Franziska Kuhnert
@franzikuhnert.bsky.social
Plant biochemist 🌱 | Research fellow @UWA | Interested in AA metabolism and transporter
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PhD positions!
For next year (deadline 15th april 2026, start date ~september 2026), we are looking for 15 PhD students for AGILE: "Advanced Training for Next Generation Scientists in Spatio-Temporal Imaging of Plant Cells"
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
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For next year (deadline 15th april 2026, start date ~september 2026), we are looking for 15 PhD students for AGILE: "Advanced Training for Next Generation Scientists in Spatio-Temporal Imaging of Plant Cells"
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
please repost!
www.photobodies.com/about-6
Advanced Training for Next Generation Scientists in Spatio-Temporal Imaging of Plant Cells | AGILE | Project | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission
Quantitative microscopy imaging holds transformative potential in plant sciences by uncovering structural and functional principles at unprecedented spatial and temporal scale revealing how plants adapt their growth and physiology to environmental changes. Despite its promise...
cordis.europa.eu
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
PhD positions!
For next year (deadline 15th april 2026, start date ~september 2026), we are looking for 15 PhD students for AGILE: "Advanced Training for Next Generation Scientists in Spatio-Temporal Imaging of Plant Cells"
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
please repost!
www.photobodies.com/about-6
For next year (deadline 15th april 2026, start date ~september 2026), we are looking for 15 PhD students for AGILE: "Advanced Training for Next Generation Scientists in Spatio-Temporal Imaging of Plant Cells"
cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
please repost!
www.photobodies.com/about-6
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#TansleyInsight: Trehalose 6-phosphate – a central regulator at the crossroads of sugar #signalling, #metabolism, and development
By Franziska Fichtner
👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
By Franziska Fichtner
👇
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#LatestIssue
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#TansleyInsight: Trehalose 6-phosphate – a central regulator at the crossroads of sugar #signalling, #metabolism, and development
By Franziska Fichtner
👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
By Franziska Fichtner
👇
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
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🌱 🧬 Dr. James Lloyd (UWA) - WA Young Tall Poppy winner! Develops synthetic gene circuits for plants & explores genome re-writing. Plus: performed science comedy to 150 people at Perth World Fringe! "Comedy can communicate important ideas without losing scientific rigor" #SynBio
bit.ly/4oq3IC7
bit.ly/4oq3IC7
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🌱 🧬 Dr. James Lloyd (UWA) - WA Young Tall Poppy winner! Develops synthetic gene circuits for plants & explores genome re-writing. Plus: performed science comedy to 150 people at Perth World Fringe! "Comedy can communicate important ideas without losing scientific rigor" #SynBio
bit.ly/4oq3IC7
bit.ly/4oq3IC7
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Our latest work is out! We set out to see if we could recreate soil-nurturing plant growth in vitro. The plants looked happy and we see microbiome-induced cell-type-specific responses! A modest step but a fun challenge 😁
Artificial Soil (ArtSoil): recreating soil conditions in synthetic plant growth media https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.09.681539v1
October 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Our latest work is out! We set out to see if we could recreate soil-nurturing plant growth in vitro. The plants looked happy and we see microbiome-induced cell-type-specific responses! A modest step but a fun challenge 😁
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#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#ResearchCareers: Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme is a #funding option for your next step in academia? Come and find out in our digital info talk on 14 October. No registration, the meeting link will be published here:
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...
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Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025
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We really enjoyed putting together this Darwin Review for JXB. Fun to think about how carboxysomes work and why plants don't have them.
@jxbotany.bsky.social
Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
@jxbotany.bsky.social
Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
The Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes
Abstract. Since their discovery as rubisco-containing compartments more than 50 years ago, significant breakthroughs have advanced our understanding of car
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September 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We really enjoyed putting together this Darwin Review for JXB. Fun to think about how carboxysomes work and why plants don't have them.
@jxbotany.bsky.social
Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
@jxbotany.bsky.social
Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...
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Oxford Biology is growing 📢
We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology
3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology
3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
September 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Oxford Biology is growing 📢
We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology
3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology
3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3
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Saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Long. His work had a profound impact on plant science. A true loss to the scientific community. @ripeproject.bsky.social
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Stephen Long
emails.illinois.edu
September 13, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Long. His work had a profound impact on plant science. A true loss to the scientific community. @ripeproject.bsky.social
emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/4...
emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/4...
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#PlantSci
New type of transport protein discovered by @franzikuhnert.bsky.social and the @weberlab.bsky.social
team:
How amino acids are transported in plants
in @natplants.nature.com
New type of transport protein discovered by @franzikuhnert.bsky.social and the @weberlab.bsky.social
team:
How amino acids are transported in plants
in @natplants.nature.com
Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#PlantSci
New type of transport protein discovered by @franzikuhnert.bsky.social and the @weberlab.bsky.social
team:
How amino acids are transported in plants
in @natplants.nature.com
New type of transport protein discovered by @franzikuhnert.bsky.social and the @weberlab.bsky.social
team:
How amino acids are transported in plants
in @natplants.nature.com
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Registration and abstract submission are still open for our 2025 conference in Adelaide!
www.asps.org.au/asps-annual-...
www.asps.org.au/asps-annual-...
August 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Registration and abstract submission are still open for our 2025 conference in Adelaide!
www.asps.org.au/asps-annual-...
www.asps.org.au/asps-annual-...
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Further evidence that sugar in the plates changes the plant biology you study. Best to avoid putting sugar in the agar, unless you want to study what sugar in the agar does to plants. This paper uses sugar in the agar to study what sugar does. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantresearch
A multisensor high-temperature signaling framework for triggering daytime thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis - Nature Communications
Plants encounter high temperatures concomitantly with intense sunlight during the daytime. Here, the authors reveal a concerted chloroplast and nucleus high-temperature signaling framework that gates ...
www.nature.com
August 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Further evidence that sugar in the plates changes the plant biology you study. Best to avoid putting sugar in the agar, unless you want to study what sugar in the agar does to plants. This paper uses sugar in the agar to study what sugar does. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #plantresearch
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Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details!
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...
W1TTW2 Professorship in Membrane Biology (m/f/d)
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
August 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Job alert 📣 Our faculty looks for a Junior Professor W1 with tt to W2 in Membrane Biology! We are looking for #ECRs working on membrane biogenesis,contact sites,composition & other aspects of membranes in 🌱 and other organisms! DM me if you need more details!
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...
jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f...
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Great opportunity! #PlantScience
PLOS Biology hiring full-time Associate Editor.
Requires PhD+2 years postdoc experience
"Expertise in molecular cell biology is required, preferably in context of plant science"
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
I know folks who should apply to this!
PLOS Biology hiring full-time Associate Editor.
Requires PhD+2 years postdoc experience
"Expertise in molecular cell biology is required, preferably in context of plant science"
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
I know folks who should apply to this!
PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC
UK-Remote
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
August 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Great opportunity! #PlantScience
PLOS Biology hiring full-time Associate Editor.
Requires PhD+2 years postdoc experience
"Expertise in molecular cell biology is required, preferably in context of plant science"
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
I know folks who should apply to this!
PLOS Biology hiring full-time Associate Editor.
Requires PhD+2 years postdoc experience
"Expertise in molecular cell biology is required, preferably in context of plant science"
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...
I know folks who should apply to this!
Coming out in @NaturePlants today (rdcu.be/eBScJ): The mechanism for essential amino acid transport across the chloroplast envelope. We identified RETICULATA1 (RE1) as a new type of transport protein. #PlantScience #AminoAcidTransport #Chloroplasts. @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Your research brings together fundamental plant biology & applied research to enhance crop traits? 🌱🌾🎓🏭
Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social
Please PM if you got questions.
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social
Please PM if you got questions.
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
Professorship (W2-level) in “Molecular Crop Improvement”
stellen.uni-muenster.de
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Your research brings together fundamental plant biology & applied research to enhance crop traits? 🌱🌾🎓🏭
Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social
Please PM if you got questions.
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social
Please PM if you got questions.
stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...
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Is plant single cell/nuc. & spatial transcriptomics your passion? Do you want to understand plant adaptation using cutting edge molecular & bioinformatics tools? Then come and join us to work together with @ceplas.bsky.social & @wggc-de.bsky.social. #plantjobs
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
Scientist - Plant Single Cell / Spatial Analysis
The Institute IBG-4 at Forschungszentrum Jülich is a key partner in the Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), one of Germany’s leading plant science research networks. The group of Prof. D...
www.fz-juelich.de
July 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Is plant single cell/nuc. & spatial transcriptomics your passion? Do you want to understand plant adaptation using cutting edge molecular & bioinformatics tools? Then come and join us to work together with @ceplas.bsky.social & @wggc-de.bsky.social. #plantjobs
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/...
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New Article: "High-efficiency leucoplast transit peptides for manipulating plastid protein production" rdcu.be/esSAr
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/esSBC
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/esSBC
June 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
New Article: "High-efficiency leucoplast transit peptides for manipulating plastid protein production" rdcu.be/esSAr
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/esSBC
With Research Briefing rdcu.be/esSBC
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🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
🎊 We made it!! @dfg.de has just announced that we have been successful with our CEPLAS III proposal in the current funding round of the Excellence Strategy! Many thanks to all our supporters! @hhu.de @unicologne.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social @fz-juelich.de @leibnizipk.bsky.social
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SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH: 'Grain lysine enrichment and improved stress tolerance in rice through protein engineering' - Ray Singh Rathore et al, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🧪 #plantscience 🍚 🛡️ 🧬
April 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH: 'Grain lysine enrichment and improved stress tolerance in rice through protein engineering' - Ray Singh Rathore et al, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... 🧪 #plantscience 🍚 🛡️ 🧬
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REVIEW: The metabolite transporters of C4 photosynthesis (Oliver Mattinson, Steven Kelly) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf019 @ASPB #PlantScience
February 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
REVIEW: The metabolite transporters of C4 photosynthesis (Oliver Mattinson, Steven Kelly) https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf019 @ASPB #PlantScience
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We’re looking for 3 postdocs to join our lab and work on engineering plant gene expression, metabolism and growth. If you have enthusiasm & skills in synthetic biology or metabolic engineering, apply by Jan 31.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/
January 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We’re looking for 3 postdocs to join our lab and work on engineering plant gene expression, metabolism and growth. If you have enthusiasm & skills in synthetic biology or metabolic engineering, apply by Jan 31.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49767/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49773/
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/
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Did you know 2024 was our 20th anniversary? We're closing it out by sharing a brief history of Addgene, with commentary from our incredible community.
Read it below!
blog.addgene.org/add...
Read it below!
blog.addgene.org/add...
Addgene: The First Twenty Years
Twenty years have gone by fast! Join us to share some highlights of Addgene and our community as we close out our 20th anniversary celebration.
blog.addgene.org
December 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Did you know 2024 was our 20th anniversary? We're closing it out by sharing a brief history of Addgene, with commentary from our incredible community.
Read it below!
blog.addgene.org/add...
Read it below!
blog.addgene.org/add...
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📣 Plant Physiology welcomes new Assistant Features Editors starting in 2025 and 2026!👉 https://academic.oup.com/plphys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plphys/kiae661/7922604
A big thanks, to those who are stepping down from the position!👏
A big thanks, to those who are stepping down from the position!👏
December 19, 2024 at 4:03 PM
📣 Plant Physiology welcomes new Assistant Features Editors starting in 2025 and 2026!👉 https://academic.oup.com/plphys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plphys/kiae661/7922604
A big thanks, to those who are stepping down from the position!👏
A big thanks, to those who are stepping down from the position!👏
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Can anyone point me to the best way to design a peptide/protein inhibitor of my favorite enzyme or transcription factor?
I am aware of this paper but I do not know the field of protein design well, so any advice would be amazing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am aware of this paper but I do not know the field of protein design well, so any advice would be amazing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Design of target specific peptide inhibitors using generative deep learning and molecular dynamics simulations - Nature Communications
Here the authors report a computational approach which integrates deep learning and structural modelling to design target-specific peptides. They apply this to β-catenin and NF-κB essential modulator,...
www.nature.com
November 30, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Can anyone point me to the best way to design a peptide/protein inhibitor of my favorite enzyme or transcription factor?
I am aware of this paper but I do not know the field of protein design well, so any advice would be amazing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I am aware of this paper but I do not know the field of protein design well, so any advice would be amazing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...