Michael Prigge
Plant biologist at UCSD (how auxin regulates transcription across land plants, from receptors to pol II and the steps in between). Mostly, moss⬌Arabidopsis. Grew up in Minnesota, attended/worked at UMinn, UO, UM, and IU.
- Reposted by Michael PriggeInsightful new papers on #auxin, brilliantly compiled by @jillharrison.bsky.social. Evolution and development: What makes a merry stem? www.cell.com/current-biol...
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- Hmmm, in the same week one company posted their fastest turnaround on my whole-plasmid sequencing (4h 33m), a local company started offering it for one-third their price ($4.99/plasmid ≤10kb).
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- Made it to my second NFL game
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- This table from a 1969 paper on moss from Folke Skoog’s lab has lived in the back of my head for the almost 20 years since I noticed it. I think it might finally be getting evicted. They showed that Funaria 3D bud formation was correlated with a huge jump in guanine bases in RNA. (1/6)
- Reposted by Michael PriggeAre you looking for a PhD in Plant Science? Check our our project on barley canopy architecture. Combine genetics and physics to understand how awns influence barley grain development. Find out more here: lnkd.in/eWhWammJ Apply by 14th December. #PhDPosition #PlantSci @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
- Reposted by Michael PriggeFrom Knowable Magazine: How #Arabidopsis thaliana, a humble weed, became a superstar of plant biology | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
- After reading about milkweed’s cardiac glycosides in @nkwhiteman.bsky.social ‘s book, I was surprised to see people eating stew with milkweed floral buds in tonight’s episode of Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread. Does the toxin break down in the heat? Or is it absent from buds?
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- Reposted by Michael PriggeReally excited to share the pre-print of my first paper! It details the computational method we used to identify uncharacterized metabolites along the developmental gradient of maize roots, I hope you find it interesting! 🌱🌽
- Computational method for mapping mass signatures along developmental gradients reveals a novel role for a monosaccharide tetrose in maize salt-stress response. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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- Reposted by Michael PriggeUnlocking #grass #leaf development: foundations for tunable #cereal design 📖 buff.ly/08NS8jV #TansleyReview by McAllister et al. @drannisr.bsky.social @hildenelissen.bsky.social @WileyPlantSci #PlantSci #genetics Figure credit BioRender: Hilde, Nelissen (2025) buff.ly/uhRFPbx.
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- Reposted by Michael PriggeCheck out our new review in JXB: tinyurl.com/yta6fd5b @pablidopsis.bsky.social and I write about the cell's decision between division and differentiation. 🌱 What factors promote one or the other in different cell types? 🤔 Are they really mutually exclusive?
- Nice write-up about RUBY in our university newsletter: today.ucsd.edu/story/seeing...
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- A friend of mine has a preprint out with an ingenious method to directly generate collections of NILs surrounding a locus or a collection of loci. They used the yeast KO collection, but it’d be cool to adapt for mapping traits in plants.
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- Reposted by Michael PriggeDid you know that there is a cell cycle duration gradient in plant root meristem? New story by joining forces between Plant dynamics lab and Crisanto Gutiérrez & Bénédicte Desvoyes lab @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social #Plants #roots #cellcycle www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- This should be fun! 🤓 Join us May 10-13 in Barcelona!! www.ptcge2026.com
- Took some time off to visit family and to see Courtney Barnett for the first time this weekend. Amazing show! (Picture from @tbobrowsky.bsky.social blows all my phone-snaps out of the water.)
- Reposted by Michael PriggeDiversification of functional requirements for proteolysis of Auxin Response Factors biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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- Reposted by Michael PriggeHere it is! Epidermal cells in the root can figure out if they are covered by the root cap or not using mechanical signals! Thanks to @ckirchhelle.bsky.social, @moritznowack.bsky.social, @nathan-german.bsky.social Annamaria Kiss and all the others!
- Plant cells at the organ surface use mechanical cues to activate a specific growth control programme biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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- There is a nice News & Views article by @suruchiroy.bsky.social and others regarding our recent Nature Plants paper (@mestelle.bsky.social, @drannisr.bsky.social, and @luciastrader.bsky.social labs) and another from @dolfweijers.bsky.social 's lab. #PlantScience #Auxin rdcu.be/eAEnz
- I don't want to link to it, but there is a shockingly bad AI-generated 'news' story already posted about the News & Views article. (If you really want to see it, search "ARF degradation")
- Reposted by Michael PriggeOur new work uncovering how WIND1 promotes somatic embryogenesis as a bifunctional chromatic regulator!!!! We knew WIND1 promotes new fate acquisition and now we show WIND1 also helps repressing existing identity!
- Reposted by Michael Prigge😮 Just WOW!! Spray GFP mRNAs on plant leaves and the leaves translate this and you get glowing leaves. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by Michael PriggeHow conserved are plant transcription factor binding sites? academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... Great study by @andreabraeutigam.bsky.social lab shows a mixed pattern. Thanks for making good use of #TAPscan onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... also. C2H2 neofunctionalization fits ny thoughts.
- Reposted by Michael PriggeHey all! We have been awarded a Spanish national grant to keep researching. Best of all is we have a full PhD contract assigned. We are looking for candidates interested in molecular biology and evolution of (plant) transcription factors, please spread the word!! Check our web for more information.
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- Reposted by Michael PriggeIn this episode we talked with Dr. Joseph Ecker from the Salk Institute about his work on high-resolution genome-wide mapping technologies in Arabidopsis and the human brain. #podcast #chromatin #epigenetics Listen here: activemotif.com/podcasts-jos...
- Reposted by Michael PriggeJennifer Nemhauser’s and my tribute to our amazing friend and mentor, the extraordinary Joanne Chory. Read about our personal and professional reminiscences. Thanks to all who provided background for this. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Michael PriggePlease find our latest paper in @pnas.org. Lots of work from a fantastic group: Qian Ma, Sijia Liu, @siamsadoyle.bsky.social , Sara Raggi and others including @luciastrader.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @kawresearch.bsky.social @umeaplantsciencecentre.se www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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- Wow, I just heard that someone stole my mom’s hay field. She gave her neighbor permission to bale it, but, when he showed up to mow it, it had already been mowed, dried, baled, and hauled off.
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- Reposted by Michael PriggeHappy to announce that I will be opening my lab in the PMB department at UC Berkeley this July. Our lab will study nectary development and evolution using non-conventional models. We are actively recruiting. Join us if you are also enthusiastic about development or evolution!
- Reposted by Michael PriggeI spoke with Jade Hindmon, host of @kpbssandiego.bsky.social Midday Edition, about the consequences of the current administration’s cuts to science funding. Please share to help spread the word and raise awareness. www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...
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- Reposted by Michael Prigge🚨 The FASEB SRC “Mechanisms of Plant Development” is happening this summer! 🌱 🗓️ August 24–28, 2025 | Southbridge, MA. A short thread [1/3] We have an outstanding roster of confirmed speakers — it's shaping up to be a fantastic meeting. Details ➡️ tinyurl.com/24fsjq6a bsky.app/profile/fase...
- #PDevSRC is back for 2025! The premier platform for experts in plant developmental biology to collaborate will welcome keynotes Siobhan Brady and Niko Geldner. Check out the video and view the full agenda: buff.ly/FD5WJgb
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