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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · 2d

Einen Beutel über Fenster stülpen? Machen sowas nicht die Schildbürger??

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks @profaliceroberts.bsky.social for a brilliant night out (the 2nd since parenthood began) in Sheffield tonight!

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Christie Wilcox @nerdychristie.bsky.social · 4d

It took decades for the work of Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi—the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology—to have clinical relevance. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Continued support for blue-sky research is essential to fuel the breakthroughs of tomorrow.
Carola Vinuesa, Francis Crick Institute

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Global Change Biology @globalchangebio.bsky.social · 22d

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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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Aug 27

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action

Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.

arstechnica.com

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Stefan Krauter @solarpapst.bsky.social · Aug 10

Wenn der Ottomotor heute erfunden werden würde

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Aug 9

1/2 So this new report presents this photo (from a review by Gerhart and Ward 2010) as evidence that more CO2 is good for plants.

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · Aug 9

The amount of energy we are wasting on this AI thing. Machine learning for science I get behind but all this stuff is just useless.

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Geoff Green @geoffgreen.org · Aug 8

I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.

A very mistaken list of the last 12 presidents of the United States and their years in office produced by the Ph.D level scholar known as ChatGPT-5. Includes John F. Katwady, president 1991-1968; George W. bush, president 220Z-1999), and Bill Christen, president 1999-2001

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · Aug 8

Happy #internationalcatday

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · Aug 1

aktion.campact.de/s/Energiewen...

Erneuerbare statt Gas – jetzt Appell unterzeichnen!

Vom Gas-Konzern direkt ins Kabinett: Katherina Reiche (CDU) will die Erneuerbaren ausbremsen. Das müssen wir verhindern!

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · Jul 29

We're happy to share a new virtual issue on photosynthesis from @jxbotany.bsky.social featuring:

🌿 innovative advances in technology and research,

🌱 a deeper understanding of the complex mechanisms, adaptations, and environmental influences,

🌿 and much more!

academic.oup.com/jxb/pages/ph...

Browse our new virtual issue on Photosynthesis today! OUP

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · Jul 10

Note which Unis are not on this list: those who make up the bulk of members of the political class. Maybe this explains the deafening silence on this issue from the government.

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jun 12

As the world warms, plants in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings find ways to respond to the heat.

In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z

Infrared imaging shows heat levels in sun-exposed leaves of Alstonia scholaris from the Australian Wet Tropics. As climate change increases temperatures and the severity of heat waves, both natural ecosystems and agricultural plants are increasingly affected by heat. Examining heat responses at cellular, genetic, physiological, and ecosystem scales, this special issue explores how plants sense and respond to high temperatures.

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · Jun 6

Juggling Licor, DualPam and DualKlas today. What would I do without the Timer+ app??

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Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social · May 30

Rapid Miniprep of Intact Chloroplasts from Arabidopsis thaliana Leaves bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?... @bioprotocol.bsky.social

bio-protocol.org

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Matt Johnson @profmattjohnson.bsky.social · May 21

Pleased to share my very general review of Photosynthesis now published in Nature Reviews Mol Cell Biol
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rdcu.be/em1lz Hopefully a useful primer for Postgrad and undergrad students

Structure, regulation and assembly of the photosynthetic electron transport chain

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology - The electron transfer chain in chloroplast thylakoid membranes uses solar energy to produce NADPH and ATP, which power carbon fixation into biomass. This...

rdcu.be

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · May 15

Sheffield is pretty bad too!

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Channa Prakash @agbioworld.bsky.social · May 7

England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray! A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost food production and reduce waste www.newscientist.com/article/2479...

England has just given the thumbs up to gene-edited plants. Hooray!

A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost food production and reduce waste, says Michael Le Page

www.newscientist.com

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · May 8

One of the strangest ironies of the last ten years has been watching Britain immersing itself as deeply as ever in memories of WW2 while proudly turning its back on the project that emerged from it.

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · May 8

Ich kann die App im UK Appstore laden, aber leider mich nicht mit meiner +44 Nummer anmelden.

Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · May 7

ps.ueb.cas.cz/artkey/phs-2...

What a great read!

Hans Kautsky's groundbreaking discovery(ies) in 1931, its scientific environment, and the ensuing developments

U. SCHREIBER, H.K. LICHTENTHALER

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Gustaf Degen @gustaf23.bsky.social · May 3

UK to launch scheme to recruit global research talent after Trump crackdown…whilst making researches already at UK universities redundant

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UK to launch scheme to recruit global research talent after Trump crackdown

Initiative backed by £50mn in government money comes as US administration seeks to cut funding and suppress research

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Tereza @zvjedavaa.bsky.social · May 1

Sieht man hier schön anschaulich für 🇩🇪. Die Fläche für Golfplätze ist größer als die für PV-Anlagen, die für Energiepflanzen viel, viel größer (mindestens 10x, eher 20x). Und die für Viehfutter noch mal ca. 4x so groß wie letztere.

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