Jennifer Lopez Ortiz

An infographic titled “Fungal Tree of Life” depicting a diverse array of fungi with accompanying names and illustrations

Fungi are among the most important and beautiful soil organisms.

🍄 Explore the fungal tree of life, with an emphasis on the macroscopic diversity of fungi.

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Develop your skills at #CellBio2025 in Room 123 from 12:45–14:15 EST at the EMBO #training "Giving a flash talk or poster presentation" with speaker Poonam Bheda, Senior Editor at Molecular Systems Biology - EMBO Press. 🧪

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Conceptual framework of this study.

Linking drought characteristics and community functional traits to explain multidimensional forest stability

Cui et al.

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Fig. 2 (shortened, full legend in paper): Perturbations of SlMYB41, SlMYB92, and SlWRKY71 expression affect the suberization of tomato exodermis. (A) Percentage of cross-sections showing a non-suberized, an early suberized (suberin in <50% of exodermal cells), or a late suberized (suberin in >50% of exodermal cells) exodermis phenotype in hairy root cultures of the control (empty vector), CRISPR knockout lines [Slmyb41-ko, Slmyb92-ko, Slwrky71-ko(4), and Slwrky71-ko(5)], and overexpressing lines (SlMYB41-OX, SlMYB92-OX, and SlWRKY71-OX). The number above the bars represents the number (n) of individual roots examined in each genotype. Asterisks denotes statistically significant differences between each line in comparison with the empty vector control, whereas n.s. indicates no significant differences (P<0.05, χ2 test).

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MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.

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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...

Oh Wow!

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Diagram showing how root exudates shape the rhizosphere microbiome. Exuded primary and secondary metabolites have both positive and negative effects on soil microbes, so the composition of the rhizosphere is different from that of bulk soil.

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Review: Complete guide to metabolomics
Review: Root exudates and rhizosphere microbiome; Perspective on polyploidy in crops;
Soybean evolution insights from 8105 genomes; (1/2)

Stéphanie, for some reason I cannot access to it, could you send it to me? Thanks in advance :)

EU einigt sich auf Lockerungen für gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel Für viele gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel soll es künftig keine Hinweispflicht mehr in Supermärkten geben. Darauf einigten sich Vertreter aus dem Europaparlament und dem Rat der EU-Länder.

Finally! The European Union allows the use of genome editing! 🌱🌾🫛🇪🇺🧬

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ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia? My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re…

I just published: ERC-Plus: jackpot science or missed chance to fix academia?

My reflections on ERC-Plus, Europe’s newest ultra-competitive research grant and what it tells us about the academic culture we’re building.

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Hypothetical diagram illustrating the decoupling of carbon source and sink processes at the intra-annual time scale and the differences between the two species of different leaf habits.

Temporal decoupling of #carbon #source and sink processes in temperate trees: insights from combined measurements of #remote #sensing and #xylogenesis

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by Leng et al.

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Help choose JCB’s cover of the year! Explore 12 breathtaking images submitted by our talented authors and vote for your favorite. Voting closes on Wed. December 31. Don’t miss your chance to have your say in celebrating the beauty of science 👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/JCB2025Cov...

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Historic day! 🌾
The #EU agrees on new rules for genomic techniques, paving the way for crops that better resist climate change and pests, deliver higher yields, and need fewer fertilisers & pesticides. A big step towards a more sustainable food system.

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Congrats Catherine @cathbell62.bsky.social ✨🍾

Spatial Flavonoid Accumulation in Soybean Pericycle Restricts Phytophthora sojae Invasion https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.11.30.691358v1

Membrane potential mediates the cellular response to mechanical pressure Cells in tissues need to know when to start growing and when to stop growing to quickly heal wounds but prevent tumorous overgrowth. Membrane potential allows cells to sense physical forces, including those from neighboring cells, and thereby regulates growth.

Now online! Membrane potential mediates the cellular response to mechanical pressure

Vacuolar invertase knockout enhances drought tolerance in potato plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691554v1

Plenty of time for a language polish and image check! planteditors.com Our editors are standing by––and yes, we have some #CellWall fans on the team.

We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables.

This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.

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Our latest publication
Physiological and transcriptomic dissection of submergence tolerance in cabbage highlights ERF-VII and N-degron regulation
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Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth Understanding how root microbes respond to drought is crucial for improving crop resilience. This study finds that Streptomyces responses are strain-specific and functionally diverse, with traits and ...

Enrichment of root-associated Streptomyces strains in response to drought is driven by diverse functional traits and does not predict beneficial effects on plant growth

-in @plosbiology.org from Devin Coleman-Derr

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Congratulations Elise Laruelle & @robinsonsci.bsky.social on your @acceleratescience.bsky.social - @c2d3.cam.ac.uk funded project "Plant automatic cell lineage reconstruction"
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Illustration by Elise Laruelle & leaf images by @sainikumud.bsky.social

New sheriff in town!
Check out the latest from the Synoxys lab identifying histone demethylase - KDMs as a new class of oxygen sensors that act in a root-specific manner and help prime plants for hypoxia tolerance.
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Illustration of the use of nanobody (Nb)-drug conjugates in tuning the activity of a single GPCR or a pair of GPCRs. Left: A peptide and a Nb targeting the same GPCR are conjugated and bind to both the orthosteric and allosteric sites of the same receptor, regulating the downstream responses. Right: The bitopic conjugate comprising a small molecule (targeting receptor 1) and a Nb (targeting receptor 2) only shows activity when both receptor 1 and receptor 2 are co-expressed. This dual-receptor targeting conjugate could provide more prolonged activity with stronger potency, alteration in biased signaling as well as potential tissue-specific pharmacology. The figure was created in BioRender.com.

Bitopic ligands with 2 distinct binding sites can offer finely tuned control of #GPCR signaling. This Primer explores a @plosbiology.org study showing logic-gated activity at co-expressed receptor pairs using novel nanobody-small molecule conjugates 🧪 Paper: plos.io/4p3VOyH Primer: plos.io/48mz0mE

TgRAV1–TgWRKY74–TgACS13 module fine‐tunes ethylene biosynthesis to modulate waterlogging‐induced root vitality in the gymnosperm Torreya grandis Under waterlogging stress, the TgRAV1–TgWRKY74 regulatory module in Torreya grandis modulates expression of the ethylene biosynthesis gene TgACS13 through multiple mechanisms to control ethylene accu....

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An illustration of a cross-section of a tree trunk, highlighting the core labeled "Undead wood" and a glowing ring-shaped layer labeled "Alive part".

Trees are amazing! They build their bodies from thin air, move water with pressures that would crush a human, and grow using a system of living cables wrapped in layers of corpses. Watch our video to find out how they work, and why they might even be immortal: https://kgs.link/TreesAreDead

Proposed model for seedling stomatal aperture control by low R : FR and UV-B.

Integration of light quality signals regulates ABA abundance and stomatal movements during seedling establishment

Gustavsson et al.

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Important video from fellow scientist and microscopist @stephanie-shiers.bsky.social. Please respect our work.
#Microscopy #MicroscopyMonday

Different light responses of adaxial and abaxial stomata in a dicot leaf.

Stomatal development and function in the upper and lower leaf surfaces

Hõrak @hanna-horak.bsky.social

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Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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