These 99 'lab hacks' will make your scientific work easier www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Thrilled to have our paper out in @science.org. Cell division guides plant cell wall formation. Does the reverse hold? We show that bimodal pectin methylesterification, via PME5 mRNA nuclear sequestration, influences plant cell division and cell plate orientation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Blue Light Promotes Root Iron Acquisition via a Shoot CRY-HY5 Signaling Module in Arabidopsis. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.02.686065v1

Very excited to share that our paper "A RALF-brassinosteorid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypocotyl cell shape" is now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social ! Enjoy reading it!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣Magnifying a new initiative from MASC (Multi-national Arabidopsis Steering Committee) to support colleagues in need tinyurl.com/MASC-initiat... Please read the document and return comments to Thorsten Hamann ([email protected]) by Oct. 15th. Please share. #arabidopsis #community #plantscience

Friday couldn’t get better !!! I am excited to share news that our research proposal got funded!!!

Thrilled to share our latest work: how plants control growth through activation of a surface-specific growth programme. Thanks @zoenv.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social and the other coauthors for all the hard work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We learned a lot about plant cell wall mechanics by stretching the Arabidopsis epidermis. Now published in ‪@natcomms.nature.com‬ Fibrous network nature of plant cell walls enables tunable mechanics for development doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Our latest on brassinosteroid signaling: Ligand binding spectrum, specificity & selectivity of all BR receptors in Arabidopsis. By @albertocaregnato.bsky.social , @hmchen93.bsky.social and our great chemistry collaborators Mirek Kvasnica, Jana Oklestkova and Mirek Strnad.

Jennifer Nemhauser’s and my tribute to our amazing friend and mentor, the extraordinary Joanne Chory. Read about our personal and professional reminiscences. Thanks to all who provided background for this. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Our new work lead by Anuphon. Cryo Structure of CARD1 reveals copper in the ecodomain, required for sensing H202. The phenotype of card1 is same as rbohd, suggesting ROS produced by RBOHD is sensed by CARD1.

Woohoo! We made the cover! Huge thanks to our very own Yizhong Yuan for the amazing artwork! FERONIA signaling maintains cell wall integrity during brassinosteroid-induced cell expansion in Arabidopsis: Molecular Plant cell.com/molecular-plan…

(1/2) Three #plantscience papers in @science.org this week: Scharwies et al find that ethylene, auxin and an arabinogalactan protein work together to control lateral root branching in response to water availability in maize www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Great work by Chaudhary et al. (2025) on how #FERONIA (FER), a cell wall integrity sensor, is essential for limiting #PlantCellWall damage and preventing cell rupture during #brassinosteroid (BR)-induced cell elongation in #Arabidopsis. BR signaling promotes FER accumulation at the plasma membrane.

Happy to see that our manuscript finally found home. "FERONIA signaling maintains cell wall integrity during brassinosteroid"... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The blue-light photoreceptor CRY1 mediates pathogen-responsive stomatal movement and plant immunity via the light-responsive protein LURP1 and cell surface immune receptor FLS2! www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Very happy to start the new year with publication of our new work on leaf surface RNA. Plant leaves secrete diverse RNAs that are surprisingly stable on their surfaces. Next question to answer: What do they do? www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

We (PlantPostdocs) are excited to announce our fall academic webinar. Panelists Clint Chapple, Tomokazu Kawashima, Marisa Otegui, and Chelsea Specht will discuss faculty search committee perspectives on job applications! Registration: tinyurl.com/2yfpwe74