Eight of our Bioeconomy Science Institute scientists are on the road! 🚗💨

Over two weeks, the Discovery Squad is connecting, collaborating, and gathering insights at locations nationwide - helping us work even stronger together.

Week 1 highlights 👇

Further cuts to fundamental research url:https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/letter-on-further-cuts-to-fundamental-research?mc_cid=96a3aa4eec&mc_eid=dc75475c63

Beyond the boundary: a new road to improve photosynthesis by wind Abstract. Plants interact with their microclimate, simultaneously responding to and influencing it. A key element in this interaction is the leaf boundary

Airflow can increase photosynthesis for tomatoes in a greenhouse. Oh interesting!

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Here we go! #ipgsa

Finally made it to CSU for the IPGSA 2025 conference. #ipgsa2025

The time machine: feedback loops, post‐transcriptional regulation, and environmental integration in the plant circadian oscillator The plant circadian oscillator orchestrates daily and seasonal rhythms in key traits, such as growth, flowering, dormancy, and stress responses. This review summarizes current insights into the trans...

𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
Circadian rhythms -24h internal clocks- regulate nearly all biological processes
This review traces
-history
-molecular basis
-tissue-specific roles
-and potential for boosting crop resilience in a changing climate.
✍️Stacey Harmer @ucdavis.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70275

The light-harvesting complex protein LHCB4 fine-tunes temperature-regulated flowering via chloroplast retrograde signaling in pear (Zeyu Jiang , Kefan Cai , Dongrui Liu , Siting Zhu , Biying Zhao , Jinli Gong , Xuepeng Sun , Meisong Dai , Kai Xu , Xiaolong Li) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Two MYB transcription factors interact to inhibit the expression of cell wall metabolism and starch degradation genes in banana (Ting-ting Luo , Hui Zhang , Hai-ke Tan , Li-ting Zhang , et al.) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

TWO weeks for IPGSA 2025 in Fort Collins Colorado: small molecules, phytohormones and peptide hormones UNITE!
Check out the activities page to plan your fun in Colorado!
www.ipgsa2025.org #IPGSA2025 #plantscience

3 weeks and counting.... The largest conference on molecules that change plant growth and responses to the environment: IPGSA 2025 (www.ipgsa2025.org). Registrations still open, and a fantastic lineup of speakers. And on top of it all, in the beautiful, inclusive and beer friendly Fort Collins, CO.

It's in 4 weeks! The IPGSA 2025 Conference (www.ipgsa2025.org) will start in 4 weeks exactly. An amazing list of speakers on phytohormones and peptide hormones, in BEAUTIFUL Colorado, close to nature and fun! #IPGSA2025 #plantscience 🌱

Can you see what’s inside the flower?

Budget reduces investment in innovative research url:https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/budget-reduces-investment-in-innovative-research/?mc_cid=1ce77c5102&mc_eid=dc75475c63

Updates as car driven into people after Liverpool parade Emergency services are at the scene on Water Street and Dale Street

Liverpool parade live updates as car driven into people

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Going to do some transformation with petunia :)

Root microbiota regulates tiller number in rice The root-associated bacterium Exiguobacterium R2567 regulates tiller number by producing cyclo(Leu-Pro), which activates the rice strigolactone signaling pathway.

Root microbiota regulates tiller number in rice: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

📢 7th International Fascination of Plants Day 2024 🍃 - Success stories – Enjoy the best from over 670 interactive events in over 65 countries. Get inspired to organise an interactive event in your country for the FoPD 2026.

💡 Learn more: bit.ly/4lvTAa2

#PlantDay #PlantScience #SDG #HorizonEU

Flowers on the side of my work.

Resistance to Striga parasitism through reduction of strigolactone exudation Two ABC transporter G (ABCG) transporters, SbSLT1 and SbSLT2, in sorghum roots are responsible for strigolactone (SL) export to soil. Decreased SL in root exudates of sorghum with SbSLT1/2 knockout le...

Resistance to Striga parasitism through reduction of strigolactone exudation: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Pollinating my petunia

They are similar to other petunia but just with different colours. They still have a main stem with multiple branches.

Petunias at Winter Garden

De-etiolation is Almost Color Blind: The Study of Photosynthesis Awakening under Blue and Red Light Abstract. The synthesis and assembly of functioning photosynthetic complexes in chloroplasts developing from etioplasts during the de-etiolation of angiosp

Green awakenings… 🔆🌱

Banaś et al. reveal how in #Arabidopsis seedlings both the etioplast-to-chloroplast transition and the assembly of photosynthetic complexes occurs differently depending on blue- or red-light exposure.

Find out more by reading here:
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#️⃣ #PlantScience

Luke Luo begins a science presentation in front of an audience of scientists

I was really proud to see Luke Luo from my team receive the Michael McManus award at the NZSPB meeting yesterday for work done during his PhD

My last cane of 2024 was this biology themed kaleidoscope cane

Schematic diagram showing active/inactive SL receptors and their roles in distinct SL signaling pathways in the facultative parasitic plant, P. japonicum.

Back-to-back #strigolactone perception...

In this issue academic.oup.com/pcp/issue/65..., two papers by Takei et al. & White et al. shed light on the diverse roles of KAI2 SL receptors in a facultative #parasiticplant

Commentary by PCP Editor, Satoko Yoshida doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...

#plantscience