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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

CEPLAS, 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-...

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

New call for PhD students to join CEPLAS

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

However, if you cannot get enough of Cereal Stem Cells, join us at a cool conference in charming Regensburg later this year!

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

The 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

Scheme of meristem development in maize embryos, highlighting the expression domains of key regulatory genes.

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Meristems 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

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

If 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

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Exciting talk by Martin Reich about the prospects of using microbes to face the challenges of Climate Change.

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

There will be an exciting meeting in Düsseldorf, discussing "Climate Change: Consequences and Possible Solutions", see flyer, registration is free.

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

PlantACT Conference, kick-off talk by Andreas Weber, giving us hope that change is difficult and meets multiple obstacles, but can be achieved!

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

🌱 🔬 We asked how organ formation in the outer region of plant meristems affects the stem cell zone in the center, and found that the transcription factor SHORTROOT, which controls cell identities in the root, acts as a mobile signal between regions in the shoot meristem🪴📃 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

On my way to the yearly Plant Peptide and Receptors Meeting, this year organised by our great colleagues in Lyon pprmeeting.sciencesconf.org Travelling leisurely through the French countryside, with a senior citizen discount (!!!) first class on the TGV. #PlantScience #ViveLaFrance

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Some thoughts on poster presentations (leafingthroughbiology.wordpress.com/2023/09/28/t...) and an example, from Vicky Howe. #PlantScience

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Rüdiger Simon @simonrdg.bsky.social · 28/08/2023

We are hiring! See adverts below. Such tenured positions come with permanent funding for usually 2 postdocs, technician, secretary. Great research environment for plant sciences at HHU! Send mail for details if your are interested. Please resend through your network, mine is still too small....

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