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Huge congratulations to all!
@helmholtzmunich.bsky.social
@tum.de
A metabolic link between #photorespiration and epigenetic regulation underlying stress memory. Therefore, climate-driven shifts in photorespiratory flux under rising CO2, heat, and drought may reprogram plant epigenomes and influence acclimation and adaptation.
@natplants.nature.com
Happy that our paper is now out in Nature Plants:
"Photorespiration is linked to DNA methylation by formate as a one-carbon source" led by @martingroth.bsky.social with @valentin-ha.bsky.social as first author.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Epigenetics #ClimateChange #OneCarbonMetabolism
Great news: our project on #chemodiversity #herbivorydiversity has been funded by @dfg.de and @snf-fns.ch Looking forward to starting this exciting collaboration with @MichaelEisenring @thorstengrams.bsky.social @func-metabo-lab.bsky.social Congratulations to everyone involved!
@tum.de
New paper out! 🎉 @mmader.bsky.social et al. show how oak trees mount distinct gene-expression defence responses to specialist vs. generalist herbivores. Great long-standing collaboration with Birgit Kersten, Hilke Schröder, and @jpschnitzler.net . Thanks to all coauthors!
doi.org/10.1093/tree...
Rajarshi Sanyal
Helpful to see their estimates. Great summary figure!
Oaks can be extraordinarily beautiful in winter too. A picture near my home in #Andechs. Wishing everyone a peaceful and inspiring New Year 2026! 😊
#Oaks #TreeBeauty #WinterLandscape #ForestEcology #NewYear2026
So true, a year of chaos: the planned closure of the environmental institute #EUS at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social and the dismissal of scientists will severely hamper #climatechange research and jeopardize national funding projects supported by @dfg.de
It’s deeply concerning to see climate science in danger these days! Save NCAR! @ncar-ucar.bsky.social
@plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social
#ClimateChange and urbanization require climate-resilient food systems. Thanks to @fab-fromhell.bsky.social, #RaffaellaBalestrini and all the collaborators at #CNR in Italy!
#PPP #NewPhytologistFoundation @newphyt.bsky.social
Another paper published today 😊
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
We discuss how #VerticalFarming and #Agrivoltaics can improve #SustainableFood production by coupling perovskite and dye-sensitized solar cells together with light ‘recipes’.
@jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social
#Plant-Herbivore-Interactions
#Oak tree #transcriptomes respond differently to attacks by generalistic or specialistic herbivores. A new paper from our long-term partnership with #BirgitKersten, #HilkeSchroder & #MalteMadee from @thuenen.de Institute #ForestGenetics, @andreaghirardo.bsky.social
Real-time estimates of #BVOC emissions with high resolution (10-30m) using #GEE-MEGAN model, which combines satellite data on land cover and vegetation. A great tool for studying the impacts of BVOCs in a rapidly urbanizing, warming world.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com
EAACI guidelines on the impact of the green environment on allergies and asthma
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We owe it to early-career researchers, and to the public who funds science, to ensure continuity, stability, and responsible use of research resources.
Today is a sad day.
In times of institutional restructuring, it’s often the youngest scientists who face the greatest uncertainty. Seeing PhD candidates lose supervision or access labs and facilities, while publicly funded projects may remain unfinished, might be frustrating, surely concerning.
Great work of #MirjamMeischner, congrats!
🚨 New Resource & Preprint Alert 🚨
This resource collected by the mFam consortiun led by Gerd Balcke and Steffen Neumann contributes >7000 mass spectra of 2,126 unique metabolites to the public domain through MassBank.
Preprint: lnkd.in/eYcJMqYn
Interactive plot: lnkd.in/egBaTTNH
#CompMetabolomics
Isoprene, the most abundant biogenic VOC, not only shapes atmospheric chemistry but also acts as an airborne signal in short-distance plant–plant communication. #isoprene #PlantResistance
New paper out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Isoprene enhances disease resistance in neighboring Arabidopsis plants via LLP1-mediated immunity, demonstrated by a field study with transgenic birches.
#PeiyuanZhu @jpschnitzlerlab.bsky.social #VOC #PlantScience
We explored metabolomic changes during the beneficial, growth-promoting effects of cultivating the Anabaena-azollae symbiosis, a sustainable nitrogen source for rice cultivation.
Excited to share our latest publication originating from an Erasmus+ project with the University of Perugia and CNR! thericejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10....
#sustainability #metabolomics #UniPerugia #CNR @euerasmusplus.bsky.social
Drought-induced plant microbiome and metabolic enrichments improve drought resistance
A new metabolomic strategy using mass spectrometry and stable-isotope tracing to uncover unknown metabolic reactions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#metabolomics #stable-isotope @natcomms.nature.com
This is figure 3, which provides a synthetic diagram showing a summary of the results, including individual physiology (hydraulics and growth) and forest carbon dynamics.
Drought is a growing issue in tropical rainforests. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution revisits a long-term rainfall manipulation experiment in the Amazon to show that tree mortality was followed by community-level adjustments to reduced precipitation. go.nature.com/4kbQbfu 🧪
Rice JA oxidases control JA-Ile levels to balance growth and defense. Loss of JAO boosts blast resistance but reduces early growth and yield, by diverting metabolic flux upstream of JA-Ile formation. #Phytohormons @plantphys.bsky.social
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Very nice review!! Thank you Matt!