MagdalenaMarek
@magdamarek.bsky.social
Scientist at Max Planck Genome Centre. Genomics/Single cell sequencing/Flow Cytomery&Cell Sorting. Microscale farmer and owner of TheMostSpoiledCatinTheWorld.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/... extinction chronicles
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/... extinction chronicles
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60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed. Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
60,000 African penguins starved to death after sardine numbers collapsed. Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables.
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
Head of Cell Biology KWS Vegetables
Head of Cell Biology KWS Vegetables
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December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables.
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands.
jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening...
#PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob
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“Analysis of 87 ancient & modern cat genomes suggests that domestic cats did not spread to Europe with Neolithic farmers. Conversely, they were introduced to Europe around 2000 years ago, probably from North Africa....“ De Martino et al in @science.org. Ancient DNA + cats = science purrfection. 🧬🐱🧪
The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago
The domestic cat (Felis catus) descends from the African wildcat Felis lybica lybica. Its global distribution alongside humans testifies to its successful adaptation to anthropogenic environments. Unc...
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Analysis of 87 ancient & modern cat genomes suggests that domestic cats did not spread to Europe with Neolithic farmers. Conversely, they were introduced to Europe around 2000 years ago, probably from North Africa....“ De Martino et al in @science.org. Ancient DNA + cats = science purrfection. 🧬🐱🧪
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Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 25, 2025 ~ and he is us
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates – the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.”
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates – the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.”
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
Gone, Gone...And Gone: The IUCN Drops Its 2025 Species Extinction List
Yes, this grim roll call of vanished species comes with a side serving of climate chaos and human meddling.
www.2oceansvibe.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Nov. 25, 2025 ~ and he is us
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates – the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.”
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
"the species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1 000 and 10 000 times higher than natural extinction rates – the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around.”
www.2oceansvibe.com/environment-...
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📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on Wednesday, December 17, 9:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/w6HBivf
#PlantScience
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/w6HBivf
#PlantScience
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
📣 Join us for the upcoming Plantae webinar on Wednesday, December 17, 9:00 am Eastern time, hosted by the 2025 Plantae Fellows.🌱
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/w6HBivf
#PlantScience
👉 Free registration at buff.ly/w6HBivf
#PlantScience
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We are looking for a colleague to join us at RWTH Aachen University:
🌱 Full Professor in Stress Resilience of Plants (W3 tenured)
📌What are we looking for? Someone working with us strategically at the interface of plant biology/ physiology/ resilience
#academicjobs #facultyjobs #PlantJobs
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🌱 Full Professor in Stress Resilience of Plants (W3 tenured)
📌What are we looking for? Someone working with us strategically at the interface of plant biology/ physiology/ resilience
#academicjobs #facultyjobs #PlantJobs
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October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
We are looking for a colleague to join us at RWTH Aachen University:
🌱 Full Professor in Stress Resilience of Plants (W3 tenured)
📌What are we looking for? Someone working with us strategically at the interface of plant biology/ physiology/ resilience
#academicjobs #facultyjobs #PlantJobs
1/4
🌱 Full Professor in Stress Resilience of Plants (W3 tenured)
📌What are we looking for? Someone working with us strategically at the interface of plant biology/ physiology/ resilience
#academicjobs #facultyjobs #PlantJobs
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Call for Papers: 2026 Focus Issue on Single Cell Technologies. This focus dedicated to the emerging field of plant single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), etc. Submission Deadline: 09/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...
#plantscience
#plantscience
October 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
We’re Touching 1.9°C - And It’s Only 2025
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate by climate scientist Dr Karsten Haustein shows that, this week, the Earth ...
www.lyrebirddreaming.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Real time data coming out of the world’s climate measurement systems should be stopping us in our tracks. The latest estimate shows that, this week, the Earth is 1.9°C warmer than before we began burning fossil fuels.
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
#climatecrisis #ClimateEmergency #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/we-re-t...
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Scientists just found several fossil bumblebees covered in pollen that directly matches fossil flowers nearby.
The 24-million-year-old discovery reveals the oldest known evidence connecting pollinators to the pollinated.
#Paleontology #NationalFossilDay
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New at @sciencenews.bsky.social
The 24-million-year-old discovery reveals the oldest known evidence connecting pollinators to the pollinated.
#Paleontology #NationalFossilDay
🧪🏺
New at @sciencenews.bsky.social
These ancient bumblebees were found with their pollen source
Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.
www.sciencenews.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Scientists just found several fossil bumblebees covered in pollen that directly matches fossil flowers nearby.
The 24-million-year-old discovery reveals the oldest known evidence connecting pollinators to the pollinated.
#Paleontology #NationalFossilDay
🧪🏺
New at @sciencenews.bsky.social
The 24-million-year-old discovery reveals the oldest known evidence connecting pollinators to the pollinated.
#Paleontology #NationalFossilDay
🧪🏺
New at @sciencenews.bsky.social
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The winners of rising stars in plant sciences 2025 #Editorial #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...
October 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The winners of rising stars in plant sciences 2025 #Editorial #MolecularPlant cell.com/molecular-pl...
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UKRIO @ukrio.bsky.social is introducing an Authorship Integrity Toolkit:
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
ukrio.org/resources/th...
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
ukrio.org/resources/th...
The Authorship Integrity Toolkit - UK Research Integrity Office
The Authorship Integrity Toolkit Practical resources to support responsible authorship in research UKRIO is pleased to present the Authorship Integrity Toolkit – a new collection of resources to help ...
ukrio.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
UKRIO @ukrio.bsky.social is introducing an Authorship Integrity Toolkit:
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
ukrio.org/resources/th...
a set of practical, adaptable resources designed to support both individual researcher contributors in their day-to-day practice and organisations in developing policies and managing projects.
ukrio.org/resources/th...
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
Scientist and global activist Jane Goodall, who turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment, died on Wednesday at the age of 91, the institute she founded said.
www.reuters.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Don't forget to register for this 90-minute workshop on FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images!
This workshop will be held in TWO WEEKS on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET.
Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V
This workshop will be held in TWO WEEKS on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET.
Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V
September 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Don't forget to register for this 90-minute workshop on FIJI Basics for Visualizing and Quantifying Plant Images!
This workshop will be held in TWO WEEKS on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET.
Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V
This workshop will be held in TWO WEEKS on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 7:30am PT/9:30am CT/10:30am ET.
Register Now! bit.ly/45zJE7V
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How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
How 3M Discovered, Then Concealed, the Dangers of Forever Chemicals
The company found its own toxic compounds in human blood—and kept selling them.
www.newyorker.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
How did 3M’s “forever chemicals” end up in all of us? The inside story of the corporate scientists who discovered—then helped to conceal—the dangers of its chemicals.
Some magic happened in Andes mountains 9 mln years ago so we can eat fries now :D
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Ancient hybridization underlies tuberization and radiation of the potato lineage
Genomic and functional analyses reveal that the potato lineage originated from a homoploid
interspecific hybridization event between the Tomato and Etuberosum lineages 8–9 million
years ago. The alter...
www.cell.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Some magic happened in Andes mountains 9 mln years ago so we can eat fries now :D
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Congrats to all co-winners! ☺️
July 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Congrats to all co-winners! ☺️
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If you want to gain skills and experience in #plantsciences and #bioengineering take a look at our 12-month #Internship in the Earlham #Biofoundry:
John Innes Foundation Internship in Plant Science
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June 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you want to gain skills and experience in #plantsciences and #bioengineering take a look at our 12-month #Internship in the Earlham #Biofoundry:
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Modern strawberries are a hybrid between two wild species that were intentionally crossed 300 years ago. But the history of strawberries stretches back much further than that and is a lot more complicated.
🍓 Story:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/uf-s...
🍓 Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🍓 Story:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/uf-s...
🍓 Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
UF study traces complex history of the strawberry
If you eat fruits or vegetables, how often do you think about their history? Former University of Florida post-doctoral researcher Zhen Fan did, as he traced the strawberry back over centuries.
In a ...
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu
June 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Modern strawberries are a hybrid between two wild species that were intentionally crossed 300 years ago. But the history of strawberries stretches back much further than that and is a lot more complicated.
🍓 Story:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/uf-s...
🍓 Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🍓 Story:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/uf-s...
🍓 Study: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Time for another paper from our lab!
This time it’s about passage cells. This work originated from a collaboration with @lauraragni.bsky.social and was spearheaded by the super-talented @leoniekraska.bsky.social Below you will find a thread that explains our findings.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
This time it’s about passage cells. This work originated from a collaboration with @lauraragni.bsky.social and was spearheaded by the super-talented @leoniekraska.bsky.social Below you will find a thread that explains our findings.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
MYB68 regulates radial endodermal differentiation and suberin patterning
In this study, Kraska et al. identify MYB68 as a novel regulator of endodermal suberization,
linked to the formation of distinct identities in the xylem-pole-associated endodermis.
The research uncove...
www.cell.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Time for another paper from our lab!
This time it’s about passage cells. This work originated from a collaboration with @lauraragni.bsky.social and was spearheaded by the super-talented @leoniekraska.bsky.social Below you will find a thread that explains our findings.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
This time it’s about passage cells. This work originated from a collaboration with @lauraragni.bsky.social and was spearheaded by the super-talented @leoniekraska.bsky.social Below you will find a thread that explains our findings.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Sneap peak #DataVisAgainstFascism
#physiologicalirrelevantconference #woodstockofbiology
CU in June 💜 ☮️ 🌈 📊
#physiologicalirrelevantconference #woodstockofbiology
CU in June 💜 ☮️ 🌈 📊
May 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Sneap peak #DataVisAgainstFascism
#physiologicalirrelevantconference #woodstockofbiology
CU in June 💜 ☮️ 🌈 📊
#physiologicalirrelevantconference #woodstockofbiology
CU in June 💜 ☮️ 🌈 📊