Auxin kept us entertained. This time brought us to the south of Portugal. Some intense days at #AUXIN2026 @aabiologists.bsky.social So great to have met in person a bunch of colleagues!
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Enric Bertran Garcia de Olalla
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EMBO postdoc fellow at the RDP, ENS de Lyon. Since I managed to dissect the shoot apical meristem of Arabidopsis, here I am dealing with the consequences
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@plantteaching.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialGood grief. What a depressing article.
Plants mentioned briefly once, about their interactions with animals.
How can the New York Times pretend to have captured "the biggest question in science" without reference to the most important kingdom, which sustains us? 😤
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/s...
@jxbotany.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.social🌱 "The Many Faces of Auxin: From Molecular Mechanisms to Morphogenesis" is now open! 🌱
This special issue is linked to #Auxin2026 and edited by Dior Kelley, Lars Østergaard & Andrea Gallavotti 📝
📅 Deadline 30 Nov 2026
Got a manuscript? Contact the JXB office: bit.ly/JXBissues
#PlantScience 🧪
@jxbotany.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialWe’re delighted to be in Albuferia, Portugal this week for #Auxin2026!
The JXB special issue affiliated with the meeting, "The Many Faces of Auxin: From Molecular Mechanisms to Morphogenesis" is open now 📝
@dev-journal.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialPathway to Independence – an interview with Josep Mercadal
In this interview, @josepmercadal.bsky.social talks about the importance of interdisciplinary diversity for developmental biology, as well as his hopes and plans for his future lab.
@ckirchhelle.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialSuper cool seminar today @rdplab.bsky.social from @haesleinhuepf.bsky.social, a must-hear perspective on AI in image analysis!
@mariemonniaux.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialWe have written a review on MADS-box genes expression in developing floral organs, which has been under-explored as compared to their early role to specify floral organ identity.
Congrats to Emma Désert for her first review article as a PhD student! #proudPI @rdplab.bsky.social
@josepmercadal.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialFuck this. If this is the future of scientific papers, I'm out. And shame on @nature.com for engaging in this bullshit AI booster propaganda. Profit above all yet again. Why not stop doing science altogether?
@holocastellani.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialSo proud of this! Once again great teamwork and a great story from a very unusual model!!! Check it out!!!!
@amarques.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialOut today in Nature: sex without crossovers.
Rhynchospora tenuis makes pollen, fertilises and sets seed, yet 0 crossovers in 10,997 pollen nuclei. Chromosome drive and ~87% seed abortion rebuild the mother's genotype, so the offspring are clones.
@enricplantsplants.bsky.socialI am glad to use the balcony during these last days of summer, including attending the @embo.org lab leadership course @embolableadership.bsky.social (or at least until thirsty mosquitoes come to say hi)
@paduba.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialHappy to share our latest work digging a bit more into what makes the the core microbiota of photosynthetic organisms convergent (or not!). Work performed @lipme-toulouse.bsky.social @cnrs.fr, in collaboration with @guan06rui.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3e958dt6 (1/10)
@rdplab.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.social⚠️New work from the RDP institute ⚠️
➡️ Ingram and Zipfel teams reveal how embryo-derived signals help coordinate seed development.
📖 An embryo-derived peptide signal directs endosperm polarity in Arabidopsis
Out at Science:
@ppflrs.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialYou'll never dry alone: cross‐kingdom metabolic coupling supports the desiccation resilience in a macroalgal holobiont - nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@mromeiromotta.bsky.socialReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialPhD position available (start 2027) in my group at TUM! We study how mechanical stress controls cell cycle progression and cytoskeletal dynamics in plants, combining cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics. CV + cover letter to [email protected]. RTs welcome! #PlantSciJobs
@maxperutzlabs.ac.atReposted by @enricplantsplants.bsky.socialJúlia Garcia Baucells from the Dammermann lab defended her thesis “Centrosome mechanical properties in C. elegans cell division”! Well done, congratulations 👏🤩
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#phdone