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Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 9d

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 8d

Compelling and quite disturbing...

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 9d

Land of the free. Home of the brave.

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Cris Argueso @cargueso.bsky.social · 10d

I attended a really inspiring talk by Jose Dinneny today as the Thornton-Massa speaker at Colorado State University. His vision for the future of agriculture with synthetic biology was really thought-provoking. It’s great to learn AND get inspired! @josedinneny.bsky.social @csuagbio.bsky.social

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 23

I just sent this email to Director Bhattacharya and am sending him a hard copy by registered mail.

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August 22, 2025

Dear Director Bhattacharya:

I write to you regarding your plans after the Supreme Court ruling yesterday. As you know, the Supreme Court did allow a stay on the required grant reinstatements based on a controversial jurisdictional issue but also found that the grant termination processes used were likely illegal.

I know you are deeply concerned about public trust in NIH. I hope that you understand that proceeding to fail to reinstate or to re-terminate grants that had been found to have been illegally terminated will not increase the public trust in NIH. This would also be substantially damaging to science.

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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · Aug 23

Catching some falling stars

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Maizel lab @maizel-lab.org · Aug 5

Final Program announced for the Mech. of Plant Development FASEB (Aug 24-28 in Southbridge MA USA).: tinyurl.com/2cfa8keo

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · Aug 7

Junior #GroupLeader position @mpipz.bsky.social
on Plant Development & Diversity ‼️ #plantsci www.mpipz.mpg.de/5697690/job_...

Group leader (m/f/d) | Plant Development and Diversity

The successful applicant will be expected to build an independent research group to study plant development and/or its natural variation.

www.mpipz.mpg.de

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Aug 7

“For decades we have known that our burning of fossil fuels is the chief driver of the current global warming. Gutting today’s climate research won’t change that”

Donald Trump’s war on climate science has staggering implications

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economist.com/by-invitatio...
from The Economist

Donald Trump’s war on climate science has staggering implications

Even a policy of “drill, baby, drill” would imply more climate research, not its evisceration, says Ralph Keeling

economist.com

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bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Aug 3

Cellulose Synthase Complex and Remorin Nanodomains Mediate Stress Resilience Through Cell Wall-Plasma Membrane Attachments https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.01.664786v1

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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD @minyaaa.bsky.social · Aug 4

I didn't know what personate flowers are until I heard about @trinitydepatie.bsky.social's Penstemons. My conclusion is that these cute little flowers in fact dial up discrimination to max, and they make the entrance of their corolla tube sooo occluded that only the most buffed bees can enter. 👀🧪

Botanical Society of America @botsocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 4

The unique morphological basis & repeated evolutionary origins of personate flowers in #Penstemon

New #AJB research by @trinitydepatie.bsky.social & @carriewessi.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #phylogenomics #evolution #snapdragon

Personate flowered Penstemon hirsutus (top) and a closely related species with open flowers, P. smallii (bottom).

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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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Plant Science @plantscience.bsky.social · Aug 4

This includes a Director position at one of the world's leading #PlantScience institutes, the @mpipz.bsky.social.

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Aug 1

Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.

Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships:
Expressions of interest can be submitted until 31 October 2025.

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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · Aug 4

New group leader opportunity at @johninnescentre.bsky.social!

We're looking for interests in (but not limited to) growth and development, environmental / organismal interactions, physiology, signalling, quantitative cell biology, biochemical and modelling approaches.

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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Juan Alonso-Serra @jalonsos.bsky.social · Aug 14

Excited to share our improved paper now in @NatureComms
We found that growth-induced water potentials shape the pattern of water fluxes in shoot meristems, aiding boundary formation.

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · Aug 3

Very proud to share our latest preprint: postdoc/LRSF fellow Yue Rui studies the mechanisms regulating attachment of the cell wall to the plasma membrane. The Cellulose Synthase Complex and REMORINs determine the extent of attachment and root osmotic stress tolerance. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · Jul 12

It’s been an amazing privilege to serve my Arabidopsis and plant biology community!

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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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Plant Cell Atlas @plantcellatlas.bsky.social · Jul 9

The last day for applications is July 13th!
To Apply to the GRC: lnkd.in/gvkMxuKR

Meet The Speakers of the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference!

To Learn More About Dr. Dinneny's Research: dinnenylab.me

@josedinneny.bsky.social

Promotional image for the "Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology GRC Conference" focusing on meeting the speakers. This promo includes an image of Dr. Jose Dinneny from Stanford University with a short bio on Dr. Dinneny.

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The Stanford Biology Preview Program @stanfordbpp.bsky.social · Jun 24

Applying to Biology PhD programs this year? Let us help!

At BPP, we aim to support students from all backgrounds through the grad school application process. Learn more about grad student life and receive 1-on-1 feedback on your application materials!

Apply here: forms.gle/EvTyUWXFMRSL...

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · Jun 25

The 500 additional GRFPs NSF awarded were not very evenly distributed across fields, it seems.
www.science.org/content/arti...

Plot showing skewed distribution toward comp science and applied physics

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 25

I know there’s a lot of news right now but this is really crazy. They’re booting the National Science Foundation out of its newish building with no plans for where 1800 people are going to go.

National Science Foundation Staff Booted From Headquarters - Eos

Staff at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were notified on 25 June that the agency’s office space, located in Alexandria, Va., will be taken over by Department of Housing and Urban Development (H...

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Yasin Dagdas @plantophagy.bsky.social · Jun 25

How 🆒 is this?!? www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

A host organelle integrates stolen chloroplasts for animal photosynthesis

Sea slugs steal foreign chloroplasts and store them in specialized organelles that facilitate photosynthesis and eventual digestion to mediate starvation resistance.

www.cell.com

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José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · Jun 25

Supporting mothers and fathers to have healthy families is a responsibility of every nation.
‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

Opinion | ‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’

www.nytimes.com

José Dinneny @josedinneny.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congratulations to @jennbrophy.bsky.social for being a Freeman Hrabowski scholar! The “build-to-learn” approach her group is using promises to enable discoveries with impact for plant science. www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...

The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI

Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.

www.hhmi.org

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