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A fine group of plant biologists interested in morphogenesis and trying to get to the roots of things. Home base: Heidelberg University - www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/resear….

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 10/06/2026
EMBL meeting on Mechanobiology: @green-te.bsky.social en force, filling the two front rows and prominently featured with >10 posters or talks 🌱✊
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 23/04/2026
Spend less time processing cell images with the Allen Cell Structure Segmenter. This #OpenScience python-based toolkit helps #cellscience researchers navigate complex images by automatically capturing the boundaries of structures. Access at: lnkd.in/gpWA7xWH
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Xavier Trepat @xaviertrepat.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Our latest work on shape-programmable tissues is out in @science.org. By positioning topological defects in cellular nematics, we encode frustrated 2D force fields that relax into predictable 3D shapes. Collaboration with Marino Arroyo’s lab, led by @pauguillamat.bsky.social at @ibecbarcelona.eu.
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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🌱🔬We’re exciting to be hosting a new webinar series on quantitative plant imaging with @ajcellbio.bsky.social & @joemckenna.bsky.social. The first webinar will be on 30 April at 15:00 BST. For more info and to sign up to our mailing list or volunteer to give a talk ⤵️
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Macro to micro: quantitative plant imaging across scales webinar series - FocalPlane
Macro to micro: quantitative plant imaging across scales webinar series
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 01/04/2026
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laserhedvig @laserhedvig.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
*Sharing code for research publications* Here's the process that I've ended up with, through various collaborators like Robert Forkel, @simongreenhill.bsky.social , Stephen Francis Mann and others. Not perfect perhaps, but works pretty ok. A student asked, so I made this illustration.
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Ali Seleit @aliseleit.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Very happy to announce that I will be joining the Faculty of Biology & @cibss.bsky.social at @uni-freiburg.de as an Emmy-Noether funded group leader. We will tackle the molecular and genetic basis of developmental timing and size control using diverse Oryzias species. We are hiring at all levels !
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Evo-Devo-Tempo Lab
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Jan Broder Engler @jbengler.de · 20/03/2026
All key features at a glance – with the #tidyplots cheatsheet 🤩 tidyplots.org/cheatsheet #rstats #dataviz #phd
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Aissam Ikmi @aikmi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Our study on shape diversity in cnidarians is now published. The final version includes extensive new data that substantially extend the original bioRxiv preprint. Congrats to everyone who contributed to this work! www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... @embl.org
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Deciphering mechanical determinants of morphological evolution
A comparative analysis of cnidarian larval morphogenesis combined with active surface theory identifies a set of mesoscale mechanical modules that predict species-specific shapes. Manipulating these m...
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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Previously on @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social now in final published version: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diversification of functional requirements for proteolysis of auxin response factors - Nature Communications
Auxin-dependent ARF transcription factors are subject to proteolytic degradation. Using the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, de Roij et al. show that this degradation evolved early in the ARF family, ...
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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
TurboID-based proteomic profiling reveals proxitome of the IRT1 metal transporter and new insight into metal uptake regulation in plants www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Isabella Velásquez @ivelasq3.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Who needs PowerPoint when you have Quarto and @emilhvitfeldt.bsky.social's extensions?! I wanted to make an image-heavy presentation. Usually, I'd reach for Keynote. But Emil shared quarto-revealjs-editable, which let me stay in Quarto land 🥰 Thanks, Emil! Find it here: github.com/EmilHvitfeld...
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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We recently published a first story on combining spatial and single cell transcriptomics in barley (see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...) Lets go for the next level now, i.e. understanding gene networks and barley meristem development in 4D!
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Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development - Nature Plants
Spatially resolved gene expression during barley development was done by integrating an scRNA-seq dataset from cells with unknown position with spatial transcriptomics. This dataset is publicly availa...
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
🎉📣 #TAIR12, the latest reannotation of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, is now available under accession number PRJEB100887 on ENA and NCBI! Thank you all the volunteer researchers whose hard work has made this possible! #plantscience #plantbiology 🧪 bit.ly/3ZHtneT
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Announcing the publication of TAIR12: Consult the fully reannotated genome on the European Nucleotide Archive - Phoenix Bioinformatics
TAIR (The Arabidopsis Information Resource), together with our nonprofit host Phoenix Bioinformatics, is pleased to announce the public release of TAIR12
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Davis Vaughan @davisvaughan.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
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dplyr 1.2.0
dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...
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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Save the date: Plant Development PhD school (i.e. Retzbach 2.0) in Neustadt, Germany. Sept 23rd-25th, 2026 ~€350 all inclusive Excellent speakers and a relaxed atmosphere for early-career researchers (PhDs & postdocs). Registration opens soon. For more info, see raissiglab.org/plantdevosch...
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Adrienne Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Join us! We are going to have a ton of fun this summer with 2 week projects on plant and animal morphogenesis! @maizel-lab.org is leading a module. For my section we are going to live image developing leaves.
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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Short Talks and Discussion: Evolutionary Cell Biology meets Neuroscience – Yasin Dagdas and Simon Wiegert to speak as part of the “Bio(R)evolution – New Faces, New Ideas, New Horizons” series www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 01/12/2025
New preprint! SOSEKI polarity proteins are mechanoresponsive integrators linking growth and tissue mechanics during lateral root formation. Their polarity marks growth boundaries and reorganises in response to mechanical alterations —reshaping how we think about axis formation. tinyurl.com/28p7af2w
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 13/11/2025
📢 It came to my attention that due to more restrictive recent regulations, our colleagues in Japan have immense difficulties shipping (receiving?) seeds by mail. Apparently, having someone carry them is the most reliable option. Anyone travelling soon from 🇯🇵 to 🇪🇺?
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 04/11/2025
Our work on mapping the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation is now published in @jxbotany.bsky.social We show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development. → academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 27/08/2025
Some Impressions of the FASEB Mechanism of Plant Development - 110 attendees, two keynotes, 46 Talks & 83 posters but one passion: understand plant development 🌱🧪🔬🧑‍💻 #PDevSRC
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 19/08/2025
New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🍀🔬 Split-YFP-coupled interaction–dependent TurboID identifies new functions of basal cell polarity in Arabidopsis @pnas.org from Juan Dong's lab. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Kalika Prasad @kalikaprasad.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Our new paper is out! 1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry! www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Wound repair in plants guided by cell geometry
Mathew et al. show that growth conflicts reshape cells after injury, forming rhomboidal geometries that trigger diagonal divisions. This reorients cell files to restore tapered morphology. A two-step ...
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 05/08/2025
Final Program announced for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA).: tinyurl.com/2cfa8keo
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Adrienne Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
5 dynamical systems concepts every developmental biologist needs to know! This came out of the 2023 Morphogenesis Program. @pauformosa.bsky.social ‪@perez-carrasco.bsky.social‬ journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms
Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...
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Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New KITP Program! #MORPHO26 Geometry and Intercellular Interactions in Morphogenesis of Animals and Plants Dates: 7/20/2026 - 8/20/2026
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Jan Broder Engler @jbengler.de · 21/07/2025
This is how to get started with #tidyplots 🚀 tidyplots.org/getstarted #rstats #dataviz #phd
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 17/07/2025
We received 80 abstracts and have >100 registered participants for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA). Time for us to select ~20 talks from those 😱 It will be an exciting meeting! FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
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Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie e.V. @gfeev.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Are you in Germany in September (25th-27th) and ready to present your science? no further hesitation and register for the 15th GfE School on "Lineages: Revealing how Cells make Embryos and Tissues" at Schloss Reisensburg: www.vbio.de/gfe-entwickl... all #devbio enthusiasts and interested welcome!
GfE School 2025
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 24/06/2025
Deadline for abstract submission for the FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is extended until July 13th! 🌱 Submit! It will be a fantastic meeting. 🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA. Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 10/06/2025
The @maizel-lab.org & @schumacherlab.bsky.social are hiring! Part-time lab manager position available immediately! Apply by June 30th 🇬🇧/🇩🇪 ➡️ adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
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Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 03/06/2025
The GreenRobust cluster of Excellence is now live on Bluesky @greenrobust.de Follow to be informed of the great things coming up 🌱
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 03/06/2025
🚨 The FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is happening this summer! 🌱 🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA. A short thread [1/3] We have an outstanding roster of confirmed speakers — it's shaping up to be a fantastic meeting. Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a bsky.app/profile/fase...
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Mechanisms in Plant Development
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 21/04/2025
The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration. We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.
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France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs
The Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 11/04/2025
Same verdict: it will be huge academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
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Super-resolution expansion microscopy in plant roots
The development of expansion microscopy in the Arabidopsis root enabled the imaging of molecular targets in tissues at diffraction-unlimited resolution.
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 11/04/2025
This is going to be huge 😅https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/37/4/koaf050/8109904
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Root expansion microscopy: A robust method for super resolution imaging in Arabidopsis
Root expansion microscopy (ROOT-ExM) achieves super-resolution expansion microscopy in plants.
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Stéphanie Robert @srobertgroup.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Whaouhouh! @yohannboutte.bsky.social @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social Magalie Grison!!! academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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Root expansion microscopy: A robust method for super resolution imaging in Arabidopsis
Root expansion microscopy (ROOT-ExM) achieves super-resolution expansion microscopy in plants.
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Pau Formosa-Jordan @pauformosa.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Spatial ploidy inference using quantitative imaging, our new collaborative work in the Polyploidy Integration & Innovative Institute, with the @roederlab.bsky.social and the Fox lab. Try our pipeline with your images! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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René Schneider @schneiderlab.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🔬🌿 PhD Opportunity – TRM Proteins & Xylem Formation Exciting PhD position available in plant cell biology, jointly hosted by Uni Potsdam (Germany) & INRAE Versailles (France)! 📍 Start Oct 1 📅 Apply by March 25 📨 Contact: magalie.uyttewaal@inrae.fr | rene.schneider@uni-potsdam.de
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 10/03/2025
Great theory paper by @hadrienoliveri.bsky.social & I. Cheddadi: a Hydromechanical field theory of plant growth treating tissue as a growing poroelastic medium. It's a nice bridge from cell biophysics to tissue-scale growth. arxiv.org/abs/2409.02775 & tinyurl.com/22n9ykdo
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Hydromechanical field theory of plant morphogenesis
The growth of plants is a hydromechanical phenomenon in which cells enlarge by absorbing water, while their walls expand and remodel under turgor-induced tension. In multicellular tissues, where cells...
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 28/02/2025
To clarify and better planning: meeting starts on Aug 24th late afternoon and concludes on Aug 28th, morning.
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Jan Broder Engler @jbengler.de · 28/02/2025
This website showcases #tidyplots use cases, complete with data and code 🔥 tidyplots.org/use-cases/ #rstats #dataviz #phd
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 24/02/2025
Congratulations Jazmin!!
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Prevedel Lab @prevedel-lab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Thrilled and proud about our latest advancement in Brillouin microscopy - enabling true light-sheet like mechanical imaging at high throughput. Out today in @naturephotonics.bsky.social Congratulations Carlo! @carlobevilacqua.bsky.social rdcu.be/eaDiX
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Full-field Brillouin microscopy based on an imaging Fourier-transform spectrometer
Nature Photonics - A Fourier-transform imaging spectrometer enables two-dimensional spectral Brillouin imaging at a throughput of up to 40,000 spectra per second over a...
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 20/02/2025
Wahoo!
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 17/02/2025
Delighted to unveil the poster and speakers list of the Mechanism of Plant Development meeting. 2 keynotes by @bradylabs.bsky.social & @nikogeldner.bsky.social to honour the legacy of P. Benfey & J. Chory. Congrats to @minyaaa.bsky.social for her beautiful Mimulus image. ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 16/02/2025
1 unread email out of 9.10^18 messages in my inbox 😱 - even if Apple Mail obviously has a counting problem interacting w/ an Exchange server, I guess my stats are the upper tier of most PIs. #FarFarAwayFromInboxZero 🤣
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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · 06/02/2025
Of interest for all Actin affcionados
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