Maizel lab
@maizel-lab.org
A fine group of plant biologists interested in morphogenesis and trying to get to the roots of things. Home base: Heidelberg University - https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research-groups/cell-and-developmental-biology.
📢 It came to my attention that due to more restrictive recent regulations, our colleagues in Japan have immense difficulties shipping (receiving?) seeds by mail. Apparently, having someone carry them is the most reliable option. Anyone travelling soon from 🇯🇵 to 🇪🇺?
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
📢 It came to my attention that due to more restrictive recent regulations, our colleagues in Japan have immense difficulties shipping (receiving?) seeds by mail. Apparently, having someone carry them is the most reliable option. Anyone travelling soon from 🇯🇵 to 🇪🇺?
Our work on mapping the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation is now published in @jxbotany.bsky.social We show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
November 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Our work on mapping the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation is now published in @jxbotany.bsky.social We show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
→ academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...
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
Some Impressions of the FASEB Mechanism of Plant Development - 110 attendees, two keynotes, 46 Talks & 83 posters but one passion: understand plant development 🌱🧪🔬🧑💻 #PDevSRC
New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
New preprint from the lab. We mapped the dynamics of phospholipids during lateral root formation and show that PI(4,5)P₂ plays a key role: targeted reduction in pericycle promotes LR development.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Split-YFP-coupled interaction–dependent TurboID identifies new functions of basal cell polarity in Arabidopsis @pnas.org from Juan Dong's lab.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Split-YFP-coupled interaction–dependent TurboID identifies new functions of basal cell polarity in Arabidopsis @pnas.org from Juan Dong's lab.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Split-YFP-coupled interaction–dependent TurboID identifies new functions of basal cell polarity in Arabidopsis @pnas.org from Juan Dong's lab.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Split-YFP-coupled interaction–dependent TurboID identifies new functions of basal cell polarity in Arabidopsis @pnas.org from Juan Dong's lab.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Our new paper is out!
1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Wound repair in plants guided by cell geometry
Mathew et al. show that growth conflicts reshape cells after injury, forming rhomboidal
geometries that trigger diagonal divisions. This reorients cell files to restore tapered
morphology. A two-step ...
www.cell.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Our new paper is out!
1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
1/14 How does an organ rebuild its shape after injury? It's not just about making new cells, but aligning them in the right direction — like bricks shaping a structure. We show that it's all driven by Cell Geometry!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Final Program announced for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA).: tinyurl.com/2cfa8keo
August 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Final Program announced for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA).: tinyurl.com/2cfa8keo
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5 dynamical systems concepts every developmental biologist needs to know! This came out of the 2023 Morphogenesis Program. @pauformosa.bsky.social @perez-carrasco.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
From genes to patterns: five key dynamical systems concepts to decode developmental regulatory mechanisms
Summary: Dynamical systems theory provides a powerful quantitative and intuitive framework to understand developmental processes. This Primer brings key concepts of this framework to the ever-growing ...
journals.biologists.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
5 dynamical systems concepts every developmental biologist needs to know! This came out of the 2023 Morphogenesis Program. @pauformosa.bsky.social @perez-carrasco.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We received 80 abstracts and have >100 registered participants for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA). Time for us to select ~20 talks from those 😱
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
July 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We received 80 abstracts and have >100 registered participants for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA). Time for us to select ~20 talks from those 😱
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
It will be an exciting meeting!
FOMO? Still time to register! → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
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Are you in Germany in September (25th-27th) and ready to present your science? no further hesitation and register for the 15th GfE School on "Lineages: Revealing how Cells make Embryos and Tissues" at Schloss Reisensburg: www.vbio.de/gfe-entwickl... all #devbio enthusiasts and interested welcome!
June 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Are you in Germany in September (25th-27th) and ready to present your science? no further hesitation and register for the 15th GfE School on "Lineages: Revealing how Cells make Embryos and Tissues" at Schloss Reisensburg: www.vbio.de/gfe-entwickl... all #devbio enthusiasts and interested welcome!
Deadline for abstract submission for the FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is extended until July 13th! 🌱 Submit! It will be a fantastic meeting.
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
June 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Deadline for abstract submission for the FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is extended until July 13th! 🌱 Submit! It will be a fantastic meeting.
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
The @maizel-lab.org & @schumacherlab.bsky.social are hiring!
Part-time lab manager position available immediately! Apply by June 30th 🇬🇧/🇩🇪
➡️ adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Part-time lab manager position available immediately! Apply by June 30th 🇬🇧/🇩🇪
➡️ adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
June 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The @maizel-lab.org & @schumacherlab.bsky.social are hiring!
Part-time lab manager position available immediately! Apply by June 30th 🇬🇧/🇩🇪
➡️ adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Part-time lab manager position available immediately! Apply by June 30th 🇬🇧/🇩🇪
➡️ adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
The GreenRobust cluster of Excellence is now live on Bluesky @greenrobust.de
Follow to be informed of the great things coming up 🌱
Follow to be informed of the great things coming up 🌱
June 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The GreenRobust cluster of Excellence is now live on Bluesky @greenrobust.de
Follow to be informed of the great things coming up 🌱
Follow to be informed of the great things coming up 🌱
🚨 The FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is happening this summer! 🌱
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA. A short thread [1/3]
We have an outstanding roster of confirmed speakers — it's shaping up to be a fantastic meeting.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
bsky.app/profile/fase...
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA. A short thread [1/3]
We have an outstanding roster of confirmed speakers — it's shaping up to be a fantastic meeting.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
bsky.app/profile/fase...
June 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨 The FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is happening this summer! 🌱
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA. A short thread [1/3]
We have an outstanding roster of confirmed speakers — it's shaping up to be a fantastic meeting.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
bsky.app/profile/fase...
🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA. A short thread [1/3]
We have an outstanding roster of confirmed speakers — it's shaping up to be a fantastic meeting.
Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
bsky.app/profile/fase...
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The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration.
We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.
We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.
France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs
The Trump administration has set out to drastically reshape the relationship between the US and Europe. In response, Brussels is scrambling to adapt to this new reality,...
www.techspot.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration.
We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.
We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.
Same verdict: it will be huge academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
Super-resolution expansion microscopy in plant roots
The development of expansion microscopy in the Arabidopsis root enabled the imaging of molecular targets in tissues at diffraction-unlimited resolution.
academic.oup.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Same verdict: it will be huge academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
This is going to be huge 😅https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/37/4/koaf050/8109904
Root expansion microscopy: A robust method for super resolution imaging in Arabidopsis
Root expansion microscopy (ROOT-ExM) achieves super-resolution expansion microscopy in plants.
academic.oup.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is going to be huge 😅https://academic.oup.com/plcell/article/37/4/koaf050/8109904
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Whaouhouh! @yohannboutte.bsky.social @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social Magalie Grison!!!
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
Root expansion microscopy: A robust method for super resolution imaging in Arabidopsis
Root expansion microscopy (ROOT-ExM) achieves super-resolution expansion microscopy in plants.
academic.oup.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Whaouhouh! @yohannboutte.bsky.social @emmanuellebayer.bsky.social Magalie Grison!!!
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
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Spatial ploidy inference using quantitative imaging, our new collaborative work in the Polyploidy Integration & Innovative Institute, with the @roederlab.bsky.social and the Fox lab. Try our pipeline with your images!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Spatial ploidy inference using quantitative imaging, our new collaborative work in the Polyploidy Integration & Innovative Institute, with the @roederlab.bsky.social and the Fox lab. Try our pipeline with your images!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🔬🌿 PhD Opportunity – TRM Proteins & Xylem Formation
Exciting PhD position available in plant cell biology, jointly hosted by Uni Potsdam (Germany) & INRAE Versailles (France)!
📍 Start Oct 1
📅 Apply by March 25
📨 Contact: magalie.uyttewaal@inrae.fr | rene.schneider@uni-potsdam.de
Exciting PhD position available in plant cell biology, jointly hosted by Uni Potsdam (Germany) & INRAE Versailles (France)!
📍 Start Oct 1
📅 Apply by March 25
📨 Contact: magalie.uyttewaal@inrae.fr | rene.schneider@uni-potsdam.de
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🔬🌿 PhD Opportunity – TRM Proteins & Xylem Formation
Exciting PhD position available in plant cell biology, jointly hosted by Uni Potsdam (Germany) & INRAE Versailles (France)!
📍 Start Oct 1
📅 Apply by March 25
📨 Contact: magalie.uyttewaal@inrae.fr | rene.schneider@uni-potsdam.de
Exciting PhD position available in plant cell biology, jointly hosted by Uni Potsdam (Germany) & INRAE Versailles (France)!
📍 Start Oct 1
📅 Apply by March 25
📨 Contact: magalie.uyttewaal@inrae.fr | rene.schneider@uni-potsdam.de
Great theory paper by @hadrienoliveri.bsky.social & I. Cheddadi: a Hydromechanical field theory of plant growth treating tissue as a growing poroelastic medium. It's a nice bridge from cell biophysics to tissue-scale growth. arxiv.org/abs/2409.02775 & tinyurl.com/22n9ykdo
Hydromechanical field theory of plant morphogenesis
The growth of plants is a hydromechanical phenomenon in which cells enlarge by absorbing water, while their walls expand and remodel under turgor-induced tension. In multicellular tissues, where cells...
arxiv.org
March 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Great theory paper by @hadrienoliveri.bsky.social & I. Cheddadi: a Hydromechanical field theory of plant growth treating tissue as a growing poroelastic medium. It's a nice bridge from cell biophysics to tissue-scale growth. arxiv.org/abs/2409.02775 & tinyurl.com/22n9ykdo
To clarify and better planning: meeting starts on Aug 24th late afternoon and concludes on Aug 28th, morning.
Delighted to unveil the poster and speakers list of the Mechanism of Plant Development meeting. 2 keynotes by @bradylabs.bsky.social & @nikogeldner.bsky.social to honour the legacy of P. Benfey & J. Chory. Congrats to @minyaaa.bsky.social for her beautiful Mimulus image.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
February 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
To clarify and better planning: meeting starts on Aug 24th late afternoon and concludes on Aug 28th, morning.
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This website showcases #tidyplots use cases, complete with data and code 🔥
tidyplots.org/use-cases/
#rstats #dataviz #phd
tidyplots.org/use-cases/
#rstats #dataviz #phd
February 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This website showcases #tidyplots use cases, complete with data and code 🔥
tidyplots.org/use-cases/
#rstats #dataviz #phd
tidyplots.org/use-cases/
#rstats #dataviz #phd