“Research must lead to value creation, production and innovation in Germany and across Europe.” Chancellor Merz Worrying. Some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs emerged from curiosity-driven research with no obvious application at the time. #AcademicFreedom

So viele schlechte Nachrichten gerade, aber dies ist eine wirklich gute.

...and, for my final trick, I will take another seventy z-stacks of this reporter line! 🔬 Simply because the 372 stacks I already have are obviously not enough 😅

Interested in how plant stem cells can strive in the harshest environments? Read @thomasgreb.bsky.social and my review of plant stem cell robustness: doi.org/10.1016/j.de...

"Wir sollten einen anderen Blick darauf gewinnen: Nämlich dass es für jede Person doch entsetzlich ist, wenn man mit jemandem Sex hatte und danach hört, dass die andere Person das nicht so oder gar nicht wollte und sie dadurch zutiefst verletzt wurde."

Hurrah, it’s now official: the RU CSCS is moving into its second funding phase! 🥂 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this success.🎉

I'm so thankful to @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social for the Community Impact award, shared with @yoselin.bsky.social & Sterling Field. www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/news-events/.... It's especially sweet as I'll retire from ASPB Dec 31, 2026. I'm leaving my job so I'll have more time for my work 😉

We have an open position for lab technician to support our research @uni-muenster.de : stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/9... Experience in molecular biology, laboratory management, and strong communication skills are required. The position is initially offered at 50% for one year. 🌱🍅🧪

Apply until Friday!

Now, you can find our single-cell transcriptomic dataset of the developing grass leaf in The Plant Cell (academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...). You can also screen for the expression of your genes of interest (shiny.ips.unibe.ch). Congrats to all authors, especially the brilliant @lbmountain.bsky.social

Dadurch erzeugt man das Gefühl: "Ja, ok, Klimaschutz ist schon wichtig, aber wenn ich zur privilegierten Gruppe gehöre, die beim Klimaschutz verlieren wird, dann ... hmm ... machen wir halt vielleicht lieber nur ganz wenig Klimaschutz." Genau diesen Unsinn propagieren solche Artikel.

‼️Job altert🚨📢 please spread the word: We're looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our new department "Phytopathology and Plant Protection" at @unihalle.bsky.social. www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/DEZERN3/AUSS...

I've got something to "TORC" about! 😅 After 4 years building this project at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social, I'm so excited to share that my first independent preprint is now online! ✨ I hope you like it: doi.org/10.64898/202... A short thread... 🧵 #PlantSci #PlantScience

This week, @marklynas.bsky.social is joined by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social to explore a new framework for understanding environmentalism. George argues there are three distinct & frequently conflicting philosophies: Green Liberationism, Green Pragmatism, & Green Social Nostalgia. 🎙️ Listen below.

A new documentary on scientific approaches to replace industrial nitrogen fertilizers is now online @artefr.bsky.social (only in DE/FR). Among them is our and @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social's work @ensa-research.bsky.social further supported by @cibss.bsky.social. www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...

Grünes Licht für innovative Pflanzen von Morgen!🌱🧬 Gestern hat das EU-Parlament die Neuregulierung von genomeditierten Pflanzen (Neue Genomische Techniken, NGTs) angenommen. Ein Sieg der Vernunft! 💪 #GiveGenesAChance Unsere Pressemitteilung ⤵️ oekoprog.org/pressemittei...

Neue Pflanzen, neue Regeln. 🌱🧬⚖️ Hier mein Versuch einer wissenschaftlichen Einordnung zur NGT-Verordnung, die dieser Tage in der EU beschlossen wird. 1/5 #NGT #GiveGenesAChance

Das EU-Parlament hat gerade die Verordnung zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken bei Pflanzen beschlossen. In zwei Jahren treten die neuen Regeln in Kraft. Heute Vormittag habe ich mich @uedio.bsky.social darüber gesprochen, was das für Forschung, Züchtung und Verbraucher*innen bedeutet.

Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of new regulations for NGT-derived plants! 🌱💚🧬 This is a huge success, since these technologies can help accelerate plant breeding for increased stress resistance and contribute to more sustainable agriculture. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Das Europaparlament hat den Weg für neue Gentechnik frei gemacht. Welche Sorgen damit verbunden sind, vor allem in der bäuerlichen Landwirtschaft und welche Hoffnungen, das hört ihr hier, u.a. im Interview mit @forscherrobert.bsky.social share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...

The European Parliament decided to #GiveGenesAChance! 💚🇪🇺 www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/pres...

It worked! Our Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social community supports the approval of NGTs (see the small bottom image from 2 years ago) 🌱

Interested to join us to study plant proteostasis? We study host translation controlled by condensates 🧬, cell-type specific proteostasis ♻️, proteotoxic stress in the context of biotic and abiotic stress 🦠🔥🧂 👉 Build your own project in @theustunlab.bsky.social ⏳ Sept 9 #MSCA #Postdoc

Happy to share our newest preprint. We developed guidelines and analysis workflows for FLIM Imaging in plants. Multiplexing with spectrally overlapping fluorophores in plants is now possible. Have a look. Any feedback is more than welcome. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Happy to share our new paper in @dev-journal.bsky.social . This project started while I was at Stanford with @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and was completed at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social by @pablidopsis.bsky.social . Find it here: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...

Hiring: Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science — CRC 1664 SNP2Prot, MLU Halle. Lead your own group + budget, funded PhD, world-class protein-structure facilities. 5 yrs, E14. Apply by 7 July 2026. snp2prot.uni-halle.de #ProteinScience #SNP2Prot #AcademicJobs

Don't forget to register for one of the biggest #PlantScience conferences 🌱 of the year! Our lab has submitted 9 abstracts (incl. our MSc students)- the entire @theustunlab.bsky.social will be there. Come meet us & learn how we study #proteostasis ♻️ & plant–microbe interactions. See you there! 🌿

We know a lot about how roots grow but far less about why they stop, decline and die. In our recent @theplantcell.bsky.social review, Feng Qin connects the biology of root growth and root aging, highlighting opportunities to extend root function, enhance crop productivity, and increase soil carbon.

We are recruiting a Junior PI to join CRC 1664 @snp2prot.bsky.social, funded through the FEM POWER programme supporting women in STEM. own budget, a funded PhD position, outstanding infrastructure + supportive colleagues. More information: snp2prot.uni-halle.de/2026/06/05/j...

We have an open PhD position in our Mol. Biochemistry of Plant-Microbe Interactions Lab Saurlab.com. Please see details below, share and consider applying. jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

Wanted: Outstanding plant scientist and fantastic colleague. If your science combines fundamental discovery with future applications, we would love to hear from you @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

Happy to announce that I have started my own research group at the MPIPZ and that I am looking for a postdoc who would like to investigate Marchantia prothallus development with me! Please spread the word and/or apply if interested :)

Im Sommer wird das EU-Parlament über die Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken (NGTs) wie CRISPR & Co. abstimmen. Im Gespräch mit dem Bundesinformationszentrum Landwirtschaft versuche ich, einige Punkte in der Diskussion zu diesem Thema einzuordnen. www.praxis-agrar.de/pflanze/acke...

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...

I had such a great time visiting Freiburg! Huge thanks to @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social, @elkebarbez.bsky.social and especially @sophiezoe.bsky.social for hosting me!

#PlantSci #PhDs and #ECRs, you can still register for the Plant Science Student Conference #PSSC2026 at IPB Halle. Registration has been extended to May 25! 🗓️ Come and visit beautiful #HalleSaale in June 🌞 and get inspiration and make new connections for your research! 🌱

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

Alles Gute zum Nazis-sind-Loser-Tag!

So happy and proud to share our lab’s first #plantscience research article, revealing that angiosperms have the capacity to encode memory of flooding stress. A heroic effort by @aidamaric.bsky.social in collaboration with @djgibbs.bsky.social and others. A brief 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We are very happy and proud to present a study led by @jorgehg.bsky.social (now PI in Madrid – keep an eye on him!) in our team @bic-wur.bsky.social. In this work, we discover how auxin-regulated ARF transcription factors learned to activate transcription. A 🧵…(1/17) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Who would have thought, five years ago when I first looked at P-bodies under the microscope, that this journey would lead here. 🔬 Very happy to see this work finally out in #ScienceAdvances. Proud of this collaborative effort and grateful to everyone involved. 👏🏻🎉

Auch wir sind dieses Jahr wieder dabei – mit zwei Abenden voller spannender Forschung! Von kreativen Ideen über Sprache bis hin zu Pflanzen & Physik des Alltags – kommt vorbei und entdeckt Wissenschaft mal anders! Alle infos: pintofscience.de/events/duess... #pint26DE #pint26 @pintofscience.de

🚨 Paper out now in #ScienceAdvances @science.org 🌱🦠 Pathogens don’t just target protein degradation—they also hijack host translation. "Bacteria use P-body condensates to attenuate host translation during infection" ⚖️♻️ led by @manuelgonzalezfuen.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Symposium day 2 #IPB2026 has begun and @frimllab.bsky.social is telling us the journey of researching canonical vs. non-canonical #auxin signalling, which led to revising the canonical mechanism - cAMP production is required for transcriptional activation. Also, lots of cool tools & techniques.🔬

Let's go!!! The lecture hall is filling up and our Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium is about to start. #plantsci #IPB2026

Today, the 3rd Early Career Plant Researcher Meeting started with advice on application processes in academia, as well as a tour of the research facilities at the university and @ipbhalle.bsky.social 🌱 I am grateful to attend this meeting and get advice on funding opportunities and grant writing.

💫 Auf unserer Hauptversammlung im März haben wir mit @tobias1hoffmann.bsky.social & @marcelernst.bsky.social zwei wunderbare Science Avengers in den Vorstand befördert und Pläne für 2026/27 geschmiedet! 🧬 Weitere, spannende News im Bericht von @maggihel.bsky.social ⤵️ oekoprog.org/mitgliederve...

Ich mag Radio als Medium sehr und so habe ich mich über die Einladung von @quarkswdr.bsky.social auch besonders gefreut. In den ersten 40 min der gestrigen Sendung bei WDR5 haben wir über Neue Genomische Techniken und ihre geplante Regulierung gesprochen 🌾🧬✂️ www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...

CEPLAS starts a number of new projects, and we are looking for 12 Postdocs ❗ CEPLAS projects are always highly collaborative, that means postdocs working with us will always closely interact with several CEPLAS research groups. Find all postdoc openings here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...

CEPLAS, the cluster of excellence on plants sciences, is looking for PhD candidates for a number of exciting projects. See below for more info on the topics and on the recruiting process, and here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...