Hydrosensing – ERC SYNERGY Project HYDROSENSING

Jun 16

Two years in: notes from the ERC Hydrosensing annual meeting in Lausanne

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Late May took our whole ERC Hydrosensing consortium to the University of Lausanne for two days that turned out to be equal parts intense science and genuine team building.

May 14

Image: Expression patterns of selected AGP genes. (a, b) Confocal microscopy of root tips (a) and hypocotyls (b) expressing transgenic transcriptional reporters (nuclear localized VENUS protein, green ﬂuorescence) with promoters of the indicated AGP genes in WT (Col-0) background (cells counterstained with propidium iodide, magenta ﬂuorescence). Note the general increase in expression as cells start to expand in roots. Credit: New Phytology

AGP and EXO-LIKE genes promote brassinosteroid-dependent anisotropic growth

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Novikova, D., Rana, S., Li, K., Diaz-Ardila, H.N., Trozzi, N., Alonso Baez, L., Hamann, T., Majda, M. and Hardtke, C.S. (2026), AGP and EXO-LIKE genes promote brassinosteroid-dependent anisotropic growth. New Phytology, 250: 2384-2398. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.71063

May 04

Image: An amino acid sequence-based maximum-likelihood phylogeny of members of the Catharanthus roseus RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE 1-LIKE (CrRLK1L) family in different species. Credit: The Plant Journal

The function of the Arabidopsis receptor kinase THESEUS1 in plant cell wall integrity maintenance: from evolutionary origin to future perspectives

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Zwartkruis, S.T.W., Vandegehuchte, M.L. and Hamann, T. (2026), The function of the Arabidopsis receptor kinase THESEUS1 in plant cell wall integrity maintenance: from evolutionary origin to future perspectives. The Plant Journal, 125: e70701. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70701

Apr 28

Image: Each panel represents a distinct redundancy scenario, with genotypes annotated as A/B, a/B, A/b, or a/b, where lowercase letters indicate mutated genes. Gray backgrounds highlight the corresponding plant phenotypes for each genotype. In the bottom panel (conditional redundancy), sun and thermometer icons denote specific conditions under which redundancy is revealed. Credit: Trends in Plant Science.

Navigating genetic redundancy in plant genomes: insights for research and breeding

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Berman, A., Zylberberg, I., Mayrose, I., & Shani, E. (2026). Navigating genetic redundancy in plant genomes: insights for research and breeding. Trends in Plant Science.

Apr 20

Image: Gravitropic bending of the rbohc/f mutants and their relative apoplastic pH in the elongation zone. (A) Root gravitropic bending of WT, mca1, cngc14-2, and rbohc/f mutants. Right-expression of bending as linear regression slope after 1 h of bending. Letters denote statistical significance (ANCOVA test of equal slopes p

Calcium-triggered apoplastic ROS bursts balance gravity and mechanical signals for soil navigation

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Kulich, I., Vladimirtsev, D., Randuch, M., Gao, S., Citterico, M., Konrad, K. R., ... & Friml, J. (2026). Calcium-triggered apoplastic ROS bursts balance gravity and mechanical signals for soil navigation. Science, 392(6795), 296-300.

Apr 03

Thorsten Hamann Elected to Prestigious Norwegian Academy

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Hydrosensing is proud to share that Thorsten Hamann, one of our Principal Investigators, has been elected as a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (DKNVS).

Mar 17

Image: Mixed crystalloid-ER and whorl morphology. Central slice through a STEM tomogram showing a patch of crystalloid-ER (dark blue) located in close proximity to a putative ER whorl (light blue) in its intracellular environment. Closer inspection of the reconstructed tomogram reveals a direct connection between the two ER morphotypes (I), as well as the presence of multiple vesicles (not present in the central tomogram section), located near the nucleus (orange) and contacting the crystalloid ER (II). Arrowheads indicate the viewing direction in Figure 6. Scale bar = 500 nm. Credit: Journal of Microscopy

Application of STEM tomography to investigate smooth ER morphology under stress conditions

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Heinz, V., Rachel, R., & Ziegler, C. (2025). Application of STEM tomography to investigate smooth ER morphology under stress conditions. Journal of Microscopy, 299(3), 228-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.70020

Mar 12

Targeting redundant gene families: A multiplexed,tissue-specific CRISPR toolbox for Arabidopsisgenetic screens

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Anfang M, Yahya RH, Caldararu O, Ben Yaakov S, Landau U, Berman A, Hu Y, Belew ZM, Crocoll C, Xu D, Nour-Eldin HH, Mayrose I, Shani E. Targeting redundant gene families: A multiplexed, tissue-specific CRISPR toolbox for Arabidopsis genetic screens. Cell Rep. 2026 Mar 9;45(3):117055. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2026.117055.

Feb 19

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

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Luis Alonso Baez et al., The mechanical properties of Arabidopsis thaliana roots adapt dynamically during development and to stress. Sci. Adv. 12,eaeb0032(2026).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.aeb0032

Feb 12

Transgenerational polarity axis inheritance during Ceratopterisembryogenesis

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Woudenberg, S., Plackett, A. R., Hao, Z., Suzuki, H., Baez, L. A., Borassi, C., ... & Weijers, D. (2025). Transgenerational polarity axis inheritance during Ceratopteris embryogenesis. bioRxiv, 2025-08 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.29.673061