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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Developed with input from @c-spirit.org & PCA, The BAR Single Cell Data Portal is now in beta, feat. curated scRNA-seq datasets, interactive data exploration, & the new SUPeR Viewer! Explore the portal: bar.utoronto.ca/single_cell_... #SingleCell #PlantScience

Promotional graphic announcing the BAR Single Cell Data Portal. The image features a six-panel visualization of single-cell data, with yellow, orange, and red cells representing different water and salinity conditions. Text highlights curated scRNA-seq datasets, CellxGene exploration, and a new single-cell portal viewer. Logos for BAR, Center for Sustainable Plant Innovation and Resilience, and Plant Cell Atlas appear along the bottom.

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐎𝐑-𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 🌱 Edited by @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social @veroglez.bsky.social @isabelmonte.bsky.social @elwirasmakowska.bsky.social 📖 Read the Editorial 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.71135 🔎 Explore the complete Special Issue 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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Understanding and engineering receptor–ligand interactions

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

KI-språk bruker lister i stedet for kausalitet. Det endrer også måten vi skriver. Det legger arbeidet over på leseren og gjør tankene surrete. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHRs...

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The dangers and prescriptions of orbital reasoning #aistories #erc

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Tora Økland 🌱 @receptora.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

That's a wrap on #PPRM2026 ! Had a lot of fun with a community of researchers I really admire and appreciate, and was happy to have the chance to show what we work on. You can read the preprint on some of what I presented here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Evolutionary diversification of the SymRK receptor family in land plants

Plant receptor-like kinases (RLKs) are involved in diverse processes, ranging from growth and reproduction to interactions with microbes. Variation in the extracellular domains delineates several RLKs...

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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@receptora.bsky.social from the Parys group shares aspects of their recently published analysis on SymRK-like receptors #PPRM2026

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Eamon Duede @eduede.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Nature did a nice, accessible write up of a recent piece I wrote with @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and @carlbergstrom.com. Also, check out Carl's more detailed thread (with link to the paper in both). "Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well'" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts

Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 15/09/2026

Xu Wang (Schaller's lab), giving a talk at #PPRM2026 about new systemins in tomato, reminds us of the 1991 Science paper from Clarence Ryan's lab that basically started the whole field: 2 kg of tomato leaves to finally extract 1 ug of systemin. Amazing biochemistry. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Mariana Schuster @marischuster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#PPRM2026 starts now! Thanks to @julien-gronnier.bsky.social et al for organizing! I look forward to 3 days with this lovely community!

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 14/09/2026

At Peptide Receptor Meeting #PPRM2026. A theme that came back twice is re-evaluation of old published results. We know about ABP1 and the systemin receptor, but there were two other examples today: WAK1 perception of OGs, and BSU1 Tyr dephosphorylation of BIN2 in BR signalling. #PlantScience

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Live confocal imagining of cellular touch responses upon local quantifiable mechanical stimulation in plant cells www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Mariana Romeiro Motta @mromeiromotta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

PhD position available (start 2027) in my group at TUM! We study how mechanical stress controls cell cycle progression and cytoskeletal dynamics in plants, combining cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics. CV + cover letter to mariana.romeiro-motta@tum.de. RTs welcome! #PlantSciJobs

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Remco Stam @rstam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New preprint! There have been quite a few papers about RLP and RLK receptors, but none of them have a truly reproducible annotation pipeline (including my own...)... We finally made such a pipeline and look more systematically at RLPs within tomato. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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PlantLRR-PRR:A Reproducible Annotation Pipeline Reveals Contrasting Evolution of Developmental and Defense Receptor-Like Proteins in Tomato

Plants perceive external and internal signals via receptors to modulate their growth, development, and defenses. Leucine-rich-repeat receptor-like-kinase (RLKs) and receptor-like-proteins (RLPs) are t...

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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Super excited of obtaining a ERCstg to support our project MORPHEUS 🎉🎉 Receiving this grant is a pivotal moment for my lab at @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social as will allow to extend the scope of our research in cellular reprogramming using ribosome dormancy as entry point 😴🌱❄️🔬 @erc.europa.eu

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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 27/08/2026

“Norway’s politicians and companies seem increasingly confident that the EU’s green rhetoric will be submerged by the commercial reality for decades to come. It is for the EU to try to prove it wrong.”

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Dolf Weijers @dolfweijers.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It took some time, but we are thrilled to present the first major outcome of our @erc.europa.eu ERC DIRNDL AdG project: Evgeniya Pukhovaya @epukh.bsky.social and others in our team describe the discovery of a mechanism for polar protein targeting in plants (1/13) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Systematic proteomics identifies a conserved mechanism for polar targeting of plant cortical proteins

Multicellular development is tightly coupled to the polarization of individual cells, which partitions polar proteins along the cell cortex and can control asymmetric cell division, anisotropic growth...

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Katharina Melkonian @katharinamel1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Please check out our latest preprint from the team @lrsv-toulouse.bsky.social with @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social and many more! Happy to have contributed to this really cool story!

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Lars Sund @lasse2.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Danske författaren Carsten Jensen har tillbringat sommaren i hettan och skogsbrändernas Frankrike och skriver om det världskrig som pågår - kriget om klimatet och om hur vi ska tala om det. En text som pulserar av vrede och desperation.

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KRÖNIKA: En sommar i södra Frankrike är som att mötas av en eldsprutande drake

En gång längtade vi efter värmen – nu drömmer vi om duschar och svalkande vindar. Författaren Carsten Jensen har…

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Juan Carlos De la Concepcion @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

PLEASE SHARE! New job openings in my lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social. We have a broad interest into the mechanistic basis of how molecular complexes are rewired during cellular development in plants and during invasion by pathogens. 🌱🍄🔬 See details below 👇 #PlantSciJobs

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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

New in @embojournal.org from @birgitkemmerling.bsky.social's lab: HIR2 assembles into giant ring-like complexes at the plasma membrane, shaping receptor dynamics and immune signalling. Genetics + biochem + super-res imaging + AF3 modelling, all in one! Check it out👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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The Arabidopsis SPFH protein HIR2 modulates receptor signaling and plasma membrane organization - The EMBO Journal

Plant plasma membrane proteins are organized into distinct domains; however, the principles that govern this spatial organization are not fully understood. HYPERSENSITIVE-INDUCED REACTION (HIR) protei...

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Facundo Romani @fromani.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

#plantbio2026 the half-time show is my talk at the Cell Biology concurrent symposium.

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Isabel Monte @isabelmonte.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Deadline extended 📢 Submit your abstract for the #PPRM2026 by July 29th! Check our fantastic lineup of invited speakers and come join us discuss all things #plant peptide receptors 🌱 Please spread the word and see you in Freising (Germany) from September 14 to 16 😊 www.events.tum.de/frontend/ind...

Flyer of the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting 2026 (September 14-16, Freising, Germany) showing cell-surface receptors on the plasma membrane against a background showing Freising. The QR code will lead to the PPRM2026 website where you can register and submit your abstract by July 29th.

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jasper-lamers.bsky.social @jasper-lamers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This also indicates that plants have a two-geared cytoskeletal mechano-response system, with actin responding quickly (eg drought or infections) and microtubules, rearranging in the course of hours, for slower developmental responses.

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jasper-lamers.bsky.social @jasper-lamers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Our work on the mechanoresponsiveness of actin is out! While plant microtubules have been extensively studied for their role in mechanobiology, actin has very much been ignored. Here we show that actin responds to cellular deformations within minutes and observed it in Marchantia and Arabidopsis!

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Kevin Terretaz @kwolbachia.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

New favorite way to color code microscopy data: this is a real 3D confocal image of an unidentified larvae stained for actin (muscles fibers here). Looks like a watercolor painting! #microscopy #ImageJ #FluorescenceFriday #microscopyMonday

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Hormone-dependent receptor docking controls calcium channel activity in plants www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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

🌾 Every grass leaf shares the same repeating short-long cell pattern in its epidermis. Our new #preprint identifies the protein that builds it. 🔬🧬 📄 preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵⬇️ 1/11

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Jen McGaley @jenmcgaley.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Very happy this is now published in full! Symbiotic phosphate transporter dynamics in rice expose functional plasticity of the arbuscules www.nature.com/articles/s41... A thread of some of our findings (and timelapses) below 🧵🔬🎥

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Jessica Lee Erickson @ericksonlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New Preprint! We identified 20 new type II-secreted effectors from Xanthomonas euvesicatoria and show that they help bacteria feed and remodel plant cell walls during infection. Proud of my team at #ZMBP and collaborators for making this possible! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Defining the Xanthomonas euvesicatoria type II-secreted effector arsenal: core nutritional functions and effector diversity

The type II secretion (T2S) system is conserved across the Xanthomonas lineage, yet its contributions to pathogenicity and secreted protein repertoires are poorly defined. We demonstrate that T2S syst...

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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

BHL is featured in @theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series. The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future. Please read and share: www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪 🌎 📖 🔗 🐟 💚

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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone

The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt

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Tora Økland 🌱 @receptora.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🥹🥹🥹 So happy to see @naturogungdom.bsky.social and @naturvernforbundet.no celebrate this win after many years fighting hard to protect our fjords. Congratulations and thank you for everyone who has helped make this possible

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Per-Erik Schulze @pererikschulze.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

3/ Nå kom dommen også til @naturvernforbundet.no ! Og ligger ute offentlig. JA. VI HAR VUNNET. Enstemmig Høyesterett. FULLE SAKSKOSTNADER DEKKES. Takk for all støtte. Dette ruler! Staten må gå i tenkeboksen. Dumpinga bør stoppes straks! www.domstol.no/no/hoyestere...

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Sabine Brumm @binebrumm.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

#Microscopyfriday Phytophthora palmivora (in yellow) and Nicotiana benthamiana chloroplasts (in magenta, autofluorescence).

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

What would it take to achieve high prosperity and equality while remaining within planetary boundaries? The World Inequality Lab is very excited to launch the #GlobalJusticeReport. [1/7]

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Nathan German @nathan-german.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

What is an edge? Why is this geometrical domain so crucial during plant morphogenesis? Read our review, co-written with Antoine Chevalier and @ckirchhelle.bsky.social to find out! authors.elsevier.com/c/1nAnf4tPF4...

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Tora Økland 🌱 @receptora.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

When you open the (previously AI-free) research software you use every day and there is a mandatory update that is supposed to be their "biggest upgrade ever" 🧪

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

So proud to share our latest publication @CellCellPress! Yue Rui reveals that the same enzyme that makes the wall, cellulose synthase complex (CESA), also tethers the plasma membrane to the wall during water-deficit stress, providing resilience. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Marion Clavel @thevirusmc.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Our work is out now! (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). We discover a selective autophagy pathway that protects plants from the mess caused by RNA viruses. Intrigued? Follow the spaghetti trail for a summary of our findings🧵-->

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Selective autophagy fine-tunes plant immunity to promote cell survival during viral infection

RNA viruses co-opt host endomembranes to form replication complexes, often triggering cellular stress and immune responses. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana activates selective autophagy to res...

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Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology @gmivienna.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The award ceremony was followed by a celebratory dinner at the Rathauskeller at Vienna City Hall, supported by the @wien.gv.at – a fitting close to a stimulating two-day program! #Mendel_ECR_26 #PlantBiology #WhereKnowledgeGrows

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Lorenz Oberkofler @oberkoflerlorenz.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Had a fantastic time at @gmivienna.bsky.social - excellent science and a great atmosphere. It was a pleasure to share our work on fungal #EVs and I am very grateful for the recognition from the community. Thanks to everyone involved in organizing such a smooth and enjoyable symposium! #Mendel_ECR_26

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Mauricio Contreras @mpcontreras.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Check out our updated activation-and-release model. This one image condenses over 10 years of work from many legendary @kamounlab.bsky.social members 🤯 Big shoutout to Chih-Hang, @tolgaboz.bsky.social, Lida, Aki, Selvaraj, @jmadhuprakash.bsky.social, @hsuanpai.bsky.social, Ben and many more!

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Tora Økland 🌱 @receptora.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Very excited to start digging into which adaptations drove the divergence of flies from other monocots !

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Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Super excited to see Atlas of Botany in print!!! A pleasure to work with the wonderful team from DK and the @thebotanics.bsky.social I wrote the Ancient Biomes section covering some of my favourite stories about plant evolution from the last 500 million years! @instmolplantsci.bsky.social

Sandy Hetherington standing in a bookshop holding a book titled atlas of botany with red flowers on the cover

Open book on page "Coal Forest Evolve" - in front of the book are examples of Carboniferous fossils include fern leaves and leafy stems

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Diversification of ligand preference in conserved Brassicaceae LORE immune receptors matches proteobacterial 3-hydroxy fatty acid profiles www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Dr Susannah Lydon @susieoftraken.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Great review paper by Maria Gandolfo: "the fossil record provides essential and irreplaceable insights into plant evolution by documenting extinct lineages, transitional morphologies, developmental stages, and past ecosystems that cannot be inferred from extant taxa alone." #paleobotany 🌏⚒🌱🌿🔬

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From deep time to genomes: The critical role of fossils in plant evolution

Understanding plant evolution requires integrating the vast, largely untapped evidence preserved in the fossil record with molecular and genomic data.…

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