Author: alexis

Our work on the pattern of cell divisions during lateral root formation has now been published in Current Biology.

We are thrilled by this paper that concretises several years of work to combine high resolution light sheet imaging of root with quantitative analysis together with modelling. This sets the cap for the direction the lab is taking on this topic. As importantly, this has been a very fruitful collaboration and a great team effort with Daniel von Wangenheim and Alexander Schmitz (Stelzer lab, Uni Frankfurt).

Link to the paper.

Bonus: daniel has created a video abstract:

Our protocol for sensitive detection of small RNAs by whole mount in Arabidopsis thaliana is. Nice signals, fast protocol, no embedding/sectioning involved. Thanks to M. Nodine (GMI, Vienna) for showing its applicability to embryos!

[BioarXiv preprint]

In light of the success of the first edition, the EMBO Practical course on Live Imaging of Plants will take place again in 2016.

You can register here: http://www.embl.de/training/events/2016/PLA16-01/

The lab is looking for a highly motivated Postdoc to study the morphogenesis of lateral organs in Arabidopsis thaliana using light sheet microscopy.

See this page for more informations.

Alexis will  be travelling to the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) in Knoxville (TN, USA) to learn about the current challenges  to analyze, model, and describe plants from the cell to the organ level and identify mathematical challenges in plant science applications. The workshop is organized by Dan Chitwood and Alexander Bucksch and  will be livestreamed. A tweeter feed is also available (#PlantMath15). Really looking forward to this!

Patrick von Born successfully defended his Msc thesis. Congratulation Patrick! Keep up with the good science during your PhD at the MPI for Plant Breeding in Cologne.

Alexis will be in Vermont August 3rd-7th to represent the lab at the FASEB SRC (http://www.faseb.org/SRC-Plant/Home.aspx).

[singlepic id=5 w=450] A group of 5/6-year old from a local preschool visited COS to discover what is research in biology.
The children observed flies, plants and fishes. They mixed and unmixed colors and even extracted DNA from tomato!
Their visit was a real success. The children, the teachers and the COS members were thrilled by the event.
This event built upon a teaching concept developed by Yohanns Bellaïche (Institut Curie, France) and curated by the Cercle FSER.
A huge thanks goes to: Lotte Bald, Emmanuel Gaquerel, Zheni Li, Amaya Vilches-Barro, Anne-Laure Duchemin, Steffen Lemke, Slava Panfilov, Béatrice Berthet, Virginie Jouannet and Christoph Neef for making this event possible.

Some images of the event (images courtesy of C. Neef):
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On july 1st, Béatrice Berthet started her PhD in the lab. Béatrice did her undergraduate studies in Grenoble (France). Welcome!

 Our recently graduated Mouli will be travelling to Paris next week to present her results at the 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research.