Svenja Augustin
@augustinsvenja.bsky.social
PhD student @ceplas.bsky.social working on plant development, board member @oekoprog.bsky.social, #GiveGenesAChance
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Countdown has started:
There are only 10 days left, if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 10 days left, if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
Registration is open to take part in the Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026), which especially invites early career scientists to present their molecular #plantsci research www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Countdown has started:
There are only 10 days left, if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
There are only 10 days left, if you want to join
Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef
Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
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🔥We released a new episode of the Night Science Podcast today, all about the power of improvisation in life, the arts and the sciences. We talked with Stephen Nachmanovitch who wrote the classic book "Free Play". Check it out and please me know what you think!
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
🔥We released a new episode of the Night Science Podcast today, all about the power of improvisation in life, the arts and the sciences. We talked with Stephen Nachmanovitch who wrote the classic book "Free Play". Check it out and please me know what you think!
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This is a such an inspiring book about the art of improvisation and how it applies to our lives in general. I think it’s also very relevant also for what it’s like to do science. It was a pleasure to talk with Stephen about it on the Night Science podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This is a such an inspiring book about the art of improvisation and how it applies to our lives in general. I think it’s also very relevant also for what it’s like to do science. It was a pleasure to talk with Stephen about it on the Night Science podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/165i...
At the start of each imaging experiment, I have to determine settings for the microscope, which are then kept consistent throughout the experiment. Based upon how long one sample takes with these settings, I can then calculate how much time I’ll need to spend at the confocal.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
At the start of each imaging experiment, I have to determine settings for the microscope, which are then kept consistent throughout the experiment. Based upon how long one sample takes with these settings, I can then calculate how much time I’ll need to spend at the confocal.
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It was already known that auxins (surprise!) had a key role controlling the end of flowering, plant menopause. Now we can tell you how and where they act in the inflorescence meristem to control the process.
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4
Local regulation of auxin-related pathways in the shoot apical meristem plays a major role during proliferative arrest
González-Cuadra et al. show that repression of auxin-related pathways locally in the
SAM is key in the control of proliferative arrest. FRUITFULL regulates these pathways
to promote meristem arrest. B...
www.cell.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It was already known that auxins (surprise!) had a key role controlling the end of flowering, plant menopause. Now we can tell you how and where they act in the inflorescence meristem to control the process.
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4
Plants: happy, healthy, and reaching the required developmental stages ✅
Microscope: working and available ✅
Favourite dissection tools: arrived on time ✅
Analysis of the last experiment: done ✅
Final selection of stable reporter lines for the next experiment: in progress 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
Microscope: working and available ✅
Favourite dissection tools: arrived on time ✅
Analysis of the last experiment: done ✅
Final selection of stable reporter lines for the next experiment: in progress 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Plants: happy, healthy, and reaching the required developmental stages ✅
Microscope: working and available ✅
Favourite dissection tools: arrived on time ✅
Analysis of the last experiment: done ✅
Final selection of stable reporter lines for the next experiment: in progress 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
Microscope: working and available ✅
Favourite dissection tools: arrived on time ✅
Analysis of the last experiment: done ✅
Final selection of stable reporter lines for the next experiment: in progress 🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
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Hi all @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social members and other 🌽community folks, #MBP2026 🌱 is no open for registration. Please 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
Conference
Conference "Molecular Biology of Plants", annual meeting of the Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology in the DBG
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hi all @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social members and other 🌽community folks, #MBP2026 🌱 is no open for registration. Please 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
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I'm never sure how many of my #Foellowers on here are interested in this, or even speak German, but if you're curious about what I'm doing if I'm not posting on here, a brand-new episode of MAITHINK X just went online and you can find it here: maithinkx.de/Folge50
(You won't see me there, though)
(You won't see me there, though)
Muskelaufbau - Mythen vs. Fakten
Was steckt hinter den ultimativen Trainingstipps der Fitness-Influencer? Und was ist wissenschaftlich gesehen das effektivste Training, um Muskeln aufzubauen? Mai widmet sich dem Thema Fitness.
maithinkx.de
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I'm never sure how many of my #Foellowers on here are interested in this, or even speak German, but if you're curious about what I'm doing if I'm not posting on here, a brand-new episode of MAITHINK X just went online and you can find it here: maithinkx.de/Folge50
(You won't see me there, though)
(You won't see me there, though)
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social, head of Biotechnology & Genome Editing, at @leibnizipk.bsky.social joins our webinar on New Genomic Techniques to boost sustainability in Europe”! 🇪🇺🌾
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Robert Hoffie @forscherrobert.bsky.social, head of Biotechnology & Genome Editing, at @leibnizipk.bsky.social joins our webinar on New Genomic Techniques to boost sustainability in Europe”! 🇪🇺🌾
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
Join us Sep 18 at 16:00 CEST! 📅
Free Registrations at forms.office.com/e/RXJwce0Y4G
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Job
Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm
In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm
In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
Job Openings
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de
September 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Job
Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm
In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
Coordinator position: Science Communication #SciComm
In Excellence Cluster @ceplas.bsky.social
"SMART Plants for Tomorrow’s Needs"
@hhu.de
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/en/job-openi...
My luggage if I travel 4 hours to Bremen: one backpack.
My luggage for a nine-day research trip to Wageningen (2h by car): a suitcase, a backpack, and an IKEA bag - because, god forbid, they might not have my specific favourite coffee and tea in this exotic, foreign country 😅
My colleague: 1x 🧳
My luggage for a nine-day research trip to Wageningen (2h by car): a suitcase, a backpack, and an IKEA bag - because, god forbid, they might not have my specific favourite coffee and tea in this exotic, foreign country 😅
My colleague: 1x 🧳
August 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My luggage if I travel 4 hours to Bremen: one backpack.
My luggage for a nine-day research trip to Wageningen (2h by car): a suitcase, a backpack, and an IKEA bag - because, god forbid, they might not have my specific favourite coffee and tea in this exotic, foreign country 😅
My colleague: 1x 🧳
My luggage for a nine-day research trip to Wageningen (2h by car): a suitcase, a backpack, and an IKEA bag - because, god forbid, they might not have my specific favourite coffee and tea in this exotic, foreign country 😅
My colleague: 1x 🧳
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Heute trendet #Wahlfreiheit wegen einer Petition, in der es um #Gentechnik geht. Sie richtet gegen ein laufendes Verfahren auf EU-Ebene zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken in der Pflanzenzüchtung.
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Koexistenz, Wahlfreiheit - Wo ist überhaupt das Problem? - Progressive Agrarwende
Sind Koexistenz und Wahlfreiheit zwischen verschiedenen Formen der Landwirtschaft durch Neue Genomischen Techniken wie CRISPR & Co in Gefahr?
progressive-agrarwende.org
August 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Heute trendet #Wahlfreiheit wegen einer Petition, in der es um #Gentechnik geht. Sie richtet gegen ein laufendes Verfahren auf EU-Ebene zur Regulierung von Neuen Genomischen Techniken in der Pflanzenzüchtung.
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
Der Petitionstext enthält zahlreiche Fehler. Die Wahlfreiheit ist nicht in Gefahr:
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Please RT: We are hiring 📣! We are looking for a coordinator of our CEPLAS Graduate School!
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
July 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Please RT: We are hiring 📣! We are looking for a coordinator of our CEPLAS Graduate School!
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
If you are interested in working in an international and dynamic academic environment with highly motivated and talented ECRs, check out the details here: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
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Best practices in plant fluorescence imaging and reporting: A primer (Kirk J Czymmek , Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso , Tessa Burch-Smith , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Best practices in plant fluorescence imaging and reporting: A primer (Kirk J Czymmek , Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso , Tessa Burch-Smith , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience
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To promote the collection, I’ve launched a designer clothing line where synthetic biology meets aesthetics.
I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
August 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
To promote the collection, I’ve launched a designer clothing line where synthetic biology meets aesthetics.
I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
I will give out 100 free limited edition shirts to the first who retweet and order with their handle in the name! Available here → nickdesnoyer.com 🧵(6/7)
August 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Newton's Laws of Graduation, Part 3 - The Third Law 😆
August 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Newton's Laws of Graduation, Part 3 - The Third Law 😆
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🧬Die EU plant einen neuen Biotech-Rechtsakt – und du kannst mitreden!
Fülle den Online-Fragebogen aus und sag der EU, wo der Weg in Sachen Biotechnologie, Bioökonomie & Co. hingehen soll.
💬Jede*r kann mitmachen – egal ob Forscherin, Aktivist oder einfach interessiert.
➡️https://shorturl.at/a8yTm
Fülle den Online-Fragebogen aus und sag der EU, wo der Weg in Sachen Biotechnologie, Bioökonomie & Co. hingehen soll.
💬Jede*r kann mitmachen – egal ob Forscherin, Aktivist oder einfach interessiert.
➡️https://shorturl.at/a8yTm
August 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🧬Die EU plant einen neuen Biotech-Rechtsakt – und du kannst mitreden!
Fülle den Online-Fragebogen aus und sag der EU, wo der Weg in Sachen Biotechnologie, Bioökonomie & Co. hingehen soll.
💬Jede*r kann mitmachen – egal ob Forscherin, Aktivist oder einfach interessiert.
➡️https://shorturl.at/a8yTm
Fülle den Online-Fragebogen aus und sag der EU, wo der Weg in Sachen Biotechnologie, Bioökonomie & Co. hingehen soll.
💬Jede*r kann mitmachen – egal ob Forscherin, Aktivist oder einfach interessiert.
➡️https://shorturl.at/a8yTm
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Gemeinsam, nachhaltig, progressiv denken und gestalten - Unser Treffen am Niederrhein am Wochenende war voller Ideen, Austausch & Inspiration!
Stoffströme, WissComm, lecker Essen (🪱 🦗 ) und tolle Menschen.
Danke an alle für das großartige Wochenende! 🌱 💚
Foto Credits: Katrin Wientges
Stoffströme, WissComm, lecker Essen (🪱 🦗 ) und tolle Menschen.
Danke an alle für das großartige Wochenende! 🌱 💚
Foto Credits: Katrin Wientges
July 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Gemeinsam, nachhaltig, progressiv denken und gestalten - Unser Treffen am Niederrhein am Wochenende war voller Ideen, Austausch & Inspiration!
Stoffströme, WissComm, lecker Essen (🪱 🦗 ) und tolle Menschen.
Danke an alle für das großartige Wochenende! 🌱 💚
Foto Credits: Katrin Wientges
Stoffströme, WissComm, lecker Essen (🪱 🦗 ) und tolle Menschen.
Danke an alle für das großartige Wochenende! 🌱 💚
Foto Credits: Katrin Wientges
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Jetzt ist Mittwoch und dieses ökoproggige Event ist noch immer in meinem Hirn. 🧠🌱 Mein Gedanke: Es ist so toll, dass wir so viele Menschen zusammen brigne, die sich mit diversen Themen auskennen. #Biodiversität, #Bioökonomie, #Stoffstromanalyse, Farmer Identitäten (🤭 Werbung in eigener Sache)...
July 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Jetzt ist Mittwoch und dieses ökoproggige Event ist noch immer in meinem Hirn. 🧠🌱 Mein Gedanke: Es ist so toll, dass wir so viele Menschen zusammen brigne, die sich mit diversen Themen auskennen. #Biodiversität, #Bioökonomie, #Stoffstromanalyse, Farmer Identitäten (🤭 Werbung in eigener Sache)...
Our lab just invested in yet another reason to do more quantitative image analysis 🔬📈🚀
I just can’t wait to work with this computer! 🥰
I just can’t wait to work with this computer! 🥰
July 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Our lab just invested in yet another reason to do more quantitative image analysis 🔬📈🚀
I just can’t wait to work with this computer! 🥰
I just can’t wait to work with this computer! 🥰
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Have you ever wondered why virus-infected plants twist, curl, yellow, and/or stop growing? We did—you can read what we found in our latest review: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @gmvalora.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social
Symptom Development in Plant Viral Diseases: What, How, and Why? | Annual Reviews
Plant viruses are obligate intracellular pathogens that hijack host cellular machinery to support their replication and spread. Viral infection induces a variety of structural and physiological change...
www.annualreviews.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Have you ever wondered why virus-infected plants twist, curl, yellow, and/or stop growing? We did—you can read what we found in our latest review: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @gmvalora.bsky.social @annualreviews.bsky.social