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Kati Retzer @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social · 3h

#roots #rootphenotyping on soil 🔬 DIY setup to track dynamic root growth continously without disturbing root using IRLEDs #plantscience @raspberrypi.com @openflexure.bsky.social @bokuvienna.bsky.social #simonpree @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

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AmbassadorISRRWP6 @rootarchitecture.bsky.social · 8d

News & Views by #ambassadorISRRWP6 @bjazminrh.bsky.social

Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · 8d

NEWS & VIEWS: Barley roots require HvGLU3 for cellulose biosynthesis (Blanca Jazmin Reyes-Hernández) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Barley roots require HvGLU3 for cellulose biosynthesis

Plant cells are enclosed by the cell wall, a complex polysaccharide structure that strengthens the plant body and supports plant development, cell communic

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Blanca Jazmin Reyes-Hernandez @bjazminrh.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our #AmbassadorISRRWP6 representing at #PlantBio2025 🌱 Talking about root systems in barley! 😊

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 16d

A question of death ☠️ and life 🧬

Yesterday we hosted @moritznowack.bsky.social (from Ghent University and @viblifesciences.bsky.social), their research on root caps uncovers the gene regulatory and molecular mechanisms coordinating differentiation with developmentally programmed cell death.

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Jose M. Estevez @estevezjosem.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks a lot Jeremie and Thomas for the hosting me at @IPS2

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nikogeldner.bsky.social @nikogeldner.bsky.social · 13d

A long road to the Cover of Science!
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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Kati Retzer @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social · 12d

#ROS #roothairs #roots

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Wolfgang Busch @rootstrapping.bsky.social · 14d

Membrane trafficking meets root barriers, resilience, and carbon storage 🌱🌍
New discovery: Blocking clathrin-mediated endocytosis in Arabidopsis roots sparks ROS bursts → ectopic suberization. This might unlock ways to increase suberization in roots and C in soils
#PlantScience #RootBiology #Suberin

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Leibniz IPK @leibnizipk.bsky.social · 14d

You have a strong interest in plant genetics and root biology? You have experience with modern genetic, genomic, and bioinformatic method? And you hold a PhD in plant science, molecular biology, or genetics? Then we have a great job offer!

➡️Read more: tinyurl.com/2pyc68cu

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · 14d

It was a pleasure to host @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social at PLEN, where she shared updates from @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social as well as endeavors into imaging plant roots in the dark

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AmbassadorISRRWP6 @rootarchitecture.bsky.social · 15d

Ambassador meeting in Copenhagen @bjazminrh.bsky.social @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social @rootscientists.bsky.social WP6 #roots

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International Society of Root Research @rootscientists.bsky.social · Sep 15

📆Save the date: ISRR Mini-symposium: Between The Roots
28th January 2026. An online event hosted by the ISRR Working Groups. Mark it in your calendars! #Roots #Rhizosphere #Soil #biology

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Ghent Rooting-lab/Steffen Vanneste @stvanneste.bsky.social · 29d

#roots

rootdevelopment.bsky.social @rootdevelopment.bsky.social · Sep 12

Looking for some clarity in the labyrinth of terms regarding lateral root initiation (priming, founder cell specification, pre-branch sites, oscillation zone, root clock,...)? Here is our new paper hopefully bringing some light in the darkness:
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

Marker-assisted in vivo imaging reveals pre-patterning events prior to lateral root organogenesis

The branching pattern of the Arabidopsis root is established as early as in the distal tip of the primary root.

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Ghent Rooting-lab/Steffen Vanneste @stvanneste.bsky.social · 27d

#roots, cell cycle and modeling!

wabniklab.bsky.social @wabniklab.bsky.social · 28d

Did you know that there is a cell cycle duration gradient in plant root meristem? New story by joining forces between Plant dynamics lab and Crisanto Gutiérrez & Bénédicte Desvoyes lab @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social #Plants #roots #cellcycle www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stem cell regulators drive a G1 duration gradient during plant root development - Nature Plants

A positional and developmentally regulated cell cycle duration gradient exists in the root meristem whereby the G1 phase is very long close to the stem cell niche. This relies on the interplay of PLET...

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Yusaku UGA @zaku-uga.bsky.social · 26d

Our collaborative research with Dr. Kawachi group have been published. PET-CT results suggest that nodules act as dynamic regulators of photosynthates translocation under soil variation in soybean. Congrats, Dr. Miyoshi!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Plant Editors @planteditors.bsky.social · 28d

Some very nice #PlantScience papers in this #Preprint list! I 👀 one by @aribidopsis.bsky.social on root hair development. Here's the direct link to the plant development section: thenode.biologists.com/august-in-pr...

the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 28d

Our latest monthly #preprint list is out!

Explore our trawl for #DevBio and #stemcell biology preprints that came out in August. 🔍

thenode.biologists.com/august-in-pr...

August in preprints - the Node

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

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Kati Retzer @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social · 28d

#rootforaging correlation environment/ field (samlped in Austria @bokuvienna.bsky.social Wien, Morocco, Lebanon #ICARDA) of our 3 subset of 200 #barley varieties per panel #rootangle #roots #rootphenotyping in-field - super exciting @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social

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Kati Retzer @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social · Sep 16

I am happy to present a, what I learned from our in-field to lab approach @barleymicrobreed.bsky.social -which #roottraits #rootphenotyping were informative in an approach across 3 countries (5 fields, Austria, Lebanon, Morocco) - and b, my long year interest of experimental design influences #root

Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · Sep 16

Interested in root phenotyping in soil and in the dark? and in Copenhagen on Oct 2? @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social will give a seminar at @ucph.bsky.social PLEN at 11.00 in room M117 - stop by and see high-resolution imaging and multi-omics at work!

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · Sep 16

Interested in root phenotyping in soil and in the dark? and in Copenhagen on Oct 2? @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social will give a seminar at @ucph.bsky.social PLEN at 11.00 in room M117 - stop by and see high-resolution imaging and multi-omics at work!

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Jan 8

Regulatory Analysis of Root Architectural and Anatomical Adaptation to Nitrate and Ammonium in Brachypodium distachyon https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631519v1

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Courtney Herms @courtneyherms.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hot off the press!! At my exchange at @niab-uk.bsky.social, we found some interesting patterns in how root hairless wheat will use its microbiome (bacteria + fungi) to improve its phosphorus uptake.
The results in one sentence: bacteria may be cool, but AMF are the superstar!

bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · Aug 27

Wheat responds to lack of root hairs with recruitment of bacteria harboring P mineralization genes and increased arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi arbuscularisation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672279v1

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Borjana Arsova @borjana-a.bsky.social · Aug 30

The level of talks on the 18th Symposium on #BiologicalNitrogenFixation with non-legumes is amazing. Plant-Bacteria interactions are complex and we need more of this, to figure out how to bring science to application. #BNF #ENFC16 #PMI 🧪 #PlantScience

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Kati Retzer @katarzynaretzer.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Congratulations @gwenkirschner.bsky.social

Hutton scientist wins prestigious prize for her work on barley roots

Dr Gwendolyn Kirschner, a researcher at The James Hutton Institute, has won a prestigious prize from SULSA for barley roots research.

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · May 11

Of The Oak - an immersive video installation celebrating the oak tree as a network of relationships.

The artwork invites viewers on a sensory journey across seasons, unveiling the oak's hidden vibrancy.

Currently showing at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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A large video screen set between trees in full leaf, showing an animation of the oak tree biome. A woman stands to the side, around 1/3 the height of the screen.

The rest of the screen, listing many associated species.

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Colossal @thisiscolossal.com · Jun 2

At London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Marshmallow Laser Feast’s latest work situates a monumental, double-sided video of the Lucombe oak, portraying a “digital double” using real-world data.

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/mars...

two people look up at a large digital installation of a computer-animated oak tree, set in a botanical garden

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