Yasin Dagdas
@plantophagy.bsky.social
Cell biologist excited about autophagy, quality control, evolution, and membrane trafficking. Reads and thinks about academic mentoring, equality & diversity. https://www.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/evolutionary-cell-biology
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Last one of the year: CRK2 controls the localisation of other RLKs to plasmodesmata. Great collaboration with
@grandpahiro.bsky.social @rople.bsky.social and Ivan Kulich - thank you for the help and great collaboration!
@grandpahiro.bsky.social @rople.bsky.social and Ivan Kulich - thank you for the help and great collaboration!
Coordinated action of CRK2 and QSK1 regulate osmotic stress response in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.09.692923v1
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Last one of the year: CRK2 controls the localisation of other RLKs to plasmodesmata. Great collaboration with
@grandpahiro.bsky.social @rople.bsky.social and Ivan Kulich - thank you for the help and great collaboration!
@grandpahiro.bsky.social @rople.bsky.social and Ivan Kulich - thank you for the help and great collaboration!
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1/28 New preprint up, which I think is the best theoretical idea I've ever had. We asked a simple question: what are the costs of investment into non-reproductive somatic cells? Turns out these costs decrease with the *logarithm* of organism size!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The fitness costs of reproductive specialization scale inversely with organismal size
The evolution of reproductive specialization represents a fundamental innovation in multicellular life, yet the conditions favoring its evolution remain poorly understood. Here, we develop a populatio...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
1/28 New preprint up, which I think is the best theoretical idea I've ever had. We asked a simple question: what are the costs of investment into non-reproductive somatic cells? Turns out these costs decrease with the *logarithm* of organism size!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Thankful, happy and excited to be awarded an ERC consolidator grant to understand how and why some plants make stomata on their upper leaf surface. tuit.ut.ee/en/news/erc-... #ERCCoG @erc.europa.eu
ERC grant helps to understand why the upper and lower surfaces of plant leaves differ
Hanna Hõrak, Associate Professor of Molecular Plant Physiology at the University of Tartu Institute of Technology, has received a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grant to study how cell pa...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thankful, happy and excited to be awarded an ERC consolidator grant to understand how and why some plants make stomata on their upper leaf surface. tuit.ut.ee/en/news/erc-... #ERCCoG @erc.europa.eu
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So deserved! Congratulations, @plaschkalab.bsky.social
Clemens Plaschka, Senior Group Leader at the IMP, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator grant!
His project on the fate control of messenger RNA (mRNA) will be supported with funding over the next five years.
➡️ Read more:
His project on the fate control of messenger RNA (mRNA) will be supported with funding over the next five years.
➡️ Read more:
December 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
So deserved! Congratulations, @plaschkalab.bsky.social
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We have great news!🎉
@csic.es researcher at CRAG Julia Qüesta (@jiquesta.bsky.social) has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu for #tuneCHILL, a project that will uncover how plants respond to cold to help develop climate-smart, more resilient crops. 🌱❄️
@csic.es researcher at CRAG Julia Qüesta (@jiquesta.bsky.social) has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu for #tuneCHILL, a project that will uncover how plants respond to cold to help develop climate-smart, more resilient crops. 🌱❄️
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We have great news!🎉
@csic.es researcher at CRAG Julia Qüesta (@jiquesta.bsky.social) has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu for #tuneCHILL, a project that will uncover how plants respond to cold to help develop climate-smart, more resilient crops. 🌱❄️
@csic.es researcher at CRAG Julia Qüesta (@jiquesta.bsky.social) has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant @erc.europa.eu for #tuneCHILL, a project that will uncover how plants respond to cold to help develop climate-smart, more resilient crops. 🌱❄️
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New call for PhD students to join CEPLAS
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
New call for PhD students to join CEPLAS
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Joe Shen’s and Zaza Gelashvili’s work on the role of the ER in nuclear membrane mechanotransduction finally came out in a journal!
Endoplasmic reticulum disruption stimulates nuclear membrane mechanotransduction
Nature Cell Biology - Shen, Gelashvili and Niethammer developed an inner nuclear membrane tension sensor and demonstrated that ER–nuclear membrane contiguity acts as a mechanical buffer.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Joe Shen’s and Zaza Gelashvili’s work on the role of the ER in nuclear membrane mechanotransduction finally came out in a journal!
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Tim Hunt once said, “We do science because we want to discover things about the world and then boast about what we discovered.”
Like the sentiment below, there’s a truth to that statement one must be conscious of when rethinking any aspect of the scientific workflow. 1/2
Like the sentiment below, there’s a truth to that statement one must be conscious of when rethinking any aspect of the scientific workflow. 1/2
these are two slightly different things but the point is that academia runs on two things: helping others and holding grudges. often at the same time and for the same people. we cannot lose this
December 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Tim Hunt once said, “We do science because we want to discover things about the world and then boast about what we discovered.”
Like the sentiment below, there’s a truth to that statement one must be conscious of when rethinking any aspect of the scientific workflow. 1/2
Like the sentiment below, there’s a truth to that statement one must be conscious of when rethinking any aspect of the scientific workflow. 1/2
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I’m very excited to share that I have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant! @erc.europa.eu I’m deeply grateful to all current and former lab members, collaborators, mentors, and colleagues for their support. Looking forward to this exciting new chapter! #ERCCoG
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m very excited to share that I have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant! @erc.europa.eu I’m deeply grateful to all current and former lab members, collaborators, mentors, and colleagues for their support. Looking forward to this exciting new chapter! #ERCCoG
The unspoken rule: Immigrants are welcomed only when they’re ‘useful’ and compliant. The moment they question authority, they are disgraceful — no matter how much they contribute. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Mohamed Salah: Liverpool forward 'a disgrace' as interview causes 'carnage', say pundits
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is called a
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December 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
The unspoken rule: Immigrants are welcomed only when they’re ‘useful’ and compliant. The moment they question authority, they are disgraceful — no matter how much they contribute. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Much like the Island Domain shifting its shape, our preprint has transformed too @natcomms.nature.com rdcu.be/eTOhF
β-sheet stabilization of the island domain underlies ligand-induced LRR-RP activation of plant immune signaling
Nature Communications - Using AI-based structural modeling, the authors reveal the ligand-binding and subsequent receptor complex formation mechanisms of three LRR-RP-type plant PRRs and propose a...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Much like the Island Domain shifting its shape, our preprint has transformed too @natcomms.nature.com rdcu.be/eTOhF
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Here is an example of GFP-CARa localization at the extrahaustorial membrane that did not make it into the manuscript but still is nice.
December 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Here is an example of GFP-CARa localization at the extrahaustorial membrane that did not make it into the manuscript but still is nice.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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✨New preprint!
🧵1/4 Excited to share our work on AI-guided design of minimal RNA-guided nucleases. Amazing work by @petrskopintsev.bsky.social @isabelesain.bsky.social @evandeturk.bsky.social et al!
Multi-lab collaboration @banfieldlab.bsky.social @jhdcate.bsky.social @jacobsenucla.bsky.social🧬
🔗👇
🧵1/4 Excited to share our work on AI-guided design of minimal RNA-guided nucleases. Amazing work by @petrskopintsev.bsky.social @isabelesain.bsky.social @evandeturk.bsky.social et al!
Multi-lab collaboration @banfieldlab.bsky.social @jhdcate.bsky.social @jacobsenucla.bsky.social🧬
🔗👇
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
✨New preprint!
🧵1/4 Excited to share our work on AI-guided design of minimal RNA-guided nucleases. Amazing work by @petrskopintsev.bsky.social @isabelesain.bsky.social @evandeturk.bsky.social et al!
Multi-lab collaboration @banfieldlab.bsky.social @jhdcate.bsky.social @jacobsenucla.bsky.social🧬
🔗👇
🧵1/4 Excited to share our work on AI-guided design of minimal RNA-guided nucleases. Amazing work by @petrskopintsev.bsky.social @isabelesain.bsky.social @evandeturk.bsky.social et al!
Multi-lab collaboration @banfieldlab.bsky.social @jhdcate.bsky.social @jacobsenucla.bsky.social🧬
🔗👇
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Last chance to join a training session at #CellBio2025! Interested in more? Check out the full @embolableadership.bsky.social course line-up and book your spot!
Develop your skills at #CellBio2025 in Room 123 from 12:45–14:15 EST at the EMBO #training "Giving a flash talk or poster presentation" with speaker Poonam Bheda, Senior Editor at Molecular Systems Biology - EMBO Press. 🧪
EMBO Lab Leadership
American Society for Cell Biology
EMBO Lab Leadership
American Society for Cell Biology
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Last chance to join a training session at #CellBio2025! Interested in more? Check out the full @embolableadership.bsky.social course line-up and book your spot!
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Oh if this isnt a very familiar molecule :)
A fired public-health official, a mosquito breeder and a baby with a smile seen around the world. These are just a few of the remarkable people chosen for Nature’s 10 2025
Check out the full list: go.nature.com/4rIQH8H
Check out the full list: go.nature.com/4rIQH8H
December 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Oh if this isnt a very familiar molecule :)
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Our next extraordinary biologist is Manu Prakash, plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference, who was recently interviewed for @jcellsci.bsky.social. #100biologists @prakashlab.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our next extraordinary biologist is Manu Prakash, plenary speaker at the Biologists @ 100 conference, who was recently interviewed for @jcellsci.bsky.social. #100biologists @prakashlab.bsky.social
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My pick for In Other Journals this week:
Targeted gene induction to generate stem cells for regeneration of recalcitrant species
My summary here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
Targeted gene induction to generate stem cells for regeneration of recalcitrant species
My summary here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
In Other Journals
Editors’ selections from the current scientific literature
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December 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My pick for In Other Journals this week:
Targeted gene induction to generate stem cells for regeneration of recalcitrant species
My summary here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
Targeted gene induction to generate stem cells for regeneration of recalcitrant species
My summary here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1093/plce...
#PlantScience
#PlantSci
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For all #ubiquitin aficionados out there: Our new study, where we used an #alphafold based screen and found a new class of plant-specific DUBs, which cleave K63 chains and interfere with endocytosis at the plasma membrane. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
DUCs are C2 domain containing plant-specific deubiquitinases stabilizing endocytic cargo at the plasma membrane
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) remove ubiquitin modifications from proteins in a substrate- or linkage-selective manner and regulate numerous cell-biological processes, including endocytosis. By performing ho...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
For all #ubiquitin aficionados out there: Our new study, where we used an #alphafold based screen and found a new class of plant-specific DUBs, which cleave K63 chains and interfere with endocytosis at the plasma membrane. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Come to be our colleague! Center of Paris, excellent facilities, research spanning the whole range of basic and biomedical life science topics, enthusiastic and collaborative colleagues, crème brûlée every Friday... What else could one want?
🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research
The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Come to be our colleague! Center of Paris, excellent facilities, research spanning the whole range of basic and biomedical life science topics, enthusiastic and collaborative colleagues, crème brûlée every Friday... What else could one want?
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In the WALII Symposium I provided insights of how our recent research on #seedmaturation #phylotranscriptomics is helping us to explore the link between seed #development & plasticity, including regulation and #evolution of #desiccationtolerance.
The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐
#plantscifyi
The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐
#plantscifyi
Thank you to everyone who made our inaugural WALII Symposium: Exploring Life Without Water a success! 🎉
Videos from some of our 4 Invited Speakers and 12 Contributed Speakers are now available on our YouTube channel! Be sure to check it out at the link below!
www.youtube.com/@WaterandLif...
Videos from some of our 4 Invited Speakers and 12 Contributed Speakers are now available on our YouTube channel! Be sure to check it out at the link below!
www.youtube.com/@WaterandLif...
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
In the WALII Symposium I provided insights of how our recent research on #seedmaturation #phylotranscriptomics is helping us to explore the link between seed #development & plasticity, including regulation and #evolution of #desiccationtolerance.
The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐
#plantscifyi
The recording link is below!👇🏾🌱🧐
#plantscifyi
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Check out our latest paper. Very glad to see this one finally out. Fantastic work by @charlotte-dlslle.bsky.social . Learn more about MBAP proteins and their roles in brassinosteroid signaling. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Check out our latest paper. Very glad to see this one finally out. Fantastic work by @charlotte-dlslle.bsky.social . Learn more about MBAP proteins and their roles in brassinosteroid signaling. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Learn more about @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence Programme - supporting the transition of postdocs to group leaders
Catch up on where the 2022 PI fellows are now
Apply to become a 2026 PI fellow
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Catch up on where the 2022 PI fellows are now
Apply to become a 2026 PI fellow
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A path to success: Development's Pathway to Independence programme
ABSTRACT. For post-docs pursuing an academic career, the transition to a group leader position can be a notoriously difficult one, not least because the availability of necessary support and training ...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Learn more about @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence Programme - supporting the transition of postdocs to group leaders
Catch up on where the 2022 PI fellows are now
Apply to become a 2026 PI fellow
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Catch up on where the 2022 PI fellows are now
Apply to become a 2026 PI fellow
journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
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📣🥳 We are thrilled to share that our director, Raphaël Mercier @raphmercier.bsky.social has been awarded the VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields 🌱✨. Congratulations 👏👏 #plantsci #genetics 👉https://bit.ly/3MtCGLW
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Professor Raphaël Mercier - VinFuture Prize
SUMMARY OF WINNING ENTRY Innovations in the development of clonal hybrid crops Hybrid vigor, refers to the higher performance of a hybrid plant in comparison to those of its parents. Although hybrid s...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📣🥳 We are thrilled to share that our director, Raphaël Mercier @raphmercier.bsky.social has been awarded the VinFuture Special Prize for Innovators with Outstanding Achievements in Emerging Fields 🌱✨. Congratulations 👏👏 #plantsci #genetics 👉https://bit.ly/3MtCGLW
vinfutureprize.org/laureates/pr...
vinfutureprize.org/laureates/pr...
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Water Leaks Damage Egyptian Artifacts at the Louvre. www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti.... In the meanwhile in Egypt, the super modern Grand Egyptian Museum just opened. An interesting definition of ‘who can be trusted with preservation'...
Au musée du Louvre, plusieurs centaines d’ouvrages ont été endommagés par une fuite d’eau
« Entre 300 et 400 ouvrages » ont été touchés par une fuite d’eau survenue le 27 novembre, a détaillé l’administrateur général adjoint du musée, en précisant qu’il s’agissait de « revues d’égyptologie...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Water Leaks Damage Egyptian Artifacts at the Louvre. www.lemonde.fr/culture/arti.... In the meanwhile in Egypt, the super modern Grand Egyptian Museum just opened. An interesting definition of ‘who can be trusted with preservation'...