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Gwendolyn K. Kirschner
@gwenkirschner.bsky.social
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Plant biologist | interested in root development, gravitropism, and microscopy | James Hutton Institute, Dundee
PreLighter at preLights | Research Highlights Editor @theplantjournal.bsky.social
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I'm offering a PhD project together with Sarah McKim on temperature-controlled stomata formation within EASTBIO DTP www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #plantscience #plantscijobs Deadline 15 Feb. Please share/RP
EASTBIO - How plants breathe in a warming world: unravelling temperature control of stomata development at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO - How plants breathe in a warming world: unravelling temperature control of stomata development at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Tim presenting at the @aabiologists.bsky.social #Roots2RegenAg conference sharing research examples on #Roots #Rhizosphere #barley @plantecohutton.bsky.social
Tim George presenting with the presentation on a large screen
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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theplantjournal.bsky.social
Read our new 🌟𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭🌟by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social :

Roots on steroids – how progestogens and androgens influence root morphology of angiosperms 🫚

Find it here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

Research Highlight about Körber et al 👉https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70459
Roots on steroids – how progestogens and androgens influence root morphology of angiosperms
Click on the article title to read more.
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Also happy to say that Arabidopsis epidermal cells make the cover of @theplantjournal.bsky.social for the issue with our paper, showing that nitrate availability impacts pectin metabolism and cell wall mechanics for growth 🌱

Check the work here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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rootscientists.bsky.social
There’s still time to register for the 11th ISRR Dundee Root Medal award workshop 2025: Harnessing plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere for plant and ecosystem benefits.

Date: 25 November 2025

Awardee: Prof. Simona Radutoiu

Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dundee-roo...
November 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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rootscientists.bsky.social
The latest ISRR newsletter is available online! Check it out!

www.rootresearch.org/newsletter
Newsletter — International Society of Root Research
www.rootresearch.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob

PhD position: Redox biology, detoxification and reactive oxygen species.

In Stefanie Müller-Schüssele’s lab @rptu.bsky.social, part of @dfg.de ’s Research Unit @icips.bsky.social

www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...
Stellenangebote
Stellenausschreibungen in Pflanzenwissenschaften und Botanik
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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theplantjournal.bsky.social
💡𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
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Promiscuous potatoes: the genetic basis of wild potato compatibility 🥔
📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70529

About Behling et al: Genetic basis for broad interspecific compatibility in Solanum verrucosum
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70426
Genetic basis for broad interspecific compatibility in Solanum verrucosum
Identifying the genetic components that contribute to the lack of prezygotic interspecific reproductive barriers in Solanum verrucosum will allow for more efficient utilization of crop wild relatives...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Evaluation of combined root exudate and rhizosphere microbiota sampling approaches to elucidate plant-soil-microbe interaction https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.683011v1
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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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
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Thank you very much to Editor Martin Balcerowicz (@transcription.bsky.social) for highlighting our work in the September issue of @theplantjournal.bsky.social!

Article: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
Research Highlight: doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

@laurierbiology.bsky.social @cspbscbv.bsky.social
Too hot to defend: elevated temperature compromises systemic acquired resistance
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September 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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theplantjournal.bsky.social
📢Announcement!
The call for 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 is now open! 🌟
It is designed to offer support and mentorship to researchers transitioning from post-doctoral scientists to principal investigators

Info: 👉http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1365313x/homepage/TPJ-fellowships
& in 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🌟New 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social

🍅🪰 Riboflavin in phloem sap helps wild tomato combat whiteflies

📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....

Find the original work by Lissy-Anne M. Denkers et al here:
🔗 bsky.app/profile/thep...
September 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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The September @theplantjournal.bsky.social Editor’s Choice is here!

Written by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social, it highlights how riboflavin in phloem sap helps wild tomato combat whiteflies.

Read the article:
www.sebiology.org/resource/sep...
September 2025 TPJ Editor choice: Riboflavin in phloem sap helps wild tomato combat whiteflies
Discover the Plant Journal editor's choice by Gwendolyn Kirschner
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September 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Our recent paper @newphyt.bsky.social @anajusagasti.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social is featured today in the Sunday Post!
Thanks Sally McDonald for your piece helping to promote and communicate Scotland’s rich fossil heritage
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Page 11 of the Sunday Post. With story 'Fossil find is modern-day Jurassic spark'. The title image is of dinosaurs and below is an image of fossil wood, and a photograph of Anajú Sagasti and Sandy Hetherington
September 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
gwenkirschner.bsky.social
Out now:

Our review about the relationship between the root angle and nutrient uptake in cereal crops

We recommend combining genetics, molecular biology, physiology & agronomy to develop crop improvement strategies

▶️ doi.org/10.1111/nph....
August 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Inspiration time
August 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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plantteaching.bsky.social
A whole bunch of Assistants Features Editors from @theplantcell.bsky.social and @plantphys.bsky.social getting to know each other 💚
#PlantBio2025
A great group of young scientists.
July 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Flip a switch, control cell adhesion! Light-controlled talin, a powerful tool to study how cells sense and respond to their environment.

Another #sciArt #preLight features graphical abstracts by Barbora Knotkova and Sonhita Chakraborty and presents the work of Ryosuke Nishimura and the team💫
Optogenetic control of mechanotransduction based on light-induced homodimerization of talin - preLights
Flip a switch, control cell adhesion. Light-controlled talin to control cell adhesion and mechanosignaling - a powerful tool to study how cells sense and respond to their environment.
prelights.biologists.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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theplantjournal.bsky.social
New 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 by @gwenkirschner.bsky.social 🌟

Guiding gravitropism: root coiling in response to growth-promoting bacteria is mediated by root cap transcription factors
📖 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70338

Relates to Jiménez-Vázquez et al 🧵
July 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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🌍 Join Us in Regensburg for an International Symposium on Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems!

📢 Abstract submission deadline was extended to 31 July 2025!

📍 Where: University of Regensburg, Germany
🕒 When: 28/09 to 1/10/2025
💻 Registration: cscs2025.de
July 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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blackinplantsci.bsky.social
🎉We're pleased to announce that our very own Jade Bleau has been awarded the NAASC Earlier Career Community Impact Award.

We would also like to extend our congratulations to the other winners:

💐Joanna Friesner, Jose Dinneny, Dawn Nagel, Natanella Elouz-Elias, Nick Provart and Anna Stepanova.
June 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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What an amazing week hosting @gwenkirschner.bsky.social, @matesf.bsky.social, @awaisfarooq724.bsky.social and @jamespblloyd.bsky.social amongst other amazing speakers at the ‘Gravitropism and Root Architecture session at the 2025 Society of Experimental Biology at Antwerp! We hope you enjoyed it!
July 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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plantecohutton.bsky.social
🌱 Catch up on 4 recent IBH Root-related seminars featuring research from:

1. Dr. Riccardo Fusi – U. of Nottingham
2. Prof. Lee Hickey – U. of Queensland
3. Dr. Rahul Bhosale – U. of Nottingham

@intbarleyhub.bsky.social
@hutton.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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rootscientists.bsky.social
🤓 Have you seen the latest edition of the ISRR newsletter? If not check it out for the latest updates and info on #roots and the #rhizosphere
www.rootresearch.org/newsletter
Words international society of root research on a dark rooty background with light heading and logi
July 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM