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Dolf Weijers

@dolfweijers.bsky.social
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Chair of Biochemistry @wur, interested in the biochemical basis of multicellular development and auxin response, and science in general; Views are my own shorturl.at/U80ZH

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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... If you thought plant gene refulauwas simple… Cool work from Christian Hardtke, Noel Blanco and teams on exonic enhancers!
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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In our recent issue we interview Susana Coelho, who uses brown algae to study evolution, development, and life-cycle complexity at the Max Planck Institute for Biology. Read the Q&A to find out more about Susana’s most important scientific influences: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Susana Coelho
Interview with Susana Coelho, who uses brown algae to study evolution, development, and life-cycle complexity at the Max Planck Institute for Biology.
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Don’t we look fast & furious…? Wish us luck! @jennyrussinova.bsky.social @wabniklab.bsky.social Cyril Zipfel
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Thanks @jbwallingford.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social and others for putting together an amazing Dev Bio meeting in Santa Cruz. Lesson learnt: John Wallingford keeps his promises. Result: ridiculous talk title 😂
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Cecilia Borassi @ceciborassi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sign up for the upcoming MechanoBioTalk by Neftaly Cruz Mireles (University of Zurich): "Defining protein phosphorylation networks at the plant–pathogen interface"- 16th September 2PM CET. Find the registration link and more information in our website: green-te.nl/activities/ @green-te.bsky.social
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Activities - GreenTE
Activities Webinars ”MechanoBioTalks – Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter” is a webinar series supported by the GreenTE consortium and organized […]
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It took some time, but we are thrilled to present the first major outcome of our @erc.europa.eu ERC DIRNDL AdG project: Evgeniya Pukhovaya @epukh.bsky.social and others in our team describe the discovery of a mechanism for polar protein targeting in plants (1/13) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Systematic proteomics identifies a conserved mechanism for polar targeting of plant cortical proteins
Multicellular development is tightly coupled to the polarization of individual cells, which partitions polar proteins along the cell cortex and can control asymmetric cell division, anisotropic growth...
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Greetings from Tübingen 😍
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Cecilia Borassi @ceciborassi.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
PhD position available on modeling the mechanical regulation of plant development and regeneration. A great opportunity to join the plant mechanobiology community in GreenTE! More info can be found here: green-te.nl/job/open-phd... @green-te.bsky.social @roelandmerks.bsky.social
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Open PhD position: Modeling the mechanical regulation of plant development and regeneration - GreenTE
The opening is for a PhD research position within the field of mathematical or theoretical biology, computational physics, applied mathematics […]
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Ink found larger brother 😀 (Eiger on right) 🇨🇭
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Luis Alonso Baez @luisalonsobaez.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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/...
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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.
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Online at @cellcellpress.bsky.social today: everything you always wanted (???) to know about Auxin Signaling and never dared to ask. From Jiashu, Aaron and Martijn in our team, with @luciastrader.bsky.social and Tongda Xu www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Bucket list item unlocked: listening to YYZ at YYZ 😀
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Cecilia Borassi @ceciborassi.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The role of plant actin in mechanical responses available now on bioRxiv! Congratulations to @jasper-lamers.bsky.social, Anna Daamen @jorissprakel.bsky.social and to everyone involved! 🌱💻
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myosinactncrazy.bsky.social @myosinactncrazy.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Plant actin networks are rapid mechano-adaptive scaffolds www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We had the pleasure of hosting @plantophagy.bsky.social for a seminar at our @bic-wur.bsky.social department yesterday and hear about his team’s super original and cool approaches to study and understand autophagy in all its colors. Thanks for the inspiring science!!!
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Green-TE @green-te.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
On 24 June at 2 PM CET, the MechnoBioTalks webinar series will continue with Benoit Landrein. His research focuses on how tissue mechanics regulate plant organ growth trough mechanical signaling. Subscribe to get a link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... For more information see our website.
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Silvia Ramundo @sramundo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Do you enjoy the thrill of discovery? Does this photo give you good vibes? Then you might be the right person to join our lab! Current projects range from chloroplast transcription to thylakoid membrane remodeling & we would be happy to welcome bright and motivated people at all career stages!
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Jim Haseloff @jimhaseloff.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
For liverwort mavens, I've needed to shift our Marchantia resources to a new website (I've reached retirement from academia in Cambridge) - and the plant synthetic biology stuff has moved to www.haseloff-lab.info (Now have more time for DIY builds! Updates to come)
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Lowe Lab @lowelab.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Repost please !! We have extended the abstract deadline for the 2026 Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Conference to June 20. scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu. Get those abstract in !
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Cool special issue on plant evolution just dropped at @currentbiology.bsky.social our 2 cents: Fruits of tons of fun discussions with the one and only Susana Coelho: www.cell.com/current-biol... Reflections on evolution of auxin response with @jorgehg.bsky.social : www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Dominique Bergmann @stanfordstomata.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This is going to be so exciting! Reach out with ideas! And come find me at ICAR in Singapore to learn more.
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
2nd annual meeting of our @green-te.bsky.social Gravitation program is about to start. So wonderful to see the ideas transform into a vibrant community studying Plant Mechanobiology 🤩
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
We are very happy and proud to present a study led by @jorgehg.bsky.social (now PI in Madrid – keep an eye on him!) in our team @bic-wur.bsky.social. In this work, we discover how auxin-regulated ARF transcription factors learned to activate transcription. A 🧵…(1/17) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Check out this cool analysis by @jasper-lamers.bsky.social and Joris Sprakel!!! Much to learn about Actins in 🌱
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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Did you know that fully half of the talks at the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting this year will be chosen from submitted abstracts? It's true! Great opportunities for trainees and PIs, too! @socdevbio.bsky.social @rashmi-priya.bsky.social @lowelab.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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Daan C. Swarts @dcswarts.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
PostDoc position available! (links in post below) Feel free to share!
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Interested in signaling? Evolution? Microfluidics? Phosphoproteomics? Imaging? Green organisms? Consider joining the awesome Jan De Vries team for this 5-year (!) post-doc and come collaborate with Joris Sprakel and me!
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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
📣 Job opportunity: ERC-funded position as a Five-Year Postdoctoral Researcher (all genders welcome) in @jandevries.bsky.social lab in Göttingen, Germany. Find more info here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... #plantsci
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Stellenanzeigen - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Previously on @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social now in final published version: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diversification of functional requirements for proteolysis of auxin response factors - Nature Communications
Auxin-dependent ARF transcription factors are subject to proteolytic degradation. Using the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, de Roij et al. show that this degradation evolved early in the ARF family, ...
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Registration for the 13th PhD School on Plant Development is open! 🌾 🔬 🌺 🧬 🌵 🧪 Deadline: June 30, 2026 Link to registration form forms.gle/tbmUxaw2vmEn... Cost: €350.- (incl. board, lodging and social event) For details re payment and abstracts see form or homepage raissiglab.org/plantdevosch...
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Cecilia Borassi @ceciborassi.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Boris Martinac is the next speaker of the MechanoBioTalk webinar series! He is head of the Mechanobiolgy Laboratory and his research focuses on the structure and function of mechanosensitive ion channels. Don't forget to register!
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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
High resolution, proteome-wide mapping of subcellular protein localization in plants www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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/...
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International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research @iasprr.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Have you already nominated a colleague for our IASPRR Awards?🏅 If not, you sre still on time! 🔸Extended deadline: 15th March! More info?👇👇👇
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Highly recommended! I had the pleasure to speak at an earlier edition and found it an amazing gathering!
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Masters of perception: phosphorylation-dependent signaling in plants #TansleyInsight by Roosjen et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience
Integrative proteomics approaches for data-driven reconstruction of kinase signaling.
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Thijs J. G. Ettema 🦠🔬🇳🇱🇸🇪🇪🇺 @ettema.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Two more weeks to apply - come join us () in The Netherlands as a postdoctoral researcher on large-scale metagenomic exploration of new lineages!
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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Registration is OPEN for the 2026 Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology!!! Please spread the word! @mads100tist.bsky.social @socdevbio.bsky.social @bsdb.bsky.social @xenbase.bsky.social @isdb.bsky.social @devbiol.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social scdb2026.sites.ucsc.edu
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Johannes Hohlbein @hohlbeinlab.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
The Laboratory of Biophysics at Wageningen University & Research (NL) is looking for a new chair! Details here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f...
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Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics
We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f... Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!
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Full Professor and Chair Laboratory of Biophysics
We are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
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Annalisa Bellandi @annalisabellandi.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A new webinar series is born - ''MechanoBioTalks - Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter", to bring together and inspire researchers interested in biomechanics, biophysics and biology across different kingdoms of life. Join us! For info and registration visit green-te.nl/activities/
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Activities - GreenTE
Activities Webinars ”MechanoBioTalks – Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter” is a webinar series supported by the GreenTE consortium and organized […]
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Don’t miss this! The young researchers in our GreenTE consortium initated a webinar series on Plant Mechanobiology. Amazing speakers, free of charge, what is there NOT to like…?
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
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...
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
📣 Registration is open for Auxin 2026!! Join us as we delve into the latest advancements in auxin biology by the sea in the beautiful Algarve! 🦞 4 - 8th October 🌊 Albufeira, Portugal Register now 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience #auxin2026
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René Schneider @schneiderlab.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📣 Save the date! The GfE Meeting 2026 is coming to Potsdam 🇩🇪🌱 ✨ Four outstanding keynote speakers (Hans Clevers, Isabel Fariñas, Thomas Bosch, Frank Bradke) ✨ 🏅 Celebration of the Klaus Sander, Hilde Mangold, and José Campos-Ortega Awards 🏅 👉 www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
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Agathe Chaigne @agathechaigne.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
My lab is hiring a postdoc (ERC funded)! If you're interested, get in touch!
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Aspiring PhD candidates: do not miss this opportunity to join a great mentor and awesome project!!! Bonus: it is in Amsterdam
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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 01/12/2025
A new study from the @maizel-lab.org, @dolfweijers.bsky.social, and @roelandmerks.bsky.social labs starting to unravel a role of SOSEKI proteins in cellular mechanosensing.
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Hiro Nakagami @grandpahiro.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
International Marchantia Workshop 2026 Nov. 27th – 29th, 2026 Kobe, Japan sites.google.com/view/marchan...
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Marchantia Workshop 2026
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Showtime in Brussels 😳. Wish us luck!!!
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