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My team at Utrecht University studies the role of internal oxygen levels in plant development and physiology. Also fan of hiking, bouldering and the outdoors in general

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#JobAlert #PhD 🌱

We are offering a PhD project to explore how transcription factors have shaped the evolution of plant protective barriers.

We will support suitable candidates in applying to the @unistra.fr Graduate School competition.

Interested? Please get in touch for more information!

10.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Sjon!

10.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The hypoxic niche enclosing the shoot apical meristem is shaped by a combination of morphological features and metabolic activity This study reveals how a functional hypoxic microenvironment enclosing the shoot apical meristem arises through respiratory oxygen consumption and is stabilized by a cuticle-like diffusion barrier and...

www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

10.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This work would not have been possible without our wonderful collaborators from @pieterverboven.bsky.social Bart Dequeker Leen Van Doorselaer and Bart Nicolai from KULeuven and Pierdomenico Perata @theplantlab.bsky.social
and local team work @panicuccigabriele.bsky.social . Thanks folks!

10.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We believe that our findings provide a foundation for exploring other hypoxic niches (like lateral roots, anthers and young leaves), aiding in their identification, characterization, and potentially predicting their formation in previously unstudied tissues or plant species

10.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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What features are required to shape hypoxic niches enclosing meristems? We @viktoriiavoloboeva.bsky.social in collab @pieterverboven.bsky.social found that a combination of cuticle barrier, densely packed tissue and metabolic activity all uniquely contribute to maintain shoot apical meristem hypoxia

10.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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🚨 PhD Position in Plant Molecular Biology 🌱
We are looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team to study root protective barriers. If you are interested in confocal microscopy, cell wall biology, and plant development, this project might be for you! Please share!
#PlantScience #PlantSciJob

09.03.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We are very excited to share a new resource from our team: spatial subcellular proteome maps in plants! We developed an MS-based method that registers localizations of about 8000 proteins in Arabidopsis roots in a single experiment.

(1/9)
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

03.03.2026 06:53 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Great opportunity!

20.01.2026 07:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome group, supportive supervisor and a really interesting project. What's not to like? Check out this open PhD position in @dorotakawa.bsky.social team!

14.01.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New in Science of Plants: "Inferring hypoxia-responsive regulators of cell fate in plant meristems throughsingle-cell transcriptomics" rdcu.be/eXYvw

07.01.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Rainfall patterns during barley seed development underlie genomic variation for germination after flooding Barley's adaptation to rainfall patterns is associated with genetic variations that contribute to controlling seed germination after flooding.

Rainfall patterns during barley seed development underlie genomic variation for germination after flooding (Eva Maria Gómez-Álvarez , Margherita Marazzini , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

12.12.2025 17:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
AToUT – TIRIS – Toulouse's Science In and For Society

The University of Toulouse has 44 postdoc positions to fill (Horizon Europe MSCA-COFUND). My lab is looking for candidates to apply and work on how plants regulate cell surface levels of receptors or transporters in response to heat. Please DM me if interested!
tiris.univ-toulouse.fr/en/programs/...

12.11.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
13thΒ Utrecht PhD Summer School​ 
Environmental Signaling in Plants
Aug 24-26 2026
Speakers: Laura Ragni, Roeland Berendsen, Mariana Silva Artur, Matthew Paul, Ari Sadanandom, Beatrice Giuntoli, Bruno Guillotin, Priya Ramakrishna, Caroline Gutjahr, Niko Geldner, Laura Bacete and Marcel Beukeboom.

13thΒ Utrecht PhD Summer School​ Environmental Signaling in Plants Aug 24-26 2026 Speakers: Laura Ragni, Roeland Berendsen, Mariana Silva Artur, Matthew Paul, Ari Sadanandom, Beatrice Giuntoli, Bruno Guillotin, Priya Ramakrishna, Caroline Gutjahr, Niko Geldner, Laura Bacete and Marcel Beukeboom.

We are beyond excited to reveal the full line-up for our Environmental Signaling in Plants summer school 2026!

Registration is now open here eps.sites.uu.nl - we look forward to seeing you in Utrecht on 24th-26th August!

11.11.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
AP presenting on stage.

AP presenting on stage.

Finishing the symposium with our second keynote @apmahonen.bsky.social - so many cool and impactful stories rolled into his talk!

10.11.2025 15:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Seminar room full or people

Seminar room full or people

EPS Theme 1 (plant development) symposium today in Utrecht!

Exciting talks so far and very lively Q&As! Proud to be part of this community 🌱

@epsgraduateschool.bsky.social
@violawillemsen.bsky.social
@renskevroomans.bsky.social
@uuplants.bsky.social

10.11.2025 11:03 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

New lab / new life 🌱

The Julian Lab is now open at the Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (IMPB), BOKU University πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή

We explore how plants defend their vacuoles and how vacuoles defend them! πŸ›‘οΈ

Excited to collaborate with @angegross.bsky.social’s lab.

#PlantBiology #Vacuole #VQC #BOKU #IMPB

29.10.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Leaf-age specific flood resilience in Arabidopsis thaliana is determined by distinct processes contributing to post-submergence recovery While the molecular mechanisms mediating submergence tolerance have been extensively studied, those underpinning age-dependent resilience remain poorly characterized. In Arabidopsis thaliana, submerge...

How does leaf age affect flood resilience? 🌿🌊
New preprint from @rsasidharan.bsky.social with a little help from us
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

17.10.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Validate User

Stoked to share our review advocating a whole plant perspective on resource balancing strategies with Joe Earle, Lucila Salvatore, Bas van den Herik and Kirsten ten Tusscher

How coupling resources and development ensures whole plant homeostasis url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

17.10.2025 14:36 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Happy to share our recent thoughts on how grasses form and pattern stomata
doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...
🌾From fate establishment, through within-file patterning to dumbbell formation🌾
Congrats to
@lbmountain.bsky.social
on getting two publications out in a single day - a first for the lab!

13.10.2025 08:07 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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#ThrowbackThursday to last week Thursday at #ISPLORE2025JP where we took a group picture of our fantastic community. Missing those conferences vibes? Scroll back through the #ISPLORE2025JP hashtag for some of the best moments 🌱🌊

01.10.2025 22:32 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia Short summary:This study investigates the evolution of the low-oxygen response in land plants mediated by group VII Ethylene Response Factors (ERFVIIs). We identified conserved transcriptional signatu...

How did oxygen-sensing evolve in plants?
In collaboration with @syno2xis.bsky.social Great work from @lauradc.bsky.social et. al. #plantscience @leverhulme.ac.uk
β€œERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia”
www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

28.05.2025 08:21 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Happy to share that our multi-omic analysis comparing two Arabidopsis accessions is now published 🌿 The first story from our @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa #plant #proteostasis project. A great collaboration between @rothamsted.bsky.social @richardmott.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk and Kathryn Lilley at Cambridge.

30.09.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Join us at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht to start your research group! Fantastic scientific environment, strong support, and nice colleagues :) Apply and please share broadly in your network.

28.09.2025 09:43 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to see the hard work of Dani Amat, Janne Hageman and @viktoriiavoloboeva.bsky.social is appreciated by the #ISPLORE2025JP community!

27.09.2025 13:24 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible location βœ…
Excellent science βœ…
Amazing community βœ…
Perfectly organised βœ…

What more could we ask for!?

Safe travels to everyone!
#ISPLORE2025JP

26.09.2025 07:50 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very grateful that my team was represented by three talks at #isplore2025jp and two posters πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸŒ±πŸ«š

25.09.2025 02:54 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cool talks!

25.09.2025 02:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent initiative!

24.09.2025 23:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Comprehensive physio-biochemical and transcriptomic characterization to decipher the network of key genes under waterlogging stress and its recuperation in Prunus persica Abstract. Waterlogging is a major abiotic stress that plants encounter as a result of climate change impacts. Peach is very sensitive to hypoxia during wat

5 ECR #ISPLORE2025JP talks starting with Muhammad Ateeq talking about tolerance mechanisms in Peach πŸ‘ academic.oup.com/treephys/art...

24.09.2025 08:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0