New Preprint! Engineering quantitative root disease resistance in barley by targeting conserved SCAR susceptibility genes without compromising seed yield or mycorrhizal symbiosis. This work has been led by @binebrumm.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨 New Preprint! 🚨 For my PhD, I investigated an over 20-year-old mystery in photosynthesis: What does the highly conserved but enigmatic protein cytochrome c6A actually do? We found: c6A helps algae stayin' alive in the "DISCO". 🪩 See the thread below & read the preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202...

Lichen fungal effectors are potentially targeted to algal chloroplasts ⁦‪@puginiercamille.bsky.social ‬⁩ #Fungal26

We have been cooking up this story for a while and we are excited to finally be able to share! Read on if you're interested in whole plant regeneration WITHOUT the application of hormones!

Ever wondered how the #cuticle, a hallmark of land plants, was established? In our latest study, we show that the CUTIN SYNTHASE enzyme family was a key driver of this evolutionary innovation. #plantscience ▶️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... A thread 🧵 [1/8]

We search for a postdoc focusing on the molecular ecology of #bryophytes 🌱🧬🔬. Join our work @sgn.one Institute for Plant Form and Function and @uni-jena.de 🗓️Deadline: March 29, 2026 👉 More Infos and Apply here: www.senckenberg.de/de/stellenan...

Please RP 🕊️: Postdoc position in my budding group at OIST. Looking for a colleague to work at the interface of chloroplast biology, evo-devo, and synthetic biology. More info here 📃: www.oist.jp/careers/post...

#JobAlert #PhD 🌱 We are offering a PhD project to explore how transcription factors have shaped the evolution of plant protective barriers. We will support suitable candidates in applying to the @unistra.fr Graduate School competition. Interested? Please get in touch for more information!

I am saddened to learn that Ralph Quatrano has passed away. He was a great inspiration to many young moss researchers. We will miss him. engineering.washu.edu/news/2026/Ra...

Thrilled to see this published! 😄 Our dispatch examines potential additional fungal symbionts in lichen partnerships and the key challenges in unraveling their biology. Thanks for involving me in this @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our work on #hornwort #pyrenoids is finally out in @science.org! 🎉 We uncovered how hornworts pack their Rubisco into pyrenoids and successfully recreated them in Arabidopsis. A key step toward engineering more efficient photosynthesis in crops @btiscience.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

1/ ✨ New preprint alert ✨ It is my pleasure to share: "Stepwise evolution of the developmental and symbiotic functions of DELLA in land plants" Here we investigated the role of the single GRAS transcription factor DELLA in #MyMarchantia doi.org/10.64898/202... #PlantScience A thread...

Spiral phyllotaxis in the moss Physcomitrium patens emerges from simple division rules of the apical cell: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol... #plantscience

Rhizoid‐mediated phosphate uptake and internal transport in the non‐vascular plant Marchantia polymorpha nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs xkcd.com/3204/

Moss BRCA2 lacking the canonical DNA-binding domain promotes homologous recombination and binds to DNA academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Fascinating single-cell red algae: models for evolution and adaptation #TansleyReview by Berger et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience

February 21 is #WorldPangolinDay. There are 8 species of pangolin, all of which are vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. These 4 studies in @plosone.org explore the biology, ecology and conservation of 3 of these species. plos.io/4rWgjOB plos.io/473kwYO plos.io/4rtVnPq plos.io/4rnrboZ

Marchantia might seem an unlikely biotech crop, but it’s worth trying. In Aurore’s thesis, we pushed this concept by engineering the auronidins with MpMYB14 and using the pigments to dye cotton. It ended up giving a very unique and beautiful product. #PlantScience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

1/9 Our latest paper on immunity mechanisms in Marchantia just out @pnas.org ! 🔽 Close collaboration between our former PhD students @karimaelm.bsky.social and @chloe-beaulieu.bsky.social ! and the old gard @jacquet-chris.bsky.social @maximebonhomme.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

What can we learn from the first GWAS on bryophyte immunity? Have these plants evolved immune mechanisms similar to or different from those of angiosperms? (Spoiler: both!) Our latest paper is out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2532723123 #Marchantia #Colletotrichum #EVOteam #LRSV

Strain, procedures, and tools for reproducible genetic transformation and genome editing of the emerging plant model Spirodela polyrhiza Verónica Barragán-Borrero, et al. 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧵 2/2

Crinkler proteins—first discovered in Phytophthora—can be fused to ADP-ribosyltransferases, acting as epigenetic parasitic elements in free-living eukaryotes. #AACRNL #Evolution doi.org/10.1038/s414...

How does molecular valency shape condensate assembly and function? We used the CO2-fixing organelle in algae—the pyrenoid—to find out… 🧵 Preprint here!: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @cellarchlab.com @phaips.vd.st @biologyatyork.bsky.social #Rubisco #PhaseSeparation #Condensates #Pyrenoid

#MAdLand Expression: adding sexual reproduction stages to the #Physcomitrium patens web tool. Great collaboration with @noefpbio.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social Paper online in @theplantjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

Got my PhD yesterday! Had a great discussion during my viva and I'm truly grateful for the support from my supervisors + examiners + friends and peers at TSL. Where I am today has been shaped by all of you — and exciting journeys ahead! 🎓✨

With non-seed plant research gaining momentum and a vibrant community emerging, Karima El Mahboubi and Facundo Romani highlight the growing impact of diverse model systems on key questions in plant evolution. doi.org/10.1242/bio.... #MeetingReview #NonSeedPlants #EvoDevo

VACANCY - We're looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the @philcarella.bsky.social Group, working in the field of Evo-MPMI (Evolutionary Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions). okt.to/yIlgTU Closing date - 10 February 2026 Salary - £37,500 - £45,350 Contract - Full-time, 3 years

Happy to share the pre-print on GEMMIFER, a novel ERF required for the initiation of gemma in Marchantia. One of the coolest phenotypes that I have ever seen. Congratulations to Yuki and Go, who led this research. #PlantScience @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Come and hear me yap about the #LiverwortHunt, a citizen science project which we (@slcuplants.bsky.social) ran in 2021, and was published last year as a part of the Marchantia polymorpha pangenome paper doi.org/10.1038/s415...

TULIP Summer School 2026 Applications are OPEN ✅ “Biological interactions from genes to ecosystems” will take place from June 27 to July 3, in France 🏔️ Open to PhD, Masters students & Postdoc researchers in ecology, evolution and functional biology www.labex-tulip.fr/eng/news/tul...

We’re looking for a postdoc to investigate Pseudomonas viridiflava virulence across diverse plant lineages. The 3yr position will combine plant and microbial molecular biology to understand core processes of infection - email for more info & apply online @ www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Kamounia striata -- a 300 million year-old oomycete fossil! Thank you Christine Strullu-Derrien ☺️ doi.org/10.1016/j.is...

We have an open POSTDOC position to explore Marchantia immune receptor biology that is closing on the 18th of Jan. Apply using the link below, and/or email me for more details. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨 Excited to share my first preprint from my PhD! 🎉 We introduce a novel Aeschynomene evenia – Aphanomyces euteiches pathosystem to explore links between quantitative resistance and symbiosis in legumes. 🌱🔬 🧾 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... 🧵 Thread: 1/9

⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Evolution of protein domains and protein domain combinations provides insights into the origin and diversification of land plants www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

We are pleased to announce the official release of PLAZA 5.1, our plant genomics platform, which comes with a major front-end redesign. This results in improved performance, enhanced visualization tools, and refined Toolboxes. Src: www.vandepoelelab.be/plaza/news#28

A beautiful example of how conserved pathways can diversify! Well done @hynmn-jeong.bsky.social @philcarella.bsky.social et al. !!

I’m excited to share a new preprint from Carella group #CarellaCapybaras! biorxiv.org/content/10.6... In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:

I started my PhD as a hesitant moss researcher and finished it as a confident bryophyte researcher. Huge thanks to my supervisory team @philcarella.bsky.social @kamounlab.bsky.social for their guidance and support throughout this journey!

Celebrating the recent PhD success of @hynmn-jeong.bsky.social, who is now a very “confident moss researcher”! More good news to come soon too… 🌱 📄 🧬 Congrats again Dr. Jeong 🥳 🙌 🥂

New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Very inspiring keynote talk by Stefan Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social at today’s UK NonSeed Plant Meeting. It was an inspiring day, and I am so glad I could be part of it! Thanks again for the invitation @philcarella.bsky.social 💚

Fantastic closing keynote by @rensingstefan.bsky.social. Thanks for joining us and telling us about all of the great @watertoland.bsky.social outputs 👍

The 4th annual non-seed plant flash talk showcase extravaganza didn’t disappoint #nonseedUK25 🌱

It’s a pleasure to have @rensingstefan.bsky.social join our UK NonSeed Plant Group Meeting in Norwich! Happy to see a very popular cartoon in the slides ☀️ 🌱 🧴 🍄

@philcarella.bsky.social opens up the 4th #nonseedUK25 meeting. An exciting day of science lies ahead…

Looking forward to Friday's Non-seed plant meeting in Norwich. Together with @karimaelm.bsky.social, we wrote a Review about the last year meeting. We discuss about the latest advances and the importance of using in models. Thanks @biologists.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social. #PlantScience

MarpolBase #Marchantia academic.oup.com/pcp/advance-...