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

Happy to share our recent thoughts on how grasses form and pattern stomata
doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...
🌾From fate establishment, through within-file patterning to dumbbell formation🌾
Congrats to
@lbmountain.bsky.social
on getting two publications out in a single day - a first for the lab!

Our paper comparing stomata of the three annual Brachypodium species is out 🌾
bmcplantbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
A great collaborative effort between @lbmountain.bsky.social, & our friends at University of Silesia (Alexander Betekhtin and Anna Milewska-Hendel). Funded by @dfg.de and NAWA

What a community, what a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere, what a location! Thank you @snsf.ch, CSF @ethz.ch, @newphyt.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social and @cerealcell.bsky.social for supporting us.
🌾Brachypodium 2025 was a blast🌾
Grazie mille - Thank you so much
Forza Brachy - Go Brachy

This #FluorescenceFriday our featured image is from by @lbmountain.bsky.social (@michaelraissig.bsky.social lab). It shows mature epidermal cell types in a grass leaf of Brachypodium distachyon.
Check out our post to learn more the image & Lea’s research: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/04/f...

This quote is from the article but it summarises my feelings exactly, especially about the robot lifting weights.
Learning takes real effort, developing critical thinking skills can't be outsourced! 👇

🌾 One week until registration deadline 🌾
Join us in stunning Monte Verità in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland for what will be a great meeting on grass biology. Fantastic line-up www.brachypodium2025.org/speaker2 & a great community
Register until May 5 www.brachypodium2025.org/registration

Two gorgeous plant entries in this excellent selection! 🌾💚
@minyaaa.bsky.social's spectacular Mimulus "pin shoot" apex and @lbmountain.bsky.social's exceptional image of the mature Brachypodium leaf epidermis.
Check out all entries in this wonderful #SciArt collection of developmental systems!

Together with @focalplane.bsky.social, we're having an image competition to accompany the #Biologists100 conference.

Thank you everyone who submitted their images. Shortlisting only 15 was tough!

Browse through the gallery and vote for your favourite image:
thenode.biologists.com/vote-for-you...

We are hiring! Are you interested in lateral root development and the cellular processes that accommodate these newly formed organs? If yes, apply! We are recruiting a Post-doc (from May 2025) and a PhD student (from September 2025).
www.unine.ch/lbmc/jobs/

Registration is open for the
International Brachypodium Research Conference 2025 (IBRC2025) #Brachy2025
July 6 - 10, 2025 in Monte Verità, Switzerland

www.brachypodium2025.org/registration

Registration deadline is May 5

🌾 Join us if you love grass biology 🌾