Moritz K. Nowack
@moritznowack.bsky.social
Curious about life and death; professor @UGent and group leader @VIBLifeSciences
Our latest on cell death and our second on maize: Using single-nucleus RNAseq of maize endosperm, Nicolas Doll (now @rdplab.bsky.social) shows that KIL transcription factors promote endosperm cell death to facilitate embryo growth - with a genomic imprinting twist! academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
June 23, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Our latest on cell death and our second on maize: Using single-nucleus RNAseq of maize endosperm, Nicolas Doll (now @rdplab.bsky.social) shows that KIL transcription factors promote endosperm cell death to facilitate embryo growth - with a genomic imprinting twist! academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
And last but not least at #ICAR2025, the Marc Van Montagu Prize for Sustainable Agricultural Systems ipbo.vib-ugent.be/en goes to Cecilia Adhiambo Shinda
from the lab of Steven Runo spas.ku.ac.ke/department-o... at Kenyatta University for her work on Striga resistance in Sorghum. Congratulations !!
from the lab of Steven Runo spas.ku.ac.ke/department-o... at Kenyatta University for her work on Striga resistance in Sorghum. Congratulations !!
June 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
And last but not least at #ICAR2025, the Marc Van Montagu Prize for Sustainable Agricultural Systems ipbo.vib-ugent.be/en goes to Cecilia Adhiambo Shinda
from the lab of Steven Runo spas.ku.ac.ke/department-o... at Kenyatta University for her work on Striga resistance in Sorghum. Congratulations !!
from the lab of Steven Runo spas.ku.ac.ke/department-o... at Kenyatta University for her work on Striga resistance in Sorghum. Congratulations !!
#ICAR2025 Poster Prize winners are @aroessling.bsky.social from @elkebarbez.bsky.social lab @uni-freiburg.de, Wouter Smagge from @dejaegerlab.bsky.social @psb-vib.bsky.social @universiteitgent.bsky.social and Alexis Lebecq from @stanfordstomata.bsky.social @stanford.edu ! Congratulations!!
June 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#ICAR2025 Poster Prize winners are @aroessling.bsky.social from @elkebarbez.bsky.social lab @uni-freiburg.de, Wouter Smagge from @dejaegerlab.bsky.social @psb-vib.bsky.social @universiteitgent.bsky.social and Alexis Lebecq from @stanfordstomata.bsky.social @stanford.edu ! Congratulations!!
#ICAR2025 Plenary 6: Translational Research, last talk by Anna Stepanova, North Carolina State University, on synthetic ethylene promoter-reporter sensors in Arabidopsis and their application in crops
June 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
#ICAR2025 Plenary 6: Translational Research, last talk by Anna Stepanova, North Carolina State University, on synthetic ethylene promoter-reporter sensors in Arabidopsis and their application in crops
The morning after: 1st up in the #ICAR2025 #PTM session is Ari Sadanandom, talking on #SUMO in plant development & adaptation to the environment - visualised by a detailed SUMO cell atlas in Arabidopsis bar.utoronto.ca/-nprovart/SUMO
June 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The morning after: 1st up in the #ICAR2025 #PTM session is Ari Sadanandom, talking on #SUMO in plant development & adaptation to the environment - visualised by a detailed SUMO cell atlas in Arabidopsis bar.utoronto.ca/-nprovart/SUMO
Now in Workshop 6: „Single-Cell Transcriptome and Spatial Biology“ set up by @smukhtarlab.bsky.social and Ceyhun Kayihan with Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social Univ. of Cambridge, UK, on single cell analysis to investigate cell-type specific transcriptional control of C4 photosynthesis !
June 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Now in Workshop 6: „Single-Cell Transcriptome and Spatial Biology“ set up by @smukhtarlab.bsky.social and Ceyhun Kayihan with Leonie Luginbuehl @lluginbuehl.bsky.social Univ. of Cambridge, UK, on single cell analysis to investigate cell-type specific transcriptional control of C4 photosynthesis !
#ICAR2025 Workshop 8: „Building a diverse community through effective teaching and mentoring“ led by Andrea Paterlini apaterlini.bsky.social and Mary Williams @plantteaching.bsky.social with @yoselin.bsky.social @mehta-lab.com, Sophie Goormachtig, & Agnes Uhereczky from @viblifesciences.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#ICAR2025 Workshop 8: „Building a diverse community through effective teaching and mentoring“ led by Andrea Paterlini apaterlini.bsky.social and Mary Williams @plantteaching.bsky.social with @yoselin.bsky.social @mehta-lab.com, Sophie Goormachtig, & Agnes Uhereczky from @viblifesciences.bsky.social
#ICAR2025 Day 4 Plenary 5 on Quantitative Biology with Daphne Ezer, University of York, UK; Kirsten ten Tusscher, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; and Keiji Nakajima, NAIST, Japan.
June 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#ICAR2025 Day 4 Plenary 5 on Quantitative Biology with Daphne Ezer, University of York, UK; Kirsten ten Tusscher, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; and Keiji Nakajima, NAIST, Japan.
#ICAR2025 Plenary 4 on biotic interactions with excellent talks by Hailing Jin, University of California Riverside, USA; Jyothilakshmi Vadassery, NIPGR, Delhi, India; and Yu-hang Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
June 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
#ICAR2025 Plenary 4 on biotic interactions with excellent talks by Hailing Jin, University of California Riverside, USA; Jyothilakshmi Vadassery, NIPGR, Delhi, India; and Yu-hang Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Now at #ICAR2025 Javier Botto, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the control of shade avoidance response in Arabidopsis by BBX transcription factors and hormonal signals, and on how this knowledge can be transferred to potatoes to increase yield!
June 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Now at #ICAR2025 Javier Botto, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the control of shade avoidance response in Arabidopsis by BBX transcription factors and hormonal signals, and on how this knowledge can be transferred to potatoes to increase yield!
Next up is Gwyneth Ingram from ENS Lyon @rdplab.bsky.social on communication between embryo and endosperm to coordinate seed growth and development.
June 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Next up is Gwyneth Ingram from ENS Lyon @rdplab.bsky.social on communication between embryo and endosperm to coordinate seed growth and development.
#ICAR2025 day 3 starts with Matyáš Fendrych from Prague speaking about different auxin signaling pathways controlling root growth in Arabidopsis.
June 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
#ICAR2025 day 3 starts with Matyáš Fendrych from Prague speaking about different auxin signaling pathways controlling root growth in Arabidopsis.
Off to the #ICAR2025 Concurrent Sessions! Concurrent 3 in the former Bijloke Abbey refectory on Arabidopsis relatives, started by Polina Novikova from @raphmercier.bsky.social department @mpipz.bsky.social who’s reporting on her research on natural variations of polyploidy in Arabidopsis species.
June 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Off to the #ICAR2025 Concurrent Sessions! Concurrent 3 in the former Bijloke Abbey refectory on Arabidopsis relatives, started by Polina Novikova from @raphmercier.bsky.social department @mpipz.bsky.social who’s reporting on her research on natural variations of polyploidy in Arabidopsis species.
Last talk of the morning session by Haodong Chen, Tsinghua University, about the functions and regulation of LAZY proteins in gravity sensing #ICAR2025
June 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Last talk of the morning session by Haodong Chen, Tsinghua University, about the functions and regulation of LAZY proteins in gravity sensing #ICAR2025
Next up in #ICAR2025 is @yanma-fungalls.bsky.social on plant signalling specificity, focus of her postdoc work with @nikogeldner.bsky.social, and her new work on insect galls on plants (using Arabidopsis as a model!) as independent PI @gmivienna.bsky.social !
June 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Next up in #ICAR2025 is @yanma-fungalls.bsky.social on plant signalling specificity, focus of her postdoc work with @nikogeldner.bsky.social, and her new work on insect galls on plants (using Arabidopsis as a model!) as independent PI @gmivienna.bsky.social !
@wigge.bsky.social and @christatesterink.bsky.social on heat and salt stress, two of the major challenges for plants, i.e. for agriculture, i.e. for humanity. #ICAR2025
June 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@wigge.bsky.social and @christatesterink.bsky.social on heat and salt stress, two of the major challenges for plants, i.e. for agriculture, i.e. for humanity. #ICAR2025
Starting the scientific program of #ICAR2025 with an amazing keynote by Jane Parker @parkergroup.bsky.social on the structural basis of plant immunity! Looking forward to 5 days of fantastic Arabidopsis and plant science at the #Bijlokesite in Ghent!
June 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Starting the scientific program of #ICAR2025 with an amazing keynote by Jane Parker @parkergroup.bsky.social on the structural basis of plant immunity! Looking forward to 5 days of fantastic Arabidopsis and plant science at the #Bijlokesite in Ghent!
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/...
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
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/...
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/...
Back-to-back on bioRxiv by @plantophagy.bsky.social and @moritznowack.bsky.social
Cell-type specific upregulation of autophagy in Arabidopsis root hair cells promotes
1) root hair lifespan by suppressing cell death
2) plant salt stress resilience by ion sequestration
See links to 2 papers below!
Cell-type specific upregulation of autophagy in Arabidopsis root hair cells promotes
1) root hair lifespan by suppressing cell death
2) plant salt stress resilience by ion sequestration
See links to 2 papers below!
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Back-to-back on bioRxiv by @plantophagy.bsky.social and @moritznowack.bsky.social
Cell-type specific upregulation of autophagy in Arabidopsis root hair cells promotes
1) root hair lifespan by suppressing cell death
2) plant salt stress resilience by ion sequestration
See links to 2 papers below!
Cell-type specific upregulation of autophagy in Arabidopsis root hair cells promotes
1) root hair lifespan by suppressing cell death
2) plant salt stress resilience by ion sequestration
See links to 2 papers below!
Abstract submission deadline for oral contributions to #ICAR2025 is Monday, March 17! Thansk to everyone who has already submitted - over 100 abstracts received so far!
If you haven’t submitted yet, visit icar2025.com and submit by Monday.
We can’t wait to welcome exciting science to Ghent!
If you haven’t submitted yet, visit icar2025.com and submit by Monday.
We can’t wait to welcome exciting science to Ghent!
March 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Abstract submission deadline for oral contributions to #ICAR2025 is Monday, March 17! Thansk to everyone who has already submitted - over 100 abstracts received so far!
If you haven’t submitted yet, visit icar2025.com and submit by Monday.
We can’t wait to welcome exciting science to Ghent!
If you haven’t submitted yet, visit icar2025.com and submit by Monday.
We can’t wait to welcome exciting science to Ghent!
Exciting: The #ICAR2025 Preliminary Meeting Schedule has just been put online icar2025.com !
Early bird registration only ends April 20, but more than half the tickets are gone already!!
So please register early to secure your place!
Abstracts can be submitted later, see icar2025.com
Please RT!
Early bird registration only ends April 20, but more than half the tickets are gone already!!
So please register early to secure your place!
Abstracts can be submitted later, see icar2025.com
Please RT!
February 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Exciting: The #ICAR2025 Preliminary Meeting Schedule has just been put online icar2025.com !
Early bird registration only ends April 20, but more than half the tickets are gone already!!
So please register early to secure your place!
Abstracts can be submitted later, see icar2025.com
Please RT!
Early bird registration only ends April 20, but more than half the tickets are gone already!!
So please register early to secure your place!
Abstracts can be submitted later, see icar2025.com
Please RT!
On-site planning meeting for #ICAR2025, it’s shaping up nicely! Early bird deadline is only on April 20th, but as the meeting is filling up fast, and we’re expecting a full house, don’t wait too long to subscribe icar2025.com !
Looking forward to seeing you in 4 months‘ time in summerly Ghent!
Looking forward to seeing you in 4 months‘ time in summerly Ghent!
February 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
On-site planning meeting for #ICAR2025, it’s shaping up nicely! Early bird deadline is only on April 20th, but as the meeting is filling up fast, and we’re expecting a full house, don’t wait too long to subscribe icar2025.com !
Looking forward to seeing you in 4 months‘ time in summerly Ghent!
Looking forward to seeing you in 4 months‘ time in summerly Ghent!