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PhD student
@rdplab.bsky.social
• Plant cell wall • Cell anisotropic growth • Microscopy
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Charlotte Kirchhelle
7 days ago
Incredibly proud of this paper showing how plants couple vesicle delivery and phragmoplast expansion during division. This project started in the lab of the great and late Ian Moore, and it was a joy to finish it with
@liamelliottplants.bsky.social
et al!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A Rab/Kinesin-12/kinase module couples vesicle delivery and phragmoplast dynamics during plant cell cytokinesis - The EMBO Journal
Cytokinesis is a key process in the development of multicellular organisms, through both formative and proliferative divisions. In land plants, successful cytokinesis requires precise targeting of Gol...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44318-026-00804-1
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Umeå Plant Science Centre
9 days ago
🧪🌾VACANCY: Postdoctoral scholarship in Plant Cell Adhesion and Mechanosensing🔬 Interested in how plant cells perceive and respond to mechanical signals? Join
@stephanevrg.bsky.social
’s group and work on fundamental questions in plant cell biology. Apply by June 22👇:
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
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Postdoctoral scholarship (2 years) within plant cell adhesion and mechanosensing
https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/postdoctoral-scholarships/postdoctoral-scholarship-2-years-within-plant-cell-adhesion-and-mechanosensing_933947/
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Christine Faulkner
9 days ago
Plasmodesmal closure triggers stress responses! Turns out cells are generally better off with connections to their neighbours. This manuscript represents a decade-long team collaboration, with heroic effort from Estee Tee to lead it over the line!
#PlantScience
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Plasmodesmal closure elicits stress responses - EMBO Reports
Plant cells are connected to their neighbors via plasmodesmata facilitating the exchange of nutrients and signaling molecules. During immune responses, plasmodesmata close, but how this contributes to...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-026-00789-2
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Charlotte Kirchhelle
about 1 month ago
I am thrilled and beyond grateful to receive a CNRS bronze medal this year - this is an incredible honour especially for an INRAE researcher like myself! A big thanks to my amazing team and the research community @RDP for all the great science we have done together!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Pablo J. Sáez
2 months ago
This is why we love
#CalciumSignaling
Look how mechanical damage triggers long range Ca2+ waves in this plant !! By
@annalisabellandi.bsky.social
, who is now around here ;) Full
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@science.org
#microscopy
#cell
#mechanobiology
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The Plant Journal
3 months ago
⚙️Technical Advance How are plasmodesmata distributed across tissues? 🌱 Davis et al. developed a 3D quantitative imaging pipeline to map pit fields at cell-type resolution in Arabidopsis roots. They’re developmentally reallocated and spatially patterned by BR signaling. 👉
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70726
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Quantification of cell‐type‐specific plasmodesmata distribution in Arabidopsis roots reveals spatial and patterning dynamics
Plasmodesmata are cytoplasmic channels essential for intercellular communication in plants; yet their organ-scale distribution and regulation remain poorly understood. Here, we establish a quantitati...
https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70726
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Marie-Cécile Caillaud
3 months ago
What could be more satisfying than this ? ✨️Congrats to all the authors ✨️ Could not be more proud of you 🥹 Credit: Camila Goldy
@camilagoldy.bsky.social
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Nathan German
3 months ago
(1/5) I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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bioRxiv Plant Bio
5 months ago
APETALA2 controls seed growth by regulating outer integument mechanical identity during seed coat differentiation
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.16.694797v1
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Juan Alonso-Serra
5 months ago
I’m very happy to share that next year I’m launching the Meristem Hydraulics Group. We will be at the
@umeaplantsciencecentre.se
(Sweden) & the University of Helsinki (Finland)
@helsinki.fi
Here is a brief description of our research interests:
www.upsc.se/juan_alonso_...
#PlantSciences
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Stéphanie Robert
6 months ago
Oh Wow! Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics | Science
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics
The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4102
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Arabidopsis thaliana lateral root transversal cross-section.
6 months ago
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RDP lab
8 months ago
🌱 3 plant biology institutes, 2 great days! 🌿 PhDs & postdocs from DBMV
@unil.bsky.social
,
@psb-vib.bsky.social
&
@rdplab.bsky.social
rocked the 2nd Trilateral Plant Bio Symposium in Lausanne! 👏 Big congrats to all ECRs, especially to
@nathan-german.bsky.social
for winning Best Presentation! 🏆💥
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Charlotte Kirchhelle
9 months ago
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...
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Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme
During morphogenesis of multicellular organs, cells acquire distinct identities that meet specific functional requirements. Epidermal identity is widely considered essential for plant morphogenesis du...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.25.672229v1
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Nick Desnoyer
9 months ago
"Little Flower" A Cryo-SEM portrait of my micro-rose depicting the flower as a sculpture of cells, fractured and frozen in time. Full image is 10k x 10k pixels.
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Mikhail Spivakov
10 months ago
Translational research is digging for gold. Basic research is learning where and what to dig. The more funding is diverted to translation, the more we deplete the research ecosystem, driving the supplies of "gold" - immediately translatable findings and innovations - to unsustainably low levels.
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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾
about 1 year ago
It is sad that even basic research needs to be defended with utility. For me, basic research is in the same category as art: civilized societies can't do without it, because we all want to know who we are and what our place in the natural world is -- questions that only science can answer.
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Marie-Cécile Caillaud
about 1 year ago
🚨Our paper is out! If you ever wonder how four-way junctions are avoided during plant cell division, some answers here 🧬🍀🔬🧪🤓 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Conserved mechanical hallmark guides four-way junction avoidance during plant cytokinesis
When building an organ, adjacent cells coordinate to form topologically stable junctions by integrating mechanosensitive signaling pathways. Positioni…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222500510X?dgcid=author
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RDP lab
about 1 year ago
Hello Bluesky! 🌟 This account was created a while ago but never really used—until now!🌱 We’re finally here and ready to share, connect, and explore. Stay tuned for updates and fresh content. 🚀
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Adrien Heymans
about 1 year ago
New preprint from
@stephanevrg.bsky.social
's lab! 🧪 Simulations + mutant tests show a shift in how we think about plant cell adhesion, challenging "textbook" view on the role of middle lamella. 📄
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Thank you Özer Erguvan and all co-authors 🔬
#PlantSci
#CellBiology
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Jenny Russinova
about 1 year ago
🌱 When a root cell undergoes symmetric division, are the daughter cells actually identical? By combining live-cell imaging and scRNAseq we discovered a new cell state with uneven BR activity. Read our full paper in Cell:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
@nvukas.bsky.social
@trevormnolan.bsky.social
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Journal of Cell Science
over 1 year ago
Charlotte
@ckirchhelle.bsky.social
will focus on manuscripts on plant cell biology, endo-membrane transport, quantitative imaging and plant morphogenesis. Read more about Charlotte’s research and her advice to young scientists:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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bioRxiv Plant Bio
over 1 year ago
Dynamic cortical behavior of plant protoplasts reveals unexpected similarities between plant and animal cells https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.13.623369v1
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Dynamic cortical behavior of plant protoplasts reveals unexpected similarities between plant and animal cells https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.13.623369v1
In contrast to animal cells with their contractile cortical cytoskeleton, plant cells are encased in
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.13.623369v1
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