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Plant Cell Wall Dynamics Lab
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We study how plants and algae actively percieve and use their cell walls to grow, adapt, and respond to stress. Based at Umeå Plant Science Centre 🇸🇪 and NTNU 🇳🇴. Read more about our projects: https://www.cellwalldynamics.com
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Plant Cell Wall Dynamics Lab @cellwalldynamics.com · Feb 24
🌱🔬 Ever wondered how plants know when their cell walls need fixing? At the Green Cell Wall Dynamics Lab (Umeå University), we study how plants and algae sense and maintain their cell walls—key to growth, stress responses, and survival! 🧵👇
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New year, new paper, and a lab milestone: our first original research article is finally out. We explored how green algae sense what happens outside the cell and asked a simple question: how much of the plant #CellWallIntegrity receptor toolkit already exists in green algae?🧵
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A Comparative Analysis of Receptor‐Like Kinases in Chlorophyta Reveals the Presence of Putative Cell Wall Integrity Sensors
Receptor-like kinases (RLKs) detect external and internal signals, triggering responses essential for growth and adaptation. Among internal cues, cell wall integrity (CWI) sensing plays a key role, a...
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January 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Last weekend we celebrated the winter holidays with a Christmas Potluck. From shared experiments to shared meals, gratitude for the teamwork that binds us, and hope for discoveries ahead. Grateful for our team in Umeå and Trondheim 🎄🔬

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A Christmas Potluck: Where Science Meets Spice | Green cell wall dynamics lab
The Cell Wall Dynamics Lab at Umeå celebrated the winter holidays with a Christmas Potluck, where the team's global diversity came together through shared dishes. It was a moment to pause and apprecia...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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🎉 Proud moment for our lab!
PhD student Klaudia Ordyniak won the Best Poster Award at the #SPPSPhD2025 conference for her work on transcription factors ZAT11 & ZAT18 in cell wall integrity 🌿👏
Also cheers to another UPSC colleague, Julie Ducla, for winning Best Presentation! bit.ly/46xCUZZ
Klaudia and Julie after receiving their awards. Klaudia with her poster. Klaudia’s poster, “Stress-Proofing Plants: The Role of ZAT11 & ZAT18 in Cell Wall Defense”, told the story of two transcription factors, ZAT11 and ZAT18, as central players in the cell wall integrity (CWI) pathway. Her work revealed that these transcription factors do not act in isolation: they regulate each other’s expression and influence the activity of the CWI receptor THESEUS1, a key node in translating wall damage into cellular responses. By combining RNA-seq data, mutant analysis, and stress assays, she showed how ZAT11 and ZAT18 respond differently to stresses such as salt and cellulose inhibition, offering new insight into how plants fine-tune their defences while maintaining growth.
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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🌱 Meet Manju, our new PhD student in the Cell Wall Dynamics team! From the Newah Indigenous community in Nepal🇳🇵 to Umeå, she’ll work on the VR-funded Watchers on the Wall project, using advanced tools to study how plant cell walls sense and respond to stress.
🔗 Read her interview: bit.ly/3JAsZK7
Meet Manju, the PhD student in the Cell Wall Dynamics team | Green cell wall dynamics lab
A short interview with Manju on her background, interests, and plans for exploring how plants sense changes in their cell walls in the
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August 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Starting now!
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Attending the 2025 International Conference on Plant Cell Wall Biology at UBC? Don’t miss the next session—I’ll be presenting my team member Nancy Soni’s work on the link between the cell wall and the cell cycle. Hope to see you there!
A laptop on a wooden bench at the University of British Columbia, showing a presentation slide titled “From Integrity to Division: How cell wall status controls the cell cycle in plants” by Laura Bacete and team member Nancy Soni. In the background, the UBC water fountain and the words “University of British Columbia” are visible, with people and trees around under a clear blue sky.
July 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Attending the 2025 International Conference on Plant Cell Wall Biology at UBC? Don’t miss the next session—I’ll be presenting my team member Nancy Soni’s work on the link between the cell wall and the cell cycle. Hope to see you there!
A laptop on a wooden bench at the University of British Columbia, showing a presentation slide titled “From Integrity to Division: How cell wall status controls the cell cycle in plants” by Laura Bacete and team member Nancy Soni. In the background, the UBC water fountain and the words “University of British Columbia” are visible, with people and trees around under a clear blue sky.
July 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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🧪🌾Are you at Plant Biology Europe #PBE2025 in Budapest and interested in cell walls?

Don't miss the talks of Nanci Soni (Cell Biology) and Demtrio Marcianò (Phytohormones & Other Transmitters) tomorrow!
June 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Nasrin Sabooni presented her poster at #ICAR2025 in Ghent🇧🇪 on transcription factors shaping cell wall integrity in Arabidopsis & cotton🌿🧵
From evolution to stress & fibre development—she’s got it covered!
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#PlantScience #StressResilience #Cotton #Arabidopsis
Nasrin Sabooni Presents Poster at ICAR2025 in Ghent (Belgium) | Green cell wall dynamics lab
Exploring evolutionary insights into transcription factors with potential for sustainable fibre production
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June 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Our PI Laura Bacete has been elected to the Young Academy of Sweden! 🎉 She’ll contribute to research policy, outreach, and interdisciplinary collaboration—bringing plant cell & molecular biology into broader discussions 🌱🧪
More here: www.cellwalldynamics.com/laura-bacete...
Laura Bacete Cano joins the Young Academy of Sweden | Green cell wall dynamics lab
Strengthening the voice of plant science in national research policy and interdisciplinary collaboration
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June 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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And continuing with conference news—postdoc Bastien Dauphin just gave a great talk at the UK Plant Biomechanics Conference 2025 🎤🌿

He’s using chemo-optogenetics to trigger local changes in the plant cell wall. New tools, new insights!

#PlantBiomechanics #CellWallDynamics #Optogenetics
Bastien Dauphin during his presentation at the UK Plant Biomechanics Conference 2025. Thanks Yoselin Benitez Alfonso for the picture :)
March 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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🎉 Big news! Our very own Nancy Soni and Demetrio Marcianò will be speaking at Plant Biology Europe 2025! #PBE2025 🧬🌱

🧪 Two talks, one big theme: how cell walls talk to the rest of the cell.

Read more on our web page! 👇 www.cellwalldynamics.com/nancy-soni-a...
Nancy Soni and Demetrio Marcianò to Present at Plant Biology Europe 2025 | Green cell wall dynamics lab
This event, organised by the Federation of the European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB), will take place from 25 to 28 June 2025 at the Budapest Congress Center in Hungary.
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March 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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🌱🔬 Ever wondered how plants know when their cell walls need fixing? At the Green Cell Wall Dynamics Lab (Umeå University), we study how plants and algae sense and maintain their cell walls—key to growth, stress responses, and survival! 🧵👇
February 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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[NEWS FROM THE LAB] – A Week of Science and Fun: Lab Get-Together in Umeå: www.cellwalldynamics.com/a-week-of-sc...
A Week of Science and Fun: Lab Get-Together in Umeå | Green cell wall dynamics lab
A week-long visit from Trondheim team member Nancy energised the Umeå lab, bringing fresh perspectives to our research and strengthening team bonds. After months of virtual meetings, the in-person col...
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February 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Hello world!🌱 Our lab at Umeå Plant Science Centre (Sweden) and NTNU (Norway) explores how plants and algae actively perceive and adapt through their cell walls. Growth, defence, and resilience all start here! Follow us for updates on our research #PlantScience #CellWalls #PlantCellWall #AcademicSky
December 17, 2024 at 4:14 PM