Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026In 2021, we published an article in eLife on the role of CLE40 in Arabidopsis shoot meristem development ( see here: elifesciences.org/articles/70934 ). We recently found that one of the Arabidopsis lines used in that publication..... 2308
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Reiche kettet uns an Öl und Gas – auf Jahrzehnte! Am 18. April demonstrieren wir um 12 Uhr am Heumarkt in Köln: für saubere Energie, gegen fossile Politik. Sei dabei. erneuerbare-energien-verteidigen.de/koeln/erneuerbare-energien-verteidigen.deDemo in Köln: Jetzt Energiewende verteidigen!Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche (CDU) will die Energiewende abwürgen und uns für Jahrzehnte an Öl und Gas binden. Das trifft uns alle: an der Zapfsäule, bei der Stromrechnung, beim nächsten Extremwetter.... 040
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026We recently published a first story on combining spatial and single cell transcriptomics in barley (see here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...) Lets go for the next level now, i.e. understanding gene networks and barley meristem development in 4D!nature.comImputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development - Nature PlantsSpatially resolved gene expression during barley development was done by integrating an scRNA-seq dataset from cells with unknown position with spatial transcriptomics. This dataset is publicly availa... 24318
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026CEPLAS starts a number of new projects, and we are looking for 12 Postdocs ❗ CEPLAS projects are always highly collaborative, that means postdocs working with us will always closely interact with several CEPLAS research groups. Find all postdoc openings here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-...ceplas.euCEPLAS: Call 2026 02734
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026CEPLAS, the cluster of excellence on plants sciences, is looking for PhD candidates for a number of exciting projects. See below for more info on the topics and on the recruiting process, and here: www.ceplas.eu/en/training-... 01611
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonHeinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf @hhu.de · 29/01/2026Dr. Götz Hensel erklärt im Rahmen der Bürgeruni im Haus der Universität die Grundlagen der Technologie, während die Nachwuchswissenschaftlerin Susanne Vollmer Einblicke in ihre aktuelle Forschung gibt. Wann? 5. Februar 2026, 19 Uhr Wo? Haus der Universität oder im Livestream: t1p.de/n1fnq ^lb 3/3t1p.deHHU - Forschung im Fokus: Nutzung von molekularen Genscheren in Pflanzen – Potential und AnwendungenMolekulare Genscheren, auch unter CRISPR/Cas-Technologie bekannt, haben die Grundlagen und angewandte Forschung in Medizin und Pflanzenforschung stark beschleunigt. Sie ermöglichen die gezielte Änderu... 072
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMichael Raissig @michaelraissig.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Save the date: Plant Development PhD school (i.e. Retzbach 2.0) in Neustadt, Germany. Sept 23rd-25th, 2026 ~€350 all inclusive Excellent speakers and a relaxed atmosphere for early-career researchers (PhDs & postdocs). Registration opens soon. For more info, see raissiglab.org/plantdevosch... 23040
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonGenetics Society Non-Seed Plant SIG @gensocuknonseed.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Exciting opportunities to join @justingoodrich.bsky.social group in Edinburgh as either a Postdoc or Research Assistant. See the link for further details: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Research AssociateWe are looking for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate to characterise genes controlling cell death and breakdown of the embryo-surrounding maternal tissues of the model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha... 032
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonCEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · 03/09/2025📢📢 We are hiring!! We are looking for a coordinator for science communication and a project manager! www.ceplas.eu/de/nachwuchs... 01316
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMarcel Dickmanns | 🌿❄️🔬 @madic.bsky.social · 26/07/2025New preprint: In situ Architecture of #Plasmodesmata. Using #cryoET, #AlphaFold & proteomics, we uncover the native organization of plant intercellular nanopores. 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧪🧵1/n #teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM 1121778
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonBjörn Usadel @usadellab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Is plant single cell/nuc. & spatial transcriptomics your passion? Do you want to understand plant adaptation using cutting edge molecular & bioinformatics tools? Then come and join us to work together with @ceplas.bsky.social & @wggc-de.bsky.social. #plantjobs www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...fz-juelich.deScientist - Plant Single Cell / Spatial AnalysisThe Institute IBG-4 at Forschungszentrum Jülich is a key partner in the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), one of Germany’s leading plant science research networks. The group of Prof. D... 01420
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonJörg @realkachelmann.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Gute Nacht, Timeline. (c) Waechter 7743
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonSophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025I just published: Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters) Publishing your poster creates a citable record and protects you from bad actors. #ISMPMI2025 #OpenMPMI #AcademicChatter #PhDchat medium.com/p/why-im-ski...medium.comWhy I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters)Publishing your poster creates a verifiable and citable record of your work. It also protects you from bad actors — the evidence will be… 95225
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonAri Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025How 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...nature.comPlants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - NatureA 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. 1218286
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The Cereal Stem Cell Systems Consortium published a comprehensive review in Plant Cell on how meristems shape cereal architecture. If you are not a fan of cereals except for breakfast, your teaching will still benefit from the amazing figures! @cerealcell.bsky.social tinyurl.com/32a74xpd 13616
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMax Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research @mpipz.bsky.social · 27/06/2025📣📣We are #hiring! 📣Please RT! @mpipz.bsky.social has a group leader position available in the broad area of Plant Development and Diversity 🌿. Apply now!🌿 👉http://bit.ly/4nkUvLa #plantsci 03852
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 24/06/2025#RootingForScience www.instagram.com/reel/DLR1cgQ... 2238
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025We are looking for a postdoc with experience in electron microscopy. mail to ruediger.simon@hhu.de 02034
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonRüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025If you are interested in plant stem cell systems, meristems and development of cereals: We are organising an international symposium on "Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems", see attached announcement. www.cscs2025.de for more details 04838
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMoi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Super excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years: Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... All data available: www.grene-net.org/data #MOILAB @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @hhmi.org 🧵👇 9257103
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonJenny Russinova @jennyrussinova.bsky.social · 27/05/2025jobs.vib.be/j/114118/phd...jobs.vib.bePhD student position in brassinosteroid hormone research - VIBThe VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology (PSB) is a world-leading plant science institute located at the heart of a renowned Plant Biotech campus in Ghent, Belgium. Its mission is to integrate g... 0718
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Meristems shape plant architectures, and grasses generate a complex array of them. To characterise barley vegetative SAMs and spike development, we used single cell and spatial transcriptome data and integrated them in a new database, BARVISTA. A click on a cell now..... tinyurl.com/38c3mf5d 27542
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonCEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · 22/05/2025🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social 1511342
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMarc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · 29/04/2025📜 CLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla 🧑🔬 @isaiavardanega.bsky.social, @simonrdg.bsky.social, et al. 📔 @natcomms.nature.com 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment #Barley #PlantStemCellsnature.comCLAVATA signalling shapes barley inflorescence by controlling activity and determinacy of shoot meristem and rachilla - Nature CommunicationsGrasses have evolved a wide variety of inflorescence architectures. Here Vardanega et. al show how the barley CLV1 receptor and FCP1 peptide signal interact to control meristem shape, organ formation ... 03515
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonIsaia Vardanega @isaiavardanega.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Excited to see our work finally out! 🌾🏴☠️ We show how HvCLV1 and HvFCP1 shape barley inflorescence using innovative techniques and some cool microscopy. Huge thanks to everyone involved in this study! t.co/ofButB3fRot.cohttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59330-z 11411
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMarina Weisband @afelia.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Ich war heute im KZ Buchenwald, um zum 80. Tag der Befreiung zu sprechen. Eine schwierige Aufgabe. Hier ist, was ich gesagt habe: marinaweisband.de/rede-zum-80-...marinaweisband.deRede zum 80. Befreiungstag des KZ Buchenwald - Marina WeisbandRede als Video ansehen Sehr geehrte Menschen, es war eine sehr schwere Aufgabe, eine Rede für heute zu schreiben. Weil ich keine Überlebende bin. Weil ich eine Nachfahrin der Überlebenden bin. Weil ... 16130861016
Reposted by Rüdiger Simonkbuerstenbinder.bsky.social @kbuerstenbinder.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Great meeting for PhDs and Master students to meet peers and share your love and passion for science at a truly beautiful venue. Make sure to Mark your calendar. 085
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Is this as good as it sounds? youtube.com/watch?v=G8EC...youtube.com 100
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMarcel Dickmanns | 🌿❄️🔬 @madic.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Our methods paper made it to bioRxiv: doi.org/10.1101/2025... Full #cryoET workflows for #plant tissues. Plus some general tricks and tweaks on serial Lift-Out and cryo-FLM. 🧪🧵1/5 #teamtomo #PlantScience #Physcomitrium #Arabidopsis #cryoEM #CLEM 211843
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonMolPlantSci @molplantsci.bsky.social · 12/02/2025🌿🏆 Congratulations to Marc Somssich! 🏆🌿 @somssich.bsky.social He receives the 2025 SciComm Award for outstanding social media contributions bringing scientific discoveries and plant scientists to life through engaging storytelling and historical context. Well deserved! 👏 #SciComm #PlantSci #MBP2025 77824
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonCEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences @ceplas.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Congratulations!! 191
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonStephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw... List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...forms.gleOpen letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your valuesIf you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo... 6272184
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonHeinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf @hhu.de · 22/01/2025Neujahrsempfang | #HHU Rektorin Prof. Dr. Anja Steinbeck zum Ausstieg von X, der Rolle der Wissenschaft und der Bürgeruniversität: „In einer Zeit, in der schlichte Unwahrheiten zu ‚alternativen Fakten' erklärt und wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse als ‚Fake News' herabgewürdigt werden, [...] 1/2 1286
Reposted by Rüdiger Simoncerealcell.bsky.social @cerealcell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Follow our research unit CSCS (Cereal Stem Cell Systems) on Insta and Bluesky! We're 10 research groups in Germany and Switzerland dedicated to plant meristems. 083
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025If you are interested in plant stem cell systems, meristems and development of cereals: We are organising an international symposium on "Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems", see attached announcement. www.cscs2025.de for more details 04838
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 11/01/2025@zolke.bsky.social Die HHU webpages haben unten noch einen link zu X.... 020
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonHeinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf @hhu.de · 20/12/2024Demokratische Werte und Wissenschaft dürfen nicht länger für algorithmische Machtspiele missbraucht werden. Wer X mit eigenem Content füttert – egal wie gut gemeint – hilft einer vom CEO manipulierten Plattform, die den Rechtspopulismus feiert. #NoMorelnteraction #eXit #Twitter 2/2 318030
Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Exciting talk by Martin Reich about the prospects of using microbes to face the challenges of Climate Change. 041
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonLeibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · 15/11/2024An international team led by IPK reports a #pangenome of #barley comprising long-read sequence assemblies of 76 wild and domesticated genomes and short-read sequence data of 1,315 genotypes. Out now in Nature! #PlantScience 🗞️ www.ipk-gatersleben.de/pressemittei... 📃 www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comStructural variation in the pangenome of wild and domesticated barley - NatureA pangenome analysis of 76 wild and domesticated barley accessions in combination with short-read sequence data of 1,315 barley genotypes indicates that allelic diversity at structurally complex loci ... 02513
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonAri Pekka Mähönen @apmahonen.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Finally out! We identified the stem cell factors (CAILs) of the vascular cambium, and a mechanism involving a ligand sequestration to position the stem cells. This work is a result of fruitful collaboration with @peteretchells.bsky.social and Tusscher labs. 🧵 1/x www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgIdentification of cambium stem cell factors and their positioning mechanismWood constitutes the largest reservoir of terrestrial biomass. Composed of xylem, it arises from one side of the vascular cambium, a bifacial stem cell niche that also produces phloem on the opposing ... 76136
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonAlexandra Braun @rainbraun.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Sehr viel Liebe. 34987243
Reposted by Rüdiger SimonKaisa Kajala @kaisakajala.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Everyone who is into (plant) cell types and their identity, development, evolution... the Plant Cell Atlas has an exciting webinar series on how to define cell types, starting today (6pm CET)! 🌱🔬🧬 Register: bit.ly/PCAPCI_Webinar. The sessions will be recorded too. 25126