German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG)

"From industrial Past to Green Future" written around an ancient industry tower typical for the region together with a plant changing colours from blue to green is the motto of the German Society for Plant Sciences international Conference, the Botanik-Tagung, 2026 in Bochum Germany, that brings together plant scientists from several scientific disciplines. The logo highlights the structural change of the Ruhr area, from coal mining + heavy industries to the increasingly important issues of climate protection, sustainability + preservation of biodiversity, with plant sciences at the forefront of this transformation.

#PlantSciConfi

Registration open for
International Conference of our German Society for Plant Sciences
Botanik-Tagung #BT2026
in #Bochum, Germany
6 – 10 September 2026
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/u/82bsBT2026

Methodological insights into root responses under multifactorial abiotic constraints: growth, omics and imaging approaches Plants rarely face single stresses in isolation. This review highlights integrative growth, omics and imaging methodologies to decode root responses under multifactorial abiotic constraints, revealin...

#PlantSci Review:

Methodological insights into root responses under multifactorial abiotic constraints: growth, omics and imaging approaches.

Read more in our Journal #PlantBiology @Wileyplantsci #PlantSci DOI: 10.1111/plb.70201

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The future of Europe’s forest disturbance regimes– a thread.

Tl, dr: Disturbances from wildfire, bark beetles & wind will continue to increase in the coming decades. Under unabated climate change disturbances could more than double by 2100.

New paper out in @science.org doi.org/10.1126/scie...

This should be super helpful for anybody working on #PlantCellWalls, particularly #Cellulose.

A step-by-step guide for quantitative(!) live-imaging of cellulose synthesis in planta.

#PlantScience #PlantMicroscopy #QuantitativeImaging #Bioimaging #PlantDevelopment

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A molecular ‘gatekeeper’ in plants opens the door for beneficial microbes CIBSS researchers at the University of Freiburg are part of an international team that sheds light on a crucial step in the initiation of the symbiosis between plants and soil bacteria.

A molecular 'gatekeeper' in plants opens the door for beneficial microbes
Congratulations, @ottlab.bsky.social on a great paper in Science.
www.cibss.uni-freiburg.de/news/a-molec...

If you want to know more about it, please read @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social 's thread:

bsky.app/profile/kasp...

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

15 PhD positions

Nuclear architecture and chromatin and advanced imaging analysis

In Marie Curie Doctoral Network ‘AGILE’

positions in UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden + Czech Republic
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

Good news! ✨
The deadline has been extended – you can still submit your abstract and secure the early-bird rate.

Look forward to inspiring keynote speakers and join us for an excursion to the Exploratorium Schorfheide-Chorin! 🌱🌿

Share the news with your scientific community.

#BE20conference #🌐

On the Limits of Alpine Plants: A Systematic Review of the Factors Behind Species' Elevational Range Limits This systematic review of 107 studies on the factors behind the elevational range limits of alpine vascular plants shows a persistent emphasis on upper limits and abiotic factors, especially temperat...

Our new review is finally out! 🌿 I’m especially excited because this is the first chapter of my PhD!
Have a read to see what shapes the range limits of alpine plants besides freezing temperatures ❄️

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Next position advertised by our cluster: We are searching for a Lab Manager running the single cell-sequencing lab at Heidelberg University.
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...

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Pflanzenzüchtung als Motor der Bioökonomie? YouTube video by bioökonomie.de

Klimawandel, Ressourcenknappheit, eine wachsende Weltbevölkerung: Warum ist Pflanzenzüchtung wichtig, um diesen Herausforderungen begegnen zu können? Antworten geben bei @biooekonomie.bsky.social u.a. Nicolaus von Wirén und Robert Hoffie vom @leibnizipk.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8na...

Know a brilliant early-career plant scientist? 🌱
Nominate them for one of DBG’s three prestigious science awards! #ecr #plantsci
👉Strasburger Prize
👉Pfeffer Prize
👉Wiehe Prize
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/actualia/...

High-frequency biparental inheritance of plant mitochondria upon chilling stress and loss of a genome-degrading nuclease - Nature Plants Maternal inheritance of mitochondria breaks down in the cold when a mitochondrial DNA degrading nuclease is defective, resulting in biparental inheritance that can rescue mitochondrial mutations and g...

🌿🧬Our new story is out in @natplants.nature.com! Tobacco plants usually pass down their mitochondria maternally, but we show we can trigger paternal transmission of mitochondria at high levels & restore plant health in the offspring of mothers harboring defective mtDNA www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Tracing modern breeding introgressions in European potato - Theoretical and Applied Genetics The European potato germplasm originated from a few founding genotypes, and its narrow genetic base has since been broadened through introgressions from wild relatives. We combined pedigree records an...

🥔 We traced the ancestral legacy of modern breeding introgressions in European potato! Combining pedigree records & genome-wide SNPs, we reveal which wild relatives shaped the European gene pool and how.

📄 doi.org/10.1007/s00122-025-05143-z

Mineral nitrogen form preference, partitioning and root morphological traits of Douglas fir and European beech under intra—and interspecific competition in-situ - European Journal of Forest Research Climate change challenges forestry in temperate regions, with drought and insect infestations affecting major tree species. Introducing drought-tolerant non-native species into managed forests is a wi...

New nutrients&roots paper out! 🌳🌲🧪

Douglas fir and beech saplings partition ammonium vs. nitrate under competition, enabling complementary N use and their coexistence in mixed stands.
@mrakklara.bsky.social @bmwildermuth.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#forestecol

"From industrial Past to Green Future" written around an ancient industry tower typical for the region together with a plant changing colours from blue to green is the motto of the German Society for Plant Sciences international Conference, the Botanik-Tagung, 2026 in Bochum Germany, that brings together plant scientists from several scientific disciplines. The logo highlights the structural change of the Ruhr area, from coal mining + heavy industries to the increasingly important issues of climate protection, sustainability + preservation of biodiversity, with plant sciences at the forefront of this transformation.

#PlantSciConfi

Registration open for
International Conference of our German Society for Plant Sciences
Botanik-Tagung #BT2026
in #Bochum, Germany
6 – 10 September 2026
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/u/82bsBT2026

Future agricultural policies need to integrate biodiversity targets into smart farming npj Sustainable Agriculture - Smart farming (SF), the use of advanced technologies such as sensors, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and automation, holds...

New paper online today. In it, we advocate for biodiversity in the increasingly modernized agricultural world. Smart farming could be a wonderful tool to alleviate pressure from agro-ecosystems, but, as we argue here, this will only happen if biodiversity becomes an explicit target.
rdcu.be/e6zB7

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

PhD position: Plant Biochemistry

@frankelab.bsky.social @unihannover.bsky.social

Start: 1 July 2026
Deadline: 29 March 2026

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...

Very happy about this nice piece of work by @eugeniapitsili.bsky.social on developmentally controlled cell death in plants @dev-journal.bsky.social‬ !
Special thanks also to @ingridtsang.bsky.social for a terrific editorial job bringing out the best of this manuscript!!
doi.org/10.1242/dev....

We are very excited to share a new resource from our team: spatial subcellular proteome maps in plants! We developed an MS-based method that registers localizations of about 8000 proteins in Arabidopsis roots in a single experiment.

(1/9)
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
7 PhD positions

SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs

SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs

@ceplas.bsky.social
in several locations

Deadline: 18 March 2026

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...

📢 Last call for the EMBL International PhD Programme summer recruitment!

This is a fully funded PhD programme fostering creative approaches to questions in the molecular life sciences.

Join us promoting scientific excellence throughout Europe. Apply now! www.embl.org/about/info/e...

Miltos Tsiantis Interview with Miltos Tsiantis, who studies plant development and is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne.

Q&A with Miltos Tsiantis, who studies plant development and is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne. www.cell.com/current-biol...

New Editorial: "Celebrating photosynthesis" rdcu.be/e6oTm

Photosynthesis is both an elegantly simple and dazzlingly complex process. The year 2026 marks anniversaries of the discoveries of both of these layers.

Nahaufnahme einer Hummel an weißer Blüte mit Text: „Bestäuberschutz: Empfehlungen für EU-Renaturierungspläne“.

Ein neuer Policy Brief des EU-Projekts RestPoll unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Alexandra-Maria Klein | @naturealexk.bsky.social gibt Empfehlungen an die EU-Mitgliedstaaten, mit welchen Renaturierungsmaßnahmen sie Bestäuber wie Wildbienen am effektivsten fördern können. ufr.link/renaturierung…

🌱 Karriere im Klimaschutz: Werde Moorspezialist

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▶️ Start: 01.08.2026

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🧬 Join the 10th #Microbial #Genomics #Training Course in Gießen!
📅 June 24–26, 2026 | @jlugiessen.bsky.social
🔬 Learn genome assembly, annotation (w/ #Bakta), comparative genomics ( #EDGAR), & more!
💻 Hands-on, custom data consulting, tools
📩 Info: www.denbi.de/training-cou...
#Bioinformatics

Hey #Physco sphere! What's your favorite protocol for purifying total RNA (or mRNA) from moss gametophores?