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Dirk Becker
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Molecular Plant Physiology, Ion Channels, Transport and Signaling
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Congrats to Uli, Bjørn & team! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transport of phenoxyacetic acid herbicides by PIN-FORMED auxin transporters - Nature Plants
PIN transporters are key players in distributing phenoxyacetic acid herbicides. Mutagenesis and cryo-EM structures elucidate substrate specificity and transport mechanisms, paving the way for improved...
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April 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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lauracleventhal.bsky.social
Excited to share my first first-author paper! 🌱🧬 'Planting Genomes in the Wild: Arabidopsis From Genetics History to the Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Era' with Dr. Megan Ruffely and @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social

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#PlantScience #Genomics #Arabidopsis #EvoEco
Planting Genomes in the Wild: Arabidopsis From Genetics History to the Ecology and Evolutionary Genomics Era | Annual Reviews
The genetics model system Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. lives across a vast geographic range with contrasting climates, in response to which it has evolved diverse life histories and phenotypic ada...
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February 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Bridging the borders… www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Plasmodesmata act as unconventional membrane contact sites regulating intercellular molecular exchange in plants
Membrane contact sites (MCSs) are fundamental for intracellular communication, but their role in intercellular communication remains unexplored. We sh…
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February 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Amazing! Congrats… www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Marchantia polymorpha pangenome reveals ancient mechanisms of plant adaptation to the environment - Nature Genetics
Pangenome analyses of 133 wild accessions of the model bryophyte Marchantia polymorpha identify adaptive features and provide insights into the mechanisms of plant adaptation to the terrestrial enviro...
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February 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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parkergroup.bsky.social
Check out our new study! We show that Arabidopsis uses the EDS1-SAG101-NRG1 node to trigger rapid yet contained cell death. Key finding: NRG1C variant regulates this process by competing with functional NRG1s. Amazing collaboration between Jijie Chai and Parker Labs.
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February 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Read for the weekend…
A bi-kinase module sensitizes and potentiates plant immune signaling | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A bi-kinase module sensitizes and potentiates plant immune signaling
Mutual activation of a Ca2+ sensing bi-kinase module potentiates NADPH oxidase activation to facilitate systemic immunity.
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February 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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somssich.bsky.social
📜 A green lifetime biosensor for calcium that remains bright over its full dynamic range

🧑‍🔬 Franka H van der Linden, @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social, et al.

📔 @elife.bsky.social

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#️⃣ #Microscopy #Calcium #Biosensor #Bioimaging #Fluorophores
A green lifetime biosensor for calcium that remains bright over its full dynamic range
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February 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Chemical genetics reveals cross-regulation of plant developmental signaling by the immune peptide-receptor pathway | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Chemical genetics reveals cross-regulation of plant developmental signaling by the immune peptide-receptor pathway
A small compound uncovers the MAP kinase homeostasis–based signal specificity between plant development and immunity.
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February 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Novel insights in plant hydrotropism www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
MIZ1 regulates ECA1 to generate a slow, long-distance phloem-transmitted Ca2+ signal essential for root water tracking in Arabidopsis | PNAS
Ever since Darwin postulated that the tip of the root is sensitive to moisture differences and that it “transmits an influence to the upper adjoini...
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February 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Leveraging light-gated channelrhodopsins for strengthening plant physiological responses: Trends in Plant Science www.cell.com/trends/plant...
Leveraging light-gated channelrhodopsins for strengthening plant physiological responses
Strengthening plant physiological traits is crucial for sustainable plant improvement. The underlying molecular mechanisms of rhodopsin-based plant improvement remain largely unknown. However, a recen...
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February 2, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Plant roots sense soil compaction through restricted ethylene diffusion | Science www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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January 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Congrats!
January 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Calcium-dependent protein kinases CPK3/4/6/11 and 27 respond to osmotic stress and activate SnRK2s in Arabidopsis: Developmental Cell www.cell.com/developmenta...
Calcium-dependent protein kinases CPK3/4/6/11 and 27 respond to osmotic stress and activate SnRK2s in Arabidopsis
Osmotic stress triggers the transient elevation of cytosolic Ca2+ levels and the rapid activation of SnRK2 protein kinases. Li and Hu et al. show the critical roles of CPK3/4/6/11/27 in decoding Ca2+ ...
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January 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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The German Society for Plant Sciences (Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft DBG) is now on Bluesky 🌱
#PlantScience
@plantsciencedbg.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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uni-wuerzburg.de
Sometimes the grass is indeed greener – and the sky is blue!
We are ending activities on X and joining bluesky.

➡️https://go.uniwue.de/exit
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January 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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charlesrleveillee.bsky.social
The Nobori Masterpiece is out! What a nice interpretation of complex datasets. Congratulations @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social and team!
tatsuyanobori.bsky.social Tatsuya Nobori @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social · Jan 8
New year, new paper! Now published in @nature.com. We identified and characterised diverse immune cell states in plants under pathogen attack. My postdoc work in the Ecker lab at @salkinstitute.bsky.social. A thread (0/n)
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January 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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and from the same lab including some esteemed colleagues from Wuerzburg...
#ionchannels involved on root #Calcium dependent #ROS signaling #optogenetics
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Calcium-triggered apoplastic ROS bursts balance gravity and mechanical signals to navigate soil
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated repeatedly in multiple signaling processes in plants but the underlying mechanisms and roles remain enigmatic. Here, we developed live imaging of apo...
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January 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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new insights into #CNGC regulation... #PlantScience, #ionchannels doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Armadillo Repeat Only Proteins Are Crucial for the Function of Plant CNGC Channels
Plant cells respond to a wide range of stimuli through intracellular calcium (Ca2+) signaling. Cyclic nucleotide-gated channels (CNGCs) are a major class of plant Ca2+ channels, with 20 homologs in Ar...
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January 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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40 years ago all of Genbank was published in print form by NAR. The same format today would require over 4 light seconds of shelf space. To a year of progress in 2025.
December 29, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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plantevolution.bsky.social
Announcing a curated collection of long-read genomes for Arabidopsis thaliana: The 1001 Genomes Plus Project. Currently 453 unique accessions/almost 600 assemblies.
Interested in contributing? Please contact us!
#plantscience
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December 27, 2024 at 7:51 AM
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#SnRK1 regulates nitrate uptake #PlantScience academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
SnRK1α1-mediated RBOH1 phosphorylation regulates reactive oxygen species to enhance tolerance to low nitrogen in tomato
A kinase and an NADPH oxidase mediate reactive oxygen species production, which enhances the expression of two nitrate transporter genes and promotes nitra
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December 23, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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NEWS & VIEWS: You can have it all: How the interplay between SnRK1 and RBOH1 promotes nitrate uptake in tomato (Margot Raffeiner)
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December 23, 2024 at 9:10 AM
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hartman-plantlab.com
With this news in mind, I am happy to announce we are recruiting a postdoc or PhD student with expertise in Plant Microbiology. Come join us in sunny Freiburg ! Please share far and wide, thank you, and happy holidays! 🌲

#plantscience #phd

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December 20, 2024 at 12:28 PM
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Great to be able to comment with Jeff Dangl on a couple of important papers published today in Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A common immune response node in diverse plants
Small molecules activate a defense mechanism shared by all flowering plants
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December 20, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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News from #SnRk1. #PlantScience
dejaegerlab.bsky.social Geert De Jaeger’s lab @dejaegerlab.bsky.social · Dec 19
Check out our latest pre-print where we used our ASP-#SPARK #sensor to unveil #SnRK1's multifaceted role during #plant growth and #development! bit.ly/49JVZrY
Including real-time #spatiotemporal visualization of SnRK1 activity in a growing #Arabidopsis root! 😀
December 20, 2024 at 7:07 AM