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Three students talk about their experience of this year's Plant Sciences / Zoology tropical field course.
Immersed in the Bornean rainforest, students get 1st-hand experience of tropical ecology, conservation challenges facing these forests & their unique biodiversity.
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Immersed in the Bornean rainforest, students get 1st-hand experience of tropical ecology, conservation challenges facing these forests & their unique biodiversity.
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Tropical field course 2025: a unique insight into rainforest ecology and conservation | Department of Plant Sciences
Last month 28 students and staff from the Departments of Plant Sciences and Zoology along with 6 Malaysian students from local universities, travelled to the Danum Valley Field Centre in Sabah, Malays...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Three students talk about their experience of this year's Plant Sciences / Zoology tropical field course.
Immersed in the Bornean rainforest, students get 1st-hand experience of tropical ecology, conservation challenges facing these forests & their unique biodiversity.
👉 tinyurl.com/33t6vewr
Immersed in the Bornean rainforest, students get 1st-hand experience of tropical ecology, conservation challenges facing these forests & their unique biodiversity.
👉 tinyurl.com/33t6vewr
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New #Blog from Niab CEO Professor Mario Caccamo discusses how gene editing, a precision breeding tool, can help address the pressing challenges that agriculture faces ➡️https://ow.ly/IX4u50XxoCi
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
New #Blog from Niab CEO Professor Mario Caccamo discusses how gene editing, a precision breeding tool, can help address the pressing challenges that agriculture faces ➡️https://ow.ly/IX4u50XxoCi
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Can anyone help:
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Can anyone help:
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
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Our postdoc Ali is looking for some help working with an Arabidopsis diversity panel!
Let him know if you have any ideas 🌱 #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
Let him know if you have any ideas 🌱 #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
Can anyone help:
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
I want to take photos of arabidopsis rosettes everyday as they grow to get growth curves for a lot of ecotypes. Does anyone know of software that can be used to read the label from inside the photo and rename the file with the plant ID and then amend the date to the file name too?
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Our postdoc Ali is looking for some help working with an Arabidopsis diversity panel!
Let him know if you have any ideas 🌱 #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
Let him know if you have any ideas 🌱 #software #science #plantscience #arabidopsis
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✨ Excited to share our new In Brief article in The Plant Cell! Co-authored with Fabian and Bruno, our piece highlights work by Almeida-Silva and Van de Peer that uses spatial transcriptomics to uncover how gene and genome duplications shape plant evolution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
✨ Excited to share our new In Brief article in The Plant Cell! Co-authored with Fabian and Bruno, our piece highlights work by Almeida-Silva and Van de Peer that uses spatial transcriptomics to uncover how gene and genome duplications shape plant evolution.
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Do you want to join our team?
The #EngBioIRC is recruiting for a Coordinator & Events Manager. A background in biological sciences will be advantageous, as well as the ability to communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and concisely.
Apply here: bit.ly/coordinator-..., by 17 December 2025.
The #EngBioIRC is recruiting for a Coordinator & Events Manager. A background in biological sciences will be advantageous, as well as the ability to communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and concisely.
Apply here: bit.ly/coordinator-..., by 17 December 2025.
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Do you want to join our team?
The #EngBioIRC is recruiting for a Coordinator & Events Manager. A background in biological sciences will be advantageous, as well as the ability to communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and concisely.
Apply here: bit.ly/coordinator-..., by 17 December 2025.
The #EngBioIRC is recruiting for a Coordinator & Events Manager. A background in biological sciences will be advantageous, as well as the ability to communicate complex scientific concepts clearly and concisely.
Apply here: bit.ly/coordinator-..., by 17 December 2025.
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Had a great visit to @cropscicentre.bsky.social and @camplantsci.bsky.social, and a very nice stay at St John’s college. Thanks to @paszkowskilab.bsky.social for hosting me!
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Had a great visit to @cropscicentre.bsky.social and @camplantsci.bsky.social, and a very nice stay at St John’s college. Thanks to @paszkowskilab.bsky.social for hosting me!
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✨It's just over a week until Cambridge Botanic Lights!
⭐The Garden will be filled with light and sound, some exciting new displays plus plenty of other surprises!
🌟Will you be joining us?
💚This lovely footage captured by visitors from last winter has us counting down the days
#WinterLights
⭐The Garden will be filled with light and sound, some exciting new displays plus plenty of other surprises!
🌟Will you be joining us?
💚This lovely footage captured by visitors from last winter has us counting down the days
#WinterLights
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
✨It's just over a week until Cambridge Botanic Lights!
⭐The Garden will be filled with light and sound, some exciting new displays plus plenty of other surprises!
🌟Will you be joining us?
💚This lovely footage captured by visitors from last winter has us counting down the days
#WinterLights
⭐The Garden will be filled with light and sound, some exciting new displays plus plenty of other surprises!
🌟Will you be joining us?
💚This lovely footage captured by visitors from last winter has us counting down the days
#WinterLights
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We hope to see you at our EngBio ECRs Meetup 8 Dec featuring talks:
🧬CLEAR-time dPCR for gene-editing assessment-Alex Chalk @mrc-tu.bsky.social
🧫Paired prime editing for genome-function interrogation- Gareth Girling @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Register here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
🧬CLEAR-time dPCR for gene-editing assessment-Alex Chalk @mrc-tu.bsky.social
🧫Paired prime editing for genome-function interrogation- Gareth Girling @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Register here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We hope to see you at our EngBio ECRs Meetup 8 Dec featuring talks:
🧬CLEAR-time dPCR for gene-editing assessment-Alex Chalk @mrc-tu.bsky.social
🧫Paired prime editing for genome-function interrogation- Gareth Girling @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Register here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
🧬CLEAR-time dPCR for gene-editing assessment-Alex Chalk @mrc-tu.bsky.social
🧫Paired prime editing for genome-function interrogation- Gareth Girling @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
Register here 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...
Congratulations to @cambiochem.bsky.social colleagues @dupreelab.bsky.social & @kiranrpatil.bsky.social on their Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Award for 2025.
www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/paul-du...
#PlantsAtCambridge
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#PlantsAtCambridge
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Congratulations to @cambiochem.bsky.social colleagues @dupreelab.bsky.social & @kiranrpatil.bsky.social on their Clarivate Web of Science Highly Cited Award for 2025.
www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/news/paul-du...
#PlantsAtCambridge
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#PlantsAtCambridge
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Not one, but two microscopy masters from @slcuplants.bsky.social speaking at Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists - Raymond Wightman and How-Wei Wu!
#NikonMicroscopy #microscope #lightmicroscopy #plantscience #FLIM #confocal #biology
#NikonMicroscopy #microscope #lightmicroscopy #plantscience #FLIM #confocal #biology
Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists
Date: Wednesday 7th January, 2026
Time: 9:15 – 17:00
Location: Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP
Date: Wednesday 7th January, 2026
Time: 9:15 – 17:00
Location: Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, Clerici Building, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Not one, but two microscopy masters from @slcuplants.bsky.social speaking at Flora in Focus: A Microscopy Conference for Plant Scientists - Raymond Wightman and How-Wei Wu!
#NikonMicroscopy #microscope #lightmicroscopy #plantscience #FLIM #confocal #biology
#NikonMicroscopy #microscope #lightmicroscopy #plantscience #FLIM #confocal #biology
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This is a remarkable study describing a new fungal species in a 407 million year old plant - Rugososporomyces lavoisierae Strullu-Derrien and Schornack sp. nov - using some amazing technology. Worth a read 👇
Confocal scanning laser microscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging & Raman analyses allowed @nhm-london.bsky.social, @slcuplants.bsky.social & @cambridge-ee.bsky.social researchers to resolve plant & fungal structures fossil
Read in @newphyt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
@dromius.bsky.social
Read in @newphyt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
@dromius.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
This is a remarkable study describing a new fungal species in a 407 million year old plant - Rugososporomyces lavoisierae Strullu-Derrien and Schornack sp. nov - using some amazing technology. Worth a read 👇
"Innovation should serve all, not just those who can afford it."
Hear how Crop Science Centre researchers @cam.ac.uk & partners are rethinking how we grow food for a sustainable future.
#COP30 @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @jmhibberd.bsky.social
Hear how Crop Science Centre researchers @cam.ac.uk & partners are rethinking how we grow food for a sustainable future.
#COP30 @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @jmhibberd.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"Innovation should serve all, not just those who can afford it."
Hear how Crop Science Centre researchers @cam.ac.uk & partners are rethinking how we grow food for a sustainable future.
#COP30 @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @jmhibberd.bsky.social
Hear how Crop Science Centre researchers @cam.ac.uk & partners are rethinking how we grow food for a sustainable future.
#COP30 @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @jmhibberd.bsky.social
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🔬 Experience Research Life at Cambridge!
Applications are now open for the 2026 Experience Postgrad Life Sciences Programme. Gain hands-on lab experience with an 8-week summer placement, in partnership with @corpuscambridge.bsky.social!
🔗 www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
#SummerPlacement #Cambridge
Applications are now open for the 2026 Experience Postgrad Life Sciences Programme. Gain hands-on lab experience with an 8-week summer placement, in partnership with @corpuscambridge.bsky.social!
🔗 www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
#SummerPlacement #Cambridge
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
🔬 Experience Research Life at Cambridge!
Applications are now open for the 2026 Experience Postgrad Life Sciences Programme. Gain hands-on lab experience with an 8-week summer placement, in partnership with @corpuscambridge.bsky.social!
🔗 www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
#SummerPlacement #Cambridge
Applications are now open for the 2026 Experience Postgrad Life Sciences Programme. Gain hands-on lab experience with an 8-week summer placement, in partnership with @corpuscambridge.bsky.social!
🔗 www.exppg.lifesci.cam.ac.uk
#SummerPlacement #Cambridge
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#COP30 in Belém is underway!
Our brand new documentary, With Science We Can, made with @cgiar.org premieres today. youtu.be/wJ9BmZHBomk?...
Supported by KAUST Center, @camplantsci.bsky.social, Plant2Food, TOWING and LISD Center at @princeton.edu
#ClimateAction #FoodSecurity
Our brand new documentary, With Science We Can, made with @cgiar.org premieres today. youtu.be/wJ9BmZHBomk?...
Supported by KAUST Center, @camplantsci.bsky.social, Plant2Food, TOWING and LISD Center at @princeton.edu
#ClimateAction #FoodSecurity
With Science We Can: How the Global South Is Farming the Future
YouTube video by WebsEdgeScience
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November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#COP30 in Belém is underway!
Our brand new documentary, With Science We Can, made with @cgiar.org premieres today. youtu.be/wJ9BmZHBomk?...
Supported by KAUST Center, @camplantsci.bsky.social, Plant2Food, TOWING and LISD Center at @princeton.edu
#ClimateAction #FoodSecurity
Our brand new documentary, With Science We Can, made with @cgiar.org premieres today. youtu.be/wJ9BmZHBomk?...
Supported by KAUST Center, @camplantsci.bsky.social, Plant2Food, TOWING and LISD Center at @princeton.edu
#ClimateAction #FoodSecurity
New film premiered at #COP30 today shows how @cam.ac.uk Crop Science Centre's global partnerships are empowering farmers for future food security.
📽️ tinyurl.com/5ac6ymmd
👉 tinyurl.com/mr2ke37s
@cgiar.org @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @stjohnscollege.bsky.social
📽️ tinyurl.com/5ac6ymmd
👉 tinyurl.com/mr2ke37s
@cgiar.org @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @stjohnscollege.bsky.social
Growing More With Less | Crop Science Centre
The world is changing rapidly. Across Africa and Asia, smallholder farmers stand at the frontline of a global challenge: feeding growing populations in the face of climate stress, soil degradation, and dwindling natural resources. How can we grow more food — with less land, less water, and fewer emissions - while ensuring every community has enough to eat? At the University of Cambridge, a team of scientists, partners, and innovators are working together to answer that question. The Crop Science Centre is a global hub where science meets society to create a fairer, more sustainable future for farming. Its mission is to make global food production more equitable, sustainable, and resilient. They are driven by the belief that innovation must serve everyone — not just those who can afford it. https://www.cropsciencecentre.org/
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November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New film premiered at #COP30 today shows how @cam.ac.uk Crop Science Centre's global partnerships are empowering farmers for future food security.
📽️ tinyurl.com/5ac6ymmd
👉 tinyurl.com/mr2ke37s
@cgiar.org @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @stjohnscollege.bsky.social
📽️ tinyurl.com/5ac6ymmd
👉 tinyurl.com/mr2ke37s
@cgiar.org @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social @stjohnscollege.bsky.social
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How can science empower farmers & feed the future?
New film premiering at #COP30 shows how global partnerships are delivering sustainable agricultural innovations from Cambridge to Ghana to Nigeria.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/YNWbNrqozO8?...
@camplantsci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk #WithScienceWeCan
New film premiering at #COP30 shows how global partnerships are delivering sustainable agricultural innovations from Cambridge to Ghana to Nigeria.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/YNWbNrqozO8?...
@camplantsci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk #WithScienceWeCan
Growing More With Less | Crop Science Centre
YouTube video by WebsEdgeScience
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November 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
How can science empower farmers & feed the future?
New film premiering at #COP30 shows how global partnerships are delivering sustainable agricultural innovations from Cambridge to Ghana to Nigeria.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/YNWbNrqozO8?...
@camplantsci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk #WithScienceWeCan
New film premiering at #COP30 shows how global partnerships are delivering sustainable agricultural innovations from Cambridge to Ghana to Nigeria.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/YNWbNrqozO8?...
@camplantsci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk #WithScienceWeCan
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Read about the microscopy techniques employed to detect and distinguish traces of organisms long after their DNA has vanished.
www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/scienti...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Read about the microscopy techniques employed to detect and distinguish traces of organisms long after their DNA has vanished.
www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/scienti...
www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/scienti...
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Confocal scanning laser microscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging & Raman analyses allowed @nhm-london.bsky.social, @slcuplants.bsky.social & @cambridge-ee.bsky.social researchers to resolve plant & fungal structures fossil
Read in @newphyt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
@dromius.bsky.social
Read in @newphyt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
@dromius.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Confocal scanning laser microscopy, fluorescence lifetime imaging & Raman analyses allowed @nhm-london.bsky.social, @slcuplants.bsky.social & @cambridge-ee.bsky.social researchers to resolve plant & fungal structures fossil
Read in @newphyt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
@dromius.bsky.social
Read in @newphyt.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
@dromius.bsky.social
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Don't forget to register for the Non-seed. The deadline is on Friday.
Registration for #nonseedUK25 is officially open: www.jic.ac.uk/event/4th-ge.... If you wish to be considered for a talk, please submit your abstract by 30th October. Thanks to @philcarella.bsky.social for acting as local organizer this year 😃
a sign that says open with red lights on it .
ALT: a sign that says open with red lights on it .
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November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Don't forget to register for the Non-seed. The deadline is on Friday.
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Got me thinking about system resilience, translatability and local context: this afternoon's research symposium on Safer Environments in the light of changing climate and infectious diseases, thanks to @cambridgezero.bsky.social and Cambridge Infectious Diseases for organising!
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Got me thinking about system resilience, translatability and local context: this afternoon's research symposium on Safer Environments in the light of changing climate and infectious diseases, thanks to @cambridgezero.bsky.social and Cambridge Infectious Diseases for organising!
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Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
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www.schornacklab.net
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November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
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🌿 This Week 🌿
We were thrilled to welcome @plantlifeuk.bsky.social and @channel4news.bsky.social to celebrate the Fen Orchid - brought back from the brink of extinction!
See our latest Plant Picks and don’t miss #CambridgeBotanicLights: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-botanic-lights-2025/
We were thrilled to welcome @plantlifeuk.bsky.social and @channel4news.bsky.social to celebrate the Fen Orchid - brought back from the brink of extinction!
See our latest Plant Picks and don’t miss #CambridgeBotanicLights: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-botanic-lights-2025/
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌿 This Week 🌿
We were thrilled to welcome @plantlifeuk.bsky.social and @channel4news.bsky.social to celebrate the Fen Orchid - brought back from the brink of extinction!
See our latest Plant Picks and don’t miss #CambridgeBotanicLights: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-botanic-lights-2025/
We were thrilled to welcome @plantlifeuk.bsky.social and @channel4news.bsky.social to celebrate the Fen Orchid - brought back from the brink of extinction!
See our latest Plant Picks and don’t miss #CambridgeBotanicLights: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-botanic-lights-2025/
PhD Opportunity!
PhD in Ecology and the evolution of tree size
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Fixed term
Closes on Thursday 20 November 2025.
www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/esquivel-mue...
#PlantSciences #PlantSciencePhds #Ecology #EcologyPhds
PhD in Ecology and the evolution of tree size
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Fixed term
Closes on Thursday 20 November 2025.
www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/esquivel-mue...
#PlantSciences #PlantSciencePhds #Ecology #EcologyPhds
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
PhD Opportunity!
PhD in Ecology and the evolution of tree size
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Fixed term
Closes on Thursday 20 November 2025.
www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/esquivel-mue...
#PlantSciences #PlantSciencePhds #Ecology #EcologyPhds
PhD in Ecology and the evolution of tree size
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Fixed term
Closes on Thursday 20 November 2025.
www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/esquivel-mue...
#PlantSciences #PlantSciencePhds #Ecology #EcologyPhds
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Very excited to share our work published in Nature Comms last week! Here we describe a range of cool things that can be done once you have the power to control deposition of H3K4me3…
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A short thread:
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A short thread:
CRISPR targeting of H3K4me3 activates gene expression and unlocks centromere-proximal crossover recombination in Arabidopsis
Nature Communications - Binenbaum et al. demonstrate that precise CRISPR-based targeting of a key chromatin mark (H3K4me3) can switch on genes, boost disease resistance, and unlock meiotic...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Very excited to share our work published in Nature Comms last week! Here we describe a range of cool things that can be done once you have the power to control deposition of H3K4me3…
rdcu.be/eNEf4
A short thread:
rdcu.be/eNEf4
A short thread: