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Functional genomics, epigenetics, genomics, developmental biology, plant molecular cell signaling🌾🌿🌡️☀️
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🧬🌽 RESEARCH 🧬🌽

A new whole-genome assembly of maize identifies a potential regulator of crossover frequency and other effects on expression of A-chromosome genes mediated by the B chromosome - Hloušková et al.

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Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): Constructing a new reference sequence of the maize B chromosome. (A) Schematical illustration of the steps towards generation of the new reference sequence of the maize B chromosome. Green stars indicate the use of Oxford Nanopore long reads and yellow stars the use of short reads from Illumina sequencing in particular steps. (B) High-throughput chromatin conformation capture (Hi-C) contact map of the final B chromosome pseudomolecule. The intensity of the red colour corresponds to the frequency of contacts between two particular chromosomal regions in the 3D organization of the chromatin in the nucleus; both axes represent the same pseudomolecule of the B chromosome generated in this study.
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🌱🌾 RESEARCH 🌾🌱

The CKX11-D cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase positively regulates grain size by regulating pericarp cell expansion in wheat & Arabidopsis and the TaCKX11-D protein interacts with & is phosphorylated by both TaMPK3 & 6 - Qian et al.

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Fig. 3 (shortened, full legend in paper): Effects of expression of TaCKX11-D on seed and embryo development in Arabidopsis. A transgenic 35S::TaCKX11-D line generated in the Col-0 wild type (WT) background was selected. In addition, 35S::TaCKX11-D was also transgenically expressed in the Arabidopsis ck7 mutant (ckx7-35S:TaCKX11-D line). (A) Representative images of seeds of the different lines at various developmental stages, as observed using a differential interference contrast microscope. (B) The seed length, width, and area, embryo area, and seed-coat thickness of different the different lines during seed development. Data are means (±SD), from at least three independent plants with 3–4 seeds measured per plant. (C) Micrographs of mature seed coats stained with Fluorescent Brightener 28. (D) Cell length, width, area, and number in the seed coat of the different lines.
December 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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#auxin, novel GH3 inhibitor!
plantphys.bsky.social Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 18d
The diphenylurea-type GH3 enzyme inhibitor Auxurea A selectively inhibits the auxin inactivation pathway in dicots (Kazushi Arai, Katsutoshi Sato, Takemoto Agui, Yunde Zhao, Hiroyuki Kasahara, Kosuke Fukui, Ken-Ichiro Hayashi) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
The diphenylurea-type GH3 enzyme inhibitor Auxurea A selectively inhibits the auxin inactivation pathway in dicots
Auxurea A selectively inhibits GH3-mediated auxin inactivation, thereby elevating endogenous IAA levels and revealing the importance of auxin transport in
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December 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring! The Burlacot Lab @carnegiescience.bsky.social is recruiting a Postdoc to study how photosynthetic electron flows power CO₂ fixation in algae 🌱🧫

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August 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Less than a week left to apply! 🌱💚
likeyoda1.bsky.social Margot Smit @likeyoda1.bsky.social · Jun 5
We're looking for a new PhD candidate to join the lab. Please share 🌱😄
A PhD position (initially 3 years) is available in our laboratory in the Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), at the University of Tübingen (Germany). The position is available with an intended start date starting January 2026. Interested applicants should submit a single PDF comprising a motivation letter describing your research interests, an up-to-date CV, and the names and contact information for 2 references to timing.lab@zmbp.uni-tuebingen.de ideally before July 21st.
July 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
bidhan-malakar.bsky.social
Happy to share the second part of my PhD work, now published in "The Plant Journal". The B-BOX protein BBX21 suppresses thermosensory growth under short- and long-day photoperiods by distinct mechanisms.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Excited to share that the Zhu Lab will officially open at Texas A&M University on August 1st, 2025!

We’re a multidisciplinary group, exploring how plant roots adapt their growth to environmental stresses across scales. Actively recruiting!

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July 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
bidhan-malakar.bsky.social
Excited to share the first part of my PhD work, now published in Plant Communications!
Grateful to my supervisor Dr. SN Gangappa and all the collaborators for their valuable support!
doi.org/10.1016/j.xp...
July 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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rcmcg.bsky.social
The story is finally out! Happy to have contributed to the work.
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mplantpcom.bsky.social Molecular Plant & Plant Communications @mplantpcom.bsky.social · May 30
BBX24/BBX25 antagonizes the function of thermosensor ELF3 to promote PIF4-mediated thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...
June 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM