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 and Javier Gallego-Bartolomé (IBMCP), 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

Happy to share our new paper Nature Communications where we describe how gradients of cellular dynamics shape #gynoecium development in #Arabidopsis rdcu.be/dDE6K Thanks 𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒 𝔾ó𝕞𝕖𝕫-𝔽𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕖 🔬🌱🇲🇽 for your outstanding performance and dedication to science! #MorphoGraphX

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 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/…

Yasin Dagdas introducing the autophagy session IPMB2024 Looking forward for the nice science!

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

Goodbye Cairns! What an amazing #IPMB conference with cool science and old and new friends. On to Mechanobiology Institute NUS NTU Singapore IDMxS !!!

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 :-)

New professor position - please RT. We are looking for an Assistant (tenure-track) or Associate Professor to join our Department of Plant Sciences in Geneva, Switzerland (biveg.unige.ch). Deadline for applications: Oct. 31, 2024. Biologie - UNIGE #plantscijobs

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…

Job alert-we are looking for a creative PhD student to join our team for an innovative CryoET and CryoEM research project on plant cell walls and membrane complexes. If you are interested send us an email!

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