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Are you interested in using synthetic approaches to promote arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis? Then our PostDoc position may be for you: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/b...

PhD student Diego Brito smiling and holding his doctoral hat.

Congratulations are in order for Dr. Diego Brito from AG @fritz-kragler.bsky.social for defending his #PhD thesis titled “Characterization of Cold Shock Proteins (CSPs) and their role in the coordination of growth and stress responses in Arabidopsis“
Wishing you all the best @dipbrito.bsky.social 🎓🌱

Left: Marco Incarbone, right: Björn Krenz standing outside in front of an office building

Delighted to have @bkrenz.bsky.social from @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social visit us for his inspiring talk “ #Plant #Viruses in Focus – Challenges and #Innovative Solutions for #Sustainable #Agriculture ” 🌱🦠

Great discussion, thanks to everyone who joined and to @incavirus.bsky.social for hosting!

AGO5 restricts virus vertical transmission in plant gametophytes The propagation of a viral infection from a host parent to its progeny is known as vertical transmission, or seed transmission in plants. It allows viral infections to rapidly spread locally via polle...

Preprint alert! It is my great pleasure to announce the first manuscript from the lab, a story that started @gmivienna.bsky.social and was mainly accomplished by the intrepid @gesahoffmann.bsky.social at @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social. A brief thread with our findings
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

It's great to see this work finally out! @newphyt.bsky.social
Here we showed that auxin production after fertilization is a conserved, paternal-triggered mechanism for seed initiation in angiosperms.

Graphic with Arabidopsis thaliana plant. It says in the text: We're hiring: 5 PhD positions, apply by 10 January, 2026. Over the caption, there are keywords: Plant Physiology, Epigenetics, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Bioinformatics. At the bottom there are logos of IMPRS, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Society.

Looking for a #PhDposition in #PlantScience ?
Our #IMPRS @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social and @unipotsdam.bsky.social is #hiring !

📅 Apply by 10 January 2026

More info:
👉 www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD

Please share this post to plant it in the right feed 🌱 #PlantSciJobs

Delphine Pott (left) and Marco Incarbone (right) standing in front of a yellow wall and next to a window facade in an office building. Both are smiling.

Great talk by @delphinem-p.bsky.social from @geminiteamlab.bsky.social yesterday: “Hijacking the Plant #Spliceosome” on how alternative splicing drives #viral infection and #tomato fruit development 🍅

Thanks to our host @incavirus.bsky.social for organizing this insightful seminar! 👏

Research never tasted this good! 😀🌿

Portraits of Prof. Dr. Ralph Bock, Dr. Saleh Alseekh, Dr. John E. Lunn and Prof. Dr. Mark Stitt.

🌟 International recognition for #PlantScience in #Potsdam 🌟

Four #researchers from the @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social are among the world’s top 0.1% most cited scientists. Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Ralph Bock, Dr. Saleh Alseekh, Dr. John E. Lunn & Prof. Dr. Mark Stitt! 👏🌱
#HighlyCited2025

Picture of two smiling men in an office building. The left is Dirk Walther, the right is Mehdi Davari.

Today we had the pleasure to welcome Mehdi Davari from @ipbhalle.bsky.social at our institute and listen to his captivating talk about #MolecularSimulation and #MachineLearning strategies to accelerate #protein and #enzyme design. Thanks a lot for your visit! 🌱

Thanks to Dirk Walther for hosting 👏

Register now for Lunch+Learn on 📅 Dec. 1 🕛 12:00 »𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲« and discuss the potential of tRNA display with Dr Daniel Dunkelmann!

👉https://p-sp.link/lunch-learn-20251201

#cellulartranslation #tRNAdisplay #newtherapeutics

Group of eight people posing in front a blue wall.

Huge thanks to Alison Smith from @camplantsci.bsky.social for visiting our institute and sharing her expertise in “Manipulating the Chlamydomonas #chloroplast #genome.” 🌿

Our #PhD students loved the chance to meet and exchange ideas at lunch and are still buzzing with inspiration! 💡✨

Big thanks to Prof. Heribert Hirt from #KAUST for visiting us and giving a fascinating talk on how desert #plants and their #microbes can help crops adapt to heat and drought 🌵🌾

Inspiring ideas for resilient and #sustainable #agriculture — and thanks to @carogutj.bsky.social for hosting!

It was wonderful to have Bijun with us @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social & @incavirus.bsky.social to finally "use our microscope to its full potential" as our core-facility put it! 🔬

Congrats to all, esp. @bijuntang.bsky.social and @xanderjones.bsky.social ! Super happy to be a part of this great story!

Congratulations to PhD student Ana Catarina Silva — winner of Best Poster at APOMIXIS 2025! 🏆🎉

Another PhD success! Congrats to Dr. Fabienne Bürki from AG Bock for successfully defending their PhD thesis titled Leaking Information: Stress-Induced Chloroplast Rupture and Nucleic Acid Release in Transplastomic Nicotiana tabacum Plants 🌿💡

Wishing you all the best!

Congratulations are in order for our newest doctor! Dr. Vittoria Clapero successfully defended her thesis on “Natural variation of the Calvin-Benson cycle” in the group of Mark Stitt. Wishing you all the best for your next steps! 🚀🌱🎓

Towards a comprehensive view of the pocketome universe—biological implications and algorithmic challenges Author summary The function of proteins is governed by specific interactions with other molecules, notably small molecules (compounds, such as metabolites). The precise nature of the protein-compound ...

New study unveils first large-scale view of the "pocketome" using AI-predicted protein structures: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

That’s a wrap on an amazing conference #PlantsandPeople ! 🎉 Huge thanks to all participants for your energy, to our speakers and panelists for inspiring insights, and to our sponsors for making it all possible. 🌟 Until next time! 🙏
#PnP25 #Targenomix #metaSysX

Head of Service Unit Proteomics

📢 We’re hiring!

🌱 The @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social in Potsdam is seeking a Head of Service Unit Proteomics (mass spectrometry-based proteomics).

🗓 Apply by 30.09.2025

👉 jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/8...

🥔 Potato harvest is in! For project POMORROW we are currently testing 240 potato accessions for their ability to survive drought stress and partner with mycorrhizal fungi. 🌍✨
More on this: mpimp-golm.mpg.de/2800196/news_publication_25387229_transferred?c=6211

Day 2 of #PnP25 🌱; great talks, lively panel, best poster awards 🎉 and BBQ to close it all!🔥
Thank you to everyone who made it unforgettable.

#PlantsandPeople #PnP25

Day 2 of #PnP25 is here! After a fantastic first day of science and discussion, we’re looking forward today; with plants in space, reimagining future crops and more. 🌱

Looking forward to all the sessions, posters, and our panel this afternoon before we close with a BBQ! #PlantsandPeople #PnP25

Day 1 of #PnP25 has started! Inspiring talks, great discussions, and a fantastic atmosphere here in Potsdam-Golm.
Theme: Looking In, Out, and Forward; from molecules to space, and from research to communication.
Loving the energy already! #PlantsandPeople #PnP25

We’re ready for the 7th Plants and People Conference!
🗓️ September 9–10, Potsdam
🎙️ Organized by PhD students at MPI-MP
This year’s theme: “Looking In, Out, and Forward” - exploring plant science from molecules to space, and from research to communication.
Follow along with #PnP25 & #PlantsandPeople

🌞🔬 Big step for #sustainability in science: Today the Max Planck Campus at @potsdamsciencepark.bsky.social inaugurated new #SolarPower systems – including a 6,000 m² agri-PV plant.

Thank you to @manjaschuele.bsky.social & @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de for making this milestone possible!

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...

Mykorrhiza: Wie Pilze und Pflanzen zusammenarbeiten Pilze und Pflanzenwurzeln verbindet eine enge Gemeinschaft: In ihrer Mykorrhiza-Symbiose tauschen sie lebenswichtige Nährstoffe aus.

Before our summer break here on Bluesky, a treat for your ears! 🎧
@carogutj.bsky.social talks about her favorite topic: the symbiosis between plants & fungi.
👉 detektor.fm/wissen/forsc... (in German)
Have a great summer! 🌿☀️

Rapid origin and turnover of genomic imprinting by transposable elements Genomic imprinting, the preferential expression of alleles based on their parent-of-origin, is an epigenetic mechanism that plays a key role in endosp…

I am thrilled to share our review with @claudiakohler11.bsky.social in which we discuss on the latest research on the classical and emerging roles of transposable elements in shaping genomic imprinting in plants. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#imprinting #epigenetics #plantReproduction

Final call! Registration for Plants & People 2025 closes July 31!
Don’t miss the chance to hear cutting-edge plant science and share your work.
🔗 Register here: plants-and-people.mpg.de/form/registr...
#PlantsandPeople #PnP25