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Luis Alonso Baez
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Plant scientist studying the role of mechanics on development and adaptation. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Luis Alonso Baez @luisalonsobaez.bsky.social · Aug 1
One of the key aspects influencing morphogenesis is mechanics. We mapped the mechanical properties of living roots at the tissue and cellular levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors.

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Also happy to say that Arabidopsis epidermal cells make the cover of @theplantjournal.bsky.social for the issue with our paper, showing that nitrate availability impacts pectin metabolism and cell wall mechanics for growth 🌱

Check the work here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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A very good historical perspective why you want to work on the weed…
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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📢 Apply now for the EMBL Course 'Brillouin microscopy for life science applications'!

🔬 Learn this cutting-edge, non-invasive imaging method that reveals the mechanical properties of living cells in real time.

📍 EMBL Heidelberg
📅 9–13 Feb 2026
👉 s.embl.org/brm26-01-bl

#EMBLBrillouin
October 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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aribidopsis.bsky.social
Lab is expanding to a new horizon of imaging!

I am extremely proud of my grad student @juliazheku.bsky.social Julia to take a lead on our new Vibratome and create this GORGEOUS 3D image of the radial section of wheat root.
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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charlesrleveillee.bsky.social
NEW ARTICLE FROM THE LAB 🎉🍀🧫

Groundbreaking work performed by @hueihsuantsai.bsky.social and all!

Please, go have a read! Congrats to making it to the cover!!!

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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biobrillouinsoc.bsky.social
Don't forget to submit your abstract until October 1, 2025 to join this amazing lineup of speakers at the 9th International BioBrillouin Conference from Nov 25-27 in Berlin! Looking forward to seeing you there 🤩
September 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
💡 Did you know the JXB Editorial Internships call is now open? 💡

This is the 4th round of our internship programme 🌱
Check out what past interns had to say about their experience 👩‍💻

Deadline: 30 Sept
👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns?ut...

#PlantScience 🧪
JXB EDITORIAL INTERNSHIPS 2026 "My JXB internship was an excel-lent opportunity to gain first-hand experience of the editorial and publishing process." Sujit Jung Karki, University College Dublin, JXB intern 2024 19 "I had the opportunity to publish an Insight article as the sole author, which was something I did not expect to be able to achieve at this early point in my career." Katie Watson, University of Hong Kong, JXB intern 2025 "Being an editorial intern has been an enriching and formative experience." Luis Alonso Baez, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, JXB intern 2025 Apply by 30th September 2025 bit.ly/jxbinterns
September 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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dolfweijers.bsky.social
We are happy to present the magnum opus of Sjoerd Woudenberg, at the close of his PhD – Transgenerational inheritance of the polarity axis in a fern embryo…a thread (1/17)

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Transgenerational polarity axis inheritance during Ceratopteris embryogenesis
For sexually reproducing organisms to pass on their genetic information, progeny must successfully establish. Various life history strategies have evolved, using either dispersal of large numbers of p...
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September 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
Dual role of the receptor kinase FERONIA in regulating tissue mechanics and growth https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.28.672783v1
August 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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maizel-lab.org
Some Impressions of the FASEB Mechanism of Plant Development - 110 attendees, two keynotes, 46 Talks & 83 posters but one passion: understand plant development 🌱🧪🔬🧑‍💻 #PDevSRC
August 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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plantcuttings.bsky.social
A deep dive into the concept of model plant for you this week – and a big mention of the ‘A’ word…
Intrigued?
More at plantcuttings.uk/2025/08/22/w...
Cheers!
#Botany
#PlantScience
What plant(s) should we study?
This post discusses Arabidopsis thaliana as a prominent model plant, highlighting its many advantages. However, although research on Arabidopsis has advanced understanding of plant biology, researc…
plantcuttings.uk
August 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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natanellae.bsky.social
From a gene’s single cell expression–through spatial localization–to novel function, and beyond!
Now out @natplants.nature.com
We built a comprehensive spatial-transcriptomic atlas of Arabidopsis, revealing cell-type identities across organs in unprecedented detail
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A single-cell, spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle - Nature Plants
This study presents an extensive single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomic atlas of the Arabidopsis life cycle that represents ten distinct developmental time points inclusive of six diverse organs.
www.nature.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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biobrillouinsoc.bsky.social
‼️Abstract submissions is open for the 9th International BioBrillouin Meeting (biobrillouin25.com) that will take place at the Max Planck Society Conference House in Berlin, Germany on the November 25-27, 2025.

Deadline for abstract submission: October 1, 2025
#BioBrillouin
9th International BioBrillouin Conference
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August 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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dev-journal.bsky.social
Excited for the @faseborg.bsky.social's upcoming #PlantDevelopment conference in Massachusetts? #PDevSRC

To complement the meeting, we've curated a collection of review-type and Research Articles on this topic:
journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti...
August 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
luisalonsobaez.bsky.social
One of the key aspects influencing morphogenesis is mechanics. We mapped the mechanical properties of living roots at the tissue and cellular levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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aribidopsis.bsky.social
(1/10) I am excited to share this signature review from our lab published @jxbotany.bsky.social

Congratulations to @ohazel.bsky.social and @jessicaa-orr.bsky.social (first published paper for Jessica!)

Nuclear positioning and cell division site specification in plants
doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
July 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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@sara-morghen.bsky.social giving a great talk about her PhD project involving ABA and mechanics at #PlantCellWallMeeting2025 in Vancouver. @hydrosensing.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Arrived together with @sara-morghen.bsky.social to the beautiful UBC campus in Vancouver for the Plant Cell Wall Conference 2025. Ready to discuss the relation between cell walls, water sensing, abscisic acid and mechanobiology. @hydrosensing.bsky.social #plantcellwalls
July 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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josejulian.bsky.social
Think vacuoles are just plant cell dumpsters? Think again.
They sense. They signal. They reshape. They fight back! ⚔️

Vacuoles are emerging as central hubs for plant resilience and adaptation. 🌱

@plantophagy.bsky.social and I unpack it all in our new review. Check it out!

🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.pb...
July 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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apmahonen.bsky.social
How plants sense injury in their barrier tissue, periderm? Painstakingly detailed and amazing work by post doc Hiroyuki Iida shows that wounding is sensed by the diffusion of two gases: ethylene and oxygen. @treebiocoe.bsky.social‬ @erc.europa.eu‬ 1/x 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plants monitor the integrity of their barrier by sensing gas diffusion - Nature
A study using Arabidopsis shows that plants can monitor the integrity of their outer barriers by sensing gas diffusion, enabling them to initiate wound repair to prevent water loss and pathogen entry.
www.nature.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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moritznowack.bsky.social
Stomatal transpiration and rapid programmed cell death ☠️ triggered by lowered ambient humidity causes anther tissue collapse for effective pollen release !

Happy to be part of this great PNAS story with @kampova.bsky.social, Matyáš Fendrych, and @svosolsobe.bsky.social! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
Imaging of specialized plant cell walls by improved cryo-CLEM and cryo-electron tomography https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.01.657137v1
June 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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🌱🧩 How do plant cells get their shape? 🧪

Check out the new #open-access #review exploring the mechanochemical duet between auxin & the cell wall in shaping diverse plant cell types from @srobertgroup.bsky.social's Lab.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ppl....

#PlantBiology #CellShape #Auxin #Biomechanics
Epidermal cells acquire different cell shapes to enable their functions and maintain tissue integrity in plants. Meristematic cells differentiate and expand into diverse mature cell types, including jigsaw puzzle-shaped pavement cells (a), round stomatal guard cells (b), elongated epidermal cells in hypocotyls and the apical hook (c), and root epidermal cells with root hairs (d). The spatial distribution and arrangement of cell wall polysaccharides, such as cellulose microfibrils, xyloglucans, and pectins (e.g., homogalacturonan represent as HG), and the abundance of methylester groups on these components in differentiating cells regulate anisotropy during cell growth, enabling the acquisition of specific cell shapes. In addition, proteins like KATANIN and CLASP reorient dynamically the cortical microtubules. These cortical microtubules rearrangement is in response to mechanical cues, either self-generated (as in b, c) or from neighboring cells (a, c), leading to the resulting cell shape. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Auxin controls cell expansion by regulating cell wall biosynthesis and cell remodeling. Auxin promotes cell expansion by acidifying the cell wall and activating wall synthesis and loosening enzymes. Auxin efflux (PINs) and influx (AUX1) transporters establish concentration gradients in growing tissue. Auxin enters cells via influx transporters and activates the TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE 1/AUXIN SIGNALING F-BOX PROTEINS-AUXIN/INDOLE ACETIC ACID (TIR1/AFB-Aux/IAA) nuclear signaling cascade, which regulates auxin-responsive genes, including AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORs (ARFs) and SMALL AUXIN UP RNAs (SAURs). Auxin activates the H+-ATPase proton pump through TRANSMEMBRANE KINASE 1 (TMK1), acidifying the cell wall and triggering loosening enzymes including PECTIN METHYLESTERASEs (PMEs), EXPANSINs, and XYLOGLUCAN:XYLOGLUCOSYL TRANSFERASEs (EXTs). Cellulose microfibrils are synthesized by the plasma membrane-bound cellulose synthase complex (CSC), with cortical microtubules guiding the exocytosis of this complex toward expanding cell edges. Auxin coordinates the reorientation of cortical microtubules and actin filaments to regulate the trafficking of cell wall polysaccharides to ensure proper cell wall expansion and specific cell shape acquisition. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
May 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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faseborg.bsky.social
#PDevSRC is back for 2025! The premier platform for experts in plant developmental biology to collaborate will welcome keynotes Siobhan Brady and Niko Geldner. Check out the video and view the full agenda: buff.ly/FD5WJgb
May 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM