🧪🌾PAPER - Would you like to quantify your yeast complementation assays?🧫
Tünnermann et al. present nephelometry as an alternative to spectrophotometry for liquid-culture assays - offering a robust and reproducible way to detect subtle differences.
Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
Two men (Stéphane Verger (right) and his PhD student Özer Erguvan (left)) at a huge microscope, one is sitting in front and one is standing next to him, both are looking into the camera.
🧪🌾 INTERVIEW - Discussing ideas is what he enjoys most in his work
@stephanevrg.bsky.social, group leader at UPSC and recently appointed docent, reflects on his research, career path, and the role of collaboration in shaping new ideas.
Read the interview here: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
⏰ Just 3 weeks left to get your entries in! ⏰
Design the logo for next year's International Advances in Plant Virology - IAPV 2026 - and win free registration!
🦠☘️ Deadline: May 1st ☘️🦠
#plantscience #virology #planthealth #sciart 🧪
llustration of the molecular structure of photosystem II showing green, blue and yellow areas.
A man, Johannes Messinger, with a red shirt and glasses is sitting in a dark room next to a table with technical equipment. He is smiling into the camera. Phtot credit: Mattias Pettersson, Umeå University
Three men, all with moustaches, are smiling into the camera: Jack Forsman (right), André T. Graça (left) and Wolfgang Schröder.
🧪🌾NEWS - Plants split water to produce sugars and oxygen but how does water reach the reaction site?🔬
A new study from Messinger & Schröder groups published in @newphyt.bsky.social reveals a “water valve” in Photosystem II that helps control the flow.
Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
🧪🌾PAPER - Can genomic selection be used to accelerate breeding in tobacco leaf protein content?🧬
Yanjun Zan's research group shows it is an efficient tool as that can enhance the efficiency of developing high-protein varieties.
Read more in Industrial Crops and Products:
doi.org/10.1016/j.in...
🧪🥼PAPER - Struggling to quantify polar metabolites?
Ondrej Hodek (Swedish Metabolomics Centre) and colleagues from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research present here an optimised method for nucleotides and other phosphorylated metabolites:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
52nd EPSO seminar for European Plant Scientists: 16th April 2026 at 15.00 CET discussing
‘Genome Editing Public Consultation Outcomes’ with Janne Artell, Gabi Waldhof and Mia Olsson. EPSO members register, suggest themes, senior and junior speakers for autumn seminars bit.ly/41jzkzn. #PlantScience
This is exactly the kind of glimpse we're hoping to collect - thanks for sharing, @emateobonmati.bsky.social!
Do you also have a photo or story from our greenhouse? We’d love to see it!
That was a huge experiment! Thanks for sharing - it's a great glimpse from inside the greenhouse.
A greenhouse on top of a yellowish building with a scaffold around and leafless trees in front.
🧪Do you have a photo or memory of our rooftop greenhouse?🌾
The greenhouse at UPSC will be renovated and take on a new appearance.
We’re collecting photos & stories - from today and years past.
📸 Upload: pollunit.com/en/polls/our...
💬 Or share a memory by replying - alumni are especially welcome!
🍃 There's still time to get your abstracts in for Photosynthesis 2026
🐦 happy to say we're extending both the early-bird registration and abstract submission deadline for oral presentations until April 10th! 🎉
Join us in Liverpool this July!
Register now 👉 photosynthesis2026.com
#plantscience
⏰ Don't miss out - our next webinar is tomorrow! 👇
#plantscience #photosynthesis
🧪🌾 REMINDER – 4 days left to apply!
Join the @microproteins.bsky.social group and study flower development in tomato👇!
🧪🌾PAPER - What do essential genes of unknown function actually do?
The Niittylä group targeted conserved but uncharacterized genes in Arabidopsis and identified EBO1, a nuclear protein required for gametophyte and seed development.🧬
Read more in @jxbotany.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
🧪🌾REVIEW - How do plant cells acquire their shape?🔬
This new review from the @srobertgroup.bsky.social on pavement cell shape acquisition brings together insights from mechanics, molecular biology and signalling.
Read more below👇.
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🧪🌾Take the next step towards an independent research career!
@umeauniversitet.bsky.social invites expressions of interest for Assistant Professor (tenure-track) positions across disciplines, including plant science.
More info: www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Contact: @johanneshanson.bsky.social
We are pleased to support the DOMPS Symposium taking place in Freiburg this week: dompssymposium.wixsite.com/domps
The New Phytologist Foundation supports events that further innovation and advancement in plant-focused research around the world: www.newphytologist.org/grants-award...
🧪🌾VACANCY - Postdoc in fungal ecology & modelling🧬
This 2-year postdoc focuses on mycorrhizal fungal biogeography using large-scale metabarcoding data and species distribution models.🌍
Join the group of @frewecologist.bsky.social and work with us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!
📅 Apply by 30 April
A man sitting in a laboratory, wearing a lab coat and gloves. He has long dark hair and a beard.
A large Scots pine tree pictured from beneath towards the crown.
A man in a suit standing in front of a large screen, giving a presentation.
🧪🌾FEATURE - What makes a tree a tree?🧬
On today's #ForestDay, we highlight research by PhD student Eduardo Rodriguez Soldado, showing that trees are not defined by unique genes, but by how genes work together - insights that could help support future forests.
Read more: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
🧪🌾VACANCY - Interested in plant–fungal interactions?🌍
This PhD project at UPSC explores phenotypic plasticity in AM fungi and its consequences for plant performance.
Join the group of @frewecologist.bsky.social - one of our newest group leader!
📅 Deadline: 30 April
👇 Details in the below post
🧪🌾Great to see the FATE team gathered in Umeå again! It’s exciting to follow the progress of this interdisciplinary project — looking forward to hear more!🔬
Reminder: 2 weeks left to submit your #SLS26 abstract
Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis
22-24 September 2026 | Cambridge UK | In-person and online live-stream of talks
Full details at: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls
#plantsci
🧪🌾PAPER - How do plants avoid damage from too much sunlight?☀️
Research from Stefan Jansson’s group shows that even when an important light-protection system is missing, plants can rely on other mechanisms to prevent light damage.
Read more in Plant, Cell & Environment:
doi.org/10.1111/pce....
Forest image covered with a green gradient that gets more transparent towards the top; on the image is information about the PhD course on Quantitative Genetics and Genomic Breeding in Forest Trees displayed together with the logotype of Umeå Plant Science Centre and the Swedish University of Agricultural Siences.
🧪🌾PhD course - How can genomic tools accelerate forest tree breeding? 🧬🌲
This PhD course at SLU introduces quantitative genetics and genomic prediction approaches used in forest tree breeding.
📅 4-12 May 2026
⏳ Application deadline: 7 April 2026
Details and application:
www.slu.se/en/calendar/...
🧪🌾PAPER – Does straw mulching support more sustainable potato production?🦠
The Albrectsen group studied how straw mulching affects potato performance and soil bacterial communities, offering insights for sustainable farming.
Read more in Plant-Environment Interactions:
doi.org/10.1002/pei3...
🧪🌾Plant energy management is the focus of a new @jxbotany.bsky.social special issue.
Guest edited by Benoît Menand, @johanneshanson.bsky.social & Vanessa Wahl, the issue grew out of a meeting on plant energy management held in Umeå in August 2024.
Read the editorial here: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
🧪🌾PAPER - Looking for new ways to study chromatin-based regulation in plants?🧬
Brun et al. present a new method to investigate how chromatin dynamics regulate plant development and environmental responses in plants.
Read more in @pplplantarum.bsky.social👇:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...