Jen Bromley

‘An exciting moment’: England’s urban and rural trees mapped for first time ‘Groundbreaking’ tool aims to help tree-planting efforts and identify areas to create nature-rich habitats

“England’s non-woodland trees have been mapped for the first time, using cutting-edge methods of laser detection and satellite imagery”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

05.04.2025 09:11 — 👍 326    🔁 82    💬 11    📌 9

Took a stroll around #cambridgebotaniclights last night. The gardens were so beautifully lit with highlights of their role in research from Henslow to the present day picked out.

07.12.2024 08:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You didn’t mention the disco ball!

07.12.2024 05:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hello new Plant Scientists,

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16.11.2024 19:49 — 👍 46    🔁 30    💬 3    📌 2

A titan of plant science. I was able to hear her speak multiple times during my career and at each I felt inspired and energised. Her impact is lasting and will continue to be felt

23.11.2024 21:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A community blog, on doctoral supervision relationships and pedagogies Edited by Dr Kay Guccione

Do you have an interest in what the literature says about PhD supervision, but translated into quick five minute reads for supervisors? Subscribe to the supervising PhD‘s blog. supervisingphds.wordpress.com

22.11.2024 13:09 — 👍 30    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 0

The Arabidopsis blue-light photoreceptor CRY2 is active in darkness to inhibit root growth CRY2 interacts with the cell-division-promoting factors FL1 and FL3 to inhibit primary-root elongation in darkness, while blue light relieves this inhibition.

The Arabidopsis blue-light photoreceptor CRY2 is active in darkness to inhibit root growth
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

#plantscience

16.11.2024 07:57 — 👍 49    🔁 19    💬 2    📌 1

It’s less angry here. I think I like it

14.11.2024 21:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In conversation with… Joanne Chory “I’m excited that people are finally letting us remind them that plants exist and that they are here for a reason,” says Professor Joanne Chory, plant geneticist at the Plant Biology Group of the Salk...

Very sad to hear of the passing of Joanne Chory, who was an iconic scientist and person. Truly, one can say she spent her whole career trying to make a better planet and a better environment in science for all.

Interview: www.sebiology.org/resource/in-...
TED talk: www.ted.com/speakers/joa...

13.11.2024 23:19 — 👍 102    🔁 36    💬 2    📌 4

Transferred from the formerly birdy place where I was @jenbromley.

14.11.2024 07:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0