Have you ever seen a better location for a plant science conference poster session?? 🤩 What a wonderful first day at Plant Proteostasis 2026 in Strasbourg! 🌱✨ #IPPC2026

Being a PI brings its share of personal challenges. I’ve had one particular grant proposal on my mind for years. Getting it written and submitted felt like a huge hurdle (before thinking about the outcome). Now it’s in. Celebrating a small but very personal win. Mind over mind!💪

Like it or not, know it or not, you always need the right Israeli by your side. 😎

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the Israeli Plant Science Conference! 🌱 Join us in Rehovot on 15 February 2027 to share your work and hear what’s new in plant science. Hope to see you there! Please RT. plant-sciences-il.org/

Lettuce is harvested before flowering, so we asked: could we manipulate strigolactone biosynthesis to delay leaf senescence without unwanted branching? That motivated this study, but we discovered much more along the way. doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.27.…

For those of you looking for a postdoc position in Israel, this is a great opportunity! @GoldshmidtLab

יוצאים לדרך, כתבו ביומן (ושתפו 🙏). הכנס השנתי של האגודה הישראלית למדעי הצמח יתקיים ב15.2.27 בפקולטה לחקלאות. בקרוב נפרסם תאריכים להרשמה והגשת תקצירים. נתראה! The Annual Conference of the Israeli Society of Plant Science will take place on February 15, 2027. #ISPS2027

Great day at the Israeli Plant Proteostasis meeting! Fantastic talks on autophagy, leaf senescence, and ethylene- 3 topics that sound like they’re all talking about the same thing, but turned out to be completely different science🙃 Plus our first ‘Beyond the Bench’ discussions!

As the Israeli Plant Proteolysis Supergroup meets this week, we wanted to create space for conversations beyond the bench. We designed discussion cards to help researchers share stories, debate , and connect with new colleagues. Had a great time putting these together 😍

An inspiring day at the Wolf Prize in Agriculture Symposium at the Faculty of Agriculture. Privileged to hear from exceptional scientists whose discoveries have shaped modern plant biology and agriculture. Especially meaningful to host them all in Israel during these times. 🙏🙏

At a conference, I found myself telling an early-career researcher not to mistake a prof.‘s silence for arrogance, sometimes it’s just introversion. This book captures the quiet power of genuine 1-on-1 conversations and the impact they can have. An inspiring read 🫶

Congratulations to MSc student Adi Kedem , our very own “Master of Lettuce”, on winning the Dr. Zechariah Haber Excellence in Agriculture Prize! 🥬🏆 A well-deserved recognition of outstanding work and dedication. We’re proud of you, Adi!

Today’s word is gratitude. We don’t know how long this quiet will hold, but today brought small, meaningful normalcy- kids in school, and my first ride on public transportation in over a month 🤩

I’m really disappointed that I won’t be able to attend this conference and connect with the community. With only Israeli airlines currently operating, it’s simply impossible to plan an international trip right now. This really sucks. Hoping things change soon.

Yes! Full PEG-LiAc yeast transformation completed without interruption or trips to the bomb shelter, here in sunny Tel Aviv ☀️

Sirens, missile attacks, chaos, tenure… you really can’t control anything right now. So I’m focusing on what I can, like making some 0.5 M EDTA and watching it finally dissolve when it hits pH 8. 💪