Motif-based substrate mapping of the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1 reveals novel components and regulatory nodes of plant immunity - Nature Plants Cell surface receptors perceive immunogenic elicitors, triggering downstream signalling via receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases such as BIK1. Here the authors define and use the phosphorylation motif of...

Very impressive work identifying novel BIK1 substrates (and immunity players) in Arabidopsis 🔽!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great GRC conference in the Swiss alps! www.grc.org/salt-and-wat...

How Nature Became a 'Prestige' Journal Since launching in 1869, Nature has evolved from a periodical offering commentary on pigeons to the prestige journal in science. But how did Nature build its reputation, and can it last?

Read the full article & preview all pieces in Issue 09: www.asimov.press/p/nature

At the end of 2024 I did a chronological round up of all the #plantscience in @science.org that year.
So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)

Spot on 😄 wouldn’t go as deep as her in what it means about Germans’ inability to assess their mental/emotional state… I just think that it’s a nice illustration how honesty and social interactions can be awkward companions? And it’s sort of cute that Germans think it requires an actual answer!

Have you ever wondered how new DNA methylation patterns are established?

Paradigm shift ahead! We discovered a new mode of DNA methylation targeting in plants that relies on transcription factors and sequence motifs rather than chromatin modifications to regulate the methylome. rdcu.be/eQ6L5
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May their words reach politicians‘ ears…

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And it starts with forcing PhD students to finish after 3 years with a paper…

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Great opportunity for Early Career Researchers - Utrecht PhD Summer School 2026!

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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!

We are uniting two research powerhouses.

For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.

Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.

An equally unpopular and reasonable idea 😄

Congratulations Heike! It’s an exciting project!

A really nice telling of the rise of Arabidopsis - mentioning so many of my heroes! We should be grateful for their vision and persistence.

This going to be a superb talk at #PMS2025, @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social (@unil.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social group) on localized glutamine leakage drives microbial colonization patterns on roots

See their recent @science.org paper:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Congratulations to everyone! It’s a great story!

Biological Laboratory | LEGO® Ideas This is a two-floor realistic Biological Laboratory building. In this design, I try to tell stories about biologists, introduce biology concepts to general publ…

I just made an account and voted for this biology laboratory made of LEGO to "promote biological research and inspire more people into the world of biology". They need 10K votes. Reposting and/or voting below would be helpful. 🤗
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It is so pretty indeed 😊 I also can’t help myself to take yet another photo of this view each time I am there!

Thank you Jean-Marc!

Thank you Pam!

Thank you Natanella!

Thank you 😊

Thank you Tiffany!

Thank you Teresa!

Thank you!

Thank you AP - we are all very proud on how it turned out after so many years!

Thanks Aman! It has become a really nice and complete story on the end!

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Thanks Jose, I sent it!

Thank you Ákos! The support and input of experienced researchers on root-microbe interactions over the years was invaluable for us.