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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 4d

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Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (Fixed Term)

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Dr Alexander Jones' Group at the Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University. The aim of this position is to reprogram auxin patterns

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Xander Jones @xanderjones.bsky.social · 5d

Only a few days left to apply!

My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.

@starmorph-syg.bsky.social

Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations Zoe! It looks great, I hope you're celebrating!

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Zoe Nahas @zoenahas.bsky.social · 12d

Happy to share slightly late that the main work of my PhD is now published! How do plants regulate the number + location of growing branches 🌳🌲? We used experiments and mathematical modelling to study how local and systemic signals are integrated during shoot branching regulation. A thread:

PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 22d

How do #plants dynamically modulate their shoot branching for optimal returns? ‪@zoenahas.bsky.social‬ &co show that BRC1 modulates bud competitiveness by reducing #auxin efflux, integrating hormonal cues to fine-tune branching patterns @plosbiology.org @slcuplants.bsky.social 🧪 plos.io/4pnrwY2

2-node explants capture key properties of bud regulation. Top left: A stem segment with two axillary buds illustrates two regulatory hubs controlling shoot branching (i) local expression of the transcription factor BRC1, a repressor of bud activation, and (ii) systemic regulation of the auxin transport network. A canalization-based model of shoot branching postulates that bud activation requires the establishment of canalized auxin transport from the bud into the main stem, the dynamics of which is influenced by autocatalytic feedback in auxin flow between the bud and the stem, and the relative auxin source and sink strengths of the bud and stem, respectively. The relationship between BRC1- and auxin-transport-mediated regulation is not known. Bottom left: Arabidopsis bud activation occurs in at least two phases: a slow-growing lag phase, then a switch to rapid outgrowth. Typical timescale 10–12 days. Right: Diagram illustrating the four possible growth outcomes for bud activation on 2-node explants, and their representation in a Mitchison plot. Mitchison plots present the length of the top bud versus that of the bottom bud over time in each explant. Explants where at least one bud grows are termed active, otherwise, they are inactive. Within active explants, there are three possible outcomes: both buds grow, or only either the top or the bottom bud activates.

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BioImaging North America @bioimagingna.bsky.social · 19d

#HappyFluorescenceFriday!

#microscopycommunity- want to learn open source image analysis or share your knowledge to help others? We’ve got a FREE virtual workshop Nov 17-19! Now accepting workshop session applications!

Learn more & sign up: buff.ly/esGIotD

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Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social · 22d

I can't stress it more. This conference has been designed for us by us. Support @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at the University of Leeds funded by the SEB, Faculty of Biological Science at Leeds, the Grow More and New Phytologist foundations and Gastby. Join us on 24/10, details below.

Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 28d

📢Deadlines fast approaching for the BiPS Conference 2025!

Join us for a day of connection and celebration where we'll be hearing from the renowned academics Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox. With workshops on a variety of topics and a chance for you to build your community.

Register: buff.ly/J9PM0Wj

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Sebastian Schornack @dromius.bsky.social · 25d

Saddened to hear about the passing of Steve Long. His work had a profound impact on plant science. A true loss to the scientific community. @ripeproject.bsky.social
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Stephen Long

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28d

OK--fluorescent protein friends. We want an antibody to TagRFP that works in immunofluorescence. Any suggestions? Re-post please

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · Sep 6

Congratulations Kumud!

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Kumud Saini @sainikumud.bsky.social · Sep 6

🚨New Preprint with Old Pals showing a PIF4-CAT2-H2O2 loop in thermomorphogenesis

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Sep 5

PIF4-mediated regulation of H2O2 homeostasis controls Arabidopsis seedling thermomorphogenesis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.02.673620v1

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · Aug 30

Congratulations Amir!

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Katie Field @katiefield4.bsky.social · Aug 28

Incredibly honoured & excited to be awarded one of the @royalsociety.org's new Faraday Discovery Fellowships - this means SO much, huge thanks to everyone who has contributed, supported, & encouraged. Loads of mycorrhizal research @sheffielduni.bsky.social to come!🤩 royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...

Exceptional research leaders awarded first Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships | Royal Society

Seven pioneering researchers have been announced as the first recipients.

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Plant Energy Biology Lab @schwarzlanderlab.bsky.social · Aug 18

Your research brings together fundamental plant biology & applied research to enhance crop traits? 🌱🌾🎓🏭

Join us as professor in 'Molecular Crop Improvement' @uni-muenster.de & @fraunhofer.bsky.social

Please PM if you got questions.

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Professorship (W2-level) in “Molecular Crop Improvement”

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · Aug 15

Occasionally, you'll get good science news on a Friday at 4pm.

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Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme @gpsep.bsky.social · Aug 13

Checkout our new starter pack: Academics to follow on BlueSky to keep up to date with cutting edge discoveries in the world of plant science!
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Gatsby Plant Science Education Programme @gpsep.bsky.social · Aug 13

Organised by Alex Johnson and Joe McKenna, who we have had the pleasure of working with at the Gatsby Plant Science Summer School, this is a great opportunity not to be missed!

Just 2 more days to apply for a funded place if you are an ECR

The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · Aug 13

Deadline approaching: Friday 15 August

Early-career researchers, apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales' organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová.

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Promotional flyer for the workshop titled "Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales", scheduled for 22–25 February 2026 at Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK. The flyer invites applicants from diverse scientific backgrounds and highlights a deadline of 15 August 2025. It lists organisers: Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna, and Markéta Šamajová, and features a lineup of speakers including Malcolm Bennett, Federica Brandizzi, Inge De Clercq, Murray Grant, Robert Hasse, Byung Ho Kang, Charlotte Kirchhelle, James Manton, Alex Martineire, Valerian Meline, Marisa S Otegui, Priya Ramakrishna, Florian Schur, Markus Schwarzländer, Richard Smith, and Daniel von Wangenheim. The right side of the flyer shows an image of Buxted Park. At the bottom are logos and social media icons for The Company of Biologists, along with the website workshops.biologists.com and hashtag #BiologistsWorkshops.

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Michael Hothorn @structplantbio.bsky.social · Aug 9

Our latest on brassinosteroid signaling: Ligand binding spectrum, specificity & selectivity of all BR receptors in Arabidopsis. By @albertocaregnato.bsky.social , @hmchen93.bsky.social and our great chemistry collaborators Mirek Kvasnica, Jana Oklestkova and Mirek Strnad.

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Arif Ashraf @aribidopsis.bsky.social · Aug 9

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CSLD5-mediated cell wall remodelling regulates tissue mechanics and shoot meristem growth @natcomms.nature.com

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Movies: Cell division orientation in wild-type (attached) and csld5 (comment) shoot apical meristem.

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Dan Gibbs 🌱🧬 @djgibbs.bsky.social · Aug 5

The final version of our paper showing VRN2-PRC2 mediated control of PIF4 signalling is now published in the latest issue of Developmental Cell @cellpress.bsky.social. Many thanks to Zhe Wu for writing an accompanying Preview piece summarising the work, here: www.cell.com/developmenta...

PRC2-mediated repression of PIF4 targets beyond the on/off switch of gene expression

In this issue of Developmental Cell, Osborne et al. report that the angiosperm-specific polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) subunit VERNALIZATION 2 (VRN2) regulates leaf growth by stable deposition o...

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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Jul 30

Before this #PlantBio2025 thread closes: two exciting opportunities now open for early-career plant scientists.
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
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Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) @slcuplants.bsky.social · Jul 30

📢 Final hours to register for the Plant Computational Biology Workshop 2025! 📢
Don’t miss your chance to take part in talks and hands-on sessions with other plant modelling enthusiasts🪴
Deadline tomorrow (31 July) - www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/computationa...
#ComputationalBiology #PlantSci

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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · Jul 29

This page is a shortcut to search google without AI.

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&udm=14 | the search engine Konami code

A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.

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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · Jul 28

🎙️ Tune in today 11–11:50am to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire as our Director, Professor Beverley Glover (@beverleycubg.bsky.social), chats to Chris Mann about her inspiring journey in botany, her passion for plants and their pollinators and the evolving role of Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

A woman in a blue blazer and floral top smiles whilst standing in a Garden.

Two young girls dressed in bee costumes look at a model flower, whilst a smiling woman in a bee costume crouches near them.

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Julie Gray @julie-gray.bsky.social · Jul 25

Delighted to see our wheat stomatal work featured in the fabulous #Futureoffood exhibition #ScienceMuseum. Congratulations to @jessdunn.bsky.social @jodiearmand.bsky.social

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Science Museum @sciencemuseum.org.uk · Jul 24

Our new free interactive exhibition, Future of Food, is now open!

Exploring how food must change in the future to protect our planet and featuring objects ranging from cricket burgers to bird-flu resistant chicken, be the first to visit this family-friendly summer treat. Open until 4 January 2026.

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