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.
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...
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
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
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
[3/3] 🌟 Keynote highlights!
We’re honoured to host:
🧠 @bradylabs.bsky.social – Benfey Memorial Lecture on Developmental Biology
🌱 @nikogeldner.bsky.social – Chory Memorial Lecture on Plant Signaling
Celebrating the legacies of Phil Benfey & Joanne Chory.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
We’re honoured to host:
🧠 @bradylabs.bsky.social – Benfey Memorial Lecture on Developmental Biology
🌱 @nikogeldner.bsky.social – Chory Memorial Lecture on Plant Signaling
Celebrating the legacies of Phil Benfey & Joanne Chory.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
June 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
[3/3] 🌟 Keynote highlights!
We’re honoured to host:
🧠 @bradylabs.bsky.social – Benfey Memorial Lecture on Developmental Biology
🌱 @nikogeldner.bsky.social – Chory Memorial Lecture on Plant Signaling
Celebrating the legacies of Phil Benfey & Joanne Chory.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
We’re honoured to host:
🧠 @bradylabs.bsky.social – Benfey Memorial Lecture on Developmental Biology
🌱 @nikogeldner.bsky.social – Chory Memorial Lecture on Plant Signaling
Celebrating the legacies of Phil Benfey & Joanne Chory.
➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
[2/3] 🗓️ Submit by June 29, 2025 to present your work at the FASEB SRC Mechanisms of Plant Development.
Submit here ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
Thanks to an agreement with AI2EAR (ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu), non-tenured participants who register will be eligible to apply for limited financial support!
Submit here ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
Thanks to an agreement with AI2EAR (ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu), non-tenured participants who register will be eligible to apply for limited financial support!
June 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
[2/3] 🗓️ Submit by June 29, 2025 to present your work at the FASEB SRC Mechanisms of Plant Development.
Submit here ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
Thanks to an agreement with AI2EAR (ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu), non-tenured participants who register will be eligible to apply for limited financial support!
Submit here ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
Thanks to an agreement with AI2EAR (ai2ear.wordpress.ncsu.edu), non-tenured participants who register will be eligible to apply for limited financial support!
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 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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
1 unread email out of 9.10^18 messages in my inbox 😱 - even if Apple Mail obviously has a counting problem interacting w/ an Exchange server, I guess my stats are the upper tier of most PIs. #FarFarAwayFromInboxZero 🤣
February 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
1 unread email out of 9.10^18 messages in my inbox 😱 - even if Apple Mail obviously has a counting problem interacting w/ an Exchange server, I guess my stats are the upper tier of most PIs. #FarFarAwayFromInboxZero 🤣
Delighted to announce the 18th #FASEB Mechanisms of Plants Development will take place Aug 24-28th. ‼️ Register before June 29th → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
🌱 🎁 Vote for the conference image by Jan 31st
→ tinyurl.com/2872w6vm
The poster & speakers lineup will be announced in early Feb.
Spread the word!
🌱 🎁 Vote for the conference image by Jan 31st
→ tinyurl.com/2872w6vm
The poster & speakers lineup will be announced in early Feb.
Spread the word!
January 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Delighted to announce the 18th #FASEB Mechanisms of Plants Development will take place Aug 24-28th. ‼️ Register before June 29th → tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a
🌱 🎁 Vote for the conference image by Jan 31st
→ tinyurl.com/2872w6vm
The poster & speakers lineup will be announced in early Feb.
Spread the word!
🌱 🎁 Vote for the conference image by Jan 31st
→ tinyurl.com/2872w6vm
The poster & speakers lineup will be announced in early Feb.
Spread the word!
And one more great R package from @jbengler.de to ease up the creation of high-quality plots in R: tidyheatmaps
jbengler.github.io/tidyheatmaps/
jbengler.github.io/tidyheatmaps/
December 17, 2024 at 10:54 PM
And one more great R package from @jbengler.de to ease up the creation of high-quality plots in R: tidyheatmaps
jbengler.github.io/tidyheatmaps/
jbengler.github.io/tidyheatmaps/
Call is open for The Arabidopsis Community Awards! 🌱
Three categories: Lifetime Achievements / Disseminating Knowledge / Support in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Worldwide nominations!
More details → www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/community-aw...
@naascarabidopsis.bsky.social
Three categories: Lifetime Achievements / Disseminating Knowledge / Support in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Worldwide nominations!
More details → www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/community-aw...
@naascarabidopsis.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Call is open for The Arabidopsis Community Awards! 🌱
Three categories: Lifetime Achievements / Disseminating Knowledge / Support in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Worldwide nominations!
More details → www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/community-aw...
@naascarabidopsis.bsky.social
Three categories: Lifetime Achievements / Disseminating Knowledge / Support in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Worldwide nominations!
More details → www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/community-aw...
@naascarabidopsis.bsky.social
Found the perfect conditions to work in December: sun, 30deg and… Mate. Nano sabbatical in Rosario 🇦🇷 with Javier Palatnik (soon on Bluesky). Science is always more fun with friends and done in shorts & t-shirt.
December 17, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Found the perfect conditions to work in December: sun, 30deg and… Mate. Nano sabbatical in Rosario 🇦🇷 with Javier Palatnik (soon on Bluesky). Science is always more fun with friends and done in shorts & t-shirt.
Amending my response. While the imported twitter posts do indeed appear with the date of import in the feed, if you enter the post there is a tag indicating the original date. Indeed a bit confusing…
December 17, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Amending my response. While the imported twitter posts do indeed appear with the date of import in the feed, if you enter the post there is a tag indicating the original date. Indeed a bit confusing…
We warmly welcome Harshita Singh who just joined the lab as a postdoc. Harshita comes from Jodhpur 🇮🇳 where she worked on crown root development in 🌾 at with Shri Ram Yadav at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 AM
We warmly welcome Harshita Singh who just joined the lab as a postdoc. Harshita comes from Jodhpur 🇮🇳 where she worked on crown root development in 🌾 at with Shri Ram Yadav at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
Today’s group workout: Took the opportunity of a forced shutdown of our plant growth room to give it a thorough scrub & disinfection. Ready for fresh plants🚫🦟➡️🌱😀@COSHeidelberg
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Today’s group workout: Took the opportunity of a forced shutdown of our plant growth room to give it a thorough scrub & disinfection. Ready for fresh plants🚫🦟➡️🌱😀@COSHeidelberg
Edith Heard, director general of EMBL and Professor at College de France @cdf1530, being appointed honorary Professor at the faculty of biosciences of Uni Heidelberg. Perpetuating a tradition bringing @EMBLHeidelberg and @UniHeidelberg together. Welcome Edith.
December 17, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Edith Heard, director general of EMBL and Professor at College de France @cdf1530, being appointed honorary Professor at the faculty of biosciences of Uni Heidelberg. Perpetuating a tradition bringing @EMBLHeidelberg and @UniHeidelberg together. Welcome Edith.
How an in house coll makes you look at your pet system differently and takes you out of your comfort zone. With @e_gaquerel we asked: how does Arabidopsis match the formation of lateral root with the metabolic resources required? ➡️ via TOR.A 🧵... 1/5
bit.ly/3LvpmRF
bit.ly/3LvpmRF
December 17, 2024 at 1:44 AM
How an in house coll makes you look at your pet system differently and takes you out of your comfort zone. With @e_gaquerel we asked: how does Arabidopsis match the formation of lateral root with the metabolic resources required? ➡️ via TOR.A 🧵... 1/5
bit.ly/3LvpmRF
bit.ly/3LvpmRF
Avid microscopist having a knack for quantitative cell biology ? We look for a postdoc to elucidate the mechanisms that control the initiation of lateral roots in Arabidopsis. Join us at @COS Heidelberg and enjoy a vibrant work place & city.🔬🖥🌱
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bit.ly/3s5SrMO
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bit.ly/3s5SrMO
December 17, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Avid microscopist having a knack for quantitative cell biology ? We look for a postdoc to elucidate the mechanisms that control the initiation of lateral roots in Arabidopsis. Join us at @COS Heidelberg and enjoy a vibrant work place & city.🔬🖥🌱
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bit.ly/3s5SrMO
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bit.ly/3s5SrMO
The lab is welcoming Juan Li as CSC postdoc
欢迎李娟 😃🌿🔬
欢迎李娟 😃🌿🔬
December 17, 2024 at 1:42 AM
The lab is welcoming Juan Li as CSC postdoc
欢迎李娟 😃🌿🔬
欢迎李娟 😃🌿🔬
In my mail today: the 2020 version of the traditional Holidays season greetings... 😷🎄🍫🦠
December 17, 2024 at 1:41 AM
In my mail today: the 2020 version of the traditional Holidays season greetings... 😷🎄🍫🦠
Our latest preprint! A fresh volumetric look on lateral root initiation. We digitized growing LR and find that cells integrate growth and division to precisely partition their volume upon division@PlantMorphoDyn
bit.ly/2ISjO8Y
bit.ly/2ISjO8Y
December 17, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Our latest preprint! A fresh volumetric look on lateral root initiation. We digitized growing LR and find that cells integrate growth and division to precisely partition their volume upon division@PlantMorphoDyn
bit.ly/2ISjO8Y
bit.ly/2ISjO8Y
We are hiring a postdoc! You are interested in RNA silencing? Expert in biochemistry? Want to spend time in Heidelberg? Why don't you join us! You will use proximity biotinylation to id new AGO interactors. Details:Position funded for 1y. Please RT.
maizel-lab.org/blog/
maizel-lab.org/blog/
December 17, 2024 at 1:39 AM
We are hiring a postdoc! You are interested in RNA silencing? Expert in biochemistry? Want to spend time in Heidelberg? Why don't you join us! You will use proximity biotinylation to id new AGO interactors. Details:Position funded for 1y. Please RT.
maizel-lab.org/blog/
maizel-lab.org/blog/
The "Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School" @HBIGS_HD is on Twitter! The graduate school for @UniHeidelberg biosciences PhD students since 2007. Stay tuned for opened positions and other announcements! 🔬👩🔬👨🔬🧪👨🎓👩🎓
December 17, 2024 at 1:39 AM
The "Heidelberg Biosciences International Graduate School" @HBIGS_HD is on Twitter! The graduate school for @UniHeidelberg biosciences PhD students since 2007. Stay tuned for opened positions and other announcements! 🔬👩🔬👨🔬🧪👨🎓👩🎓