Curious about my main PhD work?!🔬🌱 Please have a look on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686542v1 Connecting auxin-autophagy-development

It is with great sadness that we heard of John Gurdon’s passing this week. Not just one of our 100 extraordinary biologists, but truly one of a kind, he was a pioneer, whose vision and personality inspired biologists worldwide.

It is out! A tandem of two papers showing TMK regulation of PIN-dependent auxin transport www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... (PIN2, Friml lab) and www.cell.com/developmenta... (PIN1, Xu lab)

Such a nice and inspiring experience! 🌱 Thanks @NewPhyt for the opportunity! P.s. spot me in the photo, if you can 😉

“As researchers we are explorers, and part of our mission involves finding our way without always knowing where we are going” www.science.org/content/arti...

Founded in 2009 with a bold vision to become a top international research institution, ISTA already ranked 3rd in 2019’s Nature Index Normalized. Today, its campus is “home” to 1,100+ people from 78 countries. By 2036, it will double in size to appr. 150 research groups + more than 2,000 employees.

I will be recruiting one PhD student and one postdoc in 2025. If interested please contact me already. @psb-vib.bsky.social 🌱🌱🌱We are interested in steroid hormones. See our published work PMID: 40068682  PMID: 38513023 PMID: 37639582 PMID: 37365405

These historical threads by @somssich.bsky.social‬ about various fundamental aspects of plant biology, and the long process of discovery, linking papers from a century ago to very recent publications, are such a joy to read, every single time.

Back-to-back on bioRxiv by @plantophagy.bsky.social and @moritznowack.bsky.social Cell-type specific upregulation of autophagy in Arabidopsis root hair cells promotes 1) root hair lifespan by suppressing cell death 2) plant salt stress resilience by ion sequestration See links to 2 papers below!

The next frontier in #autophagy is understanding how it functions across cell types to maintain organismal homeostasis. w/ @moritznowack.bsky.social lab, we present TWO #preprint on cell type spec. autophagy in root hairs‼️ #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are excited to update you on two distinct auxin oscillations (local & systemic), revealing how root architecture adapts to fluctuating conditions! @cibss.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...