Claudia Vickers
@claudiavickers.bsky.social
Isoprenoids, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, bioeconomy
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#PlantScience Research Weekly Oct 3 2025 plantae.org/plant-scienc... Evaluating agricultural interventions as climate-mitigation strategies; LLMs & plant biology; 138 bryophyte genomes; McG cycle for improved yield; Stomatal density affects blue light responses (1/2) @claudiavickers.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#PlantScience Research Weekly Oct 3 2025 plantae.org/plant-scienc... Evaluating agricultural interventions as climate-mitigation strategies; LLMs & plant biology; 138 bryophyte genomes; McG cycle for improved yield; Stomatal density affects blue light responses (1/2) @claudiavickers.bsky.social
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Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Evaluating plant agricultural interventions as climate-mitigation strategies (Plant Physiol.) @claudiavickers.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsyk.social)
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Review: How to evaluate the climate-mitigation potential of plant agricultural interventions | Plantae
Agriculture contributes substantially to climate change. Many agricultural interventions have been suggested as opportunities to lower this impact, through CO2 sequestration or through reducing…
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October 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Plant Science Research Weekly -- Review: Evaluating plant agricultural interventions as climate-mitigation strategies (Plant Physiol.) @claudiavickers.bsky.social (Summary by Mary Williams @PlantTeaching.bsyk.social)
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Our new paper is out: we present a quantitative framework to assess how (bio)tech interventions in plant agriculture could meaningfully contribute to climate mitigation. This may be the most important paper I ever publish #SyntheticBiology #ClimateAction #Agriculture #Biochar doi.org/10.1093/plph...
Harnessing plant agriculture to mitigate climate change: A framework to evaluate synthetic biology (and other) interventions
The scale of plant agriculture can be used to mitigate climate change, and meaningful targets (synthetic biology and comparators) can be selected to increa
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November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Our new paper is out: we present a quantitative framework to assess how (bio)tech interventions in plant agriculture could meaningfully contribute to climate mitigation. This may be the most important paper I ever publish #SyntheticBiology #ClimateAction #Agriculture #Biochar doi.org/10.1093/plph...
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🪴 Can we grow our way out of climate change? A new scientific framework suggests it's certainly possible with an essential mix of biotech, plant agriculture and informed policy.
Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social!
📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S
Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social!
📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S
Supercharged Crops Could Help Cool the Planet - ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology
Can we grow our way out of climate change? A new scientific framework suggests it’s certainly possible with an essential mix of biotech, plant agriculture and informed policy. Co-authored by […]
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November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🪴 Can we grow our way out of climate change? A new scientific framework suggests it's certainly possible with an essential mix of biotech, plant agriculture and informed policy.
Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social!
📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S
Congratulations to Centre member Professor @claudiavickers.bsky.social!
📖 Read the story: bit.ly/4acvH3S
Today my 9-year old son stopped by as I was executing editorial duties. I asked him if he could do the job for me; he asked what the job was. I told him I had to ask people to do jobs for free. He said No Thanks.
July 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Today my 9-year old son stopped by as I was executing editorial duties. I asked him if he could do the job for me; he asked what the job was. I told him I had to ask people to do jobs for free. He said No Thanks.
Only 5 more days to TERPNET2025! Today we are saying Thank You to our wonderful gold Sponsor Merck
- The Supermarket for Scientists! Visit their one-stop shop for all your lab needs at sigmaaldrich.com
- The Supermarket for Scientists! Visit their one-stop shop for all your lab needs at sigmaaldrich.com
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Together, we impact life and health with science. We offer one of the broadest portfolios in the industry for scientists, best-in-class products for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, and a...
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July 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Only 5 more days to TERPNET2025! Today we are saying Thank You to our wonderful gold Sponsor Merck
- The Supermarket for Scientists! Visit their one-stop shop for all your lab needs at sigmaaldrich.com
- The Supermarket for Scientists! Visit their one-stop shop for all your lab needs at sigmaaldrich.com
Only 5 more days to TERPNET2025! Today we are saying Thank You to our wonderful gold Sponsor, Merck - The Supermarket for Scientists! Visit their one-stop shop for all your lab needs at SigmaAldrich.com
MilliporeSigma | Life Science Products & Service Solutions
Together, we impact life and health with science. We offer one of the broadest portfolios in the industry for scientists, best-in-class products for pharmaceutical development and manufacturing, and a...
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July 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Only 5 more days to TERPNET2025! Today we are saying Thank You to our wonderful gold Sponsor, Merck - The Supermarket for Scientists! Visit their one-stop shop for all your lab needs at SigmaAldrich.com
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Improved limonene and geraniol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via the modification of the farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase Erg20p. Read more about it in the latest #Yeast research article by Zeyu Lu, @claudiavickers.bsky.social , Bingyin Peng & team.
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Exploiting the Geranylgeranyl‐Pyrophosphate‐Sensing N‐Terminal Domain of HMG‐CoA Reductase 2 to Regulate Farnesyl Pyrophosphate Synthase (Erg20p) for Improved Monoterpene Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Dynamic downregulation of the endogenous farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) synthase (Erg20p) is crucial to engineer heterologous monoterpene production in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FPP downstrea...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Improved limonene and geraniol production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae via the modification of the farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase Erg20p. Read more about it in the latest #Yeast research article by Zeyu Lu, @claudiavickers.bsky.social , Bingyin Peng & team.
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#TEPNET2025 is just around the corner! We'd like to say Thanks to our wonderful Sponsor, Purus Drinks ™️https://drinkpurus.com.au. Please complete the Purus survey here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
#TEPNET2025 is just around the corner! We'd like to say Thanks to our wonderful Sponsor, Purus Drinks ™️https://drinkpurus.com.au. Please complete the Purus survey here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Join us: Plant Physiology panel discussion on Numeracy, Realism, and Relevance in Plant Science, presented by ASPB @aspbofficial.bsky.social. Thur July 17: 12 noon UTC, 8 AM EDT, 1 PM UK, 3 PM Israel, 10 PM Brisbane
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July 17: Plant Physiology panel discussion on Numeracy, Realism, and Relevance in Plant Science | Plant Science Today
Plant Physiology webinar Numeracy, Realism, and Relevance in Plant Science When: Thursday July 17, 2025 at Noon UTC | 8 AM EDT | 1 PM UK | 3 PM Israel | 10 PM Brisbane, Australia About this panel…
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July 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Join us: Plant Physiology panel discussion on Numeracy, Realism, and Relevance in Plant Science, presented by ASPB @aspbofficial.bsky.social. Thur July 17: 12 noon UTC, 8 AM EDT, 1 PM UK, 3 PM Israel, 10 PM Brisbane
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The Australian Academy of Science is inviting applications from senior US-based scientists to come to Australia. Applications due by August 29th 11:59 AEST science.org.au/news-and-eve...
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July 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Australian Academy of Science is inviting applications from senior US-based scientists to come to Australia. Applications due by August 29th 11:59 AEST science.org.au/news-and-eve...
Nothing to see here… just laundering money.
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This is why Australian bills are plastic #CSIROinnovation
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This is why Australian bills are plastic #CSIROinnovation
June 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Nothing to see here… just laundering money.
#oops
This is why Australian bills are plastic #CSIROinnovation
#oops
This is why Australian bills are plastic #CSIROinnovation
The pGFPGUSPlus binary vector is my most requested plasmid in @addgene.bsky.social, but the paper describing it isn't super well cited because folks just use the catalog number as a reference. Please cite the original papers for plasmids!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.addgene.org/64401/
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pGFPGUSPlus, a new binary vector for gene expression studies and optimising transformation systems in plants - Biotechnology Letters
A binary vector containing two reporter gene cassettes has been developed. This vector is ideal for optimising new plant transformation systems. Following optimisation, one of the reporter genes can b...
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May 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The pGFPGUSPlus binary vector is my most requested plasmid in @addgene.bsky.social, but the paper describing it isn't super well cited because folks just use the catalog number as a reference. Please cite the original papers for plasmids!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.addgene.org/64401/
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
www.addgene.org/64401/
Early Bird registration for #Terpnet2025 in Brisbane, Australia closes on 15th May! Abstract submissions for oral presentations also close on the 15th May. Register and submit your abstract on our new user-friendly website: web-eur.cvent.com/event/4b2cc1...
TERPNET 2025. Online registration by Cvent
TERPNET 2025
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April 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Early Bird registration for #Terpnet2025 in Brisbane, Australia closes on 15th May! Abstract submissions for oral presentations also close on the 15th May. Register and submit your abstract on our new user-friendly website: web-eur.cvent.com/event/4b2cc1...
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Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
April 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
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Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)
April 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)
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🚨🚨 Here we go! 🚨🚨
@protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations.
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@protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations.
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April 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🚨🚨 Here we go! 🚨🚨
@protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations.
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@protectdemocracy.org, @cspi.bsky.social, and @aclu.org have sued RFK and his cronies at HHS to halt illegal grant terminations.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69835...
I'm excited to announce that ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS are OPEN for #TERPNET2025! We’ve also launched our new user-friendly website. Check it out and submit your abstract! Don't forget to register, and pls re-post. See you in August! #terpenes #terpenoids
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TERPNET 2025. Online registration by Cvent
TERPNET 2025
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April 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I'm excited to announce that ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS are OPEN for #TERPNET2025! We’ve also launched our new user-friendly website. Check it out and submit your abstract! Don't forget to register, and pls re-post. See you in August! #terpenes #terpenoids
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My birthday present to myself is donating blood. This lot will save the lives of 3 people #GiveBlood
February 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My birthday present to myself is donating blood. This lot will save the lives of 3 people #GiveBlood
39 degrees in the shade. Celsius, not Freedom Units (obvs) #QueenslandSummer
January 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
39 degrees in the shade. Celsius, not Freedom Units (obvs) #QueenslandSummer
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We will be hosting the 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems in Copenhagen in May 2025.
This symposium will bring together scientists working with #Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology and #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions related to VOCs, volatile S and N.
Welcome!
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This symposium will bring together scientists working with #Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology and #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions related to VOCs, volatile S and N.
Welcome!
1/3
January 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We will be hosting the 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems in Copenhagen in May 2025.
This symposium will bring together scientists working with #Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology and #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions related to VOCs, volatile S and N.
Welcome!
1/3
This symposium will bring together scientists working with #Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology and #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions related to VOCs, volatile S and N.
Welcome!
1/3
Today’s science thread by @naturespoisons.bsky.social
The resin spurge plant, Euphorbia resinifera, is a succulent found in the Atlas Mountains of North Africa, like Morrocco. If you cut it open, it exudes a milky latex that contains resiniferatoxin. But watch out! [Pic by James Steakley (CC BY-SA 3.0)]
![Photo of the resin spurge plant (Euphorbia resinifera) - it kinda looks like a cactus, but it's a succulent. [Photot by James Steakley (CC BY-SA 3.0)]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6peod6gzbeuszb6exkhjxcsj/bafkreibqdvivbdos24uurqjrc5bf7uginvpno3au2koyqenuaxrxdwi5qy@jpeg)
December 18, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Today’s science thread by @naturespoisons.bsky.social
A fascinating history and argument for why the American West should have been divided into states that represent watersheds www.facebook.com/share/v/1G9X...
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December 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
A fascinating history and argument for why the American West should have been divided into states that represent watersheds www.facebook.com/share/v/1G9X...
Hello Bluesky universe! Who do I know on here?
November 18, 2024 at 5:40 AM
Hello Bluesky universe! Who do I know on here?