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Luis Alonso Baez
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Plant scientist studying the role of mechanics in development and adaptation. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Luis Alonso Baez @luisalonsobaez.bsky.social · Feb 18
Our work now on its final version. We mapped the mechanical properties of roots at tissue and single cell levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. Additional mutants and stress measurements from what we previously showed in the preprint are included.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stress
Brillouin microscopy reveals in vivo dynamics of mechanical properties during plant development and response to stress.
www.science.org
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🚧🔬 INSIGHT 🔬🚧

"Maintenance work ahead: cellulose links cell wall construction and sucrose transport".
Luis Alonso Baez discusses recent findings published in JXB by McCubbin et al.

📝 Insight: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
🔬 Research: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 1.Sucrose transport across leaf tissues. (A) Schematic representation of maize leaves showing sucrose export towards the leaf base in the wild type and impaired sucrose transport in cpd7 mutants. Defective transport is associated with carbohydrate accumulation, chlorosis, anthocyanin accumulation, and reduced leaf growth. (B) Schematic representation of a maize leaf blade cross-section around the major vein, with the wild-type situation shown on the left and altered cell wall composition in the cpd7 mutant shown on the right.
September 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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biobrillouinsoc.bsky.social
The Special Issue of @Nature Light: Science & Applications on "Brillouin Light Scattering for Life-science & Biomedical Applications" is open for submissions (DL: 31/01/2027)!
Silvia Caponi, Fernando Perez-Cota, @prevedel-lab.bsky.social, @kelsayad.bsky.social
www.nature.com/documents/Sp...
www.nature.com
July 31, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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zoenv.bsky.social
Out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social the improved version of our paper! I am very proud of this work with @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social, Annamaria Kiss, @moritznowack.bsky.social and others!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth-control program
During morphogenesis of multicellular organs, cells in distinct positions need to meet specific functional requirements to form the appropriate tissue…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 29, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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prevedel-lab.bsky.social
Excited to share our latest Brillouin work in @natmethods.nature.com: Standardized, Zarr-based file formats + open-source tools for Brillouin microscopy data analysis. Works across custom & commercial systems and approaches & implementations. Open science for the Brillouin community!

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Towards a standardized file format and open-source analysis framework for Brillouin microscopy data
Nature Methods - Towards a standardized file format and open-source analysis framework for Brillouin microscopy data
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July 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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biobrillouinsoc.bsky.social
Right before vacation: abstract submission is now open for the 10th International BioBrillouin Conference in lovely Exeter UK:
biobrillouin.org/events/10th-...

Deadline for submission: 15th September.
Come join us for our 10th conference anniversary! 🥳🤩
BioBrillouin
biobrillouin.org
July 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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laurabacete.eurosky.social
Join the team for this very cool project! Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. And since it’s a very interdisciplinary project, reposts to reach the right person (not necessarily with a plant background) are appreciated 😁
umeaplantsciencecentre.se Umeå Plant Science Centre @umeaplantsciencecentre.se · Jun 29
🧪VACANCY: Computational biologist, modeller or biophysicist?

Join Laura Bacete @cellwalldynamics.com and Christiane Funk in an interdisciplinary @icelabumu.bsky.social postdoctoral project exploring cell wall sensing in the microalga Chlorella vulgaris.

Apply by 17 Sept👇
www.umu.se/en/work-with...
Three multidisciplinary postdoctoral scholarships (2 years)
www.umu.se
June 30, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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ottlab.bsky.social
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...
June 12, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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hydrosensing.bsky.social
How do plants know when their cell walls are damaged?🤔

THESEUS1 (THE1) is a key “sensor” that helps plants:
🔎 Detect cell wall stress
🌱 Adjust growth & root development
⚡ Trigger stress responses

A new review explores its evolution + what we still don’t know #PlantScience #Arabidopsis #CellBiology
Image: An amino acid sequence-based maximum-likelihood phylogeny of members of the Catharanthus roseus RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE 1-LIKE (CrRLK1L) family in different species. Credit: The Plant Journal
May 5, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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aribidopsis.bsky.social
Tomo @kawashimalab.bsky.social and I organized a special issue for @cytoskeljournal.bsky.social 🍀🔬

We have 11 articles on plant cytoskeleton in this issue. Looking forward to seeing the final version of the issue.

Here is our editorial take:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
April 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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jenlopezortiz.bsky.social
During secondary growth, primary protective barriers break, and a new one forms beneath: the phellem.

But what triggers phellem to differentiate and become a functional barrier? Our results show it’s mechanical cues from tissue rupture 🌱
Check out our preprint 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵/1
March 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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plantteaching.bsky.social
#PlantSci Research Weekly March 13, 2026 plantae.org/plant-scienc...
Reviews: Vulnerability of plant reproduction in warming world; Potential of macroalgae for space flight.
Also – Metagenomic insights into the origin of eukaryotes; Biosynthetic gene clusters for post-chorismate metabolism (1/3)
At the top, a timeline of early evolution indicating the development of oxygenic photosynthesis at 3 billion years ago, and the origin of eukaryotes between 2.5 and 2 billion years ago. Underneath, a diagram shows the possible integration of a proteobacteria into an Archea, leading to the formation of mitochondria.
March 13, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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aribidopsis.bsky.social
🔬🍀🎉

I am happy and excited to share that graduate student, @ohazel.bsky.social Olivia's first author research article is published now @newphyt.bsky.social

We are grateful to editor, reviewers, and @newphyt.bsky.social to help us to improve the story

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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newphyt.bsky.social
AGP and EXO-LIKE genes promote brassinosteroid-dependent anisotropic growth

Daria Novikova, et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PlantScience
Expression patterns of selected AGP genes.
March 10, 2026 at 10:27 AM
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somssich.bsky.social
Another really interesting #SciHis Story by @asimovpress.bsky.social.

Goes to show that there are interesting and curious stories and facts in everything - even little things like Agar that seem simple and straightforward.
www.asimov.press/p/agar

#ScienceHistory #MolecularBiology #Agarose #Seaweed
The Origins of Agar
First introduced into laboratories in 1881, agar remains indispensable as a culture medium.
www.asimov.press
March 6, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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aribidopsis.bsky.social
🔬🍀

(1/3) My undergraduate student, Joh, is working on chromatin (magenta dots in the movie) dynamics during the altered nuclear (green) shape.

Here is a beautiful movie of chromatin dynamics.
March 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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dolfweijers.bsky.social
We are very excited to share a new resource from our team: spatial subcellular proteome maps in plants! We developed an MS-based method that registers localizations of about 8000 proteins in Arabidopsis roots in a single experiment.

(1/9)
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
www.biorxiv.org
March 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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alexmartiniere.bsky.social
Happy to share this preprint, we describe how the membrane could shape the ROS nanoenvironment in plant responses to osmotic signals. Led by @arthur-poitout.bsky.social and amazing colleagues @yvonjaillais.bsky.social , @jbfiche.bsky.social , A Meyer, and J Ugalde.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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ceciborassi.bsky.social
We are happy to announce the start of the MechanoBioTalks – Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter an initiative organized by GreenTE young researchers. The aim of the webinars is to bring together researchers interested in biomechanics, biophysics and biology.
Register here: green-te.nl/activities/
Activities - GreenTE
Activities Webinars ”MechanoBioTalks – Mechanics, Materials and Living Matter” is a webinar series supported by the GreenTE consortium and organized […]
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January 22, 2026 at 9:29 AM
luisalonsobaez.bsky.social
Our work now on its final version. We mapped the mechanical properties of roots at tissue and single cell levels using Brillouin microscopy and molecular rotors. Additional mutants and stress measurements from what we previously showed in the preprint are included.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stress
Brillouin microscopy reveals in vivo dynamics of mechanical properties during plant development and response to stress.
www.science.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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biobrillouinsoc.bsky.social
‼️ SAVE THE DATE‼️
We are excited to announce that the 10th International BioBrillouin Meeting will take place from the 30th November – 3rd December 2026 in Exeter, United Kingdom.
Registration will open soon, and be announced on www.biobrillouin.org
February 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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haiqian.bsky.social
Hello world 👋 My first post here on Bluesky

Excited to share our review in Chemical Reviews’ special issue “Mechanochemistry and Strain” on Mechanochromic Mechanophores 🛠️🌈
bit.ly/3OajSCg

A memorable experience to read, reflect on, and synthesize the incredible work from the community
@pubs.acs.org
Mechanochromic Mechanophores
Mechanochemistry has emerged as a powerful strategy for controlling chemical reactivity and tuning material properties through applied force. Within this growing field, mechanochromic mechanophores ha...
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February 7, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🧬 🚚 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🚚 🧬

In this review, Ejike et al. highlight the role of phase separation for the transport of cargo through the nuclear pore complex, highlighting the assembly, structure, and function of the nuclear pore.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

#PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): The human nuclear pore complex (NPC). (A) Illustration of the radially symmetric human NPC, connecting cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. The different ring subunits of the NPC are depicted by five of its eight symmetric spokes. In between the spoke units, the NPC lateral channels are depicted. The luminal ring and inner ring anchor the NPC in the nuclear envelope (NE). The outer double rings attach at the outer and inner nuclear membrane (ONM, INM). The cytoplasmic filaments and nuclear basket form the NPC peripheral extensions. The central channel is filled by intrinsically disordered phenylalanine–glycine (FG)-rich nucleoporins (FG-NUPs), which are depicted as spaghetti-like domains (translucent purple). Notably, the central channel is not structurally resolved, and the in vivo conformational state of the FG-NUPs remains speculative. Their spaghetti-like depiction here only serves as an illustration.
February 5, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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susieoftraken.bsky.social
2026 UK plant biomechanics workshop on 17th April 2026 in Nottingham.

Abstract submissions deadline is 13 Feb, and registration is open.

🌱🧪🌿🔬#PlantSci
Home - Plant Biomechanics Workshop 2026 - East Midlands Conference Centre
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January 15, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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aribidopsis.bsky.social
New episode of #No_Time_To_Read_podcast! 🎙️

I had a wonderful discussion with @ajeetchaudhary.bsky.social Ajeet about his recent Molecular Plant paper. His work made it to the cover as well.

Podcast: tinyurl.com/3ppeys36

Article: www.cell.com/molecular-pl...
December 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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jxbotany.bsky.social
🧱 REVIEW 🧱

Plant growth is regulated by cell wall polysaccharide synthesis & integration, occurring indirectly via cell wall integrity sensing, relying on tight coupling between polysaccharide integration, remodelling & wall tension- Muller et al.

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Fig. 1 (shortened, full legend in paper): Cellulose synthesis and cell wall expansion. (A) Regulation of cell wall expansion by cellulose synthesis, notably by processes that are sensitive to mechanical forces. Exocytosis and endocytosis of cellulose synthases are modulated by turgor pressure (1). The direction of movement of the cellulose synthase is controlled by the orientation of microtubules, and velocity is predicted to be controlled by membrane tension (2). Regulation of cell wall expansion depends on CWI sensing (3). (B) Cell shape and integrity depend on cellulose synthesis. Epidermal cells of Arabidopsis cotyledon (upper panels; scale bars=200 µm) and leaf trichomes (lower panels; scale bars=100 µm), in wild-type (left) and anisotropy1 hypomorphic mutant (right) plants. Adapted from Fujita et al. (2013). (C, D) Hypocotyl length depends on cellulose synthesis and on cell wall integrity (CWI) sensing.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM