🚨Job alert: We are looking for a #phd student to join us @unil.bsky.social to study the evolution & function of gene regulatory sequences in the context of crop domestication using genomics, genome editing and imaging 🌱🍅🧬. #plantscience #scijobs #plantscijobs. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3u73csma

A true giant has left us. Widmar Tanner, a pioneer of plant transporter research, has passed away. He was a brilliant scientist, an outstanding mentor, and simply one of the kindest people one could meet. Rest in peace Widmar, and thank you for everything.

Reverse translatase 🤪

This is nothing less than a breakthrough. What a phantastic paper. So happy to see it out after five years. The influence of electrical charge on plasmodesma conductivity | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#PlantScienceClassics #21: MS Medium. In 1962 Toshio Murashige & Folke Skoog published their revised plant tissue culture medium @pplplantarum.bsky.social, arguably the most high-cited #PlantScience paper of all time. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧪 #PlantDevelopment #PlantMethods

So… I‘ve been reviewing this review and it felt like a „weird“ read. I couldn’t understand the rationale and most references were totally outdated and the conclusions trivial. I wonder now… have I been reviewing an AI hallucination? What to do?

The fact that Americans thought Auxin was a “Hoax from Europe” rightfully got some attention in my latest #PlantScienceClassics post. But it’s actually even funnier if you learn about the context & consequence of White speaking these words to Went at the AAAS Meeting in Pittsburgh. #PlantScience 🧪 🧵

Must read. As usual.

Thanks to you and the team for making this such an enjoyable event!

Die Sensation ist perfekt!!! Dominik Krause wird nächster Oberbürgermeister von München. Er löst den sehr autofreundlichen Amtsinhaber Dieter Reiter ab. Krause hatte mit der lebenswerten Stadt geworben, Reiter mit mehr Tempo 50. Glückwunsch an Dominik Krause für diese unglaubliche Aufholjagd💪

Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice.

Awesome story!

Reisen mit der Deutschen Bahn ist wenn man eineinhalb Stunden vor Abfahrt des ersten Zuges schon sicher weiß, dass man den Zweiten nicht erreichen kann. #MBP2026

Easy. Überall. Immer #Precht

Schwach. Langweilig. Zahnlos. #nockherberg

Hey everyone joining us @ #MBP2026 in mid March, we just released the conference program. Please check it out here: syncandshare.lrz.de/dl/fiPnsPinb... we are super excited to see you all soon and to talk 🌱🔬🥼 over 🍻all night long!

What a cool story. Congratulations @proteinmagnus.bsky.social and team

Universität in D ist, wenn alle in 1 künstlichen Hyperwettbewerb immense Zeit/Energie/Ressourcen verballern, um ‚exzellent’ zu werden, während man die, die am Limit ihrer Kräfte in Lehre/Forschung/Admin universitären Regelbetrieb so gerade am Laufen halten, ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste zusammenkürzt.

🔬🚪 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🚪🔬 The movement of molecules through plasmodesmata is dictated by physical principles at the nanoscale. Here, the available experimental methods to detect this flow, and applicable physical laws are evaluated - Vasina et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Does the winter weather have you day dreaming about the beach? Register for AUXIN 2026 and join us in the Algarve, Portugal on Oct 4-8th for all things auxin :) This meeting only happens every four years, so don't wait...

Trump lässt morden, zerschlägt den Rechtsstaat, droht Nachbarn mit Einmarsch und verwandelt die USA in eine Autokratie. Und wir schenken ihm dieses Jahr die Teilnahme an einer mehrwöchigen Dauerwerbesendung namens Fußball-WM? Diskutiert das eigentlich jemand oder fahren wir da einfach hin?

Want to get the data out of a PDF figure? As in, the actual data – not a rough trace-along-the-lines version? I made an app you might like: adamkucharski.github.io/pdf2plot/ It all started a few years ago... 🧵

DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung. Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.

A new year brings new opportunities: we are looking to fill a permanent professorship position with a Microbiologist preferably with expertise on archaeal biology, RNA biology or imaging techniques to unravel cell biology in prokaryotes! Please share and/or apply :)! www.nature.com/naturecareer...

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

Juli Zeh erklärt wieder, dass ihre Nachbarn keine Rechtsextremen sind. Und dass ist halt mal wieder vollkommen vorbei am Thema. Es ist nämlich total egal, ob die rechtsextrem sind oder nicht oder ob sie eigentlich die Demokratie gut finden, wenn sie mehrheitlich (51,x%) eine Partei wählen, die 1/7

Every time I use Apple‘s shopping list and see in which category some items are filed I completely lose any fear of AI

We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables. This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands. jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening... #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob

Good morning, Tübingen. After all these years it still feels like home. Thanks for having me @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social

🤫Registration for #MBP2026 will start very soon. Please tell all your friends 🌱.

This is not an insult or #plantblindness- this is just idiotic.

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

It’s official. Today I was appointed as full professor for Plant Physiology at the University of Würzburg. Looking forward to the challenge and many interactions.

As America nears a tipping point, Russell Vought desires a radical rightwing “counter-revolution.”   For @zeit.de, I wrote a profile of one of Trumpism’s key figures – and one of Trump’s most dangerous henchmen.   Some thoughts from the piece (since it is in German):

Education is the enemy of fascism.

New Zealand had some of the most restrictive laws when it came to genetically engineered food crops. This move once again demonstrates how the NZ Government makes Science-based decisions. Take note, European Union! #PlantGMOs #PlantNGTs #PlantScience #Agroculture #Sustainability #PlantBreeding

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob #PlantSci W3 University Professorship Plant Genetics @uni-wuerzburg.de Deadline: 13 October 2025 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

Out today in @nature.com: Together with the Honigmann, Shevchenko, Drobot and Hof labs, we present a general workflow for imaging the localization and transport of individual lipids in cells and mapping their metabolism. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Best thing is to come back from ⛰️vacation☀️ to find a manuscript has metamorphosed into a published paper, so.. 🚀 Check out our paper on hormone import⏬ into plant cells in @natplants.nature.com 🌱👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Crazy, but that's how it goes Millions of people living as foes Maybe it's not too late To learn how to love And forget how to hate

Struct bio ms titles over the years 1965 - A three-dimensional model of X 1985 - The structure of X 1995 - The structure of X reveals Y 2005 - Structural basis of 2015 - The molecular mechanism of 2025 - Harnessing AlphaFold

Plant Science Research Weekly -- PIN auxin transporters facilitate polar transport of synthetic phenoxyacetic acid herbicides (Nature Plants) @lukas-schulz.bsky.social‬ @uhammes.bsky.social‬ @bjornppedersen.bsky.social‬ (Summary by Jerry González Cantoral @phytojerry.bsky.social)

The singularity is awesome

I wonder if they will sue me next if I don‘t submit a paper on a topic I have no expertise and interest in…

Highly recommended.