We hosted our annual workshop at #PlantBio2025 in Milwaukee, WI. Access all the workshop slides, panel discussion summaries, job posts, and a time management worksheet at the link below:
community.plantae.org/groups/prima...
Huge thanks to @asapbio.bsky.social, our co-organizers, and panelists!
A workshop at #PlantBio2025 was an invaluable guide on how to secure company internships. Thanks to @asapbio.bsky.social and workshop organizers for an excellent session!
PUI faculty, here is a recap of the key takeaways for your students: community.plantae.org/groups/prima...
#plantingPUI
Torii Lab postdoc Dr. Pengfei Bai presenting an atlas of receptor-kinase associatome & proximitome (collaboration w/ one and only @edwardmarcotte.bsky.social), and identification of CME components enforcing stomatal patterning🌱 #PlantBio2025.
Our Prereprint 😘:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Torii lab member and ASPB SURF recipient Chiaki Komatsu presenting her poster at the #PlantBio2025.
"Proteomic profiling of receptor-like kinase signaling network critical for stomatal morphogenesis".
Great job, Chiaki🥰🌱! #PlantScience #UndergraduateResearch
C-SPIRIT members Shogo Kuwayama and Kwangchul Shin (Nagoya U) visited MSU last week after #PlantBio2025 🌱
They’re part of both Aims 1 & 3 and will return this fall to join the Rhee Lab. The MSU C-SPIRIT team was thrilled to host them for tours, talks, and delicious food! 🍴
#PlantScience
A young woman with dark, shoulder-length hair in a hot pink shirt stands in front of a blurry scientific poster. She has a black name tag around her neck that has her name, 'Erin Cushing.'
Last week at the ASPB Conference in Milwaukee, WALII member Erin Cushing presented her poster on "Decoding Desiccation Tolerance in Arabidopsis Seeds: Transcriptional and Post-Transcriptional Regulation During Seed Maturation."
#PlantBio2025
I just arrived home after #PlantBio2025 ❤️. Thanks to all unknown passengers that kindly help others to not miss their flights by letting them jump airport cue's after kind request. To those who don't, tomorrow could be you in that stressing situation. Be empathetic, be kind, it's very easy🙏😉
A person in a pink shirt is presenting a poster titled, "Plant Metabolic Network" at a conference. They smile, gesturing at the poster, which features diagrams and QR codes.
A dark-haired woman in a white, ankle-length dress with a blue and yellow patterned design, stands smiling with her hands clasped in front of her. Behind her is a poster, half blocked by her body. The poster title is visible, reading, "Elucidating natural plant defense mechanisms for improving crop production."
This week, PMN members Charles Hawkins and Farida Yasmin presented posters at the ASPB Conference! #PlantBio2025
Charles presented: "Plant Metabolic Network: A Unified Resource for Plant Metabolism"
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Farida presented: "Elucidating Natural Plant Defense Mechanism for Improving Crop Production"
I saw a lot of interesting cover-crop work at #ashs2025 American Society for Horticultural Science in New Orleans. Thanks to all the presenters!
Three plant science conferences this week! The others are #plantbio2025 in Milwaukee and #botany2025 in Palm Springs.
Members of the MSU Plant Science Community stand together smiling on a rooftop patio.
MSU plant scientists pose together on a rooftop patio.
Brianna Hashim presenting her poster.
Jannis Jacobs smiling in front of his poster.
PRI researchers had a fantastic time connecting, sharing, and learning at #PlantBio2025! We’re grateful for the vibrant plant biology community and excited for the discoveries still ahead! 🌱
Jonathan Conception speaking at a podium next to a screen displaying his presentation, "Exploring Phenomic and Genomic Data Integration in Predicting and Breeding for Economically Important Traits in Soft Winter Wheat."
Mohit Mahey smiling in front of his poster.
Hui-Kyong Cho presenting her poster.
Shannon Donnelly presenting her poster.
Proud of the incredible PRI grad students and postdocs who represented Michigan State at #PlantBio2025! From innovative talks to engaging posters, our team shared cutting-edge #PlantScience with the global community!
Thanks to #PlantBio2025 and @ASPB for the opportunity to organize the plenary session on single-cell and spatial biology in agriculture. Incredible talks and exciting progress in this rapidly advancing field! 🌱🧬
A speaker stands in front of an audience wearing black jeans and a black sport coat. Behind him are green curtains, and big block white letters that say 'ASPB.'
A male speaker stands on a stage with a green curtain background and big block white letters that say "ASPB" behind him. There is a lectern directly in front of him with a "Plant Biology" sign across the front. On the left side of the image there is a large screen with the title page of the speaker's slideshow presentation. In the foreground of the photo there are tables lined with a black table cloth and chairs facing the speaker.
As the @aspbofficial.bsky.social conference comes to an end, we're glad to have gotten to see PCA member Tatsuya Nobori's talk on "Understanding Plant Immune Cell States."
#PlantBio2025
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Before this #PlantBio2025 thread closes: two exciting opportunities now open for early-career plant scientists.
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...
Photo of a PowerPoint slide titled "The Double Life of ATP" referring to not only its function in energy but also signaling.
As a former mitochondrial biologist who once upon a time was interested in going in the immuno route this might be the best way to end #PlantBio2025 for me 😍😍😍
Amazing talk on purinergic signaling by Prof Gary Stacey at University of Missouri, Columbia
Purinergic signaling in plants: More important than generally realized. Gary Stacey Division of Plant Science and Technology I hope to convince each of you today of two facts: 1. That purinergic signaling is as central to plant growth and development as photosynthesis, auxin, cytokinin, or the myriad of other features that we commonly associate as critical functions in plants. 2. That many of you, indeed most, are likely unaware that you are studying purinergic signaling, especially those of you studying any type of stress response in plants.
Gary Stacey starts his talk with the take-home message. Nice way to get the point across! #PlantBio2025
Tatsuya spoke about some amazing tools to study plant-microbe interactions. As I was taking a photo of this summary slide, I noticed about 20 additional people in the rows in front of me doing the same thing.
Technology can drive innovative and understanding! #PlantBio2025
It's been great connecting with colleagues and old friends at #PlantBio2025. Plus it's a chance for all of us to be in a room together...whether it's doing #ImageAnalysis on the ping-pong table at the AirBnB or having cheese curds at the brewery!
Have you seen their “bees on sticks”? It’s an efficient way to cross pollinate plants and used in plant space experiments! 🤯 #PlantBio2025
Molecular Exchange between Plants and their Interacting Microbes.
Cara Haney, Tatsuya Nobori, Gary Stacy, and Meenu Singla-Ragstogi
I'm excited for the final plenary at #PlantBio2025!
Cara Haney, Tatsuya Nobori, Gary Stacy, and Meenu Singla-Ragstogi speaking on Molecular Exchange between Plants and their Interacting Microbes. 🌱🦠
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@carahaney.bsky.social
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Last session of #PlantBio2025 Cara Haney, Tatsuya Nobori, Gary Stacy, Meenu Singla-Rastogi
A tortoiseshell cat looks innocently into the camera atop a pile of yarn and knits
Heading home from #plantbio2025 today and I was sent this perfectly innocent photo of my cat
Enjoyed a lovely week of scientific discussions at #PlantBio2025. Heading home inspired with a long list of new manuscripts to dig into and some new friends.
Bernard is up bright and early coz he needs to leave for Illinois today. Safe travels to everyone who came to #PlantBio2025! Bernard will see you in Ottawa next year for #PlantBio2026!
Promotional image with a transparent, leafy green background. The text on the image reads, "Tatsuya Nobori, The Sainsbury Laboratory. 'Understanding Plant Immune Cell States' Wednesday July 30, 2025 9:40PM. Grand Ballroom ABC." The promo also has an image of Tatsuya, a man with dark hair, wearing a gray shirt and black jacket, as well as the logos for the ASPB Plant Biology Conference and the Plant Cell Atlas.
Don't forget to stop by for one of the last talks of the @ASPB conference with PCA member Tatsuya Nobori!
#PlantBio2025
@tatsuyanobori.bsky.social
Lots of talk about teaching yesterday at #PlantBio2025.
A few resources that might be useful.
1) From LUCA to Lily: 12 perspectives for teaching about plants
blog.aspb.org/from-luca-to...
2) I believe most of the established folks who come to #PlantBio2025 come to support the community, not to bathe in glory. It's an inclusive conference and people want to reach across geography, career-level, institution type and research focus to strengthen plant science and scientists.
Couple random thoughts on the last day of #PlantBio2025.
1) Sitting in a room full of people all focused on hearing the details of plant cell signaling feels SO good. I guess that's why people go to Comic-Con, so they are surrounded by like-minded nerds, right? But we're Plant-Con nerds & I love us.
