🌼 Gali 🌼
@gearaguirang.bsky.social
gearaguirang.com
Postdoc 📍 Uni Hamburg | When words fail, I speak music | 1st Gen Scientist | she/her 🇵🇭
Postdoc 📍 Uni Hamburg | When words fail, I speak music | 1st Gen Scientist | she/her 🇵🇭
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The @newphyt.bsky.social #TansleyMedal recognises an outstanding contribution to #PlantScience.
🌱 Open to researchers 3–5 years post-PhD
🌱 Shortlisted applicants submit a #TansleyInsight
🌱 Winner receives £2000 (GBP)
Deadline: 1 November 2026
Apply now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4xqJ5u6
🌱 Open to researchers 3–5 years post-PhD
🌱 Shortlisted applicants submit a #TansleyInsight
🌱 Winner receives £2000 (GBP)
Deadline: 1 November 2026
Apply now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4xqJ5u6
September 14, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The @newphyt.bsky.social #TansleyMedal recognises an outstanding contribution to #PlantScience.
🌱 Open to researchers 3–5 years post-PhD
🌱 Shortlisted applicants submit a #TansleyInsight
🌱 Winner receives £2000 (GBP)
Deadline: 1 November 2026
Apply now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4xqJ5u6
🌱 Open to researchers 3–5 years post-PhD
🌱 Shortlisted applicants submit a #TansleyInsight
🌱 Winner receives £2000 (GBP)
Deadline: 1 November 2026
Apply now!
🔗 https://bit.ly/4xqJ5u6
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Happy to share our preprint on a subset of ZBTB BTB domains as highly efficient natural SUMO 'supersubstrates'. The work was spearheaded by a great postdoc, El Hadji Cisse, with input from other team members and in collaboration with @defossezlab.bsky.social and @ucagne.bsky.social
A new class of inherently efficient SUMOylation substrates
SUMOylation is an essential eukaryotic ubiquitin-like post-translational modification that plays a central role in the regulation of various nuclear processes and stress responses. It canonically occu...
www.biorxiv.org
September 14, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Happy to share our preprint on a subset of ZBTB BTB domains as highly efficient natural SUMO 'supersubstrates'. The work was spearheaded by a great postdoc, El Hadji Cisse, with input from other team members and in collaboration with @defossezlab.bsky.social and @ucagne.bsky.social
From soft pinks and florals under the Istanbul sun, to white lace among the mosques, a little Grand Bazaar moment, and black lace and burgundy after dark, I may have accidentally turned this trip into my own little fashion tour 😂
Istanbul, you are beautiful (except the Manila-like traffic😪) 🕌🌷✨
Istanbul, you are beautiful (except the Manila-like traffic😪) 🕌🌷✨
September 14, 2026 at 6:21 AM
From soft pinks and florals under the Istanbul sun, to white lace among the mosques, a little Grand Bazaar moment, and black lace and burgundy after dark, I may have accidentally turned this trip into my own little fashion tour 😂
Istanbul, you are beautiful (except the Manila-like traffic😪) 🕌🌷✨
Istanbul, you are beautiful (except the Manila-like traffic😪) 🕌🌷✨
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The next Botanik-Tagung will take place in Göttingen, Germany, from 17th to 21st September 2028. Hope to see you all there!
September 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The next Botanik-Tagung will take place in Göttingen, Germany, from 17th to 21st September 2028. Hope to see you all there!
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Great tribute to the discovery by Barbara Pearce of clathrin, the first protein found to act in membrane traffic, along with her mentoring and support of the pioneers (many of whom were other women) who revealed the workings of this key player in cellular function.
August 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Great tribute to the discovery by Barbara Pearce of clathrin, the first protein found to act in membrane traffic, along with her mentoring and support of the pioneers (many of whom were other women) who revealed the workings of this key player in cellular function.
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ENPER2026 in Sofia finished! Beautiful place, awesome talks and fruitful discussions. Big thanks to the organisers @enper2026.bsky.social. Next year in Greece!
August 29, 2026 at 7:44 AM
ENPER2026 in Sofia finished! Beautiful place, awesome talks and fruitful discussions. Big thanks to the organisers @enper2026.bsky.social. Next year in Greece!
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Endocytic clathrin coats are surprisingly dynamic: triskelia turn over in seconds. How is the turnover regulated and what is it for? Read Anne-Laure Boinet's preprint with @rouxlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
August 11, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Endocytic clathrin coats are surprisingly dynamic: triskelia turn over in seconds. How is the turnover regulated and what is it for? Read Anne-Laure Boinet's preprint with @rouxlab.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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What’s the function of embryonic ‘cytoplasmic lattices’? Using cryo-ET, @kashishsingh.bsky.social @carter-lab.bsky.social and coworkers reveal them as megadalton-size hubs of ubiquitination proteins/ubiquitin transfer
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In-situ cryo-ET of mouse embryos reveals cytoplasmic lattices contain ubiquitin-charged E2-E3 ligase assemblies - The EMBO Journal
Cytoplasmic lattices (CPLs) are filamentous assemblies essential for mammalian embryonic development. They are known to regulate organelle organization, spindle assembly, and protein homeostasis, but ...
link.springer.com
August 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
What’s the function of embryonic ‘cytoplasmic lattices’? Using cryo-ET, @kashishsingh.bsky.social @carter-lab.bsky.social and coworkers reveal them as megadalton-size hubs of ubiquitination proteins/ubiquitin transfer
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Exploring the land my Spanish ancestors came from, one city at a time 🇪🇸
1st stop: From beach mornings to elegant evenings, Barcelona did not disappoint ✨🇪🇸
1st stop: From beach mornings to elegant evenings, Barcelona did not disappoint ✨🇪🇸
July 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Exploring the land my Spanish ancestors came from, one city at a time 🇪🇸
1st stop: From beach mornings to elegant evenings, Barcelona did not disappoint ✨🇪🇸
1st stop: From beach mornings to elegant evenings, Barcelona did not disappoint ✨🇪🇸
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The role of clathrin in post-Golgi secretion in plant cells
Adamowski et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Adamowski et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The role of clathrin in post-Golgi secretion in plant cells
Adamowski et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Adamowski et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🌾 Every grass leaf shares the same repeating short-long cell pattern in its epidermis. Our new #preprint identifies the protein that builds it. 🔬🧬
📄 preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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1/11
📄 preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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1/11
July 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
🌾 Every grass leaf shares the same repeating short-long cell pattern in its epidermis. Our new #preprint identifies the protein that builds it. 🔬🧬
📄 preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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1/11
📄 preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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1/11
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🌾 Grass leaves are the photosynthetic powerhouses of human civilisation.
@lbmountain.bsky.social's transcriptomic atlas of nearly 70,000 cells from shoot apex to mature leaf follows the genetic programs that form a grass leaf 🧬
paper doi.org/10.1093/plce...
expression browser shiny.ips.unibe.ch
@lbmountain.bsky.social's transcriptomic atlas of nearly 70,000 cells from shoot apex to mature leaf follows the genetic programs that form a grass leaf 🧬
paper doi.org/10.1093/plce...
expression browser shiny.ips.unibe.ch
July 4, 2026 at 11:15 AM
🌾 Grass leaves are the photosynthetic powerhouses of human civilisation.
@lbmountain.bsky.social's transcriptomic atlas of nearly 70,000 cells from shoot apex to mature leaf follows the genetic programs that form a grass leaf 🧬
paper doi.org/10.1093/plce...
expression browser shiny.ips.unibe.ch
@lbmountain.bsky.social's transcriptomic atlas of nearly 70,000 cells from shoot apex to mature leaf follows the genetic programs that form a grass leaf 🧬
paper doi.org/10.1093/plce...
expression browser shiny.ips.unibe.ch
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June 26, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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I've got something to "TORC" about! 😅
After 4 years building this project at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social, I'm so excited to share that my first independent preprint is now online! ✨
I hope you like it:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
A short thread... 🧵
#PlantSci #PlantScience
After 4 years building this project at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social, I'm so excited to share that my first independent preprint is now online! ✨
I hope you like it:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
A short thread... 🧵
#PlantSci #PlantScience
The TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (TOR) kinase controls shade-mediated hypocotyl elongation responses in Arabidopsis.
Plants perceive neighboring vegetation through an enrichment of far-red light (shade) in the environment. These changes in light quality trigger molecular and physiological responses aimed at outgrowi...
doi.org
June 29, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I've got something to "TORC" about! 😅
After 4 years building this project at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social, I'm so excited to share that my first independent preprint is now online! ✨
I hope you like it:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
A short thread... 🧵
#PlantSci #PlantScience
After 4 years building this project at @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social, I'm so excited to share that my first independent preprint is now online! ✨
I hope you like it:
doi.org/10.64898/202...
A short thread... 🧵
#PlantSci #PlantScience
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1/7 New preprint: we found that Chlamydomonas carries a giant and unexpectedly elaborate chloroplast RNA polymerase with 12 previously unknown subunits, overturning the idea that the complexity of this organellar enzyme emerged during plant terrestrialization! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The structure of a 2-MDa chloroplast RNA polymerase reveals unexpected evolutionary complexity
Transcription in chloroplasts depends on the Plastid-Encoded RNA polymerase (PEP), a bacterial-derived enzyme whose catalytic core remains encoded by the highly reduced genome inherited from the cyano...
www.biorxiv.org
June 24, 2026 at 9:47 AM
1/7 New preprint: we found that Chlamydomonas carries a giant and unexpectedly elaborate chloroplast RNA polymerase with 12 previously unknown subunits, overturning the idea that the complexity of this organellar enzyme emerged during plant terrestrialization! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Happy to share our newest preprint. We developed guidelines and analysis workflows for FLIM Imaging in plants. Multiplexing with spectrally overlapping fluorophores in plants is now possible. Have a look. Any feedback is more than welcome.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
June 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Happy to share our newest preprint. We developed guidelines and analysis workflows for FLIM Imaging in plants. Multiplexing with spectrally overlapping fluorophores in plants is now possible. Have a look. Any feedback is more than welcome.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
From the streets of the Philippines defending our universities, to the streets of Hamburg resisting budget cuts
Years later, miles apart, the struggle continues ✊🏻📚
Years later, miles apart, the struggle continues ✊🏻📚
June 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
From the streets of the Philippines defending our universities, to the streets of Hamburg resisting budget cuts
Years later, miles apart, the struggle continues ✊🏻📚
Years later, miles apart, the struggle continues ✊🏻📚
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📢 Applications are now open for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞!
Are you an early-career PI? The TPJ Fellowship offers mentoring, editorial board engagement, a £2,000 travel award, & opportunities to contribute to TPJ
📅 Apply by 6 July 2026
More details 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Are you an early-career PI? The TPJ Fellowship offers mentoring, editorial board engagement, a £2,000 travel award, & opportunities to contribute to TPJ
📅 Apply by 6 July 2026
More details 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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The Plant Journal: 2026 Fellowship Scheme
The TPJ Fellowship scheme was first launched in 2020, and we are pleased to announce that we have now opened applications for the 2026 TPJ Fellowship scheme.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
📢 Applications are now open for the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐓𝐏𝐉 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞!
Are you an early-career PI? The TPJ Fellowship offers mentoring, editorial board engagement, a £2,000 travel award, & opportunities to contribute to TPJ
📅 Apply by 6 July 2026
More details 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
+🧵
Are you an early-career PI? The TPJ Fellowship offers mentoring, editorial board engagement, a £2,000 travel award, & opportunities to contribute to TPJ
📅 Apply by 6 July 2026
More details 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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‼️Job alert📢🚨
We are recruiting a Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, jointly hosted by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and our Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1664 "Plant Proteoform Diversity – SNP2Prot."
We are recruiting a Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, jointly hosted by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and our Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1664 "Plant Proteoform Diversity – SNP2Prot."
June 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
‼️Job alert📢🚨
We are recruiting a Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, jointly hosted by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and our Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1664 "Plant Proteoform Diversity – SNP2Prot."
We are recruiting a Junior Group Leader (f) in Protein Science at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, jointly hosted by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology and our Collaborative Research Centre CRC 1664 "Plant Proteoform Diversity – SNP2Prot."
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Photosynthetic machinery can be harvested from spinach and transplanted into the eyes of mice, where it transforms light into molecules that carry energy and can tame inflammation.
go.nature.com/4dM17zn
go.nature.com/4dM17zn
Mouse eyes photosynthesize after plant-to-animal transplant
Could spinach extracts be the next treatment for dry-eye disease?
go.nature.com
May 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Photosynthetic machinery can be harvested from spinach and transplanted into the eyes of mice, where it transforms light into molecules that carry energy and can tame inflammation.
go.nature.com/4dM17zn
go.nature.com/4dM17zn
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We are hiring a PhD student or PostDoc in the field of understanding and manipulating ubiquitin ligase specificities at @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social.
📅 The positions should be filled as soon as possible.
👉 More info: www.mpinat.mpg.de/19-26?c=2501...
📅 The positions should be filled as soon as possible.
👉 More info: www.mpinat.mpg.de/19-26?c=2501...
May 15, 2026 at 7:46 AM
We are hiring a PhD student or PostDoc in the field of understanding and manipulating ubiquitin ligase specificities at @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social.
📅 The positions should be filled as soon as possible.
👉 More info: www.mpinat.mpg.de/19-26?c=2501...
📅 The positions should be filled as soon as possible.
👉 More info: www.mpinat.mpg.de/19-26?c=2501...
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If you ever wondered about the history and current state of plant Clathrin-mediated endocytosis....here is a review just for you!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Was really fun to write this with awesome co-authors!
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Was really fun to write this with awesome co-authors!
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Clathrin‐Mediated Endocytosis in Plants: Historical to Modern Advances
Ultrastructural studies by Bonnett and Newcomb in 1966 revealed the existence of coated vesicles budding from the plant cell plasma membrane. This review introduces this discovery and early questions...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 15, 2026 at 11:05 AM
If you ever wondered about the history and current state of plant Clathrin-mediated endocytosis....here is a review just for you!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Was really fun to write this with awesome co-authors!
⚽️🌱🔬
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Was really fun to write this with awesome co-authors!
⚽️🌱🔬
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The preliminary programme of
International Conference of our German Society for #PlantSci, the Botanik-Tagung, is online botanik-tagung.de/programme.html
📆 6-10 September 2026
📍Bochum, Germany
Makes it easier to plan your participation.
Register today!
botanik-tagung.de/registration...
International Conference of our German Society for #PlantSci, the Botanik-Tagung, is online botanik-tagung.de/programme.html
📆 6-10 September 2026
📍Bochum, Germany
Makes it easier to plan your participation.
Register today!
botanik-tagung.de/registration...
May 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The preliminary programme of
International Conference of our German Society for #PlantSci, the Botanik-Tagung, is online botanik-tagung.de/programme.html
📆 6-10 September 2026
📍Bochum, Germany
Makes it easier to plan your participation.
Register today!
botanik-tagung.de/registration...
International Conference of our German Society for #PlantSci, the Botanik-Tagung, is online botanik-tagung.de/programme.html
📆 6-10 September 2026
📍Bochum, Germany
Makes it easier to plan your participation.
Register today!
botanik-tagung.de/registration...
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New Phytologist next generation scientists is coming to India!
📅 1–4 December 2026
📍 IISER Pune, India
This event is exclusively for early career researchers in #PlantScience. Apply to attend by 20 May 👉 www.newphytologist.org/events/2026-...
📅 1–4 December 2026
📍 IISER Pune, India
This event is exclusively for early career researchers in #PlantScience. Apply to attend by 20 May 👉 www.newphytologist.org/events/2026-...
April 30, 2026 at 7:43 PM
New Phytologist next generation scientists is coming to India!
📅 1–4 December 2026
📍 IISER Pune, India
This event is exclusively for early career researchers in #PlantScience. Apply to attend by 20 May 👉 www.newphytologist.org/events/2026-...
📅 1–4 December 2026
📍 IISER Pune, India
This event is exclusively for early career researchers in #PlantScience. Apply to attend by 20 May 👉 www.newphytologist.org/events/2026-...
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Interested in non-proteinaceous ubiquitination, induced proximity or glycogen? Then you should have a look at our newest article, “Ubiquitination of glycogen and metabolites in cells and tissues”, just published in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Interested in non-proteinaceous ubiquitination, induced proximity or glycogen? Then you should have a look at our newest article, “Ubiquitination of glycogen and metabolites in cells and tissues”, just published in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...