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Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna - يعقوب حنا @jacob-hanna.bsky.social · 1d

A Palestinian, son of Palestinians displaced from Gaza (Al-Masmiyya) to Jordan, wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry... Professor Omar Munis Yaghi from the University of Berkeley!!

..Some members of the Yaghi family are still under the rubble in Gaza!

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yesterday I talked* science with modellers, mathematicians, biochemists, cell biologists and geneticists. Sound like your kind of place? Join us!

Applications for a tenure-track or tenured Group Leader ar JIC close Monday.

(*I love chatting - if you come to JIC I *will* stop you in the corridor)

Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Jul 16

GROUP LEADER VACANCY

JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences.

If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply.

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre (JIC) seeks a visionary Group Leader to lead research on Discovery Plant Science.

www.jic.ac.uk

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Aug 6

excellent question!

Hee-Kyung Ahn @hee-kyung-ahn.bsky.social · Aug 4

So are tomato and potato cisgenic now?

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Aug 4

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

‘This wasn’t obvious’: the potato evolved from a tomato ancestor, researchers find

Hybridisation event took place about 9 million years ago, helping to ‘spark the emergence of a new organ’

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Aug 1

www.isaaa.org/kc/cropbiote...

Scientists Unveil Genetic Map to Wheat 'Cancer'

Chinese scientists have created the world's first genetic map for wheat resistance to yellow rust, a destructive fungal disease. Published in Nature Genetics, this breakthrough was a collaborative eff...

www.isaaa.org

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alanhschulman.bsky.social @alanhschulman.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hot off the press: our analysis of the proposed EU limits to NGT1 category of genome editing in light of recent data on genomic diversity.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation

The European Commission (EC) proposal for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) of July 2023 specifies that Category 1 NGT (NGT1) plants, which are considered equivalent to conventional plants, that is those...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Greg Tucker-Kellogg @gtuckerkellogg.bsky.social · Jul 8

As an undergraduate who loved physical chemistry and was just starting biology, I thought the Meselson-Stahl experiment was the coolest thing ever. It was so simple in its application of physical theory and experiment to prove a biological truth that it was perfect. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/s...

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a ‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Jul 1

excellent commentary from Lord Rooker

www.scienceforsustainableagriculture.com/lordrooker2

LordRooker2 | SSA

Yes, the SLSC report on gene editing was 'biased'

www.scienceforsustainableagriculture.com

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Jun 30

Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation - Schulman - Plant Biotechnology Journal - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Proposed EU NGT legislation in light of plant genetic variation

The European Commission (EC) proposal for New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) of July 2023 specifies that Category 1 NGT (NGT1) plants, which are considered equivalent to conventional plants, that is those...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Hee-Kyung Ahn @hee-kyung-ahn.bsky.social · Jun 13

Wonderful talk by Baptiste Castel @baptistebio.bsky.social on fern immune system here at @instmolplantsci.bsky.social Great to meet @jonathandgjones.bsky.social lab alumni in Edinburgh too!

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · May 30

www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

Royal Society: UK can beat US in science — if it fixes one problem

Gloomy mood among scientists under the Trump administration presents an opportunity for Britain, provided it changes its visa system, says Sir Adrian Smith

www.thetimes.com

Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · May 29

more fool @nytimes.com

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · May 29

The @nytimes.com "passed" on this

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · May 29

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · May 29

important commentary on the dangers to science of current US Gov actions and policies

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla

The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science

www.theguardian.com

Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · May 21

Hold your news and read the link in my post on X.
"..officials on the UK side stressed that there will be no such alignment when it comes to the UK’s fast-growing gene editing sector."

Good news. These technologies are urgently needed to support more sustainable and productive agriculture.

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · May 13

important commentary from
@alanhschulman
and colleagues about NGTs and the EU's proposed new regulations. Preexisting genomic diversity dwarfs anything we can do with CrispR ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Plant genomic variation and its implications for proposed EU NGT legislation

ecoevorxiv.org

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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · Apr 22

New OA Letter: "Viral delivery of an RNA-guided genome editor for transgene-free germline editing in Arabidopsis" rdcu.be/eiJVL

...engineered the tobacco rattle virus to express the RNA-guided TnpB enzyme ISYmu1 and guide RNA for transgene-free germline editing.

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Apr 21

we appear to be shooting ourselves in the foot www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Top cancer experts ‘being put off UK by politicians’ messaging on immigration’

Exclusive: Leaked report says high visa costs also derailing clinical trials and research, denying NHS life-saving drugs

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Apr 21

Mythbusting MAHA’s Claims About Food and Farming
www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/mythbustin...

Mythbusting MAHA’s Claims About Food and Farming

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his HHS are on a public health crusade that is largely a distraction

www.breakthroughjournal.org

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Hee-Kyung Ahn @hee-kyung-ahn.bsky.social · Apr 21

!!New Preprint!! On the activation of RRS1-R/RPS4 paired NLRs!! Thanks to @jonathandgjones.bsky.social for this opportunity to work on this project, and thanks to all the coauthors for their effort and support! Thread (1/)
@thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social
t.co/aHNCKj4KUn

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.11.646618v1

t.co

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Apr 21

very cool. "roads not taken" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/s...

It’s Springtime on Polaris-9b, and the Exoflowers Are Blooming

An artist imagines the flora of distant, nonexistent worlds.

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Apr 17

a prescient commentary www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

www.pnas.org

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Lena Maria Müller @lmueller.bsky.social · Apr 14

Proud to present the first data paper from the lab, published today in @pnas.org.

We describe a new mechanism for CLE peptides as local symbiosis-amplifying signals, promoting plant interactions with beneficial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Congratulations @sagarbashyal.bsky.social et al.!

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The Sainsbury Laboratory @thesainsburylab.bsky.social · Mar 27

@jonathandgjones.bsky.social spoke to Louise Hulland on BBC Radio Norfolk today about developing crops that resist plant diseases and being a co-recipient of the Wolf Prize for Agriculture.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The clip started forty minutes in at 14:40

Radio Norfolk - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

Listen live to BBC Radio Norfolk on BBC Sounds

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Mar 27

www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/2503428...

SNP urged to approve gene editing as Scottish farmers face disadvantages

Tim Eagle urges the SNP to rethink its stance on gene editing, calling their opposition outdated. Could this technology benefit Scotland’s food…

www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Mar 23

See, it's funny cuz it's true. 🤣

(also: #sad) 😞

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