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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Developed with input from @c-spirit.org & PCA, The BAR Single Cell Data Portal is now in beta, feat. curated scRNA-seq datasets, interactive data exploration, & the new SUPeR Viewer! Explore the portal: bar.utoronto.ca/single_cell_... #SingleCell #PlantScience

Promotional graphic announcing the BAR Single Cell Data Portal. The image features a six-panel visualization of single-cell data, with yellow, orange, and red cells representing different water and salinity conditions. Text highlights curated scRNA-seq datasets, CellxGene exploration, and a new single-cell portal viewer. Logos for BAR, Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience, and Plant Cell Atlas appear along the bottom.

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Satoru N Kino @strnk17desejp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We had a genuinely exciting talk by Dr. Anuphon Laohavisit (Anu-san) today, from Nagoya University. Fantastic, new perspective in copper-dependent regulation of CARD1! 🤩

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Ulrich Hammes @uhammes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We’re looking for a new colleague in Würzburg! 🌱 W3 Professorship in Plant Metabolism 💊 Chair of Pharmaceutical Biology 🧪 Head of the Metabolomics Core Unit jobs.zeit.de/jobs/univers... Please spread the word! Questions? Feel free to contact me. www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/about-the...

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Gabriel Schaaf @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New W2 Professorship in crop/plant sciences at the University of Bonn 🌱 We especially welcome expertise in genome engineering and pest & disease control …and interdisciplinary research bridging topics with the cluster of excellence #PhenoRob Apply by Sept 30 🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...

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International Society for Protein Termini (ISPT) @ispt-proteinterm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Rubisco, a CO2-fixing enzyme and a major reservoir of nitrogen and carbon in plant leaves, requires a unique N-terminal maturation pathway | Dong Xie et al. @giglionelab.bsky.social @ifink-lab.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

📣 Metabolomics expert position at @ceplas.bsky.social part part of the CEPLAS Academic Expert Career Programme (tenure-track). karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We are very much looking forward to listen to the latest #plantsci results presented next week by the keynote speakers, and in the sessions, presented by invited speakers as well as by #early career researchers (#ECR), at our #BT2026 See programme: botanik-tagung.de/programme.html

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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Professorship in plant breeding in Halle/Germany. Doownload: wcms.itz.uni-halle.de/download.php...

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We are looking for a Group Leader in #Wheat research for pre-breeding here @kwsgroup.bsky.social. This is a full-time, permanent position at KWS France. You would be working on a research station near Lille or Paris. jobs.kws.com/job/Mons-en-... #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs

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Group Lead Wheat Research & Pre-Breeding (m/f/d)

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Universität Münster @uni-muenster.de · 14/08/2026

A research team led by the universities of Münster, @unihannover.bsky.social & @unihalle.bsky.social (funded by @dfg.de) has shown that the mitochondria, the “powerhouses” of cells, are already ready for action in dry plant seeds. Their structure is fully developed and their “machinery” is complete.

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Researchers unravel energy boost during seed germination

A research team led by the universities of Münster, Hanover, and Halle has shown that the mitochondria, the “powerhouses” of cells, are already ready for action in dry plant seeds. Their internal stru...

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Plant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Dry seeds are not waiting to build mitochondria—they come pre-packaged with cristae and full respiratory complexes. ⚡️🌱🌱🌱 Check out the updated growth-and-division model in @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Universität Münster @uni-muenster.de · 14/07/2026

Researchers led by Professor Iris Finkemeier @ifink-lab.bsky.social from the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology discovered a specific chemical mark in the ‘histone code’ of thale cress that is responsible for adaptation to salt stress. #Biology

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Researchers discover a mechanism for salt tolerance in plants

Researchers led by Professor Iris Finkemeier from the Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology discovered a specific chemical mark in the ‘histone code’ of thale cress that is responsible for adap...

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Ralf Reski @reskilab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ein guter Tag! EU macht Weg für Genomeditierung frei Nach Jahren hat das EU Parlament den Weg für Neue genomische Techniken freigemacht. Während Züchter und Forscher von einem überfälligen Modernisierungsschritt sprechen, warnen die Grünen vor einer Deregulierung. transkript.de/artikel/2026...

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EU macht den Weg für Genomeditierung frei

Nach Jahren erbitterter Debatten hat das Europäische Parlament den Weg für Neue genomische Techniken freigemacht. Während Züchter und Forscher von einem überfälligen Modernisierungsschritt sprechen, w...

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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Das EU-Parlament hat gerade die Verordnung zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken bei Pflanzen beschlossen. In zwei Jahren treten die neuen Regeln in Kraft. Heute Vormittag habe ich mich @uedio.bsky.social darüber gesprochen, was das für Forschung, Züchtung und Verbraucher*innen bedeutet.

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Svenja Augustin @augustinsvenja.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of new regulations for NGT-derived plants! 🌱💚🧬 This is a huge success, since these technologies can help accelerate plant breeding for increased stress resistance and contribute to more sustainable agriculture. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

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New genomic techniques for plants to boost innovation in sustainable agriculture | News | European Parliament

Parliament has adopted new rules facilitating access to new plants that are climate and pest resistant, give higher yields and require fewer pesticides.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Abstract submission deadline extended for 2 types of posters to present your #plantsci work at our #BT2026 to an international plant science audience 📍 in Bochum, Germany 📅 6-10 Sept 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/u/BT2026ext

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Martin Reich @martinreich.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Es gibt nun endlich die Chance, dass zumindest ein Teil von möglichen Anwendungen von CRISPR (die "Genschere") auch bei uns in der Pflanzenzüchtung eine Rolle spielen darf. Die Antis fahren wieder auf mit Desinformationskampagnen. Unterstützt uns beim Dagegenhalten👇 act.weplanet.org/p/eu-support...

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CALL ON THE EU TO SUPPORT MODERN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

EU decisionmakers are days away from a crucial decision on the sustainability of European agriculture. Will you take a moment to call on them to support modern agricultural science?

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Karl Schmid @kjschmid.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The BOKU University in Vienna, Austria invites applications for the position of a Full Professor of Crop Breeding and Genomics. boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da... #plantjobs #plantscijobs #plantbreeding

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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

1st insights into protein synthesis accuracy of plant organelles: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... Thx to terrific colabs @ifink-lab.bsky.social @organelledchaos.bsky.social & many others from @pullman.wsu.edu @hhu.de @uni-muenster.de @unihalle.bsky.social funds by @dfg.de #GoPMF #plantscience #biology

Cartoon of 2 chloroplasts not exactly speaking the same language but nevertheless making sense of biological information even when challenged by mistranslation.

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Nature @nature.com · 29/05/2026

Catalogue entries for more than 100 antibodies sold by the research services and supply company Thermo Fisher Scientific contain images that have apparently been manipulated, according to a pair of science sleuths. go.nature.com/4wX4yej

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Science sleuths uncover more than 100 suspicious images in Thermo Fisher antibody catalogue

Scientists have long worried about the reliability of commercial antibodies, and the latest findings have sparked fresh concerns.

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Sjon Hartman @hartman-plantlab.com · 30/05/2026

Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us! uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

📣 📣 The Mitochondria & Chloroplasts GRC (July 26–31) is approaching fast. We are very close to our attendance target and would love to bring together the broadest possible organelle biology community. www.grc.org/mitochondria...

Epifluorescence image of a plant cell in which chloroplasts and mitochondria are GFP-labelled by a dual-targeted protein

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Hurry up, if you want to present your latest #plantsci research results to an international plant science audience at #BT2026 🚨Abstract submission ends on 31st May 2026 🚨 Please remind to register first to be able to submit your abstract 📆 6-10 September 2026 📍Bochum, Germany botanik-tagung.de

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Plant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

👏👏👏 Huge congratulations to all awardees at the ICPMB in Kagoshima 🇯🇵 Plant mitochondria at an entirely new level 🤩 Thanks for an absolutely amazing conference. Excited to welcome this fantastic community to Germany 🇩🇪 in 2028.

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International Society for Seed Science @intlsocseedsci.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Meise Botanic Garden is looking for a seed bank manager 🫘 🌱 A degree obtained in French or a French language test is a requirement. Deadline: June 15, 2026 More information on the following link: www.federation-wallonie-bruxelles.be/travailler-p... #SeedJobs #PlantJobs #Botany #Science

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Details how to take part in available Complexome Profiling in Plants: Exploring Organellar Protein Networks 🌱🧪 the DBG Strasburger Workshop exclusively from ECRs for #ECR s www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/about-us/...

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DBG's Eduard Strasburger-Workshop

Eduard Strasburger-Workshop: From young plant scientits for young plant scientists exclusively - supported by the DBG

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

We have a winner 🏅for the @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social Eduard-Strasburger-Award. More on the awardee soon. Stay tuned

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 12/05/2026

Erweiterte Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten für Forschungsgroßgeräte! Gemeinsam mit dem BMFTR hat die DFG einen Fortschritt in der nachhaltigen Großgeräteforderung erzielt: Initiale Wartungs- und Servicekosten können nun im Forschungsgroßgeräte-Programm mitfinanziert werden. Alle Details: sohub.io/4j5h

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Erweiterte Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten für Forschungsgroßgeräte

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

📣 #BT2026DBG abstract submission deadline May 31. Submit your abstracts soon! #PlantSci @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The preliminary programme of International Conference of our German Society for #PlantSci, the Botanik-Tagung, is online botanik-tagung.de/programme.html 📆 6-10 September 2026 📍Bochum, Germany Makes it easier to plan your participation. Register today! botanik-tagung.de/registration...

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Juergen Eirich @plantproteomics-ms.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

New #openaccess #massspec publication in @asbmbjournals.bsky.social Molecular & Cellular Proteomics #MCP to decipher the dynamic proximity networks of myosin-19 (Myo19) and its mitochondrial receptors @uni-muenster.de Faculty of #Biology @ifink-lab.bsky.social and #IIZP doi.org/10.1016/j.mc...

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Science Magazine @science.org · 17/04/2026

Iceland—previously the only Arctic nation without mosquitoes—no longer holds that distinction. "The detection of mosquitoes just north of Reykjavík in 2025 reflects an ecological shift already underway," write Amanda M. Koltz and Lauren E. Culler in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4tg86pJ

"Mosquitoes in Iceland are more than a curiosity or future annoyance. They are a warning …" - Amanda M. Koltz and Lauren E. Culler

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Finkemeier Lab @ifink-lab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Hot Topic workshop on Cryo-Electron Tomography 🌱🌱organised by the great Engel lab @cellarchlab.com at @biozentrum.unibas.ch. Thank you for the great meeting! Funded by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social and @dfg.de

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Juergen Eirich @plantproteomics-ms.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Great opportunity to present our work @ifink-lab.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de on #proteomics and #PTMs in plants #LCMS #MBP2026

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

⏰Applications for ASPB's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) close tomorrow, Friday, February 6.🌱 Finalize and submit your applications soon!👉https://aspb-surf.secure-platform.com/a/.

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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Die Einigung im Trilog letzte Nacht hat zu vielen Fragen geführt. Im Interview mit @forschungaktuell.bsky.social im Deutschlandfunk habe ich versucht, einige davon zu beantworten: www.deutschlandfunk.de/gruene-gente... #Gentechnik #CRISPR #NGTs

Screenshot von der Webseite des Deutschlandfunks mit der Überschrift:
Grüne Gentechnik: EU will Regulierung lockern, Interview Robert Hoffie, IPK

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob W1 Junior Professorship Plastid homeostasis - algal molecular biology with a focus on organelles. @rptu.bsky.social Details on the website of our Phycology Section www.dbg-phykologie.de/forschung/st...

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Stellenangebote und Ausschreibungen

Stellenangebote und Ausschreibungen: Algenkunde, Phykologie, Algologie

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transgen @transgen.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Schnelles Update nach der Einigung in der letzten Nacht auf neue Regeln für NGT-Pflanzen. Kernpunkte: NGT1-Pflanzen im Kern wie konventionelle. Aber: Deutlich strengere Kriterien. Alle übrigen NGT-Pflanzen (NGT2) weiterhin wie GVO. www.transgen.de/aktuell/2880...

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Einigung auf dem letzten Drücker: Die EU erleichtert den Umgang mit Pflanzen aus Neuen genomischen Techniken

(04. Dezember 2025) EU-Parlament und Rat haben sich doch noch auf einen gemeinsamen Kompromiss verständigt. Einfache genom-editierte Pflanzen (NGT1) werden künftig herkömmlichen weitgehend gleichgeste...

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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Weil es viele Meldungen verkürzt darstellen: Die #Gentechnik -Regeln in der EU werden im Kern nicht geändert. Es wird lediglich eine Ausnahme-Regel für Pflanzen geschaffen, die mit neuen Techniken gezüchtet wurden, aber äquivalent zu konventionellen sind. Für alle anderen gelten die alten Regeln.

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Universität Münster @uni-muenster.de · 28/11/2025

Die Präsidentin der Universität Osnabrück, Prof. Dr. Susanne Menzel Riedl, wird zum 1. Oktober 2026 neue Rektorin der Universität Münster. Sie tritt damit die Nachfolge von Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels an, der seit 2016 im Amt ist.

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Susanne Menzel-Riedl wird am 1. Oktober 2026 neue Rektorin

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Ora Hazak @hazaklab.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Celebrating my inaugural lecture with @tlvuni.bsky.social and my @uni-muenster.de Biology colleagues! Happy to be part of the Münster Plant Bio community @ifink-lab.bsky.social @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social 🌱

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Isabel saur @izzysaurlab.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Postdoc position in my lab in Cologne starting early next year or latest in spring to get this exciting project started. jobportal.uni-koeln.de/ausschreibun...

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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

🤫Registration for #MBP2026 will start very soon. Please tell all your friends 🌱.

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International Society for Protein Termini (ISPT) @ispt-proteinterm.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

See you at Palazzo dei Normanni in Palermo for the 2026 Protein Termini Conference | Co- and post-translational modifications | Proteolytic processing and degradation pathways | Microbes, plants, animals #ProteinTermini2026 #Proteostasis #ProteinModifications #PalazzoDeiNormanni #Palermo2026

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