Linus Börnke
linusboernke.bsky.social
Linus Börnke
@linusboernke.bsky.social
Plant scientist working on the evolution of sugar signalling | PhD student at @hhu.de | Part of @CEPLAS.bsky.social graduate school | he/him
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🌱 Franziska Fichtner (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:

“Trehalose 6-phosphate coordinates sugar status with hormone signalling and plant development” 🌿

Franziska also shared work that was just accepted at JXB, so watch this space!

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪
September 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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🌱 Part 2 of Session 1: Beginnings & Roots

Moritz Göbel (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany) presenting:
“Trehalose 6-phosphate regulates root growth by nutrient allocation towards sink tissues” 🌿

#JXB75 #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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It is sad that even basic research needs to be defended with utility. For me, basic research is in the same category as art: civilized societies can't do without it, because we all want to know who we are and what our place in the natural world is -- questions that only science can answer.
May 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM