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Thomas Greb
@thomasgreb.bsky.social
plant biologist, interested in cellular coordination
Professor @cosheidelberg.bsky.social of @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/developmental-physiology
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Our paper comparing stomata of the three annual Brachypodium species is out 🌾
bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A great collaborative effort between @lbmountain.bsky.social, & our friends at University of Silesia (Alexander Betekhtin and Anna Milewska-Hendel). Funded by @dfg.de and NAWA
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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People: "Things used to be better."

Scientist: "When did it start getting worse?"

People: "When I was born."

From "The illusion of moral decline" by Adam Mastroianni.
shorturl.at/FFEDV
October 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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... and a scientific coordinator for experiments of the "Plant Perturbation Atlas" within our cluster www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openi...
Job vacancies: University of Hohenheim
Current job opportunities at the University of Hohenheim
www.uni-hohenheim.de
October 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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... a computer scientist... www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openi...
Job vacancies: University of Hohenheim
Current job opportunities at the University of Hohenheim
www.uni-hohenheim.de
October 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Another GreenRobust-related Job opening: The university of Hohenheim is looking for a Data Steward in Research Data Management www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/job-openi...
Job vacancies: University of Hohenheim
Current job opportunities at the University of Hohenheim
www.uni-hohenheim.de
October 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Please spread - GreenRobust is advertising its first position! We are looking for an IT engineer (full time, permanent) located at @cosheidelberg.bsky.social to support our IT infrastructure and data management:
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
August 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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How meristems shape plant architecture in cereals—Cereal Stem Cell Systems (CSCS) Consortium (Thomas Dresselhaus , Martina Balboni , Lea Berg , Anika Dolata , Frank Hochholdinger , et al) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience
doi.org
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social@erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature
A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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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
July 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Starting the scientific program of #ICAR2025 with an amazing keynote by Jane Parker @parkergroup.bsky.social on the structural basis of plant immunity! Looking forward to 5 days of fantastic Arabidopsis and plant science at the #Bijlokesite in Ghent!
June 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Kick off Vascular Development satellite meeting by @bertderybel.bsky.social. #icar2025
June 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Warming up to #ICAR2025 🌱with two days of cool vascular science at our Vascular Development satellite meeting at @psb-vib.bsky.social.
June 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The GreenRobust cluster of Excellence is now live on Bluesky @greenrobust.de
Follow to be informed of the great things coming up 🌱
June 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Since today, the GreenRobust Cluster of excellence is indeed alive: greenrobust.de! Pure joy in light of this team achievement!
May 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Wonderful collaboration with the Wolf, Greb and Prevedel labs!
The Cell Wall Controls Stem Cell Fate in the Arabidopsis Shoot Apical Meristem https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.19.654883v1
May 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Our study on the effect of strigolactone signaling on vessel formation and water usage is now peer reviewed: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great achievement of Jiao Zhao, Dongbo Shi, Kiara Kaeufer, and everybody involved!
Strigolactones optimise plant water usage by modulating vessel formation - Nature Communications
Vessel elements arise from cambium stem cells and support plant growth by supplying water and nutrients. This study reveals that strigolactone signalling inhibits vessel formation in response to droug...
www.nature.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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If you would like to understand how difficult it is to annotate mobile mRNAs using SNPS read this.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Consider important suggestions/controls: homografts & heterografts, use barcoded reads, minimise RT-PCRs, have a reliable annotated/high quality genome sequence .. etc
Re-analysis of mobile mRNA datasets raises questions about the extent of long-distance mRNA communication - Nature Plants
This study reveals that a substantial number of transcripts that are currently annotated as graft-mobile lack statistical support from available RNA-seq data.
www.nature.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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**UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE**

Molecular Coding of Specificity in Plant Processes

Editors: Julien Gronnier, Ruth Großeholz, Klaus Harter & @lauraragni.bsky.social

Deadline: 30th Sept '25

Manuscripts welcomed, please contact us (bit.ly/JXBissues)

#JXBspecialissues 🌱 🌿 🧪 #plantscience

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March 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Fantastic to see that @pascalhunziker.bsky.social, postdoc in the lab, is on his way to initiate his own research line with the help of the @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de: Exploring the potential of mashua as a sustainable staple food crop.
www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-...
April 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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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...
www.nature.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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We are excited to welcome Gilles Storelli as a new full professor at COS. Gilles' topic is physiology and symbiosis targeting the role of the microbiome of the fly gut in shaping organismal physiology.
March 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Join us in Ghent on June 14-15 for two days of Plant Vascular Development! A satellite meeting of ICAR2025. More info and registration at web.cvent.com/event/448810... .
Spread the word! #PlantScience @bertderybel.bsky.social @apmahonen.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Join us as a scientific programmer to advance tools for multi-omics data at Heidelberg University. Details can be found at shorturl.at/OcnOa and please spread the word!
Scientific programmer
Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!
shorturl.at
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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We are proud to announce the Vascular Development 2025 meeting as a satellite to the ICAR2025 in Ghent this summer! All info via icar2025.com
January 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM