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Kumud Saini @sainikumud.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not All Quiet at the Forefront of Plant Research Madelaine bartlett @slcuplants.bsky.social talking about Plant Cell Death☠️

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Kasper van Gelderen @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The first preprint of my lab has just come out doi.org/10.64898/202... This paper came out at the same day on the sudden passing of Prof. Meng Chen. Without his work, this paper would not have existed. He was an extremely supportive member of the plant photobiology community..

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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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Martin Balcerowicz @transcription.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Glad to be hosting the #Thermomorphogenesis 2026 meeting at @dundee.ac.uk, with 3 days full of exciting research and discussions about recent advances in plant temperature responses. Very happy to be part of such a supportive community!

Photo of Thermomorphogenesis 2026 attendees in front the conference banner

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Gabriella Mosca @moscabiomeclab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Check out our Review on #AFM in plants now on @jxbotany.bsky.social !

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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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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 · 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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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

6/11 🛜 Why do abiotic networks collapse in the wild? In the lab, stresses are applied acutely & in isolation. In the wild, plants must integrate heat, light, humidity, simultaneously across their whole life. The transcriptome reflects that integration. Single-stress lab experiments can't capture it.

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Andrew Beale @drbatmo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Since I moved to @mrclmb.bsky.social I’ve been trying to answer this: Why are some mammals active at night and others in the day? Today our answer is out @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... If you’re interested in circadian biology, evolution or how timing shapes physiology, take a look

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A cellular basis for the mammalian nocturnal-diurnal switch

Early mammals were nocturnal while dinosaurs dominated the daytime. Mammalian transition to daytime activity accelerated after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, but the underlying mechanisms remain...

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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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Facundo Romani @fromani.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Marchantia might seem an unlikely biotech crop, but it’s worth trying. In Aurore’s thesis, we pushed this concept by engineering the auronidins with MpMYB14 and using the pigments to dye cotton. It ended up giving a very unique and beautiful product. #PlantScience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Kalika Prasad @kalikaprasad.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Now on the Cover @pnas.org News, Delightful to see @akanshaganguly.bsky.social Journey from stress to regeneration, from leaf to root featured on cover. Akansha, you made it, very well done, congratulations.

Cover image: Pictured is a regenerating root from an Arabidopsis thaliana leaf. Akansha Ganguly et al. detached plant leaves to study the mechanisms of stress mitigation associated with wound repair. The authors found that plant-specific PLETHORA transcription factors activate the ATG8 gene, which initiates recycling of damaged cell components to decrease intracellular stress and allow stem cells to differentiate. ATG8 is not activated if the plant is simply forming a callus, rather than regenerating roots. The results reveal how plant-specific autophagy regulators interact with intracellular stress signaling to aid in wound repair. See the article by Ganguly et al., e2513954123. Image credit: Akansha Ganguly.

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Rodrigo Reis @rodrigoreislab.com · 04/02/2026

📣 Thermomorphogenesis community 📣 Excited to announce that Ritesh Raipuria will present his preprint on hydrogen peroxide and thermomorphogenesis regulation in our next JC. Don't miss out!!

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Plant Kelch phosphatases are Ser/Thr phosphatases involved in cell cycle regulation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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wabniklab.bsky.social @wabniklab.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Latest from our lab in 2025. A wonderful collaboration with Sabrina Sabatini's team at Sapienza University of Rome. How mechanical signals contribute to root growth and zonation @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @upm.es doi.org/10.1126/scia...

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Cell wall–derived mechanical signals control cell growth and division during root development

Mechanical changes in elongating root cells guide division of neighboring cells, shaping root development.

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi boost plant resilience by remodelling the plant-pathogen membrane interface Check-out the latest paper from @alexguyon.bsky.social & @dromius.bsky.social 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social News article www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/arbuscu...

Mutualist-pathogen co-colonisation modulates phosphoinositide signatures at host intracellular interfaces: Nicotiana benthamiana plants expressing biosensors for PI4P and PI(4,5)P2. PI(4,5)P2 was tip-enriched at mutualist structures but evenly distributed around pathogen structures. PI4P was absent from pathogen extrahaustorial membranes but present at invasive hyphae and mutualist interfaces. Co-colonisation triggered PI4P recruitment at pathogen haustoria, and enhanced resistance to P. palmivora. Graphic by Alex Guyon.

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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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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Congratulations Elise Laruelle & @robinsonsci.bsky.social on your @acceleratescience.bsky.social - @c2d3.cam.ac.uk funded project "Plant automatic cell lineage reconstruction" More info www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/plant-a... Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social

Graphic depicting the Plant Automatic Cell Lineage Reconstruction project which aims to train a neural network to recognise “sister cells” in mature plant leaves and reconstruct their complete cell division history from a single image.. Illustration by Elise Laruelle and leaf images by Kumud Saini.

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Vale Nunez-Pascual @vnunezpascual.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Also happy to say that Arabidopsis epidermal cells make the cover of @theplantjournal.bsky.social for the issue with our paper, showing that nitrate availability impacts pectin metabolism and cell wall mechanics for growth 🌱 Check the work here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

“If we didn’t have plants, we’d still be fish!” 🐠🌍 Our keynote @plantteaching.bsky.social about the importance of plants, from photosynthesis to evolution and development... through aliens! 🌱🛸 @johninnescentre.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social #NBIAST2025

Mary Williams speaking on the stage. The slide projected behind her contains a satellite photo of half of the Earth, with a cartoon alien spaceship on the top left, and the title reads “What would aliens take home from earth?”

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Pallavi Singh @thepallavisingh.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

**Please Repost** Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate. PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec... Deadline: October 15.

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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

New paper from @cam.ac.uk, Universities of Adelaide & Western Australia, & NASA highlighting how controlled environment agriculture (CEA) can boost the translation of fundamental plant science into real-world impact. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.08.014

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A comparative study of plant #phenotyping workflows based on three-dimensional reconstruction from multi-view images by Daiki Someno & Koji Noshita doi.org/10.1101/2024... via @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social #PlantScience

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Daan Weits @daanweits.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Greg Vert @plantubiquitin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Very cool story out about NRT1.1 also serving as ABA receptor to integrate nitrate and ABA responses in plants ! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @cellpress.bsky.social

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🔬🌱 CBGP | Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

#PaperCBGP 🆕📄A new study, led by @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social & @wabniklab.bsky.social from the CBGP and published in @natplants.nature.com, shows plant roots have an “internal clock” ⏱️ 🧬Key findings on how plants coordinate growth and enhance root strength & efficiency 📎 More: shorturl.at/yzTxO

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Plant Editors @planteditors.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Exciting technical advance in @theplantjournal.bsky.social "Whole-tissue 3D immunostaining of shoot apical meristems in rice at single-cell resolution" #microscopy #PlantScience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Longitudinal section of a rice shoot apical meristem double-stained for two histone modifications. The image shows a lobe-like structure divided into cells with large nuclei that have varying amounts of purple and green staining.

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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 15/09/2025

Oxford Biology is growing 📢 We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in: 🌱 Plant Sciences 🦉 Animal Behaviour 🔬 Molecular Cell Biology 3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology. Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7 Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

It was already known that auxins (surprise!) had a key role controlling the end of flowering, plant menopause. Now we can tell you how and where they act in the inflorescence meristem to control the process. @irenegonzlez.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4

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Local regulation of auxin-related pathways in the shoot apical meristem plays a major role during proliferative arrest

González-Cuadra et al. show that repression of auxin-related pathways locally in the SAM is key in the control of proliferative arrest. FRUITFULL regulates these pathways to promote meristem arrest. B...

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Thomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 11/09/2025

I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats

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ggplot2 4.0.0

A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.

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Pallavi Singh @thepallavisingh.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

We are looking for a PDRA for the PlantPlug project, turning parasitic plants into programmable bio-modules! Using mistletoe as a novel chassis, we are exploring the frontiers of inter-species communication. Apply online by 15/10/2025. *RP* #PlantSciencesJobs vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A U‐box E3 ubiquitin ligase CmPUB15 targets CmMYB73 to regulate #anthocyanin #biosynthesis in response to low temperatures in #chrysanthemum Research by Geng, et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/4U8NQ4... #PlantScience

Model of the CmPUB15-CmMYB73 molecular module regulating anthocyanin biosynthesis in response to low temperatures in chrysanthemum.

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

This might be one of the simplest images I captured, but very fascinating nonetheless, as it shows how tight the cytoplasm in a plant cell is. The cytosol and all other organelles are squished between the plasma membrane (magenta) and the central vacuole (its membrane is green) #MicroscopyMonday

The image shows one straight magenta line and, close to it, another wavy green line.

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Kumud Saini @sainikumud.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

🚨New Preprint with Old Pals showing a PIF4-CAT2-H2O2 loop in thermomorphogenesis

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Amir Porat @amirporat.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

New preprint! "Understanding Shape and Residual Stress Dynamics in Rod-Like Plant Organs" 🌱 with @merozlab.bsky.social and @routierlab.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

TPJ Editor’s Choice – August 2025 by Martin Balcerowicz: The making of a leaf tip reveals how regional shifts in cell division angles sculpt the sharp leaf apex of Triadica sebifera. Read more: www.sebiology.org/resource/aug...

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August 2025 TPJ Editor choice: The making of a leaf tip: how cell division angles define shape

Discover the Plant Journal editor's choice by Martin Balcerowicz

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Marie-Cécile Caillaud @mc-caillaud.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🌱✂️ How do plant cells decide where to divide? Our work shows that actin can override the geometric rules—guiding cells to divide in alternative orientations. #PlantScience #CellBiology #Arabidopsis @camilagoldy.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Rodrigo Reis @rodrigoreislab.com · 25/08/2025

My lab's very first manuscripts are out!!!! - We identified nearly 60 conserved RNA structures in plastids #chloroplast #RNA - We found that transcriptional response to warm temperatures in whole seedling is confounded by response at organ level #thermomorphogenesis Link to both preprints below

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