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Hi all, our 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️friends from the @lmumuenchen.bsky.social medschool @lmu-klinikum.bsky.social are organizing a charity run for the Hauner Children's Hospital to raise funds for their highly specialized pediatric care unit🏥. More info here: www.lmu-klinikum.de/hauner/kinde...
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Locating the missing chlorophylls f in far-red photosystem I The discovery of chlorophyll f-containing photosystems, with their long-wavelength photochemistry, represented a distinct, low-energy paradigm for oxygenic photosynthesis. Structural studies on chloro...

Have you ever looked at the night sky and wondered if there’s a chlorophyll f in the reaction centre of Photosystem I from far-red light adapted cyanobacteria? 🦠

Well, we did (don’t judge) and the work that followed is now out as a First Release in @science.org

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Algal pyrenoids—condensates that mediate ~1/3 of Earth’s CO2 fixation—change size and number as cells divide. Our data suggest a simple control mechanism: a kinase that continuously ejects material from the condensate! ☀️🌍🔬💧 #Biophysics #Photosynthesis
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Assistant Professor - Austin, Texas job with Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin | 675377 MBS UT Austin invites applications for tenure-track faculty position at the Assist Prof level. Early-stage Assoc Prof level are also considered.

🌱Tenure-track Assistant Professor Position OPEN🌱
-Plant Interkingdom/Environment Interactions & Plant Immunity-
Now ads out in Science Careers! Please retweet and APPLY🤠🤘
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Pretty excited to share our new preprint!
Non-photosynthetic Plastid Replacement by a Primary Plastid in the Making
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Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen (S Einspanier, C Tominello-Ramirez, F Delplace, R Stam) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @sev1panier

The graphic features a background image of roots over a green gradient. The title says "Chris Topp Puts Down Roots at MSU PRI." There is a headshot of Chris Topp on the righthand side with the following text on the left, "Christopher N. Topp, Ph.D., Professor, Plant Resilience Institute, Department of Plant Biology, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University” and the MSU PRI logo underneath.

We're excited to welcome Christopher Topp to the Plant Resilience Institute! Dr. Topp uses powerful imaging tools to envision the future of sustainable agriculture, and he will soon bring his expertise in root biology to MSU. Read the full story: plantresilience.msu.edu/pri-news/202...

A vinyl box with six colored vinyl LPs sticking out of its right side. The Title "Guns in Rosettes" is on top, with the subtitle "The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" just below. Then there is an Arabidopsis plant with machine guns sticking out. Below is the statement "6-LP LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL BOX SET"

The back cover of the vinyl box set showing the tracklist: 1. Methionine-derived compounds Aliphatic GSLs 2. Tryptophan-derived compounds (trptonites) Indolic GSLs Camalexin Hycanite (4-OH-ICN) 3. Phenylalanine-derived compounds (phenylpropanoids) Benzenic GSLs Coumarins Hydroxycinnamates Flavonoids 4. Terpenoids (E)-β-caryophyllene α- and β-pinene Thalianin, arabidin, and DMNT And the statement "Recorded live in front of an audience in 2025"

Our article "Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" is finally published @plantphys.bsky.social!
You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here:

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But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity

Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.

📣🧪🌱We are #hiring a Horticultural Manager for our node of the Australian Plant Phenomics Network in Adelaide. Please help spread the word! careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

Non-Photochemical Quenching in Plants: Mechanisms and Mysteries Abstract. Plants are vulnerable to photodamage when exposed to light intensities that exceed their photosynthetic capacity. To protect themselves, they act

Non-Photochemical Quenching in Plants: Mechanisms and Mysteries academic.oup.com/plcell/artic... @theplantcell.bsky.social

I started to work on MscS-Like proteins 20 years ago, dreaming that they were involved in plant mechanotransduction. And it is becoming more & more clear that they are!
#plantscience 🧪
"DmMSL10 is crucial for mechanosensing, facilitating AP firing by generating a receptor potential (RP) amplitude."

Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen Quantitative disease resistance in a wild tomato genotype evolved through species-specific regulatory network rewiring, with an ancient transcription facto

This looks very interesting. Congrats @rstam.bsky.social et al. Co-option of transcription factors drives evolution of quantitative disease resistance against a necrotrophic pathogen url: academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

Herzlich willkommen, Prof. Matthias Tschöp! Der international anerkannte Arzt und Medizinforscher ist der neue Präsident der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU). ✨

Gibberellin transport affects lateral root growth through HY5 in response to far-red light Gibberellin translocation from shoot to root conveys a plant-plant competition signal that leads to a reduction in lateral root growth.

My latest paper, a postdoc project of mine from the @ronaldpierik.bsky.social lab is finally out in the Plant Cell all its formatted glory! doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.

DFG muss Kürzungen vornehmen Inflation und steigende Kosten zwingen die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft zum Sparen. Die Mittelaufwüchse kompensierten die Preissteigerungen nicht.

Kürzungen. Kürzungen everywhere.

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From research breakthroughs to expanded facilities to startup launches, Danforth Center President & CEO Jim Carrington leaves behind an incredible legacy. Read more on our blog: https://loom.ly/QfeILIU

Insights into plastocyanin–cytochrome b6f complex formation: The role of plastocyanin phosphorylation Structural proteomics uncovers the role of plastocyanin phosphorylation in regulating electron transfer between cytochrome b6f and PSI.

Insights into plastocyanin–cytochrome b6f complex formation: The role of plastocyanin phosphorylation (Yuval Milrad, Daniel Wegemann, Sebastian Kuhlgert, Martin Scholz, Muhammad Younas, André Vidal-Meireles, Michael Hippler) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

My department at UC Davis is hiring a mycologist, broadly interpreted. Please repost, share, and consider applying. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07339

Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

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Celebrating the successful PhD defense of Dr Jie Shen! Thank you 🙏 to the second and third examiners @schwarzland_lab and @shuqing_xu and many congratulations, Jie !! 👏🍾 very much looking forward to seeing your amazing work published. Stay tuned! @IFink_lab @uni_muenster

Saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Long. His work had a profound impact on plant science. A true loss to the scientific community. @ripeproject.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations Dr Niemeier
@jan-oleniemeier.bsky.social 🥂🎉

YouTube video by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Graduate School Life Science Munich LSM

Please repost: Do you want to be part of the LSM Graduate school? Apply now for projects in Bioinformatics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Neurosciences, Genetics, Plant Sciences & Microbiology at www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/ocgc/lsm
🗓️Deadline: 24.10.2025, 12:00 CET noon !
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Western Photosynthesis Conference 2026 (2026) Thu 8 Jan, 4:00 PM - Sun 11, 11:00 AM [PST]: The Western Photosynthesis Conference (WPC) is pleased to announce its 35th annual meeting, bringing together researchers from diverse disciplines…

📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: Western Photosynthesis Conference 2026🌱

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#PlantScience

Neue Webseite zu Funding Acknowledgements

Funding Acknowledgements in Publikationen verweisen auf die jeweiligen Förderer - ein guter Nachweis für den #Fördererfolg und die #Mittelverwendung der DFG. Und die meisten Forscher*innen machen das, sogar via Social Media. 👍
FAQ und ein How To dazu haben wir jetzt hier:
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Assistant Professor Plant-Microbe Interactions We seek a creative, collaborative, and visionary plant biologist to establish an internationally recognized research program at the forefront of plant-microbe interactions aimed at understanding how t...

The Department of Biology at Colorado State University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the area of plant-microbe interactions! Please spread the word!

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Obituary information for Andrew Donald Hanson View Andrew Donald Hanson's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

Here is Andrew’s obituary, where you can share a tribute or plant a tree in his memory as a way to honor his life 🕊️
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Please retweet: Julius-von-Sachs Institute, University of Würzburg is hiring: Prof. For Plant Genetics, Chair Botany III. Please apply until Oct 13th

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#plantscience

I am thrilled &honoured, what a journey that was!
Only possible with the great support from family, all lab members, friends, current @unicologne.bsky.social / @ceplas.bsky.social & former colleagues & mentors.
With this project, we will do all that we can to help protect plants from diseases (1/2)

Please share! I'm looking for a postdoc. The position is to lead one of the following projects: 1) regulation of plant specialized metabolism by cell fate, or 2) foliar embryogenesis in the succulent plant Kalanchoe.

Learn more abt projects: cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/res...