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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ben Haworth is sharing his PhD work on RNA Pol-II quantity and quality control #EMBOUbiquitin

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Gabriel Schaaf @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

PhenoRob at the University of Bonn is recruiting 3 Junior Research Group Leaders in plant/crop science, phenotyping, robotics, sensing, ML, ecology & related fields. Each position comes with 2 funded PhD positions. Deadline: 2 Nov 2026 www.uni-bonn.de/de/universit...

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full-time, limited until December 31, 2032 , EG 14, Reference number: 2026/397

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nitric oxide promotes nitrile-containing pesticide degradation through S-nitrosylation of nitrilase in Solanum lycopersicum A #Letter by Hou et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience

Fig. 1 NO-mediated S-nitrosylation of NIT promotes pesticide degradation in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).

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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Don't forget that October 31 is the deadline to submit a session proposal for #ICAR2027-Madison! 🌱27 slots available and we plan for at least 6-7 to be chaired by postdocs & grad students. 🌱Grab your halloween candy and write your proposal: 150-300 words plus 2-4 speaker ideas, can include you!

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Concurrent Sessions

The community is invited to submit a session proposal for consideration at ICAR 2027. Our primary goal is to showcase cutting-edge & exciting plant biology research- with a focus on Arabidopsis.

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Isabel saur @izzysaurlab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

hehe - yeah maybe :-)

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Charlotte Kirchhelle @ckirchhelle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Super cool seminar today @rdplab.bsky.social from @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social, a must-hear perspective on AI in image analysis!

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The iron-binding siderophore enterobactin is required for the response of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae to zinc limitation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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parkergroup.bsky.social @parkergroup.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our interdisciplinary collaboration with Stephanie Kath-Schorr group characterizes Thio-pRib-AMP, an enhanced derivative of a natural plant nucleotide immune second messenger. Thio-pRib-AMP leaf spray increases plant disease resistance. Check it out: doi.org/10.21203/rs....

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Elwira Smakowska-Luzan @elwirasmakowska.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our Special Issue on receptor-ligand interactions is now online! Thanks to all the authors for sharing their knowledge and views! Huge thanks to @adsteinbrenner.bsky.social @veroglez.bsky.social and @isabelmonte.bsky.social for great collaboration: ) @theplantjournal.bsky.social for the venue!

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Shame on you @ukri.org !!! This is so disrespectful to all those people that put in months to write these grants.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 25/09/2026

In a recent PNAS QnAs, plant biologist Gregg Alan Howe discusses how plants coordinate their defenses with nutrient availability. His work helps reveal how plants sustain immune responses when resources are limited. Read more: ow.ly/yM0N50ZRvaB

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Rong Li @shibalili1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great to be part of Day 2 at #SLS26 and to share my work alongside such a diverse range of plant science. Really enjoyed the discussions and the mix of molecular, imaging and quantitative approaches 🌱🔬

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A TurboID-based proximity labelling method for detecting extracellular protein interactions in plants www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@mromeiromotta.bsky.social presents findings at #SLS26 that suggest that mechanical stress damages microtubules in ways that recruit MAP65-1, triggering the formation and bundling of new microtubules to reinforce the cytoskeleton Read the preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Mariana Romeiro Motta presenting at #SLS26

MAP65-1 accumulates on bent microtubules in vitro

Mariana Romeiro Motta presented a model in which mechanical stress generates lattice defects and damage that recruit MAP65-1, which then promotes nucleation and bundling, thereby reinforcing microtubule arrays. These findings provide a potential means by which cells can record and respond to mechanical stress through cytoskeletal reorganization.

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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Keynote by @luciastrader.bsky.social from Salk Institute opens #SLS26 with 'Transcription in plants' & invites the audience to Choose Your Own Adventure! Condensates won!

Professor Lucia Strader stabding at lectern delivering keynote at Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026

Graphic showing environmental conditions that impact auxin levels and the plant functions that are affected by auxin

Professor Strader asked audience which are they wanted to be featured: Choice 1: Effect of actin-mediated movement of condensates. Choice 2: Effect of temperature on ARF stability. Choice 1 was the most popular.

Graphic comparing possible similarities in movement and dissolving of condensates in plant cells and neurons

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

CERK1-mediated phosphorylation of nitrilases activates auxin biosynthesis and promotes resistance to Botrytis cinerea (Jiarui Zheng , Sufen Chen , Yawen Wang , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

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Maik Bischoff @maikbischoff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1/23 I have fantastic news! I am truly honored to have been awarded an Emmy Noether-Grant by @dfg.de @uni-muenster.de Since most of you are not from Germany, I will use the following posts to explain what this Program is, who Emmy Noether was and what my group in Münster will be doing. #cellbio

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Team_Zuccaro @algazuccaro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The maize smut fungus Ustilago maydis deploys the effector Iag1 to reprogram host cell fate by targeting the conserved GSK3-like kinase BIN2—a multifunctional hub in developmental signaling. | bioRxiv share.google/MopBA1KjxR4F...

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A fungal effector hijacks conserved plant GSK3-like kinases to reprogram host cell identity

Stable developmental programs normally resist reprogramming, yet pathogens can override these constraints to induce profound tissue and cellular remodeling. How microbial pathogens access conserved de...

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Lambros Frantzeskakis @lambrosf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If you’re a graduate student and interested in fungi please apply, this a great opportunity to experience research in an industry setting jobs.bayer.com/job/Chesterf...

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Fungal Discovery & Genomics Co-Op

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What's new with TAIR12? The TAIR curatorial team is hard at work integrating the latest TAIR12 updates into the live TAIR database and toolset. 🧪 #PlantScience #PlantBiology #Arabidopsis #TAIR #TAIR12

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sub-resolution imaging and Bayesian analysis of exocytosis events reveals nanoscale patterning by cortical microtubule arrays (Jelmer J Lindeboom , Ryan Gutierrez , Viktor Kirik , David W Ehrhardt) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Iron as a principal mediator of dysbiosis prevention in the phyllosphere www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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GreenRobust @greenrobust.de · 18/09/2026

Xu Wang from Andreas Schaller’s (@as-in-hohenheim.bsky.social) group has received the Best Talk Prize at the Plant Peptide Receptor Meeting (PPRM2026) for his work on new systemins in tomato. Congratulations!

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 18/09/2026

New Correspondence: "CRISPR beyond biology: building a sustainable innovation system" rdcu.be/vPZVgFHi4Jza

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 18/09/2026

"How SCREW finds its NUT" rdcu.be/k8vBj18vix9a A News & Views on 3 complementary structural studies published together about SCREW/CTNIP–NUT/HSL3 signalling: rdcu.be/AY11kgcFgTia rdcu.be/S6g7YM6WPjTa rdcu.be/16bsh4fYzpna

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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...

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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States

The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...

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Songwen Zhang @songwenz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thrilled to share our new paper in Nature: We found how salicylic acid drives plant immune signaling — it binds its receptor NPR1 and allosterically boosts NPR1’s grip on the Mediator complex (via MED15), switching on defense genes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Transcriptional activation of plant immunity by salicylic acid - Nature

A mechanistic basis for how the hormone salicylic acid promotes transcriptional activation during plant immune responses is described.

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Gabriel Schaaf @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New W2 Professorship in crop/plant sciences at the University of Bonn 🌱 We especially welcome expertise in genome engineering and pest & disease control …and interdisciplinary research bridging topics with the cluster of excellence #PhenoRob Apply by Sept 30 🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...

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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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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Many of you may have heard the terrible news of Dr. Meng Chen's sudden death. I just found this tribute from UC Riverside cnas.ucr.edu/news/2026/09... and a beautiful review article he contributed to @plantphys.bsky.social earlier this year, "25 years of photobodies" doi.org/10.1093/plph... 💔

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Janani Durairaj (Jay) @ninjani.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The PhD and Postdoc application links are now live! Come join me at UNIL to work on deep learning for protein structure, interactions & design. pickybinders.org#open-positions

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Career Opportunities: PhD student position in deep learning for enzyme structure & catalysis (22980)

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Structural Biology @actacrystd.iucr.org · 15/09/2026

The LRR crystallization screen described here enabled structure determination of the Arabidopsis receptor kinase SRF6 ectodomain #CrystallizationScreens #LeucineRichRepeats #Ectodomains doi.org/10.1107/S205...

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Rong Li @shibalili1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yeah!!! So exciting to see Xu presenting new work on systemins in tomato at #PPRM2026 🌱🔥Our preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... This one feels personal. My work in the Schaller lab was on systemin signaling specificity, and now Xu has pushed the story forward by uncovering new systemins in tomato.

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SNP2Prot @snp2prot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Fantastic news! 🎉 Huge congratulations to @marischuster.bsky.social, one of the PIs in #SNP2Prot, on receiving an ERC Starting Grant. This outstanding achievement recognizes pioneering research and opens exciting opportunities for future discoveries. @erc.europa.eu #ERCStG

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

#PPRM2026 ECRs, please don’t hesitate in approaching me during the conference if you are interested in working with us 😊🌱

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Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Discovery of regulatory complexes in Arabidopsis via protein–metabolite mapping during Pseudomonas infection (Jieun Kang , Ewelina M Sokolowska , Hanne Zillmer , Talia Karasov , Dirk Walther , Aleksandra Skirycz) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

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Discovery of regulatory complexes in Arabidopsis via protein–metabolite mapping during Pseudomonas infection

Mapping molecular interactions in infected plant revealed how a bacterial toxin reshapes host regulation during disease.

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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wingen LU, Crosbie DB, Hu Y, et al. Towards a quantitative view of the NLR gene family evolution in the genome space. Quantitative Plant Biology. 2026;7:e17. doi.org/10.1017/qpb....

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Towards a quantitative view of the NLR gene family evolution in the genome space | Quantitative Plant Biology | Cambridge Core

Towards a quantitative view of the NLR gene family evolution in the genome space - Volume 7

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Charles Roussin-Léveillée @charlesrleveillee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨🌱🦠 IT'S OUT! Lead by Pedro Jiménez-Sandoval from Julia Santiago's group, we found that IGP1 is a DAMP receptor for the sugar cellotriose. Interesting finding -> we found that DAMP recognition is a key immune layer for proper PAMP-triggered immunity signaling prior to PAMP detection.

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Glycan recognition by a plant damage-sensing immune receptor

Pathogens target and degrade the extracellular matrix surrounding plant cells. A central question is how cell wall-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are recognized and integrated to...

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Santosh Satbhai @santoshsatbhai.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy to share dat my profile article is published in @newphyt.bsky.social A privilege to have my research journey & work featured in such a prestigious journal. Gr8ful to everyone who has supported & inspired me along d way. @rootstrapping.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Santosh B. Satbhai

Santosh B. Satbhai, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali (India).

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Ralph Hückelhoven @huckelhovenr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#MicroscopyFriday. 3D color-coded Erysiphe cruciferarum growing on the epidermis of #Arabidopsis. The little roundish structures are the haustoria.

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

Defence associated RLPs are systematically more associated with TEs and clusters with known functional RLPs like Cf5 and CURe1 show inter and intra specific variance. This indicates a high potential for functional variation as well!

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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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