🌾 Every grass leaf shares the same repeating short-long cell pattern in its epidermis. Our new #preprint identifies the protein that builds it. 🔬🧬 📄 preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵⬇️ 1/11

Time for another preprint from the lab: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Led by @yuanyuanzhang.bsky.social and @defengshen.bsky.social. We found some surprising secrets that connect and uncouple root barrier formation with systemic nitrogen signaling in shoots. see the thread below for more details

Latest publication form the group and first paper on poplar! GWAS and discovery of a MYB TF involved in cell shape acquisition nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @siamsadoyle.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se Thanks to @erc.europa.eu @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social Kempe fondation

Our lab @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social is hiring two postdoctoral researchers to join our ERC-funded GRAFT project on mobile small RNAs in plants. 🔗 Details: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b... 📅 Deadline: July 31, 2026 Please share!

🌟 Warmest congratulations to Virginie Hamel @centriolelab.bsky.social on being elected a Member of the @embo.org This prestigious lifelong distinction recognizes your outstanding excellence in the life sciences! #centriole #U-ExM @mocel.bsky.social @sciencesunige.bsky.social

Our paper is out !!! NADPH oxidases and aquaporins within membrane nanodomains form a functional unit for ROS signaling. Great work by arthur-poitout.bsky.social and amazing collaborator jbfiche.bsky.social, Jose Ugalde, A Meyer yvonjaillais.bsky.social! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2529740123

For liverwort mavens, I've needed to shift our Marchantia resources to a new website (I've reached retirement from academia in Cambridge) - and the plant synthetic biology stuff has moved to https://www.haseloff-lab.info (Now have more time for DIY builds! Updates to come)

Fantastic last seminar before his well deserved retirement by Philippe Reymond @unil.bsky.social on the signaling immune responses following insect cell deposition on plant leaves. A technical tour de force & exciting findings.

Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/

Congrats to my former PhD student, @louisefougere.bsky.social, for getting the @sbcf.bsky.social PhD price 2026. Presented at the SBCF general assembly today 😍

🔜Two postdoc positions are available in Rouached Lab for a creative individual to lead a project that will explore a new dimension in the field of plant nutrition. Please contact me if you are interested in TOR signaling, epigenetic and/or plant development [email protected]

So proud to share our latest publication @CellCellPress! Yue Rui reveals that the same enzyme that makes the wall, cellulose synthase complex (CESA), also tethers the plasma membrane to the wall during water-deficit stress, providing resilience. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Very happy to see that SUBER GENE1 (SBG1; At1g52565) is now annotated in TAIR and Aramemnon! We identified this gene through a GWAS on natural variation in endodermal suberin and had the privilege of naming it. For those interested, the study can be found here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What is an edge? Why is this geometrical domain so crucial during plant morphogenesis? Read our review, co-written with Antoine Chevalier and @ckirchhelle.bsky.social to find out! authors.elsevier.com/c/1nAnf4tPF4...

Congratulations @romanulm.bsky.social group for your latest publication in @plantphys.bsky.social: Conservation and divergence of #UVR8 photoreceptor-mediated UV-B signaling in #Marchantia polymorpha @sciencesunige.bsky.social www.unige.ch/medias/en/20...

Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us! uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

Are you excited about understanding the molecular underpinnings of arbuscular mycorrhiza? Then this PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/4...

The RTS (Swiss TV) visited our lab and talked about our recent work on natural variation for suberin in the News yesterday evening! (In French)

Team effort from @fxrico.bsky.social, Oded, Pierre, Andrea, @hmchen93.bsky.social, Larissa now out in @pnas.org The Kelch phosphatase BSU1 is a PP1-like serine/threonine phosphatase involved in cell cycle regulation, not a tyrosine phosphatase in brassinosteroid signaling 👍 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

When the Swiss TV met our nutrient plant laboratory, here is the wonderful result! 🎥🌱 to highlight the last paper of the lab in Nature Plants GWAS reveal SUBER GENE1-mediated suberization via type one phosphatases 10.1038/s41477-026-02292-x

The RTS (Swiss TV) visited our lab and talked about our recent work on natural variation for suberin in the News yesterday evening! (In French)

It's out! 🥳 In situ architecture of #plasmodesmata - plant cytoplasmic bridges - by #cryoET. 📝 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵 Thread: bsky.app/profile/madi... #teamtomo #proteomics #AlphaFold

If you ever wondered about the history and current state of plant Clathrin-mediated endocytosis....here is a review just for you! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Was really fun to write this with awesome co-authors! ⚽️🌱🔬

Congratulations @mariebarberon.bsky.social 's group for your latest publication in @natplants.nature.com : GWAS reveal SUBER GENE1-mediated #suberization via type one phosphatases

🌱 How do plants cope with climate stress? Our Department of Plant Science discovered how roots adapt to environmental stress, advancing plant resilience knowledge. Read more 👇 https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2026/les-plantes-adaptent-leurs-racines-face-aux-stress-climatiques #ClimateChange

Early-bird registration for PADiBa2026 closes in few days (May 15th)! wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/

Early-bird registration for PADiBa2026 closes in few days (May 15th)! wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/

Now online at @natplants.nature.com ‼️ Led by Jierui Zhao, a former PhD student @gmivienna.bsky.social & together w/ @moritznowack.bsky.social lab, we uncover how #autophagy shapes salt stress tolerance and lifespan. www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.nature.com/articles/s41... A short 🧵👇

Out now in @natplants.nature.com: A cell type-specific antagonism of autophagy and age-induced programmed cell death controls root hair life span www.nature.com/articles/s41..., back to back with another story on root hair-specific autophagy by @plantophagy.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Article: "GWAS reveal SUBER GENE1-mediated suberization via type one phosphatases" rdcu.be/fgVkV A genetic screen across Arabidopsis accessions identifies SBG1 as a regulator of root abscisic acid response and endodermal suberin deposition via type 1 phosphatases. #PlantScience

I am looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join my team to work on the interplay between endocytosis and autophagy. The 3-year project runs in collaboration with the Dagdas lab @plantophagy.bsky.social and can start asap. Interested candidates can apply via the link below. jobs.vib.be/apply/134365

Our natural variation screen for endodermal suberization identified SUBER GENE1, a new regulator of suberin via its interaction with TOPPs. Congratulations @jian-pu.bsky.social !

It’s FINALLY out! We investigated the natural variations for endodermal suberin and identified SUBER GENE1 (SBG1)- Type One Protein Phosphatases (TOPPs) as a novel module that regulates endodermal suberization. @mariebarberon.bsky.social rdcu.be/fgU6g #PlantScience

Happy to share the third chapter of my postdoctoral adventure at @mpipz.bsky.social ➡️doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.20.719616 We used C. chenopodiifolia's ability to produce explosive aerial fruit and non-explosive underground fruit to identify REVOLUTA's role in cell fate and wall patterning🌿💥 ⬇️🧵

Registration for the International PhD School Plant Development 2026 is up and running, half the places have been already booked! So don't wait until the deadline to register raissiglab.org/plantdevosch... ! Cost: €350.- for conference, accommodation, meals, and a wine tasting in a local winery 🍷

Registrations are open for PADiBa2026!

We are excited to present our work at the upcoming EMBL course, where we will demonstrate the application of lifetime STED microscopy for achieving super-resolution microscopy imaging in tissue samples.

Our latest review on pavement cell shape acquisition is on line! Work from @lorindaloi.bsky.social @sharmavinod.bsky.social @absolutemaverick.bsky.social @kawresearch.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu Kempe fondation Vetenskapsrådet (VR) MSCA www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very nice seminar by @carogutj.bsky.social from @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social today on plant - fungal symbiosis.

New method paper from Alberto Caregnato and former PhD student @hohmannulrich.bsky.social. A tailored crystallisation screen for plant receptor kinase ectodomains, with examples from our lab and from @cellsensing.bsky.social. Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Another paper of @elkebarbez.bsky.social team, out this month. Check it out

The 7th International Symposium on Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers (PADiBa2026) will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from August 31th to September 3rd 2026. We now have a website: wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/ Registrations will open on April 1st.

Want to image apoplastic pH in plants? 🔬 Two new papers from our team offer a full workflow plus open access analysis tools. Congrats to @aroessling.bsky.social, Niklas Mayle and @lguerard.bsky.social Nature Protocols: rdcu.be/e7R2E BMC Methods: lnkd.in/dctpWJ3X Happy Imaging!

Mechanical coordination of counter-gradient growth maintains organ curvature in the apical hook www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #plantscience

You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science? The Martin lab @biology-unige.bsky.social has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult mocel.unige.ch/research-gro.... Thanks for reposting!

What a treat to see the work from Camila Goldy @camilagoldy.bsky.social et al., @rdplab.bsky.social @ensdelyon.bsky.social now published 🫶 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

(1/5) I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨 Positions available in Plant Science! Please share. We’re hiring: 1. Postdoc 2.PhD (UK applicants only) Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development. More info here- sites.google.com/view/root-re... #plantscijobs #plantscience

We are pleased to announce that registration and abstract submission for ENPER 2026 are now open! The 25th meeting of the ENPER community will be held in Sofia over three days. Please visit the conference website for more details: enper2026.bio21.bas.bg

Happy to welcome @louisefougere.bsky.social, new postdoc in the lab!