Hydrosensing – ERC SYNERGY Project HYDROSENSING

Feb 12

Transgenerational polarity axis inheritance during Ceratopterisembryogenesis

By Hydrosensing Publications

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

Feb 02

a, Semi-thin sections (2 µm thickness, 1 cm from root tip) of WT, arf1-1, OE-ARF1, cesa6 and arf1cesa6 lines. Scale bar=50 µm.

Ethylene modulates cell wall mechanics for root responses to compaction

By Hydrosensing Publications

Zhang, J., Liu, Z., Farrar, E.J. et al. Ethylene modulates cell wall mechanics for root responses to compaction. Nature 649, 685–692 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09765-7

Jan 27

Developmental pathways in plants: Lessons from Arabidopsis for crop innovation

By Hydrosensing Publications

Malcolm J Bennett, Rahul Bhosale, Scott A Boden, Shu-Yan Chen, Tino Colombi, Toshiro Ito, Hong-Ju Li, Poonam Mehra, Lars Østergaard, Meng Li, Liu Liu, Nana Otsuka, Bipin K Pandey, Scott Poethig, Kalika Prasad, Yue Qu, Makoto Shirakawa, Ying Hua Su, Cao Xu, Wei-Cai Yang, Wen Jie Zhang, Xiaolan Zhang, Xian…

Jan 21

Image: Description and validation of pMDS plasmid system for dual analysis of transcription and translation in plants. (A) Organization of pMDS1 vector showing reporters for transcription [mTurquoise (mTurQ)], translation (C-terminal mVenus), and a 2A self-cleaving peptide. (B) Organization of pMDS2 vector showing reporters for transcription (mTurQ), translation (N-terminal mVenus), and a 2A self-cleaving peptide. (C) Confocal image of pMDS1_SHRpro:SHR:mVenus:mTurQ showing gene expression (mTurQ) in the stele region and protein (mVenus) translocating to endodermis in the root meristem. (D) Confocal image of pMDS2_VAM3pro:mVenus:VAM3:mTurQ showing subcellular expression (mTurQ) in the nucleus and protein (mVenus) moving to the vacuole in the root epidermis. Red channel shows mCherry expression. nu, nucleus; vac, vacuole; *, endodermis of root meristem. Scale bar, 10 μM. Credit: Science Advances

Elucidating tissue and subcellular specificity of the entire SUMO network reveals how stress responses are fine-tuned in a eukaryote

By Hydrosensing Publications

Jason Banda et al. Elucidating tissue and subcellular specificity of the entire SUMO network reveals how stress responses are fine-tuned in a eukaryote Science Advances 11,eadw9153(2025). DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adw9153

Jan 20

mTACT: A cell type-specific transportome-scale amiRNA toolbox to overcome functional redundancy in Arabidopsis

By Hydrosensing Publications

Moran Anfang, Shir Ben Yaakov, Ning Su, Anat Shafir, Jenia Binenbaum, Reem Haj Yahya, Xikai Yu, Carl Procko, Hamtual Bar, Joanne Chory, Julian I Schroeder, Yosef Fichman, Itay Mayrose, Eilon Shani, Yuqin Zhang, mTACT: A cell type-specific transportome-scale amiRNA toolbox to overcome functional redundancy in Arabidopsis, Plant Physiology, 2025;, kiaf682, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf682

Dec 01

HYDROSENSING after 18 Months: Growing Knowledge and Growing Impact

By Hydrosensing News

While still being at an early stage of our 5-year journey, the HYDROSENSING project is moving forward with strong momentum. Over the past 18 months, we have advanced our scientific understanding of how plants perceive and respond to water, while also contributing to broader discussions about foundational plant science, agriculture,…

Nov 03

Image: Short-day Arabidopsis plants experiment for drought and ABA2 content. Credit: Barak Bitman, Tel Aviv University

In defense of funding foundational plant science

By Hydrosensing Publications

Joanna D Friesner, Cristiana T Argueso, Wolfgang Busch, Thorsten Hamann, Lucia Strader, Mary Williams, Shuang Wu, Adrienne H K Roeder, In defense of funding foundational plant science, The Plant Cell, Volume 37, Issue 5, May 2025, koaf106, https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf106

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