Plants are constantly under attack in nature But what determines whether they choose to defend themselves or heal their tissue? Charles Melnyk is conducting groundbreaking molecular research to understand their strategies #research #science #plantscience @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social shorturl.at/1jZ5W

Our new paper is out! 1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Plant Science Research Weekly -- The hidden power of water in plant regeneration (Nature Plants) @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social (Summary by Ching Chan) buff.ly/9quikax #PlantaePSRW

Plant Science Research Weekly: July 18, 2025 plantae.org/plant-scienc... (3/3) The hidden power of water in plant regeneration; ; Unusual cell death pathway in maize endosperm; Herbivore bites promote plant growth in the succeeding year. @matthiaserb.bsky.social @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social

Please spread the word: Position in plant development @umeaplantsciencecentre.se Looking forward to having a new colleague! www.upsc.se/jobs/6590-as...

How do plants decide the fate of a wound and what to regenerate? Water availability! Abdul Kareem and colleagues show that regeneration outcomes after tissue cutting are controlled by water. A 🧵/n 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Beautiful work showing opposing gradients of gases activates regeneration in wounded Arabidopsis roots. Congrats to all authors! Some interesting future questions raised regarding aerial tissues and non-Arabidopsis. How do they activate regeneration? Next big questions for the field.

Congratulations to all winners and finalists for their amazing science and excellent talks! I'm very pleased to be part of this group of scientists, and thankful to @mplantpcom.bsky.social for this award!

Just like in Fashion - trends are also returning in #PlantScience. ATM, Grafting is coming back! Two recent reviews were dedicated to it: First, Augstein & @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Then, @fritz-kragler.bsky.social & Bock: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Finally! Im so excited to present to culmination of many years of work from the fantastic Defeng Shen and some great collaborators. For details, I have made a digested thread below, but if you are more interested feel free to reach out (and read the paper of course). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Great paper by the group of lab alumnus Changzheng Xu on auxin regulation of fiber development in poplar. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Please check out our Commentary on the recent PNAS paper from the @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social lab about systemic signals in Phtheirospermum japonicum: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We're looking for a postdoc to join the lab to work on cell-to-cell communication via the apoplast. Candidate must be brave, as they will have to lead us (me) away from the plasmodesmata-lands we've inhabited for so long! www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

A PhD position is available in my group @_SLU. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden to work on plant regeneration and graft hybrid formation! Details below. Please share! #plantscijobs #PlantScience

🌱 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

Please repost: BBSRC funded PhD opportunity. Please get in touch for further project info. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We are hiring! Are you interested in lateral root development and the cellular processes that accommodate these newly formed organs? If yes, apply! We are recruiting a Post-doc (from May 2025) and a PhD student (from September 2025). www.unine.ch/lbmc/jobs/

"A long-distance inhibitory system regulates haustoria numbers in parasitic plants", our work is now out in @pnas.org. We propose that parasitic plants count their infection numbers, and dynamically regulate new infections in response. Read all about it: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Our review on using grafting to engineer plants is out! Have a look in Plant Journal 👇

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Seeking 4 Postdocs & 1 PhD to join €10 million multi-institution ERC Research #RESYDE project. Help unravel the complex processes of symmetry breaking in plant development using flowers as a model system. ℹ️ www2.hu-berlin.de/resyde/ Please share! #plantscijobs #PlantScience

Very proud and happy to have contributed to this amazing story led by @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nature.com 🧪

Please spread the word, PhD position in our group! www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Join us in Ghent on June 14-15 for two days of Plant Vascular Development! A satellite meeting of ICAR25 #ICAR25 More info at icar25.com Spread the word! #PlantScience

Last chance to apply for an Associate Professor position in our Plant Biology Department at SLU. Deadline Jan 20th. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden!

Now out, our work describing a long-distance inhibitory system regulating haustoria numbers in parasitic plants. @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social A thread... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I just published: How to hire the best people Steve Jobs was obsessed with hiring “the best people.” You should be too. link.medium.com/SAqkMnHlnPb

Please spread the word, 2-year-postdoc position in my group to understand fate determination. www.upsc.se/jobs/6548-po...

Proud to share our new @plantphys.bsky.social review exploring the anatomical and molecular basis for root adaptations to the environment. Prashanth Ramachandran and Andrea Ramirez detail cell types and pathways that help plants stay resilient in a changing world. academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...

Did you ever wonder how mechanics may influence the behavior of cambium stem cells? We did. Driven by modelling done in the group of Karen Alim, we checked whether mechanical stress can explain the regularity of cell divisions during radial plant growth: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In our latest work, we provide molecular insights into the age-dependent morphological changes occurring in the root meristem during phase change. Perseverance over many years by BaoJun Yang and Yanbiao Sun. Generous funding by ERC, FWO, VIB and UGent #plantscience www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor position is available in the Plant Biology Department at SLU, related to how plants grow, develop & interact with their environment. Come join us in a welcoming and dynamic department in Uppsala, Sweden! More info below: www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

A PhD position is available in my group at SLU. Come join us in Sweden to work on plant regeneration and grafting, supported by Wallenberg Foundation. Details below. Please RT! #plantscijobs #plantscience