Happy to see this out! We describe a patterning mechanism underlying rhizoid specification in Marchantia. Contrary to classic patterning mechanisms (e.g., Turing), rhizoid specification depends on both randomness and lateral inhibition, involves subcritical bifurcations, and occurs at criticality!

I’m excited to share a new preprint from Carella group #CarellaCapybaras! biorxiv.org/content/10.6... In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:

Dear Plant ECRs, don't miss this wonderful opportunity!

A SABATH family enzyme regulates development via the gibberellin-related pathway in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.11.693594v1

Looking forward to Friday's Non-seed plant meeting in Norwich. Together with @karimaelm.bsky.social, we wrote a Review about the last year meeting. We discuss about the latest advances and the importance of using in models. Thanks @biologists.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social. #PlantScience

MpNPR modulates lineage-specific oil body development and defence against gastropod herbivory in Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.17.688000v1

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

Consistently an absolutely fantastic meeting - don’t miss out on an opportunity to interact with an awesome bunch of non-seed enthusiasts 🌱 😃 🧬

Only two days left to register for the UK NonSeed meeting (Dec 12th, Norwich). We’re still accepting flash talks!! www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge...

Everyone wants a NAS! 🌿🦟 Leon Dirick & Bernard Goffinet uncovered the surprising history of NAS genes shaped by horizontal gene transfer, we revealed NAS key role in Physcomitrium patens. 👉 nature.com/articles/s41... #Mosses #HorizontalGeneTransfer

New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group ⁦‪at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!

« Quand on demande aux gens ce qui ne va pas dans le pays, ils disent : la politique, c'est ça qu'il faut changer. » Thierry PECH Directeur général de Terra Nova La suite : ⏰ 22h40 sur france·tv ➡️https://bit.ly/CrisePolitique48h 🎧en podcast

Omar Yaghi--Palestinian Nobel Laureate 🇵🇸😍 @nytimes.com

Now on YouTube. This was a fascinating discussion with many open science talking points: pros vs cons, challenges, misrepresentations, cultural change, AI. youtu.be/myYp4nfzK6o?...

Super excited to see our work on the NLRseek program finally published 🥳 Here we identify new NLRs against major wheat pathogens and present a pipeline for NLR identification. Huge thank you to all of the co-authors for bringing this work together! @matthewmoscou.bsky.social rdcu.be/eIGvv

Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you! Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. @scurry.bsky.social &co present a roadmap to a solution that has a role for everyone in the scientific community 🧪 #Academicsky #reproducibility plos.io/3VwaU2O

A great example of how comparative genomics across the full range of vascular plant lineages can be used as a catalyst for gene discovery! Exciting new single cell datasets for gymnosperms, ferns and lycophytes! The scale of this study is really amazing! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

And he made it again!...tour the force from JIa-Wei´s Wang lab using comparative sc-transcriptomes, and developing new analytical tools, to tackle evolutionary trajectories of plant cell types!. Amazing work as usual! www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Had chills just reading the title 🥰 This paper brought me back to 5 years ago (lockdown time) when we discussed hypotheses about DELLA regulation in #MyMarchantia with @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social Congrats to all the authors 👏 Only wish it had been preprinted at submission...

Exclusif : un ancien employé de la GHF dénonce les "crimes de guerre" de l'organisation à Gaza

I just published: Academic poaching: when other PIs steal your trainees There are many toxic behaviors in academia, but one we rarely talk about is #AcademicPoaching. Have you ever been a victim? #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #phdchat medium.com/p/academic-p...

#Mustread Huge congrats Facundo et al 👏👏

New Pre-print! A long-standing question for transcription factor biology is how their chromatin context dependency works in plants. In this collaboration with Fred Berger lab, we present some new ideas not only in Arabidopsis but also in Marchantia. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I just published: Stop displaying journal names on your slides A mentoring event at a Congress called for better support of early-career scientists - but what followed sent mixed signals. This blog reflects on those moments and ends with a pledge. medium.com/p/stop-displ...

I just published: Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters) Publishing your poster creates a citable record and protects you from bad actors. #ISMPMI2025 #OpenMPMI #AcademicChatter #PhDchat medium.com/p/why-im-ski...

Attending #2025ISMPMI next week? Consider publishing your poster on Zenodo to get a doi and make it a citable unit. #OpenMPMI #OpenScience More here: Why you should publish your posters kamounlab.medium.com/why-you-shou...

4/Where to #publish? #preprints

6/How we should do #science?

#CNRSdurable Alors que les conséquences environnementales et sanitaires de l’usage du plastique sont mieux étudiées, un certain nombre de laboratoires de recherche s’efforcent de mesurer l’empreinte plastique qu’ils génèrent, pour mieux la réduire.

New Postdoc position (2yrs) available in our #EvoMPMI lab @JohnInnesCentre. Come and work with on harnessing the diversity of immune mechanisms to protect plants. jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?va…

‼️ Registration for the Annual MAdLand Meeting 2025 is now open! Join us from 30.09 – 02.10 in the beautiful city of Osnabrück to discuss latest trends in plant science & reconnect with an amazing #Plantsci community #MAdLand2025 #Evolution 🌱 Learn more and register here: madland-meeting.de/2025/

I just published: Soft Power: the influence you didn’t know you had You don’t need money or a title to influence others. We all hold a kind of soft power — just by how we choose to act. medium.com/p/soft-power...

Three short stories that reflect the dark times we live in kamounlab.medium.com/three-tales-...

Conserved effectors underpin the virulence of liverwort-isolated Pseudomonas in divergent plants Very happy to share the published version of our work on natural Marchantia-Pseudomonas interactions. Out now in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol...

🔗 Preprint alert: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧵 New insights into plant immunity: using ferns to understand evolution! 🌱✨🌿 Excited to share my first (but not last) published research at @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social. A THREAD … [1/9]

First post on Bluesky!! ☀️ Very happy to share that my main postdoc work ‘Systematic Discovery and Design of Synthetic Immune Receptors in Plants’ is finally out on Biorxiv! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The full story is summarized here:

Wow 🤩🤩 "...degradation of Aux/IAAs is not sufficient for the transcriptional signalling. In contrast, cAMP production seems sufficient to activate transcription of auxin-regulated genes." Love reading papers that revisit well-established mechanisms ! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One big problem is that non-profit open-access publishers are not covered by read and publish agreements (eg. Science Advances, eLife) and that limits the options. Paying from grants while funders are paying for other journals is a problem too. Any advice?

The GMI announces a new EMBO workshop titled "Plant evolution: from origins to diversification on land" - right here in Vienna. The hybrid event will be held on November 25-27 at the Vienna BioCenter. Register by August 25 at meetings.embo.org/event/25-plant-evolution.

Marchantia for the win !

I’m super happy to have a great part of my PhD work (under the wonderful supervision of C. Libourel @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social & @maximebonhomme.bsky.social) now out in @naturegenet.bsky.social ! Here’s a little thread (1/18) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm delighted to share our opinion on #papermills published in Nature. Science is flooded with papers from paper mills.Certain steps can be taken, but this is a challenge that neither universities nor journals are ready to face.Some use paper mills to their advantage. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Worth a read.

It's my pleasure to share with you a chapter of the project I fell with five years ago 🍀🦠 Here is a thread 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Very happy to share the final version of our work on the evolution of broad host virulence in Pseudomonas out now @cellhostmicrobe It’s just in time for the holidays 🎄🦠 www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Big day today! @leapedinotti.bsky.social defending her PhD thesis!!! Léa has worked with @nicolasfreiditfrey.bsky.social on the role of CLE/CEP peptides during AMS. See her first chapter recently published 🔽 www.cell.com/current-biol...

A fan of #Bryophytes? You are (almost) not alone! #Bryophytes rule...they can grow almost anywhere, host a fascinating world of #microbes (incl. #nitrogen-fixing #Cyanobacteria), are key in #biogeochemistry, and hold huge potential for #biotechnology. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What a day! Last session of the #nonseeduk24 #plantsciences. I hope everybody enjoyed beautiful Madingley Hall

Proud to have my updated work available on Biorxiv : ancestral function of LysM-RLK for AM establishment @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social @malick-mbengue.bsky.social @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social @melaniekrich.bsky.social @kellerjeanphd.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...