Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaMichael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Registration for the 13th PhD School on Plant Development is open! 🌾 🔬 🌺 🧬 🌵 🧪 Deadline: June 30, 2026 Link to registration form forms.gle/tbmUxaw2vmEn... Cost: €350.- (incl. board, lodging and social event) For details re payment and abstracts see form or homepage raissiglab.org/plantdevosch... 24040
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaJeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Just discovered this wonderful adaptation of our maize moving map (figshare.com/articles/fig...) by @andikur.bsky.social . 07425
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaMary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 11/03/2026This post was prompted by hearing from a former AFE who is starting their own lab, yay! If you've been in one of these mentored programs and have moved on, drop me a line and I'll update my spreadsheet. Or drop me a line just to say hi 😀. 12911
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaElke Barbez @elkebarbez.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Want to image apoplastic pH in plants? 🔬 Two new papers from our team offer a full workflow plus open access analysis tools. Congrats to @aroessling.bsky.social, Niklas Mayle and @lguerard.bsky.social Nature Protocols: rdcu.be/e7R2E BMC Methods: lnkd.in/dctpWJ3X Happy Imaging! 17843
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaPolina Novikova @pnovik.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I am happy to announce the launch of a new Arabidopsis genomics resource! Check out arabidopsislyrata.org Now you can easily look at the natural genetic variation across the entire species range of A. lyrata and A. arenosa.arabidopsislyrata.orgHome | Alyrata Resource 15435
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 08/03/2026For #InternationalWomensDay I’m sharing my ongoing series of women in science through history. I’m now at 79. Here’s to the day a scientist’s sex is no longer remarkable in any field. Since last year I have added these 12 #linocut prints. 🧪🐡👩🔬🧮🔭🎢🔬 39835
Reposted by Priya Ramakrishna💥Seriously🚀Scientific💥 @seriouslysci.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Remembering Barbara McClintock on International Women's Day! She discovered that genes aren't static, they can actually "jump" around on a chromosome. Her discovery of transposons ("jumping genes") fundamentally changed how we understand evolution and the complexity of DNA! 🧬🌽 #WomenInScience 6567162
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaThe Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 07/03/2026🌱𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Explore different aspects of plant receptors in this 3rd webinar in collaboration with @globalplantgpc.bsky.social 🗓️ 10th March 2026 🕗 18:00 am CET Register here 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...us02web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Receptor signalling - function, dynamics and evolution . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.This webinar is the 3rd in a series together with "The Plant Journal" Join us for a webinar hosted as a collaboration between The Global Plant Council and the "The Plant Journal". Plant receptors d... 044
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaThomas Ott @ottlab.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Happy to share our latest work in collaboration with the lab of @pengbo10.bsky.social. Here, we describe that a formin protein mediates the polarity switch from root hair to infection thread growth during symbiotic interactions. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgNanodomain-localized formin gates symbiotic microbial entry in legume and solanaceous plantsColonization of plant roots by symbionts requires substantial morphodynamic reorganization. Examples are actin-scaffolded microcompartments called infection pockets formed during root nodule symbiosis... 46934
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaTonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Thank you @dvonwangenheim.bsky.social @the.3i.social for this awesome demo of your spinning disc system for #rootimaging 56413
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaSascha Laubinger @saschalaubinger.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Excited to share our latest preprint. Arabidopsis thaliana has been the leading model for plant genetics - but most of what we know comes from growth chambers. Can this model also help us understand how climate shapes plants in the wild and reveal gene functions under real environmental variability? 13921
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaCEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · 18/02/2026🚨Job Alert – Please RT! We’re looking for bright minds to join our community! We are looking for 12 postdocs and 7 PhD students! Details on all projects and application: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-... @leibnizipk.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @hhu.de @fz-juelich.de @unicologne.bsky.social 02126
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaAbiotic Stress in Plants @abioticstress.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Tasting Trouble: Rethinking How Plants Sense #Salt and #Drought www.cell.com/molecular-pl... #PlantScience #SciComm @mplantpcom.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @cp-cellchembiol.bsky.social @linjieshu.bsky.social @jipb.bsky.social @jia-jintegragri.bsky.social @molplantsci.bsky.socialcell.comTasting Trouble: Rethinking How Plants Sense Salt and DroughtWe discuss recent breakthroughs in plant osmotic stress sensing, including molecular crowding and phosphorylation pathways. Based on non-plant systems, we formulate new hypotheses for how roots sense ... 084
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaKasper van Gelderen @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 02/03/202615 PhD positions in Marie Curie Doctoral Network ‘AGILE’ Looking to work with and learn from world-leading experts in plant cell imaging? MSCA DN 'AGILE' has got 15 open PhD positions: www.msca-agile.eu Please check out the website and apply there Deadline: 15th of April, start date September 2026.msca-agile.euMSCA AGILE – Advanced Plant Chromatin & Imaging ResearchMSCA AGILE is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network advancing plant chromatin research through cutting-edge imaging and computational analysis. 1712
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaJames Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 02/03/2026New from @dev-journal.bsky.social: we're launching a new initiative and hiring Preprint Editors to help navigate the growing world of preprints in developmental & stem cell biology Join our community & shape the future of research journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...journals.biologists.comPreprint Editors – Development's next step into the preprint landscapeSummary: This Editorial announces a call for Preprint Editors in Development to help expand the journal's relationship with preprints by curating our ‘In preprints’ articles. 15539
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaDolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 03/03/2026tinyurl.com/Root-map tinyurl.com/Seedling-map tinyurl.com/Marpol-map tinyurl.com/BFA-maps tinyurl.com/gnom-maps (8/9)tinyurl.comSelect columns to display in the data table 182
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaDolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 03/03/2026We are very excited to share a new resource from our team: spatial subcellular proteome maps in plants! We developed an MS-based method that registers localizations of about 8000 proteins in Arabidopsis roots in a single experiment. (1/9) www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...biorxiv.org 212071
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaMoritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Very happy about this nice piece of work by @eugeniapitsili.bsky.social on developmentally controlled cell death in plants @dev-journal.bsky.social ! Special thanks also to @ingridtsang.bsky.social for a terrific editorial job bringing out the best of this manuscript!! doi.org/10.1242/dev.... 23315
Priya Ramakrishna @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social · 03/03/2026🌱🔬 Imaging and microscopy people 👇 #plantscience #lifescience #microscopy 074
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaÁkos T Kovács @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Faculty position in Plant Molecular Biology (Associate Professor or Tenure-Track Assistant Professor) at Aarhus University, Denmark mbg.au.dk/aktuelt/ledi... 23552
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaThe bumbling biochemist (Bri Bibel) @bumblingbiochemist.bsky.social · 27/02/2026 021
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaProf. Keiko Torii @keikoutorii.bsky.social · 26/02/2026🪴Postdoc position - UT Austin, TX, USA - Developmental Mechanisms of Adaptation to Underwater Environment/Genome Editing🪴 Do you love amphibious/aquatic plants? Then consider applying to the position! See the attached ads. utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/... 02125
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaChristian Fankhauser @chfankhauser.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate. Please RT, many thanks career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree... career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree... 03260
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaHenry Gee 亨利·纪 @endofthepier.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Salinity tunes mode of multicellularity in a tidepool choanoflagellate www.nature.com/articles/s41... - paper in @nature.comnature.comClonal-aggregative multicellularity tuned by salinity in a choanoflagellate - NatureThe choanoflagellate Choanoeca flexa forms motile and contractile cell monolayers purely clonally, purely aggregatively or through a combination of both processes depending on environmental condi... 03015
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaJournal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 25/02/2026It’s FREE to publish in Journal of Cell Science – there are no page charges, colour charges or hidden fees. And if your institution has a Read & Publish agreement, you can publish immediate OA free of charge. Find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re... #forscientists #notforprofit 02418
Priya Ramakrishna @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social · 26/02/2026A big thanks to Alex, Joe, Marketa, Mark and @biologists.bsky.social for bringing together plant imaging enthusiasts across scales and career stages - all in a classic English countryside setting!🔬🌱 @ajcellbio.bsky.social @joemckenna.bsky.social @focalplane.bsky.social 0157
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaSuliana Manley @sulianamanley.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Thanks for highlighting our work on combining AI-based organelle dynamics detection in phase contrast with fluorescence! www.nature.com/ncomms/edito... @natcomms.nature.com and Nelio Rodriguez. Spearheaded by @wl-stepp.bsky.social with collaborators @jclandoni.bsky.social @maweigert.bsky.social 02911
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaRüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026CEPLAS starts a number of new projects, and we are looking for 12 Postdocs ❗ CEPLAS projects are always highly collaborative, that means postdocs working with us will always closely interact with several CEPLAS research groups. Find all postdoc openings here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...ceplas.euCEPLAS: Call 2026 02734
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaLuis Alonso Baez @luisalonsobaez.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Our work now on its final version. We mapped the mechanical properties of roots at tissue and single cell levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. Additional mutants and stress measurements from what we previously showed in the preprint are included. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stressBrillouin microscopy reveals in vivo dynamics of mechanical properties during plant development and response to stress. 57037
Priya Ramakrishna @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social · 13/02/2026🚨Last chance to submit your abstract for a GRS talk! Deadline: Feb 15, 2026. Apply soon! General application deadline (poster presentations only): April 25, 2026. #plantscience #abioticstress #ECRs 034
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaEmmanuelle Bayer @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026EMBO-FEBS Lecture Course – Membranes in Organelle Biogenesis 📍 Spetses, Greece | 🗓️ 10–16 May 2026 A week with leading experts on organelle biology, membranes, lipids, and dynamics. ⏰ Deadline: 1 March 2026 🔗 Info: network.febs.org/videos/membr... 📝 Register: spetses2026.sites.uu.nlnetwork.febs.orgMembranes and their lipids and proteins in organelle biogenesisThe Joint FEBS/EMBO Lecture Course 'Membranes and their lipids and proteins in organelle biogenesis' will take place in Spetses Island, Greece, from 10–16 May 2026. Registration is open (deadline 1 Ma... 02116
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaFlorent Waltz @florentwaltz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Long in the making, but happy to present the Chlamydomonas chlororibosome! Cryo-ET🔬reveals a large new domain on the small subunit, built from multiple extensions in conserved ribosomal proteins. bioRxiv 📖: shorturl.at/q44tG This suggests greater chlororibosome diversity than expected! 1/n 🧵 416356
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaJuan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Please share! My group at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social is offering a post-doctoral position (4 years). We look for a structural biologist with experience in Cryo-EM/Cryo-ET to investigate the mechanisms of host invasion by pathogenic fungi. Deadline February 28th! uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... 085119
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaJosé Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Excited to share our latest review on hydrosignaling: moisture-dependent molecular pathways that help plants grow towards water. Insightful review of the literature and discussion of moisture sensing mechanisms by Will Dwyer and @hhtormar.bsky.social. Enjoy! link.springer.com/article/10.1... 05424
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaDolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/f... Become our new colleague (and next door neighbor) and lead a chair/group/department of Biophysics at Wageningen University. Reach out to me for info and please spread!!!wur.nlFull Professor and Chair Laboratory of BiophysicsWe are looking for a Full Professor in the Biophysics chair group, part of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) 02348
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaAlex Martiniere @alexmartiniere.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Happy to share this preprint, we describe how the membrane could shape the ROS nanoenvironment in plant responses to osmotic signals. Led by @arthur-poitout.bsky.social and amazing colleagues @yvonjaillais.bsky.social , @jbfiche.bsky.social , A Meyer, and J Ugalde. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 02516
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaVinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 21/01/2026PhD opportunity in the newly minted RO2T Respiration Group! Please share! Interested in root biology, oxygen dynamics, imaging & modelling? We’re recruiting a PhD student at the University of Nottingham. Deadline 15th February. jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #plantscijobs #plantscience 12228
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaBrady Lab @bradylabs.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Were you considering applying to the 2026 GRC on Salt and Water Stress? Do you want to give an oral presentation? We are over 60% full, so apply soon! Consideration for oral presentations from submitted abstracts will occur on March 9, 2026. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please re-post!grc.org2026 Salt and Water Stress in Plants Conference GRCThe 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Salt and Water Stress in Plants will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot. 01013
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaMariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 14/01/2026We made it to the cover!🤩🌱⏳️ Really proud of this work and of our PhD candidate @Asif! 🥹 The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my group, featured in the cover of the December 2025 issue of @theplantcell.bsky.social! Yay!🎉💪🏾✨️🙌🏾 #plantresearch #seedresearch #seedmaturation #evolution 1122
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaEmmanuelle Bayer @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026👀 In very close collaboration with Rishi Bhalerao's group , check out our latest work how plasmodesmata act as integrators of temperature cues to prevent premature dormancy break bud tree ➡️ with imaging and data analysis support from the @bic-bordeaux.bsky.social. rdcu.be/eY1Cvrdcu.beClient Challenge 1126
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaAdrienne Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Feb 1 deadline approaching for our @kitp-ucsb.bsky.social QBio summer course on Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals. @streichan.bsky.social @maurazimmermann.bsky.social @maizel-lab.org @yusuke-mori.bsky.social @akankshi.bsky.social @nicolettapetridou.bsky.social 12420
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaPriya Ramakrishna @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social · 12/01/2026🌱📢Join us at the 𝐆𝐑𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 23-24, 2026 in 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! 💡Specially encourage ECRs to apply to present your work! Its a great forum to connect with peers and mentors in the field. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲👉 www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please repost! #plantscience #abioticstress #ECRs 01720
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaMichael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Save 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... 23040
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaUCDavisPlants @ucdavisplants.bsky.social · 12/01/2026🌱 From Earth System Science Data: A new global database links leaf spectroscopy with photosynthetic traits across hundreds of species, enabling better models for plant function and climate research. (Troy Magney) ▶️ essd.copernicus.org/articles/18/... #PlantScience #PlantBiologyessd.copernicus.orgThe Global Spectra-Trait Initiative: A database of paired leaf spectroscopy and functional traits associated with leaf photosynthetic capacityAbstract. Accurate assessment of leaf functional traits is crucial for a diverse range of applications from crop phenotyping to parameterizing global climate models. Leaf reflectance spectroscopy offe... 0114
Priya Ramakrishna @priyaramakrishna.bsky.social · 12/01/2026🌱📢Join us at the 𝐆𝐑𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐲 23-24, 2026 in 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝! 💡Specially encourage ECRs to apply to present your work! Its a great forum to connect with peers and mentors in the field. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲👉 www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please repost! #plantscience #abioticstress #ECRs 01720
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaRüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Meristems shape plant architectures, and grasses generate a complex array of them. To characterise barley vegetative SAMs and spike development, we used single cell and spatial transcriptome data and integrated them in a new database, BARVISTA. A click on a cell now..... tinyurl.com/38c3mf5d 27542
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaNew Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 10/12/2025✨ Paper spotlight ✨ (🧵 1/7) … Root cell wall plasticity in iron homeostasis: An overlooked frontier in plant nutrition nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 176
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaPlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Out after peer review, collaborative study from Nordborg & Weigel labs with help from many others. Not the largest collection of new Arabidopsis thaliana genomes, but we hopefully put forward some good ideas for how to think about pangenomes and their analysis! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 114673
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaCharles Melnyk @charlesmelnyk.bsky.social · 23/11/2025“The ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis”. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A 🌱 thread 👇 1/x academic.oup.com/plcell/advan... 14420
Reposted by Priya RamakrishnaMariana Silva Artur @marianasartur.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉 The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩 Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️ academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...academic.oup.comThe phylotranscriptomic profile of angiosperm seed development follows a reverse hourglass patternAngiosperm seed development exhibits a reverse phylotranscriptomic pattern, with early and late stages showing greater conservation and mid-phase showing h 25416