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NadaKassem

@nadakassemnp.bsky.social

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PHD student at ISTA Friml Lab, Austria.

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Florent Waltz @florentwaltz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Huge congratulations to all three Nobel Laureates, and especially Peter Hegemann! 👏 His seminal work on the green alga Chlamydomonas 🦠 laid the foundation for optogenetics. Thank you for putting Chlamy in the spotlight! ✨ Proof that groundbreaking discoveries don't always come from animal models! 🔬

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary," ~ Pablo Picasso

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Nature Biotechnology @natbiotech.nature.com · 05/10/2026

Congratulations to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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NadaKassem @nadakassemnp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today I delivered my talk at Auxin2026 in Portugal — the biggest competitive conference in the auxin field. Being selected as a speaker in my first PhD year feels great. So grateful for the opportunity. @istaresearch.bsky.social @frimllab.bsky.social 🔮

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Michael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just wrapped the 13th PhD School on Plant Development in Neustadt! 🌱🌾 I went to this meeting as a 1st-year PhD student, so it was an honor to bring it back to life with @moritznowack.bsky.social . Amazing talks, a fantastic community, and a wine-tasting dinner at a local winery 🍷

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NadaKassem @nadakassemnp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Feeling honored to be selected for a talk at the 13th PhD School in Plant Development. As a first‑year PhD student in the Friml Lab at ISTA, it means a lot to share my work with the plant development community. @istaresearch.bsky.social @frimllab.bsky.social @michaelraissig.bsky.social

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NadaKassem @nadakassemnp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Very delighted to contribute to the 2026 Student Welcome Day Poster Session at ISTA Institute by presenting a poster. #FrimlLab. @frimllab.bsky.social @istaresearch.bsky.social

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NadaKassem @nadakassemnp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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13th PhD SCHOOL PLANT DEVELOPMENT September 23rd-25th 2026 Neustadt, Germany SOLD OUT – Registration closed Space Plant developmental biology is rapidly advancing, driven by breakthroughs in …

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NadaKassem @nadakassemnp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy to discuss with Prof. Charles Melnyk after his lecture on plant regeneration at ISTA (Institute of Science and Technology, ISTA, Austria), together with my colleague (Lukas Fiedler. #ISTA#InstituteofScienceandTechnology,ISTA,Austria @istaresearch.bsky.social

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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Final few days to register for #Auxin2026! ⏰ Registration closes 1st Aug! ⏰ 👉 auxin2026.info #plantscience

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Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Roots avoid plant rot. 🌱 Researchers including ISTA’s Jiří Friml ‪@frimllab.bsky.social newly identified “saprotropism”: roots bend away from decaying plant matter—but not animal decay—by sensing acidic pH gradients in soil. Published in @science.org. Read more: bit.ly/4aJkuY9

Plants bend their roots away from a rotten apple, leaf, and even sawdust. The response was observed not only in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, but also in crop species including rapeseed, tomato, and wheat—suggesting that saprotropism is widespread among plants. © Bao et al. / Science

Fungi and other microbes break down dead plant material in the soil. By doing so, they release acidic chemicals that spread outward like a warning signal. Nearby roots sense this acidic zone before touching the decay and bend away from it. © Bao et al. / Science

ISTA Professor Jiří Friml with the mouse-ear cress (A. thaliana) — his research group’s main model organism. © FWF/Luiza Puiu

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NadaKassem @nadakassemnp.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Happy to have two microscopy images to be displayed at the ISTA Open Campus Day 2026. The names of the images: (1) the wound that lights up. (2) Do not hurt me or I will turn blue!. # from my first rotation as a first-year PhD student in Friml lab. #thebeautyofAuxinSignling

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