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Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant SIG @gensocuknonseed.bsky.social · 11h

Registration is now open for the @gensocuk.bsky.social #nonseedUK26 meeting, which will be held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on 15th December. Looking forward to celebrating another year of non-seed 🌱 science. You can register here: tinyurl.com/3xusawvd 😃

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Michael Prigge @mjprigge.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

I am very happy to see this story published! This was a wonderful collaboration between the @mestelle.bsky.social lab (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) on the moss side, Annis Richardson’s lab on the maize side, and @luciastrader.bsky.social lab’s help throughout. #plantscience #auxin

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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I have a new review out in TiG titled, “The ecology of horizontal gene transfer”! I’ve been thinking about these ideas for years and this field is growing so fast it’s becoming impossible to review it. I hope this paper sparks discussion on different ways we can look at DNA transfer!

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The ecology of horizontal gene transfer

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) generates genetic variation in populations across all domains of life; however, most studies focus on individual transf…

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Javier del Campo @fonamental.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Spatial proteomics reveals carboxysome adaptation and mitochondrial proteome in Paulinella chromatophora #protists

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Congratulations to the winners of best PhD talk @ #MAdLand2026 from right to left: @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social from @jandevries.bsky.social lab, who won @theplantjournal.bsky.social award 🌱 @thanahartmann.bsky.social from Schuller lab and @hannahlepper.bsky.social from @franzificht.bsky.social lab

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Congratulations to Kim-Kristine Müller from the Classen lab @uni-kiel.de for the best Postdoc talk and winning the @theplantjournal.bsky.social award 🥳🌱 #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And last but not least, congratulations to the winners of the best poster prize @ #MAdLand2026 🎉 From right to left: 1st place: Abhayanjali Tripathi from Philippar lab in Saarbrücken. Shared 2nd place: Kshitij Bhushan from Philippar lab and Craig Allen Dorsch from @jandevries.bsky.social lab

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

„Without funding of basic research – which is the advantage of doing research in Germany – our discoveries would not have been possible”, Nobel Prize laureate 2026 Peter Hagemann points out in German news @heutejournal.bsky.social (starting at 19:00 minutes) – in German www.zdf.de/play/magazin...

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heute journal vom 5. Oktober 2026

Mit den Themen: „Gewaltsamer Konflikt“ - BND-Chef warnt vor Russland; Vorgezogene Neuwahlen - Spaniens Sánchez sucht Mehrheiten; Verdrängte Geschichte - Shida Bazyar erhält Deutschen Buchpreis

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Laura Eme @lauraeme.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Comparative Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes (San Feliu, Spain): Abstract submission is open, with a short deadline! comparativegenomics2026.com Join us as we explore the most diverse, surprising, and still largely uncharted branches of the eukaryotic tree.

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Two out of the three Nobel Prize winners are members of @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026

Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel – awarded the 2026 medicine prize – discovered a remarkable protein, channelrhodopsin, in a single-celled alga. Hegemann wondered how Chlamydomonas, a single-celled alga, is able to swim towards a light source.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Congratulations to biophysicist Peter Hegemann @humboldtuni.bsky.social, plant physiologist Georg Nagel @uni-wuerzburg.de, and @deisseroth.bsky.social! …. it all started with a basic research question: how tiny alga sense light

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We are very happy to welcome our next guest speaker, Liam Dolan @liamdolanlab.bsky.social from the GMI in Vienna. He is telling us more about the development of the Marchantia polymorpha sporeling #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The last talk of the meeting! We’re a little sad that #MAdLand2026 is coming to an end, but very happy to welcome our guest speaker, @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social from Toulouse. He will talk about the evolution of plant–microbe interactions at the water-to-land transition. 🌱 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you all for coming! It was a wonderful final meeting, filled with great science and an even greater community 🌱. We hope to see many of you again somewhere down the road. Safe travels home today, everyone! #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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Hiro Nakagami @grandpahiro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Plants transformed the Earth’s atmosphere and surface. @watertoland.bsky.social transformed my research life here in Germany. Thanks to the community and @dfg.de for their supports over the years! My special thanks to @rensingstefan.bsky.social and @jandevries.bsky.social.

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you so muc, Hiro! You really made a impact on the whole community. It was a pleasure and an honour to work with you over the past years. Let’s keep this going! 🙂

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Cece (Cäcilia F.) Kunz @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@jandevries.bsky.social is wrapping up the final MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social meeting. It was a blast! Excited what’s to come next. #plantsci #evolution

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Next, Elisa Goldbecker from @jandevries.bsky.social in Göttingen will share her insights into core transcriptomic responses of Zygnematophyceae to a gradient of terrestrial stressors. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Elisa is up on core transcriptomic responses of three divergent genome sequenced Zygnematophyceae to a bifactorial gradient of stressors And the Spirogyra genome published @theplantcell.bsky.social #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Next, @nidabasturk.bsky.social from @jandevries.bsky.social lab is exploring endosymbiotic gene transfer across photosynthetic eukaryotes, from Archaeplastida and secondary algae to Paulinella. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Now @nidabasturk.bsky.social is up on how endosymbiotic gene transfer across photosynthetic eukaryotes shapes the molecular biology of plants and algae. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@fernway.bsky.social from @duke-university.bsky.social in North Carolina is sharing his latest discoveries on how a plant-derived diterpenoid initiates symbiosis with N2-fixing cyanobacteria #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Next, @derenbuyuktas.bsky.social from @jandevries.bsky.social lab is sharing her latest insights on Hornwort Abiotic Stress Responses and their Evolutionary Link to Cyanobacteria #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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

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MAdLand @watertoland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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

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Cece (Cäcilia F.) Kunz @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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 · 30/09/2026

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

@jaccolinezegers.bsky.social has done both very detailed and bird‘s eye viewed work on the evolution of the osmotic stress response cascade and the origin of ABA signaling (or rather signaling in the absence of a major role of ABA)

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