Prof Ros Gleadow FAA 💚
@rgleadow.bsky.social
Plant scientist studying how climate change affects plant toxicity (#cyanide). Born 314ppm.
Interested in science, tech, plants. #MECFS ally #botanist 🌾🪴🧪🌱🌿💉
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Interested in science, tech, plants. #MECFS ally #botanist 🌾🪴🧪🌱🌿💉
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Professor Roslyn Gleadow – 2024 Academy Fellow
YouTube video by Australian Academy of Science
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This video profiling me and my research was made for the Australian Academy of Science New Fellows Symposium. Enjoy! 🌾🪴🧪🌿 #sorghum #cassava #cyanide
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Happy Darwin Day!!!! Last year, for Darwin Day, I gave a presentation to the Piedmont Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society, “Celebrating the Botany of Charles Darwin.” You can see a recording here: https://bit.ly/4qNCYMS 📷: Matt Brown CCBY2 #DarwinDay #Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Happy Darwin Day!!!! Last year, for Darwin Day, I gave a presentation to the Piedmont Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society, “Celebrating the Botany of Charles Darwin.” You can see a recording here: https://bit.ly/4qNCYMS 📷: Matt Brown CCBY2 #DarwinDay #Darwin
Hard to choose: Angus Taylor was a climate denier, Susan Ley resisted meaningful health traffic light labels on fast foods, and both were in a government that gave tax cuts to the rich and signed us up to buying eyewateringly expensive imaginary submarines #AusPol
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Hard to choose: Angus Taylor was a climate denier, Susan Ley resisted meaningful health traffic light labels on fast foods, and both were in a government that gave tax cuts to the rich and signed us up to buying eyewateringly expensive imaginary submarines #AusPol
Long Covid > more blood Tau > increase chance of Alzheimer's. Nice study followed people before/after infection, plus 2 years later, and a control group that managed to avoid getting infected (how?). Not surprising to those of us who've been following the story - terrifying all the same #Covid 🧪⚕️
The mainstream media are slowly picking up. Very slowly and very cagily. But it's not a bloody secret, whatever the level of denial or indifference in the population. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Long Covid > more blood Tau > increase chance of Alzheimer's. Nice study followed people before/after infection, plus 2 years later, and a control group that managed to avoid getting infected (how?). Not surprising to those of us who've been following the story - terrifying all the same #Covid 🧪⚕️
Key reasons for Australia to participate in agricultural research for development #Agriculture #AusPol
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Key reasons for Australia to participate in agricultural research for development
Australia to focus its role in international agricultural research. Discussions have commenced on the development of a national Food Security Strategy.
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February 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Key reasons for Australia to participate in agricultural research for development #Agriculture #AusPol
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If all Earth’s ice sheets melted, sea level would rise ~65m over millennia
But just 1–2% of that (~65–130 cm) would force chronic flooding & retreat in many coastal cities
~1 billion people live within 10m of sea level (~15% of total)
The risk isn’t the end state, it’s how little change it takes!
But just 1–2% of that (~65–130 cm) would force chronic flooding & retreat in many coastal cities
~1 billion people live within 10m of sea level (~15% of total)
The risk isn’t the end state, it’s how little change it takes!
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 AM
If all Earth’s ice sheets melted, sea level would rise ~65m over millennia
But just 1–2% of that (~65–130 cm) would force chronic flooding & retreat in many coastal cities
~1 billion people live within 10m of sea level (~15% of total)
The risk isn’t the end state, it’s how little change it takes!
But just 1–2% of that (~65–130 cm) would force chronic flooding & retreat in many coastal cities
~1 billion people live within 10m of sea level (~15% of total)
The risk isn’t the end state, it’s how little change it takes!
David Tuller is always worth reading on #MEcfs
@davetuller1.bsky.social quoting @anilvanderzee.bsky.social
The times, they are a-changin’?
On some tentatively hopeful signs…
#LongCovid
#ME
The times, they are a-changin’?
On some tentatively hopeful signs…
#LongCovid
#ME
February 11, 2026 at 9:25 AM
David Tuller is always worth reading on #MEcfs
Sadly this is still true - I used to use this in my sci comm lectures to illustrate the challenges of being heard
2. Is this thing on?
There's cavernous and growing gap between scientists' recommendations and government action.
Scientists need to take direct action rather than just talk at lecterns!
There's cavernous and growing gap between scientists' recommendations and government action.
Scientists need to take direct action rather than just talk at lecterns!
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Sadly this is still true - I used to use this in my sci comm lectures to illustrate the challenges of being heard
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Super excited to have this online at @jxbotany.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
"Building a diverse and inclusive plant science community," a call-to-action. Thanks to @apaterlini.bsky.social
@mehta-lab.com @yoselin.bsky.social
@goormachtig.bsky.social & Agnes Uhereczky + funders!💚
"Building a diverse and inclusive plant science community," a call-to-action. Thanks to @apaterlini.bsky.social
@mehta-lab.com @yoselin.bsky.social
@goormachtig.bsky.social & Agnes Uhereczky + funders!💚
February 9, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Super excited to have this online at @jxbotany.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
"Building a diverse and inclusive plant science community," a call-to-action. Thanks to @apaterlini.bsky.social
@mehta-lab.com @yoselin.bsky.social
@goormachtig.bsky.social & Agnes Uhereczky + funders!💚
"Building a diverse and inclusive plant science community," a call-to-action. Thanks to @apaterlini.bsky.social
@mehta-lab.com @yoselin.bsky.social
@goormachtig.bsky.social & Agnes Uhereczky + funders!💚
Ran into my neice at the International Day of Women and Girls in STEMM event organised by the Monash AthenaSwan advisory group. Maybe having a mad 🤪 scientist for an aunty has helped her pursue her work
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Ran into my neice at the International Day of Women and Girls in STEMM event organised by the Monash AthenaSwan advisory group. Maybe having a mad 🤪 scientist for an aunty has helped her pursue her work
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There's no better way of communicating the insane trajectory of humanity in the 21st century than cartoons and no-one did it better than Jon Kudelka. Rest in power Jon.
Here's his top ten.
1. Asteroid mitigation program
Here's his top ten.
1. Asteroid mitigation program
February 10, 2026 at 5:17 PM
There's no better way of communicating the insane trajectory of humanity in the 21st century than cartoons and no-one did it better than Jon Kudelka. Rest in power Jon.
Here's his top ten.
1. Asteroid mitigation program
Here's his top ten.
1. Asteroid mitigation program
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In this week's #ThereForME blog our co-founder @karenlhargrave.bsky.social writes about the challenges she and her husband James have faced accessing NHS Continuing Healthcare funding.
She explains why CHC funding for very severe ME is an issue that deserves attention.
🔗 in next post 👇
She explains why CHC funding for very severe ME is an issue that deserves attention.
🔗 in next post 👇
![A picture of a young woman and man together smiling (Karen and James). Overlaid on the picture: "When I first came across CHC funding it felt like the perfect fit [...] Their initial assessment concluded he was eligible. Yet, one year on both our CHC application and subsequent appeal have been rejected." Karen Hargrave. New #ThereForME Substack post.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wjbaponwuqichcsh2fiwono5/bafkreifod7x7n4p4nd4i7wresiukfpxc4sb3rewzva7r63te4vpqpioo2m@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM
In this week's #ThereForME blog our co-founder @karenlhargrave.bsky.social writes about the challenges she and her husband James have faced accessing NHS Continuing Healthcare funding.
She explains why CHC funding for very severe ME is an issue that deserves attention.
🔗 in next post 👇
She explains why CHC funding for very severe ME is an issue that deserves attention.
🔗 in next post 👇
This paper of ours is not getting read as much as expected - it tests whether people domesticated #sorghum that was already high #cyanide or selected for cyanide during #domestication (it’s the former) - Classic case of a misleading title 😞 🪴🌾🌱
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Regulation of cyanogenic glucosides in wild and domesticated Eusorghum taxa
This study presents evidence that the ability to maintain high leaf cyanogenic glucoside concentrations into maturity might have arisen in sorghum's crop wild relatives, rather than during domesticat...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:15 AM
This paper of ours is not getting read as much as expected - it tests whether people domesticated #sorghum that was already high #cyanide or selected for cyanide during #domestication (it’s the former) - Classic case of a misleading title 😞 🪴🌾🌱
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Voting for Australia’s Eucalypt of the Year opens today. This year the theme is "Our Eucalypt Home" Vote here: www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au @eucalyptaus.bsky.social #EucalyptoftheYear2026. 🌳🪴
Eucalypt Australia | A grant-making Charitable Trust that focuses on eucalypts
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February 9, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Voting for Australia’s Eucalypt of the Year opens today. This year the theme is "Our Eucalypt Home" Vote here: www.eucalyptaustralia.org.au @eucalyptaus.bsky.social #EucalyptoftheYear2026. 🌳🪴
Nice to have this paper on the effects of nitrogen fertiliser on Taro growth and biomass partitioning. Work was done by Honours student Laura Steel about a decade ago, but it had still not been done www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... #taro 🪴🌱🧪
Frontiers | Optimising plant growth, biomass partitioning, and nitrogen use efficiency in taro (Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott)
IntroductionTaro (Colocasia esculenta) is the fourth most important root crop globally, yet it remains understudied. Productivity is frequently constrained b...
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February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Nice to have this paper on the effects of nitrogen fertiliser on Taro growth and biomass partitioning. Work was done by Honours student Laura Steel about a decade ago, but it had still not been done www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... #taro 🪴🌱🧪
Study plants. Much nicer. And useful too. 🪴🌱
Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social!
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
PhD position in biology (m/f/d) (1/2026)
Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (Halle) offers a PhD position in Biology
ipb-halle.mhm.jobs
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Study plants. Much nicer. And useful too. 🪴🌱
Worth reading : “It’s not just the rampant misogyny that oozes from the pages ... Women as chattel…as objects.. of both hate and desire…A culture which reveres female youth and innocence despises female age and experience…We [older women] are crones hags witches because we are a threat” #Epstein
We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world now. That's what we can't face. It's our world. Where sexual desire for children is protected, victims receive no justice & the President of what used to be called the free world is Jeff's friend. This is Jeff's World now.
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We all live in Jeffrey Epstein's world
The most disturbing revelation so far
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February 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Worth reading : “It’s not just the rampant misogyny that oozes from the pages ... Women as chattel…as objects.. of both hate and desire…A culture which reveres female youth and innocence despises female age and experience…We [older women] are crones hags witches because we are a threat” #Epstein
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Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social!
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
PhD position in biology (m/f/d) (1/2026)
Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (Halle) offers a PhD position in Biology
ipb-halle.mhm.jobs
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Please share! We are looking for a PhD student (4 years) starting from 01/05/2026 at @ipbhalle.bsky.social!
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
If you are interested in plant immunity, receptor biochemistry and evolution, consider applying! Deadline 09/03/2026.
Application portal: ipb-halle.mhm.jobs/10-phd-posit...
“..the biggest and grimmest question..what it means for women and girls to be able to clearly see that we live in a world where so many of the richest and most powerful men alive are just not bothered enough by their exploitation. Or worse.” #WomenInSTEM #Epstein
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Never forget Epstein’s little helpers – the powerful men who knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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February 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
“..the biggest and grimmest question..what it means for women and girls to be able to clearly see that we live in a world where so many of the richest and most powerful men alive are just not bothered enough by their exploitation. Or worse.” #WomenInSTEM #Epstein
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Emotional clip from the early 90s. A woman with #MECFS and her mum talk about the impact of the illness on her life and her family.
“It totally stops your life. You lose your friends, you lose your social life… I've had to give up my job… You lose everything.”
“It totally stops your life. You lose your friends, you lose your social life… I've had to give up my job… You lose everything.”
February 4, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Emotional clip from the early 90s. A woman with #MECFS and her mum talk about the impact of the illness on her life and her family.
“It totally stops your life. You lose your friends, you lose your social life… I've had to give up my job… You lose everything.”
“It totally stops your life. You lose your friends, you lose your social life… I've had to give up my job… You lose everything.”
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1) 🇩🇪 Scientists and clinicians based at institutions located in Germany can apply for the 2026 research funding programme of the ME/CFS Research Foundation.
€2 million is available for new research projects. The deadline for submitting proposals is 30 April 2026.
€2 million is available for new research projects. The deadline for submitting proposals is 30 April 2026.
February 7, 2026 at 8:17 AM
1) 🇩🇪 Scientists and clinicians based at institutions located in Germany can apply for the 2026 research funding programme of the ME/CFS Research Foundation.
€2 million is available for new research projects. The deadline for submitting proposals is 30 April 2026.
€2 million is available for new research projects. The deadline for submitting proposals is 30 April 2026.
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Damn right! Thats my cousin on the Olympic team protecting her health and the people around her!!!!
She has been open about her struggles the last 2 years with chronic fatigue, celiac, and Hashimotos and it's so great seeing her out there in a mask!
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She has been open about her struggles the last 2 years with chronic fatigue, celiac, and Hashimotos and it's so great seeing her out there in a mask!
fasterskier.com/2025/12/novi...
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Damn right! Thats my cousin on the Olympic team protecting her health and the people around her!!!!
She has been open about her struggles the last 2 years with chronic fatigue, celiac, and Hashimotos and it's so great seeing her out there in a mask!
fasterskier.com/2025/12/novi...
She has been open about her struggles the last 2 years with chronic fatigue, celiac, and Hashimotos and it's so great seeing her out there in a mask!
fasterskier.com/2025/12/novi...
Steve Long’s legacy of PhD students Steve>Colin>Marjorie>Sophie - I suggested they pose like models (left) given they did modelling - only Steve was up for it. At @sebiology.bsky.social Edinburgh, 2023
February 7, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Steve Long’s legacy of PhD students Steve>Colin>Marjorie>Sophie - I suggested they pose like models (left) given they did modelling - only Steve was up for it. At @sebiology.bsky.social Edinburgh, 2023
Palace cinemas have been doing a great job of improving ventilation - starting back in 2020! Went last night and CO2 did not get about 650 ppm using my @airspotrob.bsky.social
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Palace cinemas have been doing a great job of improving ventilation - starting back in 2020! Went last night and CO2 did not get about 650 ppm using my @airspotrob.bsky.social
This is amazing. Australia has not had a Covid wave since last winter . Long may it last !
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This is amazing. Australia has not had a Covid wave since last winter . Long may it last !
Steve Long - truly a giant in science. He was hugely influential on my thinking and career - I definitely was one who benefitted from his encouragement
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Stephen P. Long: Visionary, teacher, and doer | PNAS
Stephen Long pioneered a multidisciplinary approach to advance our knowledge of photosynthesis,
by integrating research at the molecular, cellular,...
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February 6, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Steve Long - truly a giant in science. He was hugely influential on my thinking and career - I definitely was one who benefitted from his encouragement
1/ 🌱 🪴🌾 #PlantScience
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
1/ 🌱 🪴🌾 #PlantScience
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