Dear ENPER community, We are pleased to invite you to the next ENPER meeting, which will be held in my country Bulgaria, from 26 to 28 August 2026 in Sofia. Save the Date!🌱🌱🌱

We have EXTENDED THE DEADLINE for TRAVEL AWARD APPLICATIONS
UNTIL APRIL 8TH

Using a GFP insertional mutagenesis approach, we generated a partially functional GFP-tagged BAK1 to demonstrate that, following Pep1 elicitation, BAK1 and PEPR1 are endocytosed together with similar dynamics.

🌱💡 Computational modeling and genetic experiments confirm that this asymmetry optimizes root growth, ensuring robust meristem function. @wabniklab.bsky.social

🧩 What's behind this asymmetry? Intrinsic cell polarity! Polar-localized OPS-family proteins sequester ATSK kinases, selectively boosting BR signaling in the upper daughter cell.

📸After division, daughter cells show surprising differences: one rapidly reactivates BR signaling, while the other enhances hormone biosynthesis. This division-of-labor strategy circumvents feedback loops that would normally suppress hormone production.

🧬 Brassinosteroid (BR) signaling dynamically fluctuates across the cell cycle, peaking during the G1 phase and sharply declining during mitosis.

🌱 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

My first post here. Beautiful morning to start day 3 of the #GRCPlant proteolysis meeting . #Barga, Italy