Henryk Straube
@hstraube.bsky.social
Plant biochemist & molecular biologist | Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoc fellow @KU_PLEN @GeuFloresLab |🏳️🌈
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Heidelberg University has identified preparations for a widespread attack on its IT infrastructure. This requires the immediate implementation of necessary precautions. These measures include, among other things, an immediate change of passwords.
www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...
www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...
Attack on IT infrastructure: Precautionary measures - University Computing Centre Heidelberg
www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Heidelberg University has identified preparations for a widespread attack on its IT infrastructure. This requires the immediate implementation of necessary precautions. These measures include, among other things, an immediate change of passwords.
www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...
www.urz.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...
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Despite the tidy maps found in textbooks, metabolism is still full of unresolved mysteries. Few people are better at uncovering these overlooked but essential puzzles than Antoine Danchin. Here here an analysis of the intriguing guanidine enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Metabolic Origin, Role and Fate of the Denaturant Guanidine
The origin of metabolic guanidine is largely a mystery. We suggest it is created when guanine-containing nucleotides are oxidised by molecular oxygen instead of being broken down into urea as purines....
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Despite the tidy maps found in textbooks, metabolism is still full of unresolved mysteries. Few people are better at uncovering these overlooked but essential puzzles than Antoine Danchin. Here here an analysis of the intriguing guanidine enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Wer in D nicht Prof wird, ist fürs dt. Wissenschaftssystem irrelevant. Wo Ihr nach Rauswurf bleibt, dass Ihr Eure (auch finanziellen) Entbehrungen während prekärer Beschäftigung nicht nachträglich durch Verbeamtung kompensieren könnt, Altersarmut, Eure Verdienste für Wissenschaft: Egal. #IchBinHanna
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Wer in D nicht Prof wird, ist fürs dt. Wissenschaftssystem irrelevant. Wo Ihr nach Rauswurf bleibt, dass Ihr Eure (auch finanziellen) Entbehrungen während prekärer Beschäftigung nicht nachträglich durch Verbeamtung kompensieren könnt, Altersarmut, Eure Verdienste für Wissenschaft: Egal. #IchBinHanna
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Hi EU 🌱 scientists, if you want to get Catch&Release 🎣vectors doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... hassle-free & pay only a small handling fee, please visits the so far little known great community resource to order DNA plasmids www.plasmids.eu kindly hosted by @dkfz.bsky.social & @telemanlab.bsky.social . Thx
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November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Hi EU 🌱 scientists, if you want to get Catch&Release 🎣vectors doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... hassle-free & pay only a small handling fee, please visits the so far little known great community resource to order DNA plasmids www.plasmids.eu kindly hosted by @dkfz.bsky.social & @telemanlab.bsky.social . Thx
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Stuck in the US as a postdoc due to the current political nightmare? Consider to join us in Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social #plantscience
If you know postdocs in the US whose work is restricted or becoming difficult, there are new fellowship possibilities in the south of Germany. Please, forward this information to them:
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Our lab in Freiburg can also serve as a host — happy to discuss options.
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Our lab in Freiburg can also serve as a host — happy to discuss options.
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Stuck in the US as a postdoc due to the current political nightmare? Consider to join us in Freiburg @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social #plantscience
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Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Very happy that my PhD student can grow such happy plants! It's a simple thing that is very underappreciated and very important.
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New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet
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Please share, deadline approaching soon!
The 2026 plant science conference travel award program is open!
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Please share, deadline approaching soon!
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We are pleased to announce that @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social has won the Young Investigator Award by the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists.
The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026.
buff.ly/pemelQu
The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026.
buff.ly/pemelQu
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We are pleased to announce that @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social has won the Young Investigator Award by the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists.
The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026.
buff.ly/pemelQu
The award ceremony and the recipient's lecture will take place at the next Tokyo Annual Meeting on 14 March 2026.
buff.ly/pemelQu
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Exciting publication on plastid ribose transport in plants, including discoveries in Arabidopsis but also in important legume crops (soy and common bean), with implications for nodule symbiosis.
Interesting to see that a glucose transporter has a dual role in ribose salvage.
rdcu.be/eOVRW
Exciting publication on plastid ribose transport in plants, including discoveries in Arabidopsis but also in important legume crops (soy and common bean), with implications for nodule symbiosis.
Interesting to see that a glucose transporter has a dual role in ribose salvage.
rdcu.be/eOVRW
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Exciting publication on plastid ribose transport in plants, including discoveries in Arabidopsis but also in important legume crops (soy and common bean), with implications for nodule symbiosis.
Interesting to see that a glucose transporter has a dual role in ribose salvage.
rdcu.be/eOVRW
Exciting publication on plastid ribose transport in plants, including discoveries in Arabidopsis but also in important legume crops (soy and common bean), with implications for nodule symbiosis.
Interesting to see that a glucose transporter has a dual role in ribose salvage.
rdcu.be/eOVRW
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Perfectly captures Trump’s empathy for his fellow man.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Perfectly captures Trump’s empathy for his fellow man.
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Always remember that the divide isn't between Islam and Christianity. Its between western values of freedom and democracy v. religious totalitarianism.
November 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Always remember that the divide isn't between Islam and Christianity. Its between western values of freedom and democracy v. religious totalitarianism.
I usually don't post non-scientific stuff, but maybe I can interest you into supporting a small photo-artist. I really enjoy his pictures and would love to see his campaign succeed:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
There are also english translations on his campaign page.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
There are also english translations on his campaign page.
der tauchende Kater
A photo book by Jonas Völpel
www.kickstarter.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I usually don't post non-scientific stuff, but maybe I can interest you into supporting a small photo-artist. I really enjoy his pictures and would love to see his campaign succeed:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
There are also english translations on his campaign page.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...
There are also english translations on his campaign page.
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It would be great if researchers would work more on crops than Arabidopsis for a start…
Then field trials will automatically become more common (if legislation permits for GM!).
Then field trials will automatically become more common (if legislation permits for GM!).
New Correspondence: "Rethinking the need for field trials" rdcu.be/eM96P
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 AM
It would be great if researchers would work more on crops than Arabidopsis for a start…
Then field trials will automatically become more common (if legislation permits for GM!).
Then field trials will automatically become more common (if legislation permits for GM!).
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Re-upping this one. Happy to chat. #PlantSciences
PD fellowship opportunity! New project ideas on medicinal plant engineering, cell type specific response to elicitation of biosynthesis, and epigenome/cloning evolution of long term cultured plant cells in the context of chemical production. www.simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons...
Email me!
Email me!
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology
Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Re-upping this one. Happy to chat. #PlantSciences
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🌸🫛 RESEARCH 🫛🌸
"Faba bean overproduces flowers and serially aborts them to a final pod number. We show that final pod number depends on resource availability, and flower abortion is neutral for yield" - Manson et al. 🌸
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
"Faba bean overproduces flowers and serially aborts them to a final pod number. We show that final pod number depends on resource availability, and flower abortion is neutral for yield" - Manson et al. 🌸
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
October 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🌸🫛 RESEARCH 🫛🌸
"Faba bean overproduces flowers and serially aborts them to a final pod number. We show that final pod number depends on resource availability, and flower abortion is neutral for yield" - Manson et al. 🌸
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
"Faba bean overproduces flowers and serially aborts them to a final pod number. We show that final pod number depends on resource availability, and flower abortion is neutral for yield" - Manson et al. 🌸
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
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Binary vector copy number engineering improves Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Binary vector copy number engineering improves Agrobacterium-mediated transformation - Nature Biotechnology
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plants and fungi is enhanced by plasmid copy number variants.
www.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Binary vector copy number engineering improves Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available
go.nature.com/479Sni6
go.nature.com/479Sni6
Is academic research becoming too competitive? Nature examines the data
Applications for European research grants increased in 2025. Scientists say they’re feeling the competition.
go.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available
go.nature.com/479Sni6
go.nature.com/479Sni6
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In a new report, Cambridge University Press calls for urgent, collective action to ensure academic publishing becomes more open, equitable & sustainable. Without urgent, sector-wide reform, the global academic publishing ecosystem is at risk of collapsing.
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Publishing futures | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In a new report, Cambridge University Press calls for urgent, collective action to ensure academic publishing becomes more open, equitable & sustainable. Without urgent, sector-wide reform, the global academic publishing ecosystem is at risk of collapsing.
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
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Surreal to hear folks don't think agricultural biosecurity isnt a national security risk and a massive strategic weakness for ALL countries on earth.
We are very very VERY not secure when it comes to food production. We are one big blight away from ruin.
Everyone needs to eat.
We are very very VERY not secure when it comes to food production. We are one big blight away from ruin.
Everyone needs to eat.
October 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Surreal to hear folks don't think agricultural biosecurity isnt a national security risk and a massive strategic weakness for ALL countries on earth.
We are very very VERY not secure when it comes to food production. We are one big blight away from ruin.
Everyone needs to eat.
We are very very VERY not secure when it comes to food production. We are one big blight away from ruin.
Everyone needs to eat.
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📢 NEW ISSUE ALERT 📢
✨ JXB Issue 16 of 2025 is out now ✨
🫛 On the cover: Blooming flowers of a faba bean plant from a crop in Australia (photo credit: Dr Jason Brand; see Manson et al.) 🫛
🔗👉 Read the full issue: academic.oup.com/jxb...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
✨ JXB Issue 16 of 2025 is out now ✨
🫛 On the cover: Blooming flowers of a faba bean plant from a crop in Australia (photo credit: Dr Jason Brand; see Manson et al.) 🫛
🔗👉 Read the full issue: academic.oup.com/jxb...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📢 NEW ISSUE ALERT 📢
✨ JXB Issue 16 of 2025 is out now ✨
🫛 On the cover: Blooming flowers of a faba bean plant from a crop in Australia (photo credit: Dr Jason Brand; see Manson et al.) 🫛
🔗👉 Read the full issue: academic.oup.com/jxb...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
✨ JXB Issue 16 of 2025 is out now ✨
🫛 On the cover: Blooming flowers of a faba bean plant from a crop in Australia (photo credit: Dr Jason Brand; see Manson et al.) 🫛
🔗👉 Read the full issue: academic.oup.com/jxb...
#PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
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Professorship in plant genetics.
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University is advertising a W2 professorship. Great opportunity to do plant research in the north of Germany. See:
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University is advertising a W2 professorship. Great opportunity to do plant research in the north of Germany. See:
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de
October 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Professorship in plant genetics.
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University is advertising a W2 professorship. Great opportunity to do plant research in the north of Germany. See:
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
The Botanical Institute at Kiel University is advertising a W2 professorship. Great opportunity to do plant research in the north of Germany. See:
www.berufungen.uni-kiel.de/de/dateien/o...
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new preprint from our group & Antoine Hocher: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.
A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.
Versatile NTP recognition and domain fusions expand the functional repertoire of the ParB-CTPase fold beyond chromosome segregation
Nucleotide triphosphate (NTP)-dependent molecular switches regulate essential cellular processes by cycling between active and inactive states through nucleotide binding and hydrolysis. These mechanis...
www.biorxiv.org
October 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
new preprint from our group & Antoine Hocher: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.
A fantastic collaboration with Antoine, with Jovana Kaljevic' initiated the collaboration and drives the project.
🌿 Postdoc in Algae Biochemistry – University of Copenhagen
Join the Algae Biochemistry Group to explore molecular biology, synthetic biology & metabolomics in eukaryotic microalgae.
📅 Apply by 1 Nov 2025
🔗 employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=164971
#Postdoc #Algae #Biochemistry #SyntheticBiology
Join the Algae Biochemistry Group to explore molecular biology, synthetic biology & metabolomics in eukaryotic microalgae.
📅 Apply by 1 Nov 2025
🔗 employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=164971
#Postdoc #Algae #Biochemistry #SyntheticBiology
Postdoc in Algae biochemistry
employment.ku.dk
October 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🌿 Postdoc in Algae Biochemistry – University of Copenhagen
Join the Algae Biochemistry Group to explore molecular biology, synthetic biology & metabolomics in eukaryotic microalgae.
📅 Apply by 1 Nov 2025
🔗 employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=164971
#Postdoc #Algae #Biochemistry #SyntheticBiology
Join the Algae Biochemistry Group to explore molecular biology, synthetic biology & metabolomics in eukaryotic microalgae.
📅 Apply by 1 Nov 2025
🔗 employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=164971
#Postdoc #Algae #Biochemistry #SyntheticBiology