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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cell Geometry and Junction Arrangement Define the Mechanical Robustness of Plant Tissues www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A triple fluorescent marker for live imaging of plant cell morphogenesis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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RDP lab @rdplab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

✨ Mark your calendars! ✨ The Plant Computational Biology Workshop 🌱💻 is back—10th edition! 🎉 Sept 7–11 | Lyon, France | FREE ✓ Registration mandatory Limited to 70 researchers (spots filling fast!) Learn more & Register : pcbw.inria.fr

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

New insights into cell fates of the Arabidopsis inflorescence meristem @sebamorenor.bsky.social generated the most detailed map to date of this critical stem cell niche, identifying 18 distinct cell type clusters, including precursors to cortex & vascular tissues www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-ins...

Inflorescence meristem cell identities: (A) Force-directed graph layout of clusters associated with inner cell layers such as early primordia (EP), undifferentiated cells, procambium, xylem parenchyma and cortex. Clusters are represented by different colours. (B) Schematic illustration of selected cell identities in the primary stem and inflorescence meristem. Procambial strands arise in developing primordia and give rise to vascular bundles, which subsequently differentiate into phloem, cambium and xylem within the primary stem. The exact locations of cell identities in the primary stem are schematically represented rather than accurately portrayed. Illustration by first author first author Dr Sebastián Moreno-Ramírez. Source: Fig 6 in Moreno-Ramirez et al Science Advances 2026.

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

🌺 How does a hibiscus flower pattern its petals? A new computational model reveals hidden "boundary" cells can spontaneously emerge during flower development, helping to create stable petal patterns. Prediction confirmed experimentally! 🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/how-hib... #PlantsInTheSpotlight

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Science Magazine @science.org · 11/06/2026

New research in Science reveals that the Venus flytrap's snap is triggered by a rapid softening of the epidermal cell walls, uncovering the physical mechanism behind this remarkable movement. Learn more in this week's issue: scim.ag/4fXQ9sn

A Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) leaf closes around a trapped fly. Photo: Alex Hyde/NPL/Minden Pictures

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Sarah Robinson @robinsonsci.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Congratulations. Really cool work.

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Adrienne Roeder Lab @roederlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

If life builds order from heterogeneity while never completely eliminating it, is heterogeneity merely a byproduct or could it be part of the means by which biological order is generated? Check out Lanxi Hu's review www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Mechanical forces & cell shape guide how plant stomata form🥬👄 @leoserra.bsky.social & Euan Smithers from @robinsonsci.bsky.social's team uncover how the interplay between cell shape & mechanical stress influences the orientation of stomata doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/mechani...

Time-lapse images of adaxial side of PM-YFP cotyledons showing new stomatal divisions occurring between 1 and 2 days after germination (DAG). Newly formed stomata are highlighted in magenta at 2DAG. Imaging by Leo Serra.

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Alice Pyne @alicepyne.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Supercoiling not only brings DNA to life (and makes it dance) but also changes how key proteins such as #CRISPR interact with it. Thanks @qmsmith.bsky.social for the brilliant collaboration, Sylvia for developing an amazing new #imageanalysis pipeline & @eddierollins.bsky.social for beautiful #AFM.

CryoEM and AFM images of DNA minicircles bound to CRISPR Cas9

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Register Now! #SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium | 22-24 Sept 2026 | Cambridge, UK Theme - Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis! If you are into Plant Development - join us! In-person + livestream Limited fee waivers www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Registrations now open for #SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 in Cambridge, UK — Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis! Join us explore how cellular, genetic & mechanical forces sculpt plant form 📅 22–24 Sept 2026 In-person + livestream Limited fee waivers www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls #plantsi

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Penelope Lindsay @penlindsay.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/JAIVZX... Excited to share my latest work in @newphyt.bsky.social. Here, we used TurboID proximity labeling with CLAVATA receptors FEA3 and BAM1D in maize meristems to better understand the signaling pathways important for meristem regulation. #PlantScience

image of a maize inflorescence meristem that is labeled by the plasma membrane marker PIP2-CFP and BAM1D-YFP.

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Launch your own independent research group! 2x David Sainsbury Career Development Fellowships at @slcuplants.bsky.social 📆 Apply by 30 Jan 2026 More info: 👉 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/careers/grou... Job details: 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/david-s... Please share this post #PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

Photo of the interior of award-winning Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University building. Glass walls look into the research labs and naturally lit staircase and walkway with study boxes looking into the Botanic Garden

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Lucien Hinderling @lhinderling.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Won best thesis award with this video! 4 years of research and play in 3 minutes :') youtu.be/so0fPlK1-LM

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Smart microscopy, computer vision, and controlling cells with light -- my PhD thesis in 3 minutes

YouTube video by Pertz Lab

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Hajk-Georg Drost @hajkdrost.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making! 🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans. Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation? @cellpress.bsky.social

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Project Name: DIY Plant Walls: Engineering Plant Cell Size and Material Strength using Fungal Proteins Supervisors: @dromius.bsky.social & @robinsonsci.bsky.social Application Deadline: 5pm Monday 19 January 2026 Start Date: 1 October 2026 More details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... 2/3🧵

Detection of gene activity of a FOLD gene (black spots) specifically in the structures formed by the symbiotic fungus Rhizophagus irregularis (labelled in yellow) within legume root cells. Image by Edouard Evangelisti.

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Sarah Robinson @robinsonsci.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Beautiful work. Congratulations!

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Weibing Yang @weibingyang.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Thrilled to have our paper out in @science.org. Cell division guides plant cell wall formation. Does the reverse hold? We show that bimodal pectin methylesterification, via PME5 mRNA nuclear sequestration, influences plant cell division and cell plate orientation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics

The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...

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Accelerate Programme for Scientific Discovery @acceleratescience.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

We are delighted to announce the 2025 Accelerate – @c2d3.cam.ac.uk funded projects! 🎉 Projects will catalyse discoveries to accelerate scientific progress & create AI tools capable of delivering benefits for science & society. Find out more: bit.ly/4rpvSiy

Photo of a whale, brain scans, a city and a leaf to represent awarded Accelerate-C2D3 funded projects

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Katherine Denby 🌱🥬 @katherinedenby.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community! www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

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Kaare H. Jensen @jensen-research.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Roses don’t just defend themselves. Their prickles are geometrically ideal for gripping surfaces, supporting vertical growth, and, when needed, creating lacerations that deter herbivores. Students - join us to investigate how biological form and physical law work together!

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

New pre-print from the team! The manuscript is @emma-raven.bsky.social's PhD work showing that whether a leaf is a carbon sink or a carbon source influences how they execute immune responses. Have a read! #PlantScience @johninnescentre.bsky.social

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Sarah Robinson @robinsonsci.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

They look intriguing. I am interested to learn if it is moving. What age did you heat shock?

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I was tremendously lucky to be in @xanderjones.bsky.social's lab to watch @bijuntang.bsky.social move from technician to PhD to Postdoc and produce this magnum opus. #SalicS1 is the just reward for years of brilliance and hard work.Well done Bijun, Xander, Jing, and everyone involved! #SalicylicAcid

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Ivan Radin @radinbio.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

While the first image showed the outside edge of surface mature Arabidopsis root cell, this second image from the same experiment shows the border between two root cells. The large plastid (blue due to chlorophyll autofluorescence) is squashed between the two membranes. #arabidopsis #cellbiology

The image shows two straight magenta lines running in parallel. On either side of them, there are two wavy green lines. The oval-shaped blue chloroplast is squished between one magenta and one green line.

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Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · 27/08/2025

🧪🌾News - How do seedlings straighten when emerging from the soil?🔬 @srobertgroup.bsky.social & collaborators have identified a protein that promotes this seedling straightening via the plant hormone auxin. Read more about the story published in @pnas.org here👇: www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...

Eleven pale seedlings grown next to each other in a row with their yellowish tip bend downwards. Photo: Qian Ma

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Sarah Robinson @robinsonsci.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Fantastic work. Congratulations.

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Zoe Nemec Venza @zoenv.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Here it is! Epidermal cells in the root can figure out if they are covered by the root cap or not using mechanical signals! Thanks to @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @moritznowack.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social Annamaria Kiss and all the others!

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Sarah Robinson @robinsonsci.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Really nice. I look forward to reading in more detail.

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Emmanuelle Bayer @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

We have two open Post-Doc positions in my group at the interface with: 1- @ataly.bsky.social for molecular dynamics 2- Bruno Guillotin from protein mobility Apply by sending CV, two ref letters and a short motivation letter to me : emmanuelle.bayer@u-bordeaux.fr. Deadline 15 sept.

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Anja Geitmann @geitmannlab.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The maintenance of plant cell wall integrity involves complex molecular interactions. In this review, preetmanchanda.bsky.social summarizes the pivotal roles of RALF, LRX, and FERONIA as well as their interactions in different cell and tissue systems. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Cell-to-cell translocation of florigen is inhibited by low ambient temperature through abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... #plantscience

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Ari Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social‬ @erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature

A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.

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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Plz repost. Fresh Preprint led by @alexguyon.bsky.social When a pathogen pushes into a cell already occupied by a symbiotic fungus, things change. New membrane phospholipids at pathogen haustoria! This may impact immune receptor positioning & defense secretion. - And the roots are more resistant!

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🚨 Calling all plant modelling enthusiasts! Plant Computational Biology Workshop Open to researchers at all levels Workshop is free. Participants cover own travel, food & accommodation 📅 8-12 Sept | 💻 Talks, tools & hand-on sessions 🔗 www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa... #ComputationalBiology #PlantSci

Promotional poster with images of an Arabidopsis flower development over time from a cluster of identical cells to the final flower and two models of Arabirbiopsis flower meristems highligting active genes. Text reads: 9th Plant Computational Biology Workshop, 8-12 September 2025, Sainsbury Laboratory, University fo Cambridge.

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Sarah Robinson @robinsonsci.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

It is a Tradescantia leaf and the yellow dots are stomata. Thanks for asking.

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Sabine Brumm @binebrumm.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

🤯 Look at this confocal image of a endomycorrhiza fungus inside a 400 million old fossil plant. Check out the new preprint by Christine Strullu-Derrien, @dromius.bsky.social and Ray from @slcuplants.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... for more pictures and a video. Congratulations 🎉

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Sarah Robinson @robinsonsci.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Lovely image. It looks like it has some stomatal spacing issues.

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Sarah Robinson @robinsonsci.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Explaining our science at the Chelsea flower show.

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Cool SEM images being captured at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week. We are looking for more samples - so if you know a nursery or specialist grower exhibiting at #RHSChelsea, please share this post with them.

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Moritz K. Nowack @moritznowack.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Stomatal transpiration and rapid programmed cell death ☠️ triggered by lowered ambient humidity causes anther tissue collapse for effective pollen release ! Happy to be part of this great PNAS story with @kampova.bsky.social, Matyáš Fendrych, and @svosolsobe.bsky.social! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

@binebrumm.bsky.social, together with @dromius.bsky.social team colleagues, unveiled how key proteins act as 'sculptors' in plant cells, taking on different roles to shape development Read more www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-c... And full paper doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Trichomes on an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf (here shown using electron microscopy) are formed by a single cell adopting this spiked shape (top images). Arabidopsis plants without a SCAR/WAVE gene cannot form properly shaped trichomes, because their inner cytoskeleton control is impaired (bottom images). Images by Sabine Brumm.

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