Rainer Melzer

Plant Sciences 🌿 are really well represented on the Euro Evo Devo committee @plantevodevo-ab.bsky.social and @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social and the local organising committee with @drannisr.bsky.social and I so we hope there will be a really good turn out from the Plant Evo Devo community! 🌼🌱

We are really excited that Euro Evo Devo will take place here in Scotland from the 9th-12th June, at the University of Glasgow!

Deadline for Early Bird Registration and Abstract Submission are rapidly approaching in March so do register soon!

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Co-translational control of protein stability and quality in plants Abstract. Proteostasis relies on the coordinated control of protein synthesis, folding, modification and degradation, and an increasingly clear picture is

My review “Co-translational control of protein stability and quality in plants” is now online at @jxbotany.bsky.social, in which I describe how co-translational processing and ribosome-associated quality control together establish protein stability and fate early in synthesis. tinyurl.com/5dhhz9h6

Emma Teeling, Professor of Zoology at University College Dublin (Ireland), will present a plenary talk at SMBE 2026 in Copenhagen.

Title: "Bats: Genomes, phylogenies, fossils and cures?"

@emmateeling.bsky.social

#SMBE2026

Our preprint on sex determination in Cannabis - now updated with a strata analysis and new gene expression data.
Great collaboration with @tatianagiraud.bsky.social and her team!
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Join @ucdflowerpower.bsky.social at the #SEBconference in Florence.

Submit your abstract now ⬇️
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Check out our Plant sessions ⬇️
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Book your place now ⬇️
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Sighle Humphreys married Donal O'Donoghue on 19 February 1935. This writer wishes Donal had 'waited until this unfortunate country was free' before marrying, as many married patriots 'eventually ignored the ills of the Motherland in the tranquillity of the domestic hearth.' #ValentinesDay

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture Welcome to Cambridge Core

Delighted to be series editor for Cambridge Elements in Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture. If you have something cool and interesting you’d like to work with us on please get in touch (micrograph 20-30k)

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How is it possible that I haven’t come across this account before???!!!! I want to make the flower model right now!!! #PlantSci

Multiscale pangenome graphs empower the genomic dissection of mixed-ploidy sugarcane species The sugarcane genus Saccharum is characterized by complex genomes with diverse ploidy levels. We developed a multiscale graph–based pangenome representation, which integrates nine genome assemblies in...

Like busses. First nothing then several at the same time.
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Fossil angiosperm leaf from Dakota Fm, Kansas. Leaf is about 8cm long.

A 95 million year old angiosperm leaf preserved as an impression in an iron-cemented sandstone. The original leaf may have gone, but you can still see where invertebrates nibbled it.

From Dakota Formation, Kansas. Cenomanian, probably.

#FossilFriday ⚒🌏🔬🌱🍃🌳

With stuff like this, the amazing thing to me is that someone had to sit down at a computer and think to themself "and now, it is time to lie to customers."

Nice thread about @joannakacprzyk.bsky.social and my paper in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social

TL;DR: People study plants because they rock!

❗Decline in botanical education threatens response to climate action and food security

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Research reveals what inspires people to study plant biology, a subject essential for addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and food security.

#PlantScience 🧵1/2

I wonder how many Nobel laureates assumed they got the prize partly because they were men.
With more than 90 % of the laureates being male the statistics are clear 😅

⏰ Final week to submit an abstract for MONOGRAM 2026 ⏰

📍 Cambridge, UK: 23- 26 March

Don't miss out! Abstract submission closes next Friday 23rd January

🌾 Find out more 👉 cvent.me/MM0bPo

#plantscience @monogram-uk.bsky.social

Have you ever heard that women have more chances than men of getting grants or positions in academia? Of course you have, and here are my personal views on this. With the shocking revelation that no, it is NOT TRUE ! (1/n)

The smell of lentisk/mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) in the forest during summers. Actually, as a child, I was not aware that it was specifically this plant that produced this perfume. Now, as a plant scientist, I got to study P. lentiscus, and its smell always brings me inmediate childhood memories 💚.

Can you share your favourite plant-related memory? “I was always completely astonished by the plant landscape and the powerful calm that they can transmit to me. It's something that happens to me until now.”

Can you share your favourite plant -related memory? “Rose bushes near my grandma's house.”

Strategies for promoting the uptake of plant biology as an education and career pathway supported by the survey of 421 plant biologists carried out.

Inspiring the next generation of plant scientists: What we learned from 421 plant biologists

@joannakacprzyk.bsky.social and Rainer Melzer

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@plantmemories.bsky.social
@ucdflowerpower.bsky.social

#PlantScience

Motivation for choosing botany-related education?
My father left school at 14 and my (more intellectual) mother at 18, and I was born in a council house, so there was little expectation that I would explore tertiary education.

What a fantastic story...

Künstliche Intelligenz: Macht KI uns dumm? Niemand muss komplizierte Texte lesen, wenn ChatGPT einem das Wichtigste schnell zusammenfasst. Die große Frage ist, ob das Gehirn dabei Entscheidendes verlernt.

This is in German (use AI to translate? ;) with a quite nuanced take.
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Motivation for choosing a plant related career:

"𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩-𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 (𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣) 𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙗."

Check out this AMAZING hoodie I got from @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social!
Keep an eye out on openflower.bio
Thank you Nick!