Moritz K. Nowack

Thanks so much @degradomics.bsky.social for hosting me , I had a great time and very captivating discussions with @ottlab.bsky.social @lauraragni.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social and many others . What an amazing place to do (plant) research!

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.

A RALF-brassinosteroid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypocotyl cell shape doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Ah. I thought the title was satirical, isn’t it?

Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p

I'm recruiting a post doc and a research assistant for a 30 month project “ZHOUPI genes, cell death and the evolution of plant endosperm” funded by a Research Project grant from the Leverhulme Trust @Leverhulme.ac.uk. Application details are on the Opportunities page at biology.ed.ac.uk/goodrich

Please retweet: Julius-von-Sachs Institute, University of Würzburg is hiring: Prof. For Plant Genetics, Chair Botany III. Please apply until Oct 13th

www.biologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/ueber-die-fa...
#plantscience

W1TTW2 Professorship in Membrane Biology (m/f/d)

Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details!

jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...

We have two open Post-Doc positions in my group at the interface with:
1- @ataly.bsky.social for molecular dynamics
2- Bruno Guillotin from protein mobility

Apply by sending CV, two ref letters and a short motivation letter to me : emmanuelle.bayer@u-bordeaux.fr. Deadline 15 sept.

Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme During morphogenesis of multicellular organs, cells acquire distinct identities that meet specific functional requirements. Epidermal identity is widely considered essential for plant morphogenesis du...

Thrilled to share our latest work: how plants control growth through activation of a surface-specific growth programme. Thanks @zoenv.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social and the other coauthors for all the hard work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Some Impressions of the FASEB Mechanism of Plant Development - 110 attendees, two keynotes, 46 Talks & 83 posters but one passion: understand plant development 🌱🧪🔬🧑‍💻 #PDevSRC

Here it is! Epidermal cells in the root can figure out if they are covered by the root cap or not using mechanical signals! Thanks to @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @moritznowack.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social Annamaria Kiss and all the others!

Head of Service Unit Proteomics

Attention plant proteomics specialists: We are looking for a Head of our new Proteomics Unit at our international and dynamic Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Applications are welcome until 30. Sept 2025: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/8...

Register !! Deadline: 14th of August 2025
🌱 Passionate About Plant Development?
Join the "Summer School", a dynamic three-day intensive program tailored for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs eager to deepen their understanding of plant developmental biology. Register: lnkd.in/epK_BKNu

Multiple Autopolyploid Arabidopsis lyrata Populations Stabilized by Long-Range Adaptive Introgression Across Eurasia Abstract. Abundance of established polyploid lineages varies across lineages, evolutionary time, and geography, suggesting both genetics and environment pl

@alisondawnscott.bsky.social et al. use genome data from >400 Arabidopsis lyrata sampled across Eurasia to show it as the most polyploid-rich species complex in Arabidopsis, with multiple origins of autotetraploidy.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf153

#evobio #molbio #PlantSky

We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠

Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.

Take a look at these four open positions 👇

Group leader (m/f/d) | Plant Development and Diversity The successful applicant will be expected to build an independent research group to study plant development and/or its natural variation.

Junior #GroupLeader position @mpipz.bsky.social
on Plant Development & Diversity ‼️ #plantsci www.mpipz.mpg.de/5697690/job_...

Very excited that our work on directional symplastic transport in differentiated root is now published!A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

We are hiring! If you have experience in plant genomics + AI, or promoter engineering + synthetic biology, check out our two open postdoc positions (computational + wetlab): www.vandepoelelab.be/Jobs please re-share RT #ERC

VACANCY

Optical Microscopy Specialist

Come work alongside the plant and microbial scientists at JIC and help us explore the biological frontier at the tissue, cell and subcellular scale!

Less than a week left to apply! 🌱💚

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute:

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🗓️ Closes 25 August

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🗓️ Closes 5 September

Water availability positions auxin response maxima to determine plant regeneration fates - Nature Plants This study reveals that water availability at the wound determines plant regeneration outcomes. High water availability induces root regeneration whereas low water availability triggers callus formati...

How do plants decide the fate of a wound and what to regenerate? Water availability! Abdul Kareem and colleagues show that regeneration outcomes after tissue cutting are controlled by water. A 🧵/n 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Illustrationsbild mit Pflanzen und folgendem Text: «Stellungnahme – Neue Züchtungstechnologien risikobasiert regulieren». Das Züchtungstechnologiengesetz (NZTG) ist derzeit in der Vernehmlassung. Die Akademien der Wissenschaft Schweiz (a+) unterstützen grundsätzlich den Ansatz, neue Verfahren wie CRISPR/Cas risikobasiert zu regulieren. Die Regulierung müsse jedoch stärker auf die Eigenschaften der Pflanzen ausgerichtet sein und nicht primär auf Züchtungsverfahren. Auch beim Nachweis eines Mehrwerts, bei Freisetzungsversuchen und bei der praktischen Umsetzbarkeit von Kennzeichnung und Rückverfolgbarkeit sehen die Akademien Klärungsbedarf.

🌱 #NZT - Die Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz begrüssen das Ziel einer differenzierten und risikobasierten Regulierung von #Pflanzen aus neuen #Züchtungstechnologien, sehen den Gesetzesentwurf aber kritisch. Zur Stellungnahme ➡️ scnat.ch/de/id/pDqQq

Image d'illustration avec des plantes et le texte suivant : « Prise de position - réguler les nouvelles techniques de sélection selon les risques ». La loi sur les nouvelles technologies de sélection (LNTS) est actuellement en consultation. Les Académies suisses des sciences (a+) saluent l'idée d'une réglementation fondée sur les risques pour les nouvelles technologies de sélection comme CRISPR/Cas. Toutefois, le projet de loi devrait porter davantage sur les caractéristiques des plantes et non en premier lieu sur la procédure de sélection. D'autres aspects (preuve de la plus-value, disséminations expérimentales, étiquetage et traçabilité, etc.) nécessitent en outre des clarifications.

🌱 #NTS - Les Académies suisses des sciences saluent l'idée d'une réglementation différenciée et basée sur les risques des #plantes issues des nouvelles #technologies de sélection, mais sont toutefois critiques à l'égard de ce projet de loi. Vers la prise de position ➡️ scnat.ch/fr/id/pDqQq

🌱 Passionate About Plant Development?
Join the "Summer School", a dynamic three-day intensive program tailored for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs eager to deepen their understanding of plant developmental biology. Register here: www.graduateschool-eps.info/events/eps-s...

Nice to see this great story out! Congrats AP and all involved!!

Our latest newsletter is out today!

Proudly featuring...

🌱Fresh starts - as we say goodbye to Carol & welcome Jordan to the AAB team

📆 Upcoming events

👩‍🔬Our Community - hear what our members have to say about #ICAR2025 and Parliamentary Links Day

Read it all here >> tinyurl.com/AABNews-July25

Think vacuoles are just plant cell dumpsters? Think again.
They sense. They signal. They reshape. They fight back! ⚔️

Vacuoles are emerging as central hubs for plant resilience and adaptation. 🌱

@plantophagy.bsky.social and I unpack it all in our new review. Check it out!

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...

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...