🌸⚖️ RESEARCH ⚖️🌸 Live imaging and hormone manipulation shows how auxin–cytokinin crosstalk drives differential growth at the cellular level in the gynoecium to establish the correct geometry for carpel primordia initiation – Gómez-Felipe et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

#PlantScienceClassics #20: Kinetin & Cytokinins. In 1955 Carlos Miller, Folke Skoog & co-workers describe the first #Cytokinin and its role in promoting cell division and growth promotion. #Phytohormones #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1... pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

N-glucosylation of indole-3-acetyl amino acids modulates auxin metabolism and growth traits in Oryza sativa | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... A new mechanism regulating auxin metabolism based on hormone profiles across rice varieties. Thanks to collaborators, we were able to complete this project!

22 amazing speakers already confirmed and taking place in the sunny and beautiful Malaga, what else can you ask 😀 See you next October 5-7! malaga.congresoseci.com/pgrp2026/index

Thrilled to announce the 2nd edition of AR(t)RBMP at #RBMP2026 in beautiful Bilbao! Get ready to unleash your creativity — 🌱🎨📷🔬🧬prepare your best pictures, drawings, videos, & artistic visions 🏆 The most outstanding art pieces will receive a special award! More info @: rbmp2026.com/RBMP/en/info

Our beautiful work is out in Current Biology! @currentbiology.bsky.social Immune activation suppresses reproductive growth in Arabidopsis through cytokinin signaling: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

If you couldn't make your way through the crowd to reach the @aaupcsu.bsky.social table at the #NoKings march, don't fret! You can still make a statement online to support Higher Education and to reject Trump 's university loyalty oath at aaupcsu.org/2025/10/13/p... When we unite and fight, we win!

If you're on the job market and are working in any area of Plant Molecular Biology, check this out. We have a very strong group: Jeff Dangl, Joe Kieber, Greg Copenhaver, Jason Reed, Zack Nimchuk, and an incoming new assistant professor starting in January bio.unc.edu/people/facul...

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Join in these three actions to protect academic freedom in Colorado. 1) Attend the CSU board of governors meeting (10/9) 2) Join #AAUP sign-making party (10/16) 3) Visit AAUP table at the #NoKings Fort Collins rally (10/18). Details below. AAUP-CSU Needs your Help! aaupcsu.org/2025/10/08/a...

🚨 Did you know? Publishing in The Plant Cell doesn’t just advance your career—it supports the entire field of plant biology. We're published by ASPB ‪@aspbofficial.bsky.social‬, a nonprofit devoted to advancing plant science 🌿 #PlantScience #NonprofitPublishing #PublishWithPurpose

I attended a really inspiring talk by Jose Dinneny today as the Thornton-Massa speaker at Colorado State University. His vision for the future of agriculture with synthetic biology was really thought-provoking. It’s great to learn AND get inspired! @josedinneny.bsky.social @csuagbio.bsky.social

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🌿 Join top researchers in Fort Collins, CO, for the Plant Epigenetics & Epigenome Engineering meeting! Register by Aug 14 (11:59 pm MST) to save $200. Hear why from Doris Wagner (@upenn.edu): keysym.us/KSPlantEpi26 youtu.be/RYBb_tbMQ64 #KSPlantEpi26 #PlantScience @claudiakohler11.bsky.social

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word! jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates... I just learned today! The World Food Prize goes to Dr. Mariangela Hungria, for her work on microbial inoculates for increased plant growth (including due to phytohormone production!), in soybeans. Way to go!

We miss you John... What a great example of wonderful scientist and person. John Matthew McDowell: A Visionary Leader in Molecular Oomycete-Plant Interactions and a Wonderful Mentor and Friend to Many | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...

📢 Call for Papers: Special Collection on RNA Biology in Plant Biotic Interactions. Guest Editors: Shahid Mukhtar & Heejin Yoo Topics include 🔹 Small & long ncRNAs in plant defense 🔹 Cross-kingdom RNA regulation 🔹 RNA in plant–insect communication 🔹 RNA viruses & plant health

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IPGSA 2025 is over, but there were many great talks and meetings with old and new plant hormone friends. See you all in Vienna if not sooner. #IPGSA

Truly honored and humbled (and genuinely surprised) to be the 2025 IPGSA @ipgsa2025.bsky.social Silver Medalist along w/ the eminent plant biologists, John Bowman and Jenny Russinova. Thank you. Plant peptides rock!! 🥰

Next PSNA meeting in Madison, WI, announced by Hiroshi Maeda. #PSNA @psna-official.bsky.social @hiroshi-maeda.bsky.social

Really impressed with the amazing science at the conference of the Phytochemical Society of North America. Plus friendly atmosphere and opportunities for early career researchers to present. #PSNA2025 @psna-official.bsky.social

Amazing talk by Nick Provart at the Phytochemical Society of North America conference in Toronto today, on systems biology of drought responses. Impressive use of big data integration, AI and development of bioinformatic resources for causal gene and gene network discovery. #PSNA2025

It's in a few days! IPGSA 2025, the premier conference for research on ALL substances that regulate plant growth and responses to the environment: small molecules, phytohormones and peptide hormones. See you soon in Colorado! #IPGSA2025

TWO weeks for IPGSA 2025 in Fort Collins Colorado: small molecules, phytohormones and peptide hormones UNITE! Check out the activities page to plan your fun in Colorado! www.ipgsa2025.org #IPGSA2025 #plantscience

3 weeks and counting.... The largest conference on molecules that change plant growth and responses to the environment: IPGSA 2025 (www.ipgsa2025.org). Registrations still open, and a fantastic lineup of speakers. And on top of it all, in the beautiful, inclusive and beer friendly Fort Collins, CO.

It's in 4 weeks! The IPGSA 2025 Conference (www.ipgsa2025.org) will start in 4 weeks exactly. An amazing list of speakers on phytohormones and peptide hormones, in BEAUTIFUL Colorado, close to nature and fun! #IPGSA2025 #plantscience 🌱

After receiving over 130 abstracts, we have reopened submission of abstracts to be selected for talks in Concurrent Sessions for ONE WEEK ONLY. Abstracts submitted from May 7th until May 15th will be considered for talks. Visit www.ipgsa2025.org to submit. (1/2) #IPGSA2025 #plantscience

IPGSA has awarded Travel Awards of $1,750 USD to 11 US scientists and 11 scientists outside the USA, primarily to graduate students and postdocs, to attend the IPGSA 2025 Conference. #IPGSA2025 #plantscience 🌱 (1/3)

Nice editorial from Pablo Manavella, the new Editor in Chief of @theplantcell.bsky.social. Society journals like The Plant Cell directly support science and scientists. Have a look and share your thoughts with him! academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

The deadline for discounted registration for IPGSA 2025 is tomorrow April 15th. After that, prices in all categories will increase. Get registered soon! #IPGSA2025 #plantsciences

Amazing turnout for #HandsOffFortCollins! Northern Colorado is engaged and enraged. We’re not going back. @indivisible.org #handsoff

Breaking now: Ministry of Economics reporting the tariffs have not caused significant changes to our trading volumes

We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff

It's in no way supposed to be an April fools' joke! ☺️ We have EXTENDED the deadlines for applications to TRAVEL AWARDS to attend IPGSA 2025 in Colorado to APRIL 8th. Awards of $1,750 for USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. More info and instructions at: www.ipgsa2025.org #plantscience #IPGSA2025

Going fast! Applications for 22 TRAVEL AWARDS to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists are due soon! More details at www.ipgsa2025.org. $1,750 USD for registration, travel and lodging for IPGSA, the premier conference on plant hormones and other plant growth regulators. #IPGSA2025 #plantscience

DEADLINE for 22 travel awards to attend IPGSA2025 is coming up! Due April 1st! $1,750 USD for USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Visit www.ipgsa2025.org for more. #plantscience #IPGSA2025 🌱

Applications for the 22 TRAVEL AWARDS to attend IPGSA 2025 are due soon. Open to USA and INTERNATIONAL SCIENTISTS. Each award is $1,750 USD . More details at www.ipgsa2025.org. #plantscience 🌱

IPGSA 2025 is going on in BEAUTIFUL Fort Collins, Colorado, from June 29th to July 3rd. EARLY REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION deadlines due April 15th! 54 talks chosen from abstracts and 22 Travel Awards to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Register and apply for awards NOW. 🌱 #plantscience

“NO SCIENCE, NO BEER” is potentially the most Fort Collins, Colorado protest chant of all time

Stand Up for Science! Fort Collins, Colorado

‪In solidarity with scientists and academics working in the United States, Argentina, and all countries where academic freedom is under threat. Today, French scientists and citizens rally in more that 30 cities #StandUpForScience @standupforscience.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social

Fort Collins and Northern Colorado. Join us on Friday, March 7 at 12:00pm to #StandUpForScience2025. Visit the local website of CSU STEM Interdisciplinary Ram Alliance for local press release, printable posters, and opportunities to get involved - beacons.ai/csu_sira/sta...

Looking for bright spots in 2025: it's the 25th anniversary of the completion of the Arabidopsis genome! We're celebrating in @theplantcell.bsky.social in May with a Focus Issue, but you can have some love here too www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... & here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/....

The pressure to publish in high-impact journals is often at the expense of other scholarly activities https://go.nature.com/3XihhIf

Reposting because I forgot to tag the #PlantScience feed. Please spread the news about this postdoc opportunity *in the UK*

If you’re at a European institution and are looking to poach American scientists, this would be a very good week to do it