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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 20h

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

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

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

Thanks to @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social @pplplantarum.bsky.social @rijkzwaan.bsky.social for generously supporting this event and thus keeping costs for students low

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PostDoc: #Evolution and #Systematics of Plants @uni-jena.de in Marc Appelhans' lab. Start: January 2027 Deadline: 15 October 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Study shows that term “chemotype” has not been used consistently. Researchers around @chemecolcm.bsky.social from @chemodiversity.bsky.social propose clear criteria for describing chemical differences within a plant species in a precise and unambiguous way aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/2026/09/29/s...

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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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Boas Pucker @bpucker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Human design or AI-generated? 🤖🎨 With AI-generated images everywhere, we get this question a lot! The figures in our publications are designed by a talented human: Marie. 🌱✨✏️🧠🌿 👉 See her work: www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/mh 📖 Example: doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... #SciArt #SciComm @puckerlab.bsky.social

Pathway illustration for the anthocyanin and carotenoid biosynthesis. Figure source and details: https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71136.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PhD position: Plant Development - how cell fate is established during male germline initiation in #maize @uniregensburg.bsky.social www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Conventional #GMO crops have unexpected benefits in the face of climate change: reduced yield volatility, fewer climate related losses & even slowing the northward shift of US corn & soybean production. #climatecatastrophe www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Fig. 1 | Crop harvested land-use percentage change from 1978 to 2020.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob Doctoral Researcher: Ecohydrology, Ecophysiology, Isotope hydrology @uni-freiburg.de in @chriswernerlab.bsky.social 's and @simonhaber.bsky.social 's lab Deadline extended to 15th October www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

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

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob 🌿🔬 PhD position: Plant Cell and Molecular Biology. @tum.de in @mromeiromotta.bsky.social ’s lab Freising close to Munich, Germany www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#MicroscopyFriday. 3D color-coded Erysiphe cruciferarum growing on the epidermis of #Arabidopsis. The little roundish structures are the haustoria.

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The next Botanik-Tagung will take place in Göttingen, Germany, from 17th to 21st September 2028. Hope to see you all there!

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

Many thanks to Christopher Grefen and his team for organizing an amazing @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social conference @ruhr-uni-bochum.de #BT2026 #Botanik-Tagung2026

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

Ralph Bock is talking about genome transfer in evolution, breeding, and synthetic biology #BT2026 #Botanik-Tagung2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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Şuayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yeah!!!! @seedbarrett.bsky.social from our lab won the poster award!! congrats sooo much Thorben 🤗 another #ProudPI moment at #BT2026

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

Good news: Amanda and Katharina just won poster prizes for their amazing work on MYB transcription factors and pigment biosynthesis at #Botanik-Tagung2026 #BT2026 @puckerlab.bsky.social @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @unibonn.bsky.social @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob Academic expert: Metabolomics @ceplas.bsky.social Deadline: 21 September 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...

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German Society for Plant Sciences (DBG) @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob PhD candidate: Evolution von Sex-Chromosomen bei Salix-Hybriden @uni-goettingen.de in GRK2984 „Evolutionäre Genomik: Folgen biodiverser Fortpflanzungssysteme“ Deadline: 18 September 2026 www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...

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

Kirsten Krause is talking about plant interactions, especially parasitic plants #BT2026 #Botanik-Tagung2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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

Asaph Aharoni starts the last day of #BT2026 with a keynote lecture about root exudation and biotic interaction #Botanik-Tagung2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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

Fernando Geu-Flores starts the session with a talk about specialized metabolism in lupin #BT2026 #Botanik-Tagung2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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

Congratulations to Paul Grünhofer and Sarina Niedzwiez for winning the Horst Wiehe Prize #BT2026 #Botanik-Tagung2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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

Congratulations! Dr Sarina Niedzwiedz from @unibremen.bsky.social today at #BT2026 receives one of this year’s Horst Wiehe Prizes from DBG’s own Horst Wiehe-Foundation for her excellent #PlantSci PhD thesis in which she analysed how #ClimateChange menaces arctic #kelp forests.

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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 · 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 Jaccoline Zegers from @uni-goettingen.de at #BT2026 receives the Wilhelm Pfeffer Prize from DBG’s own Wilhelm Pfeffer Foundation for her excellent #PlantSci PhD thesis, in which she reconstructs what plants were already capable of before they conquered land Mio. of years ago.

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

Best Paper Prize 2025 by the Wilhelm Pfeffer foundation is awarded to Sara Leite Dias, Ling Chuang, and Shenyu Liu #BT2026

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

Strasburger Award 2026 goes to Michelle Rönspies for her outstanding work on CRISPR-Cas-mediated chromosome fusion in A. thaliana #BT2026 #Botanik-Tagung2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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

Congratulations! Dr Michelle Rönspies from @kit.edu at #BT2026 receives Eduard Strasburger Prize for excellent #PlantSci. She demonstrated for the first time that the gene scissors CRISPR/Cas can be used to restructure even large fragments of plants’ genomes without impairing growth or development.

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

Laura Lagomarsino is talking about the evolution of plants in the Andes #BT2026 #Botanik-Tagung2026

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Şuayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Now we have @cnaumann123.bsky.social talking in the #proteostasis session about Pi-dependent ER stress adaptation that is mediated by #autophagy #BT2026

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

Luke Bell is starting the day with a talk about secondary metabolism, climate resilience, and human nutrition #BT2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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

The evolutionary biology session is starting at #Botanik-Tagung2026. Join to learn about the fascinating mechanisms that shape(d) plants #BT2026

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Şuayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

He is hiring a postdoc - deadline is 14th of september! if you wanna be part of an amazing team with great supervisors in a lovely environment apply!!!

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Şuayb Üstün @suaybuestuen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

So happy to see @michaelraissig.bsky.social speaking at #BT2026 about his fascinating work on stomatal development 🌱

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

Second day of #Botanik-Tagung2026 starts with a talk by Katie Field about mycorrhiza #BT2026 @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social

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