Juliet Coates
@julietccoates.bsky.social
Mum, Plant Science 🌱, Biology, Inclusion, Social Justice, Neurodiversity, Wellbeing 💚. Compassionate & trauma-informed education. Delivers consultancy & training based on the nervous system & biology of behaviour. She/her.
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A global, mass disabling pandemic
Poverty
Precarity
Unemployment
Housing problems
Social change
Conflict
Political unrest
All are major issues that'll cause or worsen mental distress. Why the desire to downplay all these?
Life being stressful can MAKE you ill.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Poverty
Precarity
Unemployment
Housing problems
Social change
Conflict
Political unrest
All are major issues that'll cause or worsen mental distress. Why the desire to downplay all these?
Life being stressful can MAKE you ill.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A global, mass disabling pandemic
Poverty
Precarity
Unemployment
Housing problems
Social change
Conflict
Political unrest
All are major issues that'll cause or worsen mental distress. Why the desire to downplay all these?
Life being stressful can MAKE you ill.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Poverty
Precarity
Unemployment
Housing problems
Social change
Conflict
Political unrest
All are major issues that'll cause or worsen mental distress. Why the desire to downplay all these?
Life being stressful can MAKE you ill.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nice paper from @leonardojo.bsky.social @kaisakajala.bsky.social @bradylabs.bsky.social @marianasartur.bsky.social and others. #tomato #suberin #exodermis #MYB 🍅 🧬 💚🌱❤️
🧬 🍅 SPECIAL ISSUE RESEARCH 🍅 🧬
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
MYB and WRKY transcription factors collaboratively regulate suberin biosynthesis in the tomato root exodermis. Antagonistic interactions may fine-tune suberization or act as a brake on overaccumulation - Jo et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
![Fig. 2 (shortened, full legend in paper): Perturbations of SlMYB41, SlMYB92, and SlWRKY71 expression affect the suberization of tomato exodermis. (A) Percentage of cross-sections showing a non-suberized, an early suberized (suberin in <50% of exodermal cells), or a late suberized (suberin in >50% of exodermal cells) exodermis phenotype in hairy root cultures of the control (empty vector), CRISPR knockout lines [Slmyb41-ko, Slmyb92-ko, Slwrky71-ko(4), and Slwrky71-ko(5)], and overexpressing lines (SlMYB41-OX, SlMYB92-OX, and SlWRKY71-OX). The number above the bars represents the number (n) of individual roots examined in each genotype. Asterisks denotes statistically significant differences between each line in comparison with the empty vector control, whereas n.s. indicates no significant differences (P<0.05, χ2 test).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ggz22gcwkakll7efac23g33s/bafkreidbanhpxnb52kuljrltp3voz7jfnkuh4js6tbmdxudjsbfxuozteu@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Nice paper from @leonardojo.bsky.social @kaisakajala.bsky.social @bradylabs.bsky.social @marianasartur.bsky.social and others. #tomato #suberin #exodermis #MYB 🍅 🧬 💚🌱❤️
Nice perspective piece from @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social 🌱💚🧬
Finding balance: the dynamic interplay between H3K27me3 writers and erasers in regulating environmental #plasticity and memory
Rory Osborne
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience
Rory Osborne
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nice perspective piece from @drosborneplantsci.bsky.social 🌱💚🧬
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Eyeing that pile of papers you told yourself you would read it might be tempting to hand them over to ChatGTP or another AI and ask it to distil the message form it.
#AcademicWriting #ReadingPapers #AI #SpacedRepetitions
#AcademicWriting #ReadingPapers #AI #SpacedRepetitions
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Eyeing that pile of papers you told yourself you would read it might be tempting to hand them over to ChatGTP or another AI and ask it to distil the message form it.
#AcademicWriting #ReadingPapers #AI #SpacedRepetitions
#AcademicWriting #ReadingPapers #AI #SpacedRepetitions
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Today I learned that the genes that are active during the maturation, or ripening of a seed are quite young compared to those involved in embryo development and seed germination. 🧵1/3
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Today I learned that the genes that are active during the maturation, or ripening of a seed are quite young compared to those involved in embryo development and seed germination. 🧵1/3
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
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📢 Clinically Vulnerable Families is delighted to announce that
"See a mask, wear a mask"
is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.
Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
"See a mask, wear a mask"
is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.
Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
📢 Clinically Vulnerable Families is delighted to announce that
"See a mask, wear a mask"
is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.
Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
"See a mask, wear a mask"
is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.
Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
More goings on in eukaryotic ancestors, this time from @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and friends. The data is coming thick and fast! #actin #nucleus #LECA #asgard #mitochondria #phylogeny
Interesting study suggesting that nucleus, cytoskeleton, and endomembranes preceded acquisition of mitochondria, during eukaryogenesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes - Nature
Analysis of eukaryotic gene sequences using a relaxed molecular clock methodology indicate that eukaryotes emerged 3.0–2.25 billion years ago as a result of mitochondrial endosymbiosis with complex ar...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
More goings on in eukaryotic ancestors, this time from @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and friends. The data is coming thick and fast! #actin #nucleus #LECA #asgard #mitochondria #phylogeny
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Interesting study suggesting that nucleus, cytoskeleton, and endomembranes preceded acquisition of mitochondria, during eukaryogenesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dated gene duplications elucidate the evolutionary assembly of eukaryotes - Nature
Analysis of eukaryotic gene sequences using a relaxed molecular clock methodology indicate that eukaryotes emerged 3.0–2.25 billion years ago as a result of mitochondrial endosymbiosis with complex ar...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Interesting study suggesting that nucleus, cytoskeleton, and endomembranes preceded acquisition of mitochondria, during eukaryogenesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🌱Check the newly published article ‘Cerrado: biodiversity and ecosystem services under severe threat by misguided restoration’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Giselda Durigan 🧵(1/10)
👉 doi.org/qgxp
#SavannaRestoration #CerradoConservation
#TropicalEcology #AoBpapers
👉 doi.org/qgxp
#SavannaRestoration #CerradoConservation
#TropicalEcology #AoBpapers
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🌱Check the newly published article ‘Cerrado: biodiversity and ecosystem services under severe threat by misguided restoration’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Giselda Durigan 🧵(1/10)
👉 doi.org/qgxp
#SavannaRestoration #CerradoConservation
#TropicalEcology #AoBpapers
👉 doi.org/qgxp
#SavannaRestoration #CerradoConservation
#TropicalEcology #AoBpapers
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December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2026!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Window now open to apply for a BSBI grant for 2026!
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
We offer grants for short #WildFlowerID courses (our online course #Identiplant & courses from external providers), and for Plant Study & Research.
Find out which grant is right for you: bsbi.org/learn/grants
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#Archaea #ArchaeaSky #MicroSky
exceptional work, hiro & team 👏👏👏
it's wonderful to see 𝘓. 𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘮 dancing. live videos reveal so much more than stills!
ALT source: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
exceptional work, hiro & team 👏👏👏
it's wonderful to see 𝘓. 𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘮 dancing. live videos reveal so much more than stills!
ALT source: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#Archaea #ArchaeaSky #MicroSky
exceptional work, hiro & team 👏👏👏
it's wonderful to see 𝘓. 𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘮 dancing. live videos reveal so much more than stills!
ALT source: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
exceptional work, hiro & team 👏👏👏
it's wonderful to see 𝘓. 𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘮 dancing. live videos reveal so much more than stills!
ALT source: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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I hate to say it, but in terms of HE a very sizeable number of staff appear to believe that disability accommodations are unnecessary, a nuisance, and have gone 'too far'.
Toxic, precarious and competitive university environments (that ignore staff welfare) lend themselves to this kind of thinking
Toxic, precarious and competitive university environments (that ignore staff welfare) lend themselves to this kind of thinking
okay, I have to wonder how many of the people declaring that disability accommodations have gone "too far":
1. are disabled.
2. went through the process themselves.
3. work in higher ed at all.
4. read ANY critical disability studies work at all? Like, any?
1. are disabled.
2. went through the process themselves.
3. work in higher ed at all.
4. read ANY critical disability studies work at all? Like, any?
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I hate to say it, but in terms of HE a very sizeable number of staff appear to believe that disability accommodations are unnecessary, a nuisance, and have gone 'too far'.
Toxic, precarious and competitive university environments (that ignore staff welfare) lend themselves to this kind of thinking
Toxic, precarious and competitive university environments (that ignore staff welfare) lend themselves to this kind of thinking
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Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Twists and turns in the story of learned avoidance
Evidence that learned avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium can be transmitted to future generations in C. elegans is growing.
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Evidence that learned avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium can be transmitted to future generations in C. elegans is growing.
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Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance
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November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance: Twists and turns in the story of learned avoidance
Evidence that learned avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium can be transmitted to future generations in C. elegans is growing.
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Evidence that learned avoidance of a pathogenic bacterium can be transmitted to future generations in C. elegans is growing.
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Elevated atmospheric CO2-induced reprogramming leads to decreased seed protein and nutritional quality in forest trees (Barbara Karpinska, Rosa Sanchez-Lucas, Andrew Plackett, A Rob MacKenzie, Christine Helen Foyer) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Elevated atmospheric CO2-induced reprogramming leads to decreased seed protein and nutritional quality in forest trees (Barbara Karpinska, Rosa Sanchez-Lucas, Andrew Plackett, A Rob MacKenzie, Christine Helen Foyer) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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🌱✨ Excited to share our latest work exploring the role of CYCP3s and style morphology in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our findings offer a new step forward in understanding the fundamental mechanisms that shape plant reproduction and organ development.
@jamileqra.bsky.social
More soon—stay tuned! 🌿🔬
@jamileqra.bsky.social
More soon—stay tuned! 🌿🔬
Thrilled to share that my PhD research is now published!
Read it here:
dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... Grateful to everyone who supported this work.
dx.doi.org/10.1111/tpj.... Grateful to everyone who supported this work.
Cytokinin‐responsive P‐type cyclins control Arabidopsis radial style morphology
The master regulator SPATULA (SPT) suppresses cytokinin (CK)-induced cell proliferation to ensure carpel fusion, acting through a coherent feed-forward loop (FFL) that converges on the cell cycle reg...
dx.doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🌱✨ Excited to share our latest work exploring the role of CYCP3s and style morphology in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our findings offer a new step forward in understanding the fundamental mechanisms that shape plant reproduction and organ development.
@jamileqra.bsky.social
More soon—stay tuned! 🌿🔬
@jamileqra.bsky.social
More soon—stay tuned! 🌿🔬
Thanks for the online option too! Fantastic talks today 🌱💚
This year’s @embo.org Workshop is held at the @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Open to 120 participants, it is over-enrolled with 180 attendees! Thank you to the organizers @isabelmonte.bsky.social, Aino Komatsu, @moodytomato.bsky.social, and Liam Dolan for making this event possible. #EMBOplantEvo
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thanks for the online option too! Fantastic talks today 🌱💚
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Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#mimuluspropaganda
#mimuluspropaganda
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Very happy to share that this paper is now online on @currentbiology.bsky.social !! 🥳🧪 Check out the final published verion here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
#mimuluspropaganda
#mimuluspropaganda
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Have you heard of US painter Ida O'Keeffe? Her work was largely overshadowed by that of her much more known older sister Georgia.... #womensart
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Have you heard of US painter Ida O'Keeffe? Her work was largely overshadowed by that of her much more known older sister Georgia.... #womensart
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It’s finally out! 🎉
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
An AINTEGUMENTA phosphoswitch controls bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth | PNAS
Plant stem cells have the remarkable ability to give rise to distinct tissues and
organs throughout development. Two concentric cylinders of active...
www.pnas.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It’s finally out! 🎉
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
Work led by former PhD student @wei-xiao-botany.bsky.social , in collaboration with @bayerlab.bsky.social and @bertderybel.bsky.social
AINTEGUMENTA phospho-switch regulates bilateral stem cell activity during secondary growth.
🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#PlantSciences
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Scientists have identified a protein in poplar that, when turned off, results in increased growth, stronger cell walls and trees that are more disease-resistant.
More: jgi.doe.gov/user-science...
@jbei.lbl.gov @axelvisel.bsky.social @biosci.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
More: jgi.doe.gov/user-science...
@jbei.lbl.gov @axelvisel.bsky.social @biosci.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Scientists have identified a protein in poplar that, when turned off, results in increased growth, stronger cell walls and trees that are more disease-resistant.
More: jgi.doe.gov/user-science...
@jbei.lbl.gov @axelvisel.bsky.social @biosci.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
More: jgi.doe.gov/user-science...
@jbei.lbl.gov @axelvisel.bsky.social @biosci.lbl.gov @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
Something carroty, some scabious and an oxeye daisy all hanging on for #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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November 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Something carroty, some scabious and an oxeye daisy all hanging on for #WildFlowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
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Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The phylotranscriptomic profile of angiosperm seed development follows a reverse hourglass pattern
Angiosperm seed development exhibits a reverse phylotranscriptomic pattern, with early and late stages showing greater conservation and mid-phase showing h
academic.oup.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Absolutely happy to share our latest publication!🥳🎉
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...
The first manuscript of the first PhD candidate of my team! 🥹🤩
Huge congratulations to our brilliant Asif Ahmed Sami for his excellent work! ✨️
academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...