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🌱🌾Plant roots + nutrient uptake + beneficial microbes🦠| dabbing into bacteriophages for plant health| Head of research Root Dynamics Group @ IBG 2 - Plant Sciences, @fz-juelich.de | πŸ‡²πŸ‡°

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There seems to be a discussion going on there... Great πŸ“Έ

10.02.2026 06:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you have a πŸ“ƒ #doi, it would be even better! Thanks.

22.01.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dear #Root / #PlantScientists πŸ§ͺ,
Do you know of any #ProgrammedCellDeath #PCD genes that are specific for #RootHairs only?
The 🌱 species does not matter. RP pls.
#PlantScience #PlantResearch πŸ§¬πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬

22.01.2026 07:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Fig. 1. of Annunziata et al. Relationship between sucrose and trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) across six different species with different phloem loading strategies. (A) Diel changes of sucrose and Tre6P. Data points are means Β±SD, n=3–5. (B) Pearson correlation between sucrose and Tre6P for daytime (open symbols, dashed line) and night-time points (closed symbols, solid line) are shown. Regression lines for daytime (dashed) and night (solid) are given; the regression line of the combined dataset is not shown. FW, fresh weight; ZT, zeitgeber time (time after dawn). Pearson correlations coefficients (r) and P-values are summarized in Table 1. The original data are in Supplementary Table S1.

Fig. 1. of Annunziata et al. Relationship between sucrose and trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P) across six different species with different phloem loading strategies. (A) Diel changes of sucrose and Tre6P. Data points are means Β±SD, n=3–5. (B) Pearson correlation between sucrose and Tre6P for daytime (open symbols, dashed line) and night-time points (closed symbols, solid line) are shown. Regression lines for daytime (dashed) and night (solid) are given; the regression line of the combined dataset is not shown. FW, fresh weight; ZT, zeitgeber time (time after dawn). Pearson correlations coefficients (r) and P-values are summarized in Table 1. The original data are in Supplementary Table S1.

🍬 INSIGHT 🍬

"The sucrose–trehalose 6-phosphate nexus: what’s next for plant vigour and productivity?"
Brian Ayre comments on research recently published in JXB by Annunziata et al.

πŸ” Insight: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
πŸ”¬ Research: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience πŸ§ͺ

17.01.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks @binebrumm.bsky.social 🐝, though there is no way i will learn the spelling for that πŸ˜‚

14.01.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#BirdOfTheDay
#LongBeaks
...I did not know this was a thing! 😁
#BirdsOfBluesky

14.01.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A great blue heron standing in the shallow water on a gloomy day.

A great blue heron standing in the shallow water on a gloomy day.

A close up of a great blue heron, the feathers on the chest are prominently visible.

A close up of a great blue heron, the feathers on the chest are prominently visible.

A great blue heron standing on the far shore of a river and looking to the side.

A great blue heron standing on the far shore of a river and looking to the side.

I think this is a Robin! A sparrow- like, little bird, with red breast is perched on a tree stump

I think this is a Robin! A sparrow- like, little bird, with red breast is perched on a tree stump

For no particular reason, here are a few from a walk in a nature protected area in #NRW πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ
Can someone confirm if the little one is a #Robin?
#photography
#BirdPhotography
#greatheron
#greatblueheron
#Neuss
#Selikum
#naturephotography

14.01.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
MYCs coordinate secretory structure development and specialized metabolite biosynthesis in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), citrus (Citrus spp.), and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).

MYCs coordinate secretory structure development and specialized metabolite biosynthesis in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), citrus (Citrus spp.), and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).

#TansleyInsight: Plant epidermis‐derived secretory structures: from glandular trichomes to secretory cavities

Xiang et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#plantscience

13.01.2026 02:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The 'Hell-Plant' of Death Valley offers hope to a hotter world We humans are a delicate bunch. We don’t have bark, boney exo-plates, or lush fur to protect us from hostile environments, so we have to steal what other creatures produce just to survive in regions a...

"Tidestromia oblongifolia took only two days to increase its photosynthetic capacity to produce energy and thrive in extreme heat, and by day 14 reached its ideal photosynthetic temperature of 45 Β°C (113 Β°F)"

#PlantScience #PlantStress #ClimateChange

Original paper: www.cell.com/current-biol...

12.01.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#readinglist
πŸ§ͺ #PlantScience

13.01.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Gratuitous X-ray microscopy imaging, a "bouquet" of developing soybean flowers.
@zeiss-microscopy.bsky.social
@danforthcenter.bsky.social

06.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These are gorgeous.

19.12.2025 07:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Slight improvement by team members πŸ˜…

17.12.2025 14:57 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TNA - Microbes4Climate Transnational Access (TNA)Β facilitates access to cutting-edge Research Infrastructures (RIs), which provide services, and resources across multiple countries.

πŸ—£οΈ (RP please) The #Microbes4Climate trans-national access call, including access to #plant #phenotyping infrastructure is now open, deadline 08.03.2026.
more information below:
microbes4climate.eu/tna/
and
www.fz-juelich.de/de/ibg/ibg-2...
#PlantMicrobeInteraction #PMI πŸ§ͺπŸŒΎπŸ¦ πŸ”¬

15.12.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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.

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 !

πŸ“… Apply by 10 January 2026

More info:
πŸ‘‰ www.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD

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

28.11.2025 08:05 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

09.12.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Stellenangebote Stellenausschreibungen in Pflanzenwissenschaften und Botanik

#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit: #Phylogenie und #Evolution der Pflanzen

In Prof. Wissenmanns Lab @jlugiessen.bsky.social
Start: 1 April 2026
Deadline: 8 Januar 2026

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...

27.11.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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an ostrich with its head in the sand and the words " we 'll be fine " above it ALT: an ostrich with its head in the sand and the words " we 'll be fine " above it
10.11.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What we are also missing is the awareness and feeling of responsibility of each individual. If we can only do a little, that little is better than doing nothing...🌑️πŸ₯΅βš‘β›ˆοΈπŸŒŠπŸŒ¬οΈπŸ§ͺ
#ClimateChange
#FridaysForFuture
#NoPlanetB

07.11.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘₯πŸ‘‡S.Sanow @ucdavisplants.bsky.social M.Mantz, @degradomics.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de E.Sturm @unicologne.bsky.social A.Bhatnagar & U.Roessner - Metabolomics Australia R.Walker, M.Watt @unimelb.bsky.social @gabrielschaaf.bsky.social @unibonn.bsky.social
H.Wiessel, A.LΓΌcke, J.Kelm &πŸ™‹@fz-juelich.de

06.11.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Systems-level Plant Responses Reveal Pseudomonas-Mediated Growth Promotion in Brachypodium Under Nitrogen Limitation Plant molecular adaptation to plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) under nutrient stress remains unclear, yet is essential for advancing PGPB use in agriculture. The model grass Brachypodium dystach...

In our new pre-print πŸ“we dissect how #plants🌾 adapt their metabolism under #Nitrogen limitation when #beneficial #Pseudomonas 🦠are present. You can compare #Noninvasive #Phenotype πŸ“Έ during 3 weeks with #lipidomc and #proteomic results at specific πŸ•°οΈ.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
πŸ§ͺ #PlantSci #PMI

05.11.2025 10:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Wheat That Makes Its Own Fertilizer UC Davis scientists have developed wheat plants that produce their own fertilizer, opening the door for less air and water pollution and lower costs for farmers.

UC Davis scientists developed wheat plants that stimulate the production of their own fertilizer by using the gene-editing tool CRISPR, opening the path toward less air and water pollution worldwide and lower costs for farmers: ucdav.is/471PBwz

#FromLabsToLives #SpeakUp4Science

21.10.2025 22:28 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Amping up reproducibility of microbiome studies through standardized protocols and fabricated ecosystems | Plantae There is ample evidence for the impacts of plant microbiomes to plant growth and metabolism, but there are also challenges to obtaining reproducible data. In a first of its kind multi-laboratory…

Plant Science Research Weekly -- Amping up reproducibility of microbiome studies through standardized protocols and fabricated ecosystems (PLOSBio) @borjana-a.bsky.social (Summary by Indrani Kakati @indranik18.bsky.social) buff.ly/qQFJWna

#PlantaePSRW

21.10.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @plantteaching.bsky.social So cool when I see our work is useful for others. The reference is for journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
πŸ§ͺ#PlantSciene #PlantMicrobeInteractions
#PMI #EcoFab

20.10.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Freeze‐tolerant frogs accumulate cryoprotectants using photoperiod: A potential ecological trap Climate change is disrupting the reliability of photoperiod as a cue signalling seasonal changes in temperature. We show that gray treefrogs under a late-season photoperiod accumulated large reserves...

🐸 Frogs and false signals

A new study finds that grey treefrogs use daylight length to trigger 'antifreeze' buildup for winter. But as climate change warms winters, this cue may mislead them into preparing too early or too late.

πŸ”— doi.org/10.1111/1365...

#SciComm #ClimateCrisis πŸ§ͺ

08.10.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science πŸ§ͺ

www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com

03.10.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Breaking the reproducibility barrier with standardized protocols for plant–microbiome research Reproducing microbiome experiments across laboratories is a major challenge in soil and plant health research. In a collaborative effort involving five laboratories, this study achieved consistent, in...

πŸ‘‡Is our recent effort 2 make #PMI research more reproducible. Check out this πŸ“œ done on 3 continents🌎, byπŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ‘¨β€πŸ”¬ in5 diff. labs, using the🌾 #brachypodium and 2 #SynComs
journals.plos.org/Plosbiology/...
πŸ§ͺ #PlantMicrobeInteractions #EcoFAB #PlantSci @fz-juelich.de @berkeleylab.lbl.gov @unimelb.bsky.social

22.09.2025 12:19 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For Science πŸ§ͺenthusiasts in #NRW & beyond: our #Research Center @fz-juelich.de is opening it's doors
on 07.09.2025.
Talk to πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬ about theπŸ”¬questions addressed here. Try #HandsOn #experiments.

More on www.tagderneugier.de/en
#TagDerNeugier #TdN25 #STEM #SciComm #ScentificCommunication #PlantScience

26.08.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A door detail in Oxford, UK depicting a male figurine photographed in profile.

A door detail in Oxford, UK depicting a male figurine photographed in profile.

Sunshine and shadow on the River Cherwell.

Sunshine and shadow on the River Cherwell.

The bridge across the Shire Lake Ditch  close to Christ Church meadow in the sunshine. The water reflects the greenery around.

The bridge across the Shire Lake Ditch close to Christ Church meadow in the sunshine. The water reflects the greenery around.

The Meadow Building (Christ Church)

The Meadow Building (Christ Church)

The compulsory #Photography samples that accompany each of my scientific meetings. #CityPhotography #Oxford #Naturephotography.

But seriously check out the news from the
#18thSymposium on #BiologicalNitrogenFixation with #non-legumes
πŸ§ͺ 🦠 #BNF #16ENFC

31.08.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I πŸ—£οΈ abt. "Physiol. changes behind 🦠-enhanced 🌾 growth under #nitrogen stress" & linked results from Kuang et al 2022 JXB, apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/... & unpubl.
#protein #Lipid data during #PMI
#PlantScience
#18thSymposium on #BiologicalNitrogenFixation with #non-legumes
πŸ§ͺ #BNF #16ENFC

31.08.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0