I am so excited to share our new findings with you! We provide the structural evidence for a direct protein-to-DNA information pathway, showing how a bacterial enzyme 'reads' its own structure to 'write' DNA. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Registrations are open for PADiBa2026!
Wild orchids in Malaga! 😃
#endocytosis RALF FER PI4P PI(4,5)P2 👌
#hormone free regeneration 👍
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The KLU–PRE module provides positional cues that maintain somatic cell identity around the megasporocyte cell in Arabidopsis (Hanyang Cai , Youmei Huang , Liping Liu , Han Su , Xinpeng Xi , Yanfen Liu , Thomas Dresselhaus , Yuan Qin) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
New method paper from Alberto Caregnato and former PhD student @hohmannulrich.bsky.social. A tailored crystallisation screen for plant receptor kinase ectodomains, with examples from our lab and from @cellsensing.bsky.social. Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Great meetings! Highly recommended!
We also have a similar meeting for people interested in protoplasts and microspore embryogenesis. Contact me is you'd be interested in joining. It will be 1,5 days in Sept. We'll keep it small and cosy!
#auxin 👌
Tempting. But will not test it 😬😅
If I collect it, I can name it
#arabidopsis thaliana ecotype dikkelvensis
#spring is coming
I'm waiting for my burst to happen 🤔😅
Keep up the good work!
#root vascular cambium.
Cytokinin, #some auxin👌 and peptides.
Weekly update of AP output... Trying to keep up 🤯
Level 1: the algorithm includes improved scoring functions for the design of efficient sgRNAs. Level 2: design and construction of multiplexed CRISPR libraries. Level 3: trait-oriented CRISPR libraries—nutrient uptake sub-libraries as a proof of concept. Level 4: tissue-specific CRISPR vectors for spatial genetics screens. Level 5: CRISPR-GuideMap: plant barcoded screens of ∼1,000 plants, allowing large-scale reverse genetics multi-knockouts. Outcome: a next-generation tool for plant genetics.
New manuscript out in Cell Reports!
Shani lab has develope a multiplexed, tissue-specific CRISPR toolbox for Arabidopsis that overcomes gene family redundancy & enables large-scale,cell-type-resolved genetic screens
📃 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
@eilonshani.bsky.social
@cellpress.bsky.social
Dream Job Alert! @unituebingen.bsky.social is hiring a FULL PROFESSOR (W3) for EXPERIMENTAL BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH! You work on soil fauna/fungi/food webs and their relations with environment, plants, ecosystem processes? Come and join the @terra-cluster.org and our institute!
Please re-post!
#Ligand-binding site predictor 😎
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#root anatomy. Mechanism of phellem differentiation. Mechanobiology. Learnt new tissue type/cell states 👌
Highly recommended! #auxin
#roots mechanobiology 👌
#apoplast pH imaging protocol
#embryo imaging review
#apical hook, mechanics and cuticle 👌
#pcd in plants!
Another really interesting #SciHis Story by @asimovpress.bsky.social.
Goes to show that there are interesting and curious stories and facts in everything - even little things like Agar that seem simple and straightforward.
www.asimov.press/p/agar
#ScienceHistory #MolecularBiology #Agarose #Seaweed
ViroiDoc MSCA Doctoral Network announces workshop:
What: Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper
When: Thursday, 2 April 2026, 9:30–12:30 CET
Where: online, Webex
This event in English is open free of charge. Registration will open soon.
www.viroidoc.eu/b/dont-peris...
🌱Save the date! It’s time to plant the seeds of discovery at our 4th edition of #PlantResearch26. From roots to results, explore breakthroughs in genetics, sustainability, crop innovation, and future food systems.
Let’s grow ideas together, in Ghent, 17-18 September: vibbio.tech/4s31Pg5
#VIBConf
Great resource! Localize your favorite protein now!
#not auxin, but funny. Love the concepts 😉
