PAPER from @vanbreusegemlab.bsky.social and @moritznowack.bsky.social in @theplantcell.bsky.social academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...

On Monday, #CSEBR organized its first minisymposium (csebr.cz/vse-cs/minis...) and presented the Jan Krekule Award (csebr.cz/vse-cs/udele...) to Jaroslav Doležel from @iebcas.bsky.social for his contributions to experimental plant biology. See you on February 8th in Brno.

Clade III HIPP genes encode plasmodesmata-targeted proteins with pleiotropic functions in regulating plant development. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.08.730823v1

Damage limitation... van Wüllen et al. @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social explore the role of #phytohormones during the various stages of parasitism, expose knowledge gaps in the field, & propose novel strategies to help limit agricultural damage by parasitic plants doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

The mission of @csebr.bsky.social on @bsky.app is to connect experimental plant biologists and promote their #plantscience and available positions. Join our community and be visible not just to our members, but to the whole network of scientific community; plant scientists and enthusiasts.

Making Connections...🖇️ Koh Aoki & Ayako Tsushima offer a compelling insight into interspecific secondary #plasmodesmata and their importance in establishing symplastic connections between #ParasiticPlants and their hosts #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

Dawn of a new era...🌇 Special Issue Organising Editors: Satoko Yoshida, Atsushi Okazawa, Thomas Spallek & Kaori Yoneyama introduce a comprehensive collection of 23 original articles & reviews at the forefront of #parasiticplants research Read editorial🆓 doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience

🌍 Mezinárodní vědecká komunita představila novou verzi popisu genomu huseníčku rolního (Arabidopsis thaliana), označovanou jako TAIR12. Na tomto významném projektu se podílela jediná česká vědkyně. Více: www.potravinyav21.cz/nase-vedkyne... #Strategie_AV21

📢Our bumper Special Issue on #ParasiticPlants is finally out! 👉 academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/67/4 💐Special thanks to organising editors: Satoko Yoshida, Atsushi Okazawa, Thomas Spallek, Kaori Yoneyama 🆓Read Editorial: doi.org/10.1093/pcp/... #PlantScience @academic.oup.com @jspp-news.bsky.social

Chemical probes + imaging can reveal spatiotemporal patterns of a wide range of physico-chemical features in plants, without the need for genetic access. We reviewed what tools exist and how they can be used & engineered. Chemistry meets plant cell biology! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

New OA Article: "In situ architecture of plasmodesmata in Physcomitrium resolved by cryo-electron tomography" rdcu.be/fjjiK Plasmodesmata are gated by cell wall remodelling; helical protein assemblies scaffold internal membranes; implications for molecular filtering.

Structure of chlorophyll synthase in complex with the LHC-like protein HliD https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.13.724888v1

Plasmodesmal closure triggers stress responses! Turns out cells are generally better off with connections to their neighbours. This manuscript represents a decade-long team collaboration, with heroic effort from Estee Tee to lead it over the line! #PlantScience link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Callose synthase remain very enigmatic proteins. Very cool work by David Usak from the group of Roman Pleskot who provide insights into CALS complexes and their regulation- thank you very much for including us doi.org/10.64898/202...

The molecular architecture of the Arabidopsis callose synthase complex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.05.722910v1

Genetic Diversity, Predictive Protein Structures, and Interaction Networks of Cysteine-Rich Receptor-Like Kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana | Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...

Very cool work by Matteo Citterico. Thanks @rople.bsky.social and Martin Potocký for the collaboration.

Preprint alert! I am extremely happy to finally (!) share our work on the redox-dependent regulation of the CRKs in plants! We integrated high-throughput interactomics, redox proteomics, structural modelling, and genetics to map a ROS-dependent CRK interaction landscape in Arabidopsis.

PPRM2026 Registration is now OPEN! www.events.tum.de/frontend/ind... You can book hotel rooms at the venue here 👇

ERC-funded PhD position: auxin in plant morphogenesis! Come to our team to study molecular mechanisms downstream of auxin signaling that control morphogenesis in plants! ueb.cas.cz/en/news/?id=...

Dear PPRM community, we are pleased to invite you to the next PPRM meeting, 14-16 September 2026 in Freising, Germany. Registration opening soon!

🔵mTurquoise2-based glucose biosensors TINGL and THINGL from @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social and the Teusink Lab! Find the plasmids here: www.addgene.org/browse/artic...

RACK1A interacts and colocalizes with FSD1 in stress granules to regulate salt stress response in Arabidopsis (Pavol Melicher , Petr Dvořák , Maryna Tsinyk , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

!!!! PhD position!!!! #SUMO modification in plant DNA damage repair. Join our team @pecinka-grp.bsky.social and work on this cool & still understudied topic. More info ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Duckweeds are an important plant research model but have been challenging to modify genetically. A study published in @newphyt.bsky.social by the Marí-Ordóñez group at the GMI, presents a new and highly reproducible method for genetic transformation in the duckweed species Spirodela polyrhiza.

GCN5 negatively regulates class III peroxidases PRX71 and PRX33 to promote lignin deposition in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.27.701911v1

📣 Check out JXB's newest Special Issue 📣 📜 Issue 3 of 2026 📜 🔬 Plasmodesmata: Current perspectives on plant intercellular communication and signalling 🔬 📘 Guest edited by Jake Brunkard & Tessa Burch-Smith 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 SEBiology

We're thrilled to announce our new PhD position in the AGILE Doctoral Network on nuclear lamina's role in the maintenance of Rabl configuration in barley!🔬🌾🧬 More info on the position : olomouc.ueb.cas.cz/en/lamina-in...

JUNIOR STAR GAČR starts at IEB this January! Jakub Hajný, who recently discovered the CANAR protein regulating sugar transport in plants, will explore how understanding of these mechanisms can lead to higher crop yields. Project "Programmable sugar distribution in plants“ lgr.upol.cz/en/

The group of @jennyrussinova.bsky.social is looking for a PhD student to work on brassinosteroid transport. Please spread the word! jobs.vib.be/j/129012/phd...

Enter the oldest known fossil liverwort, Metzgeriothallus sharonae (ca. 388 Ma). These exceptionally well-preserved fossils allow us to distinguish different cell types. Dark cells (homologs of oil body cells of modern liverworts) form salt-and-pepper patterns, a hallmark of lateral inhibition.

CRK2 modulates flowering in Arabidopsis together with GLYCINE‐RICH RNA‐BINDING PROTEIN 7 - Colina - New Phytologist - Wiley Online Library nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We are pleased to announce the official release of PLAZA 5.1, our plant genomics platform, which comes with a major front-end redesign. This results in improved performance, enhanced visualization tools, and refined Toolboxes. Src: www.vandepoelelab.be/plaza/news#28

Diploid potato lines for the study and improvement of starch metabolism and structure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.19.695480v1

Last one of the year: CRK2 controls the localisation of other RLKs to plasmodesmata. Great collaboration with @grandpahiro.bsky.social @rople.bsky.social and Ivan Kulich - thank you for the help and great collaboration!

New preprint from my group on the roles of CRK2 in controlling symplastic transport @zeineradam.bsky.social

The hidden danger of Biorender (& the death of scientific illustration) A short thread 🧵

We have a project available for 2026 NRP Doctoral Training Partnership entry (i.e. PhD studentship opportunity!) How do cells communicate when it's hot? Don't know? Me either! Come work with us @johninnescentre.bsky.social and figure it out biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/how...

🚨 PhD researcher wanted! Join the Heat DDR MSCA DN to study plant DNA damage responses – key for crop resilience & food security in a changing climate. 🌱🔬 👉 Apply now! 🔗 tinyurl.com/PecinkaHeatDDR

New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata. Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores. 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧪🧵1/n #teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM

That’s a wrap for #PPRM2025. Great science, wonderful community and amazing location. Glad it all went smoothly and big thanks to @jackrhodes.bsky.social and @draegermarkus.bsky.social for helping organize the meeting.

New preprint from my group. Thank you so much Aleksia Vaattovaara and Jarkko Salojärvi for the help

New preprint from my group looking at more aspects of CRK2 biology 🙂

Hey all! We have been awarded a Spanish national grant to keep researching. Best of all is we have a full PhD contract assigned. We are looking for candidates interested in molecular biology and evolution of (plant) transcription factors, please spread the word!! Check our web for more information.

Less than a week left to apply! 🌱💚

Join us for the 🪴 🌵 Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2025 ☘️ 🪴 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 8th-10th September #plantsignaling #PlantScience #plantsci pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk @pprm2025.bsky.social A thread 🧵 (1/n)

The website for abstract submission and registration for #PPRM2025 is now online. We have a great lineup of speakers and we look forward to meeting you in #Edinburgh. pprm2025.events.kdmeventsportal.co.uk/registration

Plant peptide receptor meeting (PPRM2025) in now on social media. Edinburgh 8-10 September 2025. Great line up of speakers and lots of opportunities to present available. Website with more details to follow soon bsky.app/profile/pprm...