Sara Lopez-Gomollon
@gomollonsara.bsky.social
How can we use epigenetics and srnas to improve crops? Lecturer in Plant RNA biology at @biokent @unikent AFE @ThePlantCell She/Her. Views my own.
A real privilege to have Claudia Martinho (University of Dundee ) at our university @kent.ac.uk sharing the research of her group on paramutation in crops! @cssmartinho.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A real privilege to have Claudia Martinho (University of Dundee ) at our university @kent.ac.uk sharing the research of her group on paramutation in crops! @cssmartinho.bsky.social
Super proud of this new paper!
Thanks @lizalvey.bsky.social, @apaterlini.bsky.social @katharinehubbard.bsky.social for embarking us on this journey.
It is one of the most collaborative papers I have been involved in and I hope that serves as reference for education in plant science
@kent.ac.uk
Thanks @lizalvey.bsky.social, @apaterlini.bsky.social @katharinehubbard.bsky.social for embarking us on this journey.
It is one of the most collaborative papers I have been involved in and I hope that serves as reference for education in plant science
@kent.ac.uk
Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...
A manifesto for plant science education
Plants provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicines and environmental services, without which human society could not exist. Tackling pressing and global challenges requires well-trained plant scientists....
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Super proud of this new paper!
Thanks @lizalvey.bsky.social, @apaterlini.bsky.social @katharinehubbard.bsky.social for embarking us on this journey.
It is one of the most collaborative papers I have been involved in and I hope that serves as reference for education in plant science
@kent.ac.uk
Thanks @lizalvey.bsky.social, @apaterlini.bsky.social @katharinehubbard.bsky.social for embarking us on this journey.
It is one of the most collaborative papers I have been involved in and I hope that serves as reference for education in plant science
@kent.ac.uk
We welcome today Elise, that secured a Stacey summer studentship at @kent.ac.uk
She will test seaweed as alternative to chemical fertilisers, a project in collaboration with Nutrisan.
Welcome Elise!
#sustainable #agriculture #plantbiology #newPI
She will test seaweed as alternative to chemical fertilisers, a project in collaboration with Nutrisan.
Welcome Elise!
#sustainable #agriculture #plantbiology #newPI
June 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We welcome today Elise, that secured a Stacey summer studentship at @kent.ac.uk
She will test seaweed as alternative to chemical fertilisers, a project in collaboration with Nutrisan.
Welcome Elise!
#sustainable #agriculture #plantbiology #newPI
She will test seaweed as alternative to chemical fertilisers, a project in collaboration with Nutrisan.
Welcome Elise!
#sustainable #agriculture #plantbiology #newPI
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
Huge congratulations to plant science colleagues Julian Hibberd, Phil Poole, Wenbo Ma, Miltos Tsiantis & Jenny McElwain on election to the Royal Society 👏
We are pleased to announce the 90 outstanding researchers from across the world who have been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society this year. The group includes trailblazers from AI and electron microscopy to global health and neuroscience. #RSFellows royalsociety.org/news/2025/05...
Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society | Royal Society
Over 90 outstanding researchers from across the world have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences.
royalsociety.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Huge congratulations to plant science colleagues Julian Hibberd, Phil Poole, Wenbo Ma, Miltos Tsiantis & Jenny McElwain on election to the Royal Society 👏
Congratulations Julian! @jmhibberd.bsky.social
Congratulations to Professor Julian Hibberd, Head of the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his groundbreaking work on C4 photosynthesis.
Read more: tinyurl.com/y53wvve3
#PlantSciences 🧪
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/y53wvve3
#PlantSciences 🧪
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Congratulations Julian! @jmhibberd.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Excited to be part of the team @theplantcell.bsky.social
📣 The Plant Cell welcomes Sara Lopez-Gomollon to the Editorial Board for the 2024-2025 year!🌱
#plantscience #WeAreASPB
#plantscience #WeAreASPB
May 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Excited to be part of the team @theplantcell.bsky.social
Our group is growing!
We are looking for a self funded #masterbstudebt interested in sustainable agriculture!
More info below
Deadline 30 may
Application here (not direct applications for a fair process)
www.kent.ac.uk/courses/post...
Full description
blogs.kent.ac.uk/biosciences/...
We are looking for a self funded #masterbstudebt interested in sustainable agriculture!
More info below
Deadline 30 may
Application here (not direct applications for a fair process)
www.kent.ac.uk/courses/post...
Full description
blogs.kent.ac.uk/biosciences/...
April 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Our group is growing!
We are looking for a self funded #masterbstudebt interested in sustainable agriculture!
More info below
Deadline 30 may
Application here (not direct applications for a fair process)
www.kent.ac.uk/courses/post...
Full description
blogs.kent.ac.uk/biosciences/...
We are looking for a self funded #masterbstudebt interested in sustainable agriculture!
More info below
Deadline 30 may
Application here (not direct applications for a fair process)
www.kent.ac.uk/courses/post...
Full description
blogs.kent.ac.uk/biosciences/...
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
A great day for MENDELorians!
rdcu.be/ei4ad, such a line-up of terrific geneticists there too. #PlantScience
rdcu.be/ei4ad, such a line-up of terrific geneticists there too. #PlantScience
Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes
Nature - Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their...
rdcu.be
April 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A great day for MENDELorians!
rdcu.be/ei4ad, such a line-up of terrific geneticists there too. #PlantScience
rdcu.be/ei4ad, such a line-up of terrific geneticists there too. #PlantScience
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Genomic and genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes - Nature
Characterization of the genetic architecture underlying the 7 pairs of contrasting traits studied by Mendel and the over 70 additional agronomic traits in pea (Pisum sativum) reveals their m...
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
New genomic & genetic insights into Mendel’s pea genes, including previously uncharacterised alleles
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
159 years after Mendel published his work, this is a real delight (especially for a geneticist)
🧪
@nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Moving towards a more #sustainable agriculture
In my group we are testing #seaweed as an alternative to chemical fertilisers in collaboration with Nutrisan.
Stay tuned for opportunities to join our group on this project!
In my group we are testing #seaweed as an alternative to chemical fertilisers in collaboration with Nutrisan.
Stay tuned for opportunities to join our group on this project!
April 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Moving towards a more #sustainable agriculture
In my group we are testing #seaweed as an alternative to chemical fertilisers in collaboration with Nutrisan.
Stay tuned for opportunities to join our group on this project!
In my group we are testing #seaweed as an alternative to chemical fertilisers in collaboration with Nutrisan.
Stay tuned for opportunities to join our group on this project!
Join our lab in @kent.ac.uk
Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
March 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Join our lab in @kent.ac.uk
Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
Paid summer #studentship for #BAME students to study #seaweed as biostimulant in #crops
Application:
blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
A PhD position is available in my group @_SLU. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden to work on plant regeneration and graft hybrid formation! Details below. Please share! #plantscijobs #PlantScience
March 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A PhD position is available in my group @_SLU. Come join us in Uppsala, Sweden to work on plant regeneration and graft hybrid formation! Details below. Please share! #plantscijobs #PlantScience
Wonderful paper by @mattbnt.bsky.social
🚨New paper published in @nature.com! Using pan-genetics across the Solanum genus🍅🥔🍆we reveal why gene duplications🧬are major contingencies in crop engineering. My postdoc work in the Lippman lab @CSHL, collab. with @katiejenike.bsky.social @mikeschatz.bsky.social chatz.bsky.social and many others!
Solanum pan-genetics reveals paralogues as contingencies in crop engineering - Nature
Gene duplication and subsequent paralogue diversification are major obstacles to genotype-to-phenotype predictability.
nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Wonderful paper by @mattbnt.bsky.social
Quynh #ISPF fellow from @BritishCouncil presenting her research on Centella asiática and madecassic acid production to develop antitumoral drugs at @kent.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Quynh #ISPF fellow from @BritishCouncil presenting her research on Centella asiática and madecassic acid production to develop antitumoral drugs at @kent.ac.uk
Today, we recognize and celebrate women in research, innovation, and discovery👩🔬👩💻👩🚀
Despite progress, gender gaps in STEM persist. It’s crucial to empower girls in science, ensuring equal opportunities, Who are the women that inspire you? tag them below! 👇#WomenInScience #STEM
Despite progress, gender gaps in STEM persist. It’s crucial to empower girls in science, ensuring equal opportunities, Who are the women that inspire you? tag them below! 👇#WomenInScience #STEM
February 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Today, we recognize and celebrate women in research, innovation, and discovery👩🔬👩💻👩🚀
Despite progress, gender gaps in STEM persist. It’s crucial to empower girls in science, ensuring equal opportunities, Who are the women that inspire you? tag them below! 👇#WomenInScience #STEM
Despite progress, gender gaps in STEM persist. It’s crucial to empower girls in science, ensuring equal opportunities, Who are the women that inspire you? tag them below! 👇#WomenInScience #STEM
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
#PlantSciEd Now we are hearing about a citizen science project from Silvia Manrique, @[email protected]. Studying crosstalk between reproduction and environmental stress in eggplant, the "LeMa" project (length matters). Teachers and students grew eggplant in various conditions.
January 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#PlantSciEd Now we are hearing about a citizen science project from Silvia Manrique, @[email protected]. Studying crosstalk between reproduction and environmental stress in eggplant, the "LeMa" project (length matters). Teachers and students grew eggplant in various conditions.
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
#PlantSciEd meeting 7-8 Jan: raising the profile of #plantscience, helping build a community of plant educators who can prepare the next generation of plant biologists for the global challenges ahead.
See posts from @plantteaching.bsky.social for live reporting and links to education resources
See posts from @plantteaching.bsky.social for live reporting and links to education resources
Excited for the #PlantSciEd meeting starting tomorrow morning in Lancaster! We are expecting 60 attendees (in person online). Follow the hashtag! @aabiologists.bsky.social @kehplantsci.bsky.social @apaterlini.bsky.social @gpsep.bsky.social
More information 👉
web.cvent.com/event/a17159...
More information 👉
web.cvent.com/event/a17159...
January 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#PlantSciEd meeting 7-8 Jan: raising the profile of #plantscience, helping build a community of plant educators who can prepare the next generation of plant biologists for the global challenges ahead.
See posts from @plantteaching.bsky.social for live reporting and links to education resources
See posts from @plantteaching.bsky.social for live reporting and links to education resources
Quynh Nguyen is an #ISPF fellow funded by @British Council that will be working on developing biotechnological approaches in #centella asiatica to increase the content of anti #cancer molecules!
#plantscience
Quynh, welcome to @universityofkent.bsky.social 🌱🌱
#plantscience
Quynh, welcome to @universityofkent.bsky.social 🌱🌱
January 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Quynh Nguyen is an #ISPF fellow funded by @British Council that will be working on developing biotechnological approaches in #centella asiatica to increase the content of anti #cancer molecules!
#plantscience
Quynh, welcome to @universityofkent.bsky.social 🌱🌱
#plantscience
Quynh, welcome to @universityofkent.bsky.social 🌱🌱
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field
December 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM
1. I feel like this is such obvious advice that it gets taken for granted & consequently no one says this to young scientists but READ PAPERS, read all the papers. As you move up in your career you will have less & less time to do this. Read everything that appeals to you not just in your field
Who says that science is boring?
Great activity with BioSoc at @universityofkent.bsky.social . Student were unleashing their creativity while using their lab skills plating fluorescent bacteria!
Great activity with BioSoc at @universityofkent.bsky.social . Student were unleashing their creativity while using their lab skills plating fluorescent bacteria!
December 13, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Who says that science is boring?
Great activity with BioSoc at @universityofkent.bsky.social . Student were unleashing their creativity while using their lab skills plating fluorescent bacteria!
Great activity with BioSoc at @universityofkent.bsky.social . Student were unleashing their creativity while using their lab skills plating fluorescent bacteria!
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
Now hiring:
Are you a technician? Do you enjoy the lab? Plants 🌱? DNA 🧬? Microscopes 🔬?
We are looking for you! We are looking for a Biological Technical Assistant for the new molecular botany lab at @rwth.bsky.social Aachen. Please apply!
www.biologie.rwth-aachen.de/cms/biologie...
Are you a technician? Do you enjoy the lab? Plants 🌱? DNA 🧬? Microscopes 🔬?
We are looking for you! We are looking for a Biological Technical Assistant for the new molecular botany lab at @rwth.bsky.social Aachen. Please apply!
www.biologie.rwth-aachen.de/cms/biologie...
Technische*r Assistent*in in der Molekularen Botanik (w/m/d) - RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Fachgruppe Biologie - Deutsch
www.biologie.rwth-aachen.de
December 6, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Now hiring:
Are you a technician? Do you enjoy the lab? Plants 🌱? DNA 🧬? Microscopes 🔬?
We are looking for you! We are looking for a Biological Technical Assistant for the new molecular botany lab at @rwth.bsky.social Aachen. Please apply!
www.biologie.rwth-aachen.de/cms/biologie...
Are you a technician? Do you enjoy the lab? Plants 🌱? DNA 🧬? Microscopes 🔬?
We are looking for you! We are looking for a Biological Technical Assistant for the new molecular botany lab at @rwth.bsky.social Aachen. Please apply!
www.biologie.rwth-aachen.de/cms/biologie...
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
I have a YouTube playlist (10 videos) for #MolecularBiology for my undergrad interns in the lab.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I usually have my interns watch these videos to get introduced to the basic concepts before I go show them how to in the lab.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I usually have my interns watch these videos to get introduced to the basic concepts before I go show them how to in the lab.
November 17, 2024 at 2:07 PM
I have a YouTube playlist (10 videos) for #MolecularBiology for my undergrad interns in the lab.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I usually have my interns watch these videos to get introduced to the basic concepts before I go show them how to in the lab.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I usually have my interns watch these videos to get introduced to the basic concepts before I go show them how to in the lab.
Excited to be in Oxford! Nice dinner with @carmen-agro.bsky.social @tinaschreier.bsky.social and Isidro. Looking forward to meeting the rest of the @oxfordbiology.bsky.social tomorrow!
@universityofkent.bsky.social
@universityofkent.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Excited to be in Oxford! Nice dinner with @carmen-agro.bsky.social @tinaschreier.bsky.social and Isidro. Looking forward to meeting the rest of the @oxfordbiology.bsky.social tomorrow!
@universityofkent.bsky.social
@universityofkent.bsky.social
Reposted by Sara Lopez-Gomollon
Plant Biology People - have you registered for our January education focussed event yet? Lancaster (UK) Jan 7-8th, in person or online. You’ve got until Dec 12th to register for what is shaping up to be a fab meeting! #PlantScience #PlantBiology web.cvent.com/event/a17159...
November 27, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Plant Biology People - have you registered for our January education focussed event yet? Lancaster (UK) Jan 7-8th, in person or online. You’ve got until Dec 12th to register for what is shaping up to be a fab meeting! #PlantScience #PlantBiology web.cvent.com/event/a17159...