Patrick Goymer
@patrickgoymer.bsky.social
Life Sciences Division Editor at @plosone.org. Former Chief Editor of Nature Ecology & Evolution. Trustee at @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social.
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Did any #plantscience colleagues attend the #canvas25 meeting held by the tri-societies @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social? PLOS One's @patrickgoymer.bsky.social shares his experience on our blog. cc @globalplantgpc.bsky.social #plantsci 🌿🧪🔬🌱
Our Life Science Division Editor @patrickgoymer.bsky.social recently attended @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social's #CANVAS25 meeting in Salt Lake City, and reports back here on the journal's EveryOne blog:
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Impressions of a broad CANVAS - EveryONE
Posted on behalf of PLOS One’s Life Sciences Division Editor Patrick Goymer The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Did any #plantscience colleagues attend the #canvas25 meeting held by the tri-societies @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social? PLOS One's @patrickgoymer.bsky.social shares his experience on our blog. cc @globalplantgpc.bsky.social #plantsci 🌿🧪🔬🌱
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Our Life Science Division Editor @patrickgoymer.bsky.social recently attended @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social's #CANVAS25 meeting in Salt Lake City, and reports back here on the journal's EveryOne blog:
everyone.plos.org/2025/11/25/i...
everyone.plos.org/2025/11/25/i...
Impressions of a broad CANVAS - EveryONE
Posted on behalf of PLOS One’s Life Sciences Division Editor Patrick Goymer The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of…
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November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Our Life Science Division Editor @patrickgoymer.bsky.social recently attended @asa-cssa-sssa.bsky.social's #CANVAS25 meeting in Salt Lake City, and reports back here on the journal's EveryOne blog:
everyone.plos.org/2025/11/25/i...
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Sleep supports brain health partly by regulating fluid dynamics to clear waste. @ulvlarsen.bsky.social &co probe the relation between #sleep & fluid movement in the human #brain, finding that #SleepPressure & intensity have distinct effects on brain pulsations @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3XQWCL6
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Sleep supports brain health partly by regulating fluid dynamics to clear waste. @ulvlarsen.bsky.social &co probe the relation between #sleep & fluid movement in the human #brain, finding that #SleepPressure & intensity have distinct effects on brain pulsations @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3XQWCL6
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I was interviewed by Newsweek about the backlash to my DPhil announcement. You can read it here:
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November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I was interviewed by Newsweek about the backlash to my DPhil announcement. You can read it here:
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-woman-...
www.newsweek.com/gen-z-woman-...
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A new study from Agnieszka Kubik-Komar and colleagues reports a marked decline in Poaceae annual pollen sum, July pollen sum, and number of high-pollen days in Lublin, Poland between 2001 and 2022, linked to lower spring humidity and higher June temperatures.
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Drastic reduction in the intensity of Poaceae pollen season in Central Europe (Lublin, Poland) in 22 years
Grass pollen grains cause allergic reactions in a large portion of the global population. Aerobiological monitoring provides a valuable method for assessing plant responses to climate change. Wind-pol...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A new study from Agnieszka Kubik-Komar and colleagues reports a marked decline in Poaceae annual pollen sum, July pollen sum, and number of high-pollen days in Lublin, Poland between 2001 and 2022, linked to lower spring humidity and higher June temperatures.
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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We are recruiting Academic Editors for our new journal, PLOS Aging and Health—a selective open science journal for research on developmental and age-related processes and changes across the life course.
➡️ Apply now: plos.io/48o1LQV
➡️ Apply now: plos.io/48o1LQV
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We are recruiting Academic Editors for our new journal, PLOS Aging and Health—a selective open science journal for research on developmental and age-related processes and changes across the life course.
➡️ Apply now: plos.io/48o1LQV
➡️ Apply now: plos.io/48o1LQV
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The ecological roles of bacterial #immune systems are poorly understood. Rafael Custodio @ellinoralseth.bsky.social @brockhurstlab.bsky.social @brownlab.bsky.social & Edze Westra explore how mobile genetic elements and bacterial defenses shape #microbiome structure and function 🧪
Bacterial immune systems as causes and consequences of microbiome structure
Bacterial immune systems have evolved in response to diverse molecular "parasites", yet their ecological roles remain poorly understood. This Essay explores how interactions between mobile genetic…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The ecological roles of bacterial #immune systems are poorly understood. Rafael Custodio @ellinoralseth.bsky.social @brockhurstlab.bsky.social @brownlab.bsky.social & Edze Westra explore how mobile genetic elements and bacterial defenses shape #microbiome structure and function 🧪
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Marine #phytoplankton need move up/down in the #ocean to access light & nutrients. Study of the effects of nutrient availability in 9 species reveals that phytoplankton have evolved multiple mechanisms that impact gravitational sinking in response to starvation @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4iaJFoV
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Marine #phytoplankton need move up/down in the #ocean to access light & nutrients. Study of the effects of nutrient availability in 9 species reveals that phytoplankton have evolved multiple mechanisms that impact gravitational sinking in response to starvation @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4iaJFoV
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We are thrilled to now be on BlueSky!
We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪
#OpenScience #MedSky
We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪
#OpenScience #MedSky
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We are thrilled to now be on BlueSky!
We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪
#OpenScience #MedSky
We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪
#OpenScience #MedSky
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Save the date! On behalf of the Society, I’m delighted to announce that the next International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer conference will be taking place in Hersonissos, Crete, on May 21-24, 2026. Abstract submissions will open soon. More details: www.evocancer.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Save the date! On behalf of the Society, I’m delighted to announce that the next International Society for Evolution, Ecology and Cancer conference will be taking place in Hersonissos, Crete, on May 21-24, 2026. Abstract submissions will open soon. More details: www.evocancer.com
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PLOS One Academic Editor Srebrenka Letina talks to our staff editor @sillydrannesha.bsky.social about applying network science to psychology and health behaviours, and ensuring objectivity and fairness in the peer review process.
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Editorial Spotlight: Srebrenka Letina - EveryONE
This interview and blog post was prepared by PLOS One Senior Editor Annesha Sil. Srebrenka Letina holds two PhDs, in Psychology and…
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November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
PLOS One Academic Editor Srebrenka Letina talks to our staff editor @sillydrannesha.bsky.social about applying network science to psychology and health behaviours, and ensuring objectivity and fairness in the peer review process.
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With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
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November 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
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Really proud of @plosone.org's focus on #openscience! Authors can choose to share their peer review feedback (reviewers can remain anonymous if they wish), and data availability is a core requirement - great for transparency and maximising research funding! 🧪
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How does #OpenScience help safeguard research integrity?
⬇️ Follow this thread to explore how we protect the scientific record, every step of the way.
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#ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #TrustInScience
How does #OpenScience help safeguard research integrity?
⬇️ Follow this thread to explore how we protect the scientific record, every step of the way.
🔗 plos.io/47qvVTm
#ResearchIntegrity #PublicationEthics #TrustInScience
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Really proud of @plosone.org's focus on #openscience! Authors can choose to share their peer review feedback (reviewers can remain anonymous if they wish), and data availability is a core requirement - great for transparency and maximising research funding! 🧪
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Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
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November 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
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Interoceptive signals from organs such as heart, lungs and gut influence many aspects of organismal physiology and behavior. This Perspective argues that liver signaling via the vagal nerve is another avenue of body-brain communication that shapes metabolism and mood #neurosky 🧪
Does the liver talk to the brain? If so, how and why?
Interoceptive signals from visceral organs, such as heart, lungs and gut, are known to influence many aspects of organismal physiology and behavior. This Perspective argues that liver signaling via…
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November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Interoceptive signals from organs such as heart, lungs and gut influence many aspects of organismal physiology and behavior. This Perspective argues that liver signaling via the vagal nerve is another avenue of body-brain communication that shapes metabolism and mood #neurosky 🧪
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From @csoneson.bsky.social , @markrobinsonca.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Building a continuous #benchmarking ecosystem in #bioinformatics | #Education 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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Building a continuous benchmarking ecosystem in bioinformatics
Benchmarking, which involves collecting reference datasets and demonstrating method performance, is a requirement for the development of new computational tools, but also becomes a domain of its own t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
From @csoneson.bsky.social , @markrobinsonca.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Building a continuous #benchmarking ecosystem in #bioinformatics | #Education 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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Now open for submissions: PLOS Aging and Health is a new open access selective journal that publishes transformative work from across the spectrum of aging research.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oQ9ywq
#AgingResearch #OpenScience #CallForPapers
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oQ9ywq
#AgingResearch #OpenScience #CallForPapers
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Now open for submissions: PLOS Aging and Health is a new open access selective journal that publishes transformative work from across the spectrum of aging research.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oQ9ywq
#AgingResearch #OpenScience #CallForPapers
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oQ9ywq
#AgingResearch #OpenScience #CallForPapers
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Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Just home from an overseas trip and now I’m heading straight back out to the @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social AGM and board meeting. Fortunately, it’s at the wonderful Carlton Marshes reserve, and there’s time for a walk beforehand.
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/agm-2025
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/agm-2025
AGM 2025 | Suffolk Wildlife Trust
Information about Suffolk Wildlife Trust's 64th Annual General Meeting in November 2025.
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just home from an overseas trip and now I’m heading straight back out to the @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social AGM and board meeting. Fortunately, it’s at the wonderful Carlton Marshes reserve, and there’s time for a walk beforehand.
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/agm-2025
www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/agm-2025
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📢 In a new PLOS Climate Opinion article, the Co-Chairs of the the @ipbes.net Nexus Assessment, @pammcelwee.bsky.social and Paula Harrison, share key lessons for the UNFCCC #COP30
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November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
📢 In a new PLOS Climate Opinion article, the Co-Chairs of the the @ipbes.net Nexus Assessment, @pammcelwee.bsky.social and Paula Harrison, share key lessons for the UNFCCC #COP30
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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New PLOS Climate Opinion article: @phildelacote.bsky.social, Anna Creti and Tara L'Horty share perspectives on how to restore trust in carbon credits for climate action 👇
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#COP30
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#COP30
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
New PLOS Climate Opinion article: @phildelacote.bsky.social, Anna Creti and Tara L'Horty share perspectives on how to restore trust in carbon credits for climate action 👇
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#COP30
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#COP30
Here's the study of the varying ecological effects of zombie fires in Canada and Alaska that @queenofpeat.bsky.social is detailing at #canvas25:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Overwintering fires can occur in both peatlands and upland forests with varying ecological impacts - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Field measurements of fires burning over winter at 20 sites in the Northwest Territories of Canada and in Alaska find that such fires occur in both peatlands and upland forests, and provide informatio...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Here's the study of the varying ecological effects of zombie fires in Canada and Alaska that @queenofpeat.bsky.social is detailing at #canvas25:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
For some background reading to @queenofpeat.bsky.social's #canvas25 talk about Alaskan peatlands, this study in @plosone.org on global peatland carbon and nitrogen variation includes data from the Alaskan project.
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Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale
Peatlands account for 15 to 30% of the world’s soil carbon (C) stock and are important controls over global nitrogen (N) cycles. However, C and N concentrations are known to vary among peatlands contr...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For some background reading to @queenofpeat.bsky.social's #canvas25 talk about Alaskan peatlands, this study in @plosone.org on global peatland carbon and nitrogen variation includes data from the Alaskan project.
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For the #canvas25 William H. Patrick, Jr. Memorial Lectureship, @queenofpeat.bsky.social is detailing the interplay between water, ecology, and CO2 and methane emissions in the long-term Alaska Peatland Experiment.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
For the #canvas25 William H. Patrick, Jr. Memorial Lectureship, @queenofpeat.bsky.social is detailing the interplay between water, ecology, and CO2 and methane emissions in the long-term Alaska Peatland Experiment.
www.lter.uaf.edu/research/stu...
www.lter.uaf.edu/research/stu...
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Countering illegal wildlife trade needs rapid, reliable species ID in places such as airports. This study describes VeRIF-ID, a portable nanopore DNA method that identifies vertebrate species on-site with >91 % accuracy, offering a fast, low-cost tool against trafficking.
Rapid on-site universal vertebrate species identification via multi-barcode nanopore sequencing
The growing illegal wildlife trade (IWT) threatens biodiversity and is a conduit for zoonotic disease, yet its risk of detection is low. Once processed, trafficked species are difficult to identify…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Countering illegal wildlife trade needs rapid, reliable species ID in places such as airports. This study describes VeRIF-ID, a portable nanopore DNA method that identifies vertebrate species on-site with >91 % accuracy, offering a fast, low-cost tool against trafficking.