Swati Mahiwal
@swatimahiwal.bsky.social
PhD student @Andersen lab MPIPZ, Cologne
Plant development enthusiast working with a real root 😉
Plant development enthusiast working with a real root 😉
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By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Auxin transport positions stem cells in the vascular cambium during normal development and regeneration | PNAS
The vascular cambium contains bifacial stem cells producing secondary phloem in one
and secondary xylem to the opposite direction. In Arabidopsis r...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
By combining molecular genetics with cell-ablation experiments, we found that vascular cambium stem cells and xylem-identity cells form an interchangeable unit, a stem cell niche. Meticulous work by @xixizhang9001.bsky.social, Ondrej Smetana, Jing Zhang & Xiaoyu Wang 1/x www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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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/...
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
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/...
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/...
Reposted by Swati Mahiwal
Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
Plant roots release exudates to encourage microbiome assembly, which influences the function and stress resilience of plants. How specific exudates drive spatial colonization patterns remains largely ...
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Localized glutamine leakage drives the spatial structure of root microbial colonization
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Our new paper is out!
Multilevel Analysis of Response to Plant Growth Promoting and Pathogenic Bacteria in Arabidopsis Roots | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Multilevel Analysis of Response to Plant Growth Promoting and Pathogenic Bacteria in Arabidopsis Roots | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Multilevel Analysis of Response to Plant Growth Promoting and Pathogenic Bacteria in Arabidopsis Roots | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®
A major challenge in plant-microbe interaction research is understanding how plants distinguish between commensal and pathogenic microorganisms. We compared Arabidopsis responses to two contrasting ba...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Our new paper is out!
Multilevel Analysis of Response to Plant Growth Promoting and Pathogenic Bacteria in Arabidopsis Roots | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
Multilevel Analysis of Response to Plant Growth Promoting and Pathogenic Bacteria in Arabidopsis Roots | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions® apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/...
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Now @bzh-hd.bsky.social Jonathan Friedman is talking in #mitochondria organization
September 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Now @bzh-hd.bsky.social Jonathan Friedman is talking in #mitochondria organization
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We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
Cornell University, Molecular Biology & Genetics
Job #AJO30607, WDR-00055221 Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US
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September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We have an open Assistant Professor position in Evolutionary Cell and Molecular Biology in the @weillinstitute.bsky.social at Cornell University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30607
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We proudly present a new preprint by Leon Pierdzig et al: Wall teichoic acids, glycopolymers specific to Gram-positive bacteria, trigger defense and cell death in Arabidopsis. Cysteine-rich RLKs act as key components in their perception. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
September 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
We proudly present a new preprint by Leon Pierdzig et al: Wall teichoic acids, glycopolymers specific to Gram-positive bacteria, trigger defense and cell death in Arabidopsis. Cysteine-rich RLKs act as key components in their perception. doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Gram-positive bacterial MAMP sensed by a plant cysteine rich receptor kinase. I've been waiting for this preprint to drop. Nice story!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Cysteine-rich receptor-like kinases mediate Wall Teichoic Acid perception in Arabidopsis
Plants and animals detect microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) to initiate defense responses. Both lineages employ pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), yet plant mechanisms for sensing Gram-...
www.biorxiv.org
September 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Gram-positive bacterial MAMP sensed by a plant cysteine rich receptor kinase. I've been waiting for this preprint to drop. Nice story!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Nice work!
Out First Release in @science.org this week:
A large scale analysis of the epigenetics of transposable elements in Arabidopsis shows transgenerational stability
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
A large scale analysis of the epigenetics of transposable elements in Arabidopsis shows transgenerational stability
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
Transposable elements are vectors of recurrent transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
DNA methylation loss at transposable elements (TEs) can affect neighboring genes and be epigenetically inherited in plants, yet the determinants and significance of this additional system of inheritan...
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September 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Nice work!
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Very happy to introduce jsPCA, a fast and interpretable computational framework for spatial transcriptomics that simultaneously identifies spatial domains and variable genes across multi-slice and multi-sample data.
September 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Very happy to introduce jsPCA, a fast and interpretable computational framework for spatial transcriptomics that simultaneously identifies spatial domains and variable genes across multi-slice and multi-sample data.
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www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
A host organelle integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
Sea slugs steal foreign chloroplasts and store them in specialized organelles that
facilitate photosynthesis and eventual digestion to mediate starvation resistance.
www.cell.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
A host organelle (in sea slugs) integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
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Great article in Cell:
Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration
It's about #Arabidopsis and #auxin.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration
It's about #Arabidopsis and #auxin.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration
In Arabidopsis, transcriptional factors LEC2 and SPCH enhance local auxin biosynthesis,
establishing a transcriptional framework that enables differentiated single somatic
epidermal cells to regain to...
www.cell.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Great article in Cell:
Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration
It's about #Arabidopsis and #auxin.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Time-resolved reprogramming of single somatic cells into totipotent states during plant regeneration
It's about #Arabidopsis and #auxin.
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Career Opportunities: DBMV: Tenure Track Assistant Professor towards Associate Professor in the field of Plant-organism (22484)
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September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Call for a tenure-track position at our Department of Plant Molecular Biology in Lausanne! We are searching for promising early-career researchers in the broad field of plant-organismal interactions. Deadline: November 30, 2025 - Please re-post!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
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'How to be a scientist in a post-journal world'
@pracheeac.bsky.social & @mbeisen.bsky.social beautifully explain how a post-Journal world would look, work, & why it would indeed be a better world. 👍
#ScientificPublishing #SciPub #AcademicPublishing #Preprints #OpenScience
@pracheeac.bsky.social & @mbeisen.bsky.social beautifully explain how a post-Journal world would look, work, & why it would indeed be a better world. 👍
#ScientificPublishing #SciPub #AcademicPublishing #Preprints #OpenScience
How to be a scientist in a post-journal world
When we created this site to write about things in science that need to be fixed, we chose not to start with publishing, even though it has been our preoccupation for decades.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
'How to be a scientist in a post-journal world'
@pracheeac.bsky.social & @mbeisen.bsky.social beautifully explain how a post-Journal world would look, work, & why it would indeed be a better world. 👍
#ScientificPublishing #SciPub #AcademicPublishing #Preprints #OpenScience
@pracheeac.bsky.social & @mbeisen.bsky.social beautifully explain how a post-Journal world would look, work, & why it would indeed be a better world. 👍
#ScientificPublishing #SciPub #AcademicPublishing #Preprints #OpenScience
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The discovery of genes underlying interesting traits for #PlantBreeding is one of the most important & difficult tasks here @kwsgroup.bsky.social.
We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this!
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this!
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
Scientist (m/f/d) in Quantitative Genetics for Trait Discovery
Scientist (m/f/d) in Quantitative Genetics for Trait Discovery
jobs.kws.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The discovery of genes underlying interesting traits for #PlantBreeding is one of the most important & difficult tasks here @kwsgroup.bsky.social.
We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this!
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
We are looking for a Quantitative Geneticist to help us with this!
#PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantGenetics #PlantScienceJobs #PlantSciJobs
Reposted by Swati Mahiwal
Many thanks to Dr. Dmitry Lapin for writing a highlight of our collaborative study and sharing it on his lab’s website.
Learn more about coordinated Ca²⁺ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity here:
phoenix-plant.com/highlights-o...
Learn more about coordinated Ca²⁺ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity here:
phoenix-plant.com/highlights-o...
News in plant immunology
Contents Coordinated Ca2+ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity Coordinated Ca2+ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity Written by Dmitry Lapin, J…
phoenix-plant.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Many thanks to Dr. Dmitry Lapin for writing a highlight of our collaborative study and sharing it on his lab’s website.
Learn more about coordinated Ca²⁺ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity here:
phoenix-plant.com/highlights-o...
Learn more about coordinated Ca²⁺ influx cascades for quantitative control of plant immunity here:
phoenix-plant.com/highlights-o...
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A legume cellulase required for rhizobial infection and colonization in root nodule symbiosis
@natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A legume cellulase required for rhizobial infection and colonization in root nodule symbiosis - Nature Communications
Soil rhizobial bacteria need entry into legume roots to fulfil symbiotic nitrogen fixation, which is important for sustainable agriculture. Zhao et al. report how legumes control this entry through pl...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A legume cellulase required for rhizobial infection and colonization in root nodule symbiosis
@natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Excited to be in Oxford for the #ENFC2025 organised by @poolelaboxford.bsky.social! Looking forward to a great conference with the nitrogen fixation community.
➡️ Join me at the Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation session on Wednesday to discuss about the epigenetic regulation of nodulation 🍀🧬🦠
➡️ Join me at the Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation session on Wednesday to discuss about the epigenetic regulation of nodulation 🍀🧬🦠
August 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Excited to be in Oxford for the #ENFC2025 organised by @poolelaboxford.bsky.social! Looking forward to a great conference with the nitrogen fixation community.
➡️ Join me at the Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation session on Wednesday to discuss about the epigenetic regulation of nodulation 🍀🧬🦠
➡️ Join me at the Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation session on Wednesday to discuss about the epigenetic regulation of nodulation 🍀🧬🦠