Zoe Nemec Venza
@zoenv.bsky.social
Plant biologist interested in development and evolution 🌱👩🔬🔬 Looking at roots' edges at RDP Lab in Lyon 🇨🇵. Previously looking at moss at Uni of Bristol 🇬🇧. Italian 🇮🇹🇪🇺 Books, cats and hikes. She/her
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Zoe Nemec Venza
@zoenv.bsky.social
· Aug 27
Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.25.672229v1
Here it is! Epidermal cells in the root can figure out if they are covered by the root cap or not using mechanical signals! Thanks to @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @moritznowack.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social Annamaria Kiss and all the others!
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) Early signals of water limitations begin at the root–soil interface: linking rhizosphere drying to water uptake decline
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) Early signals of water limitations begin at the root–soil interface: linking rhizosphere drying to water uptake decline
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/6) Early signals of water limitations begin at the root–soil interface: linking rhizosphere drying to water uptake decline
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/6) Early signals of water limitations begin at the root–soil interface: linking rhizosphere drying to water uptake decline
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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⏰ Last call – apply by 11 Jan!
Are you finishing your PhD or recently graduated in plant science?🧪🌾
Applications for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists (28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden) are closing soon!
👉 www.upsc.se/about-upsc/e...
Are you finishing your PhD or recently graduated in plant science?🧪🌾
Applications for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists (28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden) are closing soon!
👉 www.upsc.se/about-upsc/e...
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
⏰ Last call – apply by 11 Jan!
Are you finishing your PhD or recently graduated in plant science?🧪🌾
Applications for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists (28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden) are closing soon!
👉 www.upsc.se/about-upsc/e...
Are you finishing your PhD or recently graduated in plant science?🧪🌾
Applications for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists (28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden) are closing soon!
👉 www.upsc.se/about-upsc/e...
Ehi, they made one with root tips and even root caps!!!
Why Are There No Holes Around Trees?
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Ehi, they made one with root tips and even root caps!!!
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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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Discrete and cell-specific hypoxic responses in Arabidopsis roots resolved by single-nuclei transcriptomics
Hill et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hill et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Discrete and cell-specific hypoxic responses in Arabidopsis roots resolved by single-nuclei transcriptomics
Hill et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hill et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🗓️ Mark your calendars! The Norwich #SingleCell and #Spatial Symposium with the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social returns in 2026!
Register your interest now to join us 08-09 July, exploring the latest technologies, research, and applications in single-cell and spatial genomics.
Register your interest now to join us 08-09 July, exploring the latest technologies, research, and applications in single-cell and spatial genomics.
Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium 2026
Bringing together the international single-cell and spatial community for a two-day discussion across model and non-model systems.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🗓️ Mark your calendars! The Norwich #SingleCell and #Spatial Symposium with the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social returns in 2026!
Register your interest now to join us 08-09 July, exploring the latest technologies, research, and applications in single-cell and spatial genomics.
Register your interest now to join us 08-09 July, exploring the latest technologies, research, and applications in single-cell and spatial genomics.
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🔥 Hot new preprint before the Christmas break 🎄
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🔥 Hot new preprint before the Christmas break 🎄
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
📖
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
Egg cell fertilization–dependent peptide receptor signaling mediates endosperm polarity
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www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Audrey Creff, @jackrhodes.bsky.social , Cyril Zipfel, Gwyneth Ingram and others
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Folks, our research group is looking for a new recruit. A research technician position is available (48 month contract). Please repost. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Senior Research Technician in Plant Tissue Culture and Genetics
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
December 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Folks, our research group is looking for a new recruit. A research technician position is available (48 month contract). Please repost. durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Happy to share my lab’s first venture into the world of wheat from an enjoyable collaboration with Chris Burt at RAGT Seeds and Keith Edwards. My team members Katie Jeal and Sophie Carpenter did a terrific job of the bioinformatics and starting the lab work. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Phylogeny, chromosomal mapping and expression analyses of wheat CLAVATA pathway components suggest differential selection on receptor‐like kinases, CLEs and T3 WOXes
The Arabidopsis CLAVATA pathway regulates shoot apex and fruit size, and disrupting CLAVATA function has led to yield improvement in crops. Despite its central position in agriculture, the potential ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Happy to share my lab’s first venture into the world of wheat from an enjoyable collaboration with Chris Burt at RAGT Seeds and Keith Edwards. My team members Katie Jeal and Sophie Carpenter did a terrific job of the bioinformatics and starting the lab work. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Looking forward to Friday's Non-seed plant meeting in Norwich. Together with @karimaelm.bsky.social, we wrote a Review about the last year meeting. We discuss about the latest advances and the importance of using in models. Thanks @biologists.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social. #PlantScience
Non-seed plant research in the spotlight
Summary: With non-seed plant research gaining momentum and a vibrant community emerging, this Meeting Review highlights the growing impact of diverse model systems on key questions in plant evolution.
journals.biologists.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Looking forward to Friday's Non-seed plant meeting in Norwich. Together with @karimaelm.bsky.social, we wrote a Review about the last year meeting. We discuss about the latest advances and the importance of using in models. Thanks @biologists.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social. #PlantScience
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PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
PhD opportunity in plant developmental biology for UK based students of Black heritage!
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
How do they know when to grow up? Join us at the University of Bristol to find out.
Application deadline Jan 6th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#PlantSciencePhDs @blackinplantsci.bsky.social
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Pleased to be able to advertise a NERC GW4+ PhD studentship to be cosupervised by James Clark at Bath on the evolution of WOX gene function. More info on the project and application process here: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202...
Happy to take informal questions too.
Happy to take informal questions too.
Projects 2024-25 — NERC GW4+
www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Pleased to be able to advertise a NERC GW4+ PhD studentship to be cosupervised by James Clark at Bath on the evolution of WOX gene function. More info on the project and application process here: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/projects-202...
Happy to take informal questions too.
Happy to take informal questions too.
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Trees are amazing! They build their bodies from thin air, move water with pressures that would crush a human, and grow using a system of living cables wrapped in layers of corpses. Watch our video to find out how they work, and why they might even be immortal: https://kgs.link/TreesAreDead
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trees are amazing! They build their bodies from thin air, move water with pressures that would crush a human, and grow using a system of living cables wrapped in layers of corpses. Watch our video to find out how they work, and why they might even be immortal: https://kgs.link/TreesAreDead
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Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On growth and flow: hydraulic aspects of aboveground meristems
Water is essential for plant growth under both normal and stress conditions. Aboveground, two key meristems control plant development: the shoot apical meristem and the vascular cambium. Here, stem c...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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✨ Excited to share our new In Brief article in The Plant Cell! Co-authored with Fabian and Bruno, our piece highlights work by Almeida-Silva and Van de Peer that uses spatial transcriptomics to uncover how gene and genome duplications shape plant evolution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
✨ Excited to share our new In Brief article in The Plant Cell! Co-authored with Fabian and Bruno, our piece highlights work by Almeida-Silva and Van de Peer that uses spatial transcriptomics to uncover how gene and genome duplications shape plant evolution.
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#TansleyReview: Physiological roles of #lignins – tuning cell wall hygroscopy and #biomechanics
Pesquet, Cesarino, Kajita & Pawlowski
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#LatestIssue
Pesquet, Cesarino, Kajita & Pawlowski
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#LatestIssue
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#TansleyReview: Physiological roles of #lignins – tuning cell wall hygroscopy and #biomechanics
Pesquet, Cesarino, Kajita & Pawlowski
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📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LatestIssue
Pesquet, Cesarino, Kajita & Pawlowski
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#LatestIssue
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Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
A common pathway controls cell size in the sepal and leaf epidermis leading to a nonrandom pattern of giant cells
Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells have a wide range of sizes and ploidies, but the mechanisms patterning their size and spatial distribution remain unclear. This study shows that the pathway controllin...
journals.plos.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Check out our story in @plosbiology.org about how a nonrandom, clustered giant cell pattern forms in the sepal and leaf epidermis! It has been a great journey with @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, Xihang Wang, @roederlab.bsky.social and co-authors.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Few Plant science programmes are left in the UK and they are critical to train the next generation.
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Few Plant science programmes are left in the UK and they are critical to train the next generation.
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
This move by @uniofnottingham.bsky.social goes against recommendations made in the recent PS Education manifesto. Big mistake! Sign the petition! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
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We wrote a review 📖 on hydathode immunity! Learn how bacteria exploit hydathodes to access the vasculature and open questions for future research.
📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Hydathodes at the forefront of plant immunity against vascular pathogens
Hydathodes are tiny plant organs that form an interface between the leaf surface and xylem vasculature. They facilitate excretion of xylem fluid under…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We wrote a review 📖 on hydathode immunity! Learn how bacteria exploit hydathodes to access the vasculature and open questions for future research.
📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📣 If you are curious about this topic, please consider applying for two open positions in my lab (until Nov23)! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We previously proposed that MS ion channels in pollen grains serve as a “osmotic safety valves”, releasing ions to reduce turgor--but it looks like anion efflux through MSL8 regulates cell wall composition and growth dynamics! #PlantScience 🧪
Kudos to Josh Coomey for wrapping this up on his own!
Kudos to Josh Coomey for wrapping this up on his own!
Mechanosensitive ion channel MSL8 is required for oscillatory growth and cell wall dynamics in Arabidopsis pollen tubes
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We previously proposed that MS ion channels in pollen grains serve as a “osmotic safety valves”, releasing ions to reduce turgor--but it looks like anion efflux through MSL8 regulates cell wall composition and growth dynamics! #PlantScience 🧪
Kudos to Josh Coomey for wrapping this up on his own!
Kudos to Josh Coomey for wrapping this up on his own!
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1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
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Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
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📣 SBIS, a new vital fluorescent probe for live imaging of #brownalgae #kelp in 4D. Just published in J. Cell Science by the Charrier team at the @igflyon.bsky.social. Download PDF on our team webpage here ➡️ shorturl.at/H5A9p
with first author Marie Zilliox featured here ➡️ shorturl.at/AMMoH
with first author Marie Zilliox featured here ➡️ shorturl.at/AMMoH
October 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📣 SBIS, a new vital fluorescent probe for live imaging of #brownalgae #kelp in 4D. Just published in J. Cell Science by the Charrier team at the @igflyon.bsky.social. Download PDF on our team webpage here ➡️ shorturl.at/H5A9p
with first author Marie Zilliox featured here ➡️ shorturl.at/AMMoH
with first author Marie Zilliox featured here ➡️ shorturl.at/AMMoH