AmbassadorISRRWP6

Cytosolic Ca2+ as a universal signal for rapid root growth regulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683082v1

Karl Körber supported by his great lab team Lisa Martinez, Chandra Ramanathan, Devin Dalsgaard and Ahmed Salem are busy sampling barley varieties, mutants and introgression lines from his second controlled drought experiment to disclose links btw barley genes, microbiomes and drought resilience🌾🌞

Here’s a sneak peek from @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social new poster featuring all the exciting projects we’re working on! My section explores the evolutionary role of PILS proteins in Chlamydomonas.

Come join us for the intro in BIO I today at 13:50 & ur Master thesis.

#plantbiology #masterthesis

The ability of roots to control their growth direction will never stop to amaze me 😀 #gravitropism #roots #barley #rootphenotyping monitoring dynamics of root growth changes on soil (frames every 10 min during 1h, 1DAG primary root, 2nd time gravistimulated in a row)

#roots #rootphenotyping on soil 🔬 DIY setup to track dynamic root growth continously without disturbing root using IRLEDs #plantscience @raspberrypi.com @openflexure.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social #simonpree @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

News & Views by #ambassadorISRRWP6 @bjazminrh.bsky.social

Our #AmbassadorISRRWP6 representing at #PlantBio2025 🌱 Talking about root systems in barley! 😊

A question of death ☠️ and life 🧬

Yesterday we hosted @moritznowack.bsky.social (from Ghent University and @viblifesciences.bsky.social), their research on root caps uncovers the gene regulatory and molecular mechanisms coordinating differentiation with developmentally programmed cell death.

Thanks a lot Jeremie and Thomas for the hosting me at @IPS2

Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...

A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#ROS #roothairs #roots

Membrane trafficking meets root barriers, resilience, and carbon storage 🌱🌍
New discovery: Blocking clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis roots sparks ROS bursts → ectopic suberization. This might unlock ways to increase suberization in roots and C in soils
#PlantScience #RootBiology #Suberin

You have a strong interest in plant genetics and root biology? You have experience with modern genetic, genomic, and bioinformatic method? And you hold a PhD in plant science, molecular biology, or genetics? Then we have a great job offer!

➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2pyc68cu

It was a pleasure to host @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social at PLEN, where she shared updates from @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social as well as endeavors into imaging plant roots in the dark

Ambassador meeting in Copenhagen @bjazminrh.bsky.social @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @rootscientists.bsky.social WP6 #roots

📆Save the date: ISRR Mini-symposium: Between The Roots
28th January 2026. An online event hosted by the ISRR Working Groups. Mark it in your calendars! #Roots #Rhizosphere #Soil #biology

#roots

#roots, cell cycle and modeling!

Our collaborative research with Dr. Kawachi group have been published. PET-CT results suggest that nodules act as dynamic regulators of photosynthates translocation under soil variation in soybean. Congrats, Dr. Miyoshi!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Some very nice #PlantScience papers in this #Preprint list! I 👀 one by @aribidopsis.bsky.social on root hair development. Here's the direct link to the plant development section: thenode.biologists.com/august-in-pr...

#rootforaging correlation environment/ field (samlped in Austria @bokuvienna.bsky.social Wien, Morocco, Lebanon #ICARDA) of our 3 subset of 200 #barley varieties per panel #rootangle #roots #rootphenotyping in-field - super exciting @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

I am happy to present a, what I learned from our in-field to lab approach @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social -which #roottraits #rootphenotyping were informative in an approach across 3 countries (5 fields, Austria, Lebanon, Morocco) - and b, my long year interest of experimental design influences #root

Interested in root phenotyping in soil and in the dark? and in Copenhagen on Oct 2? @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social will give a seminar at @ucph.bsky.social PLEN at 11.00 in room M117 - stop by and see high-resolution imaging and multi-omics at work!

Regulatory Analysis of Root Architectural and Anatomical Adaptation to Nitrate and Ammonium in Brachypodium distachyon https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631519v1

Hot off the press!! At my exchange at @niab-uk.bsky.social, we found some interesting patterns in how root hairless wheat will use its microbiome (bacteria + fungi) to improve its phosphorus uptake.
The results in one sentence: bacteria may be cool, but AMF are the superstar!

The level of talks on the 18th Symposium on #BiologicalNitrogenFixation with non-legumes is amazing. Plant-Bacteria interactions are complex and we need more of this, to figure out how to bring science to application. #BNF #ENFC16 #PMI 🧪 #PlantScience

Hutton scientist wins prestigious prize for her work on barley roots Dr Gwendolyn Kirschner, a researcher at The James Hutton Institute, has won a prestigious prize from SULSA for barley roots research.

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Congratulations @gwenkirschner.bsky.social

A large video screen set between trees in full leaf, showing an animation of the oak tree biome. A woman stands to the side, around 1/3 the height of the screen.

The rest of the screen, listing many associated species.

Of The Oak - an immersive video installation celebrating the oak tree as a network of relationships.

The artwork invites viewers on a sensory journey across seasons, unveiling the oak's hidden vibrancy.

Currently showing at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
🧪🌳

two people look up at a large digital installation of a computer-animated oak tree, set in a botanical garden

At London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Marshmallow Laser Feast’s latest work situates a monumental, double-sided video of the Lucombe oak, portraying a “digital double” using real-world data.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/mars...

Linalool-triggered plant-soil feedback drives defense adaptation in dense maize plantings High planting density boosts crop yields but also heightens pest and pathogen risks. How plants adapt their defenses under these conditions remains unclear. In this study, we reveal that maize enhance...

Out in @science.org The crazy sequence of events from planting maize in dense fields. Density-dependent linalool release triggers release of compounds into the soil affecting microbes and plants.
Article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience