Ghent Rooting-lab/Steffen Vanneste
@stvanneste.bsky.social
Ghent Rooting lab!
All kinds of #roots #adventitious roots. One hormone to rule them all #auxin
Steffen Vanneste
All kinds of #roots #adventitious roots. One hormone to rule them all #auxin
Steffen Vanneste
Pinned
Time for a group picture! All smiling faces and some sunshine.
Marketa Luklova, Ren Wang (front), me, Qianqian Liu, Nuria Benitez (back)
Marketa Luklova, Ren Wang (front), me, Qianqian Liu, Nuria Benitez (back)
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“The ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis”. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A 🌱 thread 👇 1/x
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“The ZAT14 family promotes cell death and regulates expansins to affect xylem formation and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis”. Now out in @theplantcell.bsky.social led by Ming Feng and colleagues. A 🌱 thread 👇 1/x
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
Collecting some bubbles at the 'foire des vins'. Traditions need to be respected!
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Collecting some bubbles at the 'foire des vins'. Traditions need to be respected!
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Serial section videography (SSV): A low-cost protocol for generating 3D reconstructions of internal plant structure
New in #AppsPlantSci by Jacob Suissa & Giselle Reyes
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #plantanatomy #plantdevelopment #microCT #PlantScience
New in #AppsPlantSci by Jacob Suissa & Giselle Reyes
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #plantanatomy #plantdevelopment #microCT #PlantScience
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Serial section videography (SSV): A low-cost protocol for generating 3D reconstructions of internal plant structure
New in #AppsPlantSci by Jacob Suissa & Giselle Reyes
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #plantanatomy #plantdevelopment #microCT #PlantScience
New in #AppsPlantSci by Jacob Suissa & Giselle Reyes
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #plantanatomy #plantdevelopment #microCT #PlantScience
Very late repost but we loved writing this News and Views article on these super cool papers that enhance our understanding of how the auxin response is fine tuned.
There is a nice News & Views article by @suruchiroy.bsky.social and others regarding our recent Nature Plants paper (@mestelle.bsky.social, @drannisr.bsky.social, and @luciastrader.bsky.social labs) and another from @dolfweijers.bsky.social 's lab. #PlantScience #Auxin rdcu.be/eAEnz
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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TUM Offers a professorship in Crop Production. Geat opportunity!
portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
TUM - Professor in » Crop Production «
Studierenden- und Mitarbeiterportal der Technische Universität München
portal.mytum.de
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
TUM Offers a professorship in Crop Production. Geat opportunity!
portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...
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It’s finally out! 🎉
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
An AINTEGUMENTA phosphoswitch controls bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth | PNAS
Plant stem cells have the remarkable ability to give rise to distinct tissues and
organs throughout development. Two concentric cylinders of active...
www.pnas.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It’s finally out! 🎉
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Discover how roots “feel” gravity:
Our latest PNAS paper shows that root gravitropism isn’t just on/off, but is unified and angle-dependent, tied to auxin shifts driven by PIN protein and statolith behaviour in columella cells.
Read more: tinyurl.com/22awa3pf
Our latest PNAS paper shows that root gravitropism isn’t just on/off, but is unified and angle-dependent, tied to auxin shifts driven by PIN protein and statolith behaviour in columella cells.
Read more: tinyurl.com/22awa3pf
Angle dependence as a unifying feature of root graviresponse modules | PNAS
Gravitropism, the patterning of postembryonic growth in relation to the gravity vector,
allows plants to optimize the use of limited and nonhomogen...
www.pnas.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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A great opportunity to join our newly established imaging centre in Frankfurt as engineer/technician. If you love light microscopy, please apply!
Please share!
Please share!
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
A great opportunity to join our newly established imaging centre in Frankfurt as engineer/technician. If you love light microscopy, please apply!
Please share!
Please share!
#plant histology 😃
PLANT MICROTECHNIQUE WITH RESIN - TOWARDS PLANT HISTOLOMICS https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.18.689160v1
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#plant histology 😃
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📣 Finishing your PhD or recently graduated?
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾
Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!
Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...
📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾
Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!
Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...
📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
📣 Finishing your PhD or recently graduated?
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾
Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!
Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...
📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
Looking to shape your own postdoc project?🧪🌾
Join us for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists on 28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden, and network with the UPSC community!
Learn more and apply: www.upsc.se/early-career...
📅 Apply by 11 Jan 2026
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Looking for a fantastic place for your next career step? Come to speak about your science and meet us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Looking for a fantastic place for your next career step? Come to speak about your science and meet us @umeaplantsciencecentre.se
Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
Have a look at the research groups www.upsc.se/research/res... and build up your next project
Role of cAMP in TIR1/AFB auxin signaling: open issues #plantscience
Role of cAMP in TIR1/AFB auxin signaling: open issues
The canonical mechanism by which the phytohormone auxin regulates transcription has been one of the cornerstones of plant signaling. The recent unexpected discovery of cyclic AMP (cAMP) as a second messenger in this pathway has revised its foundations while leaving many open questions and gaps in our understanding; these will be discussed in this forum article.
dlvr.it
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
New Article: "A combined biochemical and computational approach provides evidence for membrane remodelling by the structural scaffold of the endocytic TPLATE complex" rdcu.be/eP4fX
... to generate a comprehensive structure of the multisubunit endocytic TPLATE complex.
... to generate a comprehensive structure of the multisubunit endocytic TPLATE complex.
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
New OA Article: "Cambium LBDs promote radial growth by regulating PLL-mediated pectin metabolism" rdcu.be/eP4mp
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
LBD TFs in the cambium drive radial plant growth by regulating PECTATE LYASE-LIKE (PLL) enzymes that remodel cell wall pectin, promoting cell expansion.
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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In a new #ScienceReview, researchers explore how advances in single-cell analysis and developments in gene editing are paving the way for precision engineering of crop plants. https://scim.ag/43SDAYe
Unlocking the potential of brassinosteroids: A path to precision plant engineering
Brassinosteroids are essential plant hormones that play a central role in regulating growth, development, and stress responses. Their impact on plant architecture and productivity makes them attractiv...
scim.ag
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
In a new #ScienceReview, researchers explore how advances in single-cell analysis and developments in gene editing are paving the way for precision engineering of crop plants. https://scim.ag/43SDAYe
#auxin, what else?
By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Auxin transport positions stem cells in the vascular cambium during normal development and regeneration | PNAS
The vascular cambium contains bifacial stem cells producing secondary phloem in one
and secondary xylem to the opposite direction. In Arabidopsis r...
www.pnas.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#auxin, what else?
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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 12:31 PM
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.
I feel a link to #auxin 😉
IN BRIEF: Blue Light-Tuned Selective Autophagy: CRY1 Intercepts ATG8 to Protect HY5 (Jiajun Wang) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Blue light–tuned selective autophagy: CRY1 intercepts ATG8 to protect HY5
Sunlight not only provides energy for plant photosynthesis but also serves as a signal regulating various aspects of plant growth and development. Plants p
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I feel a link to #auxin 😉
#auxin vs EPFL2 for auxin maxima, serration, phyllotaxis
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Congrats, Momoko @prunus-persica123.bsky.social and all! Excited to see how our former postdoc's work unfolded the mutual inhibitory mechanism bet/w EPFL2 peptide hormone & auxin underpins the intervals of auxin maxima 🌿🔬🥳
Just published @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just published @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#auxin vs EPFL2 for auxin maxima, serration, phyllotaxis
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Here is my @currentbiology.bsky.social dispatch on an excellent article by the @coudertlab.bsky.social. Re-visiting the shoot branching field (and learning many new things in the process!) brought back fond memories from my time at @slcuplants.bsky.social. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Plant development: Auxin diffusion controls moss shoot architecture
The phytohormone auxin is a conserved inhibitor of shoot branching in plants. While directional, carrier-mediated transport is necessary for the proce…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Single-cell and spatial omics reveal progressive loss of xylem developmental complexity across seed plants (Peng Shuai, Jo-Wei Allison Hsieh, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Single-cell and spatial omics reveal progressive loss of xylem developmental complexity across seed plants
Single-cell and spatial omics in conifers uncover conserved radial lineages but divergent axial trajectories with angiosperm-like and gymnosperm-specific f
doi.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Single-cell and spatial omics reveal progressive loss of xylem developmental complexity across seed plants (Peng Shuai, Jo-Wei Allison Hsieh, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
#diy Gfptrap
Now online in its final version. Plz surf to doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
#diy Gfptrap
#auxin and autophagy
🚨 New preprint by @cate-giannini.bsky.social🚨
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#auxin and autophagy
#auxin. TMO5 and Pin polarity
Our latest on PIN1 polarity…. Congrats Kareem!
(x.com/kareemvk)
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
(x.com/kareemvk)
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
TMO5 regulates PIN1 polarity convergence and organogenesis downstream of MONOPTEROS in the Arabidopsis shoot
Plants continuously produce lateral organs, such as leaves and flowers, from the shoot apical meristem (SAM). This process is guided by the accumulation of the plant hormone auxin and the polar locali...
journals.biologists.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
#auxin. TMO5 and Pin polarity