Felix Rico-Resendiz
@fxrico.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Geneva. Interested in the plant signaling evolution
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Our new review is out @theplantjournal.bsky.social! Christian (@unil.bsky.social) and I dive into brassinosteroid perception specificity and the importance of BRs in shaping vascular development. @ibmcp.bsky.social @upv.es @csic.es onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our new review is out @theplantjournal.bsky.social! Christian (@unil.bsky.social) and I dive into brassinosteroid perception specificity and the importance of BRs in shaping vascular development. @ibmcp.bsky.social @upv.es @csic.es onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New OA Article: "Mitotic entry is controlled by the plant-specific phosphatase BSL1 and cyclin-dependent kinase B" rdcu.be/eP4hb
"Here we show that the BSL1 phosphatase dephosphorylates CDKB1 to promote mitotic entry in Chlamydomonas."
"Here we show that the BSL1 phosphatase dephosphorylates CDKB1 to promote mitotic entry in Chlamydomonas."
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New OA Article: "Mitotic entry is controlled by the plant-specific phosphatase BSL1 and cyclin-dependent kinase B" rdcu.be/eP4hb
"Here we show that the BSL1 phosphatase dephosphorylates CDKB1 to promote mitotic entry in Chlamydomonas."
"Here we show that the BSL1 phosphatase dephosphorylates CDKB1 to promote mitotic entry in Chlamydomonas."
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📣Paper alert! New paper out in @nature.com by the group of George Coupland @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues on new roles for the florigen protein in flowering 🌱🌿. Congratulations!👏👏 👉https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/pr-coupland-2025-11-en
#Arabidopsis #plantsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Arabidopsis #plantsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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,...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
📣Paper alert! New paper out in @nature.com by the group of George Coupland @mpipz.bsky.social and colleagues on new roles for the florigen protein in flowering 🌱🌿. Congratulations!👏👏 👉https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/pr-coupland-2025-11-en
#Arabidopsis #plantsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Arabidopsis #plantsci
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 New preprint by @cate-giannini.bsky.social🚨
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🚨 New preprint by @cate-giannini.bsky.social🚨
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We uncover an unexpected link between auxin signalling, transcription, and autophagy — revealing how plants coordinate gene expression and cytoplasmic renewal to drive developmental reprogramming. 🌱✨ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet
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🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅
In tomato the myo-inositol phosphate synthase gene SlMIPS2 is sharply induced early in phosphate starvation, and SlMIPS2 regulates cellular InsP6 levels and SPX–PHR1 interactions to control Pi homeostasis - Roychowdhury et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
In tomato the myo-inositol phosphate synthase gene SlMIPS2 is sharply induced early in phosphate starvation, and SlMIPS2 regulates cellular InsP6 levels and SPX–PHR1 interactions to control Pi homeostasis - Roychowdhury et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅
In tomato the myo-inositol phosphate synthase gene SlMIPS2 is sharply induced early in phosphate starvation, and SlMIPS2 regulates cellular InsP6 levels and SPX–PHR1 interactions to control Pi homeostasis - Roychowdhury et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
In tomato the myo-inositol phosphate synthase gene SlMIPS2 is sharply induced early in phosphate starvation, and SlMIPS2 regulates cellular InsP6 levels and SPX–PHR1 interactions to control Pi homeostasis - Roychowdhury et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
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Our new review in Science @science.org is out with @jennyrussinova.bsky.social and @nvukas.bsky.social. We discuss how precise modulation of brassinosteroid signaling can enable more targeted, predictable improvements in plant growth and resilience.
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9798
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9798
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Our new review in Science @science.org is out with @jennyrussinova.bsky.social and @nvukas.bsky.social. We discuss how precise modulation of brassinosteroid signaling can enable more targeted, predictable improvements in plant growth and resilience.
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9798
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu9798
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Another great collaboration with @trevormnolan.bsky.social and @nvukas.bsky.social where we give our vision on how brassinosteroid research can pave the way to precision plant engineering www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unlocking the potential of brassinosteroids: A path to precision plant engineering
Brassinosteroids are essential plant hormones that play a central role in regulating growth, development, and stress responses. Their impact on plant architecture and productivity makes them attractiv...
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Another great collaboration with @trevormnolan.bsky.social and @nvukas.bsky.social where we give our vision on how brassinosteroid research can pave the way to precision plant engineering www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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check out Guizhen´s study on 18O scrambling in the gas phase in InsPs! Establishing 18O-Labeled Inositol Phosphates for Quantitative Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry: Fragmentation Pathways and Comparison with 13C-Labeled Analogs | Analytical Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Establishing 18O-Labeled Inositol Phosphates for Quantitative Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry: Fragmentation Pathways and Comparison with 13C-Labeled Analogs
Capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry (CE-MS) allows for the rapid and accurate quantitative analysis of inositol phosphates (InsPs) and inositol pyrophosphates (PP-InsPs). The recent discovery ...
pubs.acs.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
check out Guizhen´s study on 18O scrambling in the gas phase in InsPs! Establishing 18O-Labeled Inositol Phosphates for Quantitative Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry: Fragmentation Pathways and Comparison with 13C-Labeled Analogs | Analytical Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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🚨 New in Developmental Cell @Dev_Cell
Our team uncovered how plants sense phosphorus deficiency and delay flowering — a molecular “switch” that links nutrient stress to development. A step toward breeding nutrient-smart crops! authors.elsevier.com/a/1m2id5Sx5g...
@MSU_PRI @MSUAgBio @MSU_PSM
Our team uncovered how plants sense phosphorus deficiency and delay flowering — a molecular “switch” that links nutrient stress to development. A step toward breeding nutrient-smart crops! authors.elsevier.com/a/1m2id5Sx5g...
@MSU_PRI @MSUAgBio @MSU_PSM
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🚨 New in Developmental Cell @Dev_Cell
Our team uncovered how plants sense phosphorus deficiency and delay flowering — a molecular “switch” that links nutrient stress to development. A step toward breeding nutrient-smart crops! authors.elsevier.com/a/1m2id5Sx5g...
@MSU_PRI @MSUAgBio @MSU_PSM
Our team uncovered how plants sense phosphorus deficiency and delay flowering — a molecular “switch” that links nutrient stress to development. A step toward breeding nutrient-smart crops! authors.elsevier.com/a/1m2id5Sx5g...
@MSU_PRI @MSUAgBio @MSU_PSM
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🛑Exciting update from our work with @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social team on the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis❗❗
🔥New results support a conserved three-gene module and master regulator for nutrient-responsive intracellular accommodation of fungal symbionts🤯
Check the nice thread below👇🏼
#plantscience
🔥New results support a conserved three-gene module and master regulator for nutrient-responsive intracellular accommodation of fungal symbionts🤯
Check the nice thread below👇🏼
#plantscience
1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants
Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🛑Exciting update from our work with @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social team on the ericoid mycorrhizal symbiosis❗❗
🔥New results support a conserved three-gene module and master regulator for nutrient-responsive intracellular accommodation of fungal symbionts🤯
Check the nice thread below👇🏼
#plantscience
🔥New results support a conserved three-gene module and master regulator for nutrient-responsive intracellular accommodation of fungal symbionts🤯
Check the nice thread below👇🏼
#plantscience
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1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants
Symbioses have been fundamental to colonization of terrestrial ecosystems by plants and their evolution. Emergence of the ancient arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis was followed by the diversification o...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
1/ It is my pleasure to share the latest preprint of the team: "Symbiotic diversification relies on an ancestral gene network in plants"
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Here, we identified and functionally validated a novel master regulator of intracellular symbioses!
A thread ...
#PlantScience
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My main work as postdoc @plantophagy.bsky.social lab in @gmivienna.bsky.social is out in @natplants.nature.com 🌱🎉
We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Electrostatic changes enabled the diversification of an exocyst subunit via protein complex escape - Nature Plants
The evolutionary diversification of an exocyst subunit was enabled by electrostatic shifts leading to its dissociation from the ancestral complex.
www.nature.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My main work as postdoc @plantophagy.bsky.social lab in @gmivienna.bsky.social is out in @natplants.nature.com 🌱🎉
We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We asked how can protein complexes diversify without compromising their function and explored this question using the plant #exocyst complex.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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By the @cellsensing.bsky.social and Zipfel labs: The plant receptor kinase HSL3 senses a cyclic, disulfide-bond stabilized peptide phytocytokine. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
By the @cellsensing.bsky.social and Zipfel labs: The plant receptor kinase HSL3 senses a cyclic, disulfide-bond stabilized peptide phytocytokine. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Another gene (a sperm specific transcription factor) was found to induce parthenogenesis in rice when ectopically expressed in the egg cell. I can't find the gene ID in the preprint though.
"Fixing Hybrid Rice: >99% Efficient Apomixis with Near-Normal Seed Set"
(www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...).
"Fixing Hybrid Rice: >99% Efficient Apomixis with Near-Normal Seed Set"
(www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...).
Fixing Hybrid Rice: >99% Efficient Apomixis with Near-Normal Seed Set
Apomixis, a form of clonal seed reproduction, offers a transformative approach to agriculture by enabling the stable fixation of hybrid vigor and elite heterozygosity across generations. However, the ...
www.biorxiv.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Another gene (a sperm specific transcription factor) was found to induce parthenogenesis in rice when ectopically expressed in the egg cell. I can't find the gene ID in the preprint though.
"Fixing Hybrid Rice: >99% Efficient Apomixis with Near-Normal Seed Set"
(www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...).
"Fixing Hybrid Rice: >99% Efficient Apomixis with Near-Normal Seed Set"
(www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...).
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Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!! formatmypaper.com
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🦖 Something HUGE just hatched.
Plasmidsaurus now offers RNA sequencing for gene expression analysis:
• As fast as 3 day turnaround
• $50/sample for academia, $80 for industry
• Up to ~10M unique transcript 3’ end reads per sample
• Interactive results
Explore Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq today.
Plasmidsaurus now offers RNA sequencing for gene expression analysis:
• As fast as 3 day turnaround
• $50/sample for academia, $80 for industry
• Up to ~10M unique transcript 3’ end reads per sample
• Interactive results
Explore Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq today.
October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🦖 Something HUGE just hatched.
Plasmidsaurus now offers RNA sequencing for gene expression analysis:
• As fast as 3 day turnaround
• $50/sample for academia, $80 for industry
• Up to ~10M unique transcript 3’ end reads per sample
• Interactive results
Explore Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq today.
Plasmidsaurus now offers RNA sequencing for gene expression analysis:
• As fast as 3 day turnaround
• $50/sample for academia, $80 for industry
• Up to ~10M unique transcript 3’ end reads per sample
• Interactive results
Explore Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq today.
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New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
Understanding Host Compatibility in the Marchantia-Phytophthora System (CARELLA_J26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
The fossil record demonstrates that filamentous microbes invaded ancient plant cells with intracellular hyphal structures over 450 million years ago. To this day, a rich diversity of extant land plant...
biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!
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Our latest work is out! We set out to see if we could recreate soil-nurturing plant growth in vitro. The plants looked happy and we see microbiome-induced cell-type-specific responses! A modest step but a fun challenge 😁
Artificial Soil (ArtSoil): recreating soil conditions in synthetic plant growth media https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.09.681539v1
October 12, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Our latest work is out! We set out to see if we could recreate soil-nurturing plant growth in vitro. The plants looked happy and we see microbiome-induced cell-type-specific responses! A modest step but a fun challenge 😁
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A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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 ...
www.science.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A long road to the Cover of Science!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Our study opens new directions for understanding the molecular basis of extreme trait evolution in land plants 🤓.
Have a read and let us know your thoughts!
With @plantadaptation.bsky.social & others.
Have a read and let us know your thoughts!
With @plantadaptation.bsky.social & others.
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our study opens new directions for understanding the molecular basis of extreme trait evolution in land plants 🤓.
Have a read and let us know your thoughts!
With @plantadaptation.bsky.social & others.
Have a read and let us know your thoughts!
With @plantadaptation.bsky.social & others.
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So happy to see the latest preprint of the team out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The continuation of a long standing project started by @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social in @jeanmichelane.bsky.social‘s lab. 1/7 🧵
The continuation of a long standing project started by @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social in @jeanmichelane.bsky.social‘s lab. 1/7 🧵
EPP1 is an ancestral component of the plant Common Symbiosis Pathway
The success of plants on land has been enabled by mutualistic intracellular associations with microbes for 450 million years ([Delaux and Schornack 2021][1]). Because of their intracellular nature, th...
www.biorxiv.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So happy to see the latest preprint of the team out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The continuation of a long standing project started by @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social in @jeanmichelane.bsky.social‘s lab. 1/7 🧵
The continuation of a long standing project started by @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social in @jeanmichelane.bsky.social‘s lab. 1/7 🧵
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📢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 🧵
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
📢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 🧵
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 🧵
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Amazing work by the Santiago lab @unil.bsky.social. The malectin-LRR receptor kinase IGP1 senses cello-oligomers to alert the plant immune system & enhance disease resistance. Very nice discovery & mechanism.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Amazing work by the Santiago lab @unil.bsky.social. The malectin-LRR receptor kinase IGP1 senses cello-oligomers to alert the plant immune system & enhance disease resistance. Very nice discovery & mechanism.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I just published: Le ciel va nous tomber sur la tête: Dealing with anxiety as an academic
Here is a playbook to turning irrational academic dread into strategy and momentum.
#AcademicChatter
medium.com/p/le-ciel-va...
Here is a playbook to turning irrational academic dread into strategy and momentum.
#AcademicChatter
medium.com/p/le-ciel-va...
Le ciel va nous tomber sur la tête: Dealing with anxiety as an academic
Leading a lab means marching like a village chief while quietly watching for budget meteors and attacks by Reviewer #3. Here is a playbook…
medium.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I just published: Le ciel va nous tomber sur la tête: Dealing with anxiety as an academic
Here is a playbook to turning irrational academic dread into strategy and momentum.
#AcademicChatter
medium.com/p/le-ciel-va...
Here is a playbook to turning irrational academic dread into strategy and momentum.
#AcademicChatter
medium.com/p/le-ciel-va...