Cecilia Borassi

Congratulations to @sannie-zishanfu.bsky.social for publishing the major paper from her PhD in Nature Plants. 👇🎉🌿 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Wonderful collaboration with @rafadscruz.bsky.social and @jensen-research.bsky.social @ukri.org #UKRIFLF @instmolplantsci.bsky.social

"Cutting mechanics of soft tissues: from paper cuts to natural stingers" seminar by Kaare H. Jensen tomorrow 28th October at 2 pm CET. Register for the webinar in the link below!

Use of photostable green fluorescent protein mStayGold for live-cell imaging in Dictyostelium discoideum doi.org/10.17912/mic...

We're delighted to share our latest paper published today in @currentbiology.bsky.social . www.cell.com/current-biol... We use comparative transcriptomics and microscopy to show that this tiny structure contains a fusion of a compressed stem and a leaf.

Our preprint now peer-reviewed and published 🌾🔬🧬 Grasses have a signature short-long leaf epidermal pattern: small stomata & hair cells spaced by long pavement cells, but how is it built? Premitotic BdPL1 sets cell-size asymmetry; postmitotic BdBRX-solo/BdYDA1 enforces fate. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

On 28th October at 2PM CET, Kaare H. Jensen (Technical University of Denmark) will join the @green-te.bsky.social webinar series talking about "Cutting Mechanics of Soft Tissues: From Paper Cuts to Natural Stingers" Register for this MechanoBioTalk here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/06103a...

It's time to apply for the New Phytologist #TansleyMedal! The prestigious prize is awarded annually to early career scientists that have made an outstanding contribution to #PlantScience. Deadline: 1 November 2026. Apply now: www.newphytologist.org/grants-award...

Can you name the women who have won a science Nobel prize? go.nature.com/3Tkl2OL

🚨 ERC grantees: want to share your research with schoolchildren? Apply for #ScienceIsWonderful 2027 by 🗓️ 15 October We can’t wait to discover your crazy, bold & engaging ideas! Apply 👉 link.europa.eu/tYtFX6 [Q3 has been tweaked: you can now submit a short description and/or a video link!]

🚨 FINAL CALL 🚨 ⏰ Our 2027 Editorial Internship call closes TOMORROW at 23:59 BST 🌱✍️ Don’t leave it to last minute – the application takes a bit of work. You'll need: 📄 A CV 📝 A Cover letter 🔍 An Insight-style article Apply here: bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social

VACANCY: TSL Laboratory Support Assistant, Norwich Join our friendly and professional Laboratory Support Team! Apply before 29 October 2026 buff.ly/SyvaOhB 🌱 Start your science career at a top plant science research institute 🧪 Play a key role in keeping our labs running safely and efficiently

A TurboID-based proximity labelling method for detecting extracellular protein interactions in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.22.753433v1

Check out our new preprint: a very cool fluorescence tool developed by @samwalds.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

PhD Position open in the lab of Vesna Bacheva: A 4-year PhD position is available at the interface of biophysical modeling, soft matter and cell mechanobiology. Application deadline 16 October. Find more info and apply here: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3640...

🚨 Last days to sign up and contribute! Join the 4th Workshop of the Plant Health WG of @epsoeurope.bsky.social on 20 October 2026 to discuss how NGT-1 can help advance plant immunity research and application in Europe. 🌱 Online event 📅 Registration & abstract deadline: 20 September bit.ly/3R5Diu1

Issue 18: Comment on timescale mismatch in anthropocene evolution Review: tRNA evolution in photosynthetic organisms Method: Engineering editopes to make tumor neoantigens Ribosome-associated protein quality control during CFTR synthesis Cover: Alessio Zippo et al link.springer.com/journal/4431...

Nature research paper: Foaming photopolymers as a high-resolution biomimetic printing platform go.nature.com/4iphx3E

Plant Acupuncture: a low-cost and open-source device for local mechanical stimulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.10.750389v1

I'm excited to share that my newly funded #ERCStG FRONTERA is recruiting two postdoctoral researchers at @ipbhalle.bsky.social 🌱🔬 If you are passionate about plant immunity, proteolysis, membrane proteins, or proteomics, I'd love to hear from you. 🧵 Please RT/share!

PhD position available in modeling the mechanical regulation of plant development and regeneration. Apply until September 15th! careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/PhD-posi...

Job opportunity! Project Manager We are seeking an engaged and flexible Project Manager to oversee the delivery programme across the Central England partnership of hubs and nodes. Apply by 31 August 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/project...

Sign up for the upcoming MechanoBioTalk by Neftaly Cruz Mireles (University of Zurich): "Defining protein phosphorylation networks at the plant–pathogen interface"- 16th September 2PM CET. Find the registration link and more information in our website: green-te.nl/activities/ @green-te.bsky.social

Auxin Response Factors: from transcription factors to auxin effectors 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #TansleyInsight by Dipp-Álvarez and @jorgehg.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci #PlantScience

PhD position available on modeling the mechanical regulation of plant development and regeneration. A great opportunity to join the plant mechanobiology community in GreenTE! More info can be found here: green-te.nl/job/open-phd... @green-te.bsky.social @roelandmerks.bsky.social

Our lates preprint!💃 Kudos to Jente and Judith for going above and beyond with CRK's biochemical and biophysical characterisation! Tour the collaborative effort! Fruitful and fun 🙏🙏🙏 Take a look if you want to know what it takes and what it means to make a dimmer! 🤝

The role of plant actin in mechanical responses available now on bioRxiv! Congratulations to @jasper-lamers.bsky.social, Anna Daamen @jorissprakel.bsky.social and to everyone involved! 🌱💻

Don't forget the next MechanoBioTalks episode tomorrow at 2 PM CET: Benoit Landrein (RDP Lyon) will speak about mechanical control of seed morphogenesis! For more info and registration: green-te.nl/activities/

On 24 June at 2 PM CET, the MechnoBioTalks webinar series will continue with Benoit Landrein. His research focuses on how tissue mechanics regulate plant organ growth trough mechanical signaling. Subscribe to get a link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... For more information see our website.

Very proud of the GreenTE young researchers! 🌱🤩

Fast mechanosensitive and Ca2+-dependent reorientation of motile cilia basal bodies in the placozoan Trichoplax: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Evolution of root systems in land plants: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Our beautiful special issue on plant evolution is out @currentbiology.bsky.social ! www.cell.com/issue/S0960-...

🍀🔬 Temporal changes in surface tension guide microtubule organization and accurate asymmetric division of Arabidopsis zygotes @natcomms.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

♻️🆓: Cell death in bryophytes: emerging models to study core regulatory modules and conserved pathways doi.org/10.1093/aob/... #PlantScience

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

Chemical probes + imaging can reveal spatiotemporal patterns of a wide range of physico-chemical features in plants, without the need for genetic access. We reviewed what tools exist and how they can be used & engineered. Chemistry meets plant cell biology! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

The second GreenTE meeting was hosted on May 7-8th. 2 days of exciting and inspiring science! 🌱🌱Read more here 👇

‼️ Registration for the Annual MAdLand Meeting 2026 is now open! Join us in Göttingen from Sep 29–Oct 2, 2026 to discuss the latest trends in plant science & reconnect with an amazing #Plantsci community #MAdLand2026 #Evolution 🌱 Learn more and register here: madland-meeting.de/2026/

Postdoc position open in GreenTE! Are you interested in exploring the mechanisms underlying mechanical signaling during seed germination? Then find out how to apply here: green-te.nl/job/new-post... #Plantscijobs #Plantscience

We are happy to share this initiative from the young researchers in GreenTE! These lab visits connect our PhDs and postdocs and are a fundamental starting point for exciting collaborations 🌱 green-te.nl/young-resear... @green-te.bsky.social

GreenTE is now on Bluesky!

Postdoc Position at the GreenTE consortium: Biology of Mechanically-Triggered Plant Immunity! Join this interdisciplinary program on mechanosensing in plants 🌱🌱. Apply here: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

[...]I also think it is inspiring and humbling to study organisms that I and other humans are utterly dependent on, but that do not need us at all.[...]

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