Christian Fankhauser
@chfankhauser.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Lausanne, interested in environmental control (particularly light) of plant growth & development.
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We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in Les Diablerets 🇨🇭 for the International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026), Sept. 8-11, 2026! @martinalegris.bsky.social @emiliedemarsy.bsky.social @chfankhauser.bsky.social @plantphotobiology.bsky.social ➡️ See the links below.
🌿🌈 Less than a year for ISPP 2026 in Switzerland! 🇨🇭 Check our website ispp2026.unine.ch for more details.
November 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We are very much looking forward to welcoming you in Les Diablerets 🇨🇭 for the International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP2026), Sept. 8-11, 2026! @martinalegris.bsky.social @emiliedemarsy.bsky.social @chfankhauser.bsky.social @plantphotobiology.bsky.social ➡️ See the links below.
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Researchers use less and less hedges (may, might, perhaps, probably ...) in their papers. Or in other words papers are becoming more like biblical texts.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Promoting research by reducing uncertainty in academic writing: a large-scale diachronic case study on hedging in Science research articles across 25 years - Scientometrics
Hedges are important in academic writing since they indicate uncertainty and tentativeness about academic knowledge. However, few studies explore how hedges have changed in academic writing overtime. ...
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Researchers use less and less hedges (may, might, perhaps, probably ...) in their papers. Or in other words papers are becoming more like biblical texts.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🌿🌈 Less than a year for ISPP 2026 in Switzerland! 🇨🇭 Check our website ispp2026.unine.ch for more details.
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌿🌈 Less than a year for ISPP 2026 in Switzerland! 🇨🇭 Check our website ispp2026.unine.ch for more details.
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Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our department of Plant Molecular Biology at the University of Lausanne @unil.bsky.social is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the field of Plant-Organism Interactions 🌱🐛🦠🍄! Application before November 30, 2025. See the official job ad for more details: tinyurl.com/mtxdcz6p
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🌱 Join us tomorrow for the seminar "Sensing light direction in plants" by Christian Fankhauser @chfankhauser.bsky.social from the Center for Integrative Genomics, Switzerland @fbm-unil.bsky.social
👀 Don't miss it!
📍 CRAG Auditorium
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/qzdjdrwizu
👀 Don't miss it!
📍 CRAG Auditorium
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/qzdjdrwizu
September 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🌱 Join us tomorrow for the seminar "Sensing light direction in plants" by Christian Fankhauser @chfankhauser.bsky.social from the Center for Integrative Genomics, Switzerland @fbm-unil.bsky.social
👀 Don't miss it!
📍 CRAG Auditorium
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/qzdjdrwizu
👀 Don't miss it!
📍 CRAG Auditorium
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/qzdjdrwizu
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Congratulations @jmhibberd.bsky.social on being elected to EMBO!
Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO
Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond
www.embo.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Congratulations @jmhibberd.bsky.social on being elected to EMBO!
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Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO
Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond
www.embo.org
July 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
Learn more here:
www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025
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Deux professeur·es du CIG nouvellement élu·es membres @embo.org pour 2025
👏 👏 Félicitations à 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 et 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘄 du Centre intégratif de génomique (CIG) @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/1751269...
@chfankhauser.bsky.social @nvastenhouw.bsky.social
👏 👏 Félicitations à 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 et 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘄 du Centre intégratif de génomique (CIG) @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/1751269...
@chfankhauser.bsky.social @nvastenhouw.bsky.social
Deux professeur·es du CIG élu·es au sein de l’EMBO
Le 1er juillet 2025, la prestigieuse Organisation européenne de biologie moléculaire (EMBO) a annoncé l'élection de 69 nouvelles et nouveaux membres issu·es de 24 pays, tous·tes des chercheur·euses ho...
www.unil.ch
July 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Deux professeur·es du CIG nouvellement élu·es membres @embo.org pour 2025
👏 👏 Félicitations à 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 et 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘄 du Centre intégratif de génomique (CIG) @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/1751269...
@chfankhauser.bsky.social @nvastenhouw.bsky.social
👏 👏 Félicitations à 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 et 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘄 du Centre intégratif de génomique (CIG) @fbm-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
➡️ www.unil.ch/news/1751269...
@chfankhauser.bsky.social @nvastenhouw.bsky.social
Remarkable paper explaining how sea slugs maintain chloroplasts obtained by kleptoplasty active for many month & eventually digest them for resources www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
A host organelle integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis
Sea slugs steal foreign chloroplasts and store them in specialized organelles that
facilitate photosynthesis and eventual digestion to mediate starvation resistance.
www.cell.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Remarkable paper explaining how sea slugs maintain chloroplasts obtained by kleptoplasty active for many month & eventually digest them for resources www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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The lack of self-reliance Europe has in terms of food security makes this all the more painful. The stubborn bureaucratic casual walk into famine is so disheartening, and an insult to the excellent plant bioengineering capacity in EU academia and industry.
Insanity.
Insanity.
June 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The lack of self-reliance Europe has in terms of food security makes this all the more painful. The stubborn bureaucratic casual walk into famine is so disheartening, and an insult to the excellent plant bioengineering capacity in EU academia and industry.
Insanity.
Insanity.
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Congratulations Detlef! An extremly well deserved award @plantevolution.bsky.social @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
Detlef Weigel- Max Planck Inst- Tubingen- honored for his lifetime of excellence in research, mentorship, and support of the Arabidopsis community #ICAR2025
June 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Congratulations Detlef! An extremly well deserved award @plantevolution.bsky.social @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social
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Must read for all who use Nicotiana benthamiana as a platform: “Causes and consequences of experimental variation in Nicotiana benthamiana
transient expression”
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
transient expression”
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Must read for all who use Nicotiana benthamiana as a platform: “Causes and consequences of experimental variation in Nicotiana benthamiana
transient expression”
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
transient expression”
#plantscience
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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📢 Applications open for an Executive Physician with an Associate Professor title in #pediatric #dermatology
📍 within the Division of Dermatology and Venereology
❗ Apply before August 10th, 2025
More info 👉 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
#joboffer @unil.bsky.social #chuv
📍 within the Division of Dermatology and Venereology
❗ Apply before August 10th, 2025
More info 👉 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
#joboffer @unil.bsky.social #chuv
DM/DER: Executive Physician with an Associate Professor title in pediatric dermatology within the Division of Dermatology and Venereology - Site des postulations FBM
wwwfbm.unil.ch
June 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📢 Applications open for an Executive Physician with an Associate Professor title in #pediatric #dermatology
📍 within the Division of Dermatology and Venereology
❗ Apply before August 10th, 2025
More info 👉 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
#joboffer @unil.bsky.social #chuv
📍 within the Division of Dermatology and Venereology
❗ Apply before August 10th, 2025
More info 👉 wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
#joboffer @unil.bsky.social #chuv
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Happy Barbara Day, happy #TransposonDay2025 to all that celebrate! Every day we get to work on transposons is such a privilege and joy, and I will never not be amazed by these jumping weirdos -the neutral, the bad and the good. Share some black walnut brownies with your friends today!
🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
June 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy Barbara Day, happy #TransposonDay2025 to all that celebrate! Every day we get to work on transposons is such a privilege and joy, and I will never not be amazed by these jumping weirdos -the neutral, the bad and the good. Share some black walnut brownies with your friends today!
Great job opportunity at The Center for Integrative Genomics, Lausanne University, Switzerland unil.ch/cig/en/home....
For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...
For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...
June 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Great job opportunity at The Center for Integrative Genomics, Lausanne University, Switzerland unil.ch/cig/en/home....
For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...
For a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. More details for how to apply are here nature.com/naturecareer...
Excellent meeting for those interested in protein lipidation. More info & registration here www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...
June 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Excellent meeting for those interested in protein lipidation. More info & registration here www.eventsforce.net/biochemsoc/f...
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Interested in imaging plants, then this is a great workshop for you!
We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!
🌱🔬💻🤓
We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!
🌱🔬💻🤓
Applications are now open for funded early-career researcher places at out Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales'.
Organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.
biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Imaging #Cells #CellBiology #Biology
Organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.
biologists.com/workshops/fe...
#Imaging #Cells #CellBiology #Biology
June 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Interested in imaging plants, then this is a great workshop for you!
We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!
🌱🔬💻🤓
We have a great line up of speakers from plant and ‘outside’ fields, fantastic location and spaces for ECRs to come and join in the fun!
🌱🔬💻🤓
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The TAIR12 genome reannotation has FINALLY been submitted to GenBank. Now we await review and approval. Stay tuned for updates, hopefully within the next month. Thank you to everyone that made this project possible. @labschneeberger.bsky.social @bar-plantbio.bsky.social @sigmafacto.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The TAIR12 genome reannotation has FINALLY been submitted to GenBank. Now we await review and approval. Stay tuned for updates, hopefully within the next month. Thank you to everyone that made this project possible. @labschneeberger.bsky.social @bar-plantbio.bsky.social @sigmafacto.bsky.social
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Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Building AI models or the data to train them?
Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
pls RT!
Building AI models or the data to train them?
Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
pls RT!
May 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Come and join us! We’re hiring a new Group Leader in Generative Biology at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Building AI models or the data to train them?
Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
pls RT!
Building AI models or the data to train them?
Core funding of >$130M a year for a faculty of ~30.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
pls RT!
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⚠️ Super important update of the Arabidopsis reference genome! 👇👇👇
The TAIR12 genome reannotation has FINALLY been submitted to GenBank. Now we await review and approval. Stay tuned for updates, hopefully within the next month. Thank you to everyone that made this project possible. @labschneeberger.bsky.social @bar-plantbio.bsky.social @sigmafacto.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
⚠️ Super important update of the Arabidopsis reference genome! 👇👇👇
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'The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences, is seeking outstanding candidates for a faculty position.'
#ScienceJobs in Vienna.
www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...
#ScienceJobs in Vienna.
www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...
Group Leader Search
www.oeaw.ac.at
April 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
'The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), one of Europe’s leading institutes for basic research in the life sciences, is seeking outstanding candidates for a faculty position.'
#ScienceJobs in Vienna.
www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...
#ScienceJobs in Vienna.
www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/career-...
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Two fantastic positions in #plantscience: A junior AND a senior group leader position at the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), part of @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Generous core funding, fantastic plant and non-plant colleagues, all in a very livable and beautiful city.
www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/join-us/...
www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/join-us/...
Senior Group Leader Position
www.oeaw.ac.at
March 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Two fantastic positions in #plantscience: A junior AND a senior group leader position at the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), part of @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Generous core funding, fantastic plant and non-plant colleagues, all in a very livable and beautiful city.
www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/join-us/...
www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/join-us/...
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VRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signaling to coordinate growth in Arabidopsis. Great work from @djgibbs.bsky.social lab together with @sjonhartman.bsky.social and @ekaiserli.bsky.social Developmental Cell www.cell.com/developmenta...
VRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signaling to coordinate growth in Arabidopsis
Osborne et al. show that the angiosperm-specific PRC2 subunit VRN2 is enriched in
hypoxic regions of the Arabidopsis shoot, where it is required for stable deposition
of H3K27me3 in key PIF4 target ge...
www.cell.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
VRN2-PRC2 facilitates light-triggered repression of PIF signaling to coordinate growth in Arabidopsis. Great work from @djgibbs.bsky.social lab together with @sjonhartman.bsky.social and @ekaiserli.bsky.social Developmental Cell www.cell.com/developmenta...
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this owl accidentally included me in a group chat discussing his plans to attack that deer
March 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this owl accidentally included me in a group chat discussing his plans to attack that deer
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March 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM