Interested in the most recent developments in plant science? Join the Mendel Early Career Symposium on May 21-22 at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social to exchange with experts about their science and career trajectories. Register by March 13th for a talk. More here: www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/news-eve...
#MAdLand Expression: adding sexual reproduction stages to the #Physcomitrium patens web tool. Great collaboration with @noefpbio.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social
@watertoland.bsky.social
Paper online in @theplantjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
Here's how you can visualize gene expression during P. patens reproduction, from egg/sperm to spore, in the new web tool peatmoss.plantcode.cup.uni-freiburg.de
Info on paper in post below.
@watertoland.bsky.social
Registration is now open! The 4th edition of the Mendel Early Career Symposium will take place on 21-22 May at the GMI, part of the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. This two-day event brings together researchers across career stages to discuss the latest research in all areas of plant science.
We wish everyone happy holidays and a healthy New Year ππ« We are already looking forward to 2026 and the next MAdLand Meeting! π±
PortrΓ€tfoto: Prof. Dr. Jan de Vries aus dem Institut fΓΌr Mikrobiologie und Genetik der UniversitΓ€t GΓΆttingen (c) Neff Fotografie
Mikroskopisches Bild der einzelligen Alge Closterium (c) Tatyana Darienko
Herzlichen GlΓΌckwunsch! π Unser Biologe Jan de Vries erhΓ€lt einen #ERC Consolidator Grant fΓΌr das Projekt StreptoProgram. Sein Team untersucht, wie die Evolution alte Gene zu Netzwerken kombiniert hat, die frΓΌhen Pflanzen das Leben an Land ermΓΆglichten. Mehr: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...
Fantastic closing keynote by @rensingstefan.bsky.social. Thanks for joining us and telling us about all of the great @watertoland.bsky.social outputs π
Always a pleasure to present this storyβa proper team effort across three labs: us @gmivienna.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social (Chlamy genetics + cell biology + biochemistry), the Schuller lab @synmikro.bsky.social (cryo-EM magic), and the De Vries lab @watertoland.bsky.social (phylogenetic power)!
WE GOT FERNS, folks.
I hope you like ferns. If you donβt, just listen and you will like ferns. πΏπΏπΏ
Dr. Li is hilarious and charming and you will love him. And ferns.
In conclusion: ferns.
www.alieward.com/ologies/pter...
Countdown: there are only 9 days left ... if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
ποΈ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
Congratulations again! We are so proud π And huge thanks to @theplantjournal.bsky.social for supporting our meeting once again this year πΏ #plantsci #MAdLand2025
Meet the winners of the πππ πππ¬π πππ₯π€ ππ°ππ«π at the ππππππ§π πππ’ππ§ππ consortium meeting
π’ PhD student πππ§π§ππ‘ πππ©π©ππ« @hannahlepper.bsky.social
@franzificht.bsky.social lab
π’Postdoc ππ₯ππ§π πππ¬ππ‘ @physcomitr_ella from the Ischebeck lab
CONGRATULATIONS!
@watertoland.bsky.social
Very happy and proud to share the #Spirogyra genome: 50 Mbp small, lacking almost all plastid division proteins and many transcription factors. Kudos to all the many people involved in this multi year project!
@jandevries.bsky.social
@watertoland.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
And last but not least, congratulations to all the winners of the best poster prize! π 1st place: Lara Canovai (right) from Zachgo lab in OsnabrΓΌck, Diego Artigas HernΓ‘ndez from MΓΌller-SchΓΌssele lab in Kaiserslautern and Ellen Lorberg from @jandevries.bsky.social
lab in GΓΆttingen #MAdLand2025
Congratulations to Elena Lesch from the Ischebeck lab @uni-muenster.de for the best Postdoc talk and winning the @theplantjournal.bsky.social award π #MAdLand2025 #plantsci
Congratulations to the winners of best PhD talk @ #MAdLand2025! π 1st place: @hannahlepper.bsky.social from @franzificht.bsky.social lab, who won @theplantjournal.bsky.social award! Christoph Kentrath (left) from Petersen Lab in Marburg
& Tim Ruder (right) from Pfannschmidt lab in Hannover #plantsci
These look amazing πͺ΄ thank you for coming, Hiro!
Really glad you enjoyed it & big thanks for stepping in and giving a talk π±
Thank you all for coming! It was great to have you in OsnabrΓΌck this year. Have a safe trip home and we hope to see you all next year in GΓΆttingen. Stay tuned π± #MAdLand2025 #Plantsci
The last talk of the session is given by Katrin Philippar from SaarbrΓΌcken, talking about the evolution of the plastid FAX (fatty acid export) proteins and the plantsβ conquest of land #MAdLand2025
Next, Lea Marie PreuΓ from the Ischebeck lab in MΓΌnster is diving into the evolution of lipid droplet-associated proteins and their role in drought resistance #MAdLand2025
Gisela Hartmann @thanahartmann.bsky.social from @schullerjm.bsky.social lab in Marburg is telling us more about Cryo-Electron Tomography: Revealing the native cellular organization of streptophyte algae #MAdLand2025
Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in DΓΌsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025
Shreya Kalan from the Buschmann lab in Mittweida is asking the important question: how has cell division evolved from water to land? #MAdLand2025
Next up is BarΔ±Ε BallΔ±k from the Herburger lab in Rostock, tracing cell wall polysaccharide footprints during desiccation in Zygnematophyceae and Marchantia #MAdLand2025
We start the next session, and Elena Sturm from the Bucher & Becker lab in Cologne is sharing insights about the role of phosphate starvation response and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in plant terrestrialization #MAdLand2025
A few impressions from the beautiful botanical garden in OsnabrΓΌck. Sabine shares her passion for the wonders of the tropical house and it's such a joy to listen and learn πΊ #SciComm #MAdLand2025
And we are wrapping up the session with Zahin Bin Mohd Ali from @jandevries.bsky.social lab in GΓΆttingen, discussing his findings on phytochrome-mediated light signalling of Physcomitrium patens #MAdLand2025
Alisha Alisha from @plantphotobiology.bsky.social lab in Freiburg is telling us more about the
functional analysis of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORS and their potential roles in light and cytokinin signaling #MAdLand2025
Niels van de Haar from the HΓΆcker Lab in Cologne is diving into molecular adaptations to light during the water-to-land transition, using the moss Physcomitrium patens and charophyte algae #MAdLand2025
