Sebastián R. Moreno
@sebamorenor.bsky.social
Plant developmental biologist. 🌱 Post-doc researcher at @slcuplants @Cambridge_uni Working with plant stem cells. 🧬 EN/ES (He/him) 🇨🇱
Last week, I had the chance to participate in the XVII Chilean Society for Plant Biology meeting 🤩. Inspiring talks from colleagues in Chile and invited speakers @keikoutorii.bsky.social, Malcolm Bennett, @gabkrouk.bsky.social , José Feijó and many others. Looking forward to the next edition!
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Last week, I had the chance to participate in the XVII Chilean Society for Plant Biology meeting 🤩. Inspiring talks from colleagues in Chile and invited speakers @keikoutorii.bsky.social, Malcolm Bennett, @gabkrouk.bsky.social , José Feijó and many others. Looking forward to the next edition!
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Here at the Symposium "Signalling and remodeling integrated by ROS, Ca+2 and autophagy from mosses to vascular plantas" within the XVII Reunión de Biología Vegetal 2025 at Valdivia Chile. We have the honor to have Jose Feijo (University of Maryland, USA) as keynote speaker. #UNAB #iBio #CBV
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#mimuluspropaganda
#mimuluspropaganda
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#mimuluspropaganda
#mimuluspropaganda
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✨ Excited to share our new In Brief article in The Plant Cell! Co-authored with Fabian and Bruno, our piece highlights work by Almeida-Silva and Van de Peer that uses spatial transcriptomics to uncover how gene and genome duplications shape plant evolution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
✨ Excited to share our new In Brief article in The Plant Cell! Co-authored with Fabian and Bruno, our piece highlights work by Almeida-Silva and Van de Peer that uses spatial transcriptomics to uncover how gene and genome duplications shape plant evolution.
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Currently attending the annual meeting of the Chilean Society of Plant Biologists 🌱🇨🇱
Presenting the findings of our recently published article doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
and our next steps with systems biology 🧬
#cellwall #plantbiology #plantscience
Presenting the findings of our recently published article doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
and our next steps with systems biology 🧬
#cellwall #plantbiology #plantscience
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Currently attending the annual meeting of the Chilean Society of Plant Biologists 🌱🇨🇱
Presenting the findings of our recently published article doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
and our next steps with systems biology 🧬
#cellwall #plantbiology #plantscience
Presenting the findings of our recently published article doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
and our next steps with systems biology 🧬
#cellwall #plantbiology #plantscience
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Somos las biólogas vegetales! Santiago, Chile 🌱🇨🇱🥰 #WomenInScience
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Somos las biólogas vegetales! Santiago, Chile 🌱🇨🇱🥰 #WomenInScience
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Nature research paper: Florigen activation complex forms via multifaceted assembly in Arabidopsis
go.nature.com/4pd26f8
go.nature.com/4pd26f8
Florigen activation complex forms via multifaceted assembly in Arabidopsis - Nature
In flowering plants, DNA–FD–14-3-3 recruits FT to the florigen activation complex both through DNA–FT interactions and by reducing liquid phase condensation of FD protein, which promotes dimerization, leading to FT recruitment.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Nature research paper: Florigen activation complex forms via multifaceted assembly in Arabidopsis
go.nature.com/4pd26f8
go.nature.com/4pd26f8
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Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social
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On growth and flow: hydraulic aspects of aboveground meristems
Water is essential for plant growth under both normal and stress conditions. Aboveground, two key meristems control plant development: the shoot apical meristem and the vascular cambium. Here, stem c...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Not one, but two microscopy masters from @slcuplants.bsky.social speaking at Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists - Raymond Wightman and How-Wei Wu!
#NikonMicroscopy #microscope #lightmicroscopy #plantscience #FLIM #confocal #biology
#NikonMicroscopy #microscope #lightmicroscopy #plantscience #FLIM #confocal #biology
Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists
Date: Wednesday 7th January, 2026
Time: 9:15 – 17:00
Location: Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP
Date: Wednesday 7th January, 2026
Time: 9:15 – 17:00
Location: Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Not one, but two microscopy masters from @slcuplants.bsky.social speaking at Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists - Raymond Wightman and How-Wei Wu!
#NikonMicroscopy #microscope #lightmicroscopy #plantscience #FLIM #confocal #biology
#NikonMicroscopy #microscope #lightmicroscopy #plantscience #FLIM #confocal #biology
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A really nice highlight of our recent PLOS Biology paper on leaf giant cells with Frances Clark, @gweissbart.bsky.social , Xihang Wang, and @pauformosa.bsky.social from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Randomness reveals hidden order in the plant world | Cornell Chronicle
Findings from a recent study show how randomness and growth together create the striking cellular patterns that shape plant organs—and perhaps all multicellular life.
news.cornell.edu
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A really nice highlight of our recent PLOS Biology paper on leaf giant cells with Frances Clark, @gweissbart.bsky.social , Xihang Wang, and @pauformosa.bsky.social from @cornelluniversity.bsky.social news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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Great talk today from Luis Larrondo on the remarkable circadian clock control exhibited by fungi and the exquisite light-sensing behaviour that possess, which can be evidenced by image capture using their hyphae as a canvas @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Great talk today from Luis Larrondo on the remarkable circadian clock control exhibited by fungi and the exquisite light-sensing behaviour that possess, which can be evidenced by image capture using their hyphae as a canvas @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Thank you for an energizing meeting with an amazing group of scientists in a beautiful volcano-strewn landscape. Wonderful event
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thank you for an energizing meeting with an amazing group of scientists in a beautiful volcano-strewn landscape. Wonderful event
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CellWhisperer: a multimodal AI that enables interactive scRNA-seq data exploration with natural-language conversations.
CellWhisperer: a multimodal AI that enables interactive scRNA-seq data exploration with natural-language conversations.
Multimodal learning enables chat-based exploration of single-cell data
Nature Biotechnology - CellWhisperer uses multimodal learning of transcriptomes and text to answer questions about single-cell RNA-sequencing data.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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CellWhisperer: a multimodal AI that enables interactive scRNA-seq data exploration with natural-language conversations.
CellWhisperer: a multimodal AI that enables interactive scRNA-seq data exploration with natural-language conversations.
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Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Are you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
#PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
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Excited to announce our paper is out! Congrats to @pauformosa.bsky.social, @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, and Xihang Wang on this fun and beautiful story. We answered a question about the randomness of giant cell spacing that I have had for at least 15 years.
How are #plant #leaf epidermal cells patterned? @roederlab.bsky.social &co show that the pathway controlling #GiantCell formation in #sepals also controls cell size in #Arabidopsis leaves, via cell-autonomous & stochastic specification @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/491F1qQ
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Excited to announce our paper is out! Congrats to @pauformosa.bsky.social, @gweissbart.bsky.social, Frances Clark, and Xihang Wang on this fun and beautiful story. We answered a question about the randomness of giant cell spacing that I have had for at least 15 years.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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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....
Check the work here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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....
Check the work here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
Beautiful story from @vnunezpascual.bsky.social, @robinsonsci.bsky.social and Rodrigo Gutierrez'lab! Congrats to the authors! 👏🤩 #plantscience #nitrateanddevelopment #pectin #cellwall
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....
Check the work here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj....
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Beautiful story from @vnunezpascual.bsky.social, @robinsonsci.bsky.social and Rodrigo Gutierrez'lab! Congrats to the authors! 👏🤩 #plantscience #nitrateanddevelopment #pectin #cellwall
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Site-specific DNA insertion into the human genome with engineered recombinases - @pdhsu.bsky.social @arcinstitute.org go.nature.com/43kdvBg
Site-specific DNA insertion into the human genome with engineered recombinases - Nature Biotechnology
Engineered DNA recombinases efficiently and specifically insert genetic cargos without the use of landing pads.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Site-specific DNA insertion into the human genome with engineered recombinases - @pdhsu.bsky.social @arcinstitute.org go.nature.com/43kdvBg
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IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
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Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
✍️ Rachel Ehrenberg
knowmag.org/4hImL8e
✍️ Rachel Ehrenberg
knowmag.org/4hImL8e
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowmag.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
✍️ Rachel Ehrenberg
knowmag.org/4hImL8e
✍️ Rachel Ehrenberg
knowmag.org/4hImL8e
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1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
1/ Preprint alert:
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
🌾 The developing leaf of the wild grass Brachypodium distachyon at single-cell resolution
👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
A 70k-cell single-cell RNA-seq atlas of the developing grass leaf—from the shoot meristem to mature leaf tissues. @cerealcell.bsky.social @lbmountain.bsky.social
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This is key, & one of the main reasons why we organize the Molecular Biosystems Conference, which takes place in Chile and serves as a key hub in the region.
We hope more funders & sponsors agree and will support us in our mission, to help us continue organizing it
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We hope more funders & sponsors agree and will support us in our mission, to help us continue organizing it
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
June 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is key, & one of the main reasons why we organize the Molecular Biosystems Conference, which takes place in Chile and serves as a key hub in the region.
We hope more funders & sponsors agree and will support us in our mission, to help us continue organizing it
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
We hope more funders & sponsors agree and will support us in our mission, to help us continue organizing it
www.nature.com/articles/d41...