4/5 As the project matured, Sophie became a mentor herself. During his Bachelor's thesis, the highly talented @fedegrippo.bsky.social made substantial contributions and therewith became a well-deserved second author of the story.

3/5 Along the way, Sascha supervised and mentored @sophiezoe.bsky.social as she grew into a fantastic scientist. Sophie took ownership of the project, transforming an idea into a coherent scientific story through creativity, persistence, and leadership.

2/5 The story began with the inspiring @waidhouse.bsky.social. He recognized an important biological question and was persistent enough to tackle what many would probably avoid - generating stage-specific transcriptomes from tiny lateral roots. That dataset became the foundation of the project.

A new "Dr." on the office door. Congratulations, Dr. @seinabnoura.bsky.social 🎉🌱 A proud day for our community @dompsfr.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de

I got once again reminded how fortunate I am to work with such a wonderful group of people. Thank you all! 🌱

Lab retreats - are our favorite control experiment: same people, different environment, fresh ideas :)

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Seasonal greetings from Freiburg 🌱 The Molecular Plant Physiology Division wishes our colleagues, collaborators, and the scientific community a joyful holiday season and a healthy, inspiring New Year. Thanks for the shared curiosity and passion for plant science — excited for what 2026 brings!

There we go :)

Working with an international team means being invited into new worlds — including Christmas traditions I’d never encountered before. Feeling grateful for this cultural richness. 🎄🌍 Can you guess what this is?

The future of @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de is about teamwork, curiosity, and collaboration across disciplines. We are thrilled to be in this together @kraftlabfr.bsky.social @archaellum.bsky.social @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social !

It was fun to have Katharina, Grace, and Jonathan around in the @elkebarbez.bsky.social and @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social labs! 🌱 It was great to discuss and explore the world of plant signalling together! #Jugendforscht #PlantScience #CIBSS

🧵1/ New preprint out! We reveal that ERAD, a protein degradation pathway, selectively targets intracellular PILS auxin transport facilitators to control growth. This expands ERAD's role beyond protein quality control, right into developmental regulation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Science, dancing, graphic design, yoga, leadership, nail polish and lots of creativity - I loved it!

What a fantastic group of people! #labretreat

🎉 Huge congratulations to our own @aroessling.bsky.social for winning a poster prize at this year’s #ICAR2025 conference! A great example of the strong early-career science coming from @cibss.bsky.social bsky.social and @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de

Ohhhh - our @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social faculty's website has been relaunched! Check out the new look at uni-freiburg.de/bio-en/ #WebsiteRelaunch

Thanks Potsdam #CRC1644 for the invite and inspiring discussions on plasticity in plants @duartedf.bsky.social @claudiakohler11.bsky.social @carogutj.bsky.social Michi Sauer, Markus Grebe, Rene Schneider, Michael Lenhard, Arun Sampathkumar & all @mpi-mp-potsdam.bsky.social @unipotsdam.bsky.social

If you see this quote with flowers from your gallery. We can all use some beauty right now.

I just branched out to BlueSky! 🌱 Looking forward to planting ideas and growing a new network here.