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Molecular Plant & Plant Communications @mplantpcom.bsky.social · 5d

The winners of rising stars in plant sciences 2025 #Editorial #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 7d

UKRIO @ukrio.bsky.social is introducing an Authorship Integrity Toolkit:
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
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The Authorship Integrity Toolkit - UK Research Integrity Office

The Authorship Integrity Toolkit Practical resources to support responsible authorship in research UKRIO is pleased to present the Authorship Integrity Toolkit – a new collection of resources to help ...

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MagdalenaMarek @magdamarek.bsky.social · 8d

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
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Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, the institute she founded said.

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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · 29d

Don't forget to register for this 90-minute workshop on FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images!

This workshop will be held in TWO WEEKS on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET.

Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V

Promotional image for the PCA Imaging Workshop Webinar Series: FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images. The promo has a purple and green plant cell graphic with a black background. It also includes the details for the webinar including the date/time: Wednesday September 24, 2025 9:30am CT/10:30am ET/7:30am PT, the Zoom Link, and the Organizers: Ivan Radin, Kirk Czymmek, and Daniel Kierzkowski.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 11

How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.

How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals

The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.

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MagdalenaMarek @magdamarek.bsky.social · Aug 4

Some magic happened in Andes mountains 9 mln years ago so we can eat fries now :D

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Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage

Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million years ago. The alter...

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MagdalenaMarek @magdamarek.bsky.social · Jul 28

If the data did not support conclusions how were those papers published in Science hint he first place?

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Oliver Bossdorf @bossdorf.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines | PNAS

Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines

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MagdalenaMarek @magdamarek.bsky.social · Jul 25

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The last step in a long process on arsenic life

A note from me and Executive Editor Valda Vinson about the retraction of the "arsenic life" paper

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MagdalenaMarek @magdamarek.bsky.social · Jul 2

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REM transcription factors and GDE1 shape the DNA methylation landscape through the recruitment of RNA polymerase IV transcription complexes - Nature Cell Biology

Wu et al. demonstrate that REM transcription factors and GDE1 guide RNA polymerase IV to specific genomic loci, establishing a DNA sequence-dependent mechanism for siRNA biogenesis and DNA methylation...

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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congrats to all co-winners! ☺️

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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you want to gain skills and experience in #plantsciences and #bioengineering take a look at our 12-month #Internship in the Earlham #Biofoundry:

John Innes Foundation Internship in Plant Science

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MagdalenaMarek @magdamarek.bsky.social · Jun 24

I hear that picture.....

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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · Jun 20

Modern strawberries are a hybrid between two wild species that were intentionally crossed 300 years ago. But the history of strawberries stretches back much further than that and is a lot more complicated.

🍓 Story:
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UF study traces complex history of the strawberry

If you eat fruits or vegetables, how often do you think about their history? Former University of Florida post-doctoral researcher Zhen Fan did, as he traced the strawberry back over centuries. In a ...

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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Time for another paper from our lab!
This time it’s about passage cells. This work originated from a collaboration with @lauraragni.bsky.social and was spearheaded by the super-talented @leoniekraska.bsky.social Below you will find a thread that explains our findings.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

MYB68 regulates radial endodermal differentiation and suberin patterning

In this study, Kraska et al. identify MYB68 as a novel regulator of endodermal suberization, linked to the formation of distinct identities in the xylem-pole-associated endodermis. The research uncove...

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Helena Klara Jambor @helenajambor.bsky.social · May 17

Sneap peak #DataVisAgainstFascism
#physiologicalirrelevantconference #woodstockofbiology

CU in June 💜 ☮️ 🌈 📊

Talk title: Data Visualization against Fascism

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · May 13

If you would like to attend a #microscopy or #bioimageanalysis training course in the next 6 months but don’t have funding, check out our Microscopy Training Grant from @jcellsci.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social.

Next deadline: 6 June 2025

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#Training

Microscopy Training Grants

Supporting microscopy training for early-career researchers in cell biology

Apply for a grant of up to £1,000

Application dates:
6 June 2025
5 September 2025
7 November 2025

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Colleen Drapek @colleendrapek.bsky.social · May 13

We are hiring at Phytoform Labs! Seeking two Senior Scientist roles (sponsorship options) and one technician. Check out the job descriptions/application at the link below. If you're interested or know someone who might be a great fit, please apply or share the word! www.phytoformlabs.com/careers

Phytoform Labs | Careers

Help us make agriculture more sustainable.

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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · Apr 17

Register for the #SingleCell and #Spatial Symposium in June! With keynotes, invited speakers, and plenty of time to discuss and share the latest research and applications across microbial, plant, animal, and human health and disease.

📆 Registration closes 04 May!

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Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium

Now in its eighth year, and extended to a two-day event, the Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium at Earlham Institute covers single-cell and spatial genomics technologies and their application…

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MagdalenaMarek @magdamarek.bsky.social · Apr 16

Surprising discovery in world’s most studied plant can make seeds bigger | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Surprising discovery in world’s most studied plant can make seeds bigger

An overlooked “gate” governs nutrient transport to seeds and might one day boost harvests

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Mar 28

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - Seeing is believing: Whole-cell electron tomography models of vacuole morphology and formation in the early-stage root cortex of Arabidopsis (Yong Cui, Jiayang Gao, Yanbin Li, Hai Zhang, et. al.) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience

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MagdalenaMarek @magdamarek.bsky.social · Mar 27

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New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden

The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.

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Elinor Karlsson @elinork.bsky.social · Mar 27

How did Coati get their stripes? Not yet known ... but we know how another Carnivore loses them! 3 mutations in gene TAQPEP changes a cat from tabby striped to blotchy #RIP #2025MMM www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

(A) Allelic variation at Tabby controls color patterning—mackerel (Taᴹ) is dominant over blotched (Taᵇ). Diagrams show how the distribution of eumelanin (dark) and pheomelanin (light) within hairs contributes to coat patterns.
(B) Taqpep encodes a type II membrane aminopeptidase. The T139N variant, found in feral cats, is associated with swirled patterns (P = 0.0017) but shows incomplete penetrance.

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Tonni Andersen @tonnigrubeandersen.bsky.social · Mar 21

Finally!
Im so excited to present to culmination of many years of work from the fantastic Defeng Shen and some great collaborators. For details, I have made a digested thread below, but if you are more interested feel free to reach out (and read the paper of course).
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Apoplastic barriers are essential for nodule formation and nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus

Establishment of the apoplastic root barrier known as the Casparian strip occurs early in root development. In legumes, this area overlaps with nitrogen-fixing nodule formation, which raises the possi...

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Jake Harris @c-jake-harris.bsky.social · Feb 24

Back-to-back manuscripts from the Jacobsen and Law labs revealing TFs that direct RdDM! Genetics controlling epigenetics. Reminiscent of KRAB ZFs... shorturl.at/TE4PH shorturl.at/QEHDU

Transcription factors instruct DNA methylation patterns in plant reproductive tissues

DNA methylation is maintained by forming self-reinforcing connections with other repressive chromatin modifications, resulting in stably silenced genes and transposons. However, these mechanisms fail ...

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