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Franzi Fichtner

@franzificht.bsky.social
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Group leader at the institute of Plant Biochemistry at HHU interested in sugar signalling 🍬 across land plants 🌱 especially via trehalose 6-phosphate

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hannahlepper.bsky.social from @franzificht.bsky.social in Düsseldorf is telling us more about Trehalose 6-phosphate as an ancient sucrose-specific signal shaping (land) plant evolution #MAdLand2026 #plantsci
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Franzi Fichtner @franzificht.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Finally out! Explore how vascular T6P modulates root growth 🌱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Systemic and Local Regulation of Root Growth by Vascular Trehalose 6‐Phosphate is Correlated With Re‐allocation of Primary Metabolites Between Shoots and Roots
Trehalose 6-phoshpate (Tre6P) consistently regulates root growth, with high Tre6P inhibiting and low Tre6P promoting primary and lateral root growth. It does so by altering the accumulation and alloc...
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Benoit Lacombe @lacombeb.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Visit our Web site, register and subit your abstract for the next Plant Energy Mangement Meeting next july on Montpellier pem26.cnrs.fr @frannybarbs.bsky.social @lacombeb.bsky.social @franzificht.bsky.social @ccf-claire.bsky.social @msubrandizzilab.bsky.social @hatem-rouached.bsky.social
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CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
‼️Please RT: The CEPLAS Graduate School call for 2026 is now open! Detailed info on our website: bit.ly/4q19JWk @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
#TansleyInsight: Trehalose 6-phosphate – a central regulator at the crossroads of sugar #signalling, #metabolism, and development By Franziska Fichtner 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue
Fig. 3 Intracellular localization of proteins involved in trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) biosynthesis and signalling in Arabidopsis thaliana.
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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Systemic and local regulation of root growth by vascular trehalose 6-phosphate is correlated with re-allocation of primary metabolites between shoots and roots www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Franzi Fichtner @franzificht.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
So proud of my PhD student @hannahlepper.bsky.social talking about the roles of the important plant sugar signal trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution 🍬🌿 www.plant-biochemistry.hhu.de/t6p-signalling
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T6P signalling
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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🌱 Part 2 of Session 1: Beginnings & Roots Moritz Göbel (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting: “Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates root growth by nutrient allocation towards sink tissues” 🌿 #JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
Moritz Göbel (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) presenting his talk, “Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates root growth by nutrient allocation towards sink tissues,” with slides projected behind him at the conference centre in Edinburgh.
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pem2026.bsky.social @pem2026.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Save the date: "Plant Energy Management, Molecular mecanisms of growth ans stress responses" will take place in Montpellier next year july 12-15 @hatem-rouached.bsky.social @ccf-claire.bsky.social @msubrandizzilab.bsky.social @franzificht.bsky.social @lacombeb.bsky.social
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Uriel Urquiza-Garcia @uurquiza.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Abundant clock proteins point to missing regulation in the plant circadian clock www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.... first experimental determination of the abundance of transcription factors in Plants and for the circadian clock. It was such a challenge but finally out after peer review !!!
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Abundant clock proteins point to missing molecular regulation in the plant circadian clock | Molecular Systems Biology
imageimage~100,000 copies of plant circadian clock proteins per cell were predicted from RNA levels and included in detailed models. Protein levels and DNA-binding were validated, using NanoLUC report...
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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Proud to share TAPscan v4, automated annotation of 138 TF families; code, webtool and database available online. @watertoland.bsky.social @nfdi4plants.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @shiltemann.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
Diagram of the TAPscan v4 workflow
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raphmercier.bsky.social @raphmercier.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
We are still waiting for applications to join us as a group leader in the department of Chromosome Biology! Apply until the first of Feb.
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Franzi Fichtner @franzificht.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Very cool new data. A T6P phosphatase was identified as a potential regulator of heterodichogamy in walnut. This study highlights how T6P can be hijacked to modulate plant development. www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Geert De Jaeger’s lab @dejaegerlab.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Check out our latest pre-print where we used our ASP-#SPARK #sensor to unveil #SnRK1's multifaceted role during #plant growth and #development! bit.ly/49JVZrY Including real-time #spatiotemporal visualization of SnRK1 activity in a growing #Arabidopsis root! 😀
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Dirk Becker @beckerdirk.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
News from #SnRk1. #PlantScience
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Journal of Experimental Botany @jxbotany.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
**𝗪𝗘'𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚** JXB is looking for an assistant editor to join our friendly team based in Lancaster, UK. Come and work for a society-owned journal and support the #plantscience community. 🧪 More info: bit.ly/JXBAE24 @sebiology.bsky.social @cristobaluauy.bsky.social @giffordlab.bsky.social
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Pilar Cubas @pilarcubas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Our latest paper is out in @jxbotany.bsky.social. 🙌
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Novel mechanisms of strigolactone-induced DWARF14 degradation in Arabidopsis thaliana
This study reveals new mechanisms of strigolactone (SL)-induced degradation of the Arabidopsis SL receptor, independent of SL signalling components and of
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