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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.
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July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today we gather to honor the memory of Professor Jaakko Kangasjärvi. An inspiring leader, mentor, and driving force in our Center of Excellence in Tree Biology. His visionary work shaped our research and our community. We carry his legacy forward, with gratitude and admiration. #plantbiology
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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My new preprint: When R ~ B(n, p) and n/k -> b > 0, then the k:th raw moment of R is asymptotically k^k (Psi +/- epsilon)^k. Earlier only upper and lower bounds of Psi existed, and a recent sharp result when n/k -> infinity. TODO: the case n/k -> 0. arxiv.org/abs/2504.05766
On raw moments of the binomial distribution
We study the $k$:th raw moment of a variable $R$ following the binomial distribution $\text{B}(n, p)$, where $n/k \rightarrow β> 0$. It is known that $\mathbb{E}(R^k)$ is bounded both from below and f...
arxiv.org
April 9, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Water immunity overrides stomatal immunity in plant resistance to Pseudomonas syringae (Jasmin Kemppinen, Maximillian Pollmeier, Sanna Ehonen, Mikael Brosché, Maija Sierla) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience
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April 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yesterday we had a great talk by Tom Clement from the New Dawn Bio startup on the potential of growing wood in cell cultures. Hosted by Wiktoria Fatz from our CoE.
February 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Have you ever wondered how pectin acetylation affects cell adhesion? Together with @breeannau.bsky.social we have the answer! Check our our joint preprint!
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www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...
TBR is an RG-I rhamnose O-acetyltransferase required for epidermal cell adhesion in Arabidopsis thaliana
Pectins are enriched in primary cell walls and the middle lamella, determining cell-to-cell adhesion. O-acetylation of pectin backbones influences their physicochemical properties and plays a role in ...
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January 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
November 9, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Delicious wild mushrooms from the foraging day organized by our PhDoc Society 🍄‍🟫🌲🌲🍄
October 4, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Third and final day of “Plants in a changing world” with brilliant talks on plant development
September 27, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Day 2 of our meeting with many presentations and discussions on plant adaptation and plasticity 🌳🌱
September 26, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Day1: all set and ready to start!
September 25, 2024 at 2:07 PM
First day of our meeting “Plants in a changing world” cohosted by @viikki_plants and us.

We have a fantastic lineup of speakers and poster presentations.

More info https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/viikki-plant-science-centre/plants-in-a-changing-world-2024
September 25, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Looking forward to today’s session of TreeBio meets Forest Science. From weeds to trees we will discuss contemporary challenges in studying plant development and adaptation

from genes to the environment, and back.

#Viikkicampus
August 14, 2024 at 8:23 AM