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Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social · Aug 8

End of era in the lab @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
as we say goodbye to @rafadscruz.bsky.social and @jeremywyman.bsky.social.
It’s been a pleasure having you both in the team. Wishing you both the best for your next steps in Australia 🇦🇺 and Brazil 🇧🇷 🌿

Sandy, Jeremy and Rafael standing by a blue sign that says Daniel Rutherford Building, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences

9 members of the lab standing next to a blue sign that reads Daniel Rutherford Building, Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences

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Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Jan 9

This is also common in Rutaceae. I wonder how many of these are just simple leaves with weird petioles.

🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · Jan 8

Leaf vocabulary 5: UNIFOLIOLATE (not unifoliate) describes a compound leaf with just one leaflet. Lupinus diffusus appears to have simple leaves, but there is an articulation (joint) at the base of the blade, meaning that the “leaf” is a leaflet & the “petiole” is a rachis. #Fabaceae #botany 🌾🧪🌱

Photo of a plant in habitat with grayish-green foliage, purple flowers, and fuzzy pods. The leaves are as described in the post. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.

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Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Dec 6

Sorry guys, I needed to purge the old Botany Feed to remove some nsfw posts that were getting too frequent. I tried to correct the old one, but in the meantime, after some modifications, I deleted it by accident.

However, this is the patched version that should work well.

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Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social · Dec 5

Rafael @rafadscruz.bsky.social and I are excited to share our new paper about fern fiddlehead evolution @currentbiology.bsky.social

Read the paper at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Thanks @palaeojules.bsky.social for the wonderful reconstructions!

Identification of a tetrahedral apical cell preserved within a fossilized fern fiddlehead

The gradual unfurling of fronds from tightly coiled tips, termed fiddleheads or croziers, is one of the most recognizable features of the fern lineage…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Go Belowground! @exfumo.bsky.social · Nov 22

🚩Shedding light on fern stems! 🪴🌿
Read more by @rafadscruz.bsky.social 1url.cz/41ke0
The #stems of #ferns are important as #functional response #traits in #competition for space and light, as well as for reaching optimal #microhabitats in #stressful #environments
#GoBelowground #clonality #rhizome

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Guillermo Santos @guillermo-santos.bsky.social · Nov 22

I have created this starter pack for all fern enthusiasts.
Gotta catch'em all!

Reply to be added 🌿💚👇

#Fern #Botany #Plantscience #Pteridology #Frond

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Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Oct 19

Many like botany and mentioned it outside of a scientific context. And other users used some tags to promote inappropriate content. I've narrowed the criteria a bit to make a better selection now. Let me know if you users start to find too many weird posts in the feed again.

Opossum Living in a Trash Can @dumbgreentrash.bsky.social · Oct 19

@rafadscruz.bsky.social you might wanna check the first post on the botany and plant sciences feed ... seems like it's just a bit off-topic

Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Oct 19

Ok, I will do some maintenance soon.

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Remedios 💊 @caixadoremedios.art · Sep 2

BlueSky /BlueSky São Paulo

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Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Aug 26

I hope this meme is appreciated here as well.

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Aug 30

Brazil, you're setting new all-time-highs for activity on Bluesky! 🥇

Brasil, você está estabelecendo novos recordes de atividade no Bluesky! 🥇

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Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Apr 30

I edited again the Botany feed, with some new tags, and ranking the content by a ranking that takes into account freshness/likes (it was random before), since a lot of non-related and non-academic content was appearing. It is adjustable, so let me know if you are not happy.

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Audrey Sargent @stoutheartstudio.com · Aug 14

I suspect you want this feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · Jun 23

Been too long since I shared any #Hawaii wildlife! Catching up on processing images, here's a geometry lesson I got from a native Hāpu'u tree fern while visiting the Big Island. :) #endemic #botany

A brown, hairy tree fern fiddlehead, still curled in a tight spiral with four smaller spirals inside, creating a nice contrast with the series of straight fronds behind.

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · May 1

Scientists are not arguing about this nonsense. Please stop this. Many fascinating plant science topics to cover @TheAtlantic

THE MYSTERIES OF PLANT “INTELLIGENCE” 🤡 apple.news/ANsyOpmlMQZy...

The Mysteries of Plant “Intelligence”

Scientists are arguing about whether concepts like memory, consciousness, and communication can be applied beyond the animal kingdom. May 01, 2024 On a freezing day in December 2021, I arrived in Madi...

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Ian Senior @ians4ad.bsky.social · Apr 29

Adders tongue fern @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Apr 30

I edited again the Botany feed, with some new tags, and ranking the content by a ranking that takes into account freshness/likes (it was random before), since a lot of non-related and non-academic content was appearing. It is adjustable, so let me know if you are not happy.

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Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Sep 5

I just (re)created a Botany feed tracking several Botany terms.
The last one was quite limited and impossible to edit.

I hope it is useful =)

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eepy 🍂🥧🥀 @eepy.bsky.social · Feb 19

Botany and Plant Science!

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Vera Straetmanns @yavannakemi.bsky.social · Jan 2

I´m in love with this interactive poster on the evolution of plants!! 🤩🌿
madland.science/greening.php

Screenshot of the poster. It shows the evolution of multicellular plants and other details on plants and life in general in great detail and with miniature illustrations.

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Phil Kyriakakis @breakliquid.bsky.social · Nov 30

You're welcome! (recipes to lots of reagents you wanted to know how to make) geneseesci.com/wp-content/u...

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Neelima Sinha @plantdevo.bsky.social · Nov 21

Students are allowed two notecards for exams - look at this one

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Rafael Cruz 🪴🔬🧬 #FernAlly @rafadscruz.bsky.social · Nov 20

The botany feed has a system of keywords related to botany, including plant ecology.

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Archaeology Carl @archaeologycarl.bsky.social · Oct 18

Enjoying this one from USGS.

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Sandy Hetherington @sandyheth.bsky.social · Oct 17

Come and join the group!
3yr postdoc position investigating the origin of apical growth in land plants focused on the Rhynie chert fossils! Deadline 30/10/2023 Full details: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

A microscope images of brown spiral of fossil plant leaves

Microscope image of a cross section through the stem of a fossil plant. The stem is circular, light brown and individual cells can be seen

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