Rüdiger Simon

HHU - Forschung im Fokus: Nutzung von molekularen Genscheren in Pflanzen – Potential und Anwendungen Molekulare Genscheren, auch unter CRISPR/Cas-Technologie bekannt, haben die Grundlagen und angewandte Forschung in Medizin und Pflanzenforschung stark beschleunigt. Sie ermöglichen die gezielte Änderu...

Dr. 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 3/3

Save 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...

Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development - Nature Plants Spatially 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...

paper is out now in Nature Plants, here is a link: Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development. Nat. Plants (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

New call for PhD students to join CEPLAS

Exciting 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...

📢📢 We are hiring!! We are looking for a coordinator for science communication and a project manager! www.ceplas.eu/de/nachwuchs...

New 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

Is 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/...

Gute Nacht, Timeline.

(c) Waechter

Why 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…

I 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...

not the legal way.
Contact the authors, i got a quick positive response.

That would infringe patents. I contacted the authors meanwhile, and they are helpful to find a way how you can use the device.

sorry that was before you mailed to me.
i deleted the post already.

great story!

Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature A 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.

How 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...

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

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

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

job description

📣📣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

Thank you, Mary, what a great video!

#RootingForScience
www.instagram.com/reel/DLR1cgQ...

We are looking for a postdoc with experience in electron microscopy.
mail to ruediger.simon@hhu.de

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

Super 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

🧵👇

nachher heißt es wieder: das war nur halb durchdacht

IBH Seminar: BARVISTA. Cell-resolved transcriptomics & gene expression imputation uncovers barley gene regulatory networks - Barley Hub IBH 2025 series of seminars: 'BARVISTA. Cell-resolved transcriptomics & gene expression imputation uncovers barley gene regulatory networks'

Here is a link to the seminar series organised by the International Barley Hub, at James Hutton Institute. This is a recording of an online seminar, where I explained the approach we used and some applications to developmental questions.
barleyhub.org/ibh-seminar-...

I think this can be easily extended and applied to other plant species. Or are you asking if the expression patterns reported in BARVISTA for barley can be used to deduce expression patterns for related genes in other cereals?

PhD student position in brassinosteroid hormone research - VIB The 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...

jobs.vib.be/j/114118/phd...

@edgardemesa.bsky.social

...rapid characterisation of gene expression.
Plus one or two more things.....enjoy!
@usadellab.bsky.social @isaiavardanega.bsky.social

....... gives almost genome-wide information on gene expression. We used that system to perform some kind of virtual microdissection to analyse organ founder cells, the role of MADS gens in flower organ specification, and developed a barcoding system for .....