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MAdLand is a DFG-funded research consortium exploring the molecular mechanism behind the transition from water to land, from alga to land plant.
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Countdown: there are only 9 days left ... if you want to join

Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026) Conference in Hennef

Registration + abstract submission end on
🗓️ 23rd November 2025

www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
Registration is open to take part in the Molecular Biology of Plants (#MBP2026), which especially invites early career scientists to present their molecular #plantsci research www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
November 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Meet the winners of the 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 at the 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 consortium meeting

🟢 PhD student 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 @hannahlepper.bsky.social
@franzificht.bsky.social lab
🟢Postdoc 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡 @physcomitr_ella from the Ischebeck lab

CONGRATULATIONS!
@watertoland.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Very happy and proud to share the #Spirogyra genome: 50 Mbp small, lacking almost all plastid division proteins and many transcription factors. Kudos to all the many people involved in this multi year project!
@jandevries.bsky.social
@watertoland.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
And last but not least, congratulations to all the winners of the best poster prize! 🏆 1st place: Lara Canovai (right) from Zachgo lab in Osnabrück, Diego Artigas Hernández from Müller-Schüssele lab in Kaiserslautern and Ellen Lorberg from @jandevries.bsky.social
lab in Göttingen #MAdLand2025
October 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Congratulations to Elena Lesch from the Ischebeck lab @uni-muenster.de for the best Postdoc talk and winning the @theplantjournal.bsky.social award 🎉 #MAdLand2025 #plantsci
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Congratulations to the winners of best PhD talk @ #MAdLand2025! 🏆 1st place: @hannahlepper.bsky.social from @franzificht.bsky.social lab, who won @theplantjournal.bsky.social award! Christoph Kentrath (left) from Petersen Lab in Marburg
& Tim Ruder (right) from Pfannschmidt lab in Hannover #plantsci
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thank you all for coming! It was great to have you in Osnabrück this year. Have a safe trip home and we hope to see you all next year in Göttingen. Stay tuned 🌱 #MAdLand2025 #Plantsci
October 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The last talk of the session is given by Katrin Philippar from Saarbrücken, talking about the evolution of the plastid FAX (fatty acid export) proteins and the plants’ conquest of land #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Next, Lea Marie Preuß from the Ischebeck lab in Münster is diving into the evolution of lipid droplet-associated proteins and their role in drought resistance #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Gisela Hartmann @thanahartmann.bsky.social from @schullerjm.bsky.social lab in Marburg is telling us more about Cryo-Electron Tomography: Revealing the native cellular organization of streptophyte algae #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Next, Hannah Lepper from @franzificht.bsky.social lab in Düsseldorf is investigating the enigmatic role of trehalose 6-phosphate during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Shreya Kalan from the Buschmann lab in Mittweida is asking the important question: how has cell division evolved from water to land? #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Next up is Barış Ballık from the Herburger lab in Rostock, tracing cell wall polysaccharide footprints during desiccation in Zygnematophyceae and Marchantia #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We start the next session, and Elena Sturm from the Bucher & Becker lab in Cologne is sharing insights about the role of phosphate starvation response and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in plant terrestrialization #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A few impressions from the beautiful botanical garden in Osnabrück. Sabine shares her passion for the wonders of the tropical house and it's such a joy to listen and learn 🌺 #SciComm #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 8:27 AM
And we are wrapping up the session with Zahin Bin Mohd Ali from @jandevries.bsky.social lab in Göttingen, discussing his findings on phytochrome-mediated light signalling of Physcomitrium patens #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Alisha Alisha from @plantphotobiology.bsky.social lab in Freiburg is telling us more about the
functional analysis of PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORS and their potential roles in light and cytokinin signaling #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Niels van de Haar from the Höcker Lab in Cologne is diving into molecular adaptations to light during the water-to-land transition, using the moss Physcomitrium patens and charophyte algae #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Next, Chiara Kuhlmann from the Schünemann Lab in Bochum is presenting new insights into the adaptations of chloroplast protein transport mechanisms during land plant evolution #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Kicking off the morning with a light-signaling session: Tim Ruder from the Pfannschmidt lab in Hannover, diving into the evolution of the plastid transcription machinery as a key adaptation to plant terrestrialization #MAdLand2025
October 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Wrapping up the session with our final Invited Talk — @shiltemann.bsky.social and @dvarshney.bsky.social are giving the community informative overviews of DataPLANT ARCs @nfdi4plants.bsky.social and Galaxy @galaxyproject.bsky.social 🌱
#FAIRData #UseGalaxy #MAdLandtools #MAdLand2025
October 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Now we dive into MAdLand tools and resources with the Invited Talk by Noe Fernandez-Pozo @noefpbio.bsky.social from @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social in Malaga — presenting MAdLandExpression, a gene expression atlas for MAdLand species.
#MAdLandtools #MAdLand2025
October 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Next, we have an Invited talk by Lenka Caisová from Czech Republic, telling us more about the alga of the year: Draparnaldia and why it's interesting for studying plant evolution #MAdLand2025
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Starting the next session with an Invited Talk by Assaf Mosquna from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. We're diving into the evolution of Abscisic Acid (ABA) signaling and synthesis #MAdLand2025
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Last talk of the session by Carolin Apel from the
@cnaumann123.bsky.social /Apel lab (Halle) with the topic TERRAPHOS – Exploring the Evolution of Phosphate Scouting during Plant Terrestrialization #MAdLand2025
October 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM