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Charlotte Kirchhelle
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Plant cell/developmental biologist @RDP Lyon, loves cell edges, mechanics, and lateral roots
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Charlotte Kirchhelle @ckirchhelle.bsky.social · Aug 27
Thrilled to share our latest work: how plants control growth through activation of a surface-specific growth programme. Thanks @zoenv.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social and the other coauthors for all the hard work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme
During morphogenesis of multicellular organs, cells acquire distinct identities that meet specific functional requirements. Epidermal identity is widely considered essential for plant morphogenesis du...
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Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
Sphingolipid-driven interleaflet coupling orchestrates Rho-GTPase recruitment to nanodomains for signal activation in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686946v1
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
Nanoclustering of a plant transcription factor enables strong yet specific DNA binding https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.05.686732v1
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
jcb.org
In new study from Ryken, Bezanilla et al., analysis of PIIB-type calcium pump localization and function elucidates one of the molecular mechanisms that maintains the strength of the calcium gradient during polarized growth. rupress.org/jcb/article/...

#PlantBiology #Cytoskeleton #Trafficking
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
maizel-lab.org
Our work on mapping the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation is now published in @jxbotany.bsky.social We show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
plantophagy.bsky.social
This Halloween, we have a spooky evolutionary story for you.
The brainchild of @delaconcepcionjc.bsky.social, Nick Irwin and our fantastic collaborators is now out in @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s why I love this work — and why I think you’ll enjoy it too. 👇
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
ckirchhelle.bsky.social
Amazing news!! Congratulations!
matmajda.bsky.social Mateusz Majda @matmajda.bsky.social · 13d
Thrilled to be among the recipients of the SNSF Starting Grants! Congrats to all the incredible researchers funded this year. Can’t wait to keep exploring how plants grow, sense, and respond to mechanical forces. Plants and biophysics rock!🌱⚛️
snsf.ch Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) @snsf.ch · 13d
✨ Searching for extraterrestrial life or combating speech disorders: The SNSF is awarding #SNSFStartingGrants to 41 outstanding researchers. They will receive a maximum of CHF 1 million to lead a project with their own #research team at a Swiss university. 🚀

ℹ️ sohub.io/aq26
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
kirchhelle.bsky.social
Delighted to announce a new project on the roots of the #symbiosis concept!

"Symbiotic Synergies: How the Body Became a Chimera" is funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Award & will be led by Maureen O'Malley, Nic Rasmussen & myself!

Stay tuned for news & opportunities!
#microbiome
October 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
biologists.bsky.social
This week has been special for us, marking 100 years of supporting biologists and inspiring biology. We celebrated our achievements at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social last night. We want to thank all our staff, whose continual inspiration and daily support for one another make our work possible.
Photo of whale at Museum of Zoology and photo of 100 cake
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
ckirchhelle.bsky.social
My new obsession: brown algae!
brownalgaedev.bsky.social CharrierLab @brownalgaedev.bsky.social · Oct 11
📣 SBIS, a new vital fluorescent probe for live imaging of #brownalgae #kelp in 4D. Just published in J. Cell Science by the Charrier team at the @igflyon.bsky.social. Download PDF on our team webpage here ➡️ shorturl.at/H5A9p
with first author Marie Zilliox featured here ➡️ shorturl.at/AMMoH
Developping Fucus embryo labelled with the orange fluorescent probe SBIS (autofluorescent chloroplasts in red).
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
hueihsuantsai.bsky.social
Very excited to see our @nikogeldner.bsky.social lab x Feng Zhou lab work featured on the cover of Science!
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
science.org Science Magazine @science.org · Oct 2
Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.

Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
A confocal microscopy image shows root-colonizing bacteria clustering around an emerging lateral root, where localized glutamine leakage induces spatially confined reporter activity.
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
davidbiermann.bsky.social
Very excited to share that our paper "A RALF-brassinosteorid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypocotyl cell shape" is now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social !

Enjoy reading it!!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
biologists.bsky.social
We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus

Guest edited by Abby Buchwalter and JCS Editor Megan King.

Submission deadline: 3 November

Find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...

#CellBiology #Nucelus #Cells #Biology #Academia #Research
Special Issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus Guest Editor: Abby Buchwalter Deadline 3 November 2025 Journal of Cell Science call for papers
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
plantbiomechanics.bsky.social
🌿Join us for the Webinar Series 2025 – Road to The 11th International Plant Biomechanics Conference 2026 🌍
📅 Webinar #1: Sept 25, 2025 | [Register: ugm.id/PBMweb1]
📅Webinar #2: Oct 9, 2025 | [Register: ugm.id/PBMweb2]
September 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
zmbp-tuebingen.bsky.social
📢 Job alert! #PlantSciJob
We are opening a Professorship (W1-TT) in Plant Biochemistry at the ZMBP @unituebingen.bsky.social
Apply by October 17th

Please spread the word!

More info 👇
uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/...
Open Professorship (W1-TT) at the ZMBP, University of Tübingen (Germany). Deadline October 17th. More info: https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fachbereiche/zentren/zentrum-fuer-molekularbiologie-der-pflanzen/zmbp/job-opportunities/#c12494
September 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
daanweits.bsky.social
Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
ckirchhelle.bsky.social
Edges!!
dev-journal.bsky.social Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · Sep 22
Mapping the ways Sidekick is localised to cell junctions.
This Research Highlight showcases the work from Dhaval Gandhi, Jessica Treisman and colleagues: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Sdk localization to tAJs does not require the first four Ig domains. (A) Diagram of the Sdk protein showing the six Ig domains (purple), thirteen FNIII domains (yellow), transmembrane (TM) domain (gray) and PDZ-binding domain (PDZ-BD, green). Brackets indicate the extent of the deletion in each CRISPR mutant. (B-E) Midpupal retinas stained for Sdk (B’-E’, red in B-E), Arm (B’’-E’’, blue in B-E) and GFP (green) to mark clones homozygous for sdkΔIg1-4 (B), sdk ΔIg1-6 (C), sdkΔIg5-6 (D) or sdkΔFN (E). Scale bars, 10 µm. (F) Quantification of Sdk levels at tAJs in clones homozygous for each mutant allele, normalized to wild-type regions of the same retinas. Error bars show mean ±s.e.m. ****, p<0.0001; ns, not significant for one-sample t test with 1 (dotted line) as the expected value. n = 10 retinas (sdkΔIg1-4), 8 (sdkΔIg1-6), 9 (sdkΔIg5-6), or 6 (sdkΔFN); each point is the mean of 10-11 junctions in that retina. Removing the first four Ig domains does not alter Sdk localization to tAJs, but deleting the fifth and sixth, all six Ig domains, or the FNIII domains strongly reduces it. Arrows in (C’, D’) indicate examples of tAJs with residual very low levels of SdkΔIg1-6 or SdkΔIg5-6.
September 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
roederlab.bsky.social
We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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sandyheth.bsky.social
Excited to share our recent paper @newphyt.bsky.social where we describe evidence of a Jurassic nurse log from Scotland! Great work led by @anajusagasti.bsky.social Sophie Burne and @jeremywyman.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
🧵 👇 1/6
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Decay stages of Jurassic wood debris from Scotland: evidence for the coevolution of fungal rot, arthropods and the nurse log strategy
A key feature of extant conifer forests is the high percentage of seeds that germinate and establish on dead wood; in some forests, this can exceed 90%. This deadwood can act as an ideal nursery for...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
kaisakajala.bsky.social
Delighted to present our Tansley Insight on what we know about the potential of different root cortex layers to do develop into different things!

👩‍🔬 @dorotakawa.bsky.social @hannahschneider.bsky.social

📗 @newphyt.bsky.social

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Coordination of cortex modifications in time, space, and under stress
In roots, cell-type-specific differentiation enables specialized responses to environmental stress. The cortex, located between the vasculature and epidermis, is a key site for stress-responsive modi....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
kleinevehnlab.bsky.social
Thrilled to share our latest story on the ERAD machinery and how it controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES for acclimative growth

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants
Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.
www.science.org
September 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
kierzkowskilab.bsky.social
Join us at the Plant Science Research Institute of the University of Montreal to develop your research group in Plant Molecular Genetics:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Genetics - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Institut de recherche en biologie végétale (IRBV) | 12844852
A full-time tenure-track assistant professor position at the IRBV, Université de Montréal.
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
natplants.nature.com
New OA Article: "Stem cell regulators drive a G1 duration gradient during plant root development" rdcu.be/eHcg2

The G1 phase is very long close to the stem cell niche. This relies on the interplay of PLETHORA with the RETINOBLASTOMA-RELATED pathway.
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
nikogeldner.bsky.social
Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!

career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)
career5.successfactors.eu
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
plantophagy.bsky.social
This looks like a great opportunity: #Tenure-track assistant #professor position at University of Lausanne on #MPMI
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)
career5.successfactors.eu
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reposted by Charlotte Kirchhelle
rdplab.bsky.social
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De chercheur à "maker" : comment bricoler son propre robot pour mesurer ses plantes ? - Visites insolites du CNRS
Mesurer précisément l’architecture des plantes, c’est crucial pour comprendre les mécanismes génétiques, cellulaires et développementaux qui opèrent lorsqu’un plante...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM