Weibing Yang
@weibingyang.bsky.social
Plant development & cell biology researcher, stem cells, cell division, cell wall, water response...
Group leader at CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science(CEMPS) and CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS)
Group leader at CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science(CEMPS) and CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS)
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🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making!
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
🧵 Just out in Cell after more than 10 years in the making!
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
🎓 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Plants and animals evolve radically different body plans.
Do they also operate under fundamentally different molecular evolutionary constraints during organ formation?
@cellpress.bsky.social
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At the end of 2024 I did a chronological round up of all the #plantscience in @science.org that year.
So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)
So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)
January 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM
At the end of 2024 I did a chronological round up of all the #plantscience in @science.org that year.
So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)
So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)
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Congratulations to researchers from the CAS-JIC-TSL Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS) who have revealed a novel mechanism that controls plant stem cell dynamics through precise spatial patterning of cell wall modification.
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congratulations to researchers from the CAS-JIC-TSL Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS) who have revealed a novel mechanism that controls plant stem cell dynamics through precise spatial patterning of cell wall modification.
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Did you ever wonder how a dividing cambium cell looks like and what determines its striking regular division? Xiomin Liu, PhD student in the lab, found out in a heroic histological approach. Fruitful collaboration with the group of Sabine Müller (@phragmoplast.bsky.social) doi.org/10.64898/202...
December 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Did you ever wonder how a dividing cambium cell looks like and what determines its striking regular division? Xiomin Liu, PhD student in the lab, found out in a heroic histological approach. Fruitful collaboration with the group of Sabine Müller (@phragmoplast.bsky.social) doi.org/10.64898/202...
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I’m very happy to share that next year I’m launching the Meristem Hydraulics Group. We will be at the @umeaplantsciencecentre.se (Sweden) & the University of Helsinki (Finland) @helsinki.fi
Here is a brief description of our research interests:
www.upsc.se/juan_alonso_...
#PlantSciences
Here is a brief description of our research interests:
www.upsc.se/juan_alonso_...
#PlantSciences
December 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I’m very happy to share that next year I’m launching the Meristem Hydraulics Group. We will be at the @umeaplantsciencecentre.se (Sweden) & the University of Helsinki (Finland) @helsinki.fi
Here is a brief description of our research interests:
www.upsc.se/juan_alonso_...
#PlantSciences
Here is a brief description of our research interests:
www.upsc.se/juan_alonso_...
#PlantSciences
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I had a great time writing this dispatch @currentbiology.bsky.social about Jacob Suissa's recent paper on the link between fern phyllotaxis and vascular architecture. "Evo–devo: Ferns flourished due to developmental covariance between leaves and vasculature"
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December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I had a great time writing this dispatch @currentbiology.bsky.social about Jacob Suissa's recent paper on the link between fern phyllotaxis and vascular architecture. "Evo–devo: Ferns flourished due to developmental covariance between leaves and vasculature"
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1mH793QW8S...
Thrilled to have our paper out in @science.org. Cell division guides plant cell wall formation. Does the reverse hold? We show that bimodal pectin methylesterification, via PME5 mRNA nuclear sequestration, influences plant cell division and cell plate orientation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics
The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Thrilled to have our paper out in @science.org. Cell division guides plant cell wall formation. Does the reverse hold? We show that bimodal pectin methylesterification, via PME5 mRNA nuclear sequestration, influences plant cell division and cell plate orientation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Out in @science.org this week:
PME5 is sequestered in the nucleus and released during cytokinesis allowing its activity to be timed with cell division.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
PME5 is sequestered in the nucleus and released during cytokinesis allowing its activity to be timed with cell division.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
Cell wall patterning regulates plant stem cell dynamics
The plant cell wall regulates development through spatiotemporal modulation of its chemical and mechanical properties. Pectin methylesterification is recognized as a rheological switch controlling wal...
www.science.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Out in @science.org this week:
PME5 is sequestered in the nucleus and released during cytokinesis allowing its activity to be timed with cell division.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
PME5 is sequestered in the nucleus and released during cytokinesis allowing its activity to be timed with cell division.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
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Excited to share this preprint on the microtubule severing protein Katanin, and its role in cell elongation and division in maize. First author Stephanie Martinez worked collaboratively with many folks to bring you this preprint. Check it out! 🔬🌽 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
KATANIN promotes cell elongation and division to generate proper cell numbers in maize organs
Microtubule severing is essential for proper eukaryotic cell elongation and division. Here we show that the microtubule severing protein, KATANIN, is encoded by two genes in Zea mays (maize) called Di...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Excited to share this preprint on the microtubule severing protein Katanin, and its role in cell elongation and division in maize. First author Stephanie Martinez worked collaboratively with many folks to bring you this preprint. Check it out! 🔬🌽 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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(1/10) I am excited to share this signature review from our lab published @jxbotany.bsky.social
Congratulations to @ohazel.bsky.social and @jessicaa-orr.bsky.social (first published paper for Jessica!)
Nuclear positioning and cell division site specification in plants
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Congratulations to @ohazel.bsky.social and @jessicaa-orr.bsky.social (first published paper for Jessica!)
Nuclear positioning and cell division site specification in plants
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
July 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
(1/10) I am excited to share this signature review from our lab published @jxbotany.bsky.social
Congratulations to @ohazel.bsky.social and @jessicaa-orr.bsky.social (first published paper for Jessica!)
Nuclear positioning and cell division site specification in plants
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Congratulations to @ohazel.bsky.social and @jessicaa-orr.bsky.social (first published paper for Jessica!)
Nuclear positioning and cell division site specification in plants
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
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Check out this collaborative paper where we identified two new alleles of a myosin XI that reduce growth and branching and have strong asymmetric division defects. Making the mutant version of the protein is worse than no protein — first author @zebosi.bsky.social 🌽🎉
Recessive antimorph alleles reveal novel functions of the OPAQUE1 myosin XI in maize https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.26.661838v1
July 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Check out this collaborative paper where we identified two new alleles of a myosin XI that reduce growth and branching and have strong asymmetric division defects. Making the mutant version of the protein is worse than no protein — first author @zebosi.bsky.social 🌽🎉
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🤩 BEAUTIFULL highlight of our work by Sabine Muller now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
June 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🤩 BEAUTIFULL highlight of our work by Sabine Muller now published in @currentbiology.bsky.social
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doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
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Amazing study from Jill Anderson, Megan Demarche and colleagues, integrating species distribution models, reciprocal transplants, snow manipulation and more to test whether a montane plant can adapt to climate change. The sad answer: not without human intervention.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
May 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Amazing study from Jill Anderson, Megan Demarche and colleagues, integrating species distribution models, reciprocal transplants, snow manipulation and more to test whether a montane plant can adapt to climate change. The sad answer: not without human intervention.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I had some absolutely incredible papers come online this week, and I need to take a minute to post about each of them. First, let me tell you about the CarboTag probes for imaging plant cell walls! From the Sprakel lab (a short thread) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I had some absolutely incredible papers come online this week, and I need to take a minute to post about each of them. First, let me tell you about the CarboTag probes for imaging plant cell walls! From the Sprakel lab (a short thread) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Building Blocks of Early Land Plants: Glycosyltransferases and Cell Wall Architecture in the model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.30.651426v1
May 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The Building Blocks of Early Land Plants: Glycosyltransferases and Cell Wall Architecture in the model liverwort Marchantia polymorpha https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.30.651426v1
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The Camelot paper is now published. If you ever wanted to try biomechanics, Camelot is an inexpensive and easy way to get started. @matmajda.bsky.social
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April 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Camelot paper is now published. If you ever wanted to try biomechanics, Camelot is an inexpensive and easy way to get started. @matmajda.bsky.social
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🌱 When a root cell undergoes symmetric division, are the daughter cells actually identical? By combining live-cell imaging and scRNAseq we discovered a new cell state with uneven BR activity. Read our full paper in Cell: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... @nvukas.bsky.social @trevormnolan.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🌱 When a root cell undergoes symmetric division, are the daughter cells actually identical? By combining live-cell imaging and scRNAseq we discovered a new cell state with uneven BR activity. Read our full paper in Cell: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... @nvukas.bsky.social @trevormnolan.bsky.social
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Just out in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social. Amazing collaboration with @flowerwhatelse.bsky.social, Renaud Dumas, Matias Zurbriggen, Ken Birnbaum and François Roudier. And spearheaded by two amazing scientists: Raquel Martin-Arevalillo and Bruno Guillotin
April 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Just out in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social. Amazing collaboration with @flowerwhatelse.bsky.social, Renaud Dumas, Matias Zurbriggen, Ken Birnbaum and François Roudier. And spearheaded by two amazing scientists: Raquel Martin-Arevalillo and Bruno Guillotin