It was a pleasure to host @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social at PLEN, where she shared updates from @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social as well as endeavors into imaging plant roots in the dark

Thank you very much to Editor Martin Balcerowicz (@transcription.bsky.social) for highlighting our work in the September issue of @theplantjournal.bsky.social! Article: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... Research Highlight: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... @laurierbiology.bsky.social @cspbscbv.bsky.social

📢Announcement! The call for 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 is now open! 🌟 It is designed to offer support and mentorship to researchers transitioning from post-doctoral scientists to principal investigators Info: 👉http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/TPJ-fellowships & in 🧵

🌟New 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 🍅🪰 Riboflavin in phloem sap helps wild tomato combat whiteflies 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... Find the original work by Lissy-Anne M. Denkers et al here: 🔗 bsky.app/profile/thep...

The September @theplantjournal.bsky.social Editor’s Choice is here! Written by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social, it highlights how riboflavin in phloem sap helps wild tomato combat whiteflies. Read the article: www.sebiology.org/resource/sep...

Our recent paper @newphyt.bsky.social @anajusagasti.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social is featured today in the Sunday Post! Thanks Sally McDonald for your piece helping to promote and communicate Scotland’s rich fossil heritage nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Out now: Our review about the relationship between the root angle and nutrient uptake in cereal crops We recommend combining genetics, molecular biology, physiology & agronomy to develop crop improvement strategies ▶️ doi.org/10.1111/nph....

Inspiration time

A whole bunch of Assistants Features Editors from @theplantcell.bsky.social and @plantphys.bsky.social getting to know each other 💚 #PlantBio2025

Flip a switch, control cell adhesion! Light-controlled talin, a powerful tool to study how cells sense and respond to their environment. Another #sciArt #preLight features graphical abstracts by Barbora Knotkova and Sonhita Chakraborty and presents the work of Ryosuke Nishimura and the team💫

New 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 🌟 Guiding gravitropism: root coiling in response to growth-promoting bacteria is mediated by root cap transcription factors 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70338 Relates to Jiménez-Vázquez et al 🧵

🌍 Join Us in Regensburg for an International Symposium on Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems! 📢 Abstract submission deadline was extended to 31 July 2025! 📍 Where: University of Regensburg, Germany 🕒 When: 28/09 to 1/10/2025 💻 Registration: cscs2025.de

🎉We're pleased to announce that our very own Jade Bleau has been awarded the NAASC Earlier Career Community Impact Award. We would also like to extend our congratulations to the other winners: 💐Joanna Friesner, Jose Dinneny, Dawn Nagel, Natanella Elouz-Elias, Nick Provart and Anna Stepanova.

What an amazing week hosting @gwenkirschner.bsky.social, @matesf.bsky.social, @awaisfarooq724.bsky.social and @jamespblloyd.bsky.social amongst other amazing speakers at the ‘Gravitropism and Root Architecture session at the 2025 Society of Experimental Biology at Antwerp! We hope you enjoyed it!

🌱 Catch up on 4 recent IBH Root-related seminars featuring research from: 1. Dr. Riccardo Fusi – U. of Nottingham 2. Prof. Lee Hickey – U. of Queensland 3. Dr. Rahul Bhosale – U. of Nottingham @intbarleyhub.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk

🤓 Have you seen the latest edition of the ISRR newsletter? If not check it out for the latest updates and info on #roots and the #rhizosphere www.rootresearch.org/newsletter

Early bird registration and submission of abstracts ends on 15 July 2025! Get ready to connect, collaborate, and innovate at the International Symposium on Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems! 📍 Where: University of Regensburg, Germany 🕒 When: 28/09 to 1/10/2025 💻 Registration: cscs2025.de

💡𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝑫𝑬𝑨𝑹4 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 Read this nice highlight by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social about the role of DEAR4 in linking LLPS to heat-responsive gene regulation. 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70276 Find original research by Wang, Gong, & Zhu 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70172

I would love to talk to interested PhD students & postdocs about the wonderful @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program! It's largely a volunteer position but great training & networking opportunity. Applications being accepted! #ICAR2025 blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...

From Tip to Grain: Sculpting Barley Inflorescence Through the Regulation of Meristem Activity thenode.biologists.com/from-tip-to-...

Time for another paper from our lab! This time it’s about passage cells. This work originated from a collaboration with @lauraragni.bsky.social and was spearheaded by the super-talented @leoniekraska.bsky.social Below you will find a thread that explains our findings. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Here's an overview Thread 🧵 on my own research while at... 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 - 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱 @hhu.de with @simonrdg.bsky.social 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟲 - 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 UniMelbourne with the ARC CoE #PlantCellWalls 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 UniMelbourne Group Leader 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 @mpipz.bsky.social / @ceplas.bsky.social with @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social 🧵 👇

Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

📜 CarboTag: a modular approach for live and functional imaging of plant cell walls 🧑‍🔬 Maarten Besten, Joris Sprakel, et al. 📔 @naturemethods.bsky.social 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantCellWalls #PlantTools #PlantMicroscopy #PlantImaging #PlantMethods

Find out more about the Innovate project we are involved in that looks at the use of seaweed extracts as a nutrient management tool. @hutton.ac.uk www.hutton.ac.uk/new-project-...

🏭🌱 * SPECIAL ISSUE CLOSING SOON * 🔋⚡ Plant Energy Management Editors: Benoît Menand, Johannes Hanson & Vanessa Wahl Deadline: 30th April 2025 Manuscripts welcome, please contact the JXB office (bit.ly/JXBissues) #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social (1/2)

Thx Babak @babakmalekian.bsky.social for making a movie about our DYI IR LED #roots #phenotyping devices, more to come soon @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social #Raspberrypi #openflexure @openflexure.bsky.social

📜 CLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla 🧑‍🔬 @isaiavardanega.bsky.social, @simonrdg.bsky.social, et al. 📔 @natcomms.nature.com 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #Barley #PlantStemCells

There are certainly worse ways to spend a few days! IPK/CAAS/JHI IBH workshop on cereals being held at @leibnizipk.bsky.social in #Germany this week.

It was a pleasure to have Rahul Bhosale at the @hutton.ac.uk yesterday. His talk about the regulation of the root angle in cereals at the @intbarleyhub.bsky.social seminar series was very inspiring!

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭💡 @gwenkirschner.bsky.social Time-lapse imaging establishes a roadmap for Brassica microspore embryogenesis 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... About Siemons et al @WUR *Establishment and maintenance of embryogenic cell fate during microspore embryogenesis* 📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.17243

🌱📡⚠️ DARWIN REVIEW 🌱📡⚠️ 'Root RADAR: how ‘rhizocrine’ signals allow roots to detect and respond to their soil environment and stresses' – Bipin K Pandey et al. doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

📣Paper Alert! New publication @science.org by the group of @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social, colleagues @ucph.bsky.social & others on the Casparian strip and its role in metabolic trade between plants & bacteria. 👏Learn more 👉https://bit.ly/4bJe4Yd www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🔬 This colorful picture shows the expression of MADS box genes in a young barley spike. The mapping was carried out by Jan Maika from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. 💡 MADS box genes code for transcription factors that regulate a.o. flower development, fruit formation and seed maturation.

📜 Fern-tastic discoveries: CLAVATA3 and WOX signaling pathways in fern gametophyte development 🧑‍🔬 @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 📔 @theplantjournal.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #PlantEvolution

📢 The new deadline to submit your abstract for #Rhizosphere6 is March 28 (new extension). Join us in Edinburgh to share your root and rhizosphere research! 🤩

Join us for our session on 'Gravitropism and Plant Architecture’ at the #SEBconference in Antwerp. Submit your abstract here: 👉https://www.sebiology.org/events/seb-annual-conference-antwerp-2025/abstracts.html

❗Beware of Scam emails for participants of the #SEBconference Antwerp 2025, offering help with hotel bookings. I nearly fell into the trap.

Are you a PhD student interested in #SciComm, community building and publishing? Are you in the BBSRC DTP/PIPS or equivalent schemes where an internship forms part of the PhD training? Join us as an intern and work across the Node, @prelights.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social! More details:

📜 At the grass roots: non-destructive root phenotyping using X-ray computed tomography 🧑‍🔬 @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 📔 @theplantjournal.bsky.social 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #️⃣ #PlantScience #RootBiology #PlantRoots #PlantImaging

Introducing #ambassadorISRRWP6 Kataryzna Retzer, interested in root-soil interactions, #roots adaptation to stress, improving root phenotyping #DDrC, #drootsystem, #translationalscience field to lab and back boku.ac.at/en/oekb/woek... @bokuvienna.bsky.social @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

Introducing #ambassadorISRRWP6 Héctor H. Torres-Martínez @hhtormar.bsky.social HHMI postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, focused on exploring early developmental stages of lateral and adventitious #roots primordia to understand root branching patterns; tissue culture and confocal microscopy

𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 💡 🌱At the grass roots: non-destructive root phenotyping using X-ray computed tomography doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... X-ray CT and RSApaddy3D identify QTLs for rice root traits, aiding breeding architecture Original manuscript 👇

The TGA Group is doing pretty well award-wise here at ##MBP2025. 🙂👍 @theplantjournal.bsky.social best Talk Award goes to @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social. Look forward to a #PlantScience Review from the Group in the Journal.

Fantastic talk by @somssich.bsky.social - loving the tag line at the bottom “published soon in a society journal” #MPB2025

Very informative talk by @katherinedenby.bsky.social, EiC of @theplantjournal.bsky.social, on scientific publishing in the #PlantSciences. #MBP2025 Her points on how to choose a journal to publish in are below. Happy to see that my favorite journals fit the bill. 👌

🌿🏆 Congratulations to Marc Somssich! 🏆🌿 @somssich.bsky.social He receives the 2025 SciComm Award for outstanding social media contributions bringing scientific discoveries and plant scientists to life through engaging storytelling and historical context. Well deserved! 👏 #SciComm #PlantSci #MBP2025

Looking forward to a busy week ahead as we host Best Crop & RecoBar meetings followed by Barley Genome Net and finally Barley Away Days meeting. Safe travels to everyone and we are excited to welcome you to the International Barley Hub! #IBH #betterbarley

Looking forward to talk about #translationalscience, interactions with breeders and farmers and insights from field-to-lab approach #barleymicrobreed @bokuvienna.bsky.social to harness #Naturalresources #sustainable #plantscience #roots #soilmicrobiome thx @katarinakurtovic.bsky.social for hosting

If you are interested in plant stem cell systems, meristems and development of cereals: We are organising an international symposium on "Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems", see attached announcement. www.cscs2025.de for more details