'Scientific advancement depends on freedom, openness, and truth - the very values fascism eventually destroys. Our collective response will shape the future.'
Super stimulating talk by Olivier Hamant from @rdplab.bsky.social on the tradeoff between efficiency and systemic robustness in biology and beyond. And on how we define societal progress.
The 4th congress on strigolactone research will take place 5-8 October this year in beautiful Paris! Early bird registration extended until April 30. So, just go for it!
ics2026.sciencesconf.org
Our Review "Development, Anatomy and Integrated Function of Grass Leaf Veins and Graminoid Stomata" is out doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Alec Baird and I discuss the development and function of the anatomical structures that regulate water supply (leaf veins) and water demand (stomata) in the grass leaf.
Universität Heidelberg verteidigt Status als Exzellenzuniversität – Rektorin Frauke Melchior: „Großartige Gemeinschaftsleistung hat zum Erfolg geführt“ www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #Exzellenzstrategie #ExStra
New OA Resource: "A transcriptional atlas of early Arabidopsis seed development suggests mechanisms for inter-tissue coordination" rdcu.be/fj8H2
Single-nucleus RNAseq profiling of early Arabidopsis seed development. #PlantScience
Universität Heidelberg
Michael Raissig
Thomas Greb
GreenRobust
Kurianlab
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
Absolutely ❤️ this slide from Olivier Hamant about the role of inefficiency in biological robustness. Thx @maizel-lab.org for bringing him to @cosheidelberg.bsky.social
Nature Plants
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
WIR STELLEN EIN:
Stabsstelle #Exzellenzstrategie an der #UniversitätHeidelberg Referent*in, 100% E13, entfristet, zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt
Gerne weiterverteilen!
#Heidelberg #Stellenausschreibung
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD...
Tropaeolum tuberosum is a tuber-forming crop native to the Andes, but remains an underutilized and little-known species - Ruiz-Mateus et al. now assemble a highly complete genome of this species as a foundational resource.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evag115
📷 Pascal Hunziker
#genome #evolution
New paper from the Yasin Dagdas (@plantophagy.bsky.social) group, this time in @science.org, on how plant cells cope with viral infection and how selective autophagy delays cell death to give plants a chance to survive. Chapeau and congratulations to all the authors!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Magazine
Rebekka Weinel
RNA viruses co-opt host endomembranes to form replication complexes, often triggering cellular stress and immune responses. Here, we show that Arabidopsis thaliana activates selective autophagy to res...
After years of preparation, Artemis II has launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen on humanity’s first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit in over 50 years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2C...
