Plan U, for universal, is the necessary standard. Post everything as a preprint at or before point of submission. Then publish in any journal you want but never pay exorbitant APCs.
24.09.2025 20:04 — 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Dear @dfg.de & @erc.europa.eu Why don't you do the same? What's stopping us from adopting this model to all tax-payer funded research in Europe? journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
25.09.2025 05:40 — 👍 21 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
6/6) Overall, LjMLO4 is a key molecular hub between peptide signalling, Ca2+ transport and root system architecture, highlighting MLO integration of developmental, nutrition and symbiotic cues.
Thanks to my supervisors, collaborators and MSc students!
Feel free to get in touch for comments!
22.09.2025 08:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
5/6) Then, we tested mlo4 responsiveness to exogenous treatments with Lj RALF peptides. We found that mutants are less sensitive to LjRALF34 than WT in terms of root growth inhibition and Ca2+ signalling, supporting recent evidence of MLO as signal amplifiers of the RALF/CrRLK1L signalling
22.09.2025 08:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
4/6) Given the recently proposed role of MLO functioning as Ca2+ channel downstream of RALFs, first we tested that LjMLO4 can mobilize Ca2+ across biological membranes by heterologous expression in E. coli.
22.09.2025 08:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
3/6) Surprisingly, no major AM-related phenotypes were visible in mlo4 mutants, but we uncovered clear root developmental phenotypes irrespective of root colonization by AM fungi. mlo4 mutants have shorter and fewer lateral roots, and this is dependent on exogenous Ca2+ levels.
22.09.2025 08:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
2/6) We found that the promoter of LjMLO4 has a dual expression pattern in roots: strongly activated in arbusculated cells and a basal expression at lateral root primordia and root tips
22.09.2025 08:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
In the MSCA global fellowship there is a mandatory "outgoing phase", for mobility from the chosen european host to an "outgoing country" out of Europe and back.. EU bureaucratic language can be misleading :)
14.09.2025 16:59 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I think both graphs gather applications for the chosen destination (in Europe or abroad). No data here about the country of origin of applicants, but only where they would like to go
14.09.2025 16:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The image shows one straight magenta line and, close to it, another wavy green line.
This might be one of the simplest images I captured, but very fascinating nonetheless, as it shows how tight the cytoplasm in a plant cell is. The cytosol and all other organelles are squished between the plasma membrane (magenta) and the central vacuole (its membrane is green)
#MicroscopyMonday
08.09.2025 16:22 — 👍 117 🔁 30 💬 7 📌 2
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...
23.08.2025 08:27 — 👍 36 🔁 54 💬 0 📌 0
"If you’re a scientist, you’re in the business of producing and communicating knowledge.
It’s worth reminding ourselves: the goal isn’t simply to publish papers. The goal is to produce knowledge that yields predictable outcomes — science that stands the test of time"
04.08.2025 13:01 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The latest publication from our lab!
The famous "glomalin" from arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is not a protein but a polysaccharide from AM fungi, so we renamed it "glomalose". Glomalin-related proteins are bacterial proteins stuck in this glomalose.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
06.06.2025 13:54 — 👍 73 🔁 40 💬 3 📌 0
Functional divergence of plant SCAR/WAVE proteins is determined by intrinsically disordered regions
Intrinsically disordered regions in SCAR/WAVE proteins drive diverse functions in root hair and leaf trichome development.
Excited to share that our preprint has found a home in Science Advances. We show that intrinsically disordered regions determine the functional diversification of actin-regulatory SCAR proteins in Medicago. 🧵 1/3
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
#ScienceAdvances #PlantScience #IDRs
21.05.2025 19:27 — 👍 42 🔁 17 💬 2 📌 1
Proud to have contributed to this during my MSc thesis @carogutj.bsky.social lab. Thanks to Michi Paries and congrats to all involved!
20.05.2025 11:13 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats Sagar!
15.04.2025 06:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Absolutely thrilled to share our story—please take a moment to check it out! Huge thanks to all the contributors and my amazing supervisor @lmueller.bsky.social . This was truly a team effort! #peptides #mycorrhiza
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
15.04.2025 00:15 — 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0
Excited to share our latest publication in bioRxiv regarding the response of lettuce to a soil microbial consortium 🥬🦠.
@magiovan.bsky.social
03.04.2025 07:08 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
Plant genetic and root-associated microbial diversity modulate Lactuca sativa responsiveness to a soil inoculum under phosphate deficiency https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.02.646582v1
02.04.2025 16:03 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Homepage - openRxiv
openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.
Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n
11.03.2025 13:20 — 👍 2573 🔁 851 💬 55 📌 42
Conservation of symbiotic signaling since the most recent common ancestor of land plants | PNAS
Plants have colonized lands 450 million years ago. This terrestrialization was facilitated
by developmental and functional innovations. Recent evo-...
Really pleased to transition from 2024 to 2025 with Tatiana Vernie's work on the evolution of the common symbiosis pathway published @pnas.org 🔽
We finally demonstrate that ☘️ have maintained a genetic pathway to engage with🍄for half a billion years!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
01.01.2025 12:05 — 👍 129 🔁 60 💬 4 📌 3
I want this: Genome-edited Chardonnay grapes resistant or tolerant to mildew & powdery mildew!
Did you know that grapes are grown on only ~5% of European agricultural land, but account for ~2/3 of all fungicide sprayed in Europe?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#plantscience
13.12.2024 17:47 — 👍 137 🔁 52 💬 5 📌 3
Cytoplasmic calcium influx mediated by Lr14a regulates stomatal immunity against leaf rust in wheat https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.10.627212v1
12.12.2024 10:04 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
In one year, I genetically engineered the boring Arabidopsis into a beautiful ornamental flower 🧬🌹
Here is how and why I gave this model organism a visual upgrade 🧵(1/7)
12.12.2024 11:23 — 👍 466 🔁 180 💬 22 📌 38
Four research groups (Robert, Novak, Kleine-Vehn and Jones) working together to understand the development of plants.
JPE is an open access, peer-reviewed, scientific journal publishing knowledge and research on pollination.
http://www.pollinationecology.org/
IBMP is the largest @cnrs.fr center devoted to #plantscience in France | www.ibmp.cnrs.fr
A student-led organization @ the University of Florida. Here we share news of our annual symposium, seminars, workshops, & outreach as well as #plantscience resources & accomplishments
🔗 https://linktr.ee/ufplants
Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) is an international research project engineering crops to be more productive by improving photosynthesis. We hope to reduce global food insecurity & prepare plants to deal with the changing climate.
The Association of Australian Cotton Scientists aims to advance Australian cotton science
We are researchers who love plant apoplastic barriers made out of suberin. Managed by @lauraragni.bsky.social & @kaisakajala.bsky.social.
#EJBotany is a Diamond Open Access International Journal of Plant Systematics and Biodiversity
journals.rbge.org.uk/ejb/index
G&D publishes high-quality research in molecular biology, cancer biology, development, neuroscience and related fields. In addition, G&D also publishes comprehensive Review Articles, Perspectives and Outlooks written by leading scientists.
International Botanical Journal covering all aspects of systematic & evolutionary botany of living & fossil plants & fungi 🌺🌿🌴🍄🟫
Homepage: https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean
Blog: https://www.linnean.org/news/categories/the-paper-trail
Global coalition of plant/crop science societies seeking to develop #plantscience. Curated by @isabelmyp.bsky.social
https://globalplantcouncil.org
An #openaccess journal at #SpringerNature, dedicated to publication of original cutting-edge research and high quality reviews in all aspects of stress biology
https://www.springer.com/journal/44154
A leading life science journal that champions high-impact research across all disciplines—from molecules to ecosystems. We offer innovative formats and collaborative editorial support to ensure your work achieves its full scientific impact.
The PRI facilitates interdisciplinary #plantscience at Michigan State University. 🌱 We're tackling the challenge of improving plant resilience in a changing world. Learn more: plantresilience.msu.edu
Bluesky feed for Preslia, the Journal of the Czech Botanical Society.
JCR Impact Factor for 2023: 4.4
www.preslia.cz
Committed to the daily re-imagining of what a university press can be since 1962.
Website: https://mitpress.mit.edu // The Reader (our home for excerpts, essays, & interviews): https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
We study how plants and algae actively percieve and use their cell walls to grow, adapt, and respond to stress. Based at Umeå Plant Science Centre 🇸🇪 and NTNU 🇳🇴. Read more about our projects: https://www.cellwalldynamics.com
Bringing together scientists to develop tools for creating a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic molecular organization of the plant cell.
The research unit Molecular Biotechnology at the Ghent University Faculty of Bioscience Engineering brings together different teams active in the area of biotechnology of eukaryotic cells.
https://www.ugent.be/bw/biotechnology/en/research-units/mobi
Community of plant biomechanics researchers. Many researchers with relevant expertise can be found in this book (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-79099-2) and this JXBot issue (https://academic.oup.com/jxb/issue/70/14?login=true
