@rdplab
News and updates from the Plant Development and Reproduction (RDP) Lab at ENS de Lyon, FRANCE. We explore the molecular, physical, and evolutionary foundations of plant morphogenesis. 🔗 https://www.ens-lyon.fr/RDP/ 🧑🔬 curated by @thomaswidiez.bsky.social
The 🌽maize🌽 crew from @rdplab.bsky.social representing at the Maize Genetics Meeting in Köln 🇩🇪
Great discussions, inspiring science & valuable time with the international maize community.
Proud of this team and the contributions we’re making to advance maize reproduction 🌱
Huge congratulations to Laura Gonzalez on successfully defending her PhD! 🎓✨
What a treat to see the work from Camila Goldy @camilagoldy.bsky.social et al., @rdplab.bsky.social @ensdelyon.bsky.social now published 🫶
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Two days of retreat and amazing discussions with @cosheidelberg.bsky.social ; @igflyon.bsky.social ky.social & @rdplab.bsky.social
The power of science really shows when different organisms (and minds!) come together.
🎉 Huge congratulations to Clara Igisch on a brilliant PhD defense and outstanding work throughout her PhD! 🎓👏
Kudos as well to her supervisor, @yvonjaillais.bsky.social , for the great support along the way! 🌱🔬
Ahead of Clara Igisch’s PhD defense tomorrow, we enjoyed four excellent talks today in a 🌱 mini-symposium:
@emmanuellebayer.bsky.social / @ottlab.bsky.social / @jennyrussinova.bsky.social & @structplantbio.bsky.social
Great science, great stories!
Save the date: Plant Development PhD school (i.e. Retzbach 2.0) in Neustadt, Germany.
Sept 23rd-25th, 2026
~€350 all inclusive
Excellent speakers and a relaxed atmosphere for early-career researchers (PhDs & postdocs). Registration opens soon.
For more info, see
raissiglab.org/plantdevosch...
🌟 Great seminar this week at RDP lab
with Artemis Perraki ( @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social , @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social) sharing her exciting science to understand how developmental and environmental pathways intersect during anther development 🌱
🔥 Hot new preprint before the Christmas break 🎄
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
Today, our Director, Gwyneth Ingram, received the CNRS Silver Medal. (👇see the post below👇)
This award recognizes researchers for the originality, quality, and significance of their work, acknowledged at both national and international levels.
🌱Congratulations!🥂
👇 New preprint from the lab on cell layer identity in petunia flower 🌸
▶️Interplay between petal identity and cell layer identity in petunia flower
Lead by @mariemonniaux.bsky.social now located in Lille, .univ-lille.fr/en/research/... and Daniel Bouyer
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Celebrating a successful PhD defense from our lab @rdplab.bsky.social 🎉
Huge congrats to Hugo CAUMON for his hard work on temporal integration of auxin information🌱
Supervised by @tevavernoux.bsky.social & C. GALVAN-AMPUDIA (SIGNAL team ▶️ www.ens-lyon.fr/RDP/signalis... )
@ensdelyon.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr Elsa Gascon who defended her PhD today at @rdplab.bsky.social @ensdelyon.bsky.social
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New publication from RDPlab by Christophe Godin's team
➡️ Multi-physics modeling for ion homeostasis in multi-compartment plant cells using an energy function
📖 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Reinforcing the 🇫🇷France–Japan🇯🇵 collaboration in plant biology🌱
Great meeting our French and Japanese colleagues in a cozy pre-Christmas atmosphere in Strasbourg, hosted by @ibmp-cnrs.bsky.social
So glad to have brilliant Japanese researchers at @rdplab.bsky.social
Let’s grow science together! 🌱✨
Congrats to Andrea Calhau from @rdplab.bsky.social for winning the Best Talk Award at "Seed 2025", the 10ᵉ edition of the French Seed Network Conference! 🌱
This year’s colloque, held in Nantes, brought together scientists around the theme Seeds & the agroecological, climatic, and food transitions.
Article #FocusSciences🎯|
Gwyneth Ingram, biologiste végétale au @rdplab.bsky.social, tente de percer les mystères de la communication entre plante-mère, albumen et embryon 🌱
#ResultatScientifique 🔎 Chez la mousse Physcomitrium patens, une simple diffusion d’hormone suffit à sculpter sa forme ! Une découverte qui éclaire l’évolution des plantes et la diversité de leurs architectures🌱
✍️Yoan Coudert et Christophe Godin
📕 @currentbiology.bsky.social | buff.ly/5MI0rYV
🌽 Maize vs. Fusarium 🌽
Overexpressing a maize lipoxygenase (ZmLOX4) boosts resistance to Fusarium infection.
Glad that our maize Gene editing & transformation platform, at @rdplab.bsky.social, contributed to this research, led by the Lanubile's Lab.
▶️ doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#ResultatScientifique🔎| Une mousse européenne, arrivée à La Réunion dans les années 60, grimpe maintenant aux arbres et menace la végétation locale 🌴
✍️ Yoan Coudert et Claudine Ah-Peng
📕 @currentbiology.bsky.social | buff.ly/IyTlzTC
Avec les Visites insolites du @cnrs.fr, plongez dans les coulisses de la recherche !
🔬 Venez visiter noter laboratoire @rdplab.bsky.social
Tentez votre chance au tirage au sort et vivez l’exceptionnel
9/10
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10/10
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Post-doctoral position in Plant Developmental Genetics and Evolution
A 2-year post-doctoral position is available in
@rdplab.bsky.social
The successful candidate will join the SIGNAL team under the supervision of Dr. Yoan Coudert.
For more information : www.ens-lyon.fr/RDP/IMG/pdf/...
🌱 3 plant biology institutes, 2 great days! 🌿
PhDs & postdocs from DBMV @unil.bsky.social, @psb-vib.bsky.social & @rdplab.bsky.social rocked the 2nd Trilateral Plant Bio Symposium in Lausanne!
👏 Big congrats to all ECRs, especially to @nathan-german.bsky.social for winning Best Presentation! 🏆💥
Braving the storm ⛈️⛈️⛈️
#EPCC2025
@ensdelyon.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social
Thrilled to share our latest work: how plants control growth through activation of a surface-specific growth programme. Thanks @zoenv.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social and the other coauthors for all the hard work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Take a look at part of my work with @mc-caillaud.bsky.social at @rdplab.bsky.social about the role of actin cytoskeleton to maintain cytokinesis against cellular geometry 🌱🔬
Amazing programme including 4(!) speakers from @rdplab.bsky.social : @tevavernoux.bsky.social @coudertlab.bsky.social @zoenv.bsky.social @camilagoldy.bsky.social
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Unusual cell death pathway in maize endosperm (Plant Cell) @moritznowack.bsky.social @thomaswidiez.bsky.social @laurenspauwels.bsky.social @bertderybel.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsky.social) buff.ly/A3RVH6Q
#PlantaePSRW
🌽 Le suicide utile de l’albumen : des cellules se détruisent pour laisser grandir l’embryon
Publié dans The Plant Cell, découverte signée N. Doll & @thomaswidiez.bsky.social (UMR RDP), un mécanisme clé pour la croissance et la nutrition des graines ⤵️
urlr.me/QvBTSV
Des pistes pour l’#agriculture 🚜
Such a pleasure to meet and discuss with ancient colleagues and friends from RDP- Lyon and IPSIM-Montpellier. Plant membrane meeting June 2025. Thanks for the organization @alexmartiniere.bsky.social🙌🏼
@lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social