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Dolf Weijers
@dolfweijers.bsky.social
Chair of Biochemistry @wur, interested in the biochemical basis of multicellular development and auxin response, and science in general; Views are my own

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Showtime in Brussels 😳. Wish us luck!!!
September 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Recently, both our team and the Richardson/Estelle/Strader teams showed that ARF transcription factors are actively degraded. In this new preprint, Martijn de Roij explores the requirements and relevance of ARF degradation (1/7)
Diversification of functional requirements for proteolysis of Auxin Response Factors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.03.673984v1
September 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We are happy to present the magnum opus of Sjoerd Woudenberg, at the close of his PhD – Transgenerational inheritance of the polarity axis in a fern embryo…a thread (1/17)

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Transgenerational polarity axis inheritance during Ceratopteris embryogenesis
For sexually reproducing organisms to pass on their genetic information, progeny must successfully establish. Various life history strategies have evolved, using either dispersal of large numbers of p...
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September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We (a large community of groups using Streptophyte algae) hope to unite and inspire others to join forces and learn from this amazing group of organisms!!!
July 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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AUXIN 2026 logo competition! Please re-post. Deadline for submissions is Tuesday July 15th.

Prize is free registration worth €500+

Auxin2026: auxin2026.info

Send submissions to geraint@aab.org.uk

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July 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Join us this September in Wageningen/Ede to discuss and learn about Plant Development 🌱💚
🌱 Passionate About Plant Development?
Join the "Summer School", a dynamic three-day intensive program tailored for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs eager to deepen their understanding of plant developmental biology. Register here: www.graduateschool-eps.info/events/eps-s...
July 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Breng Nederland terug aan kop, investeer in wetenschap en innovatie. Want onze veiligheid, welvaart, gezondheid en democratische waarden zijn niet vanzelfsprekend. In aanloop naar de verkiezingen doet de KNAW die oproep aan de politieke partijen: www.knaw.nl/nieuws/breng...
July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Come join us in Wageningen for awesome plant developmental biology!!!
🌱 Passionate About Plant Development?
Join the "Summer School", a dynamic three-day intensive program tailored for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs eager to deepen their understanding of plant developmental biology. Register here: www.graduateschool-eps.info/events/eps-s...
July 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Pre-conference activity for #IPGSA in Fort Collins 😍. Next step: indulge in 5 days of awesome plant signaling/hormones. Come meet me if you want to chat auxin, rapid signaling, and of course cycling…
June 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Novel Research in Biological Artificial Intelligence: Expressions of interest and nominations for a Max Planck Director to lead research in the field of Biological Artificial Intelligence @mpi-cbg.de and @csbdresden.bsky.social. More information: www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...
Novel Research in Biological Artificial Intelligence
Expressions of interest and nominations for a Max Planck Director to lead research in the field of Biological Artificial Intelligence.
www.mpi-cbg.de
June 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄
June 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to July 1st!
#multicellularity #animalorigins #EMBO @multicellgenome.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looking forward to a few days of plant reproduction biology in Awaji, Japan during a CSH Asia meeting 😃😃😃. I knew there is a Wageningen in Surinam, but also in Germany…?
May 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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After receiving over 130 abstracts, we have reopened submission of abstracts to be selected for talks in Concurrent Sessions for ONE WEEK ONLY. Abstracts submitted from May 7th until May 15th will be considered for talks. Visit www.ipgsa2025.org to submit. (1/2)
#IPGSA2025 #plantscience
Home | IPGSA 2025
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May 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Sign ups for the fall Barcelona multicellularity meeting are now up- come join us!

meetings.embo.org/event/25-mul...
Evolution and origins of multicellularity across the tree of life
The study of the origins and evolution of multicellularity in different lineages has recently captured the attention of many research groups and is fueling the generation of numerous innovative resea…
meetings.embo.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It is real!!! 3 years after Joris Sprakel and I conceived the first ideas, the GreenTE Gravitation project has really started. We could not be happier after seeing all the ambition, joy and excitement among our ECR’s and PI’s. Plant Mechanobiology for the win!!! More info: www.green-te.nl
April 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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#STOP budget cuts in higher education! #WUR @w-u-r.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Final version of our preprint on ARF degradation now online @natplants.nature.com. Great job by PhD student Martijn de Roij in our team @bic-wur.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social with @jorgehg.bsky.social and JW Borst. Great to see this appear along @mjprigge.bsky.social paper!!!
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ARF degradation defines a deeply conserved step in auxin response
Nature Plants - De Roij et al. map a minimal region for auxin response factor (ARF) degradation in Marchantia and reveal that ARF instability predates the emergence of the auxin response. This...
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April 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Previously on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social now online @currentbiology.bsky.social : auxin responses in the streptophyte alga Penium turn out to be highly similar to tryptophan response…PhD work from the amazing @poletc.bsky.social and with @jorgehg.bsky.social

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Auxin and tryptophan trigger common responses in the streptophyte alga Penium margaritaceum
Auxin is a signaling molecule that regulates multiple processes in the growth and development of land plants. Research gathered from model species, pa…
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April 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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"Ph.D. Student Position in Plant Developmental Biology at University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
*Application Deadline: 5/31/2025"

Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/view?file=20250401_UAB.pdf

#PlantSciJobs
April 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Previously on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social now out in @pnas.org, the heroic PhD work from Juriaan Rienstra, with support from @jorgehg.bsky.social Martijn de Roij and Polet Carrillo Carrasco @w-u-r.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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April 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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DEADLINE for 22 travel awards to attend IPGSA2025 is coming up! Due April 1st! $1,750 USD for USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Visit www.ipgsa2025.org for more. #plantscience #IPGSA2025 🌱
March 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I will be recruiting one PhD student and one postdoc in 2025. If interested please contact me already. @psb-vib.bsky.social 🌱🌱🌱We are interested in steroid hormones. See our published work
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March 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Let the fun begin! A Bruker timsTOF HT was just installed in our lab as part of the GreenTE Gravitation project!!!
March 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM