Lewsey Lab

lewseylab.bsky.social

22 October 2026 14:15

Well done Marina - looks amazing in print. I'm so pleased to see this out at last!!!

Are plant roots really made up of concentric layers of homogeneous, differentiating cell types? In our new study, out now in @nature.com, we show a more complex picture: two distinct cell states within root lineages, shaped in part by the environment. 🧵👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Michael Raissig

michaelraissig.bsky.social

16 October 2026 11:13

Our preprint now peer-reviewed and published 🌾🔬🧬 Grasses have a signature short-long leaf epidermal pattern: small stomata & hair cells spaced by long pavement cells, but how is it built? Premitotic BdPL1 sets cell-size asymmetry; postmitotic BdBRX-solo/BdYDA1 enforces fate. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

Wolfgang Busch

rootstrapping.bsky.social

16 October 2026 11:12

Plants balance iron and immunity at the cell surface. Our new paper reveals how ubiquitin reorganizes the receptor SRF3 to coordinate both, and how this co-ordination works. Huge shoutout to Matt Platre who spearheaded and drove this tour de force! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Harmit Singh Malik

harmitmalik.bsky.social

14 October 2026 12:51

Large dog breeds die younger. 'Jumping genes' may explain shorter lifespans. www.popsci.com/science/why-... Epigenetic aging & transposon dysregulation reflect size-related lifespan compression in dogs www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (And the 1st author is 'Mariner'!!!)