Research interests and responsibilities

• Plant morphology and development
• Plant phenotyping and quantitative image analysis
• Multidimensional microscopy 
• Management of growth facilities and climate chambers
• Management of microscopy facilities and imaging systems

Education and professional experience

2026 – present, University of Basel, Switzerland, scientific staff / research manager, research Group of Prof. Yvonne Willi
2023 – 2026, University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Switzerland, scientist / microscopy specialist, research on stomatal development in grasses, with a focus on microscopy and quantitative image analysis.
2017 – 2023, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany, Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow / postdoctoral researcher, research on embryo development in Brassicaceae.
2017, National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan, NIBB Fellow / postdoctoral researcher, research on moss development.
2014 – 2016, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, IST Fellow / postdoctoral researcher, research on root development and tissue regeneration.
2011 – 2014, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, postdoctoral researcher, research on embryo development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
2007–2011, University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Switzerland, postdoctoral researcher, research on the effects of light on leaf development and positioning.
2006 – 2007, The University of Tokyo, Japan, postdoctoral researcher, research on hormonal regulation of vascular development.
2006, PhD in Science (Biology), The University of Tokyo, Japan

Publications

Popoli A, Mentink RA, Brombach L, Papadima-Karanikou N, Buendia-Monreal M, Fang M, Joshi M, Yoshida S, Laurent S, Huijser P, Tsiantis M. Evolution of repressive sequences within an enhancer contributed to morphological diversity in crucifer plants. (2025) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 122(51):e2515732122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2515732122. 

Horiuchi Y, Umakawa N, Otani R, Tamada Y, Kosetsu K, Hiwatashi Y, Wakisaka R, Yoshida S, Murata T, Hasebe M, Ishikawa M, Kofuji R. Physcomitrium LATERAL SUPPRESSOR genes promote formative cell divisions to produce germ cell lineages in both male and female gametangia. (2025) New Phytol. 245(5):2004-2015. doi: 10.1111/nph.20372

Hoermayer L, Montesinos JC, Trozzi N, Spona L, Yoshida S, Marhava P, Caballero-Mancebo S, Benková E, Heisenberg CP, Dagdas Y, Majda M, Friml J. Mechanical forces in plant tissue matrix orient cell divisions via microtubule stabilization. (2024) Dev Cell. 59(10):1333-1344.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.03.009. 

 Mosca G, Eng RC, Adibi M, Yoshida S, Lane B, Bergheim L, Weber G, Smith RS, Hay A. Curr Biol. Growth and tension in explosive fruit. (2024) 34(5):1010-1022.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.059. 

 Yoshida S, Weijers D. Quantitative analysis of 3D cellular geometry and modelling of the Arabidopsis embryo. (2022) J Microsc. 287(3):107-113. doi: 10.1111/jmi.13130. 

Strauss S, Runions A, Lane B, Eschweiler D, Bajpai N, Trozzi N, Routier-Kierzkowska AL, Yoshida S, Rodrigues da Silveira S, Vijayan A, Tofanelli R, Majda M, Echevin E, Le Gloanec C, Bertrand-Rakusova H, Adibi M, Schneitz K, Bassel GW, Kierzkowski D, Stegmaier J, Tsiantis M, Smith RS. Using positional information to provide context for biological image analysis with MorphoGraphX 2.0. (2022) Elife. ;11:e72601. doi: 10.7554/eLife.72601.

Liu S, Strauss S, Adibi M, Mosca G, Yoshida S, Dello Ioio R, Runions A, Andersen TG, Grossmann G, Huijser P, Smith RS, Tsiantis M. Cytokinin promotes growth cessation in the Arabidopsis root. (2022) Curr Biol. 32(9):1974-1985.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.03.019.

Yoshida S, Strauss S, Adibi M, Multidisciplinary bioimaging approach to study plant morphogenesis, (2021) Plant Morphology, 33(1):15-23. https://doi.org/10.5685/plmorphol.33.15

 Hoermayer L, Montesinos JC, Marhava P, Benková E, Yoshida S, Friml J. Wounding-induced changes in cellular pressure and localized auxin signalling spatially coordinate restorative divisions in roots. (2020) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117(26):15322-15331. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2003346117. 

Marhava P, Hoermayer L, Yoshida S, Marhavý P, Benková E, Friml J. Re-activation of Stem Cell Pathways for Pattern Restoration in Plant Wound Healing. (2019) Cell. 177(4):957-969.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.015.

Yoshida S, van der Schuren A, van Dop M, van Galen L, Saiga S, Adibi M, Möller B, Ten Hove CA, Marhavy P, Smith R, Friml J, Weijers D. A SOSEKI-based coordinate system interprets global polarity cues in Arabidopsis. (2019) Nat Plants. 5(2):160-166. doi: 10.1038/s41477-019-0363-6. 

Möller BK, Ten Hove CA, Xiang D, Williams N, López LG, Yoshida S, Smit M, Datla R, Weijers D. Auxin response cell-autonomously controls ground tissue initiation in the early Arabidopsis embryo. (2017) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 114(12):E2533-E2539. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1616493114.

Adibi M, Yoshida S, Weijers D, Fleck C. Centering the Organizing Center in the Arabidopsis thaliana Shoot Apical Meristem by a Combination of Cytokinin Signaling and Self-Organization. (2016) PLoS One. 11(2):e0147830. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147830. 

Liao CY, Smet W, Brunoud G, Yoshida S, Vernoux T, Weijers D. Reporters for sensitive and quantitative measurement of auxin response. (2015) Nat Methods. 12(3):207-10, 2 p following 210. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3279. 

De Rybel B, Adibi M, Breda AS, Wendrich JR, Smit ME, Novák O, Yamaguchi N, Yoshida S, Van Isterdael G, Palovaara J, Nijsse B, Boekschoten MV, Hooiveld G, Beeckman T, Wagner D, Ljung K, Fleck C, Weijers D. Plant development. Integration of growth and patterning during vascular tissue formation in Arabidopsis. (2014) Science. 345(6197):1255215. doi: 10.1126/science.1255215.

Yoshida S, Barbier de Reuille P, Lane B, Bassel GW, Prusinkiewicz P, Smith RS, Weijers D. Genetic control of plant development by overriding a geometric division rule. (2014) Dev Cell. 29(1):75-87. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.02.002. 

Freire Rios A, Yoshida S, Weijers D, Auxin regulation on embryogenesis, Book title: Auxin and its Role in Plant Development (2014) Springer, 171-189.

De Rybel B, Möller B, Yoshida S, Grabowicz I, Barbier de Reuille P, Boeren S, Smith RS, Borst JW, Weijers D. A bHLH complex controls embryonic vascular tissue establishment and indeterminate growth in Arabidopsis. (2013) Dev Cell. 24(4):426-37. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.12.013. 

Yoshida S, Saiga S, Weijers D. Auxin regulation of embryonic root formation. (2013) Plant Cell Physiol. 54(3):325-32. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcs170. 

Yoshida S, Mandel T, Kuhlemeier C. Stem cell activation by light guides plant organogenesis. (2011) Genes Dev. 25(13):1439-50. doi: 10.1101/gad.631211.

Yoshida S, Iwamoto K, Demura T, Fukuda H. Comprehensive analysis of the regulatory roles of auxin in early transdifferentiation into xylem cells. (2009) Plant Mol Biol. 70(4):457-69. doi: 10.1007/s11103-009-9485-y. 

Yoshida S, Kuriyama H, Fukuda H. Inhibition of transdifferentiation into tracheary elements by polar auxin transport inhibitors through intracellular auxin depletion. (2005) Plant Cell Physiol. 46(12):2019-28. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pci217.