The European mistletoe 🌿 knows how to anchor: Its V-shaped interface with the host tree lasts 20+ years. Max Mylo @plantbiomax.bsky.social & co-researchers from @uni-freiburg.de and Fraunhofer IWM mimicked this V-shape in glass-fiber-reinforced #polypropylene: https://tinyurl.com/38h36pnu
#BJNANO
🚨 Calling all #PlantScience ECRs! 🚨
JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪
✨ You’ll gain:
🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience
📝 Write commentary pieces
🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩💻
🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept
👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social
JXB EDITORIAL INTERNSHIPS 2026 "My JXB internship was an excel-lent opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the editorial and publishing process." Sujit Jung Karki, University College Dublin, JXB intern 2024 19 "I had the opportunity to publish an Insight article as the sole author, which was something I did not expect to be able to achieve at this early point in my career." Katie Watson, University of Hong Kong, JXB intern 2025 "Being an editorial intern has been an enriching and formative experience." Luis Alonso Baez, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, JXB intern 2025 Apply by 30th September 2025 bit.ly/jxbinterns
💡 Did you know the JXB Editorial Internships call is now open? 💡
This is the 4th round of our internship programme 🌱
Check out what past interns had to say about their experience 👩💻
Deadline: 30 Sept
👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns?ut...
#PlantScience 🧪
🪴🧪Learning from the fascinating relationship between mistletoe and its host for functional materials: My latest #OpenAccess publication in @beilstein-institut.bsky.social J of Nanotech transfers this concept to bioinspired functionally graded polymers:
www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/artic...
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Hey, that's our paper making the rounds again! Very cool research done with @plantbiomax.bsky.social and other colleagues at @uni-freiburg.de
Setzen gemeinsam den Spaten an für den Neubau des Ingenierzentrums Nachhaltigkeit (v.l.n.r.): Prof. Dr. Karsten Buse (Fraunhofer IPM), Prof. Dr. Andreas Bett (Fraunhofer ISE), Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Quay (Fraunhofer IAF), Christopher Höfler (Sacker Architekten GmbH), Dr. Patricie Merkert (Fraunhofer IAF), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), Prof. Dr. Kerstin Krieglstein (Universität Freiburg), Martin Horn (Stadt Freiburg), Michael Kleiner (Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Tourismus Baden-Württemberg), Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Stefan Hiermaier (Fraunhofer EMI), Prof. Dr. Chris Eberl (Fraunhofer IWM), Prof. Dr. Alexander Reiterer (Fraunhofer IPM), Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Henning (Fraunhofer ISE), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Balle (Universität Freiburg). Foto: Kai-Uwe Wudtke
Baubeginn für Ingenieurzentrum #Nachhaltigkeit (IZN): Auf dem Freiburger Campus Flugplatz werden künftig Forschende der #UniversitätFreiburg und der fünf Freiburger #Fraunhofer -Institute gemeinsam an Themen aus dem Bereich Nachhaltigkeit arbeiten.
➡️ ufr.link/baubeginn-izn
@fraunhofer.bsky.social
Testing the students' metamaterial bridges was an engaging close to this year's Master's course in programmable bio-inspired metamaterials at IMTEK at the @uni-freiburg.de. Many thanks to my colleague Naeim Ghavidelnia for his brilliant ideas and efforts during the course!
@livmats.bsky.social
An #OpenAccess Insight Article, including a brilliant illustration comparing plant parasite germination, has just been published in @jxbotany.bsky.social, commenting on my latest @livmats.bsky.social paper on mistletoe germination: academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... 🌱📝
@l-teixeiracosta.bsky.social
What a fun poster session at the @sebiology.bsky.social conference in Antwerp yesterday! @l-teixeiracosta.bsky.social & I shared our latest results on mistletoe germination, giving the audience a cinema feeling of our 3D visualizations 😎
@jxbotany.bsky.social Paper:
academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
From the pages of @jxbotany.bsky.social to the poster session of #SEBconference @sebiology.bsky.social: our latest on #mistletoe biomechanics, anatomy, and seedling development! @plantbiomax.bsky.social and I invite you to stop by poster A5.49 to chat and see mistletoes come to life with 3D glasses!
Der liegende Spieler ist dich im Abseits oder nicht?
Wieso ist das kein Abseits? So sehr es mich für Röhl freut
Rosenfelder taktisch so clever den Marktwert nochmal gedrückt bevor er dann kommende Woche verpflichtet wird.
🚨 New paper alert!
And this is special because it has been in the pipeline for 5 years. We used #microCT scanning to show that, despite their minute vegetative body, #ParasiticPlants like #Pilostyles form an extensive colony within the host bark.
academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
While we're working on a nice gimmick for our @sebiology.bsky.social poster, our colleagues think it's movie day at the office...
Also, check out the supplementary material on Zenodo, which includes additional data and some really cool visualisations of the mistletoe seedling CT scans:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
From start to finish, it was a pure joy to work with @l-teixeiracosta.bsky.social and the rest of the team! It's great to see what can be achieved when you combine expertise & research around a joint idea. I'm very proud of our next @livmats.bsky.social publication and my first paper as lead author.
