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jandevries.bsky.social
@jandevries.bsky.social
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Interested in #evolution #plantsci #charophytes | uses #molbiol #genomics #bioinformatics | Professor
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3507
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plantteaching.bsky.social
Plant Science Research Weekly Oct 31, 2025. plantae.org/plant-scienc... What makes a tree a tree? Secret strategy of far-red photosynthesis; Unwinding the Spirogyra genome; H2O2 role in P starvation response; Viral evasion of cap-independent translation defense (1/2)
Structure of the far-red photosystem I from cyanobacteria that indicates the position of the chlorophyll f molecules that enable the cells to use far-red light for photosynthesis.
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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plantsciencedbg.bsky.social
Sudden complexity just 65 million years ago discovered by team around @jandevries.bsky.social by analysis of the green alga Coleochaete, an ancestor and an intriguing group, which has evolved elaborate disc-shaped bodies. The team reports about it in Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
Phylogenomics unveil a recent origin of morphological complexity in Coleochaetophyceae
Bierenbroodspot et al. use phylogenomic analyses to study Coleochaetophyceae, phragmoplastophytic streptophyte algae that are well-known for their complex bodies. They trace that the famous discoidal ...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
jandevries.bsky.social
Only two days left to apply for the open tenure track professorship in Computational Biology here in @uni-goettingen.de
uni-goettingen.de/en/700631.html
W2-TT-W3 Computational Biology - Georg-August-University Göttingen
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October 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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rensingstefan.bsky.social
Very happy and proud to share the #Spirogyra genome: 50 Mbp small, lacking almost all plastid division proteins and many transcription factors. Kudos to all the many people involved in this multi year project!
@jandevries.bsky.social
@watertoland.bsky.social
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October 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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theplantjournal.bsky.social
Meet the winners of the 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 consortium meeting

🟢 PhD student 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 @hannahlepper.bsky.social
@franzificht.bsky.social lab
🟢Postdoc 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡 @physcomitr_ella from the Ischebeck lab

CONGRATULATIONS!
@watertoland.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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watertoland.bsky.social
Next is Elisa Goldbecker from @jandevries.bsky.social in Göttingen, sharing updates about the Spirogyra genome project #MAdLand2025
September 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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rensingstefan.bsky.social
...and 10 new phylogenetically diverse hornwort genomes here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@fernway.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social @watertoland.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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watertoland.bsky.social
Next up, Hengchi Chen from @jandevries.bsky.social lab in Göttingen is revisiting the deep divergence of land plants with us #MAdLand2025
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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watertoland.bsky.social
And we are wrapping up the session with Zahin Bin Mohd Ali from @jandevries.bsky.social lab in Göttingen, discussing his findings on phytochrome-mediated light signalling of Physcomitrium patens #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
jandevries.bsky.social
This has been great: #Phylogenomics unveil a recent origin of morphological complexity in Coleochaetophyceae. With @ikeririsarri.bsky.social @maaikebier.bsky.social Chuck, + more @uni-goettingen.de @watertoland.bsky.social #streptophytes #charophytes #evolution
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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johninnescentre.bsky.social
EVENT - 4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025

🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏰ From 9:30 am
📍 @theforumnorwich.bsky.social, Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF

For more info: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge...

💻 Register by 14 NOVEMBER 2025: forms.office.com/e/7xLvVHtbC6

@philcarella.bsky.social
4th Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant Group Meeting 2025 | John Innes Centre
General Information Established thanks to the support of the Genetics Society, the Non-Seed Plant Sectional Interest Group brings together UK researchers studying all aspects of plant biology using…
www.jic.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
jandevries.bsky.social
Just 4 days left to apply! Pls repost!
jandevries.bsky.social jandevries.bsky.social @jandevries.bsky.social · Aug 25
We are hiring the second cohort of EvoReSt PhD students. If you are interested in deep evolutionary questions, checkout:
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/687607.html
Apply here:
obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/In...
August 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Attention plant proteomics specialists: We are looking for a Head of our new Proteomics Unit at our international and dynamic Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology. @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social Applications are welcome until 30. Sept 2025: jobs.mpimp-golm.mpg.de/jobposting/8...
Head of Service Unit Proteomics
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August 23, 2025 at 8:27 AM
jandevries.bsky.social
We are hiring the second cohort of EvoReSt PhD students. If you are interested in deep evolutionary questions, checkout:
www.uni-goettingen.de/de/687607.html
Apply here:
obp.uni-goettingen.de/de-de/OBF/In...
August 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
jandevries.bsky.social
We are looking for a new colleague! If you do exciting microbial work (from various fields and approaches), please consider applying. (Yes, I am talking to you, postdocs ;) ) :)
uni-goettingen.de/en/699057.html
W1-TT-W2 Microbial Genetics - Georg-August-University Göttingen
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August 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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dudinlab.bsky.social
Registrations are Open for the Rigi Workshop 2026, which I'm happy to co-organise with @michaelraissig.bsky.social

"Endless Forms Most Beautiful"

This is primarily intended for PhDs & Postdocs.
Only 30 spots available! So think fast !

#Cell #Biology #ProtistsOnSky

LINK: scnat.ch/en/uuid/i/aa...
July 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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dudinlab.bsky.social
So for a couple of days on top of a Snowy #Swiss Mountain with a #Lake View

We will talk #Cell Biology, #Development & #Evolution.
We will also go #Sampling

With:

@gautamdey.bsky.social
@Susana Coelho
@jandevries.bsky.social
@lsaunders.bsky.social
@annikaguse.bsky.social
@Edwige Moyroud
July 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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jfuerst-jansen.bsky.social
🌿 Excited to share our new editorial on streptophyte trait evolution in the latest virtual issue from @newphyt.bsky.social, with @jandevries.bsky.social & @Ralph_Panstruga. The issue features several articles from MAdLand collaborations @watertoland.bsky.social
Check it out: doi.org/10.1111/nph....
August 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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watertoland.bsky.social
‼️ Registration for the Annual MAdLand Meeting 2025 is now open!
Join us from 30.09 – 02.10 in the beautiful city of Osnabrück to discuss latest trends in plant science & reconnect with an amazing #Plantsci community #MAdLand2025 #Evolution
🌱 Learn more and register here:
madland-meeting.de/2025/
June 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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michaelraissig.bsky.social
Very excited for the Rigi Workshop "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" that I am co-organising with @dudinlab.bsky.social
speakers: @gautamdey.bsky.social Susana Coelho @jandevries.bsky.social Lauren Sanders @annikaguse.bsky.social Edwige Moyroud
Jan 25-27 2026
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Rigi Workshop 2026: Endless Forms Most Beautiful
PhD-students and Post-docs: From 25 to 27th January 2026, join us for a 3-days interdisciplinary workshop at the top of Rigi Mountain to discuss and embrace curiosity-driven approaches, beyond the tra...
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May 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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lauraeme.bsky.social
Fun little Q&A! Thank you for the opportunity Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social
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February 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Really happy to see this piece of my PhD out. Thank you to everyone involved. It's being a steep learning journey.
April 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social
In a few months @dolfweijers.bsky.social and team has provided an unbelievable amount of details on ARF/auxin evolution 😯

Trying to keep track here

doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

And the latest @natplants.nature.com 🔽

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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 identifies ARF degradat...
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April 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
jandevries.bsky.social
2nd phase for EU students: You have a degree in #Biology, #Biochemistry, Appl. Computer Sci. (+related) & want to delve into Computational Biology & #Bioinformatics for your Master's? Apply for our program
@uniGoettingen
with a broad range of topics—go to: uni-goettingen.de/de/657628.html
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (M.Sc.) - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
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April 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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If you want to find out why metabolism may look different to what you were taught, and why this matters, dip into to our review 'Non-canonical plant metabolism' www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natureplants.bsky.social
#PlantScience
April 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM