@fitzpatricklabo.bsky.social
Beautiful morning sky
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Beautiful morning sky
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1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants
Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
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🛑Exciting update from our work with @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social team on the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis❗❗
🔥New results support a conserved three-gene module and master regulator for nutrient-responsive intracellular accommodation of fungal symbionts🤯
Check the nice thread below👇🏼
#plantscience
🔥New results support a conserved three-gene module and master regulator for nutrient-responsive intracellular accommodation of fungal symbionts🤯
Check the nice thread below👇🏼
#plantscience
1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants
Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🛑Exciting update from our work with @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social team on the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis❗❗
🔥New results support a conserved three-gene module and master regulator for nutrient-responsive intracellular accommodation of fungal symbionts🤯
Check the nice thread below👇🏼
#plantscience
🔥New results support a conserved three-gene module and master regulator for nutrient-responsive intracellular accommodation of fungal symbionts🤯
Check the nice thread below👇🏼
#plantscience
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What a gem from @dudinlab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social in Cell! Expansion microscopy atlas of >200 eukaryotes comparing cytoskeletal architectures revealing structures not seen before. Stunning visualisation! Exactly the kind of transformative cell biology we need.
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
What a gem from @dudinlab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social in Cell! Expansion microscopy atlas of >200 eukaryotes comparing cytoskeletal architectures revealing structures not seen before. Stunning visualisation! Exactly the kind of transformative cell biology we need.
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Missing piece of the puzzle for the formation of iridoids found! @maitecolinas.bsky.social from the @oconnorlab.bsky.social et al. have identified the enzyme responsible for iridoid biosynthesis—the key to natural products with medicinal potential. www.ice.mpg.de/512932/PR_Co...
Final step in the biosynthesis of iridoids elucidated
Until now, a crucial step in the biosynthesis of iridoids, a class of plant defense substances that are also medically relevant, had remained undiscovered. A team from the Max Planck Institute for Che...
www.ice.mpg.de
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Missing piece of the puzzle for the formation of iridoids found! @maitecolinas.bsky.social from the @oconnorlab.bsky.social et al. have identified the enzyme responsible for iridoid biosynthesis—the key to natural products with medicinal potential. www.ice.mpg.de/512932/PR_Co...
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Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
October 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Using precise spatial and temporal analysis, researchers in Science provide insight into how bacteria around the root interact both with the plant and with each other.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/3WgNajk
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Thiamine triphosphate puts the brake on the activation state of chloroplast ATP synthase academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @plantphys.bsky.social
Thiamine triphosphate puts the brake on the activation state of chloroplast ATP synthase
Thiamine triphosphate, derived from the coenzyme thiamine diphosphate and inorganic phosphate, slows the activation of chloroplast ATP synthase.
academic.oup.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thiamine triphosphate puts the brake on the activation state of chloroplast ATP synthase academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @plantphys.bsky.social
New paper out from us: academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
Great work from Kai and a fantastic collaboration with Jean Alric.
Great work from Kai and a fantastic collaboration with Jean Alric.
Thiamine triphosphate puts the brake on the activation state of chloroplast ATP synthase
Thiamine triphosphate, derived from the coenzyme thiamine diphosphate and inorganic phosphate, slows the activation of chloroplast ATP synthase.
academic.oup.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New paper out from us: academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
Great work from Kai and a fantastic collaboration with Jean Alric.
Great work from Kai and a fantastic collaboration with Jean Alric.
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Next preprint out from my work @oconnorlab.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social : the discovery or iridoid cyclase in asterids!
Thread below.
#PlantScience
#natprod
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thread below.
#PlantScience
#natprod
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
June 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Next preprint out from my work @oconnorlab.bsky.social @mpi-ce.bsky.social : the discovery or iridoid cyclase in asterids!
Thread below.
#PlantScience
#natprod
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thread below.
#PlantScience
#natprod
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Very excited that our work on directional symplastic transport in differentiated root is now published!A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
July 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Very excited that our work on directional symplastic transport in differentiated root is now published!A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
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Bring your #PlantScience publishing questions for our Editors!
Catch Holly on our stand at #2025ISMPMI with @hacquardst.bsky.social, Ralph Panstruga, Ari Sadanandom, @pietrospanu.bsky.social and Ertao Wang!
📅 TODAY
⏰ 13:00–14:00
🗺 New Phytologist Foundation stand, poster hall
Catch Holly on our stand at #2025ISMPMI with @hacquardst.bsky.social, Ralph Panstruga, Ari Sadanandom, @pietrospanu.bsky.social and Ertao Wang!
📅 TODAY
⏰ 13:00–14:00
🗺 New Phytologist Foundation stand, poster hall
July 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Bring your #PlantScience publishing questions for our Editors!
Catch Holly on our stand at #2025ISMPMI with @hacquardst.bsky.social, Ralph Panstruga, Ari Sadanandom, @pietrospanu.bsky.social and Ertao Wang!
📅 TODAY
⏰ 13:00–14:00
🗺 New Phytologist Foundation stand, poster hall
Catch Holly on our stand at #2025ISMPMI with @hacquardst.bsky.social, Ralph Panstruga, Ari Sadanandom, @pietrospanu.bsky.social and Ertao Wang!
📅 TODAY
⏰ 13:00–14:00
🗺 New Phytologist Foundation stand, poster hall
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ICYMI: We explored the biosynthesis of withanolides 🧪
Here’s the official press release by @unihannover.bsky.social & @unibonn.bsky.social:
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/130-...
📄 Original research: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Science #NaturalProducts
@frankelab.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
Here’s the official press release by @unihannover.bsky.social & @unibonn.bsky.social:
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/130-...
📄 Original research: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Science #NaturalProducts
@frankelab.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
ICYMI: We explored the biosynthesis of withanolides 🧪
Here’s the official press release by @unihannover.bsky.social & @unibonn.bsky.social:
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/130-...
📄 Original research: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Science #NaturalProducts
@frankelab.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
Here’s the official press release by @unihannover.bsky.social & @unibonn.bsky.social:
🔗 www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/130-...
📄 Original research: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
#Science #NaturalProducts
@frankelab.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
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Someone asked if they could use this recording in their teaching. #PlantSci
YES! 😁
Please share this with students - the topics raised are so important.
Let's teach students (and colleagues?) to think critically about expectations for basic research, & be realistic about applications! 🌱🌾🌽
YES! 😁
Please share this with students - the topics raised are so important.
Let's teach students (and colleagues?) to think critically about expectations for basic research, & be realistic about applications! 🌱🌾🌽
Today's @plantphys.bsky.social webinar on Numeracy, Realism, and Relevance in Plant Science is online!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Key takeaways:
Ag is massive, improvements can have real impact.
Translation is hard - partner!
Don't overhype, & funders shouldn't demand it.
And more 👇
blog.aspb.org/july-17-plan...
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Key takeaways:
Ag is massive, improvements can have real impact.
Translation is hard - partner!
Don't overhype, & funders shouldn't demand it.
And more 👇
blog.aspb.org/july-17-plan...
July 17: Plant Physiology panel discussion on Numeracy, Realism, and Relevance in Plant Science | Plant Science Today
Plant Physiology webinar Numeracy, Realism, and Relevance in Plant Science Recorded Thursday July 17, 2025 About this panel discussion There has been a recent uptick in frustration with overclaiming…
blog.aspb.org
July 19, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Someone asked if they could use this recording in their teaching. #PlantSci
YES! 😁
Please share this with students - the topics raised are so important.
Let's teach students (and colleagues?) to think critically about expectations for basic research, & be realistic about applications! 🌱🌾🌽
YES! 😁
Please share this with students - the topics raised are so important.
Let's teach students (and colleagues?) to think critically about expectations for basic research, & be realistic about applications! 🌱🌾🌽
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There are several good workshops taking place at #ICAR2025 including some on writing and publishing. Today, Liliana Costa, Managing Editor of Plant and Cell Physiology, is sharing her advice. Here's an article I hadn't seen before, advocating for society journals
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Why should early-career scientists publish in society journals | mBio
Society journals are deeply rooted in our scientific community and a vital part of
it. They serve as a venue for the publication of high-quality articles while promoting
the mission-driven activities ...
journals.asm.org
June 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
There are several good workshops taking place at #ICAR2025 including some on writing and publishing. Today, Liliana Costa, Managing Editor of Plant and Cell Physiology, is sharing her advice. Here's an article I hadn't seen before, advocating for society journals
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Cornflower vibrant color comes from a unique complex of anthocyanins, flavones, and metal ions (Fe³⁺, Mg²⁺), stabilized by pH. This metal-anthocyanin interaction shifts the color to blue. #FlavonoidFriday: lnk.tu-bs.de/9Zz2uG
(📸 doi.org/10.1101/2025...)
(📸 doi.org/10.1101/2025...)
April 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Cornflower vibrant color comes from a unique complex of anthocyanins, flavones, and metal ions (Fe³⁺, Mg²⁺), stabilized by pH. This metal-anthocyanin interaction shifts the color to blue. #FlavonoidFriday: lnk.tu-bs.de/9Zz2uG
(📸 doi.org/10.1101/2025...)
(📸 doi.org/10.1101/2025...)
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Early bird deadline approaching! If you’ve been meaning to register for the 2025 IS-MPMI Congress, now is the time.
Join leading researchers and industry experts for five days of scientific exchange.
Register now: www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...
#2025ISMPMI #PlantMicrobe #ResearchNetworking
Join leading researchers and industry experts for five days of scientific exchange.
Register now: www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...
#2025ISMPMI #PlantMicrobe #ResearchNetworking
April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Early bird deadline approaching! If you’ve been meaning to register for the 2025 IS-MPMI Congress, now is the time.
Join leading researchers and industry experts for five days of scientific exchange.
Register now: www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...
#2025ISMPMI #PlantMicrobe #ResearchNetworking
Join leading researchers and industry experts for five days of scientific exchange.
Register now: www.ismpmi.org/Events/2025C...
#2025ISMPMI #PlantMicrobe #ResearchNetworking
Microclimate
April 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Microclimate
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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Great to be working with The New Phytologist Foundation again, filming interviews and live streaming their editorial meeting for participants. In this photo I am filming new Editor-in-Chief Maarja Öpik being interviewed by Mike Whitfield.
#filming #plantscience #plantsci #interviews #livestreaming
#filming #plantscience #plantsci #interviews #livestreaming
April 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Great to be working with The New Phytologist Foundation again, filming interviews and live streaming their editorial meeting for participants. In this photo I am filming new Editor-in-Chief Maarja Öpik being interviewed by Mike Whitfield.
#filming #plantscience #plantsci #interviews #livestreaming
#filming #plantscience #plantsci #interviews #livestreaming