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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Good overview
1) In this new @OpenMedF video, Dr. Chris Armstrong explains his main hypothesis of ME/CFS.
He suspects there is an inefficiency in producing ATP (energy), but this isn’t only about mitochondria (the engines), but also about the fuel they get...
He suspects there is an inefficiency in producing ATP (energy), but this isn’t only about mitochondria (the engines), but also about the fuel they get...
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Good overview
I’m not sure if I’ve moved left or everyone else has moved right - probably a bit of both #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Millennials are the first generation to move left as they age
Millennials are bucking trends, becoming an increasingly progressive voting bloc and rewriting the long-held rules of politics, writes Isabella Higgins.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I’m not sure if I’ve moved left or everyone else has moved right - probably a bit of both #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"
"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Cost of direct air carbon capture to remain higher than hoped
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped. This is the conclusion reached by ETH researchers on the basis of new calcu...
ethz.ch
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"
Brilliant ! 🍀 🌿 🌱 www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Watch: Moment researcher finds rare flower after 13-year search
Researcher Septian Andriki collapsed in tears upon discovering the rare Rafflesia hasseltii plant in Indonesia.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Brilliant ! 🍀 🌿 🌱 www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Please do the deal greens! 🙏 - its not perfect its got huge holes , but it is an improvement on the status quo (so long as the minister can’t unilaterally approve thermal coal mines) #AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor’s nature laws risk collapse with deal yet to be struck on eve of parliament’s final sitting day
If Labor cannot reach deal on Thursday, it will mark second time in 12 months that it has failed to secure planned EPBC Act reforms
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Please do the deal greens! 🙏 - its not perfect its got huge holes , but it is an improvement on the status quo (so long as the minister can’t unilaterally approve thermal coal mines) #AusPol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Excellent to see the understanding of suffering of pwME by the MPs - stories of gaslighting, mismanagement, lack of support of constituents. (I actually watched this live as I woke in the night at exactly the right time)
Clip - Tessa Munt MP opens the #MECFS debate, noting ~400,000 have ME in the UK, & the total could be much higher including people with with long COVID. She highlights decades of substandard, sometimes harmful care, pitiful funding, and the outdated view of ME as psychiatric.
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Excellent to see the understanding of suffering of pwME by the MPs - stories of gaslighting, mismanagement, lack of support of constituents. (I actually watched this live as I woke in the night at exactly the right time)
We need to increase taxation if we want governments to do all we expect them to - Australia is a low taxing country #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Public sector told to find significant savings but Jim Chalmers denies ‘big job cuts’
Coalition accuses government of breaking its promise not to cut the public sector as treasurer confirms reductions
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We need to increase taxation if we want governments to do all we expect them to - Australia is a low taxing country #AusPol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Caproni’s interest in plant science began in childhood, spending countless hours on his grandparents' farm #WeAreASPB doi.org/10.1093/plce...
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Caproni’s interest in plant science began in childhood, spending countless hours on his grandparents' farm #WeAreASPB doi.org/10.1093/plce...
It’s cost tens of billions of dollars - the price of not reducing burning fossil fuels - much cheaper to embrace solar, wind power #ClimateCatastrophy
#AusPol
#AusPol
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It’s cost tens of billions of dollars - the price of not reducing burning fossil fuels - much cheaper to embrace solar, wind power #ClimateCatastrophy
#AusPol
#AusPol
#AusPol 🧪
The dismantling of Science in #Australia continues...
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
I remember that hopes were high in 2022 that the new Labor Government would end the decade-long decline. We are now in the second #Albanese term, and things are worse than ever.
ABC News article: www.abc.net.au/news/science...
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#AusPol 🧪
#JobAlert 🚨: Press Assistant
Are you a science communicator with experience in science writing? We are looking for your support during the press conference at #EGU26.
📨 Send your application by 26 November to [email protected].
👉 More information: egu.eu/1H0J7I
Are you a science communicator with experience in science writing? We are looking for your support during the press conference at #EGU26.
📨 Send your application by 26 November to [email protected].
👉 More information: egu.eu/1H0J7I
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Postdoc positions focused on gene editing using protoplasts and plant regeneration for genetic improvement of forest trees at NC State 🌳
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
The Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources has a wide variety of strengths in forestry and natural resources management, policy and economics, environmental science and technology, wildlif...
jobs.ncsu.edu
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Postdoc positions focused on gene editing using protoplasts and plant regeneration for genetic improvement of forest trees at NC State 🌳
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...
jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/225...
Woohoo!
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November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Woohoo!
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look on the bright side Albo, by 2050 no one will remember how fucking useless you were.
#auspol #albo #climatechange #globalwarming
insideclimatenews.org/news/0402202...
#auspol #albo #climatechange #globalwarming
insideclimatenews.org/news/0402202...
New Research Led by James Hansen Documents Global Warming Acceleration - Inside Climate News
The rapid meltdown of polar ice could shut down a key ocean current by 2050, triggering catastrophic surges of sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast and dangerous climate shifts in northwestern Eur...
insideclimatenews.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“FutureCoal is already influencing the Australian debate in a way that amounts to putting lipstick on a pig… the majority of voters know a pig when they see one” #AusPol #Coal www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22141/...
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“FutureCoal is already influencing the Australian debate in a way that amounts to putting lipstick on a pig… the majority of voters know a pig when they see one” #AusPol #Coal www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22141/...
Excellent description by ex Olympic rower of the symptoms known as PEM experienced by people with ME and LC - debilitating , and she’s probably only classified as ‘mild’ case
Clip: @oonaghcousins.bsky.social explains how post-exertional malaise has affected her. It’s not tiredness after exercise, simple tasks like preparing food or even talking would cause her whole body would go into shutdown, affecting her nervous, immune, digestive systems and more.
November 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Excellent description by ex Olympic rower of the symptoms known as PEM experienced by people with ME and LC - debilitating , and she’s probably only classified as ‘mild’ case
Reposted by Prof Ros Gleadow FAA 💚
UK health officials urge extra precautions, including wearing a mask if you have symptoms, as 4 winter viruses spread: RSV, Flu, COVID and Norovirus.
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
UK health officials urge extra precautions, including wearing a mask if you have symptoms, as 4 winter viruses spread: RSV, Flu, COVID and Norovirus.
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Must be nearly December - the oak leaf hydrangeas are just starting (right) and the scent from the Murraya hedge (left) is heavenly. The recent rain has helped them along #Flowers
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Must be nearly December - the oak leaf hydrangeas are just starting (right) and the scent from the Murraya hedge (left) is heavenly. The recent rain has helped them along #Flowers
We simply have to start ‘bending the curve’ and get to zero #ClimateChaos www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30’s watered-down agreements will do little for an ecosystem at tipping point
Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
We simply have to start ‘bending the curve’ and get to zero #ClimateChaos www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mitochondrial dysfunction behind Gulf War illness - very like ME and LC 👇
US press release:
"Underlying cause of Gulf War illness confirmed in UTSW study"
"Dysfunctional mitochondria, organelles that serve as cellular power generators, appear to cause the symptoms of Gulf War illness ( #GWI )"
www.newswise.com/articles/und...
Full paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Underlying cause of Gulf War illness confirmed in UTSW study"
"Dysfunctional mitochondria, organelles that serve as cellular power generators, appear to cause the symptoms of Gulf War illness ( #GWI )"
www.newswise.com/articles/und...
Full paper:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Mitochondrial dysfunction behind Gulf War illness - very like ME and LC 👇
As we enter the festive season, why not play Covid Bingo? This will make catching up with the family so much fun, or even catching it. (Apologies to whoever created this - I can't find the attribution- if it's you, let me know in the comments)
![Covid Bingo
- Kids don’t really get it much - and if they do they don’t get LongCovid
- I’m so cross the supermarket doesn’t provide sanitiser anymore
- Covid spoken of in past tense
- It’s only really old people that die
- I don’t want old people to die of Covid but it’s not worth it [protecting them]; It was terrible when you couldn’t visit dying relatives; The risk of getting it from them wasn’t worth the isolation
- In all the time of lockdowns I didn’t know anyone who got it [derr! That was the point]
- There isn’t much Covid around anymore
- I don’t know anyone who got Long Covid [she does, coz I know them too]
- It wasn’t worth it
- It’s not worth it](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dssmbejsmcb3iekiuw5qd3km/bafkreidkljhd6cu53lgc23twogrpyuz4hsl3b5yao73vxz33sat6gau6bi@jpeg)
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
As we enter the festive season, why not play Covid Bingo? This will make catching up with the family so much fun, or even catching it. (Apologies to whoever created this - I can't find the attribution- if it's you, let me know in the comments)
Reposted by Prof Ros Gleadow FAA 💚
There are far better choices for email than Gmail. You can’t trust Google with much.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Health Rising: “A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? (and Why ME/CFS May be Next)”
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? ( and Why ME/CFS May be Next) - Health Rising
Solve ME Catalyst Award winner Dr. Iwasaki explains a subset of long COVID patients may have an autoimmune disease. Now she moves onto ME/CFS.
www.healthrising.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Health Rising: “A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? (and Why ME/CFS May be Next)”
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
good news : ““The wind is shifting. The pandemic has opened the world’s eyes to the fact that many chronic illnesses have been largely ignored, dismissed, and ridiculed. Long COVID has taught the world that these diseases are real, there.” ⚕️
Health Rising: “A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? (and Why ME/CFS May be Next)”
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
“The good news.. is that SOLVE M.E.’s new Catalyst award will allow Dr Iwasaki to replicate her work in ME/CFS and prepare the path…”
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/11...
A Long COVID Autoimmune Subset Coming into View? ( and Why ME/CFS May be Next) - Health Rising
Solve ME Catalyst Award winner Dr. Iwasaki explains a subset of long COVID patients may have an autoimmune disease. Now she moves onto ME/CFS.
www.healthrising.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
good news : ““The wind is shifting. The pandemic has opened the world’s eyes to the fact that many chronic illnesses have been largely ignored, dismissed, and ridiculed. Long COVID has taught the world that these diseases are real, there.” ⚕️