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Sci-Seedlets @sci-seedlets.bsky.social · 13d

Sci-Seedlets kits are developed with the teachers - for the teachers 🏫👩‍🏫👨‍🏫📚 If you are interested to use the kits in classrooms and/or to support the project, please fill EoI form.👇 Thank you!

#teachers #STEMEducation #FutureScientists #YoungInnovators #STEMTeachers #PrimarySchoolSTEM

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Ora Hazak @hazaklab.bsky.social · Aug 18

An open W2 Professorship position in Molecular Crop Improvement at my Institute @uni-muenster.de! Excellent scientific environment and great conditions for Plant Research 🔬🍅🫛🥒🌽🍓🍎🥔- now open for applications !

Plant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social · Aug 18

Your research brings together fundamental plant biology & applied research to enhance crop traits? 🌱🌾🎓🏭

Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social

Please PM if you got questions.

stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/d...

Professorship (W2-level) in “Molecular Crop Improvement”

stellen.uni-muenster.de

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · Aug 7

Junior #GroupLeader position @mpipz.bsky.social
on Plant Development & Diversity ‼️ #plantsci www.mpipz.mpg.de/5697690/job_...

Group leader (m/f/d) | Plant Development and Diversity

The successful applicant will be expected to build an independent research group to study plant development and/or its natural variation.

www.mpipz.mpg.de

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Aug 7

In their Opinion article, Samantha Webster @llssam.bsky.social, Remi Brynn and Kate Poole @katepoole.bsky.social consider how perspectives from both cell biologists and biophysicists will be crucial for characterising mechanosensitive ion channels in vivo.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Examples of in vitro measurements (left panel) and the in vivo mechanical landscapes where tissues and cells experience complex compound forces (right panel). In vitro experimental techniques can provide detailed information about specific properties of mechanosensitive ion channels. However, an experimental gap remains in understanding how channels are activated and the consequences of their function in complex in vivo settings.

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Rucha Karnik @ruchakarnik.bsky.social · Jul 15

Excellent as always! to be at the The Royal Society 💫 This time for the Future of Scientifc Publishing meeting packed with interesting multifaceted discussions 📖 💻📑 🔬🧬
#quote "Science is not finished until it is communicated"
#STEM #review #AI #research #library

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KarnikLab @karniklab.bsky.social · Jul 7

@karniklab.bsky.social proudly celebrates graduation of Dr ZhiYi Yu @uofglasgow.bsky.social 💫🍃🍾 Congratulations Fish!!!

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Sci-Seedlets @sci-seedlets.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢Registration open! for @sci-seedlets.bsky.social online Teachers’ workshop for Plant & Climate Curriculum Lesson-in-a-box resources for Primary School teaching. Monday 1st September 3.30-5pm 🌱 #STEM #EDI @mornorse.bsky.social @ruchakarnik.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social
Book 👉🏼 rb.gy/immjkh

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · Jun 26

This from London's Natural History Museum on the new Enigmacursor dinosaur species on display.

I prefer labradorosaurus, but they never asked me. 🧪🦖

www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

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Rucha Karnik @ruchakarnik.bsky.social · May 24

An engaging day with #plantsci as always and great to see everyone! 💫

Eirini Kaiserli @ekaiserli.bsky.social · May 16

Glasgow Plant Science Symposium! Great to discuss science with the Bower crew, @natcomms.nature.com and our two excellent external speakers. Thank you @uofglasgow.bsky.social @stratechscientific.bsky.social @thermofishersci.bsky.social @cytiva.bsky.social @sci-seedlets.bsky.social WeissTechnik

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · May 2

📜 CarboTag: a modular approach for live and functional imaging of plant cell walls

🧑‍🔬 Maarten Besten, Joris Sprakel, et al.

📔 @naturemethods.bsky.social

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantCellWalls #PlantTools #PlantMicroscopy #PlantImaging #PlantMethods

CarboTag: a modular approach for live and functional imaging of plant cell walls - Nature Methods

A suite of nontoxic and permeable CarboTag probes in various colors enables live quantitative imaging of a range of plant cell wall characteristics and dynamic, high-resolution mapping of cell wall ch...

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · Apr 25

🌱 Tomorrow is #InternationalSeedsDay — and we’re taking a moment to honor the tiny powerhouses behind food, sustainability, and resilience.

Why do seeds matter?
🌾 Genetic diversity
🛡️ Climate-smart sustainability
🌍 Food justice
🧪 Innovation rooted in nature

#PlantScience #SeedDiversity

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Sci-Seedlets @sci-seedlets.bsky.social · Apr 24

Many thanks to everyone who attended @sci-seedlets.bsky.social Teacher’s workshop today and an excellent discussion! 🌱 @mornorse.bsky.social @ruchakarnik.bsky.social and speakers Prof. Anna Amtmann Prof. Mike Blatt #Education #plantscience @karniklab.bsky.social

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · Apr 15

📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on April 24 at 10:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱

👉 Free registration at buff.ly/lSj1OL1.

#plantscience

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Apr 13

🌱 What’s YOUR favorite plant?🌿

Past BSA President Brenda Molano-Flores flips through Plants of the World—how could she pick just one? 🤔💚 Share YOURS in the comments or with #LetsGoPlants #IamaBotanist!

Then help BSA Stand Up for Science with an unrestricted gift today
crm.botany.org/makeadonation

This image shows Brenda Molano-Flores deep in thought looking at a plant themed book with a thought bubble with lots of different plants inside. The text says International Plant Appreciation Day, April 13, 2025. What is YOUR favorite plant? Share in the comments of with #LetsGoPlants or #IamaBotanist.

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Mar 28

Two fantastic positions in #plantscience: A junior AND a senior group leader position at the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI), part of @viennabiocenter.bsky.social. Generous core funding, fantastic plant and non-plant colleagues, all in a very livable and beautiful city.
www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/join-us/...

Senior Group Leader Position

www.oeaw.ac.at

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Botany One @botany.one · Mar 17

From studying plant succession in the Austrian Alps to researching oak microbiomes in Germany, Lucy Sauereßig's journey in plant ecology is fascinating! Her PhD work examines interactions that could help protect vital forest ecosystems. Read her story on Botany One!

Lucy Sauereßig: Climbing Oaks for the Whole Picture

Botany One interviews Lucy Sauereßig, a PhD student working on the intricate interactions between oaks and their microbiome.

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Angelika Lampert @lampertlab.bsky.social · Mar 17

Nav1.7 structure and severe pain: join our next worldwide sodium channel seminar on March 25th by Goragot Wisedchaisri (Seattle, US) on the “Structural basis for severe pain caused by mutations in Nav1.7”
www.sodiumchannelseminars.org for link and infos. See you there!
#ionchannel #WSCS

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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Mar 14

🧵 Thread on #SessilePlants:

Plant Scientists: "As sessile organisms, plants [𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 "𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨" 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 "𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴"].

David Attenborough: "👇"

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Rucha Karnik @ruchakarnik.bsky.social · Mar 12

👍🌱🌱🌱 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

GORK K+ channel structure and gating vital to informing stomatal engineering - Nature Communications

This study identifies long-lived closed and pre-open states of GORK K+ channel through structural and functional analysis, suggesting semi-independent conformational transitions underlying channel act...

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Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe) @pdbeurope.bsky.social · Mar 8

On this International Women’s ♀️ Day, we celebrate the diverse talented women who support #structuralbiology resources, such as:
🧪 PDBe & AlphaFoldDB
🧪 EMDB
🧪 EMPIAR

Leaders & more... Let's meet some of them!
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#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInTech #WomenInScience

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Rucha Karnik @ruchakarnik.bsky.social · Feb 24

Join us @uofgmvls.bsky.social @mvls-srf.bsky.social @mgabro.bsky.social @karniklab.bsky.social
plantscienceglasgow.org

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy International Women’s Day! 💜

Our incredible community of #WomeninSTEM is multi-talented, diverse, and inspiring. This video celebrates their brilliance- both in their studies and beyond!

Full video: gla.ac/IWD2025

#IWD2025 #STEMinist
@uofgstem.bsky.social
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Rucha Karnik @ruchakarnik.bsky.social · Feb 24

Join us @uofgmvls.bsky.social @mvls-srf.bsky.social @mgabro.bsky.social @karniklab.bsky.social
plantscienceglasgow.org

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Rucha Karnik @ruchakarnik.bsky.social · Feb 20

*New #Job Alert * Suited for a hashtag#cell biologist interested in #membranes, vesicle trafficking or ion transport! to join my laboratory @karniklab.bsky.social within @uofglasgow.bsky.social vibrant research community! #Plantsci #researchjobs www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Associate

This BBSRC funded position is for a plant cell and membrane biologist working in Karnik laboratory, researching CO2- sensing complexes impacting stomatal function and water use efficiencies. The pr...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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Rucha Karnik @ruchakarnik.bsky.social · Feb 23

👍👍 please add me.