🧪🌾INTERVIEW: New tools to study how plant cells hold together🔬 Léa Bogdziewiez from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group developed innovative tools to study cell adhesion at a whole new level. She just defended her PhD thesis – congrats, Léa! Learn more in this interview: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

🧪🌾Sequencing the spruce genome was a milestone in plant genomics & forest research.🌲🧬 We are proud to have played a central role and excited to see where our ongoing collaborations with @scilifelab.se will take us next! Read also the original paper in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/nat...

🧪🌾NEWS - Three UPSC research projects received funding from @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social! Rishikesh Bhalerao, Åsa Strand & Nathaniel Street will investigate how trees time bud break, how plant cells start photosynthesis and what makes conifers so resilient. Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

🧪🌾REVIEW - What makes Northern Scandinavia ideal for sustainable seed potato production?🥔 Benedicte Albrectsen et al. highlight the region’s potential for sustainable seed potato production under climate change. Read more in Potato Research @springernature.com: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Check out our latest updates! 🌱 New Phytologist #TansleyMedal application deadline 🌱 Upcoming New Phytologist Now webinar 🌱 An exciting announcement from Plants, People, Planet 🌱 Details of next year's New Phytologist Symposium on extreme heat ...and more: 📨 www.newphytologist.org/news/latest-...

🧪🌾Great to see our group leader Rishi Bhalerao talking today at @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social! Learn more about his research on environmental information processing and seasonal adaptation here: www.upsc.se/rishikesh_bhalerao 🔬

🧪🌾Thanks to everyone who joined our poll about tree transformations at UPSC! Curious about the correct numbers? You’ll find the answers - and much more - in the first issue of our new newsletter UPSC Insights. Read and subscribe here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/r... 🍃Many of you were at least close..

🧪🌾The first issue of UPSC Insights is here! 🌿 Our new quarterly newsletter shares stories from our community - research highlights, alumni interviews and news about events and opportunities. 📩 Read the first issue, subscribe and stay connected: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/r...

🧪🌾We’ll reveal the correct number in our upcoming UPSC newsletter (coming soon!).🌿 Stay tuned and sign up here to get the answer first: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/r...

🧪🌾Our Poplar Transgenic Facility supports research with transformations of hybrid aspen trees and maintains a diverse collection of lines for a wide range of different studies. But how much do you think actually happens each year? Take a guess in the poll below👇 and see if you can get it right!

It's time to apply for the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal for excellence in #PlantScience. Open to early career researchers with 3 to 5 years experience post-PhD. Applications close on 1 November. Don't miss out! www.newphytologist.org/grants-award... #ecrchat #phdchat

🧪🌾PAPER - Can you influence ecosystem carbon (C) stocks by tree species composition?🍁 Marcus Larsson et al showed that tree species choice may serve as a tool to promote ecosystem C stocks, and such enhance the climate change mitigation potential of forests. Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.fo...

🧪🌾PAPER - What makes a tree a tree?🧬 Read the paper by @siribirkeland.bsky.social and @trhvidsten.bsky.social with contributions from several UPSC researchers. By comparing dozens of genomes, they offer fresh insights into the genetic foundations of woodiness and perenniality in angiosperms.

🧪🌾Are you interested to get more details about Laura Tünnermann's research? Take a look on this video that she and Sonhita Chakraborty created for the Fascination of #PlantDay last year.👇

🧪🌾NEWS - How do plants regulate the uptake of amino acids? PhD student Laura Tünnermann has identified new molecular regulators controlling amino acid uptake, offering insights that may help reduce fertilizer-related pollution.🌱 Read more about Laura's PhD thesis here👇: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Some events from Arctic Centre 👇 Arctic Connect Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning. Beyond Calls Learn what makes your funding application successful! Connect and build strong networks for future calls.

Arctic Connect 24 October, 12:00, Umeå University Meet fellow Arctic researchers, hear about upcoming calls and partnerships, and tap into the Arctic Centre’s unique horizon scanning. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay informed and connected within our network!

Beyond Calls – Interreg Aurora 20 Nov, 12:00, Umeå University UMU researchers, learn what makes funding applications successful. Bring your questions, share your experience, connect with colleagues and build strong networks for future calls. Register here! 👇

🌾INUPRAG 2025 - Advancing Plant Science Together!🧪 Great to see @umeaplantsciencecentre.se so well represented at the 4th INUPRAG Symposium in Montpellier this week! Thanks to @inrae-france.bsky.social and the Institute for Plant Sciences of Montpellier (IPSiM) for hosting this inspiring event!

🧪🌾Are you interested in auxin? Don't miss this special issue in @pplplantarum.bsky.social edited by @srobertgroup.bsky.social & @marhava.bsky.social!

🧪🌾Interview: Less snow, colder roots – how do boreal trees cope?🧬 PhD student @arotuuli.bsky.social found that boreal tree species respond differently to cold and highlights how genomic tools can help breed for more frost-tolerant trees.🌲 Interested? Learn more here👇: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

#IJPB takes the floor at the 4th INUPRAG Symposium. 👩‍🔬C. Bellini 👉 CATS team bit.ly/4dy5hHO 👨‍🔬N. Arnaud 👉 FTA team bit.ly/3JfhiJ9 INUPRAG is a consortium between @inrae-france.bsky.social (BAP department) @umeaplantsciencecentre.se and @cragenomica.bsky.social @ijpb-versaillescly.bsky.social

🧪🌾PAPER - Struggling to identify genes behind specialised metabolites?🧬 Sara Rydman et al from the Nathaniel Street group share a combined metabolomics & transcriptomics dataset for aspen, freely accessible via plantgenie.org. Read more in @pplplantarum.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/ppl....

Fantastic UPSC cutting edge seminar by @apmahonen.bsky.social dissecting secondary growth in plants one step at the time! Such an amazing contribution to the field! @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

🧪🌾UPSC Alumni Spotlight - Chloroplasts keep her curiosity alive Since her time in Åsa Strand's research group, chloroplasts continue to spark @tamara-hverdeja.bsky.social curiosity.🔬 In this interview, she talks about her career journey and her favourite UPSC memories: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

🧪🌾PAPER - How do plants increase their stress responsiveness? 🧬 Vasiliki Zacharaki et al from the Kindgren group show that convergent antisense transcription is an evolutionary strategy used by plants to achieve this. Read more in Molecular Plant @cellpress.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.mo...

Mutations in the floral regulator gene HUA2 restore flowering to the Arabidopsis trehalose 6-phosphate synthase1 (tps1) mutant (Liping Zeng , Vasiliki Zacharaki , Sam W van Es , Yanwei Wang , Markus Schmid) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

🧪🌾INTERVIEW - His discovery challenges current textbook knowledge PhD student Özer Erguvan from the @stephanevrg.bsky.social group discovered that two key sites in plant cell walls and not the middle lamella help cells stick together.🔬 Read more in this interview👇: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

🧪🌾PAPER - Which role does the circadian clock play for stress adaptation in tree? The groups of Cristian Ibáñez & Maria Eriksson @treesandgrowth.bsky.social show that it is central to salt stress adaptation in tree roots. Read more in npj Biological Timing and Sleep: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

👏 Congratulations to all authors!

Hooray for Umeå University, which turns 60 today! 🥳🎈

🧪🌾Research Communications: Update on the nuclear & mitochondrial Amborella genome🧬 Jian-Feng Mao & colleagues assembled a more complete version of the genome providing a valuable resource for studying the origin of angiosperms. Read more in Journal of Genetics and Genomics: doi.org/10.1016/j.jg...

🧪🌾PAPER - What causes negativ effects in plants expressing microbial enzymes?🦠 The Mellerowicz group excluded damage- & pathogen-associated immune responses. The good news: restricting the expression to wood avoids side-effects. Read more in Plant Biotechnology Journal👇: doi.org/10.1111/pbi....

OUTREACH - What does tree breeding have in common with Tinder? Laura García Romañach is competing in the semi-final of #ForskarGrandPrix, Sweden's national #ScienceCommunication contest, presenting her research on early flowering in trees. Curious? Read more here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Having fun with the group for Sandeep Farewell! @sharmavinod.bsky.social @siamsadoyle.bsky.social @loupitgreg.bsky.social @sandeep18887.bsky.social @absolutemaverick.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

:-) @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

📣 Monday is the last day! Are you a plant embryo expert and looking for a group leader position?🧪🌾 Apply for this position👇 and join the Future excellence initiative at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. We are looking forward to hosting you and your group @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!

10 days left to apply to join IceLab as a #multidisciplinary #postdoc! Are you interested in using your computational skills to address important life science questions? There is a project for you here! 👇 #complexity #complexsystems

This research has been funded by @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social, @strategiska.bsky.social & @kawresearch.bsky.social.

🧪🌾NEWS - Aspen controls bud formation using light and temperature Ove Nilsson's group has now discovered how aspen trees decide between growth and winter dormancy during summer cold snaps and autumn.🌿 Curious how aspen does this? Read more here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

PAPER - Do leaf mitochondria react in different cell types similarly to carbon starvation? Olivier Keech's group show that mitochondria proteomes from mesophyll, vascular and guard cells differ especially under stress. Read more in @pplplantarum.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/ppl....

What a cool story presented by @elkebarbez.bsky.social from @uni-freiburg.de at @umeaplantsciencecentre.se !!

UPSC DAY 2025 - Plant science, AI & laughter Yesterday, we invited everyone @umeaplantsciencecentre.se for a day of mingling, updates, science, AI - and laughter, a session led by Sonali Ranade. Big thanks to Matt Low for the entertaining AI workshop and to everyone who made the day so memorable!

🧪🌾PAPER - How do trees know when to stop growing before winter? Bo Zhang et al from the Ove Nilsson group show how aspen trees use the PHYB–PIF4 module to balance light and temperature, preventing premature bud set in cold climates. Read more in @natcomms.nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looks great! We are looking forward to hear more about the proceedings!

EMBO is offering travel #grants for international meeting attendees for the ASCB | EMBO #CellBio2025 Meeting taking place 6–10 December in Philadelphia, US – Deadline is today! 🧪 Apply now: www.ascb.org/grants-award... @ascbiology.bsky.social #LifeSciences #CellBiology #research #conference

🧪🌾PAPER - How do long non-coding RNAs regulate responses to changing environmental conditions?🧬 Isabell Rosenkranz et al from the P. Kindgren group show that two specific ones regulate a pathway important for cold stress adaptation. Read more in @emboreports.org: www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....

- Studien visar att resultat från kontrollerade inomhusförsök är relevanta men också att de har sina begränsningar när det gäller att spegla vad som faktiskt sker i naturen, säger Ove Nilsson @umeaplantsciencecentre.se #forskning med stöd av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse tinyurl.com/wzywk8h5

STARMORPH kick off in @umeaplantsciencecentre.se ! People of the STARMORPH on their way or already enjoying north Sweden! @xanderjones.bsky.social @nowako76.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @srobertgroup.bsky.social