cool #plantscience work by @guofengzhang.bsky.social & @ottlab.bsky.social on symbiosome stabilization and the HUNTER tool 🌱

We are inviting applications for a joint appointment MLU and IPB: 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 at the IPB and 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 (W3) of Chemistry of Natural Products and Bioactives 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 via the MLU appointment portal: berufungsportal.uni-halle.de

Hiring at IPB Halle! Department Head & Director – Chemistry of Natural Products and Bioactives. Exceptional position with outstanding support & research environment. Apply now by April 24, 2026!-> berufungsportal.uni-halle.de #NaturalProductChemistry #AcademicJobs #IPB #PlantScience

Preprint alert 🚨 (1/10) 🧵 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺: It can promote resistance, susceptibility, or restrict cell death 🤯 So what is its actual role? We show it acts as a spatial organizer of immunity across cell types 🌱🦠 #proteostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

"5th International Conference on Plant Proteostasis – Proteostasis 2026" More details: https://proteostasis-26.sciencesconf.org/ #Events

Oxygen deprivation due to flooding brings many changes in plant physiology. SNP2Prot hosted Dr Romy Schmidt-Schippers from Uni Bielefeld today. Her work demonstrated key proteins and cellular pathways that adapt upon flood induced hypoxia. #Hypoxia #RCD1 #Arabidopsis #O2 #OxygenSensing #Evolution

A quick reminder: Our 11th Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium is just around the corner. eveeno.com/ipbsymposium... Registration is open until April 12, but spots are filling up fast.

New #preprint 😍‼️ led by 2 incredible postdocs @ninizhani.bsky.social & Ranj Papareddy: transforming #UFMylation from a local ribosome rescue pathway to systems level regulator of mRNA splicing www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A short 🧵

After two inspiring days with @crc1644.bsky.social, it’s clear how complementary our initiatives are. Exited for future collaborations! @dfg.de

Our work on the role of Ufmylation on ribosome quality control on the ER is out! Great work of two terrific first authors Milica and @alessandrick.bsky.social together with our wonderful collaborators, the one and only Dagdas lab @plantophagy.bsky.social!

The final day of our joint retreat with @crc1644.bsky.social starts with a talk by our invited speaker @alexanderforderer.bsky.social

Kick-off of our joint retreat of CRC1644 & @snp2prot.bsky.social We are excited and look forward to two inspiring days!

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What is better than a CRC retreat? A retreat of two CRCs! Welcome @crc1644.bsky.social to Halle! We are exited for two days of getting to know each other and discovering new synergies.

Early kick‑off for the SNP2Prot Spring Retreat. Ready to dive in! 🌱

Day one of our spring retreat. The poster session is in full swing! @unihalle.bsky.social

Highly dynamic membrane-repair mechanisms are triggered upon lysosomal damage– @dichen02.bsky.social , @maxgg.bsky.social et al show that it is the leakage of calcium ions that initiates this process link.springer.com/article/10.1...