Super cool science. On my reading list!
04.03.2026 18:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Super cool science. On my reading list!
04.03.2026 18:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy to see one of my PhD thesis chapters featured on the @eth-dbiol.bsky.social @ethz.ch news channel! 🎉🌱
Congratulations to all co-authors — @tinaschreier.bsky.social, Michaela Fischer-Stettler, Sam Zeeman, and Elisabeth Truernit — and many thanks to everyone who helped make this work possible!
Dr Stephany Veuger wearing pink glasses and a patterned dress. She is smiling at the camera while leaning against the balustrade of a wooden straircase.
For our series of profiles of senior academics, we hear from Dr. Stephany Veuger, Associate Professor (Education) at @northumbriauni.bsky.social. She shares ideas to support early-career researchers in their journeys. To read her profile, join our LinkedIn group: www.linkedin.com/groups/13191...
02.03.2026 08:28 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our beautiful work is out in Current Biology! @currentbiology.bsky.social
Immune activation suppresses reproductive growth in Arabidopsis through cytokinin signaling: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...
I can say with full confidence that engaging with Pokemon games as a child laid the foundation for my interest in the living world, of exploring biological systems, and curration of living collections. I am who I am today in part due to this game.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Job losses at UK research-intensive universities double in two years.
Exclusive: Scale of redundancies branded a “disaster”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Holden Thorp’s slides from a recent talk.
The fundamental flaw with @holdenthorp.bsky.social’s argument is thinking that organizations and people can only do one thing at a time (even though he is really close to acknowledging it!)
Let’s break it down, bc I’m tired of this. 🧵
(cred: @ianlmorgan.bsky.social)
What to learn more about the enigmatic organism Prototaxites?? Have a read of our new Quick Guide in @currentbiology.bsky.social
It includes another great palaeo-reconstruction of the Rhynie ecosystem from @matt-humpage.bsky.social
This is a good article, gift link.
It illustrates the real impacts that are occurring from the current US government's attacks on science funding 👍
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
In these surreal political times, I find myself re-watching the excellent lecture @maitlis.bsky.social gave in Edinburgh. Highly recommended. We shall not normalise this moment. youtu.be/e0dRBtSAvLM
23.02.2026 16:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Brilliant synergy between research and teaching!
23.02.2026 13:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
⚙️Technical Advance
How are plasmodesmata distributed across tissues? 🌱
Davis et al. developed a 3D quantitative imaging pipeline to map pit fields at cell-type resolution in Arabidopsis roots.
They’re developmentally reallocated and spatially patterned by BR signaling.
👉 doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70726
"In a university ecosystem that breeds hunger for status, Epstein made scholars feel like celebrities... Too many people – even those who were not involved directly in exploitation – took the deal because it was easy to do and because it felt good."
#AcademicSky
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Evolution of moss leaf-like organs through variations in deeply conserved developmental principles https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.18.706666v1
20.02.2026 05:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎉📣 #TAIR12, the latest reannotation of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, is now available under accession number PRJEB100887 on ENA and NCBI!
Thank you all the volunteer researchers whose hard work has made this possible!
#plantscience #plantbiology 🧪
bit.ly/3ZHtneT
New publication! My report in @hepi-news.bsky.social looks at racial equity in UK higher education, and finds that even in TEF Gold institutions there are large awarding gaps and serious underrpresentation of Global Majority staff #HigherEducation #Equity www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/maki...
19.02.2026 19:40 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Does hidden protein biology live in the suboptimal alignment space?
When we align two divergent proteins, we usually trust a single optimal alignment. 🧬
But what if the real structural signal lies in the space of near-optimal solutions?
With EMERALD-UI you can unfold this perspective.
A framework for plant science education drawing together the five key themes discussed in the article.
A #manifesto for #PlantScience #education
@lizalvey.bsky.social, @apaterlini.bsky.social and @PlantTeaching.bsky.social, et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#LatestIssue
It was a joy to bring together a community of plant science educators to write this manifesto now out in @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social - so much potential for plant science education if we come together and address the really key issues. #PlantScience #STEMeducation
18.02.2026 19:49 — 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
Ah, surprise, surprise. Our VC's second job at a UoE spin-off *is* paid after all. We'd like to know since when, and why his SFC declaration of interests has only recently been updated.
www.theferret.scot/edinburgh-jo...
If like us you are in need of a pick-me-up, take a lunch break and join us for: Wellbeing for Early Career Lecturers on 26.02.26 1-2pm. Join us for an hour of top tips and some live relaxation techniques (including some takeaway short videos for quick breaks). Sign up here: tinyurl.com/ECLBio
18.02.2026 10:10 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Image features photo of Marie Clark Taylor
Botanist Marie Clark Taylor transformed plant science education, modernizing curricula, advancing microscopy, and mentoring generations of scientists at Howard University. 🔬
#BlackHistoryMonth #PlantScience
A new blog is out on our website! Go check it out! For International Women and Girls in STEM day (11.02) @hee-kyung-ahn.bsky.social reflects on the gender gap in science, highlighting achievements and remaining challenges. biology.ed.ac.uk/plant-scienc...
17.02.2026 10:01 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
OryzaNet is a new BBSRC-funded rice research network launching Spring 2026.
We are inviting researchers, social scientists, stakeholders & innovators to register interest ahead of launch.
www.oryzanet.com
Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 logo - Shaping Life-Mechanisms of Morphogenesis. Timelapse of a developing Arabidopsis leaf imaged at 9-12 days old under a confocal microscope, with cells segmented and coloured using MorphographX software. Images by Sarah Attrill.
Registrations now open for #SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2026 in Cambridge, UK — Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis!
Join us explore how cellular, genetic & mechanical forces sculpt plant form
📅 22–24 Sept 2026
In-person + livestream
Limited fee waivers
www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls
#plantsi
An evaluation and certification system for scientific journals is proposed, building on the growing concept of journal accreditation
#ScholarlyPublishing #JournalPublishing #JournalAccreditation
Can confirm
14.02.2026 00:56 — 👍 103 🔁 21 💬 6 📌 0
Cross section of hypocotyl of 8-week-old Arabidopsis thaliana. The ovac mutant displays enhanced secondary vessel differentiation (red) at the expense of parchenchyma cells. Images A2 and B2 show the vessel cells only. SR2200 and Fuchsin staining. Imaged by Donghwi Ko.
How plants control fleshy & woody tissue growth🥕🪵
Ykä Helariutta’s labs at @slcuplants.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi reveal how plants fine-tune xylem development to balance growth — with big implications for crops and forestry
📜@science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
ℹ️ shorturl.at/YLnUw
Recruitment of bifunctional regulator thermospermine to methylated ribosomes directs xylem fate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
12.02.2026 19:19 — 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 Positions available in Plant Science! Please share. We’re hiring:
1. Postdoc
2.PhD (UK applicants only)
Focus: root oxygen dynamics, developmental signalling. Come help us uncover how O2 shapes root development.
More info here-
sites.google.com/view/root-re...
#plantscijobs #plantscience