📣New @natgenet.nature.com The Hartwig group @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues @hhu.de unveil a scalable way to map plant genomic "switches" - these overlooked regions hold huge promise for crop breeding & climate resilience. 👉http://bit.ly/41BmCwD #plantsci www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please RT: We are hiring 📣! We are looking for a coordinator of our CEPLAS Graduate School! If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute: Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr... 🗓️ Closes 25 August Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in... 🗓️ Closes 5 September

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

🎓👏 Congratulations to Dr. @nickdunken.bsky.social Nick Dunken on the successful PhD defense in the lab of @algazuccaro.bsky.social at the University of Cologne and @mpipz.bsky.social! Welcome to the circle of doctors! #phdone #plantscience #sciencecareer

📣Your PhD journey starts NOW! Join our #webinar on Sept 4, 1-3 PM (CEST) & explore #PhD opportunities at Max Planck's IMPRS in NRW, Germany! 🇩🇪 Gain insights into groundbreaking research & register here: events.gwdg.de/e/PhDatMaxPl... #MaxPlanck #Research #Germany #Science

🥳 Well-deserved celebration 🥳🎉. What a wonderful tradition – fantastic science, brilliant cover picture @nature.com and awesome cake 🍰 🌹. Huge congratulations @amarques.bsky.social and team 👏👏

📣Great news – Congratulations to @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social and all winners of this year’s award! 👏🥳🎉 #plantscience

📣📣We are #hiring! 📣Please RT! @mpipz.bsky.social has a group leader position available in the broad area of Plant Development and Diversity 🌿. Apply now!🌿 👉http://bit.ly/4nkUvLa #plantsci

🎉 We’re thrilled to share that our director Miltos Tsiantis has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu for his project CLONAL, which will explore the development and diversity of root suckers. Congratulations! 🌱👏Learn more: bit.ly/43KuvBe #ERCAdG #plantsci

🚨 Calling all plant modelling enthusiasts! Plant Computational Biology Workshop Open to researchers at all levels Workshop is free. Participants cover own travel, food & accommodation 📅 8-12 Sept | 💻 Talks, tools & hand-on sessions 🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa... #ComputationalBiology #PlantSci

🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social

🌿We are thrilled to share that Prof. Miltos Tsiantis @mpipz.bsky.social has been elected as new Fellow of the @royalsociety.org in recognition to his work on plant organ development 🌿🥳 🎉Congratulations! 👏👏 👉 bit.ly/435gPjT #plantsci

⏰ Tic Toc... Last chance to grab tickets for today’s #pint25de! 🌿🪴Join us in Cologne for an evening of exciting talks from the world of #plant science with our scientists from @mpipz.bsky.social 🌱🍻 Don't miss out – science is best served with a pint! #scicomm 👉 pintofscience.de/event/gruene...

Celebrating a new PhD at @mpipz.bsky.social! 🎓 Dr. Ram Sevak Raja Kumar defended her thesis in @hacquardst.bsky.social’s lab. Congrats, and all the best for what’s next! 🌟 #PhDone #PlantScience

#Köln liebt Wissenschaft, und das Pint of Science Festival kehrt mit Veranstaltungen auf 🇩🇪 & 🇬🇧 zurück 🥳 The city of #Cologne is up for a treat this year at the #pint25de, with exciting events in both English & German 🍻 Programm und Tickets: www.pintofscience.de #wisskomm #scicomm

🍹In our new #PlantersPunch CEPLAS Postdoc Craig Dent from @labschneeberger.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social pz.bsky.social explains why the DNA of the European potato is at the same time diverse...and not diverse🤔! Very exciting story! One question remains: which one tastes best 🥔🍟😜? ➡️ bit.ly/42Mys6F

Interested in hearing more about the story behind our latest paper? Check out our blog post and the latest @naturepodcast.bsky.social episode! 📝 go.nature.com/3G73vT7 🎙️ www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📢 Excited to share our work out now in @nature.com! 📢 We present the phased pan-genome of tetraploid European potato, based on 10 historical cultivars representing 85% of European potato diversity. Learn more below! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/7

📣Paper Alert! 📣New publication out @nature.com by @labschneeberger.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social on the genome reconstruction of historic potato cultivars. 👏🌿🥔 Congratulations! 🥳👏Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3GeGcGX www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 7th International Fascination of Plants Day 2024 🍃 - Success stories – Enjoy the best from over 670 interactive events in over 65 countries. Get inspired to organise an interactive event in your country for the FoPD 2026. 💡 Learn more: bit.ly/4lvTAa2 #PlantDay #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

📣Paper Alert! 📣New publication out by @hacquardst.bsky.social and his team on the development of MetaFlowTrain – a new tool to study metabolic exchange and interactions within microbial communities @naturecomms.bsky.social 👏🥳Congratulations! 👉https://bit.ly/44jnM1H www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Lots of fun and exciting insights into #plantsci at our #Girls'Day yesterday! 🥳 Our guests took part in fantastic hands-on experiments in our labs and toured the greenhouse 🌿☘️. A huge thank you to everyone who made this inspiring day possible! 🌱🔬🧪 #STEM #womeninscience

🚀 Apply now 🚀 The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program offers a guaranteed contract of at least 3 years, targeted mentoring, and career workshops. postdocprogram.mpg.de #ScienceCareer #PostdocProgram

Join the GMI as a Junior Group Leader! The GMI is seeking a talented scientist to lead an independent research group, addressing fundamental questions in molecular plant biology. More information is below.

Finally! Im so excited to present to culmination of many years of work from the fantastic Defeng Shen and some great collaborators. For details, I have made a digested thread below, but if you are more interested feel free to reach out (and read the paper of course). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

📣Paper Alert! New publication @science.org by the group of @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social, colleagues @ucph.bsky.social & others on the Casparian strip and its role in metabolic trade between plants & bacteria. 👏Learn more 👉https://bit.ly/4bJe4Yd www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We are happy to announce another PhD success at @mpipz.bsky.social! 🎉 Dr. Henriette Läßle has passed her viva in Jane Parkers’s lab. Huge congrats, Dr. Läßle, and best of luck with your next steps! 🚀🌱🎓 #PhDSuccess #PlantScience #PhDone

Auf dem Bild ist Elisabeth Schiemann zu sehen. Wenn Ihr mehr über die Botanikerin und NS-Gegnerin erfahren wollt, empfehlen wir Euch folgenden Artikel „Allen Widerständen zum Trotz“, in dem Franziska Turck (li.) über ihr Vorbild Elisabeth Schiemann (re.) spricht: www.mpg.de/11970011/eli...

To everyone in the U.S. standing up for science today, calling for policies that support science, not suppress it: we’re with you! Cutting science doesn’t just harm scientists – it harms society as a whole. #StandUpForScience

Ihr wollt wissen, wie Wissenschaftskommunikation geht🧪🔬? Dann meldet Euch jetzt an 👇 #wisskomm #scicom

Deadline extended 😀 - still time to submit your abstract. 🌿🔬 #2025ISMPMI

More PhD success! 🎉 Dr. Lisa Brombach has passed her viva in Miltos Tsiantis’ lab @mpipz_cologne. Their thesis: "Deciphering genetic control of lateral leaf growth via WOX genes in Cardamine hirsuta." Huge congrats, Dr. Brombach ! Wishing you all the best for what's ahead. 🎓✨ #PhDone

Another PhD success! 🎉 Dr. Neda Rahnamae has passed her viva at the Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne, in Juliette de Meaux’s lab, as part of the IMPRS at @mpipz.bsky.social. Congrats, Dr. Rahnamae, and best wishes for the future! 🎓✨ #PhD #PlantScience #PhDone

In #CEPLAS_Faces we ask six questions to one of our scientists. In our current issue they are answered by Franziska Turck from @mpipz.bsky.social. Read the full interview 👉 bit.ly/434vjAL

Big news! 🎉 Dr. Fei Xiong has passed his PhD viva in Jane Parker’s Lab at @mpipz.bsky.social, defending his thesis: "Probing the link between EDS1-PAD4 and transcriptional reprogramming in Arabidopsis thaliana." Congrats, Dr. Xiong! Wishing you success in the future! 🎓✨ #PhDone

🔊🔊New publication out @natureplants.bsky.social by the group of Paul Schulze-Lefert and colleagues on how blocking plant immune responses gives bacteria a competitive advantage 👏🌿👏. Please also read 👉 bit.ly/3QoDZKV #plantsci #microbiome #immunity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cryo_EM shows how barley NLR immunoreceptor MLA13 binds a fungal RNase-like effector from pathogenic grass powdery mildew Aaron Lawson, Paul Schulze-Lefert et al @ceplas.bsky.social www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

🔊New paper out! 👏👏Now published at @embojournal.org by the group of Paul Schulze-Lefert @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues at the University of Cologne and Westlake University, China on immune receptor engineering for plant resistance 🌿🪴. 👉 bit.ly/3EGyfd2 #plantsci www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

🔊Paper Alert - New publication out @nature.com by the Parker Lab @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues at Westlake University on the fine tuning of plant immunity regulation 🌿🪴Congratulations 👏 👏 Learn more here 👉 bit.ly/3WZjrfw #plantsci #immunity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fantastic news! 🎉👏 Very well deserved #SciComm Award 👏 Congratulations @somssich.bsky.social #plantsci #science

Fantastic news! 🎉 Dr. Sophie_Asako Xerri has passed her PhD viva in Angela Hancock's Lab @mpipz.bsky.social 🌱🔬 Huge congratulations on this amazing achievement—wishing you all the best for what’s next! 🎓✨ #PhDone #Arabidopsis #PlantScience

🥳Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🥳🎉🔬🧪. A special nod to all the inspiring female scientists at @mpipz.bsky.social, shaping the future of #plant science with dedication and passion 🌿🪴Read more 👉: bit.ly/4bc1TmF #womeninscience #womeninSTEM #11Feb

🚺📣🔬Open CALL for SPEAKERS for all women, non-binary and genderqueer scientists in STEM! Join us! And help bring science to the #NRW streets at Soapbox Science Rheinland 2025 in Düsseldorf! 🧪✨ #SciComm #SoapBoxScience Register here ➡️ qualtricsxm7m2946wsz.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We made it 😀 - excited to share our latest research and engage with this vibrant community here at Bluesky 🌿🪴