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Who gets to do 'omics? What’s the biggest barrier to participating in science: talent or your bank account?

Who gets to do 'omics?
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A team of scientists has a survey. Their goal? To find out who gets to do science, and who has to be a spectator. Find out how you can help.

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The problem appears to be a time thing. So off to bed, and try again tomorrow.

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e.g. One bug is that our domain handle went wandering during the update. We'll be getting it back as soon as the DNS propagates.

Huge thanks to @ghost.org's concierge service for making transferring 16 years and 5000+ posts across possible. They've gone above and beyond with the effort they've put in.

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The big project of the year so far is crossing the finish line. We're moving the website from WordPress to Ghost. You should be able to see the new site at www.botany.one as the DNS updates around the web.

There are still bugs, so there'll be a period of finding and squashing them for a while yet.

Jan Baptista Van Helmont's 17th Century "Willow Tree Experiment" Was One Of The First In Modern Biology
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The experiment, simple in its design, took five years to complete.

Newly Digitized Records Reveal How Indigenous People Shared Their Knowledge of New Zealand's Plants With Captain Cook's Crew Long-overlooked documents housed at London's Natural History Museum testify to the exchange of information between 18th-century European botanists and their Indigenous counterparts

Newly Digitized Records Reveal How Indigenous People Shared Their Knowledge of New Zealand’s Plants With Captain Cook’s Crew
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Documents housed at Natural History Museum testify to exchange of info between European botanists and their Indigenous counterparts.

A step beyond the Garden: Where South Africa and Wales meet James Robertson Gardens, I have always assumed, are populated by plants from far flung places, Hesperantha lilies and Gardenia daisies from South Africa, for example; carefully selected versions with…

A step beyond the Garden: Where South Africa and Wales meet
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South Africa is a global biodiversity hotspot. Getting to know its immense flora is the challenge of a lifetime.

Zombie fungus, 'living stones' among favorite botany discoveries of 2025 Scientists document thousands of new plant and fungus species every year.

Zombie fungus, ‘living stones’ among favorite botany discoveries of 2025
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Scientists document thousands of new plant and fungus species every year.

Today I learned carrots have two parts Watch someone separate a carrot into its inner core and outer cortex with this surprisingly simple technique.

Today I learned carrots have two parts
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Popkin at BoingBoing learns about xylem and phloem.

Signature campaign manages to save 70-year-old tamarind tree in Kolkata A signature campaign successfully protects a historic tamarind tree in Kolkata, highlighting community resilience and urban biodiversity awareness.

Signature campaign manages to save 70-year-old tamarind tree in Kolkata
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The tree, home to numerous varieties of birds, was planted in her compound by revolutionary Parul Mukherjee when she came to settle in a refugee colony in south Kolkata about 70 years ago.

Scotland's mountain forest could return — but only if deer herds are culled Scotland’s lost mountain woodlands could make a comeback — but only if deer populations are brought under control, according to new research.

Study: Deer herds need to be culled for Scotland's forest to return
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A six-year study found that high deer densities severely limit the survival of dwarf birch, a native species crucial to restoring mountain woodland.

In Gurgaon’s Aravalli belt, study flags shrinking forest, fragmented habitat amid ‘rapid urbanisation’ Releasing the report on Wednesday, Union minister Bhupender Yadav said the Centre was focused on implementing the Aravalli Green Wall project, which seeks to restore the degraded landscapes.

In Gurgaon’s Aravalli belt, study flags shrinking forest, fragmented habitat amid ‘rapid urbanisation’
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Union minister Bhupender Yadav said the Centre was focused on implementing the Aravalli Green Wall project, which seeks to restore the degraded landscapes.

‘It has destroyed years of work’: Cornish beauty spot loses 80% of its trees to Storm Goretti St Michael’s Mount launches major operation to clear up devastation caused by 112mph winds

‘It has destroyed years of work’: Cornish beauty spot loses 80% of its trees to Storm Goretti
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St Michael’s Mount launches major operation to clear up devastation caused by 112mph winds.

We’re looking for a postdoc to investigate Pseudomonas viridiflava virulence across diverse plant lineages. The 3yr position will combine plant and microbial molecular biology to understand core processes of infection - email for more info & apply online @ www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

A timeline of key pre-darwin Muslim scholars with evolutionary ideas from eighth to thirteenth century ad. Key pre-darwin Muslim scholars with evolutionary ideas include (A) al-Jahiz (776–868); (B) ibn Miskawayh (930–1030); (C) the ikhwan al-Safa (tenth century); (D) al-Beruni (973–1048); (E) ibn tufayl (1110–1185); (F) nidhami arudi (twelfth century); (H) tusi (1201–1274); and (H) ibn Khaldun (1332–1406).

Images representing key pre-darwin Muslim scholars with evolutionary ideas, which include (A) al-Jahiz (776–868); (B) ibn Miskawayh (930–1030); (C) the ikhwan al-Safa (tenth century); (D) al-Beruni (973–1048); (E) ibn tufayl (1110–1185); (F) nidhami arudi (twelfth century); (H) tusi (1201–1274); and (H) ibn Khaldun (1332–1406).

This was a very interesting read:

An untold story in biology: the historical continuity of evolutionary ideas of Muslim scholars from the 8th century to Darwin's time 🧪

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Lophophytum pyramidale. Photo credit: M. Virginia Sanchez Puerta

Happy to share this work with Virginia Sanchez-Puerta (not on bsky) and colleagues on how loss of photosynthesis in these (strange!) plants affects translation and tRNAs in plastids and mitochondria....

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New paper from the Hanson lab - KO of all 11 rbcS genes (!!) in tobacco to create a null line for rubisco engineering, plus resurrection of ancestral forms www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Cannabinoids Beyond Cannabis: The Hidden Potential of Liverworts Liverworts are emerging as unexpected sources of cannabinoid-like compounds with promising anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

Cannabinoids Beyond Cannabis: The Hidden Potential of Liverworts
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Liverworts are emerging as unexpected sources of cannabinoid-like compounds with promising anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

Myanmar’s botanical data gaps risk its unique flora, collaborations could help, study says Myanmar is a country of extremes. From tropical forests, mangroves and wetlands to frost-bitten alpine mountain slopes and jagged limestone karst outcrops, it’s home to tremendous botanical…

Myanmar’s botanical data gaps risk its unique flora, collaborations could help, study says
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Home to snowcapped mountains, drought-prone savannas and tropical rainforests, Myanmar hosts tremendous botanical diversity among its richly varied habitats.

I Tried "Forest Bathing" to Cure My Burnout. Here’s My Honest Review "Being in nature not only made me feel calmer, but also made me identify areas in my life that aren’t serving my needs."

Is "Forest Bathing" the Cure to Burnout? Here’s My Honest Review
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"Being in nature not only made me feel calmer, but also made me identify areas in my life that aren’t serving my needs."

Georgians set decorative tree ablaze to usher in hope for new year TEZERI, Georgia, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Outside ‌a wooden cabin in central Georgia, local villager Natia Gedenidze places ‌an ornamental tree no more than one metre (3.28 ft) tall in ‌the packed snow,…

Georgians set decorative tree ablaze to usher in hope for new year
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Outside a wooden cabin in central Georgia, villager Natia Gedenidze places an ornamental tree no more than one metre tall in the packed snow, and with the swift strike of a match, sets it ablaze.

Bringing back Scotland's ancient pine forests Conservationists are working to restore the Caledonian pine forest to boost the country's bio-diversity.

Bringing back Scotland's ancient pine forests
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Scots Pines once dominated the landscape of Scotland, part of the vast Caledonian Forest which began to spread some 10,000 years ago after the end of the last ice age.

Uttarakhand seeks IAF’s help as forest fire rages in Valley of Flowers for the fifth day Uttarakhand requests Indian Air Force assistance as a forest fire threatens the Valley of Flowers for the fifth consecutive day.

Uttarakhand seeks IAF’s help as forest fire rages in Valley of Flowers for the fifth day
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With forest fire raging in the Valley of Flowers for the last five days, the Uttarakhand Disaster Management Department sought the Indian Air Force’s help to douse the inferno.

Amazing Photos: Kew Gardens’ Top 10 Newly Named Plants and Fungi for 2025 Up to three out of four undescribed plant species are already threatened with extinction.

Amazing Photos: Kew Gardens’ Top 10 Newly Named Plants and Fungi for 2025
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Up to three out of four undescribed plant species are already threatened with extinction.

Pitcher Plants Fine-Tune Their Deadly Pools for Maximum Carnivory Carnivorous pitcher plants actively regulate their digestive fluid levels to maintain the perfect trap—not too full, not too empty—scientists...

Pitcher Plants Fine-Tune Their Deadly Pools for Maximum Carnivory
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Carnivorous pitcher plants actively regulate their digestive fluid levels to maintain the perfect trap, not too full and not too empty, scientists discover.

Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago – a crisis fuelled by climate change

Mapped: how the world is losing its forests to wildfires
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Wildfires now destroy twice as much tree cover per year as two decades ago – a crisis fuelled by climate change.

A novel pathosystem between Aeschynomene evenia and Aphanomyces euteiches reveals new immune components in quantitative legume root-rot resistance. Legumes are pivotal for sustainable agriculture, yet their productivity is hindered by soilborne pathogens such as Aphanomyces euteiches . This study introduces Aeschynomene evenia as a novel model to...

🚨 New preprint alert! 🚨
Excited to share my first preprint from my PhD! 🎉
We introduce a novel Aeschynomene evenia – Aphanomyces euteiches pathosystem to explore links between quantitative resistance and symbiosis in legumes. 🌱🔬
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Black field with a macro image of a bright orange lichen Xanthoria in one of the corner. Little diagrams showing a structure of a lichen thallus with different layers in grey and green, a phylogenetic tree, and an alphafold generated structure of a protein. White text says "PhD position in Stockholm University / SciLifeLab. Lichen Biology, Symbiosis, Microbial Ecology & Evolution,Meta-omics Fully funded for 4 years. Start Apr-Sep 2026. Deadline for application: Feb 1st."

⚡️Fully funded #PhD position in my lab at Stockholm University / SciLifeLab! If you’re interested in #lichens, #symbiosis, fungal biology, or meta-omics, please apply. Deadline Feb 1. Read more here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Our new article is now online on @natplants.nature.com! ✨
We identified and characterised AvrPm4 and SvrPm4, a pair of powdery mildew effectors controlling avirulence on the wheat kinase fusion resistance protein Pm4 🌾 check it out ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...