@treesandgrowth.bsky.social
Scientist researching light and circadian regulation; growth of weeds and trees; http://tinyurl.com/d7vm5vq Botanist. Florist. Nature Lover. UPSC, IceLab, Umeå University, Daylight Academy, My own views.
#Circadian #Biology has grown into an incredibly broad field, one that you can now learn the fundamentals of through a clear, concise, and expertly written book. For free.
Read it here and share it with your students and peers: doi.org/10.21827/686... [doi.org]
#chronobiology #SciComm 🧪
It has been 25 years 🎈 🥳🥂since we published this work at #UmeåPlantScienceCentre revealing that ectopic #GA20-oxidase expression can 'unlock' growth, increase biomass and fibre length of Populus trees! 🌳
01.07.2025 08:02 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Whitish mature spruce somatic embryos growing on a cell callus partly coloured in red in front of a blue background
🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you expert in plant embryo development and planning your next career step?
Join the excellence initiative "SLU Future" at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and become group leader @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!
Read more here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...
#PlantSciJobs
I managed to catch the Midnight sun at Midsummer's Eve in Abisko, Sweden (LL IRL for #Circadian ⏰☀️ folks)! Spring is late, with Rhododendron lapponicum 🌺 in full bloom. Luckily I met several Bluethroats, thanks to my colleagues ringing birds by the Abisko Scientific Research Station😊
24.06.2025 12:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Super happy to share our latest in @natcancer.nature.com co-led by @pannunziolab.bsky.social! We review the complex role of the circadian clock in genome integrity, DNA repair, immunity, metabolism, and cancer with a specific focus on early-onset cancer. Check it out!
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The beauty of our boreal #forests, #Calypso_bulbosa #Umeå or #Norna in Swedish! Thanks to the keen and trained eyes of @hanneletuominen.bsky.social we found this flowering specimen in mid forest🌲, and a few in vegetative state too :-)
03.06.2025 07:48 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Many thanks for the interest and opportunity to introduce on Swedish national TV, our recent research and great potential of using circadian clock work in adapting trees to different latitudes and climates ⏰🌳 #Treegrowth #circadian #daylight #TV4 www.tv4.se/artikel/7Lot...
25.05.2025 07:37 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
Tack till TV4 för möjligheten att tala om vår senaste forskning och potentialen den cirkadianska klockan besitter för anpassning av träd till 'nya' breddgrader och klimat, ⏰🌳 #Treegrowth #circadian #daylight #TV4
www.tv4.se/artikel/7Lot...
Last week, UPSC Director Ove Nilsson presented our tree phenotyping platform to the Swedish Minister for Climate and the Environment Romina Pourmokhtari and talked about modern tree breeding techniques.
Look here for some impressions from her visit (text in Swedish only):
www.slu.se/ew-nyheter/2...
Varvara Dikaya, Nabila El Arbi and Sanchali Nanda wearing full dresses are standing next to each other smiling into the camera. Photo credit: Samuel Pettersson, Umeå University
👏 🧪 Congratulations to our former PhD students Varvara Dikaya, Nabila El Arbi and @sanchalinanda.bsky.social who officially received their doctoral insignia during the Spring Graduation Ceremony @umeauniversitet.bsky.social on Saturday - joining a 400 year old Swedish tradition 🎉!
20.05.2025 14:20 — 👍 12 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
An amazing opportunity in forest related research - the Young Researchers’ Challenge, at the 2025 Marcus Wallenberg Prize www.mwp.org/young-resear...
12.05.2025 19:42 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I have a PhD project funded by the John Innes Foundation, "Uncovering Genetic Drivers of Gene Expression in Elite Wheat Varieties", from the 1st of October 2025. #wheat #bioinformatics Apply now www.earlham.ac.uk/studentship/...
15.04.2025 12:53 — 👍 9 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 1
Adjusting trees' circadian clocks may enhance their growth and resilience to climate change, offering potential advancements in forestry and improved predictions in global vegetation models. doi.org/g9fmr4
15.04.2025 14:02 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
For those that want some Swedish forest feel 24/7 ... "For several thousand years the moose have walked the same path to get to the rich pastures of summer. Follow the walk live from Kullberg in the north of Sweden."
www.svtplay.se/den-stora-al...
A women is standing on a green field with young aspen trees.
After a long and very successful career our plant cell wall expert Professor Ewa Mellerowicz is retiring.
Ewa mentored & inspired many young scientists and her contributions to wood biology research are invaluable.
Thank you for everything, Ewa, and all the best for the next chapter in your life!👏
Read the original study in npj Biological Timing and Sleep: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
15.04.2025 14:24 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Hi all!!! 👋
New to Bluesky, but...
I'm hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg...
www.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/dezern3/Auss...
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After a lot of #moose migrating on the telly lately, I was happy to see some live... An amazing experience though barely managed snaps of two out of five ☺️, and a lot of trees 🌲
23.04.2025 15:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tack till #P4Västerbotten för mötet blad träden på @umeauniversitet.bsky.social campus, och möjligheten att få tala trädforskning ⏰🌳! www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/ny-f...
23.04.2025 15:17 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Need a break from bad news? Work? Take a breather and enjoy the best Slow TV Sweden has to offer - watch moose migrate live. Check it out! #älgvandringen
16.04.2025 06:50 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
🕒🌲 New study in npj Biological Timing and Sleep led by IceLab multidisciplinary postdoc Bertold Mariën reveals that adjusting trees' internal clocks can help them better cope with climate change. Read more: www.umu.se/en/news/adju... Unspool 🧵for main findings 👇 #PlantScience #ClimateAdaptation
15.04.2025 14:23 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2
Three people (one women and two men) wearing blue coats are standing in a chamber holding and watching small poplar trees.
A field with aspen trees
🧪🌾NEWS - Adjusting trees’ internal clocks can help them cope with climate change.🧬🖥️
This and more came out from a meta study done by Bertold Mariën in a collaborative project @icelabumu.bsky.social led by @treesandgrowth.bsky.social and Jun Yu.
Curious? Read more here👇:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
Dr. Gerald Tuskan is awarded the 2025 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for his pioneering work in sequencing and analyzing the first tree genome.
tinyurl.com/3wdpz32c
After Spring forward, Winter came back today ❄️, herewith a snap from Umeå University campus this pm.
10.04.2025 21:11 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🧪🌾Are you a Swedish or Chilean researcher?
Join the multidisciplinary ACCESS Forum in Concepción, Chile, in January 2026!
Maria E Eriksson @treesandgrowth.bsky.social and Luisa Bascuñán will lead a workshop about resilient plants:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
Application deadline: 21 April
Alice Marcon is sitting on a stony hill in front of a forest landscape that goes over to the sea. In front of her is sitting a small white dog. She has black hair, a scarf around her neck, jeans and a jacket on and is smiling into the camera.
🧪🌾 INTERVIEW - How is seasonal growth and flowering regulated in trees?🧬
PhD student Alice Marcon investigated this in poplar and provided valuable genetic insights that might be interesting for tree breeding programmes.
Read more in this interview with her:
www.upsc.se/about-upsc/n...
It is the #InternationalDayofForests, here with some snaps from #Conguillio National Park in #Chile of beautiful, old Araucaria trees and Canelo to brighten your day!
21.03.2025 10:03 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
At the equinox of 20 March 2025, our planet is neither tilted towards nor away from the Sun, creating nearly equal day/night. This stunning Meteosat-12 image taken earlier this morning showcases the boundary between day and night running straight through the poles.
🌍 Happy #Equinox! On 20 March 2025 at 09:01 GMT/10:01 CET, just a few moments ago, the Sun appeared directly above Earth's equator - with our planet neither tilting towards nor away from the Sun!
(pic: @eumetsat.int, processed by ESA/S. Proud)
See flic.kr/p/2qT1ZUu
