Prize, prize... surprise!

Two poster prizes in two weeks, #MBP2026 & #DOMPS2026, still a bit surreal.

I am very grateful for the support and inspiring environment in the @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social and @elkebarbez.bsky.social groups, where creativity and curiosity are both encouraged.

Last week was a great experience to participate at the MBP2026 in Hennef. Great talks (mostly trainees!) and posters, and great networking. I got to know a lot of supportive professors, willing to provide opportunities, explore ideas and give great feedback. So cool! #MBP2026

Thanks to everyone who visited & helped preparing #MBP2026 by @molplantsci.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social . Your contributions made this a great meeting with lots of networking, catching up, and learning. Hope to see you all @ #BotanikTagung2026 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de for more #plantscience.

Had the best time at #MBP2026 this week listening to amazing talks and poster presentations, presenting my own work, discussing science and networking!
Left with many new ideas and am already looking forward to next year! 🌱🧬

This week I presented my poster about the genetics of chemodiversity at #MBP2026

Hope to see all of you (again) at our international #BT2026

organized by #MBP2026 @molplantsci.bsky.social
co-host Christopher Grefen

📍 @ruhr-uni-bochum.de in Bochum, Germany.
📆 6 – 10 September 2026
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Huge congratulations to all awardees!! 🎊
Exceptional talks and posters.
#MBP2026
Very proud of Jan in particular 😊

So it comes to an end. Another fantastic #MBP2026 meeting!
See you all next year!

The Agrisera Talk Award 2026 goes to
- Johanna E. M. Dickmann - ENS de Lyon
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The Plant Journal Award 2026 goes to
- Josephine Herbst - MLU Halle
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And the This year’s winner of the Reinhold-von-Sengbusch prize for best Talk are:
- Susanne Mühlbauer - LMU Munich
- Jakob Weber Böhlen - RWTH Aachen University
- Jan Multhoff – University Münster
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And here are this year’s winners of the Reinhold-von-Sengbusch prize for best Poster are:
- Gali Araguirang - University Hamburg
- Sophie Farkas - University Freiburg
- Nazanin Mahouram Mashhadi - University Berlin
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And here are the winners for this year prestigious #MBP2026 Poster and Talk Awards!
Winners in no particular order are:

Closing #MBP2026 is Christopher Grefen from the University Bochum on the Insertion Pathways for Membrane Proteins in the Plant ER #FarewellLecture

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Closing the first session is Michelle Marofke from the MLU Halle on Where is the mRNA? - Localization and dynamics of plant mitochondrial gene expression
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Chiara Giossi from the HHU Düsseldorf on the Regulation of zeaxanthin epoxidases and its importance for photoprotection in plants and algae
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Lisa Fischer from the University Hannover on Make and Break: How Nucleotide Degradation Supports Chloroplast Biogenesis
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Xenia Safronov from the Universität Bochum will teel us about her studies on a TOC-TIC-interacting DnaJ-like protein with
crucial role in chloroplast biogenesis
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Juan Carlos Dávila Frantzen of the HHU Düsseldorf on Eukaryote-specific assembly factor DIP1 supports early
steps of Photosystem II assembly
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Jan asking what causes an ATP crisis in plant cells?
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Jan Multhoff from the University of Münster on Auto-fueling of single mitochondrial motility by a local ATP halo
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Next up is Julia Legen from the University Berlin on Phase-Separation of Plastid RNA Binding Proteins is Required for Chloroplast Development in the Cold
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We start the last day with Thilo Rühle from the LMU Munich telling us about PAF1 - an assembly factor guiding the formation of chloroplast ATP synthase in Arabidopsis and Chlamydomonas
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A group of happy former plantae fellow/Assistant feature editors at Plant Physiology.

Reunited once again! 🌱This time at #MBP2026. It’s always special to catch up with fellow AFEs (and Plantae Fellow 😉).

A big shoutout to @plantteaching.bsky.social for bringing us together and for the lasting impact it has on us! 🙏🌿 @plantphys.bsky.social

Closing the day with the Reinhold-von-Sengbusch Lecture which will be given by Andrea Bräutigam from the Bielefeld Univesristy "On the Evolution of CAM Photosynthesis"
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Hans-Henning Kunz introducing Reinhold-von-Sengbusch and the poster and talk awards.
PLEASE VOTE!!!
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Susanne Mühlbauer from the LMU Munich talking about the signaling crossroads: PLASTID ENVELOPE ION CHANNELS link Ca2+ and Jasmonic acid signaling in plant cells
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Fernanda Daniela Giampaoli from the University of Cologne is now telling us about novel pigment with old regulators: Red plant pigments share regulators but not enzymes
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Our SciComm Award for excellent science communication Our SciComm Award and other news from science communication

Congratulations! 👏

Marco @trujillolab.bsky.social receives this year‘s #SciComm Award of our @molplantsci.bsky.social for his long-term, consistent + clear presentation in social media.

Read more about the award and his tips for #ECRs

www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/sci-comm#...

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