Massimiliano Sassi

Plant developmental biologist, IBPM-CNR

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

Very happy to share our latest work on HD-Zip II and root stem cell fate in #Arabidopsis. Collaboration between @CNRsocial_ and @CREARicerca, published on @Dev_journal. #plantscience #DevBio #plantbiology #auxin #root #stemcells #rootdevelopment

[Development @Dev_journal]

HD-Zip II transcription factors control distal stem cell fate in Arabidopsis roots by linking auxin signaling to the FEZ/SOMBRERO pathway

Research Article by Marco Possenti, Giovanna Sessa, @PlantDevBio, Giorgio Morelli, Ida Ruberti & co @CNRsocial_:
https://t.co/wqKSXnM8AD

[Feng ZHAO | 赵峰 @zhaofengfly]

Glad to share our team's recent finding, showing how germ cells are specified from somatic cells via a mechano-chamical feedback loop.👇
Mechanical contribution of germ cell specification in Arabidopsis anthers | Science Advances https://t.co/OZXTJxafdK

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@zhaofengfly Cool work, Feng! Congrats!

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@tuliproot That's cool! Congrats Jian!

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@veronicagregis Very cool! Congrats!

[TrendsPlantSci @TrendsPlantSci]

Dietary auxin may help patients to fight cancer https://t.co/z8uwjifjeO

[Maizel Lab @maizel-lab.bsky.social @AlexisMaizel]

‼️ New Date for the 2025 FASEB SRC "Mechanisms of Plant Development".
📅August 24th - 29th 2025
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[Yuchen Long 龙宇尘 @Lo28321839]

If you are curious about turgor pressure but don’t know where to start, we are happy to present our humble take on the biomechanics of turgor pressure.

https://t.co/lTkHL54pKh

[Sketching Science @sketchscience]

Wonderful news! Parafilm M rules!
Very well-deserved recognition after helping so many other #NobelPrize winners achieve their breakthroughs! Congratulations @ParafilmM

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

I just published: Distrutto! Vandals destroy experimental rice field in Italy

“As public scientists, we express dismay and sadness at having suffered unjustified destruction, a result of obscurantism and anti-scientific knee-jerk reactions.”

https://t.co/PE3WO75kwI

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@FrimlLab well deserved!

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@AP_Mahonen @XinWanghelsinki very cool!

[Feng ZHAO | 赵峰 @zhaofengfly]

Glad to share our understanding of plant germ cell formation👇
Male Germ Cell Specification in Plants https://t.co/O3wiyrmeX6 #mdpiijms 来自 @IJMS_MDPI @MDPIOpenAccess

[Steve Marek @stephenmarek2]

Ignored in sight, out of mind: Human perception of plants https://t.co/xw6glgWynp #plantblindness @KamounLab

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@JohnHolbein1 I wonder how he'll look like after one post-doc or two!!! 😂

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@jodie_armand Amazing work!

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@tuliproot nice work Jian, congrats!

[Development @Dev_journal]

Issue 8 is complete!

On the cover: Whole-mount 3D image of an E10.0 mouse embryo created using Acto3D to visualise the pharyngeal arch arteries (white) amidst surrounding tissues, marked with SYTOX Green (blue), TNNI3 (yellow) & Tomato Lectin (red). See:
https://t.co/IqiX2d5Llb

[Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis]

Minako Ueda sensei in one of my most favorite plant cell biologists. This work is another elegant demonstration of her brilliant research.

HD-ZIP IV genes are essential for embryo initial cell polarization in the radial axis initiation in Arabidopsis

https://t.co/mDNzg4AarB

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

@zhaofengfly @CNRsocial_ @CREARicerca @Dev_journal Thx Feng!

[Massimiliano Sassi @PlantDevBio]

Very happy to share our latest work on HD-Zip II and root stem cell fate in #Arabidopsis. Collaboration between @CNRsocial_ and @CREARicerca, published on @Dev_journal. #plantscience #DevBio #plantbiology #auxin #root #stemcells #rootdevelopment

[Development @Dev_journal]

HD-Zip II transcription factors control distal stem cell fate in Arabidopsis roots by linking auxin signaling to the FEZ/SOMBRERO pathway

Research Article by Marco Possenti, Giovanna Sessa, @PlantDevBio, Giorgio Morelli, Ida Ruberti & co @CNRsocial_:
https://t.co/wqKSXnM8AD