Michael Nicolas

Ever wondered why tubers only grow underground? Our last paper shows how BRC1b prevents aerial tuberisation by promoting bud dormancy #TCP #Bud_Dormancy #ABA #Plasmodesmata #Sugar_allocation with @pilarcubas @CNB_CSIC Salome Prat and many others nature.com/articles/s4147…

Today at #CNB_CSIC we brought together leading researchers at the Plant Sensing and Adaptation to a Challenging World congress to share advances in plant signalling, stress responses and resilience through talks, posters and scientific discussion. Thanks to all participants!

Hey all! We have been awarded a Spanish national grant to keep researching. We have a full PhD contract (FPI) assigned and keep looking for candidates interested in molecular biology and evolution of (plant) transcription factors, please spread the word!!

🔥 Postdoc opportunity 🌱 The Legris lab at @UniNeuchatel 🇨🇭 is looking for a Postdoc to work on the regulation of branching by warm temperatures. If you have a background on plant physiology and development, and you're interested in shoot thermomorphogenesis, apply now! 🧬🔬🪴

How do potato cultivars cope with salt stress? With @KarlovaRumyana we are glad to share that our paper investigating potato plants' response to salt stress is out sciencedirect.com/science/articl… ! with @PPH_WUR and @TesterinkC

✨ The less fertilizer, the better ✨   🌍 Is it possible to cultivate potatoes with less fertilizer? Reducing environmental impact while feeding millions? 🥔 Our research published today in @NewPhyt, led by Salomé Prat and @MarufSh84795688, is turning this into reality! 🧵

Our small contribution to celebrate the Nobel prize for microRNAs. 🎉🍾🎊.

Ok, this is a big one! Proud to present our latest story on hydropatterning-a process that allows plants to sense moisture gradients in soil and activate branching. Johannes Scharwies defines the genetic basis for this response in maize and Arabidopsis! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Happy to share this work from my postdoc time with @cabeveridge29 and new data from HHU and @ceplas_1 We show that trehalose 6-phosphate is downstream of strigolactones but independent of the known BRC1 pathway. please check it out nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/VPVJIGCW… #T6P #Tre6P

Are you interested in Plant Development? Our group at @CNB_CSIC is looking for a motivated student to carry out a PhD project investigating the molecular mechanisms controlling plant shoot branching, a process with great agricultural impact. Write to me or to @MklNicolas

📢#plantscijob alert!🧐 We have one PhD (Prof. @LBentsink group) and one Postdoc position (mariana-artur.com group) open to work on mechanosensing in seeds as part of the GreenTE consortium (green-te.nl). 🔬🌱💧🥼🧪 Please share! Links for application below👇🏾

I am happy to share the last chapter of my PhD thesis with you through this beautiful publication in @NewPhyt 🌱 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np…

En España, se calcula que en los últimos 20 años hemos perdido casi 7 millones de gorriones. No podemos permitirlo, firma la petición de @SEO_BirdLife para protegerlos bit.ly/3UxiGsb

Wondering if there were more people listening to Taylor Swift’s concert outside the stadium than in it ? 🤔

📢📢 2 PhD positions to study the biology of ants at the Insect Biology Research Institute in Tours, France. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜 10 more days to apply! Ads with full details here: univ-tours.fr/m-romain-libbr… @IRBI_Tours @CNRS @CNRSecologie @AgenceRecherche

Join the online @plant_gene workshop on how to start with gene editing in crops this Wednesday!

The final version of the ggPlantmap is out at @JXBot academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-ar… Come for the information, stay for the beautiful figures! We hope it can encourage people to create their own eFP-viewer!

#Plants 🌱💦 | Almost one-quarter of all irrigated farmlands are affected by salination. Therefore, WUR researchers have discovered a local regulator protein that allows plants to develop in such stressful situations. Do you want to know more? ➡️ bit.ly/3IgZnxy

VACANCY REMINDER - Submit before 1 March 2024 - Together with the Inge De Clercq lab we have a funded position for a postdoctoral researcher to work on nature's genetic engineer, Agrobacterium tumefaciens. More info: lnkd.in/euQTDUNN

Scientists from CNB in Madrid say yes! to #NGT #CRISPR !

By optimizing tissue permeability, we have developed an enhanced method for whole-mount RNA in situ hybridization, enabling cell segmentation. With this method, we demonstrate that multiple ways lead to shoot meristems during root conversion.#ijpb biorxiv.org/content/10.110…