Fantastic effort by Johanna Krahmer on environmental growth regulation & why the hypocotyl is such a useful model. annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…

Just published: The nonlinear mechanics of highly extensible plant epidermal cell walls. at: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Now our paper is out in Plant Physiology. This work would not be possible without the efforts of Jaime, david alabadí 🍊 dalabadi.bsky.social and Javier Gallego-Bartolomé (IBMCP - Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular), Fredy Barneche & Clara Bourbousse (IBENS), and Moussa Benhamed & David Latrasse's labs (IPS2). academic.oup.com/plphys/advance…

How can growth be used to harness the ability to contract? Check our work finally out on #CurrentBiology to learn how Cardamine’s valve “engineered” its epidermis to do just that! doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.… Go #MorphoMechanX!

What makes a tree weep? 🌳💧 Unraveling the molecular mechanisms behind the graceful drooping branches of weeping trees. The hormone auxin and the gene WEEP play key roles in guiding gravitropism N&V: doi.org/10.1093/plphys… Orig ar: doi.org/10.1093/plphys… #auxin #gravitropism

Mechanical forces orient cell divisions in roots. Check out our newest publication on how roots heal wounds from inside to outside: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S15… Thanks to great collaborators J.Carlos Montesinos Mateusz Majda Nicola Trozzi Petra Marhava Silvia Caballero (Thread) 1/4

What a refreshing departmental seminar by Sandy Hetherington today! The sheer speed of evolution! Just ~35 mio. years from small plants to giant trees, from non-Fibonacci to Fibonacci spirals 😊 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

microscopic view of a moss rose seed

Working title “Secrets of a Gene Body”: In our latest preprint we provide evidence for largely cell-autonomous (sic) action of the brassinosteroid receptor BRI1, which is necessary across multiple tissues to drive root growth. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

¡Arriba! 🇪🇸 We are surely sad to learn that Noel Blanco-Touriñán @noelponte.bsky.social may leave our lab earlier than anticipated, but of course this is outweighed by the joy and pride to learn he has been selected for a Ramon y Cajal fellowship! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #RamonyCajal aei.gob.es/sites/default/…

We are hiring! Postdoctoral position in root nodule symbiosis @UNIL, Switzerland🇨🇭. Please RT. #PlantSciJobs. For more info visit: performancemanager5.successfactors.eu/xi/ui/rcmjobre…. Please apply via the portal.

What are the genetic and cellular bases underlying diverse fruit shapes? 🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍍🍎🍐🍒🍓🥝 Yang Dong IPMB2024

Please join us! One PhD student and one postdoc on the mathematical and computational modeling of plant mechanobiology as part of the @greente_science consortium. See mathbioleiden.nl/vacancies.html and green-te.nl for more information. Please RT - thanks :-)

Thanks for inviting me! It was a pleasure to participate in the panel. There were many excellent questions. Thank you for organizing it so well 👏 👏 👏

And - it - is - finally - out ! A great story from Yan Ma - in case you haven’t seen it yet. Again, congratulations to all involved!nature.com/articles/s4147…

Our work on symplastic transport in differentiated roots is now available as a preprint!

In our (Hardtke Lab 🇨🇭) latest work at Nature Plants , we reveal a molecular-genetic framework for CLE signaling pathways in the root that is fundamentally different from the wiring described in the shoot apical meristem. nature.com/articles/s4147… (1/3)

Please repost. We are offering a rare opportunity to work as a postdoc or PhD within an international network pushing the boundaries of developmental biology. Please contact me ASAP if interested. sydney.edu.au/science/news-a…

Thank you @pmarhavy and @SRobertGroup for hosting us!! With Qian at Umea seeing old friends and fantastic plant research ! 🌱🌱🌱

The Camelot paper is now published. If you ever wanted to try biomechanics, Camelot is an inexpensive and easy way to get started. Mateusz Majda Nicola Trozzi Robert Kelly-Bellow link.springer.com/article/10.118…