Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN - Sign the Petition! c.org/p5jy2GXHcX via @UKChange

Hydrogen sulfide modulates plant hypoxic responses through the persulfidation of Plant Cysteine Oxidases https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686772v1

How do roots sense phosphate and iron? Discover the PDR2–LPR1 pathway with @cnaumann123.bsky.social (from @ipbhalle.bsky.social), and see how it links nutrient sensing to ER quality control and autophagy. Learn how roots adapt in Pi-poor, Fe-rich soils! 📅 Nov 7 | 🕥 10:15 | 📍 KS 00.009 #PlantScience

How is epigenetic information inherited? We found that CDCA7 proteins are critical players in the inheritance of DNA methylation at CG sites in plants, and this is true both in the lab and in the wild. How does this work? 🧵👇

Interested in learning about the latest and greatest research in how plants respond to excess salt, too little or too much water? Come to the GRC in Salt and Water Stress in Switzerland. Lots of opportunities for all career levels. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat.... Please repost!

Next we targeted a ‘useful’ gene, namely the plant resistance gene, SNC1. We show by modifying the epigenome at this single locus, you can generate plants with enhanced resistance to pathogens. (big thanks to @jurriaanton.bsky.social group for getting us set up with this assay!)

Very excited to share our work published in Nature Comms last week! Here we describe a range of cool things that can be done once you have the power to control deposition of H3K4me3… rdcu.be/eNEf4 A short thread:

Functional Characterization of Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Signalling in Physcomitrella https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686496v1

HDA19-mediated deacetylation of histone H3.3 lysine 27 and 36 regulates plant sensitivity to salt stress https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686508v1

How does a single plant cell tell symbiont from pathogen? We show that the Symbiotic Determinant 1 of NFR1 evolved to facilitate nitrogen-fixing symbiotic signalling. I’m thrilled to share our published data from my PhD back in Aarhus! #symbiosis #juxtamembrane #ensa www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Follow the members of our Department of Molecular Plant Sciences at the University of Freiburg and stay updated on the latest news: go.bsky.app/2zSQBeQ

Promising epigenome editing paper by the @c-jake-harris.bsky.social lab! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#CIBSS brought signalling science to life last month at #ScienceDays2025! Visitors isolated their own cheek-cell DNA🧬, watched zebrafish embryos develop 🔬, and explored plant genetics & symbiosis 🌱 A glimpse into CIBSS research & the “molecular language of life”. 🔗https://kurzlinks.de/r8qr

Registration is open to take part in the Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026), which especially invites early career scientists to present their molecular #plantsci research www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...

This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you. The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇

1/ 🚀 AEBP2 isn’t what we thought. You were told that AEBP2 promotes PRC2 activity on chromatin. We found the opposite: the most prevalent AEBP2 isoform inhibits PRC2 activity. 👉 surl.li/cgwqcq A thread 🧵

We are looking for a colleague to join us at RWTH Aachen University: 🌱 Full Professor in Stress Resilience of Plants (W3 tenured) 📌What are we looking for? Someone working with us strategically at the interface of plant biology/ physiology/ resilience #academicjobs #facultyjobs #PlantJobs 1/4

Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

Don’t miss my presentation @iGEM tomorrow at 14:00 main stage! I will be throwing out bio-designer shirts to the back row 🧬🤘

Epigenetics Update - RNA m6A regulates the transcription and heterochromatin state of retrotransposons in Arabidopsis go.nature.com/47jvfiF Guifang Jia (Peking University) in Nat Plants #Epigenetics #Plants #Chromatin --- Empower your research with high-res epigenetic insight at epigenometech.com

CREation of an expanded plant memory gene circuit toolkit https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.28.684748v1

New OA Article: "RNA m6A regulates the transcription and heterochromatin state of retrotransposons in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/eM95H m6A is recognized by nuclear readers CPSF30-L and ECT12, which associate with SUVH4/5/6 and ATXR5/6 to enhance histone methylation...

Really cool work by the @dodonova-sveta.bsky.social lab @embl.org www.cell.com/molecular-ce... #archea #evochromo

Hi all @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social members and other 🌽community folks, #MBP2026 🌱 is no open for registration. Please 🏄‍♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...

I think this is one of the most powerful displays of what genetic engineering can do. Flower size and organ identity changed. And flower colour changes in a temporal order. It shows we really understand flower development to a remarkable extent. Awesome @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social!

Excited to share our new work on transgenerational adaptation www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... out today spearheaded by outstanding former undergraduate @kathleenkim.bsky.social. C. elegans adapt to repeated generational stresses and no longer display altered fertility, fat content, + longevity 1/9

We examined the effects of exposing successive generations to a stress we knew would induce epigenetic inheritance. Hypoxia exposure causes extended lifespan, reduced fertility, and reduced lipids and some of these phenotypes are heritable pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36516753/ 3/9

Light-mediated balances and trade-offs in plant energy and resource management academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social

Final, edited version of the paper now available www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

An article on Model Organisms, published in Science in 2005, lists the Models that together represent "the diversity of life". Guess which model is missing from the list? This view is one major reason why it's so difficult to obtain funding for basic plant research. #PlantBlindness #PlantScience

Priming, Stress & Epigenetic Memory, from model plants to crops! 📅 Join us in Amsterdam, 9–10 Feb 2026 for the @episeedlink.bsky.social International Conference 📢 Call for Abstracts will close 10 Nov! Be part of the conversation shaping the future of crop science 🔗 Registration: shortly.cc/NErTP

Cell cycle-driven epigenetic resetting maintains stem cell fate for shoot branching https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.22.683900v1

♻️🆓: Non-stressful temperature changes affect transgenerational phenotypic plasticity across the life cycle of Arabidopsis thaliana plants doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

Ethylene receptors are functionally conserved in calcium permeability across the green lineage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.683334v1

DNA methylome responses to biotic and abiotic stress in Arabidopsis thaliana: A multi-study analysis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.20.682861v1

Happy #Diwali from our team at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social! @advaitagashe.bsky.social prepared a traditional breakfast meal for us this morning 😊👍🏻🏵️🌸

The resilience of youth 🍃What makes young Arabidopsis leaves survive flooding longer than their seniors? We tried to find out - check out our new preprint to know what we discovered @freddietheodoulou.bsky.social @leeggangers.bsky.social @hans-van-veen.bsky.social @uuplants.bsky.social

Cytosolic Ca2+ as a universal signal for rapid root growth regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683082v1

Another good example is RNAi and transvection phenomenon in plants… eg - argonaut and most of the RISC complex was identified in plants. But plant research didn’t feature prominently in the Nobel for RNAi www.nature.com/articles/443...

How does leaf age affect flood resilience? 🌿🌊 New preprint from @rsasidharan.bsky.social with a little help from us www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Stoked to share our review advocating a whole plant perspective on resource balancing strategies with Joe Earle, Lucila Salvatore, Bas van den Herik and Kirsten ten Tusscher How coupling resources and development ensures whole plant homeostasis url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

@djgibbs.bsky.social and I are advertising a MIBTP PhD project investigating the influence of low oxygen and ethylene signalling on plant-symbiont interactions. Please get in touch via email if you are interested and I can provide further details! www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profil...

Leaf-age specific flood resilience in Arabidopsis thaliana is determined by distinct processes contributing to post-submergence recovery https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.16.682766v1

TGA family of transcription factors are nitric oxide sensors in the root stem cell niche https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.14.682262v1

Congratulations 🎉 @jsontgerath.bsky.social , who received this year’s award for the best plant science master thesis @uni-freiburg.de Today, all our representatives at other Universities were asked to find the best theses at their universities

🎬 Great feature from Baden TV Süd on @uni-freiburg.de's efforts & successes in its #ExcellenceStrategy! 🌍 The #ExcellenceClusters #CIBSS and #FutureForests play a vital role in driving interdisciplinary research and innovative applications for real-world impact. ➡️ Watch here: kurzlinks.de/w7wj

We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details! Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...