Hydrosensing – ERC SYNERGY Project HYDROSENSING

Oct 13

StrawberryWalls: new research to help plants thrive in a warming arctic

By Hydrosensing News

We are very happy to share the good news that the Norwegian Research Council has awarded €2.1 million in funding to a new project led by Professor Thorsten Hamann, expanding on the work initiated through the ERC Synergy Project Hydrosensing.

Aug 08

The mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stress

By Hydrosensing Publications

Alonso Baez, L., Bjorkoy, A., Saffioti, F., Morghen, S., Amanda, D., Ticha, M., ... & Hamann, T. (2025). The mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stress. bioRxiv, 2025-07. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.29.667350v1

Jul 17

Consensus statement on Brillouin light scattering microscopy of biological materials

By Hydrosensing Publications

Bouvet, P., Bevilacqua, C., Ambekar, Y., Antonacci, G., Au, J., Caponi, S., ... & Elsayad, K. (2025). Consensus statement on Brillouin light scattering microscopy of biological materials. Nature Photonics, 19(7), 681-691. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-025-01681-6

Jun 16

Plant Imaging Expert Group: Discovering how plants sense water stress

By Hydrosensing News

On Wednesday June 28th, the Euro-BioImaging's Plant Imaging Expert Group featured our project in a very interesting and engaging session.

Jun 16

Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses

By Hydrosensing Publications

Roy, D., Mehra, P., Clark, L., Mukkawar, V., Bellande, K., Martin-Arevalillo, R., ... & Sadanandom, A. (2025). Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses. Science, eadu1470. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu1470

Jun 06

Future crop breeding needs to consider future soils

By Hydrosensing Publications

Raza, S., Pandey, B.K., Hawkesford, M.J. et al. Future crop breeding needs to consider future soils. Nature Plants 11, 939–941 (2025). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-025-01977-z

May 05

Schematic overview illustrating the library workflow, from design to screening. All coding genes were divided into phylogenetic trees, and trees were classified by function. sgRNAs were designed to target multiple genes located in close proximity to one another phylogenetically (indicated by colors). Each sgRNA was cloned into the Cas9 vector, creating a plasmid library. Transformed lines were screened with multi-targeted, large-scale, forward genetics for specific traits of interest, revealing hidden phenotypes. *Whole genome indicates all coding genes excluding transporters, transcription factors, and enzymes.

Construction of multi-targeted CRISPR libraries in tomato to overcome functional redundancy at genome-scale level

By Hydrosensing Publications

Berman, A., Su, N., Li, Z. et al. Construction of multi-targeted CRISPR libraries in tomato to overcome functional redundancy at genome-scale level. Nat Commun 16, 4111 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59280-6

May 02

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08941-z

Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress

By Hydrosensing Publications

Zhu, M., Hsu, C. W., Peralta Ogorek, L. L., Taylor, I. W., La Cavera, S., Oliveira, D. M., ... & Pandey, B. K. (2025). Single-cell transcriptomics reveal how root tissues adapt to soil stress. Nature, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08941-z

Mar 21

Double knockdown of ABCG17 and ABCG18 leads to changes in ABA response in the valves. A, pRAB18:GFP signal in mir17,g18 and Control siliques at 4 DAP. mir17,g18 is mir17 (amiRNA-ABCG17) transformed into the background of abcg18-1 T-DNA insertion line. Shown are two independent transformation lines (#1 and #5). Green is GFP fluorescent signal, and red is chlorophyll. Scale bar = 50 m. B, Average (±SD) GFP intensities in indicated lines. n ≥ 4; *, P value < 0.05, **, P value < 0.01, Student’s t test

ABA importers ABCG17 and ABCG18 redundantly regulate seed size in Arabidopsis

By Hydrosensing Publications

Zhang, Y., Anfang, M., Rowe, J.H., Rizza, A., Li, Z., Su, N., Bar, H., Charrier, L., Geisler, M., Jones, A.M. and Shani, E. (2025), ABA importers ABCG17 and ABCG18 redundantly regulate seed size in Arabidopsis. Plant J, 121: e70096. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70096

Mar 20

Dynamic interactions at the root–soil interface.(e) high-resolution X-ray computed tomography images reveal how plant roots impact the structural development of the rhizosphere by causing changes in soil pore thickness over time. Panel e adapted from Reference 48 (CC BY 4.0).

Root Growth and Development in “Real Life”: Advances and Challenges in Studying Root–Environment Interactions

By Hydrosensing Publications

Mehra, P., Banda, J., Ogorek, L. L. P., Fusi, R., Castrillo, G., Colombi, T., ... & Bennett, M. J. (2025). Root Growth and Development in “Real Life”: Advances and Challenges in Studying Root–Environment Interactions. Annual Review of Plant Biology, 76. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-arplant-083123-074506