Mateusz Majda
@matmajda.bsky.social
The Majda lab - Mechanobiology at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland 🇨🇭🌱🌿🌳
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!🌱⚛️
✨ 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. 🚀
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October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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!🌱⚛️
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💉 News recherche
Des microbiologistes de @unil.bsky.social ont développé une technologie qui ouvre la voie à de nouveaux vaccins contre des maladies pour lesquelles il n’existe encore aucune protection.
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Des microbiologistes de @unil.bsky.social ont développé une technologie qui ouvre la voie à de nouveaux vaccins contre des maladies pour lesquelles il n’existe encore aucune protection.
www.unil.ch/news/fr/1759...
Une découverte Unil pour développer des vaccins se transforme en start-up
La technologie CRISPRi-seq, issue des recherches fondamentales au sein de l’équipe du Pr Jan-Willem Veening à l’Université de Lausanne, a franchi une étape décisive: elle a été licenciée à la start-up...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
💉 News recherche
Des microbiologistes de @unil.bsky.social ont développé une technologie qui ouvre la voie à de nouveaux vaccins contre des maladies pour lesquelles il n’existe encore aucune protection.
www.unil.ch/news/fr/1759...
Des microbiologistes de @unil.bsky.social ont développé une technologie qui ouvre la voie à de nouveaux vaccins contre des maladies pour lesquelles il n’existe encore aucune protection.
www.unil.ch/news/fr/1759...
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A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...
www.science.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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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.
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
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
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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.
(1/5) We reveal how root architecture and nutrient leakage shape spatial patterns of microbial colonization, moving beyond traditional models of uniform exudation.
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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!
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Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)
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September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
August 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We’re looking for curious, innovative science leaders at EMBL Heidelberg! 🔬🧬🦠
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
Join a vibrant, interdisciplinary community where collaboration and innovation are nurtured at all levels.
Take a look at these four open positions 👇
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Please find our latest paper in @pnas.org. Lots of work from a fantastic group: Qian Ma, Sijia Liu, @siamsadoyle.bsky.social , Sara Raggi and others including @luciastrader.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @kawresearch.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
RACK1A positively regulates opening of the apical hook in Arabidopsis thaliana via suppression of its auxin response gradient | PNAS
Apical hook development is an ideal model for studying differential growth in plants
and is controlled by complex phytohormonal crosstalk, with aux...
www.pnas.org
July 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Please find our latest paper in @pnas.org. Lots of work from a fantastic group: Qian Ma, Sijia Liu, @siamsadoyle.bsky.social , Sara Raggi and others including @luciastrader.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @kawresearch.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Paper 🚨!!
Plasmodesmata transport first in both, then only in one direction in roots! Congratulations to Lea and @mariebarberon.bsky.social !!
Plasmodesmata transport first in both, then only in one direction in roots! Congratulations to Lea and @mariebarberon.bsky.social !!
A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes #research #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...
July 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Paper 🚨!!
Plasmodesmata transport first in both, then only in one direction in roots! Congratulations to Lea and @mariebarberon.bsky.social !!
Plasmodesmata transport first in both, then only in one direction in roots! Congratulations to Lea and @mariebarberon.bsky.social !!
Big congratulations!!
🎉 We’re thrilled to share that our director Miltos Tsiantis has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant @erc.europa.eu for his project CLONAL, which will explore the development and diversity of root suckers. Congratulations! 🌱👏Learn more: bit.ly/43KuvBe #ERCAdG #plantsci
June 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Big congratulations!!
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Check out our latest work, featuring beautiful, first-of-their-kind cryo-tomograms of crucial plant cell wall modifications, Casparian strips, suberin lamellae, lignified xylem walls and more! From our Electron Microscopy Facility led by @chgenoud.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Imaging of specialized plant cell walls by improved cryo-CLEM and cryo-electron tomography
Cryo-focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (cryo-FIBSEM) has become essential for preparing electron-transparent lamellae from cryo-plunged and high-pressure frozen specimens. However, targeti...
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June 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Check out our latest work, featuring beautiful, first-of-their-kind cryo-tomograms of crucial plant cell wall modifications, Casparian strips, suberin lamellae, lignified xylem walls and more! From our Electron Microscopy Facility led by @chgenoud.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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We have a unique opportunity for a junior researcher, PhD student or postdoc, to use a revolutionary technique for mineral nutrient imaging and tracing in plants. Please re-post! Interested candidates should apply through the portal at the link below:
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career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...
Career Opportunities: Postdoc or PhD student position in Plant Physiology (22260)
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May 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
We have a unique opportunity for a junior researcher, PhD student or postdoc, to use a revolutionary technique for mineral nutrient imaging and tracing in plants. Please re-post! Interested candidates should apply through the portal at the link below:
career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...
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🚨 Time to register !
The European Plant Cytoskeletal Club is an informal meeting, focusing on research on plant cytoskeleton 🍀🧪🧬🔬
Where: ENS de Lyon @ensdelyon.bsky.social, hosted by the RDP laboratory @rdplab.bsky.social
When: the 4th and 5th of September 2025.
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epcc2025.sciencesconf.org
The European Plant Cytoskeletal Club is an informal meeting, focusing on research on plant cytoskeleton 🍀🧪🧬🔬
Where: ENS de Lyon @ensdelyon.bsky.social, hosted by the RDP laboratory @rdplab.bsky.social
When: the 4th and 5th of September 2025.
👇
epcc2025.sciencesconf.org
May 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🚨 Time to register !
The European Plant Cytoskeletal Club is an informal meeting, focusing on research on plant cytoskeleton 🍀🧪🧬🔬
Where: ENS de Lyon @ensdelyon.bsky.social, hosted by the RDP laboratory @rdplab.bsky.social
When: the 4th and 5th of September 2025.
👇
epcc2025.sciencesconf.org
The European Plant Cytoskeletal Club is an informal meeting, focusing on research on plant cytoskeleton 🍀🧪🧬🔬
Where: ENS de Lyon @ensdelyon.bsky.social, hosted by the RDP laboratory @rdplab.bsky.social
When: the 4th and 5th of September 2025.
👇
epcc2025.sciencesconf.org
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🌱 Excited to share that I will start my lab at EPFL, CH this June supported by a @snsf.ch Starting Grant! ramakrishna.ch
We are interested in plant mineral nutrition and will deep-dive into the fine-tuned mechanisms employed by plants to adapt to abiotic stresses such as salinity.
#newPI #plantsci
We are interested in plant mineral nutrition and will deep-dive into the fine-tuned mechanisms employed by plants to adapt to abiotic stresses such as salinity.
#newPI #plantsci
Plant Adaptation Lab (PAL) – Situated at Institute of Environmental Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland
ramakrishna.ch
May 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🌱 Excited to share that I will start my lab at EPFL, CH this June supported by a @snsf.ch Starting Grant! ramakrishna.ch
We are interested in plant mineral nutrition and will deep-dive into the fine-tuned mechanisms employed by plants to adapt to abiotic stresses such as salinity.
#newPI #plantsci
We are interested in plant mineral nutrition and will deep-dive into the fine-tuned mechanisms employed by plants to adapt to abiotic stresses such as salinity.
#newPI #plantsci
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Check out our new preprint where we explore natural variation, leading to the identification of SUBER GENE1, a novel regulator of suberization. Excited to share the first manuscript from a project I conceptualized 10 years ago!
Delighted to share one piece of my postdoc work in preprint: Through forward genetic screening for suberin deposition in root endodermis, we identified SUBER GENE 1 (SBG1) by GWAS as a novel regulator for suberization by interacting with Type One Protein Phosphatase. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Check out our new preprint where we explore natural variation, leading to the identification of SUBER GENE1, a novel regulator of suberization. Excited to share the first manuscript from a project I conceptualized 10 years ago!
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🚨Our paper is out!
If you ever wonder how four-way junctions are avoided during plant cell division, some answers here 🧬🍀🔬🧪🤓
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you ever wonder how four-way junctions are avoided during plant cell division, some answers here 🧬🍀🔬🧪🤓
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Conserved mechanical hallmark guides four-way junction avoidance during plant cytokinesis
When building an organ, adjacent cells coordinate to form topologically stable junctions by integrating mechanosensitive signaling pathways. Positioni…
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May 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🚨Our paper is out!
If you ever wonder how four-way junctions are avoided during plant cell division, some answers here 🧬🍀🔬🧪🤓
👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If you ever wonder how four-way junctions are avoided during plant cell division, some answers here 🧬🍀🔬🧪🤓
👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Delighted to share one piece of my postdoc work in preprint: Through forward genetic screening for suberin deposition in root endodermis, we identified SUBER GENE 1 (SBG1) by GWAS as a novel regulator for suberization by interacting with Type One Protein Phosphatase. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Delighted to share one piece of my postdoc work in preprint: Through forward genetic screening for suberin deposition in root endodermis, we identified SUBER GENE 1 (SBG1) by GWAS as a novel regulator for suberization by interacting with Type One Protein Phosphatase. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🌾 One week until registration deadline 🌾
Join us in stunning Monte Verità in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for what will be a great meeting on grass biology. Fantastic line-up www.brachypodium2025.org/speaker2 & a great community
Register until May 5 www.brachypodium2025.org/registration
Join us in stunning Monte Verità in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for what will be a great meeting on grass biology. Fantastic line-up www.brachypodium2025.org/speaker2 & a great community
Register until May 5 www.brachypodium2025.org/registration
April 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🌾 One week until registration deadline 🌾
Join us in stunning Monte Verità in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for what will be a great meeting on grass biology. Fantastic line-up www.brachypodium2025.org/speaker2 & a great community
Register until May 5 www.brachypodium2025.org/registration
Join us in stunning Monte Verità in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for what will be a great meeting on grass biology. Fantastic line-up www.brachypodium2025.org/speaker2 & a great community
Register until May 5 www.brachypodium2025.org/registration
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The Camelot paper is now published. If you ever wanted to try biomechanics, Camelot is an inexpensive and easy way to get started. @matmajda.bsky.social
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April 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Camelot paper is now published. If you ever wanted to try biomechanics, Camelot is an inexpensive and easy way to get started. @matmajda.bsky.social
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We have a postdoc position that just opened up in the Brady lab on reprogramming tomato root system architecture in response to changes in nutrient availability - please consider applying! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07095
Postdoctoral Researcher- Brady Lab
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
April 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We have a postdoc position that just opened up in the Brady lab on reprogramming tomato root system architecture in response to changes in nutrient availability - please consider applying! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07095
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🌱 🔬
🚨 There is a 2-year postdoc position available in my group in Neuchâtel 🚨
Please share!
Details here: www.unine.ch/biologie/wp-...
🚨 There is a 2-year postdoc position available in my group in Neuchâtel 🚨
Please share!
Details here: www.unine.ch/biologie/wp-...
www.unine.ch
April 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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🚨 There is a 2-year postdoc position available in my group in Neuchâtel 🚨
Please share!
Details here: www.unine.ch/biologie/wp-...
🚨 There is a 2-year postdoc position available in my group in Neuchâtel 🚨
Please share!
Details here: www.unine.ch/biologie/wp-...
Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... now in Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea
The advent of clonal multicellularity is a critical evolutionary milestone, seen often in eukaryotes, rarely in bacteria, and only once in archaea. We show that uniaxial compression induces clonal mul...
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April 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... now in Science: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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It's out! Detailed transcriptome atlas of mature Arabidopsis root undergoing secondary growth. Fantastic work by Munan Lyu and Hiroyuki Iida + other lab members, wonderful collab with @bertderybel.bsky.social lab on the scRNAseq analysis. @treebiocoe.bsky.social 1/x www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The dynamic and diverse nature of parenchyma cells in the Arabidopsis root during secondary growth - Nature Plants
A combination of lineage tracing and single-cell RNA sequencing reveals how xylem and phloem parenchyma cells in the secondary tissue of Arabidopsis root mature gradually. Upon root barrier injury, th...
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March 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's out! Detailed transcriptome atlas of mature Arabidopsis root undergoing secondary growth. Fantastic work by Munan Lyu and Hiroyuki Iida + other lab members, wonderful collab with @bertderybel.bsky.social lab on the scRNAseq analysis. @treebiocoe.bsky.social 1/x www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Do you want to know how mechanical interaction between tissue layers controls the formation of complex organ shapes in plants? 🔬🌼
🚨Our latest collaborative work with @routierlab.bsky.social is now published @natureplants.bsky.social
Find out more👉 rdcu.be/efad3
🚨Our latest collaborative work with @routierlab.bsky.social is now published @natureplants.bsky.social
Find out more👉 rdcu.be/efad3
Mechanical interactions between tissue layers underlie plant morphogenesis
Nature Plants - Anthers, the male reproductive organs in plants, are a model to explore the establishment of complex three-dimensional shapes. Live imaging, genetics and modelling reveal an active...
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March 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Do you want to know how mechanical interaction between tissue layers controls the formation of complex organ shapes in plants? 🔬🌼
🚨Our latest collaborative work with @routierlab.bsky.social is now published @natureplants.bsky.social
Find out more👉 rdcu.be/efad3
🚨Our latest collaborative work with @routierlab.bsky.social is now published @natureplants.bsky.social
Find out more👉 rdcu.be/efad3
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Interestingly, plant epidermal cells have a strikingly similar lobate shape, which provides structural rigidity. We teamed up with plant biologists R. Smith and M. Majda. In silico modeling showed that, similar to plants, the lobate shape of LECs helps prevent lumen collapse in lymphatic capillaries
March 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Interestingly, plant epidermal cells have a strikingly similar lobate shape, which provides structural rigidity. We teamed up with plant biologists R. Smith and M. Majda. In silico modeling showed that, similar to plants, the lobate shape of LECs helps prevent lumen collapse in lymphatic capillaries