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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🌾 We're hiring a postdoc! Join the Stomatal Biology group in beautiful Bern @unibe.ch How do grass leaves spatially coordinate development of veins & stomatal rows? 2 years (plus possible extension), funded by @snsf.ch @dfg.de within @cerealcell.bsky.social RU5325 jobs.unibe.ch/job-vacancie...

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🌾 Grass leaves are the photosynthetic powerhouses of human civilisation. @lbmountain.bsky.social's transcriptomic atlas of nearly 70,000 cells from shoot apex to mature leaf follows the genetic programs that form a grass leaf 🧬 paper doi.org/10.1093/plce... expression browser shiny.ips.unibe.ch

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

After reading @blekhernia.bsky.social's great blog post on lab AI usage policy (blekhman.substack.com/p/you-need-t...), we made one in lab meeting. Feedback welcome! rilab.ucdavis.edu/ai_expectati...

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Ross-Ibarra Lab Policy on AI Usage

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

#PlantSciJobs 🌱 Postdoctoral Research Associate (x2) and Research Assistant (x2) Dr Edwige Moyroud is seeking 2 Postdocs and 2 Research Assistants to join her team investigating petal patterning Applications close: 5 June: Research Assistant bit.ly/4a32ffK 17 June: Postdoc bit.ly/4dT2LOC

Microscopy images of a petal showing petal patterning developing in the young petals. Around the image is 6-stages of hibiscus development from closed bud to open flower. The flower is plit in two to show one flower with a dark purple bullseye and one flower fully white with no pigment petal patterns.

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

1/ Preprint alert:  🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution  👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025... A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Happy to share our recent thoughts on how grasses form and pattern stomata doi.org/10.1016/j.pb... 🌾From fate establishment, through within-file patterning to dumbbell formation🌾 Congrats to @lbmountain.bsky.social on getting two publications out in a single day - a first for the lab!

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Our paper comparing stomata of the three annual Brachypodium species is out 🌾 bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... A great collaborative effort between @lbmountain.bsky.social, & our friends at University of Silesia (Alexander Betekhtin and Anna Milewska-Hendel). Funded by @dfg.de and NAWA

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

What a community, what a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere, what a location! Thank you @snsf.ch, CSF @ethz.ch, @newphyt.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social and @cerealcell.bsky.social for supporting us. 🌾Brachypodium 2025 was a blast🌾 Grazie mille - Thank you so much Forza Brachy - Go Brachy

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

This #FluorescenceFriday our featured image is from by @lbmountain.bsky.social (@michaelraissig.bsky.social lab). It shows mature epidermal cell types in a grass leaf of Brachypodium distachyon. Check out our post to learn more the image & Lea’s research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/04/f...

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

This quote is from the article but it summarises my feelings exactly, especially about the robot lifting weights. Learning takes real effort, developing critical thinking skills can't be outsourced! 👇

I think generative Al is incredibly destructive to our teaching of university students. We ask them to read, reflect upon, write about, and discuss ideas. That's all in service of our goal to help train them to be critical citizens.

GenAl can simulate all of the steps: it can summarize readings, pull out key concepts, draft text, and even generate ideas for discussion. But that would be like going to the gym and asking a robot to lift weights for you.

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🌾 One week until registration deadline 🌾 Join us in stunning Monte Verità in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for what will be a great meeting on grass biology. Fantastic line-up www.brachypodium2025.org/speaker2 & a great community Register until May 5 www.brachypodium2025.org/registration

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Two gorgeous plant entries in this excellent selection! 🌾💚 @minyaaa.bsky.social's spectacular Mimulus "pin shoot" apex and @lbmountain.bsky.social's exceptional image of the mature Brachypodium leaf epidermis. Check out all entries in this wonderful #SciArt collection of developmental systems!

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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Together with @focalplane.bsky.social, we're having an image competition to accompany the #Biologists100 conference. Thank you everyone who submitted their images. Shortlisting only 15 was tough! Browse through the gallery and vote for your favourite image: thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...

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Vote for your favourite image in the Node–FocalPlane image competition - the Node

Browse through the gallery of the 15 shortlisted images and vote for your favourite image by Wednesday 26 March.

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Joop Vermeer @joopvermeer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

We are hiring! Are you interested in lateral root development and the cellular processes that accommodate these newly formed organs? If yes, apply! We are recruiting a Post-doc (from May 2025) and a PhD student (from September 2025). www.unine.ch/lbmc/jobs/

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Jobs - Laboratory of cell and molecular biology

Join Our Team – Open Positions at the LBMC, Vermeer Lab. We are excited to announce two open positions, please get in touch with Prof. Dr. Joop Vermeer: josephus.vermeer@unine.ch Applications open f...

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Registration is open for the International Brachypodium Research Conference 2025 (IBRC2025) #Brachy2025 July 6 - 10, 2025 in Monte Verità, Switzerland www.brachypodium2025.org/registration Registration deadline is May 5 🌾 Join us if you love grass biology 🌾

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