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Postdoc @Indiana University I flower & fruit development l Microscopy I ➡️De Folter Lab🇲🇽➡️Kierzkowski Lab🇨🇦 ➡️ Nikolov Lab🇺🇲 l 🌱💮 Microscopy lover🔬| AFE The Plant Cell Journal 💻

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Andrea Gómez @andreagomezfe.bsky.social · Aug 5

One of my first live imaging of Arabidopsis gynoecium www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Two orthogonal differentiation gradients locally coordinate fruit morphogenesis

Nature Communications - The coordination of cellular behaviors is essential for proper organogenesis. Here the authors show that fruit development in Arabidopsis is governed by time-shifted...

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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 6d

#Nectar, the original cocktail: an introduction to a #VirtualIssue

Check out this #Editorial from Gong, et al. introducing the Virtual Issue 'Nectar and nectaries'

📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LatestIssue #PlantScience

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 8d

Profile of @plantphys.bsky.social EIC Yunde Zhao & RUBY reporter his lab developed; free for use in academic labs & classrooms. “RUBY is making a difference in so many ways because we opened it up to all of science".
"Fundamental research is crucial because it can lead to unexpected discoveries.”

Seeing Red: A UC San Diego Invention is Transforming the Way Scientists Track Genes

UC San Diego biologists have created a transformative new way to monitor genes. The game-changing tool known as RUBY is an inexpensive, easy-to-use technology that allows researchers to visualize gene...

today.ucsd.edu

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 8d

Excellent!
"We must focus on process over product. We must explore the complex, intricate, dynamic connection between the writing process and the thinking process and reflect on what it means and what it feels like when we outsource these processes."

North West Bylines @northwestbylines.co.uk · 9d

Writing lecturers will not reach students by simply talking down AI, but we might reach them by embracing our expertise and engaging in the politics of resistance
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/educati...

The craft and politics of academic writing in the AI universe

Writing lecturers will not reach students by simply talking down AI, but we might reach them by embracing our expertise and engaging in the politics of resistance

northwestbylines.co.uk

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Canadian Light Source @canlightsource.bsky.social · 11d

Have you ever wondered what’s inside the head of a flower? Researchers @ucalgary.bsky.social @helsinki.fi and the CLS used our synchrotron’s X-ray imaging to map the structure of daisy-like plants, revealing a vein network that moves water and nutrients. Paper: https://bit.ly/4mBnqcZ

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Stefan A. Rensing @rensingstefan.bsky.social · 14d

Here's 123 new bryophyte genomes for you!
Apparently, bryophytes time and again include microbial genes in their genomic repertoire, and occupy a langer gene space than vascular plants.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

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PM Delaux @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social · 16d

A milestone for plant genomics just out @natgenet.nature.com

130 bryophyte genomes!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Bryophytes hold a larger gene family space than vascular plants - Nature Genetics

A super-pangenome analysis incorporating 123 newly sequenced bryophyte genomes reveals that bryophytes exhibit a larger number of unique and lineage-specific gene families than vascular plants.

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KleineVehnLab @kleinevehnlab.bsky.social · 18d

Thrilled to share our latest story on the ERAD machinery and how it controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES for acclimative growth

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

ERAD machinery controls the conditional turnover of PIN-LIKES in plants

Plant ERAD machinery governs the turnover of auxin transporters involved in developmental and stress responses.

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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 24d

www.nature.com/articles/s41... Rubisco engineering for more efficient photosynthesis

Laboratory evolution of Rubisco solubility and catalytic switches to enhance plant productivity - Nature Plants

This study demonstrates the power of directed evolution to unlock latent functional potential in plant Rubisco. By identifying mutations that enhance CO2 fixation and solubility, it advances avenues f...

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · 26d

Welcome to Lansing, #GLPSC2025 attendees! PRI and @chooselansing.bsky.social are thrilled to host you for three days of networking, collaboration, and cutting-edge #plantscience at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference. Let’s expand horizons in plant science together! 🌍

#ChooseLansing

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Andrea Gómez @andreagomezfe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beautiful image!!

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Sep 3

AM: We should define authorship contributions at the start of the study, not at the end.
Kiemer et al:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
We should continue doing research on authorship and move to an organizational and community culture of responsible authorship.
#PRC10

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Andrea Gómez @andreagomezfe.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you!!

Andrea Gómez @andreagomezfe.bsky.social · Aug 27

Is any link to watch them?

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MSU Plant Resilience Institute @msupri.bsky.social · Aug 20

Explore adaptation, resilience, and sustainable solutions at #GLPSC2025! 🌱 This session will examine the latest advances in plant adaptation and resilience strategies, focusing on molecular, physiological, and ecological responses to climate stress.

Register by August 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · Aug 13

Make good useful thing
Sell thing
Use funds to make more thing
Sell more thing
Use funds to make new thing
Hire help
Be good leader
Train help good
Pay help well
Make even more good thing
Establish reputation as good thing maker
Help help become leader
Grow help to replace you

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Andrea Gómez @andreagomezfe.bsky.social · Aug 13

I think it is the dream of a lot of scientists! Including myself

Andrea Gómez @andreagomezfe.bsky.social · Aug 7

It looks really nice!! Congratulations 🎉!!

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · Aug 5

As a reviewer of open source lab hardware manuscripts for a few years now, I am asking the community to PLEASE include step by step construction documentation with your manu submissions, ideally with photos. I know its a lot of work but also the heart of your design being reproducible by others. 🙏

a man is holding a sign that says `` documentation '' next to a dog .

ALT: a man is holding a sign that says `` documentation '' next to a dog .

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Andrea Gómez @andreagomezfe.bsky.social · Aug 5

One of my first live imaging of Arabidopsis gynoecium www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Two orthogonal differentiation gradients locally coordinate fruit morphogenesis

Nature Communications - The coordination of cellular behaviors is essential for proper organogenesis. Here the authors show that fruit development in Arabidopsis is governed by time-shifted...

www.nature.com

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Jul 14

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published
Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention
@iansample.bsky.social writes @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Quality of scientific papers questioned as academics ‘overwhelmed’ by the millions published

Widespread mockery of AI-generated rat with giant penis in one paper brings problem to public attention

www.theguardian.com

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Andrea Gómez @andreagomezfe.bsky.social · Jul 11

I skipped congress this year due to immigration. I live in US, I do not want to risk coming back.

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · Jul 11

I just published: Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters)

Publishing your poster creates a citable record and protects you from bad actors.

#ISMPMI2025 #OpenMPMI #AcademicChatter #PhDchat

medium.com/p/why-im-ski...

Why I’m skipping the Congress this year (And why you should still publish your posters)

Publishing your poster creates a verifiable and citable record of your work. It also protects you from bad actors — the evidence will be…

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Sophien Kamoun @kamounlab.bsky.social · Jul 8

Attending #2025ISMPMI next week? Consider publishing your poster on Zenodo to get a doi and make it a citable unit. #OpenMPMI #OpenScience

More here: Why you should publish your posters kamounlab.medium.com/why-you-shou...

Why you should publish your posters

Publishing your poster in a DOI repository like Zenodo extends the lifespan of your poster beyond the conference, reaching audiences who…

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · Jun 22

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Brassinosteroids promote pollen tube guidance by coordinating gene expression in male and female reproductive tissues @cp-cellreports.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · Jun 21

Really like this article- naming (plants) is caring. “This misplaced lack of trust in botanical knowledge is unfortunately shared by higher education institutions”. Nice to see iNaturalist get a name check! In @natplants.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Naming is caring - Nature Plants

We can now carry in our pockets applications that accurately identify the plants around us. These are interesting tools for researchers, but they also help everyone to appreciate the diversity of the ...

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