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Vangeli Geshkovski @vgeshkovski.bsky.social · 14h

Great to have you at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social today, Nacho @ignaciorubiosomoza.bsky.social !

Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · 16h

An exciting double-header of seminars today! First up, Ignacio @I_Rubio_Somoza: “Understanding the evolution of division of labor in plant development and immunity.”

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Eliza Loo @elizaloopi.bsky.social · 23h

How do you detect transgenes in genome-edited crops? We tested several methods and report our findings in 2 back-to-back papers: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Ensuring effective removal of transgenes before release of genome-edited crops

Nature Biotechnology - Genome editing technology is evolving fast, and many labs worldwide are generating crop plants with improved traits. If transgenes were used to generate the edits, foreign...

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Plant Science Research Weekly -- How well do large-language models understand plant biology? (bioRxiv) @estevezjosem.bsky.social @gabyplantbio.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsyk.social) buff.ly/0p1Xth8

#PlantaePSRW

How well do large-language models understand plant biology? | Plantae

This very interesting preprint by Fernández Burda et al. investigates how well large-language models (LLMs, such as ChatGPT) are able to correctly answer questions about plant molecular biology.

buff.ly

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CIBSS – Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies @cibss.bsky.social · 2d

🎬 Great feature from Baden TV Süd on @uni-freiburg.de's efforts & successes in its #ExcellenceStrategy!

🌍 The #ExcellenceClusters #CIBSS and #FutureForests play a vital role in driving interdisciplinary research and innovative applications for real-world impact.

➡️ Watch here: kurzlinks.de/w7wj

Ein Jahr vor der Entscheidung: So will die Uni Freiburg wieder Exzellenz-Universität werden

Ein Jahr vor der Entscheidung: So will die Uni Freiburg wieder Exzellenz-Universität werden | Die Uni Freiburg war eine der ersten deutschen Exzellenz-Universitäten seit 2007, verbunden mit hohem inte...

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🔬🌱 CBGP | Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social · 3d

🌱 We continue with the 2025–2026 #SeminarSeriesCBGP season!

🗣️ Last friday, we hosted the conference “Beyond a single gene: combining multiplex genome editing and machine learning to improve complex traits in Zea mays” by Christian Lorenzo (@viblifesciences.bsky.social)

Thank you, Christian!

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 2d

🌱 Join us for the first event by the 'Decolonising Plant Knowledge' research network on 15 October

This interdisciplinary seminar series explores aspects of Rau as a crucible of creative epistemic frictions between botanical narratives and colonised plant worlds

2-5pm, Pembroke College, CB2 1RF

Decolonising Plant Knowledge Term Card.
15 October, Decolonising Plant Knowledge: Thinking around ‘Rau’.
22 October, Plant knowledge in plantation economies.
12 November, Reclaiming indigenous history from Amazonian soil and palaeobotany.
19 November, Toxicity, plant animacy and blurred categories.

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Roey Angel @roeyangel.bsky.social · 3d

📣 New PhD student position opening in my lab!
Soils are full of microbes, but how many are active?
Surprisingly, we still lack reliable methods to answer this.
If you are interested in microbial dormancy and are fascinated by the Alps and glacier forefields, contact me.
🏔️ 🦠 💤 🧬 🎓

The team at our research site in the alps

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aspbplantbiology.bsky.social @aspbplantbiology.bsky.social · 3d

#PlantBio2026 is more than a meeting—it’s a community.🌱 Here, you’ll:
• Make new connections
• Strengthen collaborations
• Share your science with the world
• Experience the camaraderie of @aspbofficial.bsky.social and @cspbscbv.bsky.social

👀Follow along and be part of the journey to Ottawa!

Image text: This is your Community. plantbiology.aspb.org. #PlantBio2026. Featuring ASPB, CSPB/SCBV & PB26 logos and previous photos from the previous meetings on a themed background.

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Alexis Verger 🧬🧫🧪 @alexis-verger.cpesr.fr · 6d

#womeninSTEM #womeninscience #Nobelprize

Trading cards to share, print and collect

cc @francesarnold.bsky.social @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @e-charpentier.bsky.social

link (aninfinityofhypotheses.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...)

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Di Jiang @dijiang319.bsky.social · 4d

Last week @science.org mRNA initiation and termination are spatially coordinated | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... from @anafiszbein.bsky.social @athmapai.bsky.social et al.

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Greg Vert @plantubiquitin.bsky.social · 3d

Great work by julien Spielmann now published in @theplantjournal.bsky.social.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Canonical tyrosine‐based motifs are required for constitutive endocytosis and polarity of IRT1 and contribute to metal uptake

Control of IRT1 cell surface levels is critical for plant iron uptake from the soil and was previously shown to be regulated by ubiquitin-mediated endocytosis upon non-iron metal excess. Here, we she...

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Wolfgang Busch @rootstrapping.bsky.social · 3d

🌿 Amazing opportunity for scientists from any field to move into plant biology! I might host a fellow in the area of root-microbe or root-environment interactions (DM me). 👉 simonsfoundation.org/grant/simons-postdoctoral-fellowships-in-plant-biology

#PlantScience #ClimateChange #HarnessingPlants

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology

Simons Postdoctoral Fellowships in Plant Biology on Simons Foundation

simonsfoundation.org

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Jose M. Estevez @estevezjosem.bsky.social · 3d

2026😜

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Jose M. Estevez @estevezjosem.bsky.social · 3d

next time in Cambridge!! :))

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Jose M. Estevez @estevezjosem.bsky.social · 3d

Great visit to Universitat Bonn with Jose Ugalde, great host!!

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Matthias Krause @matthias-krause.bsky.social · 6d

Register for the Dynamic Cell VI conference, Reading, UK, April 2026! This conference focusses on all aspects of cell dynamics, co-organised by @bscb-official.bsky.social and @biochemsoc.bsky.social with @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and the Chinese Society for Cell Biology.
bit.ly/Dynamic-Cell-VI

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Nick Talbot @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social · 4d

New PhD opportunity in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social through the BBSRC NRP DTP Programme - see details of host to apply below

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...

Vanishing Virulence: Investigating pathogenicity loss in a plant pathogenic fungus (TALBOT_T26DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership

What makes a plant killer lose its edge? This project will investigate why fungal pathogens lose virulence when they are grown in laboratory culture away from their host plant. Use cutting-edge…

biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 4d

Here are some great opportunities at UNC-Chapel Hill, in a very strong biology department.

Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 4d

I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Poster with QR code linking to the position

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frimllab.bsky.social @frimllab.bsky.social · 10d

It is out! A tandem of two papers showing TMK regulation of PIN-dependent auxin transport www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... (PIN2, Friml lab) and www.cell.com/developmenta... (PIN1, Xu lab)

ABP1/ABL3-TMK1 cell-surface auxin signaling targets PIN2-mediated auxin fluxes for root gravitropism

In gravistimulated roots, gravity perception in the columella redirects the flow of the plant hormone auxin toward the lower root side, where it inhibits cell elongation for downward root bending. Thi...

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DOMPS @dompsfr.bsky.social · 5d

The Cell Wall as a Biophysical Gatekeeper of Iron Homeostasis in Plant Roots

Yesterday, Chenlu Liu (from the @elkebarbez.bsky.social group) revealed how dynamic cell wall charge regulates iron uptake in plant roots, acting as a reversible ion filter that shapes nutrient balance.
#PlantScience

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James Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 6d

The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders

- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology

Deadline 27 Nov

www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...

Early career group leaders

We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.

www.crick.ac.uk

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 6d

Congrats, Joe Ecker @salkinstitute.bsky.social, to receiving the McClintock Prize! Joe has been a visionary leader of the field of genetics and genomics – not only for plants – for decades
www.salk.edu/news-release...

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Jose M. Estevez @estevezjosem.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social for the great interaction!! A lot of fun!

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Jose M. Estevez @estevezjosem.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social !!!

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Jose M. Estevez @estevezjosem.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks @cibss.bsky.social for hosting me!. Root biology rocks!!!

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