Rodrigo Reis

Plant P-Bodies in Post-Transcriptional Control: Composition, Dynamics, and Context-Dependent Roles #review #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

15 PhD positions in Marie Curie Doctoral Network ‘AGILE’
Looking to work with and learn from world-leading experts in plant cell imaging? MSCA DN 'AGILE' has got 15 open PhD positions: www.msca-agile.eu
Please check out the website and apply there
Deadline: 15th of April, start date September 2026.

Four histograms with red, blue, pink, and yellow colors.

Poster of the anime "Bocchi the Rock", featuring 4 female characters with distinct color designs.

6 colors of the "bocchi" color scheme, with simulated deuteranopia on the bottom for comparison.

Re-upping this post: I took this color palette from an anime "Bocchi the Rock". The colors look nice, and the set is red/green colorblind friendly.

Hex = c("#F2C9D5", "#B43E44", "#FADF92" , "#496496", "#282828", "#904869")

There is still much to learn about HASTY! 🌿
In our latest study in Plant Communications, we identify HASTY as a key regulator of systemic immunity in Arabidopsis.
#PlantImmunity #miRNA #Arabidopsis #RNAbiolog
@mplantpcom.bsky.social
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aha! thanks for sharing that reference. I see it now, root/shoot partition is a lot more complex than I thought

Congratulations Tonni, Octavia et al ! I didn't realise that most GSL in the root actually comes from the shoot!

It's tomorrow!! Don't miss it!

It's next week!!
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Congratulations, Charlotte!!!

MSCA awards €404.3 million to postdoctoral researchers 1610 outstanding postdoctoral researchers were selected for funding among 17,066 applicants.

Proud, grateful & still in disbelief to share that I got a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoc Fellowship on my first try at @unibe.ch! Couldn’t have done it without @michaelraissig.bsky.social & @heikelindner.bsky.social support and trust 😚
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Looking to work with and learn from world-leading experts in plant cell imaging? I’ve got an open PhD position www.photobodies.com/about-6 in the framework of the AGILE Marie Curie Doctoral Network cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
Deadline: 15th of April, start date September 2026. #phd #job

Building a diverse and inclusive plant science community Abstract. For many people, the culture of plant science, and science more broadly, can feel alienating and intimidating, which often leads to them leaving

Important initiative to help plant science be a better place for everyone.

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Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology Postdoctoral and Doctoral Researchers in Plant Developmental Biology

We’re hiring! 🌱
Open positions in my lab for candidates interested in cambium development in Arabidopsis, hybrid aspen, or silver birch. Apply now! Please repost! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Preprint: Here we report a glass bead-based system suitable for the *simultaneous monitoring* of Arabidopsis root exudate and root microbiome dynamics. Teaser: some link between glucosinolates ~ SynCom composition. Happy reading. Credits to Charlotte Joller et al.! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📣 Thermomorphogenesis community 📣
Excited to announce that Ritesh Raipuria will present his preprint on hydrogen peroxide and thermomorphogenesis regulation in our next JC.
Don't miss out!!

Structure under stress: conserved RNA structure in plant interaction with the environment Plants have evolved sophisticated molecular mechanisms to sense and respond to their environment. There has been growing realization that RNA structure is a key player in this process, such as acting ...

Happy to share my group's thoughts on RNA structure conservation in plants. Hope it'll inspire and guide future efforts in the field!
@dollymehta.bsky.social @jingminhua.bsky.social @chenxiao654.bsky.social @lazaraasimoes.bsky.social @unibe.ch

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Aging drives a program of DNA methylation decay in plant organs Plants display a wide range of life spans and aging rates. Although dynamic changes to DNA methylation are a hallmark of aging in mammals, it is unclear whether similar molecular signatures reflect ra...

Absolutely delighted that our paper on epigenetic dynamics during plant aging is out today in Science!
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Wow, we received 10 times more applications than places for the ECR Network Meeting!

The applications are fantastic and we’re already very much looking forward to the event.

We’ll screen applications as quickly as possible. Thanks to everyone who applied!

Polyamine-dependent metabolic shielding regulates alternative splicing - Nature Polyamines prevent the action of kinases on acidic phosphorylatable motifs in spliceosomal proteins, thus providing a mechanism for metabolite-mediated regulation of alternative splicing in cells.

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Polyamines in the regulation of splicing (and potentially transciption dynamics)
From Carracedo lab.

Really cool to see this.

Time to figure out polyamines control molecular homeostasis, especially in the context of aging

It's tomorrow!!

A genetically encoded device for transcriptome storage in mammalian cells Understanding how cells make decisions over time requires the ability to link past molecular states to future phenotypic outcomes. We present TimeVault, a genetically encoded system that records and s...

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Clever strategy!

Continuous Hypermutation and Evolution of Luciferase Variants Several luciferases have been developed for imaging and biosensing, and the collection continues to grow as new applications are pursued. The current workflow for luciferase optimization, while successful, remains laborious and inefficient. Mutant libraries are generated in vitro and screened, “winning” mutants are picked by hand, and the isolated sequences are subjected to additional rounds of mutagenesis and screening. Here, we present a streamlined platform for luciferase engineering that removes the need for manual library generation during each cycle. We purposed an orthogonal DNA replication (OrthoRep) system for continuous hypermutation of a well-known luciferase (GeNL). Short cycles of culturing and screening were sufficient to evolve the enzyme, with no repetitive manual library generation necessary. New GeNL variants were identified that exhibit improved light outputs with a noncognate and inexpensive luciferin. We further characterized the novel luciferases in cell models. Collectively this work establishes OrthoRep and continuous hypermutation as a viable method to engineer luciferases, and sets the stage for more rapid development of bioluminescent reporters.

Continuous Hypermutation and Evolution of Luciferase Variants: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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
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Join the Plant Development PhD school in Germany this Spring! I went there 16 years ago and met amazing people who are now my friends, colleagues, and role models. 🌱

📢 Thermomorphogenesis community📢
Our next JC is next week!
** Please note the time change **

Poster announcing the 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting, held 20–21 April 2026 in Halle (Saale), Germany. The event targets experienced PhD students and postdoctoral researchers in plant science and features scientific talks, career development and grant-writing workshops, and networking. Travel and accommodation are covered, and participants are registered for the 11th Leibniz Plant Biochemistry Symposium (22–24 April 2026). Application deadline: 23 January 2026. Website: plant-ecr-networking.eu.

Are you an experienced PhD student or postdoc in plant science looking to connect, present your work, and discuss career paths?
Join us at the 3rd Early Career Plant Researchers Network Meeting, Halle (Saale), 20–21 April 2026
Deadline: 23 January 2026
plant-ecr-networking.eu

Out after peer review, led by @shanshanwang3.bsky.social.
Gating of immune responses in Arabidopsis mesophyll cells: after initial response, immune gene expression stays hi in some cells, while during PTI other cells reinitiate a growth-related program.
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Night temperature determines nearly half of wheat yield variation globally Daily minimum temperature (Tmin) is increasing faster than maximum temperature. However its impact on the physiology of crop yield and adaptation is barely studied. Using 42 years of annual yield trials at 255 sites representing most spring wheat production regions, the effects of environmental covariates were examined. During grainfilling, average Tmin explained 40% of yield variation, and 52% considering radiation; generally an increase of 1 degree C reduces yield ~0.5 t/ha. The relation between yield was linear over a 14 degree C range. An average increase of 1.2 degree C at the test sites reduced yield by more than 10%. A shortened grainfilling period is part of the explanation; nocturnal rates of dark respiration are also likely factors. Improvement of adaptation to warmer nights could generate a step-change in wheat yield, the most widely-grown crop globally, covering more than 220 million ha, and providing 20% of human calories and protein. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. Digital Transformation and the Climate Action Science Programs of CGIAR International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP) funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Research Council of the UK

10% yield drop with ~1°C temperature increase at night!!!

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Transcriptional dynamics and chromatin accessibility in the regulation of shade-responsive genes in Arabidopsis - Genome Biology Background Open chromatin regions host DNA regulatory motifs that are accessible to transcription factors and the transcriptional machinery. In Arabidopsis, responses to light are heavily regulated at...

Accessible chromatin enables rapid recruitment of PIFs to induce expression of shade-induced genes! doi.org/10.1186/s130.... Particularly proud of the excellent work of Sandi Paulišić and Alessandra Boccaccini. Many thanks to all authors who made it happen. @unil.bsky.social @fbm-unil.bsky.social

It's tomorrow!!