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Plant evolutionary & cell biologist climbing phylogenetic trees and dancing on fluorescent barrels.

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Facundo Romani @fromani.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The final version of our Marchantia cell cycle paper is now published. A much improved version compared to the preprint. Cyclins, repressors, and more. Thanks to co-authors and reviewers. #PlantScience. academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Thanks! Yes, we made an independent attempt to interpret plant exocyst evolutionary dynamics (also by using DNA from algae!) I would say both papers are worth reading, maybe even side-by-side #PlantScience
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Thomas Greb @thomasgreb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In an heoric endeavor, Xiomin Liu, PhD student in the lab, characterized the dynamics and topology of the cell division machinery during cambium stem cell divisions. Super fruitful collaboration with the group of Sabine Müller (@phragmoplast.bsky.social). doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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The preprophase band is dispensable for robust cell division orientation in wood‐forming cambium stem cells
Characterization of periclinal and anticlinal cell divisions in dividing cambium stem cells (CSCs). (a) Scheme indicating periclinal and anticlinal cell divisions in CSCs in the Arabidopsis hypocotyl...
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Preprint with nice phyllid developmental maps of physco
Higher mammal pointing sabre on the lower mammal shouting: Auxin is the key plant morphogen! Lower mammal does not seem interested and would probably rather be spared of CNS auxin shenanigans.
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Gallego Lab @gallegolab.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
0/10 🥳 our #exocyst paper out in @cp-cell.bsky.social, led by Marta, Sebas & @sasmeek.bsky.social in collab with @jonasries.bsky.social, @cmanzo.bsky.social & Castaño-Díez labs #Quantitative_Cell_Biology Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Continuum architecture dynamics of vesicle tethering in exocytosis
Data from complementary imaging techniques were integrated into a model that resolves the dynamic exocyst ensemble and membrane architecture during exocytosis, an essential cellular pathway. Sec18 med...
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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🚨Our collaboration with @centriolelab.bsky.social & @gautamdey.bsky.social is out today in @cp-cell.bsky.social We show that #Expansion #Microscopy is a broad-spectrum modality for Euks, enabling 3D phenotypic maps rooted to phylogeny. #ProtistsOnSky #SciComm #SciSky www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Jenny Russinova @jennyrussinova.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Dear ENPER community, We are pleased to invite you to the next ENPER meeting, which will be held in my country Bulgaria, from 26 to 28 August 2026 in Sofia. Save the Date!🌱🌱🌱
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Rory Craig @rorycraig.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
(1/6) First and foremost, Auxenochlorella spp. are oily green algae that can be readily transformed by homologous recombination, enabling efficient site-specific transformation of the nuclear genome. This is a first for chlorophytes, and we hope that it will facilitate lots of interesting research
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Nadja M. Hümpfer @nadjahuempf.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Now out on bioRxiv. 🥳My research on #cytokinesis, averaging thousands of #ExM images🔬, creating a dynamic atlas of cytokinesis 🦠⏳. Here's an animated sneak peek of what we found. Better resolution on bioRxiv😄 #PSFoftheGIF
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Ok, hear me out, here's the plan:
Meme with a quasi bryologist disaproving of early land plants agenda, but quite liking early mars plants idea, since mosses are amongst organisms that should be able to colonize mars.
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Really tried to get to the root of our problem during the lab meeting today. But then I realized that we work on mosses, and roots are exclusive to euphyllophytes, so it's kind of alright.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Born #onthisday in 1865, the German photographer Karl Blossfeldt. 63 years later he published his 1st photography book, the groundbreaking and best-selling Urformen der Kunst (Art Forms in Plants). See our highlights here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k... #otd
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
In case you were interested how worm people get their groove on
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"We found an arabidopsis mutant developing stomata on the roots!" Not buying it? Eggcellent! What you actually see is a horn of the hornwort Anthoceros agrestis (and what you read was probably my favorite 1st April joke we did in the lab).
Z-stack photo of an Anthoceros agrestis sporophyte with stomata all along the structure.
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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Convergent evolution of mutations in LOG cytokinin synthesis genes leads to loss of prickles across flowering plants. Paper: doi.org/10.1126/science.ado1663 Perspective: doi.org/10.1126/science.adr2473 (26/34)
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Convergent evolution of plant prickles by repeated gene co-option over deep time
An enduring question in evolutionary biology concerns the degree to which episodes of convergent trait evolution depend on the same genetic programs, particularly over long timescales. In this work, w...
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A: We Are Evo-Devo!
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Evo-Devo! Remake of Devo: Freedom of Choice LP cover from 1980.
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
moss stomata ❤️‍
On the base of moss capsule, ring of stomata is born to assist the dehiscence and release of spores.
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
What doing a PhD feels like
Freddie Mercury not sure what he wants, therefore deciding to publish it separately in different songs? Picture from the internet.
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Mill_lab @cilialab.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Super excited to be guest editing a Journal of Cell Science 🌟special 🌟 issue on our favourite organelles #cilia & #flagella with awesome Lotte Pedersen. Reach out to discuss your ideas- we want to hear from you! 🫵 🗓️Submission deadline: 01/03/2025 Read more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ci...
Flyer for the JCS special edition with a confocal image of wild-type mouse tracheal epithelial cells marked by cilia (magenta), centrioles (yellow) and cell boundaries (cyan).
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CNN @cnn.com · 26/08/2024
Matching sets of footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs once traveled along a type of highway 120 million years ago before the two continents split apart, according to new research. cnn.it/3AGrshr
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 21/08/2024
Freudian slip dictionary for scientific grant reports: "Sourprise"
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Stuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 19/08/2024
Emilie-Kate’s paper on CRISPR in Ceratodon is out! She used the endogenous APT selection system to test native Ceratodon U6 snRNA promotors, and used homology directed repair to insert GFP driven by a new Ceratodon RPS5A promotor in a new landing site onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Establishing CRISPR‐Cas9 in the sexually dimorphic moss, Ceratodon purpureus
We have developed CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing tools and protocols for the sexually dimorphic moss, Ceratodon purpureus to generate gene knock-outs and knock-ins within targeted loci. This work facilit....
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 02/07/2024
Tomorrow at #SEBconference I will have a talk about the evolution of a famous protein TANGLED! So, if you like polar proteins, cell division – or at least mosses – don’t hesitate, 12:15, Virgo Room.
When nuclei ball enters the the ring of cortical division zone, it will eventually become two balls.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
SCIENCE CAT (my latest cartoon for New Scientist)
Title: SCIENCE CAT

Panel one: A black cat walks into frame wearing a white lab coat and carrying a clipboard and pen.

Panels two, three, four: A mug sits near the edge of a table. Science Cat's pen appears from the right ans gently pushes it off the table. It falls to the floor and smashes.

Panel five: Science Cat writes on the clipboard and thinks "Once again, the experiment confirmed my hypothesis, but further research in this area is required.

Panel 6: Science cat leaves, thinking "I love science!"
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 13/06/2024
With enough citations, any scientist can develop an citoskeleton.
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 09/06/2024
TimTom for biologists please
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
- What music are plants listening to? - I don't know about the rest of plant, but stomata surely listen to ABA a lot...
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
'And don`t forget to take a calyptra on your sporophyte. Days are short and it`s cold outside.' Typical moss grandma
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Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
Our paper engineering yeast to be phototrophic (gaining energy from light) by chucking a rhodopsin into the vacuole is out in Current Biology. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 26/01/2024
Fun fact: If Hogwarts had been built in a plant seed, one of the founders probably would have been Chalazal Slytherin.
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Flagellated pants @flagellatedpants.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
Marchantia biologists being like: Can you gemmae some of your published material?
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