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vanhungbui.bsky.social @vanhungbui.bsky.social · 3d

My first PhD paper is out today!
Huge thanks to Dr. Thuy Dang (UBC), Dr. Robin Buell (UGA), and @chenxinli2.bsky.social (MSU) for your guidance and support!
Special thanks to Li, for his mentorship in single-cell analysis and bioinformatics.

Chenxin Li, PhD @chenxinli2.bsky.social · 3d

Our new short article is online at Plant Biotech J (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)!

"Single Cell Multi-Omics Reveals Rare Biosynthetic Cell Types in the Medicinal Tree Camptotheca acuminata"

Product of an NSF-EAGER award that I was co-PI from 2023-2025 (www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...).

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 19d

💻 Measuring hidden phenotype: quantifying the shape of barley seeds using the Euler characteristic transform
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #model #PlantScience

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AoB PLANTS @aobp.bsky.social · 18d

♻️Morpho-physiological and yield traits for selection of drought tolerant Urochloa grass ecotypes by Celestine Anyango Ochola and co-authors

Full #openaccess
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Guiding seed movement: environmental heterogeneity drives genetic differentiation in Plathymenia reticulata, providing insights for restoration

In this manuscript, we consider that efforts to restore degraded environments may prove ineffective if they overlook the fundamental aspect of Biodiversity

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 18d

🎉🆕📰🎉: A new phylogenetic framework for the genus Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) and implications for infrageneric classification
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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Martin Jonikas @mjonikas.bsky.social · 20d

I was deeply saddened today to learn of the passing of Steve Long. He was a pioneer and an inspiration to so many of us. Find his obituary here: www.renner-wikoffchapel.com/obituary/Ste...

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 20d

We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long.

His vision to establish one of the first journals dedicated to Global Change over 30 years ago was truly ahead of its time. Through GCB, researchers have demonstrated that biology and ecosystems are not simply victims of global change..

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 20d

We mourn the passing of our Editor-in-Chief Steve Long.

Steve was a pivotal figure in plant research. He developed in silico Plants to provide a single point of focus for plant modelling to facilitate collaboration across disciplines and advance research and education in plant sciences...

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 21d

📢The Call for Papers for in silico Plant’s Special Issue “Simulating plant-plant interactions and community dynamics” is now open
🔬 Editor: Andrew Friend (University of Cambridge)
ℹ️ Find out more: academic.oup.com/insilicoplan... #PlantScience #DGVM

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AoB PLANTS @aobp.bsky.social · 20d

🌿 New article in @aobp.bsky.social exploring how pollinators, flower color, and spatial factors drive microevolution in a Mediterranean snapdragon, Antirrhinum charidemi.

Full #openaccess
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@mheuertz.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @pablovargas1111.bsky.social

Antirrhinum charidemi in the Barranco del Dragoncillo Blanco (Almería, Spain)

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 21d

🎉🆕📰🎉: Diversity patterns and knowledge gaps of Atlantic Forest epiphyllous bryophytes: a highly neglected group
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 21d

🎉🆕📰🎉: Long-term coordinated morphological and hydrological traits of desert mosses in an arid temperate desert
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 21d

💻🌿 3rd Symposium on Crop Modelling for Agriculture and Food Security under Global Change
Florence, Italy | 2 – 4 February 2026

📢 Call for Abstracts Deadline Extended to 30th September!

icropm2026.org/abstract/ #icropM #PlantScience

Abstract - Icropm

Crop modelling has been a cornerstone of agricultural research and decision-making for decades. As global challenges such as climate change, resource degradation, loss of biodiversity, and food…

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Botany One @botany.one · 21d

Not a lot. You get a missing period of plants.

Botany One @botany.one · 21d

"Look for something that you are really passionate about in Botany, what makes your heart beat faster;" @glauceae.bsky.social shares her thoughts in Botany One.

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 22d

☀️🌿 The Farquhar-von-Caemmerer-Berry model is used to calculate CO2 assimilation in over 5,500 research papers
A comparison of model variants finds omissions and errors and guides researchers in choosing the best option for their applications

doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience #photosynthesis

Widely used variants of the Farquhar-von-Caemmerer-Berry model can cause errors in parameter estimation

Abstract. The Farquhar-von-Caemmerer-Berry (FvCB) model is the most widely used mechanistic model of C3 net CO2 assimilation, and it plays a significant ro

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AoB PLANTS @aobp.bsky.social · 21d

♻️Global mRNA profiling reveals the effect of boron as a crop protection tool against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum by Natalie Cale and co-authors

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Cross-continental comparison of plant reproductive phenology shows high intraspecific variation in temperature sensitivity

Plants adjust their phenology, or timing of life cycle events, every year in response to annual changes in temperature. As temperatures increase with clima

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 21d

📣Now Free Access: Biological inhibition of denitrification (BDI): an early plant strategy for Fallopia × bohemica seedling development
Get the Paper: doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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Louise Firth @louisefirth.bsky.social · 23d

Postdoc opportunity at University College Cork Ireland 🇮🇪. Interdisciplinary approaches to urban coastlines & multispecies relations. 🚶‍♀️🐚👨‍⚕️🦀👩‍🔬🪸👤🐟 Open to EU & non-EU applicants 🌎 Deadline 3rd Oct. Interviews 9th & 10th Oct. #LivingSeawall #EcoEngineering #Sustainability my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 23d

♻️🆓: The ORGAN SIZE (ORG) locus modulates both vegetative and reproductive gigantism in domesticated tomato
doi.org/10.1093/aob/...

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 26d

🛰️ #Modelling seasonal pasture growth and botanical composition at the paddock scale with satellite imagery
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience

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AoB PLANTS @aobp.bsky.social · 23d

♻️Cross-continental comparison of plant reproductive phenology shows high intraspecific variation in temperature sensitivity by Rachel Reeb and co-authors

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Some unique anatomical scaling relationships among genera in the grass subfamily Pooideae

The cellular structure and arrangements of leaves can help explain how plants survive in different climates, but most studies that analyse these traits are

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Annals of Botany @annbot.bsky.social · 27d

🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Convergent evolution of sex chromosomes in two palm species, Phoenix dactylifera and Kerriodoxa elegans’ in @annbot.bsky.social by H. Tessarotto @htessarotto.bsky.social and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/9)

👉 doi.org/p5cp

#PlantEvolution #PlantScience #AoBpapers

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in silico Plants @insilicoplants.bsky.social · 26d

☀️ Optimal plant defence under competition for light and nutrients: an evolutionary #modelling approach
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience

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AoB PLANTS @aobp.bsky.social · 25d

♻️Some unique anatomical scaling relationships among genera in the grass subfamily Pooideae by Daniel Spitzer and co-authors

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Some unique anatomical scaling relationships among genera in the grass subfamily Pooideae

The cellular structure and arrangements of leaves can help explain how plants survive in different climates, but most studies that analyse these traits are

doi.org

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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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