NickyCreux
@nickycreux.bsky.social
I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria in FABI. Post and opinions are my own. We study crop flowers and their response to the environment.
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Long-term flowering-time data on Japanese mountain cherry (recorded since the 9th century!) shows a shift in full-flowering date beginning in the late 19th century.
Fascinating new @newphyt.bsky.social paper by @jgpausas.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Fascinating new @newphyt.bsky.social paper by @jgpausas.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
June 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Long-term flowering-time data on Japanese mountain cherry (recorded since the 9th century!) shows a shift in full-flowering date beginning in the late 19th century.
Fascinating new @newphyt.bsky.social paper by @jgpausas.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Fascinating new @newphyt.bsky.social paper by @jgpausas.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Has anyone else gotten a paper rejection with no reviewer comments? I got one Friday and a colleague got one a few weeks back. Different publishers. When he queried it he was told they couldn't find reviewers. I am waiting to hear back from my query. Is this a thing!?!?!😑
June 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Has anyone else gotten a paper rejection with no reviewer comments? I got one Friday and a colleague got one a few weeks back. Different publishers. When he queried it he was told they couldn't find reviewers. I am waiting to hear back from my query. Is this a thing!?!?!😑
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Out First Release in @science.org today, nice work finding that redox regulates multimerisation of Aux/IAA proteins during root xerobranching:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses
Reactive oxygen species function as key signals in plant adaptation to environmental stresses like drought. Roots respond to transient water unavailability by temporarily ceasing branching through the...
www.science.org
June 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Out First Release in @science.org today, nice work finding that redox regulates multimerisation of Aux/IAA proteins during root xerobranching:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Publishing in Plant Physiology, The Plant Cell, and Plant Direct means more than sharing your science — it means giving back to the community.
📖 Peer-reviewed excellence.
🌍 Community-driven values.
Support plant biology by publishing with @ASPB.
#PlantScience
📖 Peer-reviewed excellence.
🌍 Community-driven values.
Support plant biology by publishing with @ASPB.
#PlantScience
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Earth system models are plagued by uncertainties in the response of microbes to climate change. We leveraged metabolic insights from genome scale models when coupled to an ocean model in this new exciting work 🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Unveiling the link between phytoplankton molecular physiology and biogeochemical cycling via genome-scale modeling
A genome-enabled ESM built on genomic data assesses physiological acclimation and biogeochemical effects through nutrient stress.
www.science.org
June 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Earth system models are plagued by uncertainties in the response of microbes to climate change. We leveraged metabolic insights from genome scale models when coupled to an ocean model in this new exciting work 🌊
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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🆕 Our #LatestIssue:
📚https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137/2025/246/6
Highlights include:
🌱 Regeneration and defence
🌱 Receptor-like kinases cleavage
🌱 Floral nectary diversity and #evolution
#PlantScience
📚https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137/2025/246/6
Highlights include:
🌱 Regeneration and defence
🌱 Receptor-like kinases cleavage
🌱 Floral nectary diversity and #evolution
#PlantScience
June 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🆕 Our #LatestIssue:
📚https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137/2025/246/6
Highlights include:
🌱 Regeneration and defence
🌱 Receptor-like kinases cleavage
🌱 Floral nectary diversity and #evolution
#PlantScience
📚https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137/2025/246/6
Highlights include:
🌱 Regeneration and defence
🌱 Receptor-like kinases cleavage
🌱 Floral nectary diversity and #evolution
#PlantScience
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1. Yes, that sounds like a normal aspect of any healthy intellectual field! It takes time for you to learn the nuance, the language, and the people of a new field, and then for them to learn about you.
2. Folks.... this is a statistical description of a trend, not a declaration of what you must do
2. Folks.... this is a statistical description of a trend, not a declaration of what you must do
The further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be
https://go.nature.com/44VjEW9
https://go.nature.com/44VjEW9
Shifting research focus comes with the risk of reduced impact
An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents shows that the further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be.
go.nature.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
1. Yes, that sounds like a normal aspect of any healthy intellectual field! It takes time for you to learn the nuance, the language, and the people of a new field, and then for them to learn about you.
2. Folks.... this is a statistical description of a trend, not a declaration of what you must do
2. Folks.... this is a statistical description of a trend, not a declaration of what you must do
Highly recommend working with Kaisa!
We are hiring for a research technician in our NWO-XL project BarrierFates! If you are interested in working with root barriers and their role for plant fitness, more info here:
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#PlantScience 🌱🌽🔬
www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
#PlantScience 🌱🌽🔬
Research Technician Root Barriers
Join us in investigating the role of maize root barriers in soil stresses!
www.uu.nl
May 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Highly recommend working with Kaisa!
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Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is in bloom. With red flowers and long, nectar-filled spurs, this wildflower is pollinated by hummingbirds.
May 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) is in bloom. With red flowers and long, nectar-filled spurs, this wildflower is pollinated by hummingbirds.
Guys! I got my NRF rating this week! IYKYK!😁😁😁
May 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Guys! I got my NRF rating this week! IYKYK!😁😁😁
Now officially in a volume and issue! 🌻🌻
-First report of BiMoV on sunflower in South Africa.
-Only second report of a natural infection of sunflower in the world!
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
-First report of BiMoV on sunflower in South Africa.
-Only second report of a natural infection of sunflower in the world!
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Genomic Characterisation of Bidens mottle virus in South Africa and an Assessment of the Impact on Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) in an Open Field Setting
RNAseq was used to identify the second natural infection of bidens mottle virus on sunflowers in an open field setting in South Africa and is the first detection of the virus in the country and signi....
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Now officially in a volume and issue! 🌻🌻
-First report of BiMoV on sunflower in South Africa.
-Only second report of a natural infection of sunflower in the world!
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
-First report of BiMoV on sunflower in South Africa.
-Only second report of a natural infection of sunflower in the world!
bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Wednesday my first PhD student graduated! She did a beautiful sunflower planting date trial looking at everything from growth and yield to pollination and plant health! Also made the first report of BiMoV on sunflower in South Africa! Our BSc Honours student also graduated! What a happy day!
May 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Wednesday my first PhD student graduated! She did a beautiful sunflower planting date trial looking at everything from growth and yield to pollination and plant health! Also made the first report of BiMoV on sunflower in South Africa! Our BSc Honours student also graduated! What a happy day!
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📜 In defense of funding foundational plant science
🧑🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience
🧑🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
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#️⃣ #PlantScience
In defense of funding foundational plant science
Abstract. Plants are essential for life as we know it on Earth. They oxygenate the atmosphere, regulate the climate, and comprise much of the primary produ
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May 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📜 In defense of funding foundational plant science
🧑🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience
🧑🔬 @jfriesner.bsky.social, @cargueso.bsky.social, @plantteaching.bsky.social, Shuang Wu, @roederlab.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience
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🌍 Excited to announce a fully funded joint PhD between @PPS_UoS (UK) and @westsyduhie (Australia)!
Explore the epigenetic basis of immune memory in Arabidopsis 🌱 – at the interface of plant ecology, evolution, and epigenomics.
🔗 More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Explore the epigenetic basis of immune memory in Arabidopsis 🌱 – at the interface of plant ecology, evolution, and epigenomics.
🔗 More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
May 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🌍 Excited to announce a fully funded joint PhD between @PPS_UoS (UK) and @westsyduhie (Australia)!
Explore the epigenetic basis of immune memory in Arabidopsis 🌱 – at the interface of plant ecology, evolution, and epigenomics.
🔗 More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Explore the epigenetic basis of immune memory in Arabidopsis 🌱 – at the interface of plant ecology, evolution, and epigenomics.
🔗 More info: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI.
I urge everyone to delete their app.
I urge everyone to delete their app.
Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI
Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.
fortune.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI.
I urge everyone to delete their app.
I urge everyone to delete their app.
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Genetically modified pod borer resistant cowpeas now boosting food security for smallholder farmers in Ghana #plantscience 🧪 theconversation.com/ghanas-first...
Ghana’s first genetically modified crop: why we created a new cowpea variety, how we tested it and what we found
Research results demonstrate the potential of GM cowpea to enhance yields and profitability for resource-poor farmers.
theconversation.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Genetically modified pod borer resistant cowpeas now boosting food security for smallholder farmers in Ghana #plantscience 🧪 theconversation.com/ghanas-first...
It was fun to be out in the field yesterday morning as the team starts wrapping up the trials. I did come to help, but they were on top of it! Such a great team to work with❤
April 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It was fun to be out in the field yesterday morning as the team starts wrapping up the trials. I did come to help, but they were on top of it! Such a great team to work with❤
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Very happy to have contributed to this article. It's a topic I am very passionate about. We need to see significantly more translational and impact from all the investments in fundamental research. It is weird that many primary publications claim a big breakthrough, and then, nothing more happens!
📜 Challenges of translating Arabidopsis insights into crops
🧑🔬 @cristobaluauy.bsky.social, @hildenelissen.bsky.social, @johnathan-n.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #Agriculture #PlantGMOs #Crops #PlantNGTs #PlantBreeding
🧑🔬 @cristobaluauy.bsky.social, @hildenelissen.bsky.social, @johnathan-n.bsky.social, et al.
📔 @theplantcell.bsky.social
🔗 academic.oup.com/plcell/advan...
#️⃣ #PlantScience #Agriculture #PlantGMOs #Crops #PlantNGTs #PlantBreeding
Challenges of translating Arabidopsis insights into crops
Abstract. The significance of research conducted on Arabidopsis thaliana cannot be overstated. This focus issue showcases how insights from Arabidopsis hav
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April 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Very happy to have contributed to this article. It's a topic I am very passionate about. We need to see significantly more translational and impact from all the investments in fundamental research. It is weird that many primary publications claim a big breakthrough, and then, nothing more happens!
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New preprint! We used single cell sequencing & metabolomics to look at cell type specificity of specialized metabolism in Camptotheca, the source of chemotherapeutic agent camptothecin, as well as comparative analyses w/ Catharanthus, which we previously worked on. 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New preprint! We used single cell sequencing & metabolomics to look at cell type specificity of specialized metabolism in Camptotheca, the source of chemotherapeutic agent camptothecin, as well as comparative analyses w/ Catharanthus, which we previously worked on. 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: [email protected] and [email protected] youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4
April 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: [email protected] and [email protected] youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4
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April 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Here's is my experience from the financial crisis of 2008 (and Covid). Even though the whole way we are doing and funding science has changed significantly, people's shortcuts for determining whether or not you are "succeeding" will take longer to recalibrate. /1
I wonder, for those of us on a tenure clock, how will this situation factor in?
We’re not playing the same game we set out to play.
We’re not playing the same game we set out to play.
a man in a suit and tie with nbc written on the bottom right
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with nbc written on the bottom right
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April 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Here's is my experience from the financial crisis of 2008 (and Covid). Even though the whole way we are doing and funding science has changed significantly, people's shortcuts for determining whether or not you are "succeeding" will take longer to recalibrate. /1
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SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
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April 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
SCAM ALERT. This is a fake conference that ripped off my and other people’s names to trick people into registering. There is no such conference that I or the others shown were invited or agreed to. We are working to try to get this fraud taken down from the web.
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Chatting about doing postgraduate studies with the third years! With Dr Mapfumo @phrasia.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Chatting about doing postgraduate studies with the third years! With Dr Mapfumo @phrasia.bsky.social
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please share - postdoc position available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-...
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April 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
please share - postdoc position available - molecular physiology of stomata and plant water use of efficiency
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-...
lab.igb.illinois.edu/leakey/post-...