Fantastic to have @tinaschreier.bsky.social here this week for a visit and super seminar this afternoon. Amazing science and images of plasmodesmata, unravelling new things about C4 to help our fundamental understanding and identify ways to improve photosynthesis in key crops. Thanks Tina!

Hey Botany friends, any PI at a grad-degree-granting institution want to help us out with a "applying to grad school" panel on Oct 9th at 4:30 est? 🙏 Come share your wisdom!

Want to take part next year as a new PhD researcher at Lancaster? @lancasteruni.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social
Check some of our recent posts for several opportunities to join in Oct 2026!

Congrats also to Quentin & Connor, winners of this years Best Talks, receiving the Peter Lucas Plant Biology PGR Awards, in honour of former LEC staff member Peter Lucas, and generously donated by his wife Susan who joins us each year. @lancasteruni.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social

Great to have our annual Plant Biology PGR Symposium yesterday! Fantastic talks and discussions by our current PGR students, and a great intro for the new MRes and PhD researchers joining us for thier Plant Adventure!
Great event including 🍕 and discussions after.

Fantastic oppurtunity for a PhD project centred around the activity and regulation of my personal favourite enzyme Rubisco, with an awesome supervisor @ecarmosilva.bsky.social, and supported by the Gatsby Foundation. @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social

Another #PhD project available for applications in #photosynthesis with @ecarmosilva.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social looking at ways to improve Rubisco. Details below including how the successful nominee will play a direct role in shaping the project proposal tinyurl.com/2a8szv3y

Plant Biology Lancaster Postgraduate Research Symposium under way as we welcome students -new and current- into a new academic year @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social

Interested in a 4 year fully funded PhD, based at Lancaster @lancasteruni.bsky.social and working with other Universities via NorthWestBio? Does that interest include photosynthesis and/or plant engineering?
Well, step right up! Open to UK & non-UK people, 2026 projects include 3 I am a part of:

New #PhD opportunities! NorthWestBio projects now online for 2026! Including a #photosynthesis project w/ @marjorielundgren.bsky.social looking at how photosynthetic diversity may affect future crop nutrient quality. Plant projects and the full set of projects available here: tinyurl.com/529yz4jd

🌱✍️ We truly think that the Editorial Internship programme is a fantastic way to gain editorial experience, learn more about science publishing, network, and grow as a researcher.

But don’t take our word for it – see what our past interns have to say!

#PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

👀 Watch this space for upcoming PhD project(s)!

We hope to be able to share details of some #photosynthesis and #plantengineering PhD projects very soon, for starting in Oct 2026 here @lancasteruni.bsky.social

These will be open to UK and International students, more details to come!

NEW!
Tailoring a dynamic model of photosynthetic metabolism towards greater carbon assimilation in rice
by @svijayakumar32.bsky.social Yu Wang, Hsiang Chun Lin @ecarmosilva.bsky.social
Stephen Long and Samuel Taylor
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantSci #photosynthesis @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social

Looking forward to another great CO2 assimilation meeting in June, lots of the Lancaster team going to talk #photosynthesis!

Just over a week left to apply for a 3yr postdoc with me at Lancaster @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social looking at Rubisco engineering in vitro and in vivo to improve plant #photosynthesis #plantscijobs wp.lancs.ac.uk/lancsphotosy...

#PlantSciJobs new opportunity to join us in Lancaster working on #Rubisco and #photosynthesis

Check out an exciting diversity of research, reviews, and opinion articles in our @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social special collection on *Agricultural Biotechnology*. 🧪 🌱

With @cavycavs.bsky.social & Phil Macnaghten

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

New opportunity to join us at @lancasteruni.bsky.social coming very soon with @doug-orr.bsky.social !

Diving deep into sequencing results. 🏊‍♂️ Duck floaties required. Thank you to @lancasterplantbio.bsky.social for this beatiful art 🦆