Congratulations to the winners of best PhD talk @ #MAdLand2026 from right to left: @caeciliafkunz.bsky.social from @jandevries.bsky.social lab, who won @theplantjournal.bsky.social award 🌱 @thanahartmann.bsky.social from Schuller lab and @hannahlepper.bsky.social from @franzificht.bsky.social lab

The 2nd paper in Frontiers in Plant Science' topic Evolution of Protein Families:
Pan-genome analysis of the sunflower LOX gene family: evolution, expression, and salt stress-responsive candidate genes. doi.org/10.3389/fpls...
Many others in the pipeline. Check if your work fits: shorturl.at/1a57C

🎉✨ Großer Erfolg für Freiburg: Die #unifreiburg ist wieder #Exzellenzuniversität. Ab 2027 wird sie im Rahmen der #Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern institutionell gefördert. #ufrexu26 #wirsindexzellent
➡️ Mehr dazu: ufr.link/wir-sind-exz...

The last talk of the meeting! We’re a little sad that #MAdLand2026 is coming to an end, but very happy to welcome our guest speaker, @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social from Toulouse. He will talk about the evolution of plant–microbe interactions at the water-to-land transition. 🌱 #plantsci

We are very happy to welcome our next guest speaker, Liam Dolan @liamdolanlab.bsky.social from the GMI in Vienna. He is telling us more about the development of the Marchantia polymorpha sporeling #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Chiara Kuhlmann from the Schünemann Lab in Bochum will take us into the fascinating world of chloroplast protein transport, exploring how these mechanisms have adapted throughout land plant evolution. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Last talk before the coffee break and already the final short talk of the meeting is given by @thanahartmann.bsky.social from the Schuller Lab in Marburg, taking us into the world of Cryo-Electron Tomography of streptophyte algae #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Next we have Nora Gutsche from the Zachgo lab in Osnabrück sharing her insights on the analysis of developmental TGA transcription factor functions in Riccia fluitans, a reductively evolved liverwort and how it unveils divergent evolutionary TGA trajectories #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Our first talk after lunch will be given by Haruna Nomizo from the Uchida lab in Japan, who will share her insights into Cell division behavior of proliferative outermost cells during discoid thallus morphogenesis in Coleochaete scutata. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Next, Elisa Goldbecker from @jandevries.bsky.social in Göttingen will share her insights into core transcriptomic responses of Zygnematophyceae to a gradient of terrestrial stressors. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Next, Tim Ruder from the Pfannschmidt lab in Hannover will share his latest discoveries on a conserved geometric core that defines the RNA polymerase ω-subunit family. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Now we'll hear from Norina Noor from the Frank Lab in Munich, who will present her work on the functional analysis of small RNA pathways in bryophytes. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

The new session starts with Lea Marie Preuß from the Ischebeck lab in Münster sharing her insights on the Evolution of lipid droplet- associated proteins and their role in drought resistance #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Next up, @clinton-sa.bsky.social from @grandpahiro.bsky.social lab is exploring the evolution of SA signalling and NPR protein function using Marchantia polymorpha and Physcomitrium patens as research models. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Next up, Christine Kühn from the Richter lab in Rostock is taking us across the streptophyte lineage to explore metabolic sensing and high-light acclimation. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

And we’ve reached the final talk of the session! Mina Kazemianrouhi from the Reumann lab in Hamburg is exploring how peroxisome functions evolved and assembled during plant terrestrialization. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

@linusboernke.eurosky.social from the @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is sharing his latest insights on sugar signaling and metabolism in Marchantia polymorpha. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

@hannahlepper.bsky.social from @franzificht.bsky.social in Düsseldorf is telling us more about Trehalose 6-phosphate as an ancient sucrose-specific signal shaping (land) plant evolution #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Starting fresh into a new day! 🌱 We’re very happy to welcome @moodytomato.bsky.social from Oxford as our next guest speaker, who will be unravelling the origins of multidimensional growth in plants with us. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci

Elena Sturm from the Bucher & Becker lab in Cologne is exploring the evolutionary links between nutrient starvation responses and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis during plant terrestrialization. #MAdLand2026 #plantsci