Leander Rohr, PhD

Finally out in @theplantcell.bsky.social ! 🌱
👇Check out the work of Prabha and colleagues on #NPH3 #condensation with some #FRET-FLIM from me 🔬! Great combination of wetlab experiments and #AI assisted protein structure prediction!

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026 at the ZMBP Interview with Dr. Trang Phan, postdoc Trang Phan is a second-year postdoctoral researcher in Prof.

On the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience at the ZMBP we interviewed Trang Phan and Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social
Check how they became plant biologists and their advice to ECRs! 🌱
(and follows us on 👇)
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AlphaFold protein interaction modeling tutorial and workshop - the Node This video is the culmination of several years attempting to: (1) Figure out best practices for modeling protein-protein interactions; (2) Understand the This video is the culmination of several years...

AlphaFold protein interaction modeling tutorial and workshop thenode.biologists.com/https-www-yo...

Cell wall–derived mechanical signals control cell growth and division during root development Mechanical changes in elongating root cells guide division of neighboring cells, shaping root development.

Latest from our lab in 2025. A wonderful collaboration with Sabrina Sabatini's team at Sapienza University of Rome. How mechanical signals contribute to root growth and zonation @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @upm.es doi.org/10.1126/scia...

Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): Workflow of single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy (sptPALM) analysis. (A) Localization: single molecule spots are cut out of the raw data image stack, fitted with two-dimensional Gaussian functions and the results (most importantly, their coordinates) stored as lists. (B) Tracking: single-molecule positions are grouped to tracks, based on their relative positions in subsequent frames. (C) Mean square displacement (MSD) analysis: the average squared distance the molecules have traveled in certain time intervals (top left) can be plotted in MSD curves (bottom), showing a straight line for free Brownian motion (dark gray), for which the slope is directly proportional to the diffusion coefficient. Other motion types like superdiffusive (red) or subdiffusive (yellow) show different curve shapes (inset: corresponding single-molecule example tracks).

🔬 EXPERT VIEW 🔬

Oven-Krockhaus et al. introduce single-particle tracking photoactivated localization microscopy for studying plasma membrane proteins in plants, outlining key applications and practical guidance on instrumentation, probes, and analysis.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪

Apply now for a PhD in Life Sciences at IMPRS “From Molecules to Organisms”! Research nanomechanics of cellular machines and track kinesin motors at high resolution in Tübingen in Erik Schäffer’s group at the University of Tübingen. More information available on our website: www.phd.tuebingen.mpg.de

The cover of Vol 77 | Issue 1 | 2026 of the Journal of Experimental Botany. Special Issue: Advances in Plant Cell Biology. Light brown banners border the top and bottom of the page and in the centre is a microscopy image of ER (yellow) and chloroplast (turquoise) localised proteins transiently expressed in Nicotiana tabacum leaves. [Image taken by Graham Burkart (Brandizzi lab).]

📣 JXB Issue 1 of 2026 is out now - and it’s a special one! 📣

🔬 Special Issue: Advances in Plant Cell Biology 🔬

📘 Guest edited by Federica Brandizzi, Zachary Nimchuk, Gloria Muday & Anna Stepanova 📘

🔗👉 Read the full issue now: academic.oup.com/jxb...

#PlantScience 🧪 #JXBspecialissues

New preprint by Judith Fliegmann and Lisha Zhang on an additional regulatory layer of #plantimmunity:
the TIR-domain production of small molecules (typical during ETI) is required for PTI responses downstream of RLPs PRRs
#MPMI #ZMBP

A great opportunity to join our newly established imaging centre in Frankfurt as engineer/technician. If you love light microscopy, please apply!
Please share!

Don't miss this online seminar by Emanuele Scacchi, from Marja Timmermans' lab @zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social, on how mobile small RNAs and Turing patterns coordinate leaf polarity!

Transcriptional targets of SPEECHLESS and FAMA control guard cell division and expansion in the late stomatal lineage https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.12.681868v1

At this week's #VirtualPub, we welcome Ilaria Testa, @scilifelab.se and KTH, for a talk on "Caught in a moment: dynamics of proteins at the nanoscale."
All are welcome!
Join us!
🗓️ Friday, Oct 24 @ 13:00 CEST
Register 🔽
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The tail domain of the plant kinesin-12 POK2 is a versatile interaction hub Summary: In vitro reconstitution experiments reveal that the tail domain of the kinesin-12 POK2 interacts with microtubules, MAP65-3 and lipids as a possible mechanism for division site deposition and...

Another study from the lab🔬🎉

Our paper, "The tail domain of the plant kinesin-12 POK2 is a versatile interaction hub" is now published in the Journal of Cell Science!

Check it out: doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

#PlantCellBiology #Kinesin #CellDivision #Microtubules #ZMBP

Engineering the C-tail of the versatile Arabidopsis immune receptor RLP23 enhances pathogen resistance in rice and poplar!
Congrats to Andrea Gust and her group at #ZMBP 👏👏👏
#MPMI #EvoMPMI #plantsci

What an amazing opportunity to do impactful work in bioimage analysis!!!!

... and @likeyoda1.bsky.social review is available as well now!
👉 Check it out!

With Sven zur Oven-Krockhaus, @luiselotterausch.bsky.social & Klaus Harter we wrote an #ExpertView on #sptPALM in #plants 🌱 (focus: #plasmamembrane).
✔️ Our goal: help you get started with this powerful method 🚀
❓ Curious? We’ll be happy to get you ready!

Front cover of a postcard to promote an upcoming special issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany titled "Molecular Coding of Specificity in plant Processes". The issue will be edited by Julien Gronnier, Ruth Großeholz, Klaus Harter and Laura Ragni. The image depicts the logo of CRC 1101 “Molecular Encoding of Specificity in Plant Processes“ - carried by groups of 3 German Universities and funded by the DFG, deals with the challenge of understanding specificity in plant processes by application of methods reaching from structure determination, high-end spectromicroscopy and biochemistry over forward and reverse genetics to big data science and computational modelling. This special issue will summarize some recent advances made by CRC 1101 members but also welcomes contributions from colleagues working in this research area.

🌱 SPECIAL ISSUE CLOSING 🌱

🌱 Molecular Coding of Specificity in Plant Processes

Editors: Julien Gronnier, Ruth Großeholz, Klaus Harter &
@lauraragni.bsky.social

Closing 30th Sept '25

Manuscripts welcome, please contact us (bit.ly/JXBissues?utm...)

#JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪

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Amazing proposal to repurpose existing medicines for genetic diseases!
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Fresh from the #Preprint press! Check out the manuscript from @hannah-web.bsky.social and colleagues on #bioRxiv!

Special issue alert! Plenty of time to get those papers edited! planteditors.com/sales/

Simultaneous and Dynamic Super-Resolution Imaging of Two Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana using dual-color sptPALM Super-resolution microscopy techniques have revolutionized cell biology by providing insights into the dynamics of single molecules and nanoscale organization within living cells. However, the applica...

Presenting our research to the Bsky Community – Part II! 🌱🔬

Check out our #bioRxiv #preprint on #Dual-Color #sptPALM in #Arabidopsis 🌱! Using #PA-GFP & #PATagRFP, we enable simultaneous tracking of two proteins in living plant cells! 🎨🎉

👉 Read more: tinyurl.com/2vcry74m

AI-assisted decoding of molecular signatures essential for NON-PHOTOTROPIC HYPOCOTYL3 condensation and function in phototropism The plasma membrane-associated protein NON-PHOTOTROPIC HYPOCOTYL 3 (NPH3) is a key component of plant phototropism. Blue light induces the release of NPH3 into the cytosol, where it dynamically transi...

👉 Now with working link: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

AI-assisted decoding of molecular signatures essential for NON-PHOTOTROPIC HYPOCOTYL3 condensation and function in phototropism The plasma membrane-associated protein NON-PHOTOTROPIC HYPOCOTYL 3 (NPH3) is a key component of plant phototropism. Blue light induces the release of NPH3 into the cytosol, where it dynamically transi...

🎁Preprint presents🎄 Check out Prabha's updated version of her study on molecular signatures essential for #NPH3 condensation and function in #phototropism . #AI -assisted and with some #FRET-FLIM from me. Learn more👉 dub.sh/TIsIJdY

Frontiers | OneFlowTraX: a user-friendly software for super-resolution analysis of single-molecule dynamics and nanoscale organization Super-resolution microscopy (SRM) approaches revolutionize cell biology by providing insights into the nanoscale organization and dynamics of macromolecular ...

👋 Hi, Bsky Community! Excited to share the #OneFlowTraX open-source software that simplifies the analysis of single-molecule dynamics and nanoscale organization 📊. Tailored for #SMLM data, with extra love for the 🌱-community #Arabidopsis. Learn more 👉 rb.gy/g67hy4

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