"It takes TOR to Tango"
Today, @scourbier.bsky.social showed how TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN activity is involved in shade mediated hypocotyl elongation.
Curious? Check out the pre-print doi.org/10.64898/202...
📆Oct 09 #PlantScience

@scourbier.bsky.social
MSCA fellow in Hiltbrunner lab at University of Freiburg, Germany. Studying the interplay between light and defense signaling in plants.
"It takes TOR to Tango"
Today, @scourbier.bsky.social showed how TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN activity is involved in shade mediated hypocotyl elongation.
Curious? Check out the pre-print doi.org/10.64898/202...
📆Oct 09 #PlantScience
📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: Young Researchers' Symposium for Plant Photobiology 2027
👉https://buff.ly/yZihyUF
Almost at 25% target - thank you for all donations so far 💚
We are just over 20% of target. Thank you to all who have donated so far. Please keep donating and sharing 💚
Congratulations, Wouter! I'm so happy I could catch you on your last day at WUR! Best of luck at Maastricht University, they're lucky to have you! 🙏🏼🥳
After 12 wonderful years at Wageningen University & Research, it’s time for a new chapter: I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining Maastricht University!
🎉✨ 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...
Alisha Alisha from @plantphotobiology.bsky.social lab in Freiburg is focusing on investigating the role of FHY1 in phytochrome signaling in the moss Physcomitrium patens #MAdLand2026 #plantsci
We are crowdfunding for a bench in a peaceful spot at Winterbourne Botanic Garden in Birmingham in memory of Philippa Borrill. Please share widely. Please email me or @drelunadiez.bsky.social for more details. 💚🌾🌿🌳 If you would like to contribute, the link is below ⬇️.
Thank you so much for initiating this, it's such a thoughtful idea!
The global Plant Proteostasis community is gathering in Strasbourg for the 5th International Conference on Plant Proteostasis 2026 (Oct 14-16) at @ibmp-cnrs.bsky.social ! 🌍🌱
🔗 proteostasis-26.sciencesconf.org
#PlantScience #Proteostasis
Last Friday was a great opportunity to celebrate how fantastic are the @domps-ufr.bsky.social postdoc! Plus I had the privilege to introduce the new DOMPS logo.
Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 We are celebrating the postdocs who bring new ideas, expertise, and great energy to our DOMPS community! Next to that, let us take this opportunity to introduce our new logo. 💚🧬💙
📣 We are looking for a PhD student in 2027!
Interested in studying rapid evolutionary dynamics of species in changing climates?
Apply to the MOI LAB by Nov 19!
Flyer below & tinyurl.com/flyerphdmoilab
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@innovativegenomics.bsky.social
@hhmi-science.bsky.social
Many of you may have heard the terrible news of Dr. Meng Chen's sudden death.
I just found this tribute from UC Riverside cnas.ucr.edu/news/2026/09...
and a beautiful review article he contributed to @plantphys.bsky.social earlier this year, "25 years of photobodies" doi.org/10.1093/plph...
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A redox-regulated RCC1-like protein controls catalase activity in Arabidopsis 🌱 by Zhoubo Hu et al. @zhoubo1234.bsky.social, @biology-unige.bsky.social - published final version now available, open access @natcomms.nature.com
How is CRISPR embedded in society—and how can it change agriculture? 🌱🧬
Ursula Franklin argued long before CRISPR-Cas that technologies are shaped by the systems around them: regulation, access and trust!
#NGT @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de
The Hiltbrunner lab is on its way to @ispphotobiology.bsky.social with the lab! We are very excited, see you in a few hours!