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Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 logo - Shaping Life-Mechanisms of Morphogenesis. Timelapse of a developing Arabidopsis leaf imaged at 9-12 days old under a confocal microscope, with cells segmented and coloured using MorphographX software. Images by Sarah Attrill.

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#SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium | 22-24 Sept 2026 | Cambridge, UK
Theme - Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis!

If you are into Plant Development - join us!

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🪴Postdoc position - UT Austin, TX, USA
- Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptation to Underwater Environment/Genome Editing🪴
Do you love amphibious/aquatic plants? Then consider applying to the position! See the attached ads.
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Really happy to see this one out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Alibek's drive & great coll w/ friends @gekaragoz.bsky.social & E. Hallacli resulted in a cool story that starts with our beloved #Marchantia and ends with iPSC-derived neurons 🤩🤪 A short 🧵

Fantastic paper! ‪@roederlab.bsky.social‬ @soestrauss.bsky.social

I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate.
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A drought stress-induced MYB transcription factor regulates pavement cell shape in leaves of European aspen (Populus tremula) - preLights Leaf pavement cells look deceptively simple, yet their shapes encode developmental history and environmental response. A MYB transcription factor contributes to fine-tuning this process in aspen.

Leaf pavement cells may look simple, yet their shapes encode developmental history & environmental response.

@srobertgroup.bsky.social show that a MYB transcription factor contributes to fine-tuning this process in aspen. #preprint

#preLight by Jeny Jose ⬇️
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Students out there, I have a PhD project cutting across biology, material science and biomedicine that requires a highly capable, diverse and brave applicant. if you think this is for you please Apply using the link below. All details in the website!!

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A drought stress-induced MYB transcription factor regulates pavement cell shape in leaves of European aspen (Populus tremula) - preLights Leaf pavement cells look deceptively simple, yet their shapes encode developmental history and environmental response. A MYB transcription factor contributes to fine-tuning this process in aspen.

Our preprint was highlighted in prelights, selected by the biological community:
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Thanks for that!
@siamsadoyle.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

Fig. 5 Hormone biosynthesis and signaling is altered by hypoxia in Arabidopsis thaliana roots.

Discrete and cell-specific hypoxic responses in #Arabidopsis #roots resolved by single-nuclei transcriptomics

A #CommunityResource by Hill et al.
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Quand l’actine guide les divisions cellulaires Chez les plantes, les cellules ne peuvent ni se déplacer ni se réorganiser librement en raison de leur paroi rigide.

#ResultatScientifique🔎| Comment les cellules végétales orientent-elles correctement leur division pour construire des tissus cohérents ?

✍️ @mc-caillaud.bsky.social @camilagoldy.bsky.social
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The mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stress Brillouin microscopy reveals in vivo dynamics of mechanical properties during plant development and response to stress.

Our work now on its final version. We mapped the mechanical properties of roots at tissue and single cell levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. Additional mutants and stress measurements from what we previously showed in the preprint are included.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Beautiful!!!

ONLINE COVER Maximum-intensity projection of a confocal image of epidermal cells from the Thale cress roots, where four colors stain different cell parts. Goldy et al. demonstrate that the protein actin allows cells to override standard division rules by stabilizing the orientation of spindles, which segregate chromosomes during mitosis. This uncovers a previously under-appreciated role for actin cytoskeletons, providing new insight into how division orientation is controlled to ensure robust tissue architecture during plant growth. Credit: Camila Goldy

What could be more satisfying than this ?

✨️Congrats to all the authors ✨️

Could not be more proud of you 🥹

Credit: Camila Goldy @camilagoldy.bsky.social

NIce!! Congrats to all.

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I am very excited to share my simultaneous triple staining method for monocot roots. This method is not only faster but also utilizes a smaller volume of stain than traditional methods and minimizes mechanical tissue damage.

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🍃 Invited Speakers 🍃 photosynthesis2026.com

Regulation of ROS production and signalling
🌿 Åsa Strand @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
🌿 Ginga Shimakawa, Kobe University

#ICPR26 #photosynthesis

Recruitment of bifunctional regulator thermospermine to methylated ribosomes directs xylem fate Polyamines are often associated with ribosomes and are thought to stabilize their integrity. In Arabidopsis, the polyamine thermospermine (tSpm) affects xylem cell fate. tSpm induces translation of SU...

New Science paper out! 🚀
The @starmorph-syg.bsky.social team contributed to a Science paper revealing a completely new mechanism that plants use to develop vascular tissue. Amazing teamwork with colleagues from Cambridge, Helsinki & beyond. 🌱✨

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Spotted from the road! Umeå has some beautiful winter days right now. The reindeers just bring the magic! @umeaplantsciencecentre.se

Shrimp and fish could be grown locally in Umeå A new research project will use surplus heat from Dåva to farm shrimp and fish with a low carbon footprint.

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We are pleased to announce that registration and abstract submission for ENPER 2026 are now open!
The 25th meeting of the ENPER community will be held in Sofia over three days. Please visit the conference website for more details: enper2026.bio21.bas.bg

Thanks to its imaging development service and close collaboration with @bic-bordeaux.bsky.social, the LBM is overcoming technological barriers and making cutting-edge imaging accessible in the field of plant biology.
© Magali Grison
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Heat shock protein modulates cell expansion via ROS homeostasis Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are evolutionarily conserved, yet their functions in plant growth and development remain incompletely characterized. Here, we demonstrate that a HSP90 co-chaperone PpNudC6.....

#Heat shock #protein modulates #cell expansion via #ROS homeostasis

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Exciting imaging ahead #Zeiss #microscopy @erc.europa.eu @starmorph-syg.bsky.social

⏰Final call – 6 days left!🧪🌾

We’re recruiting 3 PhD students at UPSC & SLU in the frame of the #WIFORCE programme:

🧬 RNA biology of trees
💻 Climate adaptation & modelling
🌿 Nitrogen use efficiency & wood formation

🗓 Deadline: 10 Feb 2026

#PlantSciJobs

@lorindaloi.bsky.social

@absolutemaverick.bsky.social @siamsadoyle.bsky.social @adrienheymans.bsky.social

Latest preprint from our group together with @stephanevrg.bsky.social @wabniklab.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social

Our work supports the view that morphogenesis is not driven by growth alone, but by the integration of physical and biological regulation.

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🗣️ 𝐼𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐃𝐫. 𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐙𝐢𝐩𝐟𝐞𝐥

Cyril Zipfel, a leading voice in plant immunity, reflects on plant immune recognition, his scientific journey, and what’s next for the field 🌱🧬

interviewed by @luisdeluna.bsky.social

👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70688

Enjoying winter in Umeå. Our new Friday cold ritual (Team Robertopsis and friends)! We even had to make the hole again, this is dedication. @umeaplantsciencecentre.se @lorindaloi.bsky.social @loupitgreg.bsky.social

Figure 1. Quantification of tomato root anatomy features and hydrophobic barriers. Tomato roots (middle) were used to characterize and model anatomy (top) and hydrophobic barriers (bottom). The observed anatomy (top) was monitored and quantified to update and train a secondary growth model of the structural model GRANAR. The observed maturation (bottom) in terms of lignin and/or suberin formations in endodermis and exodermis served to build a map of the maturation timings.

New preprint from PEPA lab: www.pepa.science !

🍅🌱 GRANAR-dicot anatomical reconstructions + 💧 MECHA hydraulic modeling show how lignin cap acts on root water transport.

📄 doi.org/10.64898/2026.01.27.701735

Great work @marcodago.bsky.social et al.

#plantsci