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Last talk of the session by @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social from @jandevries.bsky.social in Göttingen, sharing her latest insights into the conserved and divergent UV responses in Mesotaenium #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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Now Cece is up on the origin of the streptophyte UV response toolkit #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13h

We’re very delighted to welcome our first invited speaker, Hiroyuki Sekimoto, from Japan! He is taking us into the fascinating world of the unicellular zygnematophycean alga Closterium peracerosum–strigosum–littorale complex. 🌿 #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13h

Starting our short talk sessions with James Walker from San Diego, telling us more about linking live-cell dynamics to single- cell molecular states across plant evolution #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 12h

We are going into the next session with Maria Dolores Lopez Bueno from the @philipp-denninger.bsky.social lab in Munich, sharing insights into the Evolution of novel RHO OF PLANTS signaling activators during the adaptation from water to land #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 11h

Alisha Alisha from @plantphotobiology.bsky.social lab in Freiburg is focusing on investigating the role of FHY1 in phytochrome signaling in the moss Physcomitrium patens #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 12h

Next up, Zahin Mohd Ali from @jandevries.bsky.social lab in Göttingen is sharing his latest discoveries on phytochrome-mediated light signalling in Physcomitrium patens #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 11h

Daniel Heß from @cyanolab.bsky.social in Freiburg is sharing his insights on Inositol phosphates, pyrophosphates and the genes involved in their turnover in the streptophyte green alga Chara braunii #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 11h

Zah is up on light quality signaling in the moss Physcomitrium patens and beyond #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 14h

We’re kicking things off with a welcome talk by @jandevries.bsky.social, introducing us to Göttingen and the Alte Mensa 🏛️ #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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Hiro Nakagami @grandpahiro.bsky.social · 14h

@jandevries.bsky.social kicking off the last @watertoland.bsky.social meeting

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Cece (Cäcilia F.) Kunz @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social · 13h

The final MAdLand Meeting @watertoland.bsky.social starts with @jandevries.bsky.social welcome in Göttingen @uni-goettingen.de #plantsci #evolution

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 13h

Next up is @heche.bsky.social from the @jandevries.bsky.social lab, talking about Polyploid cycle in land plants: an exaptation of the alternation of dimorphic multicellular generations #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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Uni Göttingen @uni-goettingen.de · 04/09/2026

Congratulations to bioinformatician Dr Jaccoline Zegers for the Wilhelm Pfeffer Prize, German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG), awarded for her PhD thesis. The prize recognises outstanding achievements in plant research: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html... #AppliedBioinformatics #Genomics #Algae

Close up photograph of one of Dr Jaccoline Zeger's analysed algae from the group of Zygnematophyceae named Zygnema circumcarinatum. It shows a close up of a strand which has transparent compartments with packs of green in the middle. The photo is by Jaccoline Zegers, University of Göttingen

Photo shows Dr Jaccoline Zegers. She is sitting in a field of wheat-coloured crop with mountains and forests behind her. Photo thanks to Amra Ashok, University of Göttingen

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Cece (Cäcilia F.) Kunz @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Sophie de Vries to be re-elected to be the YoungDBG representative and creating the #ECR #YoungDBG network - I’m excited to join and see what will grow from this. It is open to any ECR until junior group leaders @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mark your calendars: The next Botanik-Tagung #BT2028, the international Conference of our German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social 📍will take place at Göttingen, Germany organised by @jandevries.bsky.social 🗓️ 17 - 21 September 2028

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Next Botanik-Tagung is going to take place in Göttingen. Looking forward to the next meeting. Thank you, @jandevries.bsky.social ! #BT2028 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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Yichao Zeng @yichaozeng.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just out in Syst Biol! What are the macroevolutionary rates of species interactions such as mutualisms and antagonisms? @cromanpa.bsky.social We developed a new Approximate Bayesian Computation approach to estimating speciation and extinction rates from cophylogenies. doi.org/10.1093/sysb...

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Jaccoline Zegers receives the Pfeffer Award 2026 for her excellent work on evolutionary conservation of hyperosmotic response #BT2026 #Botanik-Tagung2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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

Congratulations! Dr Paul Grünhofer from @unibonn.bsky.social at #BT2026 receives one of this year’s Horst Wiehe Prizes from DBG’s own Horst Wiehe Foundation for his excellent #PlantSci PhD thesis. He had questioned long-standing assumptions about the protecting surfaces of poplars.

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A big congrats to @jaccolinezegers.bsky.social again for receiving the Wilhelm Pfeffer Prize for her amazing PhD thesis @uni-goettingen.de

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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cäcilia Kunz talks about evolutionary transitions during evolution of land plants #BT2026

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

Yippie 🎉 Dr Sophie de Vries @uni-goettingen.de, our extended board member, receives a #ERCStG from @erc.europa.eu for her project “Plant Immune Responses in Perpetual symbiosis (PIRPetum)”, She will analyse how plants maintain their friends while repelling foes www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...

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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Thrilled to have the opportunity to investigate the role of membrane protein proteolysis in plant immunity through the ERC Starting Grant FRONTERA! A heartfelt thank you to my mentors, friends, and family whose support, encouragement, and guidance made this possible. #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu

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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Super excited of obtaining a ERCstg to support our project MORPHEUS 🎉🎉 Receiving this grant is a pivotal moment for my lab at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social as will allow to extend the scope of our research in cellular reprogramming using ribosome dormancy as entry point 😴🌱❄️🔬 @erc.europa.eu

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#TansleyReview: The evolutionary origins of streptophyte multicellularity de Vries et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience @jandevries.bsky.social @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social

Fig. 1 Phylogeny of streptophytes and the deep origin of branching filamentous growth.

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Cece (Cäcilia F.) Kunz @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Sophie de Vries at @uni-goettingen.de for receiving her @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant "Plant Immune Responses in Perpetual symbiosis (PIRPetum)" focusing on the #evolution of the #symbiosis between the water fern #Azolla and #cyanobacteria www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🌱 We are very thrilled to announce our Invited Speakers for this year's MAdLand Meeting. Join us in Göttingen, Germany, from September 29 to October 2, 2026, if you are interested in #plantsci & #evolution, and (re-)connect with an amazing scientific community. Register here: madland-meeting.de

Poster announcing the invited speakers for the MAdLand meeting 2026, taking place in Göttingen from 29 September to 2 October 2026. The list includes the following speakers: Miguel A. Blázquez, Pierre-Marc Delaux, Liam Dolan, Elvira Hörandl, Laura Moody, Hiroyuki Sekimoto

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Learn about the UV response of the earliest land plants #evolution of the phenylpropanoid pathway—& its divergence in zygnematophyte #algae at Cece's @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social poster 100-042 #PlantBio2026 @aspbofficial.bsky.social & checkout @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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aspbplantbiology.bsky.social @aspbplantbiology.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Happening now: Genes/Genomes: Regulatory & Transcriptional Networks! Featuring talks by: Min-Yao Jhu, Molly Megraw, Jan de Vries, Bahram Samanfar, and Stefanie F. King. #PlantBio2026 #PlantScience

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

#plantbio2026 Come see me at my poster tonight 000-018 and learn about the Assistant Features Editor program of @theplantcell.bsky.social & @plantphys.bsky.social 💚

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Prof. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Don't forget to join the 100 Celebration of Plant Physiology Symposium- #PlantBio2026 @plantphys.bsky.social Monday, July 20, 1:30 pm-, Canada Hall 1. And, stop by our booth 🥰🌱🍁 -Photo, our might EIC, Yunde Zhao!

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Phil Carella @philcarella.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Check out our latest pre-print on the evolution of TIR activity/signalling: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Cece (Cäcilia F.) Kunz @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Happy to be at my first #ASPB meeting in Ottawa. If you’re interested in #evolution & phenolics in the closest algal relatives of land #plants, come to my poster #100-042 today from 5:30 pm to 6:15 pm and tomorrow (Monday) from 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm #PlantBio2026 #algae

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Volker Lipka @volkerlipka.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We are currently recruiting an Independent Junior Research Group Leader in the field of biotic and/or abiotic stress biology in plants at the University of Göttingen (starting in January 2027). www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... Best, Salma Balazadeh & Volker Lipka

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The evolutionary origins of #streptophyte multicellularity #TansleyReview by Tatyana Darienko, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jandevries.bsky.social @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social Summary also available in German. #PlantScience

The phylogeny of streptophytes and the deep origin of branching filamentous growth.

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Uni Göttingen @uni-goettingen.de · 15/06/2026

Als die ersten Pflanzen ihren Lebensraum im Wasser verließen und an Land siedelten, waren sie völlig neuen Gefahren ausgesetzt. Besonders bedrohlich war UV-Strahlung. Wie haben sie das überlebt? Eine winzige Alge gibt darüber nun Aufschluss. Mehr erfahren: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...

Zellen der Grünalge nach UV-Bestrahlung unter dem Mikroskop: Die Chloroplasten leuchten durch Autofluoreszenz rot, die Zellwand wurde in Cyan angefärbt. © Cäcilia Kunz, Tatyana Darienko, Jan de Vries

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

When a protist engulfed a cynaobacterium, Earth changed forever! @jandevries.bsky.social, @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social, @heche.bsky.social & colleagues review the origins and evolution of archaeoplastids, the lineage that arose from this event, including plants & co www.cell.com/current-biol...

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Cece (Cäcilia F.) Kunz @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Very excited to be presenting at @official-smbe.bsky.social in Copenhagen. I'll be talking about evolutionarily conserved mechanisms in UV acclimation in the context of plant terrestrialization. Looking forward to connecting with other researchers interested in #evolution. #SMBE2026

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KunzLab@LMU @kunzlab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Chemodiverse cell systems responses to UV in an algal sister of land plants #plantscience @jandevries.bsky.social

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MolPlantSci @molplantsci.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Check out Cäcila's manuscript!

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MolPlantSci @molplantsci.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Cäcilia Felicitas Kunz from the University Göttingen will report on Plant Terrestrialization: Phenolics in Stress Response in the Closest Algal Relatives of Land Plants #MBP2026

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Plant Science Research Weekly Oct 31, 2025. plantae.org/plant-scienc... What makes a tree a tree? Secret strategy of far-red photosynthesis; Unwinding the Spirogyra genome; H2O2 role in P starvation response; Viral evasion of cap-independent translation defense (1/2)

Structure of the far-red photosystem I from cyanobacteria that indicates the position of the chlorophyll f molecules that enable the cells to use far-red light for photosynthesis.

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