Monica L Garcia Gomez
@moneralee.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Using computers to model the mechanisms underlying plant decision making in regeneration, drought and warmth responses. Born in Tenochtitlan
🐘 @binfutrecht.bsky.social @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
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Our workshop "Modeling stem cells: evolution, development and regeneration" ended today. It was a joy to spend these days with like-minded scientists in such a beautiful venue. Thank you to all the participants for joining, and to @biologists.bsky.social for supporting our workshop! 🌱🌸🌽🌾
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How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
A multiscale growth atlas of Arabidopsis: linking cell dynamics to organ development
Plant development depends on coordinated growth at cellular and organ scales, yet comparative analyses are hindered by inconsistent reporting of growth across studies. We conducted a meta-analysis o.....
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How fast do plants actually grow? And which growth processes matter most for organ size?
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
We dived into 176 papers, extracted and re-analyzed the data so you don’t have to!
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social @virajalim.bsky.social @elvisbranchini.bsky.social
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Welcome and congratulations to Bruno Guillotin on joining IPS2 as a permanent researcher!
May the spirit of science always be with you and inspire your future discoveries. #PlantScience
ips2.u-psud.fr/en/articles/...
May the spirit of science always be with you and inspire your future discoveries. #PlantScience
ips2.u-psud.fr/en/articles/...
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Welcome and congratulations to Bruno Guillotin on joining IPS2 as a permanent researcher!
May the spirit of science always be with you and inspire your future discoveries. #PlantScience
ips2.u-psud.fr/en/articles/...
May the spirit of science always be with you and inspire your future discoveries. #PlantScience
ips2.u-psud.fr/en/articles/...
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Delighted to be awarded NWO VIDI grant! We will study how microbes shape root cells to enhance plant stress resilience - so exciting!!!!
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
Fantastic to see several plant projects granted🌽🌱
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
Fantastic to see several plant projects granted🌽🌱
149 Vidi applications granted to talented researchers | NWO
NWO has granted a maximum of 850.000 euros to 149 scientists from the domain Science (ENW), Applied and Engineering Sciences (AES) and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) domains, as well as Health, Research and Development (ZonMw). With the help of the Vidi grant, the talented scientists can start their own line of research and further develop their talent.
www.nwo.nl
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Delighted to be awarded NWO VIDI grant! We will study how microbes shape root cells to enhance plant stress resilience - so exciting!!!!
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
Fantastic to see several plant projects granted🌽🌱
www.nwo.nl/en/news/149-...
Fantastic to see several plant projects granted🌽🌱
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The mystery deepens: how did all complex life on Earth originate? In this intriguing VPRO Tegenlicht episode (in Dutch), PhD student Max Raas from the @kopslab.bsky.social talks about his collaboration with Berend Snel. They study the evolution of cell division machinery in single-celled organisms.
Hoe is al het complexe leven op aarde eigenlijk ontstaan?
Wat DNA uit slootwater ons vertelt over jouw onbekende voorouders | VPRO Tegenlicht
YouTube video by VPRO Tegenlicht
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The mystery deepens: how did all complex life on Earth originate? In this intriguing VPRO Tegenlicht episode (in Dutch), PhD student Max Raas from the @kopslab.bsky.social talks about his collaboration with Berend Snel. They study the evolution of cell division machinery in single-celled organisms.
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Wonderful news for our team!
Congratulations to Daniel on receiving this award, and looking forward to more archaeal research in our unit! 🦠 💻 📊 🧑🔬
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @ubc-uu.bsky.social
Congratulations to Daniel on receiving this award, and looking forward to more archaeal research in our unit! 🦠 💻 📊 🧑🔬
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @ubc-uu.bsky.social
Exultant to have been awarded a Vidi grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO)! Can't wait to get started!
Stay tuned for two upcoming (PhD student & postdoc) positions to study archaeal genome evolution.
Also huge congrats to my colleague @dorotakawa.bsky.social!
www.uu.nl/en/news/21-v...
Stay tuned for two upcoming (PhD student & postdoc) positions to study archaeal genome evolution.
Also huge congrats to my colleague @dorotakawa.bsky.social!
www.uu.nl/en/news/21-v...
21 Vidi grants awarded to Utrecht-based researchers
21 researchers from Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, and Princess Máxima Center have each been awarded a Vidi grant worth up to €850,000.
www.uu.nl
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Wonderful news for our team!
Congratulations to Daniel on receiving this award, and looking forward to more archaeal research in our unit! 🦠 💻 📊 🧑🔬
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @ubc-uu.bsky.social
Congratulations to Daniel on receiving this award, and looking forward to more archaeal research in our unit! 🦠 💻 📊 🧑🔬
@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @ubc-uu.bsky.social
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Come be my colleague! Tenured Associate Professor position opening in Plant Ecology at my department @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...
DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
DEEP seeks Associate Professor in Plant Ecology – apply now! - Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
www.su.se
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Come be my colleague! Tenured Associate Professor position opening in Plant Ecology at my department @stockholm-uni.bsky.social www.su.se/department-o...
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Very excited to share that our paper "A RALF-brassinosteorid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypocotyl cell shape" is now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social !
Enjoy reading it!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Enjoy reading it!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Very excited to share that our paper "A RALF-brassinosteorid signaling circuit regulates Arabidopsis hypocotyl cell shape" is now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social !
Enjoy reading it!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Enjoy reading it!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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My latest paper, a postdoc project of mine from the @ronaldpierik.bsky.social lab is finally out in the Plant Cell all its formatted glory! doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.
Gibberellin transport affects lateral root growth through HY5 in response to far-red light
Gibberellin translocation from shoot to root conveys a plant-plant competition signal that leads to a reduction in lateral root growth.
doi.org
September 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My latest paper, a postdoc project of mine from the @ronaldpierik.bsky.social lab is finally out in the Plant Cell all its formatted glory! doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.
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Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 22, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Coming to you live from #ISPLORE2025JP Fresh preprint from my lab showing that leaves progressively oxygenate and how this is important for their morphogenesis.Thanks to our collaborators from @Fra_LicO2si lab. #plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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My lab's very first manuscripts are out!!!!
- We identified nearly 60 conserved RNA structures in plastids #chloroplast #RNA
- We found that transcriptional response to warm temperatures in whole seedling is confounded by response at organ level #thermomorphogenesis
Link to both preprints below
- We identified nearly 60 conserved RNA structures in plastids #chloroplast #RNA
- We found that transcriptional response to warm temperatures in whole seedling is confounded by response at organ level #thermomorphogenesis
Link to both preprints below
August 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
My lab's very first manuscripts are out!!!!
- We identified nearly 60 conserved RNA structures in plastids #chloroplast #RNA
- We found that transcriptional response to warm temperatures in whole seedling is confounded by response at organ level #thermomorphogenesis
Link to both preprints below
- We identified nearly 60 conserved RNA structures in plastids #chloroplast #RNA
- We found that transcriptional response to warm temperatures in whole seedling is confounded by response at organ level #thermomorphogenesis
Link to both preprints below
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Thrilled to have our spatial single-cell atlas of the Arabidopsis lifecycle in @NaturePlants. Turns out that its easy to make nice images when spatial expression of 1,000 genes is available! 1/n
@natanellae.bsky.social @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social @joeecker.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natanellae.bsky.social @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social @joeecker.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thrilled to have our spatial single-cell atlas of the Arabidopsis lifecycle in @NaturePlants. Turns out that its easy to make nice images when spatial expression of 1,000 genes is available! 1/n
@natanellae.bsky.social @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social @joeecker.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natanellae.bsky.social @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social @joeecker.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It's alive!! 🌱 Check out our combination of experimental approaches and computational modeling, showing how growth conflicts among neighboring cell files underlie the orientation of cell divisions in root regeneration. Such a rewarding experience to be part of this collaboration!
Our new paper is out!
1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Wound repair in plants guided by cell geometry
Mathew et al. show that growth conflicts reshape cells after injury, forming rhomboidal
geometries that trigger diagonal divisions. This reorients cell files to restore tapered
morphology. A two-step ...
www.cell.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It's alive!! 🌱 Check out our combination of experimental approaches and computational modeling, showing how growth conflicts among neighboring cell files underlie the orientation of cell divisions in root regeneration. Such a rewarding experience to be part of this collaboration!
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🌱 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...
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 11:07 AM
🌱 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...
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...
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maize shoot apical meristems are the cutest! 😍
plasma membrane labeled with PIP2A-CFP
plasma membrane labeled with PIP2A-CFP
July 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
maize shoot apical meristems are the cutest! 😍
plasma membrane labeled with PIP2A-CFP
plasma membrane labeled with PIP2A-CFP
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The Cereal Stem Cell Systems Consortium published a comprehensive review in Plant Cell on how meristems shape cereal architecture.
If you are not a fan of cereals except for breakfast, your teaching will still benefit from the amazing figures!
@cerealcell.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/32a74xpd
If you are not a fan of cereals except for breakfast, your teaching will still benefit from the amazing figures!
@cerealcell.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/32a74xpd
July 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Cereal Stem Cell Systems Consortium published a comprehensive review in Plant Cell on how meristems shape cereal architecture.
If you are not a fan of cereals except for breakfast, your teaching will still benefit from the amazing figures!
@cerealcell.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/32a74xpd
If you are not a fan of cereals except for breakfast, your teaching will still benefit from the amazing figures!
@cerealcell.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/32a74xpd
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Pablo's elegant figures are definitely a highlight!
Thrilled to see our review published! 🌺Here we asked how temperature affects reproductive meristems across the year in seasonal climates and what that means for the final plant architecture of Arabidopsis and some of its crop relatives 🌡️
July 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Pablo's elegant figures are definitely a highlight!
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Super excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years:
Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All data available: www.grene-net.org/data
#MOILAB
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
🧵👇
Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All data available: www.grene-net.org/data
#MOILAB
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
🧵👇
May 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Super excited to release a huge evolution project on the works for many years:
Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All data available: www.grene-net.org/data
#MOILAB
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
🧵👇
Evolution experiments synchronized across climates to understand rapid adaptation
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
All data available: www.grene-net.org/data
#MOILAB
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
@hhmi.org
🧵👇
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Reposted by Monica L Garcia Gomez
#ICAR2025 has started! come join us tomorrow in Concurrent 2 to learn about computational models and how they help us understand plants 🌱🙂
June 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#ICAR2025 has started! come join us tomorrow in Concurrent 2 to learn about computational models and how they help us understand plants 🌱🙂
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Today we celebrate over 40 years of research of Rob de Boer, chair Professor of Theoretical Biology.
Rob complemented his tremendous scientific career with a deep impact in multiple roles, as a dedicated teacher, an inspiring mentor, and a kind and generous colleague. Thank you, Rob!
Rob complemented his tremendous scientific career with a deep impact in multiple roles, as a dedicated teacher, an inspiring mentor, and a kind and generous colleague. Thank you, Rob!
June 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Today we celebrate over 40 years of research of Rob de Boer, chair Professor of Theoretical Biology.
Rob complemented his tremendous scientific career with a deep impact in multiple roles, as a dedicated teacher, an inspiring mentor, and a kind and generous colleague. Thank you, Rob!
Rob complemented his tremendous scientific career with a deep impact in multiple roles, as a dedicated teacher, an inspiring mentor, and a kind and generous colleague. Thank you, Rob!
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Temperature is so important for plants that they have come up with many independent temperature sensors.
Curious? Read more in this review by former WeigelWorld members Sridevi Sureshkumar & Suresh Balasubramanian.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Curious? Read more in this review by former WeigelWorld members Sridevi Sureshkumar & Suresh Balasubramanian.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
June 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Temperature is so important for plants that they have come up with many independent temperature sensors.
Curious? Read more in this review by former WeigelWorld members Sridevi Sureshkumar & Suresh Balasubramanian.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Curious? Read more in this review by former WeigelWorld members Sridevi Sureshkumar & Suresh Balasubramanian.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Last few days to apply to this position! Come join us to model plant stress responses across species in this @cropxr.bsky.social PhD position! 🌱🌽🌾🥬🌡️
PhD Position in Modelling Regulation of Plant Stress Responses across Species!! 🌱🌽🌾🥬🌡️🌡️
Apply before June 16 to join this exciting project with Kirsten ten Tusscher in the context of CropXR!! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Apply before June 16 to join this exciting project with Kirsten ten Tusscher in the context of CropXR!! www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
PhD Position in Modelling Regulation of Plant Stress Responses across Species
Join us to model plant stress responses and help breed climate-resilient crops in a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment!
www.uu.nl
June 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Last few days to apply to this position! Come join us to model plant stress responses across species in this @cropxr.bsky.social PhD position! 🌱🌽🌾🥬🌡️
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🧩 PhD Position – Origins of Darwinian Inheritance 🧩
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
May 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🧩 PhD Position – Origins of Darwinian Inheritance 🧩
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF
This joint PhD project between the @rug.nl (Rampal Etienne & Martijn Egas) and @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social (Bram van Dijk) explores how simple prebiotic systems could evolve reliable information transfer.
Apply here: shorturl.at/WgYMF