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Gonzalo Torné @gonzalotorne.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg tiene un poder increíble (y sumamente molesto) que es poner en evidencia los mundos tristes en los que nos confina nuestro conformismo, nuestro cinismo, nuestra socarronería, nuestra pasividad insensible y nuestros mezquinos "principios de realidad".

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · 10d

First day underway and already amazed with awesome science! And the bonus of meeting great friends and colleagues. Thanks for inviting me, the dicot intruder!

cerealcell.bsky.social @cerealcell.bsky.social · Jul 16

🌍 Join Us in Regensburg for an International Symposium on Cereal Meristems and Stem Cell Systems!

📢 Abstract submission deadline was extended to 31 July 2025!

📍 Where: University of Regensburg, Germany
🕒 When: 28/09 to 1/10/2025
💻 Registration: cscs2025.de

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · 12d

Today was @irenegonzlez.bsky.social ‘s day! Congratulations to the new doctor! A great thesis, an excellent defense and all with an awesome committee and proud supervisors, Paz Merelo and myself @ibmcp.bsky.social

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · 16d

We were lucky to have @chfankhauser.bsky.social today at @ibmcp.bsky.social, talking on how plants sense light direction

Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · 20d

Amen

Patricia Fernández de Lis @pflis.bsky.social · 20d

"Está tirado caricaturizar a una generación". Yo solo añadiría a esta columna perfecta de Luz Sánchez-Mellado (a la que no le quito ni una coma) que es hacerle el juego a un sistema que nos prefiere peleados que unidos ante las mierdas que nos agobian a todos elpais.com/opinion/2025...

Leña al ‘boomer’, que es de goma

No estaría de más que los jóvenes salgan a quemar lo que sea, en vez de echar la culpa de sus males a sus mayores como quiere el sistema

elpais.com

Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · 21d

I truly enjoy PhD defense days. My congrats to new Dr Lu Xiong, from @cragenomica.bsky.social. Here, with Paloma Mas, proud supervisor, and my fellow members of the committee

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · 22d

My dear friend Natalia! Congrats!

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22d

🎉 Help us celebrate Natalia Pabón-Mora (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia), the 2025 BSA Corresponding Member!

This recognition is given to distinguished international scientists who have made major contributions to the plant sciences.

botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

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Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · 22d

🎉 Help us celebrate Natalia Pabón-Mora (Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia), the 2025 BSA Corresponding Member!

This recognition is given to distinguished international scientists who have made major contributions to the plant sciences.

botany.org/home/awards/...

#BSA2025AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · 27d

It was already known that auxins (surprise!) had a key role controlling the end of flowering, plant menopause. Now we can tell you how and where they act in the inflorescence meristem to control the process.
@irenegonzlez.bsky.social
www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2825%2901002-4

Local regulation of auxin-related pathways in the shoot apical meristem plays a major role during proliferative arrest

González-Cuadra et al. show that repression of auxin-related pathways locally in the SAM is key in the control of proliferative arrest. FRUITFULL regulates these pathways to promote meristem arrest. B...

www.cell.com

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · Sep 7

La luna, la luna, en nuestra sombra va

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · Sep 4

@florestornero.bsky.social wrote this nice comment on the power of tomato seeds
doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf201

“Seeds tyranny: No flowers for old plants”

Flowering initiation is a crucial step in plant reproduction that has been widely studied, but the end of this process and its regulation remain elusive. E

doi.org

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · Sep 4

While studying how plants cease flowering we wondered if determinate inflorescences might behave different. Moreover: are fleshy fruits strong sinks that starve the meristem? Arabidopsis did not have the answers, so we turned to 🍅🍅🍅,
Curious?👇👇👇
academic.oup.com/plphys/article/199/1/kiaf195/8127772

The quantitative effect of seed production triggers the end of flowering in tomato

Auxin and abscisic acid from tomato seeds act as signals that instruct flower meristems to arrest in a coordinated and quantitative manner.

academic.oup.com

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soylater.bsky.social @soylater.bsky.social · Aug 27

Gracias a todos los que se implican @almuariza.bsky.social @marujatorres.bsky.social @joanroura.bsky.social @javierespinosa.bsky.social @manelmarquez.bsky.social @sintxaurrondo.bsky.social @mikelnhao.bsky.social @tyrexito.bsky.social

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thnkas! More things to come soon...

Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · Aug 5

Jajaja, también vale para alguna rama de la ciencia. Si es para un biólogo molecular yo le regalaría un libro de Genética, antes del tiro, claro. Aunque yo sigo siendo feliz, ya veis...

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Andreu Escrivà @andreuescriva.bsky.social · Jul 19

Bon dia.
He escrit això a @elpais.com.

Ampliemos el futuro, no los aeropuertos: ni la Llotja ni Tabarca crecerán - elpais.com/espana/comun...

Ampliemos el futuro, no los aeropuertos: ni la Llotja ni Tabarca crecerán

Que quepan más turistas en nuestras calles no significa que en ellas quepa también la vida que queremos para nuestros pueblos y ciudades

elpais.com

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · Jul 13

A nice piece on a not so famous but brilliant scientist that has helped all of us ( and we probably did not know). In Spanish
Pedro Cuatrecasas, el español desconocido que pudo ganar dos Premios Nobel

elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

Pedro Cuatrecasas, el español desconocido que pudo ganar dos Premios Nobel

El científico, fallecido a los 88 años en Estados Unidos, transformó la vida de millones de personas tras participar en el desarrollo de 40 nuevos medicamentos

elpais.com

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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · Jul 9

Announcing the 2025 NAASC Arabidopsis Community Impact Awardees:
Early Career Category: Jade Bleau, Univ. of Dundee, Scotland
Later Career Category: José Dinneny, Stanford Univ., USA & Joanna Friesner, NAASC, USA www.arabidopsiscommunity.org/news-events/...

Three scientists recognized for their dedication to positively impacting the Arabidopsis Community — Arabidopsis Community as supported by NAASC

The North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee (NAASC) is deeply committed to the development, participation and recognition of Arabidopsis researchers from a diversity of backgrounds and experienc...

www.arabidopsiscommunity.org

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Cristina Ferrándiz @cristicris.bsky.social · Jul 12

Firmado

Maruja Torres @marujatorres.bsky.social · Jul 12

Ya he firmado👇🏼

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Nobel de la Paz para Francesca Albanese

Netanyahu ha nominado a Trump para el Nobel de la Paz. Que vea lo que piensa la gente: ¡Francesca Albanese y los médicos de Gaza son quienes merecen el galardón!

secure.avaaz.org

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American Society of Plant Biologists @aspbofficial.bsky.social · Jun 9

#ASPBPlantPhysMonday #ICYMI

Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · May 20

The transcriptional regulator VAL1 promotes Arabidopsis flowering by repressing the organ boundary genes BOP1 and BOP2 (Yajiao Cheng , Benjamin J M Tremblay , Vicente Balanzà , Alvaro S Larran , Julia I Qüesta) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

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Universitat Politècnica de València @upv.es · Jun 9

🧬 L' @ibmcp.bsky.social millora la tecnologia per a produir múltiples fragments curts d'ARN que poden "apagar" diversos gens sense efectes secundaris ➡ tinyurl.com/3jbye2ax

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Stephan Pollmann @stephanpollmann.bsky.social · May 28

Looking very much forward to participate in this thrilling meeting... 👇🏼

EvoDevoSigNet @evodevosignet.bsky.social · May 27

Exciting!, the second EvoDevoSigNet meeting will take place next June 2nd to 4th!, come join us for the talks and networking for free (details in the advertisement!!), supported by @cienciagob.bsky.social

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EvoDevoSigNet @evodevosignet.bsky.social · Jun 3

The second EvoDevoSigNet meeting kicks off!, two days of exciting multidisciplinary science looking for synergies. @cristicris.bsky.social
opens the event

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EvoDevoSigNet @evodevosignet.bsky.social · Jun 3

@ignaciorubiosomoza.bsky.social
@cragenomica.bsky.social
is our first speaker telling us how acquisition of developmental innovations impacts on the evolution of plant immunity programs and pathogen infective strategies

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EvoDevoSigNet @evodevosignet.bsky.social · Jun 3

Next is @stephanpollmann.bsky.social @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social on a new molecular link connecting auxin and ABA metabolism and signaling

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