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Queer in Microbiology: A Conversation 18 Nov - Virtual, online

It’s #TransAwarenessWeek 🌈
This week, we’re celebrating trans and nonbinary people while also raising awareness of the challenges and discrimination that many still face. Check out our discussion with Rowan Casey: microb.io/4hFL6vk 👈
#TransInSTEM #TransInScience #LGBTQSTEMDay

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Today is a big day as the Precision Breeding Act comes into force 🌱

@kamounlab.bsky.social: “This is a milestone for UK science and innovation. We now have the regulatory framework to translate discovery into impact — improving crops, strengthening food security, and benefiting society” 🌿

Choosing which models best explain photoperiodic time measurement mechanisms in plants
by Takato Imaizumi
doi.org/10.1038/s443... via npj Biol Timing Sleep #PlantScience

Small language models enable rapid and accurate extraction of structured data from unstructured text: An example with plants and their specialized metabolites | Quantitative Plant Biology | Cambridge Core Small language models enable rapid and accurate extraction of structured data from unstructured text: An example with plants and their specialized metabolites - Volume 6

Small language models enable rapid and accurate extraction of structured data from unstructured text: An example with plants and their specialized #metabolites
by Lucas Busta and Alan R. Oyler
doi.org/10.1017/qpb.... via Quantitative Plant Biology #PlantScience

We are celebrating @crispus-mbaluto.bsky.social from the Pallavi Singh Lab as he reflects on his inspiring career journey so far! 🌿

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Model projections indicate substantial decrease in #yield stability for summer crops in Switzerland, but less so for winter crops
by Márcio dos Reis Martins and Pierluigi Calanca
doi.org/10.1016/j.ej... via European Journal of Agronomy #PlantScience

Deep learning applications advance plant genomics research
by Wenyuan Fan, Zhongwei Guo, Xiang Wang, Lingkui Zhang, Yuanhang Liu, Chengcheng Cai, Kang Zhang, and Feng Cheng
doi.org/10.1016/j.hp... via Horticultural Plant Journal

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by @dhelmrich.bsky.social Mona Giraud, Jens Henrik Göbbert, Hanno Scharr, Morris Riedel, Ebba Þóra Hvannberg, and Andrea Schnepf

by Ripon Kumar Roy, Seyed Mahdi Hosseiniyan Khatibi, Sung-Ryul Kim, Kurniawan Rudi Trijatmiko, Maria Genaleen Q Diaz, Eureka Teresa M Ocampo, Jose E Hernandez, Saeed Pirmoradi, Amelia Henry, and Ajay Kohli

A robust model based on root morphological and anatomical features to distinguish high and low methane emission rice varieties through machine learning approaches Abstract. Rice fields are a major producer of methane (CH₄), a strong greenhouse gas. However, identifying genetic variation in methane emissions among ric

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A robust model based on #root morphological and anatomical features to distinguish high and low methane emission #rice varieties through #MachineLearning approaches
doi.org/10.1093/insi...
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📢 Submissions are now open for in silico Plant's Special Issue on “Simulating plant-plant interactions and community dynamics”
🔬 Edited by Andrew Friend (University of Cambridge)
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This special issue will feature selected contributions presented at the Interdrought VIII conference and external contributions
Interdrought VIII will be held in La Serena, Chile - November 17 - 21, 2025
www.interdrought8.org #PlantScience #drought #Food Security

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🚨 Now accepting submissions for our Special Issue “Resilience to drought - new frontiers towards climate-smart crops and cropping systems"
🗓️ Submit by 31 Dec 2025
🧑‍🔬 Guest Editors: Amir Hajjarpoor, Karine Chenu & Jana Kholová
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Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades
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Pleased to see our perspective on the C3 model of photosynthesis published. It was fun revisiting the science behind it.
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🌽 Kernel of Insight starter pack for maize researchers by @arnstrm.bsky.social

Towards scalable organ-level 3D plant segmentation: Bridging the data–algorithm–computing gap
doi.org/10.48550/arX... via @arxiv-cs-cv.bsky.social #PlantScience #phenotyping

What Large Language Models Know About Plant Molecular Biology Large language models (LLMs) are rapidly permeating scientific research, yet their capabilities in plant molecular biology remain largely uncharacterized. Here, we present MoBiPlant, the first…

MoBiPlant: the first comprehensive benchmark for evaluating LLMs in plant molecular, developed by a consortium of 112 plant scientists across 19 countries
doi.org/10.1101/2025... via @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social #PlantScience

In honor of my post-doc supervisor, Ian Sussex. I learned so much from him!

from Ruiming Du, Guangxun Zhai, Tian Qiu, and Yu Jiang

How and why plants came to smell green: the origins, biosynthesis, and roles of green leaf volatiles Rapidly released from damaged cells, green leaf volatiles exemplify an evolutionary adaptation conserved across terrestrial plants, serving as essential de

Interesting review in JXB:
How and why plants came to smell green: the origins, biosynthesis, and roles of green leaf volatiles
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by Maleana G Khoury, Kenneth S Berenhaut, Katherine E Moore, Edward E Allen, Alexandria F Harkey, Joëlle K Mühlemann, Courtney N Craven, Jiayi Xu, Suchi S Jain, David J John, James L Norris, Gloria K Muday

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A celebratory graphic for the Journal of Experimental Botany's 75th anniversary. Oxford University Press.

Celebrate 75 years of pioneering plant science research! 🪴🎉

@jxbotany.bsky.social marks this important milestone with a collection of new Darwin Reviews from leading plant scientists.

Take a snapshot of plant science today: oxford.ly/4gSKOB1

☀️ 🌾 Using e-Photosynthesis to predict optimal protein allocation for maximum carbon assimilation in rice
by @svijayakumar32.bsky.social Yu Wang, Hsiang Chun Lin @ecarmosilva.bsky.social Stephen Long and Samuel Taylor
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #photosynthesis #PlantScience