Countdown: there are only 9 days left ... if you want to join Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef Registration + abstract submission end on 🗓️ 23rd November 2025 www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...

Strong BSC enrichment of GLDP, GLDT, SHM, GGT, GOX, and GS2/GOGAT — the full photorespiratory glycine–serine–NH₃ cycle is shifted from mesophyll to BSC in C3-C4 Moricandia arvensis This shift couples CO₂ concentration, nitrogen re-assimilation, and redox balance within BSC mitochondria and plastids.

🌱 The #TaCoCass Team in the field: evaluating #cassava lines with diverse architecture and productivity. The trials highlight the genetic variation that underpins efforts to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava, paving the way toward more resilience and higher yield #Cassava #Photosynthesis

New Insights Into Bacterial Motility and DNA Transfer: a small press on our discovery of ComFB signaling family by @claussenarne.bsky.social @hhu.de www.eurekalert.org/news-release... w/ @mygalperin.bsky.social @thethormannden.bsky.social @cmfi.bsky.social @mibinet.bsky.social @sfb1381.bsky.social

A new crop in the lab. 🌱 Field day with TaCoCass team members — working to boost photosynthetic efficiency in cassava and secure a more sustainable food future. #Cassava #Photosynthesis #FoodSecurity

We are deeply saddened by the news that Andrew D. Hanson (@adhansonlab.bsky.social) is no longer with us. He was an exceptional scientist, mentor, and leader in multiple fields. He constantly reminded us that over-promising would backfire. Rest in peace, Andrew.

RETICULATA1 (RE1) exports basic amino acids from plastids—implications for amino-acid homeostasis and development. News & Views: “Reticulata Weaves the Metabolic Net” (Katrin Philippar, Nature Plants). doi.org/10.1038/s414... @natplants.nature.com #PlantScience #Arabidopsis

How amino acids are transported in plants | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... @hhu.de @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social

Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social

Last month, our consortium met in Tartu, Estonia, to share our latest progress and reflect on what’s next for our #H2020 project. Here is a sneak peek! 📽️ 🌻 There were lots of updates, including cross-consortium publications, regulatory deliverables, and upcoming trials.

GDC, but also SHM, GGAT, and GOX are predominantly bundle-sheath expressed in C3-C4 intermediate Moricandia Single-nuclei sequencing of Moricandia arvensis reveals bundle sheath cell function in the photorespiratory shuttle of C3-C4 intermediate Brassicaceae url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

🔍 Guten Morgen, HHU! Am Samstag ist Tag der Forschung an der HHU! Am 5. Juli laden wir alle großen und kleinen Interessierten von 11-15 Uhr zum Ausprobieren und Entdecken auf den Campus ein. Freut euch auf ein vielfältiges Programm: • Interaktive Experimente ‭• Mitmachaktionen für Groß & Klein 1/3

Updated preprint: MMF1 is "a microbiota receptor” through which Arabidopsis plants perceive their soil microbiome. Perception optimises root microbiome composition, immune status and ultimately leads to better growth. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

"...we propose here that the host genes, as the stable part of the holobiont, play a leading role expressing phenotypes through its microbiome-shaping capacity, possibly through the establishment of universal host genotype-specific core microbiota." rdcu.be/esIrX

URGENT The Naked Scientists needs your help. This is one of the best #science #podcast out there. #Cambridge University is planning to make Dr. Chris Smith redundant, which would likely kill the podcast. More info and how you can help here: www.thenakedscientists.com/sos-cambridg...

“Utilizing new genomic techniques #NGT in #organic production could improve yields …. and will help achieve the #EU ’s sustainable #agriculture goals” several authors together with our president @apmweber.bsky.social advocate in Cell Reports Sustainability www.cell.com/cell-reports...

In defense of funding foundational plant science (Joanna Friesner , Cristiana T Argueso , Wolfgang Busch , Thorsten Hamann , Lucia Strader , Mary Williams , Shuang Wu , Adrienne H K Roeder) Read more at: doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

Congratulations Julian @jmhibberd.bsky.social this is well deserved!

With their clever setup to visualize ongoing endosymbiotic gene transfers (EGTs), Enrique Gonzalez-Duran, Ralph Bock and team reveal how double-strand break repair limits excessive EGT. Check out their new Nature Plants paper and my News and Views summary! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bring back the phenotype. Not limited to #plantscience nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Fantastic group of students made #PlantAct2025 a great experience, thank you all! @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social

Nominate papers from #ECR s for the @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social Best Paper Award by April 15. Papers must come from Master or PhD thesis. Only members of the German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) are eligible to submit nominations; self-nominations are also accepted for this prize. #PlantScience

Some still use Twitter, most LinkedIn, Bluesky runner up #PlantAct2025 @globalplantgpc.bsky.social

#PlantAct2025 #SciComm Workshop. @globalplantgpc.bsky.social @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social

Another example just published of an alternative pathway to photorespiration boosting crop yields by 21%–69%! This time a complete glycolate oxidation pathway (called GOC) in potatoes. Some interesting takeaways 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PlantACT! 2025 in Madrid has officially started! Thanks to Antonio Molina for organizing and CBGP for hosting us this year

A big thank you to @lepiniec.bsky.social , Marie-Jeanne Sellier, Olivier Martin & Francesca Sconfienza for making it all happen!👏👏👏 #PLANTWorkshop @spsplantsciences.bsky.social

Kicking off #PlantAct!2025 in Madrid, organized by @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social

#PlantWorkshop at @spsplantsciences.bsky.social, to end with an optimistic vision, see the workshop poster and its transformation (by G. Krouk) for the possible evolution of the Anthropocene, and the place of plants, agriculture and scientists in this evolution ! Thanks to all participants !

An energy-efficient pathway for aerobic production of formate from CO2, the CORE cycle. Could become part of a novel CO2-fixing photorespiration bypass design. Congrats @ari-satanowski.bsky.social

Follow @gain4crops.eu for updates as we test these predictions in plants 🌻 Next steps: turning 🖥️ models into real-world yield boosts 📈 Thanks to @matthiasheinemann.bsky.social @apmweber.bsky.social @Marvin van Aalst @Oliver Ebenhöh and everyone @gain4crops.eu

Group photo done. #ChloroplastBiotechnology www.grc.org/chloroplast-...

"We show that carbon-fixing APs are the most promising candidates to replace native photorespiration in major crop species." Alternatives to photorespiration: A system-level analysis reveals mechanisms of enhanced plant productivity | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Lots of cool new features at the BAR ePlant Browser, such as ecotype SNP data mapped to protein sequence and structure. Check it out at: bar.utoronto.ca/eplant/ #PlantScience @bar-plantbio.bsky.social

#PlantWorkhop at @spsplantsciences.bsky.social We continue with Leandro Quadrana "Assessing the transposon-mediated adaptive potential of plant to changing environments", to lead us into the discussions this afternoon... #PlantScience #Transposons

Where will plant science be in 2050? How will we get there? 👀 Considering limiting resources... will #PlantScience and plant scientists be considered necessary by then? We hope so! What a discussion! 🤯

Plant Workshop, #Plant Sciences in the Anthropocene", @spsplantsciences.bsky.social, eng-saclay-plant-sciences.hub.inrae.fr/events/works..., Dolf Weijers seminar on – “A protein-centered view towards fundamental plant biology”

#PlantWorkhop at @spsplantsciences.bsky.social We follow with Kalina Haas (IJPB @inrae-france.bsky.social) – "Advanced Bioimaging of Plant Cell Expansion Dynamics: Capturing Extremely Small and Rapid Processes"

Congratulations Paloma @paduba.bsky.social

#PlantWorkshop at @spsplantsciences.bsky.social Exciting insights from Bruno Moulia (PIAF @inrae-france.bsky.social) on "Mobilizing Interdisciplinarity for Plant Sciences: Lessons and Pathways"🌿 Loved the mayonnaise model! #PlantScience

Interdisciplinary is like making mayonnaise. Great talk by Bruno Moulia.

Yesterday was an exciting day at Plant Workshop: "Plant Sciences in the Anthropocene" hosted by @spsplantsciences.bsky.social Getting ready for D2! Dive into moments from yesterday below and tay tuned for today’s highlights Program: eng-saclay-plant-sciences.hub.inrae.fr/events/works...

Using Chat GPT, extracted information from publications and created knowledge maps that connect 2 million entities (eg genes, authors, metabolites, function, proteins...) through 5 million nodes, with a 90% accuracy 👀 Database here: connectome.plant.tools And how to use: connectome.plant.tools/help

Can someone please make sense of this?

So true: "In a very short time, we have created not only silly systems of governance and regulation, but are also managing to subvert academic life through the creation of bullshit jobs and, I would argue, bullshit practices."

A β-bacterial endosymbiont in Angomonas lost its ability to divide. Instead, a host-derived dynamin-like protein contributes to forming the division septum. Thereby the host gains control over cell-cycle and cell division of the endosymbiont. #Endosymbiosis

Good fences make good neighbors #PlantScience Casparian strip is crucial for formation of nitrogen-fixing root nodules in Lotus. Excellent thread summarizing the main findings of the paper.

We are looking for a 2y postdoc in multi-omics data integration & analysis for Camelina sativa (an oilseed crop, close to Arabidopsis). Work with many international partners and profiting from our intensive IT and tool infrastructure. Please ReBluesky www.fz-juelich.de/en/careers/j... #plantjobs

Wir verurteilen die Zerstörung der Feldversuche der Forschenden der Universitäten Verona und Mailand. Diese Vorfälle sind nicht nur ein Angriff auf die Arbeit von Forschenden, sondern auch ein Angriff auf die Forschungsfreiheit. Unser Statement: DE: oekoprog.org/angriff-auf-...