Someone in the Arabidopsis/clock community seems to deeply dislike my work on research culture. Just want to say: whoever you are, please write & debate me directly instead of cowering behind anonymous grant reviews that threaten my students’ work. (2nd year in a row)
Preprint alert!
I am extremely happy to finally (!) share our work on the redox-dependent regulation of the CRKs in plants!
We integrated high-throughput interactomics, redox proteomics, structural modelling, and genetics to map a ROS-dependent CRK interaction landscape in Arabidopsis.
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!
DNA demethylation suppresses a state of enhanced cellular pluripotency and regeneration competence in Arabidopsis. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03...
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]
Our new experimental evolution study across 30+ locations using the plant Arabidopsis thaliana —— we direct "see" adaptation and extinction to different climates at the genetic as it happens!
Read it in Science
dx.doi.org/10.1126/scie...
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi-science.bsky.social
Description of the PhD position
Postdoc Position in Experimental & Computational Plant Biology. Utrecht, The Netherlands.
#plantscijobs #plantscijob
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Description of the PhD position
Ad banner: germinating plant, Utrecht University, VACANCY: Postdoc position in Experimental & Computational Plant Biology
I am excited to announce that we have two open positions on our recently funded MYBstery M-WEAVE (NWO-DFG) project!
1) Postdoc in my team at Utrecht University (NL). www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
2) PhD in the team of @lauraragni.bsky.social at University of Freiburg (DE). (See thread)
Previously on @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social now in final published version: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excitedly looking forward to it!! 🌱
The 7th International Symposium on Plant Apoplastic Diffusion Barriers (PADiBa2026) will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from August 31th to September 3rd 2026. We now have a website: wp.unil.ch/padiba2026/ Registrations will open on April 1st.
ERC-funded PhD position: auxin in plant morphogenesis!
Come to our team to study molecular mechanisms downstream of auxin signaling that control morphogenesis in plants! ueb.cas.cz/en/news/?id=...
#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!
🚨 PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology 🌱
We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share!
#PlantScience #PlantSciJob
CsPLTs are expressed in cucumber root and shoot apices.
PLETHORA3/7 controls cucumber shoot architecture
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Kerstens et al.
@WileyPlantSci @merijnkerstens.bsky.social @violawillemsen.bsky.social
Someone got Cas9-Turbo to work. It's like basically Y1H but with proteomics. It however requires transgenic plant expressing Cas9-Turbo and gRNAs, which is still cumbersome for many plants that are not Arabidopsis. #PlantSciences
Are you, or do you know someone that is excited to do a PhD in plant biology. We are happy to offer a position to explore physiology, gene regulatory networks and wild species. Come join our team in a stimulating scientific environment at the University of Groningen!
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
Exciting! Congratulations and enjoy the day @almeidasilvaf.bsky.social!
Were you considering applying to the 2026 GRC on Salt and Water Stress? Do you want to give an oral presentation? We are over 60% full, so apply soon! Consideration for oral presentations from submitted abstracts will occur on March 9, 2026. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please re-post!
PhD position open with an excellent supervisor and in a very warm, fun research group! Highly recommended!
#plantscience
#suberinteresting
Photo of a wall calendar showing Jan 2026 and transmission electron microscopy image of cell wall lamellae suberin.
It may be forever January 2026 in my office from now on. 🌱🔬
TEM image of suberin lamella by @riannekluck.bsky.social
#suberinteresting
Bean root system, text: "Dig into the latest in root and rhizosphere science: Mini Symposium of the ISRR, January 28th 2026"
Rooting for roots?
#PlantScience
Join us online for the Mini Symposium of the International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social
Register here for free:
tinyurl.com/yzeddrjx
Programme👇
I'm very happy to announce that starting February 2026, I'm joining Utrecht University as an Assistant Professor!!!
Reading this as a pre-print a bit over a year ago really changed the way how I think about plant cell/organ types - great to see the final version in press. Congratulations to all authors for the wonderful, thought-provoking work!
🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making!
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
🚨We’re hiring! Please help spread the word!
Our lab at @TheSainsburyLab is recruiting a pre-doctoral intern to work on plant immunity research. Ideal for those who are planning to pursue a PhD and seeking research experience. tatsuyanobori.com
Cool paper #plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...