Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰
@hikemaydon.bsky.social
Associate Professor in the School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne.
Metabolic signalling, circadian clocks.
Teacher of Genetics. Researcher of plants.
Dad. Runner.
https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/haydonlab/
Metabolic signalling, circadian clocks.
Teacher of Genetics. Researcher of plants.
Dad. Runner.
https://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/haydonlab/
A new preprint from the lab by @cbuckley.bsky.social in collab with @adaevo.bsky.social #plantsci #circadian 🌱 ⏰
A non-coding SNP in ELF3 alters expression of ELF3β and confers adaptation of Arabidopsis to a continental climate https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.23.684042v1
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
A new preprint from the lab by @cbuckley.bsky.social in collab with @adaevo.bsky.social #plantsci #circadian 🌱 ⏰
This is an excellent opportunity. It was a fun and informative experience for me a few years ago.
🏛️ ASPS seeks Science Meets Parliament 2026 delegates! Represent plant science to policymakers in Canberra.
Contact Mark Waters ASAP: [email protected]
#SciencePolicy #PlantScience
Contact Mark Waters ASAP: [email protected]
#SciencePolicy #PlantScience
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
This is an excellent opportunity. It was a fun and informative experience for me a few years ago.
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I’m very pleased to share our latest work, led by the talented @cbuckley.bsky.social as part of his PhD. It’s our first attempt at studying #circadian rhythms in wheat with the help of some great collaborators @jesshyles.bsky.social @adaevo.bsky.social et al. #plantsci 🌾⏰ 1/7
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat
Circadian clocks control daily and seasonal timing of physiology and development. Because of their influence on photoperiodic flowering, variants in circadian clock genes have been selected for ph...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I’m very pleased to share our latest work, led by the talented @cbuckley.bsky.social as part of his PhD. It’s our first attempt at studying #circadian rhythms in wheat with the help of some great collaborators @jesshyles.bsky.social @adaevo.bsky.social et al. #plantsci 🌾⏰ 1/7
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
I’m very pleased to share our latest work, led by the talented @cbuckley.bsky.social as part of his PhD. It’s our first attempt at studying #circadian rhythms in wheat with the help of some great collaborators @jesshyles.bsky.social @adaevo.bsky.social et al. #plantsci 🌾⏰ 1/7
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat
Circadian clocks control daily and seasonal timing of physiology and development. Because of their influence on photoperiodic flowering, variants in circadian clock genes have been selected for ph...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I’m very pleased to share our latest work, led by the talented @cbuckley.bsky.social as part of his PhD. It’s our first attempt at studying #circadian rhythms in wheat with the help of some great collaborators @jesshyles.bsky.social @adaevo.bsky.social et al. #plantsci 🌾⏰ 1/7
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
doi.org/10.1111/nph....
@cbuckley.bsky.social and I wrote this Pursuit article about our wheat research #chronoculture #circadian #plantsci
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the...
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the...
The time is ripe for chronoculture
A better understanding of circadian rhythms in crop plants can help improve agricultural production, say University of Melbourne experts
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
@cbuckley.bsky.social and I wrote this Pursuit article about our wheat research #chronoculture #circadian #plantsci
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the...
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the...
Differential impact of dawn and dusk watering on tomato metabolism and biomass allocation (João Antonio Siqueira, Auxiliadora O Martins, Thiago Wakin, et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience
Differential impact of dawn and dusk watering on tomato metabolism and biomass allocation
Dusk watering maximizes tomato yield by modifying gene expression, metabolism, and growth, revealing a simple way to boost crop efficiency and adapt farmin
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🍷 ASPS Conference Dinner at National Wine Centre next to Adelaide Botanic Gardens!
First come, first served. After our memorable Hobart dinner, this promises to be another evening to remember.
Register: bit.ly/4p25OJ0
#ASPS2025 #ConferenceDinner
First come, first served. After our memorable Hobart dinner, this promises to be another evening to remember.
Register: bit.ly/4p25OJ0
#ASPS2025 #ConferenceDinner
October 11, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🍷 ASPS Conference Dinner at National Wine Centre next to Adelaide Botanic Gardens!
First come, first served. After our memorable Hobart dinner, this promises to be another evening to remember.
Register: bit.ly/4p25OJ0
#ASPS2025 #ConferenceDinner
First come, first served. After our memorable Hobart dinner, this promises to be another evening to remember.
Register: bit.ly/4p25OJ0
#ASPS2025 #ConferenceDinner
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✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/7) A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/7) A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
✨ Paper spotlight ✨
(🧵 1/7) A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(🧵 1/7) A circadian transcriptional subnetwork and EARLY FLOWERING 3 control timing of senescence and grain nutrition in bread wheat
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Hello 👋
We're the official #UniMelb account!
Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
We're the official #UniMelb account!
Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
September 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Hello 👋
We're the official #UniMelb account!
Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
We're the official #UniMelb account!
Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
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[Reminder]
ASPS social media update: X account being phased out, Facebook shutting down.
Follow us on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/australia...)
and BlueSky for plant science news and community updates.
#PlantScience #SocialMediaUpdate
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Follow us on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/australia...)
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September 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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ASPS social media update: X account being phased out, Facebook shutting down.
Follow us on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/australia...)
and BlueSky for plant science news and community updates.
#PlantScience #SocialMediaUpdate
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Follow us on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/australia...)
and BlueSky for plant science news and community updates.
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This would be amazing for collaboration with Europe. But ‘started exploratory talks for possible association’ does not instil confidence 😶
The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the announcement that the Australian Government has started exploratory talks on Australia’s possible association to Horizon Europe. Learn more: www.science.org.au/news-and-eve...
September 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This would be amazing for collaboration with Europe. But ‘started exploratory talks for possible association’ does not instil confidence 😶
Well done to @franciskuang.bsky.social on delivering his PhD Completion Seminar today. A fantastic talk on a great project spanning biochemistry 🧪 and plant science 🌱
August 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Well done to @franciskuang.bsky.social on delivering his PhD Completion Seminar today. A fantastic talk on a great project spanning biochemistry 🧪 and plant science 🌱
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It's great to see you PHD takeoff and what a way to fly, read @c-reynoldsuk.bsky.social first paper from his PHD www.nature.com/articles/s41... It is also a nice collaboration with Ant Dodd at the JIC @antdodd.bsky.social @nrpdtp.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
Machine learning models highlight environmental and genetic factors associated with the Arabidopsis circadian clock - Nature Communications
The authors introduce ChronoGauge as a machine learning model which can estimate a plant’s internal circadian time using gene expression. This can be used to compare the circadian clock across differe...
www.nature.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It's great to see you PHD takeoff and what a way to fly, read @c-reynoldsuk.bsky.social first paper from his PHD www.nature.com/articles/s41... It is also a nice collaboration with Ant Dodd at the JIC @antdodd.bsky.social @nrpdtp.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Nine years ago today...
July 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Nine years ago today...
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰
5. Then you get other people saying (in fact this theme now dominates discussions):
"Look at my regenerative farming model. It's conserving soil and killing less wildlife."
Great.
But your yields have fallen by 75%.
So either someone else must intensify or more land must be used to grow food.
"Look at my regenerative farming model. It's conserving soil and killing less wildlife."
Great.
But your yields have fallen by 75%.
So either someone else must intensify or more land must be used to grow food.
July 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
5. Then you get other people saying (in fact this theme now dominates discussions):
"Look at my regenerative farming model. It's conserving soil and killing less wildlife."
Great.
But your yields have fallen by 75%.
So either someone else must intensify or more land must be used to grow food.
"Look at my regenerative farming model. It's conserving soil and killing less wildlife."
Great.
But your yields have fallen by 75%.
So either someone else must intensify or more land must be used to grow food.
Cool 🌱
Plants "bleed" too, but through gases!
When wounded, ethylene leaks out and oxygen seeps in. This gas shift acts as an alarm, triggering self-repair to seal the breach. Excited to share our new collaborative work uncovering this clever plant mechanism! Excellent summary here, indulge!
#plantscience
When wounded, ethylene leaks out and oxygen seeps in. This gas shift acts as an alarm, triggering self-repair to seal the breach. Excited to share our new collaborative work uncovering this clever plant mechanism! Excellent summary here, indulge!
#plantscience
July 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Cool 🌱
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𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
Circadian rhythms -24h internal clocks- regulate nearly all biological processes
This review traces
-history
-molecular basis
-tissue-specific roles
-and potential for boosting crop resilience in a changing climate.
✍️Stacey Harmer @ucdavis.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70275
Circadian rhythms -24h internal clocks- regulate nearly all biological processes
This review traces
-history
-molecular basis
-tissue-specific roles
-and potential for boosting crop resilience in a changing climate.
✍️Stacey Harmer @ucdavis.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70275
The time machine: feedback loops, post‐transcriptional regulation, and environmental integration in the plant circadian oscillator
The plant circadian oscillator orchestrates daily and seasonal rhythms in key traits, such as growth, flowering, dormancy, and stress responses. This review summarizes current insights into the trans...
doi.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
Circadian rhythms -24h internal clocks- regulate nearly all biological processes
This review traces
-history
-molecular basis
-tissue-specific roles
-and potential for boosting crop resilience in a changing climate.
✍️Stacey Harmer @ucdavis.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70275
Circadian rhythms -24h internal clocks- regulate nearly all biological processes
This review traces
-history
-molecular basis
-tissue-specific roles
-and potential for boosting crop resilience in a changing climate.
✍️Stacey Harmer @ucdavis.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70275
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Super Decibel scales.
June 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Super Decibel scales.
Reposted by Mike Haydon 🌱 🌾 🧬 ⏰
Our latest work found that homoeolog expression bias is inherited for ~26% of triads in wheat. Intriguingly we found that new patterns of homoeolog expression bias are more frequent when one of the parents is a landrace.
Read more in Genome Biology: rdcu.be/eokf2
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
Read more in Genome Biology: rdcu.be/eokf2
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Our latest work found that homoeolog expression bias is inherited for ~26% of triads in wheat. Intriguingly we found that new patterns of homoeolog expression bias are more frequent when one of the parents is a landrace.
Read more in Genome Biology: rdcu.be/eokf2
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
Read more in Genome Biology: rdcu.be/eokf2
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
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📣The Melonek lab is hiring! We have two post doc positions @scienceanu.bsky.social in beautiful Canberra. 🦘
Are you interested in plant RNA-binding proteins, mitochondria & hybrid crops? 🌱🌾Apply now! More info: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/search 🔬 Position 559075 🔬 559070
🗓️ Application deadline: 18 June🍀
Are you interested in plant RNA-binding proteins, mitochondria & hybrid crops? 🌱🌾Apply now! More info: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/search 🔬 Position 559075 🔬 559070
🗓️ Application deadline: 18 June🍀
Postdoctoral Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Academic Level A Salary package: $85,010 - $106,702 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerm: Full time, Fixed Term (up to 24 months)
The Position
This is a key role in the newly establi...
jobs.anu.edu.au
May 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
📣The Melonek lab is hiring! We have two post doc positions @scienceanu.bsky.social in beautiful Canberra. 🦘
Are you interested in plant RNA-binding proteins, mitochondria & hybrid crops? 🌱🌾Apply now! More info: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/search 🔬 Position 559075 🔬 559070
🗓️ Application deadline: 18 June🍀
Are you interested in plant RNA-binding proteins, mitochondria & hybrid crops? 🌱🌾Apply now! More info: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/search 🔬 Position 559075 🔬 559070
🗓️ Application deadline: 18 June🍀
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Pleased to have finally got this method to work in wheat! Find out how you can identify direct targets of transcription factors in wheat using protoplasts and the TARGET method:
dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...
A very useful method for our group to use! borrilllab.com
dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...
A very useful method for our group to use! borrilllab.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Pleased to have finally got this method to work in wheat! Find out how you can identify direct targets of transcription factors in wheat using protoplasts and the TARGET method:
dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...
A very useful method for our group to use! borrilllab.com
dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...
A very useful method for our group to use! borrilllab.com
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The School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne is recruiting a female-identifying genomicist in a teaching and research academic role. Come and work with us!
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92007...
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92007...
Details : Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Genomics : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
jobs.unimelb.edu.au
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The School of BioSciences at the University of Melbourne is recruiting a female-identifying genomicist in a teaching and research academic role. Come and work with us!
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92007...
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92007...
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🌿 SAVE THE DATE: ASPS Conference 2025!
Join us 24-27 November at Flinders University, South Australia!
Registration opens in June. Stay tuned for program details and abstract submission information. www.asps.org.au/asps25
#ASPS2025 #PlantScience #Conference
Join us 24-27 November at Flinders University, South Australia!
Registration opens in June. Stay tuned for program details and abstract submission information. www.asps.org.au/asps25
#ASPS2025 #PlantScience #Conference
May 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🌿 SAVE THE DATE: ASPS Conference 2025!
Join us 24-27 November at Flinders University, South Australia!
Registration opens in June. Stay tuned for program details and abstract submission information. www.asps.org.au/asps25
#ASPS2025 #PlantScience #Conference
Join us 24-27 November at Flinders University, South Australia!
Registration opens in June. Stay tuned for program details and abstract submission information. www.asps.org.au/asps25
#ASPS2025 #PlantScience #Conference
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Membrane-permeable trehalose 6-phosphate precursor spray increases wheat yields in field trials - @rothamsted.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @rosfrankinst.bsky.social go.nature.com/4lQs4nC
Membrane-permeable trehalose 6-phosphate precursor spray increases wheat yields in field trials - Nature Biotechnology
A sunlight-activated chemical spray increases wheat yield in field trials across rainfall conditions.
go.nature.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Membrane-permeable trehalose 6-phosphate precursor spray increases wheat yields in field trials - @rothamsted.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @rosfrankinst.bsky.social go.nature.com/4lQs4nC