Sovanna Tan
@sovtan.bsky.social
Plant biologist, very interested in signaling and plant development.
Postdoc @oxfordbiology.bsky.social in @JaneLangdale.bsky.social's lab
Postdoc @oxfordbiology.bsky.social in @JaneLangdale.bsky.social's lab
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📢 The September newsletter is out!
Updates from our nodes, recent events, training opportunities, job offers... everything you need to know about France-BioImaging is inside.
How to read it? Click here ⤵️
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Updates from our nodes, recent events, training opportunities, job offers... everything you need to know about France-BioImaging is inside.
How to read it? Click here ⤵️
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September 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📢 The September newsletter is out!
Updates from our nodes, recent events, training opportunities, job offers... everything you need to know about France-BioImaging is inside.
How to read it? Click here ⤵️
france-bioimaging.org/newsletter/s...
Updates from our nodes, recent events, training opportunities, job offers... everything you need to know about France-BioImaging is inside.
How to read it? Click here ⤵️
france-bioimaging.org/newsletter/s...
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📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: 11th International Symposium on Root Development🌱
👉 buff.ly/Y29T13z
#PlantScience
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#PlantScience
11th International Symposium on Root Development
(2026) Mon 4 May, 4:00 PM - Thu 7, 1:00 PM [EDT]: Rooting 2026 is the upcoming edition of a well-established symposium that brings together scientists from diverse fields, including plant…
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July 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📅New #PlantSciEvents Event Added: 11th International Symposium on Root Development🌱
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#PlantScience
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#PlantScience
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Incredible Molly Herring wrote a story on the philosophy behind the work we do at PrakashLab. Wonder & curiosity.. even more important to share when every day is a new attack on the fundamental principles of scientific explorations. Thanks @quantamagazine.bsky.social for this interaction.
Manu Prakash practices “recreational biology,” a scientific approach that explores life in the same playful way that puzzles probe math. “Basic science is not at the service of something, but the groundwork that is our entire society’s foundation.” www.quantamagazine.org/how-paradoxi...
How Paradoxical Questions and Simple Wonder Lead to Great Science | Quanta Magazine
Manu Prakash works on the world’s most urgent problems and seemingly frivolous questions at the same time. They add up to a philosophy he calls “recreational biology.”
www.quantamagazine.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Incredible Molly Herring wrote a story on the philosophy behind the work we do at PrakashLab. Wonder & curiosity.. even more important to share when every day is a new attack on the fundamental principles of scientific explorations. Thanks @quantamagazine.bsky.social for this interaction.
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🌟 JXB75 Daily Highlight 🌟
On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬
⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️
👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social
On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬
⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️
👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🌟 JXB75 Daily Highlight 🌟
On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬
⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️
👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social
On Sept 17th, we will hear from our plenary speaker Prof Jane Langdale on the regulation of venation patterning in grass leaves 🌱🔬
⏳ Time is running out – register by 19 Aug! 🗓️
👉🔗 bit.ly/JXB75
#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @janelangdale.bsky.social
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A cytokinin response maximum induces and activates bifacial stem cells for radial growth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#plantscience
August 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A cytokinin response maximum induces and activates bifacial stem cells for radial growth
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#plantscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#plantscience
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Very excited that our work on directional symplastic transport in differentiated root is now published!A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
July 22, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Very excited that our work on directional symplastic transport in differentiated root is now published!A developmental switch controls cell-to-cell transport in roots via pectin-linked plasmodesmata changes: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
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(1/5) – I am very excited to share our publication in QPB with @aribidopsis.bsky.social ! Before working with Arif, I thought I knew at least the basics about the plant cell cycle, but shortly I realized that I knew almost nothing. If this sounds relatable at all, then this review is for you!
December 12, 2024 at 3:50 PM
(1/5) – I am very excited to share our publication in QPB with @aribidopsis.bsky.social ! Before working with Arif, I thought I knew at least the basics about the plant cell cycle, but shortly I realized that I knew almost nothing. If this sounds relatable at all, then this review is for you!
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Thrilled to see our work now online @nature.com
This study reveals how individual root cells sense and respond to real, compacted soil environments.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
beautiful spatial transcritomics of rice root in gel & soil conditions and huge credit to Mingyuan and colleagues.
This study reveals how individual root cells sense and respond to real, compacted soil environments.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
beautiful spatial transcritomics of rice root in gel & soil conditions and huge credit to Mingyuan and colleagues.
May 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Thrilled to see our work now online @nature.com
This study reveals how individual root cells sense and respond to real, compacted soil environments.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
beautiful spatial transcritomics of rice root in gel & soil conditions and huge credit to Mingyuan and colleagues.
This study reveals how individual root cells sense and respond to real, compacted soil environments.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
beautiful spatial transcritomics of rice root in gel & soil conditions and huge credit to Mingyuan and colleagues.
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📝 Botanists Trip Over The Light Fantastic When They Try To Understand Flower Colour 🧵
https://doi.org/n45f
What humans see in a flower is nothing like the multi-stage sensory journey that guides insects to blooms.
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #InBrief
https://doi.org/n45f
What humans see in a flower is nothing like the multi-stage sensory journey that guides insects to blooms.
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #InBrief
February 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
📝 Botanists Trip Over The Light Fantastic When They Try To Understand Flower Colour 🧵
https://doi.org/n45f
What humans see in a flower is nothing like the multi-stage sensory journey that guides insects to blooms.
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #InBrief
https://doi.org/n45f
What humans see in a flower is nothing like the multi-stage sensory journey that guides insects to blooms.
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪 #InBrief
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REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION for the International Plant Growth Substances Association (IPGSA) 2025 Conference are now OPEN. www.ipgsa2025.org
Deadline for discounted registration and abstract submission for talks is April 15 2025. We look forward to seeing you in Colorado! #plantscience
Deadline for discounted registration and abstract submission for talks is April 15 2025. We look forward to seeing you in Colorado! #plantscience
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January 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION for the International Plant Growth Substances Association (IPGSA) 2025 Conference are now OPEN. www.ipgsa2025.org
Deadline for discounted registration and abstract submission for talks is April 15 2025. We look forward to seeing you in Colorado! #plantscience
Deadline for discounted registration and abstract submission for talks is April 15 2025. We look forward to seeing you in Colorado! #plantscience
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Please spread the word, PhD position in our group!
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January 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Please spread the word, PhD position in our group!
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This is a great resource by @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social
We normally prepare different ones and then choose those that are color blind friendly.
Sometimes is hard to choose 👇🏽 What's your favourite ?
@focalplane.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social #SciArt
We normally prepare different ones and then choose those that are color blind friendly.
Sometimes is hard to choose 👇🏽 What's your favourite ?
@focalplane.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social #SciArt
December 9, 2024 at 4:29 PM
This is a great resource by @joachimgoedhart.bsky.social
We normally prepare different ones and then choose those that are color blind friendly.
Sometimes is hard to choose 👇🏽 What's your favourite ?
@focalplane.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social #SciArt
We normally prepare different ones and then choose those that are color blind friendly.
Sometimes is hard to choose 👇🏽 What's your favourite ?
@focalplane.bsky.social @cellcommlab.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social #SciArt
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No fossil today. I was looking for photos of secondary thickening meristems in monocots (because...🌿⛏️ 🤓) and was reminded that this book with beautiful illustrations of plant anatomy is available online for free, enjoy:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#botany
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#botany
December 13, 2024 at 2:47 PM
No fossil today. I was looking for photos of secondary thickening meristems in monocots (because...🌿⛏️ 🤓) and was reminded that this book with beautiful illustrations of plant anatomy is available online for free, enjoy:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#botany
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#botany
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More details on our recent pre-print:
Alignments of stomata have been described in many species, here are 2 examples: Thym from my kitchen, and Leucadendron from a 1935 paper (Smith 1935 on the orientation of stomata)
What is directing these alignments is unknown 1/12
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Alignments of stomata have been described in many species, here are 2 examples: Thym from my kitchen, and Leucadendron from a 1935 paper (Smith 1935 on the orientation of stomata)
What is directing these alignments is unknown 1/12
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
December 5, 2024 at 11:56 PM
More details on our recent pre-print:
Alignments of stomata have been described in many species, here are 2 examples: Thym from my kitchen, and Leucadendron from a 1935 paper (Smith 1935 on the orientation of stomata)
What is directing these alignments is unknown 1/12
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Alignments of stomata have been described in many species, here are 2 examples: Thym from my kitchen, and Leucadendron from a 1935 paper (Smith 1935 on the orientation of stomata)
What is directing these alignments is unknown 1/12
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
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Stomata form alignments in many species, we do not know how. So, we forced a lot of cells to differentiate into stomata, and we watched them dividing, with modelling, and mechanical perturbations, we conclude that they were aligned by mechanical stress derived from differential growth
Mechanical stress orients stomata division to form tissue scale alignments. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.02.626480v1
Mechanical stress orients stomata division to form tissue scale alignments. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.02.626480v1
The last stomatal division aligns with the leaf main axis in many species. Understanding how cellula
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Stomata form alignments in many species, we do not know how. So, we forced a lot of cells to differentiate into stomata, and we watched them dividing, with modelling, and mechanical perturbations, we conclude that they were aligned by mechanical stress derived from differential growth
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We are happy to report that our journals and community sites now have Bluesky accounts. Follow them at:
@dev-journal.bsky.social
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
@biologyopen.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
@dev-journal.bsky.social
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
@biologyopen.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 2:44 PM
We are happy to report that our journals and community sites now have Bluesky accounts. Follow them at:
@dev-journal.bsky.social
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
@biologyopen.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
@dev-journal.bsky.social
@jcellsci.bsky.social
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
@dmmjournal.bsky.social
@biologyopen.bsky.social
@the-node.bsky.social
@prelights.bsky.social
@focalplane.bsky.social
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In our Tansley review, we attempted to establish the stem cell concept in vascular cambium the way we see it. I hope that this is useful also for the other cambium enthusiasts. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 19, 2024 at 6:26 PM
In our Tansley review, we attempted to establish the stem cell concept in vascular cambium the way we see it. I hope that this is useful also for the other cambium enthusiasts. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Please RT: We are looking for a new group member to study cell fate determination in Arabidopsis
@UmeaPlantSci
@_SLU
! Dead line August 10th 2024! I will be
@ipmb2024
in Cairns in a few days and
@PADiBa2024
if you would like to meet! Check our group: srobertgroup.com
@UmeaPlantSci
@_SLU
! Dead line August 10th 2024! I will be
@ipmb2024
in Cairns in a few days and
@PADiBa2024
if you would like to meet! Check our group: srobertgroup.com
June 19, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Please RT: We are looking for a new group member to study cell fate determination in Arabidopsis
@UmeaPlantSci
@_SLU
! Dead line August 10th 2024! I will be
@ipmb2024
in Cairns in a few days and
@PADiBa2024
if you would like to meet! Check our group: srobertgroup.com
@UmeaPlantSci
@_SLU
! Dead line August 10th 2024! I will be
@ipmb2024
in Cairns in a few days and
@PADiBa2024
if you would like to meet! Check our group: srobertgroup.com
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Last month, Mothers in Science has twitted that "they asked moms in [their] community why they declined attending conferences after having kids."
Breastfeeding came in 2nd!
So I'm very gratefull to the organisers of the
SFBV international conference for letting me feed my baby during breaks 👏🙌
Breastfeeding came in 2nd!
So I'm very gratefull to the organisers of the
SFBV international conference for letting me feed my baby during breaks 👏🙌
June 24, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Last month, Mothers in Science has twitted that "they asked moms in [their] community why they declined attending conferences after having kids."
Breastfeeding came in 2nd!
So I'm very gratefull to the organisers of the
SFBV international conference for letting me feed my baby during breaks 👏🙌
Breastfeeding came in 2nd!
So I'm very gratefull to the organisers of the
SFBV international conference for letting me feed my baby during breaks 👏🙌
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At first there were NOGs, then along came the SNOGs… 🌱 🧬
A prion-like protein regulates the 2-dimensional to 3-dimensional growth transition in Physcomitrium patens - read our preprint here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
A prion-like protein regulates the 2-dimensional to 3-dimensional growth transition in Physcomitrium patens - read our preprint here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
April 10, 2024 at 6:36 PM
At first there were NOGs, then along came the SNOGs… 🌱 🧬
A prion-like protein regulates the 2-dimensional to 3-dimensional growth transition in Physcomitrium patens - read our preprint here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
A prion-like protein regulates the 2-dimensional to 3-dimensional growth transition in Physcomitrium patens - read our preprint here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Plants communicate with volatile compounds. But how they are perceiving those is difficult to discover. Now the group of Natalia Dudareva discovered one of the receivers.
Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2024/03/26/r...
#PlantScience
Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2024/03/26/r...
#PlantScience
Receiver discovered
Receiver discovered Plants use volatile compounds for communication. Lots is known about how these compounds are made and distributed. But how plants recognise these volatile compounds remained a myst...
plantenzo.net
March 26, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Plants communicate with volatile compounds. But how they are perceiving those is difficult to discover. Now the group of Natalia Dudareva discovered one of the receivers.
Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2024/03/26/r...
#PlantScience
Read more about this study on my blog plantenzo.net/2024/03/26/r...
#PlantScience
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We set out to consolidate what we know about plasmodesmata but maybe we better consolidated the questions to which we still need answers.
What molecules move through plasmodesmata? And how? How far do they go? And what information/resource do they carry?
Have a read to see what we think. ⬇️
What molecules move through plasmodesmata? And how? How far do they go? And what information/resource do they carry?
Have a read to see what we think. ⬇️
New #TansleyReview on #Plasmodesmata by Estee E. Tee and @pdchristine.bsky.social
"Plasmodesmata and intercellular molecular traffic control"
Out now in @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment
"Plasmodesmata and intercellular molecular traffic control"
Out now in @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantDevelopment
Plasmodesmata and intercellular molecular traffic control
<em>New Phytologist</em> is an international phytology journal owned by the New Phytologist Foundation publishing original research in plant science and its applications.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 18, 2024 at 12:43 PM
We set out to consolidate what we know about plasmodesmata but maybe we better consolidated the questions to which we still need answers.
What molecules move through plasmodesmata? And how? How far do they go? And what information/resource do they carry?
Have a read to see what we think. ⬇️
What molecules move through plasmodesmata? And how? How far do they go? And what information/resource do they carry?
Have a read to see what we think. ⬇️
The WIP6 transcription factor TOO MANY LATERALS specifies vein type in C4 and C3 grass leaves
Great work!
Great work!
WiP6 paper now published - thanks to the reviewers for making it better than the preprint. We have engineered altered venation in rice leaves
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 25, 2024 at 6:15 PM
The WIP6 transcription factor TOO MANY LATERALS specifies vein type in C4 and C3 grass leaves
Great work!
Great work!
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An ultra-potent ethylene inhibitor - www.cell.com/plant-commun... from the family! A new group of compounds controlling plant growth and germination, with huge potential in agriculture. Lovely study covers Dictyostelium, Arabidopsis, molecular modelling.
#plants
#plantscience
#agriculture
#plants
#plantscience
#agriculture
March 11, 2024 at 8:37 PM
An ultra-potent ethylene inhibitor - www.cell.com/plant-commun... from the family! A new group of compounds controlling plant growth and germination, with huge potential in agriculture. Lovely study covers Dictyostelium, Arabidopsis, molecular modelling.
#plants
#plantscience
#agriculture
#plants
#plantscience
#agriculture