Yohann Boutté

A young barmaid behind the bar at the famous French nightclub Folies-Bergère is staring forward in a bored, introspective way. Behind her is a mirror which reflects the lively scene. At the top left you see the green shoes of a trapeze artists. More importantly, at right you see the back of the barmaid, and see that she is face to a man who leans close and seems to be requesting something. This is Manet's famous painting "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bar_at_the_Folies-Berg%C3%A8re

The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view!

But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!

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Nanodomain-localized formin gates symbiotic microbial entry in legume and solanaceous plants Colonization of plant roots by symbionts requires substantial morphodynamic reorganization. Examples are actin-scaffolded microcompartments called infection pockets formed during root nodule symbiosis...

Happy to share our latest work in collaboration with the lab of @pengbo10.bsky.social. Here, we describe that a formin protein mediates the polarity switch from root hair to infection thread growth during symbiotic interactions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

On the occasion of International Women’s Day at @crg.eu, we are pleased to welcome :

Marie-Émilie Terret (CIRB, @college-de-france.fr), who will speak on
“Mechanics of Oocyte Divisions”

Hosted by @adelaljord.bsky.social

📅 When? Monday, March 9th, 2026 - 12:00–13:00 - Aula Room, @prbb.org

The February issue is fully online, with a cover depicting a close-up of clonal plantlets from the amazing Kalanchoe nicknamed "Mother of thousands":
www.nature.com/nplants/volu...

I am happy to announce the launch of a new Arabidopsis genomics resource! Check out arabidopsislyrata.org Now you can easily look at the natural genetic variation across the entire species range of A. lyrata and A. arenosa.

EPIPLANT conference

🌱 You like plants and epigenetics?
Explore mechanisms of chromatin regulation & epigenetics in Nantes, France!
🎤 Great speakers + oral & poster slots from selected abstracts.
22-24 June 2026
Abstract submission deadline: 24 April 2026.
epiplant-2026.sciencesconf.org

Promotional image for the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: Introduction to 2D and 3D Segmentation with MorphoGraphX. The promo has a purple background behind text over a green plant cell graphic with a black background. It also includes the webinar's full abstract description.

Register now for the second installment of the Plant Cell Atlas Imaging Workshop Series: Introduction to 2D and 3D Segmentation with MorphoGraphX.

You can learn more and register here: plantcellatlas.org/events

New preprint out!
In this study, we introduce NanoFLex, a strategy that combines #HaloTag variants with #nanobodies -based immunolabeling to enable rapid, OneStep-IF #lifetime #multiplexing. Possible due to SmartSecondaries fused to #HaloTag from @nanotag.bsky.social: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

#ImageOfTheMonth March 2026
Dividing Arabidopsis epidermal cells imaged by confocal microscopy after expansion. Microtubules guided cell plate formation revealed in 3D with depth-code.
Image: Magali Grison @lbm-bordeaux.bsky.social @gtexm.bsky.social
#Microscopy #PlantScience #CellBiology

#membrane seminars are back this week wirh Manu @deriverylab.bsky.social and Andela Šarić! Join us on Thursday at 5 pm CET spread the word!

I have a PhD student and a post-doc position available in my lab to work on plant photobiology. Please use the links below to postulate.
Please RT, many thanks
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« Tous les agriculteurs ne sont pas insensibles aux questions environnementales » TRIBUNE. L’historien et spécialiste du syndicalisme agricole Jean-Philippe Martin estime, dans une tribune au « Monde », que tous les agriculteurs et les défenseurs de l’écologie auraient intérêt à re...

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

#VAMP7-dependent late endosomal #secretion of #ER and #mitochondrial proteins impacts the #tumor #microenvironment and #macrophage engagement
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New research provides insight into how division orientation is controlled to ensure robust tissue architecture during plant growth.

Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3Okfjp7

CELL MIGRATION LAB We study cell migration in health and disease

🚨 We are hiring TWO postdocs to join the Cell Migration Lab (cellmig.org) 🇫🇮 as part of the new Centre of Excellence in Immune–Endothelial Interfaces (IMMENs).
Join us to decode immune regulation & develop next-gen imaging tools! 🧪🔬
Details in thread 🧵👇
#ScienceSky #Postdoc #AcademicJobs Please RT🫶

Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.

Plants can sense when their barrier is injured—and repair it! 🌱
This stunning work, led by Hiroyuki Iida, shows that wounding is sensed through the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen.
I had the pleasure of contributing and see this project grow.

Check it out👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Motifs and chemistry dictate the role of intrinsically disordered regions - Nature Cell Biology Research shows that the function of intrinsically disordered regions within proteins relies on both linear sequence motifs and broader chemical context, allowing evolution to preserve function without...

🍰Read also the News & Views article written by Yu-Xi Xiao & Alan M. Moses:
👉https://rdcu.be/e4W1D
bit.ly/4kO0Lua

Sequence and chemical specificity define the functional landscape of intrinsically disordered regions - Nature Cell Biology Langstein-Skora, Schmid, Huth et al. propose that intrinsically disordered region functionality can be driven by the interplay between linear binding motifs and contextual chemical characteristics suc...

☕Langstein-Skora, Schmid, Huth et al. propose that intrinsically disordered region functionality can be driven by the interplay between linear binding motifs and contextual chemical characteristics such as charge and hydrophobicity. @alexholehouse.bsky.social
bit.ly/46iObx3

The most beautiful cover I have seen lately 🤩 congrats for this great piece of work! @camilagoldy.bsky.social @mc-caillaud.bsky.social @rdplab.bsky.social

Join us next Tuesday for the next @dgz.bsky.social workshop on #trafficking and EVs! Spread the word please!

𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙞𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨 - Spetses, Greece - May 2026 | Utrecht University Utrecht University

CALLING PHDs AND POSTDOCS! Apply for the 20th FEBS/EMBO summer school on Membranes lipids & proteins in organelle biogenesis! Spend a glorious week with leaders in the field on the beautiful island of Spetses in Greece this May. Registration: spetses2026.sites.uu.nl @embo.org @febspress.bsky.social

📢 Registration for the 28th Annual Meeting of the Club Exocytose-Endocytose is open until April 15 !
👉 Register here: exoendo.org/en/evenement...
Please share widely!
@gdrimabio.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social @sbcf.bsky.social @embo.org @febsletters.bsky.social @sneuroendo.bsky.social

ONLINE COVER Maximum-intensity projection of a confocal image of epidermal cells from the Thale cress roots, where four colors stain different cell parts. Goldy et al. demonstrate that the protein actin allows cells to override standard division rules by stabilizing the orientation of spindles, which segregate chromosomes during mitosis. This uncovers a previously under-appreciated role for actin cytoskeletons, providing new insight into how division orientation is controlled to ensure robust tissue architecture during plant growth. Credit: Camila Goldy

What could be more satisfying than this ?

✨️Congrats to all the authors ✨️

Could not be more proud of you 🥹

Credit: Camila Goldy @camilagoldy.bsky.social

Hybrid endosomal coats contain different classes of sorting nexins - The EMBO Journal Endosomes are protein sorting stations, where multiple membrane coats form tubulovesicular carriers exporting proteins to the Golgi, the plasma membrane, or endo-lysosomal compartments. Distinct class...

Hybrid endosomal coats contain different classes of sorting nexins
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

ER remodelling is a feature of ageing and depends on ER-phagy - Nature Cell Biology Donahue et al. show that ageing is associated with changes in ER morphology. ER-phagy drives age-associated ER remodelling through tissue-specific factors.

☕Donahue et al. show that #aging is associated with changes in ER morphology. ER-phagy drives age-associated ER remodeling through tissue-specific factors. #autophagy #longevity
bit.ly/40dNHEE

Check our this great #preprint from @cohenlaboratory.bsky.social on how organelle contact sites rewire during neuronal development #membranes

Our new paper's out: FidlTrack—structure-aware single-particle tracking benchmarks/boost SPT fidelity

With it we resolve with sub-organelle res. e.g. BACE1 amyloidogenic APP cleavage #Alzheimers, ER exit events, map nanobody binding in realtime in ER/organelles 🔬🧠#SingleMolecule

rdcu.be/e3Ris

Shrimp and fish could be grown locally in Umeå A new research project will use surplus heat from Dåva to farm shrimp and fish with a low carbon footprint.

www.umu.se/en/news/trop...
@umeaplantsciencecentre.se

Motif-based substrate mapping of the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1 reveals novel components and regulatory nodes of plant immunity - Nature Plants Cell surface receptors perceive immunogenic elicitors, triggering downstream signalling via receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases such as BIK1. Here the authors define and use the phosphorylation motif of...

Very impressive work identifying novel BIK1 substrates (and immunity players) in Arabidopsis 🔽!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm excited to repost my first #PlantaePSRW research summary as a Plantae Fellow! And looking forward to sharing many more! #PlantScience