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r1z @r1zr1z.bsky.social · 9d

The last of the Rosa Rugosa on the dunes. 🌱 #gardening

Closeup of pink rosa rugosa flower with yellow center

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UCDavisPlants @ucdavisplants.bsky.social · 8d

🌳From Annals of Botany: Urban forests hold untapped potential as genetic reservoirs for threatened tree species, offering a powerful tool to advance global conservation goals. (Alessandro Ossola)
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#PlantScience #Conservation #Ecology

Genetic diversity in urban forests and their potential role in conserving the world’s threatened tree species

AbstractBackground. Plant species diversity is threatened worldwide, and urgent conservation action is needed. Emerging evidence demonstrates that urban fo

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Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang @sxzhang.bsky.social · 8d

At this point may I just say that NO one is prepared for the Canvas issue today. #teaching

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 13d

A few years ago I made a slide showing the top 10 results if you search Google Image for "cartoon scientist".
In my slide, 10/10 are white men.
Someone asked if this is still true, so I tried again.
Here below you have 24 images.
20 are men, 4 are women (progress!).
23 are white, 1 is blue 🤔

A screenshot showing cartoon drawings of scientist. All are wearing white lab coats. most are men, any with white or crazy hair. Most wear glasses. Four out of 24 are clearly women, the rest appear to be men. 23 out of 24 look white, and one is sort of blue seems to be not entirely human.

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UCDavisPlants @ucdavisplants.bsky.social · 13d

🌱From Ecology: Invasive annuals show strong local adaptation to aridity, but not to nitrogen deposition, highlighting climate as a key driver of evolutionary response. (Justin M Valliere, Mayra J Hernández)
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#PlantScience #InvasiveSpecies

Locations of source populations of (A) Bromus diandrus and Centaurea melitensis. Shaded map area indicates average annual rainfall and circle color denotes N deposition rates. Phenology of (B) B. diandrus and (C) C. melitensis by month, with lighter and darker colors indicating vegetative growth and flowering, respectively. Months colored in gray are outside of a typical growing season. Photo credits: (B) B. Banfield and (C) Justin M. Valliere.

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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossb-brighton.bsky.social · 13d

Whoop, whoop! The new queer wildlife documentary 'Second Nature,' narrated by the inspirational Elliot Page, will premiere in New York on Saturday. 🐠🏳️‍⚧️🐧🌈🐘

It looks awesome; check out the teaser. Hopefully it will be available in the UK soon.

www.secondnaturedoc.com #lgbtq #nature #film #PrideInSTEM

Second Nature — A documentary about everything you didn’t learn in high school biology.

Debunking myths that females are “inferior” and being queer is “unnatural,” Second Nature follows trailblazing trans Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden as she meets other groundbreaking scien...

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Biology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 15d

In our session this week, we will be joined by the amazing @penguinacho.bsky.social for a discussion on penguin sexuality and the documentary Animal Pride: Nature's Coming Out Story! 🐧💬 #QueerStem #QueerAcademia #GayPenguins

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napari @napari.org · 13d

napari 0.6.6 is out! 🚀

This is a bugfix release following up 0.6.5: if something in your napari workflow unexplicably broke, you might want to update ;) Also, with the new bundle you can now "open files with > napari"! Check out the full release notes on the website: napari.org/stable/relea...

napari: a fast, interactive viewer for multi-dimensional images in Python

view and explore 2D, 3D, and higher-dimensional arrays on a canvas;, overlay derived data such as points, polygons, segmentations, and more;, annotate and edit derived datasets, using standard data st...

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Ivan Radin @radinbio.bsky.social · 16d

Here are some “leaf” or phyllid cells from moss Physcomitrium patens gametophore. Cells are expressing a green fluorescence marker that labels the vacuolar membrane. Chloroplasts' autofluorescence is in magenta.
Can you spot dividing chloroplasts?
#microscopymonday #moss #plantcells

The image shows several elongated rhomboid-shaped cells, filled with ovoid chrooroplasts in magenta, as well as a network of bubble-like vacuoles.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 17d

Painted some xylem for a thing. Pretty pleased. #sciart

Watercolor painting with blue and red blobby shapes

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Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang @sxzhang.bsky.social · 15d

Another #plantjobs #job posting in the USA (MS & PHD): ffgs.ifas.ufl.edu/academics/ap...

Apply - School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences - UF/IFAS

The School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences at the University of Florida empowers students in the fields of fisheries and aquatic sciences, forest resources and conservation, and geomatics...

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Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang @sxzhang.bsky.social · 21d

This is what the #usda website looks like right now. I'm just going to leave this here without further comment:

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UCDavisPlants @ucdavisplants.bsky.social · 23d

🌱 From Current Opinion in Plant Biology: Half a century of research reveals how actin and myosin coordinate with microtubules to guide plant cell division, ensuring precise cell plate placement. (Bo Liu, Yuh-Ru Julie Lee)

▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#PlantBiology #PlantScience

Figure 1. Discovery of actomyosin function in division plane orientation in dividing guard mother cells of onion cotyledons in 1974. (a) A guard mother cell undergoes a symmetric cell division to produce two guard cells by having the cell plate (arrowheads) oriented along the longitudinal axis of the cotyledon. (b) After treatment with the actin-depolymerizing agent cytochalasin, a guard mother cell forms a misoriented cell plate (arrowheads). Micrographs are from a published study [10]. Scale bar, 5 μm.

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Christen Rexing, PhD, MPH @christenrexing.bsky.social · 23d

Happy Monday!

Photograph of a possum in a necklace with a cute little face. Caption says here’s your reminder to drink water so you can stay hydrated while you suffer.

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Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang @sxzhang.bsky.social · 22d

#tenure track #job position in #boston for #plantphysiology: careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...

Details - Assistant Professor - Plant Physiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst

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Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang @sxzhang.bsky.social · 22d

#tenuretrack #job at #texas for #plantimmunity and #plantenvironmentinteractions apply.interfolio.com/175001

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Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang @sxzhang.bsky.social · 22d

#postdoc #job actually in the USA! #unc #chapelhill: www.plantcellatlas.org/job-posts?lo...

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The Lee Lab in the Department of Biology at UNC Chapel Hill is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to advance our understanding of the connection between metabolites and development in plants. For...

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aspbplantbiology.bsky.social @aspbplantbiology.bsky.social · 26d

📣 The #PlantBio2026 Program Committee is pleased to announce that the abstract submission portal is now open! plantbiology.aspb.org/submit-a-pro...

The Plant Biology conference is developed for the plant science community, by members of the plant science community—that means YOU!

#plantscience

Image text: Call for Content. #PlantBio2026. plantbiology.aspb.org. Featuring ASPB, CSPB/SCBV & PB26 logos on a themed-background

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 26d

Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article-...

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Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang @sxzhang.bsky.social · 25d

#job opening in the UK: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... and www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/jon...

Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (Fixed Term)

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr Alexander Jones' Group at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University. The aim of this position is to reprogram auxin patterns

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Shuxiao (Susan) Zhang @sxzhang.bsky.social · Sep 29

ashscareers.careerwebsite.com/jobs/view/co... #job

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Erica D. Pratt @pratted.bsky.social · Sep 26

Announcing such a major change to NSF GRFP this late in the cycle is incredibly cruel. 2nd yr students (mine included) have been working so hard on their proposals despite ongoing uncertainty. They are driven and passionate about being outstanding scientists and helping those coming up behind them.

This means individuals in the following statuses at the time of application are eligible:

Undergraduate in the final (senior) year of a bachelor’s degree program
Bachelor’s degree-holder with NO enrollment in a graduate degree program (non-degree graduate coursework allowed)
Individual enrolled in a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree program with at least three undergraduate years completed
First-year graduate student in their first graduate degree program with less than one academic year completed in the degree program (according to institution’s academic calendar)
Individuals enrolled in joint bachelor’s-master’s degree programs are considered graduate students. For GRFP, joint bachelor’s-master’s degrees are defined as degrees concurrently pursued and awarded.
Not be a current NSF employee.

Applications that do not meet eligibility requirements will be returned without review as being ineligible for a fellowship.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 26

NSF Graduate Fellowship announcement is finally posted!

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · Sep 26

📣The webinar recording is now available for viewing. Enjoy!🌱 plantae.org/plantaeprese....

#plantscience

Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · Sep 10

📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on September 26 at 12:00 pm Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱

👉 Free registration at buff.ly/AAtvGQv.

#PlantScience

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · Sep 26

📣Happening next Friday, October 3 at 12 pm Eastern. Join us!🌱

👉Learn more and register at blog.aspb.org/aspb-webinar....

#plantscience

American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · Sep 12

📣 Join us for the upcoming ASPB webinar on Friday, October 3 at 12 pm Eastern, hosted by @aspb-pui.bsky.social!🌱

👉 Learn more and register at buff.ly/7iRIl5u.

#PlantScience

$Image Text: ASPB Webinar - Your Next Chapter: A Guide to Becoming a PUI Professor Webinar. Featuring Zoe Diaz-Martin, Jeremy Coate, Sanju Sanjaya, Bryan Thines, and Csengele Barta. Moderated by Dongfang Wang. Friday, October 3, 2025 | 9:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM BST | 12:00 AM Beijing. The image features ASPB logos and headshot photos of speakers. \$

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