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Irene Hames @irenehames.bsky.social · 1d

Great opportunity! Applications are open for @theplantjournal.bsky.social Fellowship scheme - provides support and mentorship for early-year PIs establishing themselves as independent group leaders.

Also great chance to learn about the editorial side of #JournalPublishing #PlantScience #PeerReview

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PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · 1d

Game changer for cell-based plant genetics: the labs of Caixia Gao & Jin-Long Qiu have developed very efficient self-replicating vectors and they just published a very nice proof-of-concept paper.
#plantscience
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Sep 5

#PlantScience

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's hard to find the words. There won't be many people in the plant sciences community who won't feel the loss of such a generous soul and penetrating scientific mind.

Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are deeply saddened by the news that Andrew D. Hanson (@adhansonlab.bsky.social) is no longer with us. He was an exceptional scientist, mentor, and leader in multiple fields. He constantly reminded us that over-promising would backfire. Rest in peace, Andrew.

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Aug 22

makes sense....

Vinay Shukla @vinayshukla.bsky.social · Aug 21

NRT1.1B acts as an abscisic acid receptor in integrating compound environmental cues for plants
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Andy Plackett @seedrevolutionlab.bsky.social · Jul 10

I have a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position starting in January to study the evolution of seed gene networks using the fern Ceratopteris! Interested? More info here:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNU179/r...

Closing date 31st July. 🙂
#PlantScience
#PlantSciencejobs

Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) at University of Birmingham

An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Sarah Jose (JoseSci) @sarahjose.bsky.social · Jul 4

Sharing this in case anyone else missed this in @theplantcell.bsky.social. Arabidopsis research remains essential. The phenomenal resources mean complex pathways are so much easier to understand at the genetic level, and it's a great model organism! #plantsci #plantscience 🧪🌿

North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · May 15

I’m happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!)
In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

In defense of funding foundational plant science

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Jun 27

Great write up of work by @anyalb.bsky.social while in my lab on the use of biomolecular condensates for metabolic engineering. Thanks @ciara-obrien.bsky.social Some incredible papers highlighted in the roundup - well worth a read

Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · Jun 27

Plant Science Research Weekly June 27 2025 plantae.org/plant-scienc... Special issues: Plants and Heat, Crops Under Stress; Review: Differences in sodium and potassium transport in Arabidopsis and crops; Suppression of lateral root formation in air gaps by IAA3 multimerization (1/3)

Diagram showing three plants, Arabidopsis, tomato, and rice. Beside each plant is an illustration of the HAK5 transporters. Arabidopsis does not have these, so shows an X. Tomato and rice each express them in reproductive tissues, which are drawn enlarged beside the plants.

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Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · Jun 27

Interested in trying out life as a scientific #editor? Based in the UK? Background in #PlantScience? The @plosbiology.org crew is expanding (again!), so a place in our lovely team might be for you...

Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Jun 26

I am recruiting - if you have a background in plant mol cell bio, a keen interest in sustainability and planetary health and are looking to move away from the bench, this may be for you!

Have a 👀 and please reach out if Qs

1yr FTC, remote in the UK

job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/plos/jobs/46...

PLOS Biology Associate Editor- FTC

UK-Remote

job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io

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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · Jun 13

Out First Release in @science.org today, nice work finding that redox regulates multimerisation of Aux/IAA proteins during root xerobranching:

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Redox-regulated Aux/IAA multimerization modulates auxin responses

Reactive oxygen species function as key signals in plant adaptation to environmental stresses like drought. Roots respond to transient water unavailability by temporarily ceasing branching through the...

www.science.org

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Jun 13

#PlantScience

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Jun 13

Itaconate, the poster-child for metabolic reprogramming in animal immunity, now comes out to play in plants!
www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Jun 5

Sadly, human scientists have been writing generic concluding sentences long before AI was around to help them do so! Good editors and writing mentors remain super important

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Maddy Seale @maddyseale.bsky.social · May 27

My pick for In Other Journals this week:
Sugar signaling boosts wheat yields - field trials of a trehalose-6-phosphate spray that boosts yield, probably via upregulation of starch synthesis and CO2 fixation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Paper here:
rdcu.be/enUzK

#PlantScience

In Other Journals

Editors’ selections from the current scientific literature

www.science.org

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · May 27

Is there anything this enzyme doesn't do?!

Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social · May 27

MtPEPC2 Encodes a Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Medicago truncatula onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

MtPEPC2 Encodes a Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase Essential for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Medicago truncatula

We identified MtPEPC2 playing an essential role in symbiotic nitrogen fixation as evidenced by defects in nodule nitrogenase activities, symbiosome maintenance and expression of numerous genes in Med...

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The Plant Journal @theplantjournal.bsky.social · Apr 25

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞!
🌱Plant engineering: advances, bottlenecks, and promise
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Focused Reviews & Technical Advances
🌿Plant transformation tech
🧬Gene editing & synthetic biology
🔧Emerging engineering strategies
breakthroughs & challenges
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Special Issue: Plant Engineering — Advances, Bottlenecks, and Promise: The Plant Journal

Click on the title to browse this issue

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Apr 25

Outstanding work by @anyalb.bsky.social in my lab - she targeted enzymes to synthetic biomolecular condensates in plants and showed increases in metabolic pathway activity, likely due to protection of the introduced enzymes from proteolysis
#PlantScience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A diagrame of the molecular parts used to make a synthetic biomolecular condensate and confocal microscopy images of the condensates

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Apr 22

The metabolic signal that regulates TOR is the Calvin-Benson cycle-derived metabolite DHAP. Activation of TOR by DHAP is also true in animals....

mjmallenponce.bsky.social @mjmallenponce.bsky.social · Apr 21

Glad to share our latest paper published in Science Advances! In this work, we show that #light and #CO₂ regulate #TOR through cytoplasmic #dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP), revealing a key metabolic link in TOR [email protected] @science.org science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu1240

Dihydroxyacetone phosphate generated in the chloroplast mediates the activation of TOR by CO2 and light

Light and CO2 activate the eukaryotic TOR kinase through the central metabolite dihydroxyacetone phosphate.

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Apr 15

The ever fascinating phenomenon of plant thermogenesis...

Plant Physiology @plantphys.bsky.social · Apr 15

Multiscale Imaging Locates Thermogenic Tissues and Reveals the Role of Ca2+ in Floral Thermogenesis (Miao Yu, Siqin Wang, Lingdie Kong, Mengsha Huang, Jin Zhang, Jing Li, Ruohan Wang) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

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Marco Trujillo @trujillolab.bsky.social · Apr 10

Great Review on TOR signalling: A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses #PPStasis #proteostasis #autophagy #Stressbio #Plantsci
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Target of Rapamycin (TOR): A Master Regulator in Plant Growth, Development, and Stress Responses | Annual Reviews

The target of rapamycin (TOR) is a central regulator of growth, development, and stress adaptation in plants. This review delves into the molecular intricacies of TOR signaling, highlighting its conse...

www.annualreviews.org

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Ryo Yokoyama @yokoyama-ryo.bsky.social · Jan 4

Hornworts reveal a spatial model for pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in land plants www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureplants.bsky.social

Hornworts reveal a spatial model for pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms in land plants - Nature Plants

Hornworts are the only land plants with a pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanism. This study presents evidence that some of the key components in algal pyrenoid-based CO2-concentrating mechanisms ...

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Apr 5

Lots of excellent advice in this piece. The core message - only through writing do you really think and order your thoughts into logical sense. Makes a case for not using AI for 1st draft because you bypass the thinking step
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@naturebiotech.bsky.social
#PlantScience

An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write - Nature Biotechnology

Nature Biotechnology - An open letter to graduate students and other procrastinators: it’s time to write

www.nature.com

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Apr 5

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Non-canonical plant metabolism

Nature Plants - This Review discusses the occurrence of non-canonical pathways in plant metabolic networks identified by modelling predictions and recent experimental evidence. It highlights how...

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Apr 5

😀 CAM will undoubtedly push central metabolism into non-canonical spaces. I look forward to hearing / reading about what you find out! If you need any help, let me know...

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Lee Sweetlove @leesweetlove.bsky.social · Apr 4

If you want to find out why metabolism may look different to what you were taught, and why this matters, dip into to our review 'Non-canonical plant metabolism' www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natureplants.bsky.social
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