Sarah Jose (JoseSci)
@sarahjose.bsky.social
Plant biologist turned science writer turned scientific editor.
Disclosure: I am a staff editor on the PLOS One Life Sciences team. Any views or opinions expressed are my own. 👩🔬
Disclosure: I am a staff editor on the PLOS One Life Sciences team. Any views or opinions expressed are my own. 👩🔬
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Authors might come up with the most ridiculous excuses to explain their photoshopped or manipulated data.
Luckily, @plos.org editors and staff did the right thing and retracted this artwork.
Publishers, be like PLOS.
#ImageForensics
#ResearchIntegrity
#Science
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Luckily, @plos.org editors and staff did the right thing and retracted this artwork.
Publishers, be like PLOS.
#ImageForensics
#ResearchIntegrity
#Science
pubpeer.com/publications...
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Authors might come up with the most ridiculous excuses to explain their photoshopped or manipulated data.
Luckily, @plos.org editors and staff did the right thing and retracted this artwork.
Publishers, be like PLOS.
#ImageForensics
#ResearchIntegrity
#Science
pubpeer.com/publications...
Luckily, @plos.org editors and staff did the right thing and retracted this artwork.
Publishers, be like PLOS.
#ImageForensics
#ResearchIntegrity
#Science
pubpeer.com/publications...
Willingness to participate in science communication and public engagement are the focus of this new study in @plosone.org, including direct public engagement, industry engagement, stakeholder collabs and more. What do you do? #scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
University scientists’ willingness to participate in public engagement: A concept explication
Public engagement is increasingly recognized as a critical responsibility of the scientific community. Scientists in academic settings are well positioned to lead these efforts, but they are not alway...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Willingness to participate in science communication and public engagement are the focus of this new study in @plosone.org, including direct public engagement, industry engagement, stakeholder collabs and more. What do you do? #scicomm #sciencecommunication #publicengagement
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
This is cool! Chopping and changing chromosomes, but the plants show no obvious differences and are fertile 🌿🧪🔬 #plantsci
And now we have Arabidopsis plants with 8 chromosomes instead of 10 and no obvious phenotypic differences, this week in @science.org
#PlantScience
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#PlantScience
Paper here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Perspective here:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
CRISPR-Cas–mediated heritable chromosome fusions in Arabidopsis
The genome of Arabidopsis thaliana consists of 10 chromosomes. By inducing CRISPR-Cas–mediated breaks at subcentromeric and subtelomeric sequences, we fused entire chromosome arms, obtaining two eight...
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is cool! Chopping and changing chromosomes, but the plants show no obvious differences and are fertile 🌿🧪🔬 #plantsci
Did any #plantscience colleagues attend the #canvas25 meeting held by the tri-societies @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social? PLOS One's @patrickgoymer.bsky.social shares his experience on our blog. cc @globalplantgpc.bsky.social #plantsci 🌿🧪🔬🌱
Our Life Science Division Editor @patrickgoymer.bsky.social recently attended @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social's #CANVAS25 meeting in Salt Lake City, and reports back here on the journal's EveryOne blog:
everyone.plos.org/2025/11/25/i...
everyone.plos.org/2025/11/25/i...
Impressions of a broad CANVAS - EveryONE
Posted on behalf of PLOS One’s Life Sciences Division Editor Patrick Goymer The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of…
everyone.plos.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Did any #plantscience colleagues attend the #canvas25 meeting held by the tri-societies @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social? PLOS One's @patrickgoymer.bsky.social shares his experience on our blog. cc @globalplantgpc.bsky.social #plantsci 🌿🧪🔬🌱
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Congratulations to all 2025 Einstein Foundation Award winners!
We would also like to extend recognition to @simine.com , PLOS board member, named as this year’s Individual Awardee for her transformative work in psychological science.
@einsteinberlin.bsky.social | award.einsteinfoundation.de
We would also like to extend recognition to @simine.com , PLOS board member, named as this year’s Individual Awardee for her transformative work in psychological science.
@einsteinberlin.bsky.social | award.einsteinfoundation.de
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Congratulations to all 2025 Einstein Foundation Award winners!
We would also like to extend recognition to @simine.com , PLOS board member, named as this year’s Individual Awardee for her transformative work in psychological science.
@einsteinberlin.bsky.social | award.einsteinfoundation.de
We would also like to extend recognition to @simine.com , PLOS board member, named as this year’s Individual Awardee for her transformative work in psychological science.
@einsteinberlin.bsky.social | award.einsteinfoundation.de
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We are thrilled to now be on BlueSky!
We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪
#OpenScience #MedSky
We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪
#OpenScience #MedSky
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We are thrilled to now be on BlueSky!
We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪
#OpenScience #MedSky
We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪
#OpenScience #MedSky
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Hi all @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social members and other 🌽community folks, #MBP2026 🌱 is no open for registration. Please 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
Conference
Conference "Molecular Biology of Plants", annual meeting of the Section Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology in the DBG
www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de
October 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hi all @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social members and other 🌽community folks, #MBP2026 🌱 is no open for registration. Please 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/en/conferenc...
So many exciting positions to share! This one is dear to my heart as a former stomata researcher. I also collaborated with Dr McKim on my main PhD paper on stomata and wax development in barley 🌿🧪🔬 Very exciting project in our changing world, and definitely lots to discover! #plantsci #plantscience
I'm offering a PhD project together with Sarah McKim on temperature-controlled stomata formation within EASTBIO DTP www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #plantscience #plantscijobs Deadline 15 Feb. Please share/RP
EASTBIO - How plants breathe in a warming world: unravelling temperature control of stomata development at University of Dundee on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO - How plants breathe in a warming world: unravelling temperature control of stomata development at University of Dundee, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
So many exciting positions to share! This one is dear to my heart as a former stomata researcher. I also collaborated with Dr McKim on my main PhD paper on stomata and wax development in barley 🌿🧪🔬 Very exciting project in our changing world, and definitely lots to discover! #plantsci #plantscience
Plant science technician wanted at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, working with some incredibly talented and friendly PIs jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici... #plantscijobs #plantscience #plantsci
Technician: Research (Molecular Biology)
Technician: Research (Molecular Biology)
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Plant science technician wanted at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, working with some incredibly talented and friendly PIs jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Technici... #plantscijobs #plantscience #plantsci
Only a week left to apply for this PhD position too #plantsci #plantscience 🧪🌿🔬
Fantastic PhD opportunity to join myself, Nicola Patron and @lichmanlab.bsky.social in uncovering the biosynthesis and function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones. 4-year fully-funded combining molecular & engineering biology, & plant pathology.
Deadline Nov 25th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline Nov 25th
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The biosynthesis and immunity function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones at Gatsby Charitable Foundation on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The biosynthesis and immunity function of lettuce sesquiterpene lactones at Gatsby Charitable Foundation, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Only a week left to apply for this PhD position too #plantsci #plantscience 🧪🌿🔬
Exciting PhD opportunities in impactful plant science with the @katherinedenby.bsky.social group (UK students only due to funding) www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #plantscience #plantsci 🧪🌿🔬
MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth (York YBDTP Project) at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MAGIC Crops: Genomics to breed high yielding, resilient and nutritious amaranth (York YBDTP Project) at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Exciting PhD opportunities in impactful plant science with the @katherinedenby.bsky.social group (UK students only due to funding) www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #plantscience #plantsci 🧪🌿🔬
New blog post and Essay arising from a participatory collaboration between PLOS Climate and Clim-Eat:
"Towards a green plant nutrition transition in East and Southern Africa"
🔗 Blog post (with key messages for #COP30): latitude.plos.org/2025/11/cop3...
🔗 Essay: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
"Towards a green plant nutrition transition in East and Southern Africa"
🔗 Blog post (with key messages for #COP30): latitude.plos.org/2025/11/cop3...
🔗 Essay: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
COP30 can enable Greening Plant Nutrition in East and Southern Africa - Latitude
In this blog post, Leanne Zeppenfeldt, Dhanush Dinesh, Ana Maria Loboguerrero and Phil Thornton discuss the key messages in their new co-authored…
latitude.plos.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On growth and flow: hydraulic aspects of aboveground meristems
Water is essential for plant growth under both normal and stress conditions. Aboveground, two key meristems control plant development: the shoot apical meristem and the vascular cambium. Here, stem c...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Very excited to share my first solo Tansley Insight. An integrated view on the hydraulics of aboveground plant meristems, and the framework of my future work as part of this community #PlantScience
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Hi passionate 🌱🔬 the #MBP2026 by @plantsciencedbg.bsky.social is entering its last registration week. Take some time and ASAP 🏄♀️ to: www.pflanzen-molekularbiologie.de/conference-m... . Please repost, like, & spread the word.
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Really proud of @plosone.org's focus on #openscience! Authors can choose to share their peer review feedback (reviewers can remain anonymous if they wish), and data availability is a core requirement - great for transparency and maximising research funding! 🧪
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How does #OpenScience help safeguard research integrity?
⬇️ Follow this thread to explore how we protect the scientific record, every step of the way.
🔗 plos.io/47qvVTm
#ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #TrustInScience
How does #OpenScience help safeguard research integrity?
⬇️ Follow this thread to explore how we protect the scientific record, every step of the way.
🔗 plos.io/47qvVTm
#ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #TrustInScience
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Really proud of @plosone.org's focus on #openscience! Authors can choose to share their peer review feedback (reviewers can remain anonymous if they wish), and data availability is a core requirement - great for transparency and maximising research funding! 🧪
Reposted by Sarah Jose (JoseSci)
Ancient fossil reveals how plants & fungi first developed on land www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Summary of An arbuscular mycorrhiza from 407-million-year-old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Summary of An arbuscular mycorrhiza from 407-million-year-old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Ancient fossil reveals how plants and fungi first developed on land | Natural History Museum
A new fossil fungus discovered in Scotland shows evidence of plants and fungi sharing nutrients to survive on land.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ancient fossil reveals how plants & fungi first developed on land www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Summary of An arbuscular mycorrhiza from 407-million-year-old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Summary of An arbuscular mycorrhiza from 407-million-year-old Windyfield Chert identified through advanced fluorescence and Raman imaging @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📣New journal alert!📣 @plos.org has just launched two new journals, one of which (PLOS Ecosystems) might be of interest to the wonderful #plantscience community as well as colleagues in #ecology and #restoration. PLOS Aging and Health is the other exciting addition to the PLOS catalogue. #plantsci 🌿🧪
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
📣New journal alert!📣 @plos.org has just launched two new journals, one of which (PLOS Ecosystems) might be of interest to the wonderful #plantscience community as well as colleagues in #ecology and #restoration. PLOS Aging and Health is the other exciting addition to the PLOS catalogue. #plantsci 🌿🧪
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Excited to see the launch of PLOS Aging and Health, under Editors-in-Chief @jenschrack.bsky.social and @haggsara.bsky.social.
The journal will publish transformative work from researchers, clinicians, public health scientists, social scientists, and policymakers.
journals.plos.org/agingandheal...
The journal will publish transformative work from researchers, clinicians, public health scientists, social scientists, and policymakers.
journals.plos.org/agingandheal...
PLOS Aging and Health
journals.plos.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Excited to see the launch of PLOS Aging and Health, under Editors-in-Chief @jenschrack.bsky.social and @haggsara.bsky.social.
The journal will publish transformative work from researchers, clinicians, public health scientists, social scientists, and policymakers.
journals.plos.org/agingandheal...
The journal will publish transformative work from researchers, clinicians, public health scientists, social scientists, and policymakers.
journals.plos.org/agingandheal...
Good news, #tea drinkers! 🍵New @plosone.org study shows how different plant hormones can keep the teapot full even when tea plants suffer drought: 🫖🌿🧪https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0331456 #plantscience #plantsci
Exogenous salicylic acid, abscisic acid, and shikimic acid enhance drought tolerance in tea by modulating antioxidant defense and osmotic regulation
Tea (Camellia sinensis), a widely cultivated crop across more than 50 countries, is highly vulnerable to drought stress, which impairs growth and reduces yield. This study examines the potential of ex...
journals.plos.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Good news, #tea drinkers! 🍵New @plosone.org study shows how different plant hormones can keep the teapot full even when tea plants suffer drought: 🫖🌿🧪https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0331456 #plantscience #plantsci
Could bacteria help fix the smoky taste of wildfire-tainted wine? 🍷In a recent @plosone.org paper, researchers identified a bacterial strain that breaks down guaiacol, a compound linked to smoke taint. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #wine #plantscience #scinews
Bacteria isolated from the grape phyllosphere capable of degrading guaiacol, a main volatile phenol associated with smoke taint in wine
Recent wildfires near vineyards in the Pacific United States have caused devastating financial losses due to smoke taint in wine. When wine grapes (Vitis vinifera) are exposed to wildfire smoke, their...
journals.plos.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Could bacteria help fix the smoky taste of wildfire-tainted wine? 🍷In a recent @plosone.org paper, researchers identified a bacterial strain that breaks down guaiacol, a compound linked to smoke taint. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #wine #plantscience #scinews
Wow, this is so clever and attention grabbing! 🌿 #plantscience #plantsci
Our article "Guns in Rosettes: The Arabidopsis chemical weapons arsenal" is finally published @plantphys.bsky.social!
You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here:
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
You can download the #OpenAccess PDF here:
doi.org/10.1093/plph...
But real connoisseurs of #AntimicrobialCompounds will want to get the vinyl boxset: #PlantScience #PlantImmunity
October 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Wow, this is so clever and attention grabbing! 🌿 #plantscience #plantsci
This looks really interesting for budding entrepreneurial researchers! #ECRs #plantsci #plantscience
What does it take to transform a scientific discovery into a thriving enterprise? Jay Keasling, renowned synthetic biologist, professor, and entrepreneur, has pioneered new ways of engineering biology while also founding multiple companies. Free webinar Oct 3.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This looks really interesting for budding entrepreneurial researchers! #ECRs #plantsci #plantscience
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#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
PhD position
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology: Polarity regulation by protein kinases
School of Life Sciences @TU Muenchen in Freising-Weihenstephan
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...
PhD position
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology: Polarity regulation by protein kinases
School of Life Sciences @TU Muenchen in Freising-Weihenstephan
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...
Stellenangebote
Stellenausschreibungen in Pflanzenwissenschaften und Botanik
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
#PlantSciJobs #PlantSciJob
PhD position
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology: Polarity regulation by protein kinases
School of Life Sciences @TU Muenchen in Freising-Weihenstephan
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...
PhD position
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology: Polarity regulation by protein kinases
School of Life Sciences @TU Muenchen in Freising-Weihenstephan
www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/stellenangeb...
I interviewed Dr Pankaj Bhardwaj for @plosone.org and he shared beautiful stories of nature inspiring his work, #plantscience translating into real benefits for communities and landscapes, and some unique tips for Early-Career Researchers. A MUST read! #plantsci
everyone.plos.org/2025/09/16/e...
everyone.plos.org/2025/09/16/e...
Editor Spotlight: Pankaj Bhardwaj - EveryONE
This interview and blog post was prepared by Associate Editor Sarah Jose. Pankaj Bhardwaj is an Associate Professor of Botany at the…
everyone.plos.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I interviewed Dr Pankaj Bhardwaj for @plosone.org and he shared beautiful stories of nature inspiring his work, #plantscience translating into real benefits for communities and landscapes, and some unique tips for Early-Career Researchers. A MUST read! #plantsci
everyone.plos.org/2025/09/16/e...
everyone.plos.org/2025/09/16/e...