„Pořád můžeme něco na řepce změnit, aby třeba odolávala suchu. Přece jen víme, že klimatické změny se odehrávají a jsou čím dál častější,“ říká mladý vědec Pavel Kolodin ze Středoevropského technologi...

In plants, the MMC represents the precursor of the female germline. Here, the authors show that SPL/NZZ, together with ovule-identity MADS-domain transcription factors, controls MMC differentiation by...

The results of the Career Restart Call for 2026 were announced at the annual GAMU conference at CEITEC MU atrium on 8th of December 2025.

Precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing is a fundamental mechanism of gene regulation that influences both mRNA abundance and proteome diversity. In plants, alternative splicing plays a critical ...

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At the end of August, Oussama, Teresa, Vendula, Samia, and Helene attended the Plant Biology CS conference in Bratislava, where they presented their research on embryo and seed development as well as plant hormones.

Wang et al. demonstrated that the nuclear envelope and mitochondria localized OPENER protein complex plays a key role in the pre-60Sribosome processing in plants.

The successful applicant will be expected to build an independent research group to study plant development and/or its natural variation.

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Central European Institute of Technology of the Masaryk University (CEITEC MU), Brno, Czech Republic CEITEC MU is the Czech Republic´s flagship bio-medical research institution renowned for its cutti...

OverviewThe group of Specialized Metabolism, led by Prof. Alain Goossens at the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, and the metabolic engineering researc

RESYDE: Re-engineering symmetry breaking in development and evolution. A consortia of plant scientists from Europe and Australia has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the ERC, which will ...

Key message SHATTERPROOF 2 regulates TAA1 expression for the establishment of the gynoecium valve margins. Abstract Gynoecium development and patterning play a crucial role in determining the ultimate...

Dissecting the mechanisms underlying heat tolerance is important for understanding how plants acclimate to heat stress. Here, the authors identified a new role for RDM16 isoforms encoded by two splice...

Plants are able to sense and remember heat stress. An initial priming heat stress enables plants to acclimate so that they are able to survive a subsequent higher temperature. The heatshock transcription factors (HSFs) play a crucial role in this process, but the mechanisms by which plants sense heat stress are not well understood. By comprehensively analyzing the binding targets of all the HSFs, we find that HSFs act in a network, with upstream sensory acting in a transcriptional cascade to activate downstream HSFs and protective proteins.

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Woody plant species are often challenging to transform, which complicates gene function studies using molecular biology techniques. To develop an effective gene editing tool for almond (Prunus dulcis,...

Temperatures above the optimum growth temperature affect seed development, producing seeds with ruptured seed coats. This phenotype is associated with accelerated embryo development. However, the mole...