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Matthew Terry @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social · 1d

Not that I know of.

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Matthew Terry @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social · 1d

Not all pigments, just anthocyanin by the looks of it.

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Pallavi Singh @thepallavisingh.bsky.social · 4d

**Please Repost**

Pallavi Singh Lab is looking for two Postdocs to join our team studying how plants balance carbon, water, and resilience in a changing climate.

PlantPlug PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

REVOLUTION PDRA: vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

Deadline: October 15.

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Xander Jones @xanderjones.bsky.social · 5d

Only a few days left to apply!

My group is looking for a postdoc to engineer and deploy new tools to precisely manipulate and decode how auxin coordinates plant morphogenesis.

@starmorph-syg.bsky.social

Research Associate - Reprogramming Development (closes 7 October 2025)

www.cam.ac.uk

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Philippa Borrill @philippaborrill.bsky.social · 5d

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our team! They will work on homeolog-informed approaches to tackle cold tolerance in wheat @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Please find out more and apply here: jobs.jic.ac.uk/Details.asp?...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs

John Innes Centre

jobs.jic.ac.uk

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Matthew Terry @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social · 6d

I didn't know about this Fellowship, but what a great tribute to a lovely person who I knew mostly while she was at UC Santa Cruz and I was at UC Davis - two Brits doing plant photobiology in sunny California a very long time ago.

Boyce Thompson Institute @btiscience.bsky.social · 7d

Now accepting applications for the Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at BTI! 🌿 Supporting bold scientists tackling plant science frontiers with cross-disciplinary approaches. Full funding for high-risk, high-reward research. Apply by Jan 15, 2026! 🧬 spf.btiscience.org

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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · 7d

Russell R. Geiger Professorship of Crop Science

Dept. of Plant Sciences | Permanent | Closes on Monday 17 November 2025

www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/russell...

#plantsciences #plantscijobs #academicjobs

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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 8d

(Part 2)

“From my first visit, I was struck by the energy and excitement...It feels like being a graduate student again, chasing curiosity wherever it leads."

@hhmi.org Investigator David Stern will join the Stowers Institute in Feb. 2026 from @hhmijanelia.bsky.social.

Read more: bit.ly/4np96Fb

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Kasper van Gelderen @kaspervangelderen.bsky.social · 8d

My latest paper, a postdoc project of mine from the @ronaldpierik.bsky.social lab is finally out in the Plant Cell all its formatted glory! doi.org/10.1093/plce...
Many thanks also to my co-authors and especially Kyra van der Velde who did a lot of work.

Gibberellin transport affects lateral root growth through HY5 in response to far-red light

Gibberellin translocation from shoot to root conveys a plant-plant competition signal that leads to a reduction in lateral root growth.

doi.org

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 8d

EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬

The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩‍🔬🤓

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Frederica Theodoulou @freddietheodoulou.bsky.social · 8d

Happy to share that our multi-omic analysis comparing two Arabidopsis accessions is now published 🌿 The first story from our @ukri.org BBSRC sLoLa #plant #proteostasis project. A great collaboration between @rothamsted.bsky.social @richardmott.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk and Kathryn Lilley at Cambridge.

Richard Mott @richardmott.bsky.social · 8d

We have just published a paper in Genome Biology, rdcu.be/eIMLf. We explore the information flow between genome, gene body methylation, transcriptome, translatome and proteome in Arabidopsis. This is part of a BBSRC-funded collaboration with UCL, Rothamsted Research and University of Cambridge.

Information flow between omic levels in Arabidopsis thaliana

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Elisa Fadda @elisafadda.bsky.social · 9d

"It’s a shame that Wikipedia has to spend so much energy on generative vandalism, but I’m impressed by their serious commitment to maintaining a reliable encyclopedia that can be a service to anyone—imagine if other tech companies saw their services in the same light?'

lithub.com/heres-a-hand...

Here’s a handy guide to help you spot AI writing.

Source image from Wikimedia Foundation It’s always a bit surprising to me how trusted Wikipedia has become, since I spent my entire childhood being told by adults to never, ever, trust it. But the …

lithub.com

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Matthew Terry @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social · 10d

And now into demijohns, bottling before Christmas.

Six demijohns, 4 with white wine, 1 with red and 1 with left over white and red for rose.

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Ben Engel @cellarchlab.com · 13d

Time for a thread!🧵 How different is the molecular organization of thylakoids in “higher” plants🌱? To find out, we teamed up with @profmattjohnson.bsky.social to dive into spinach chloroplasts with #CryoET ❄️🔬. Curious? ..Read on!

#TeamTomo #PlantScience 🧪 🧶🧬 🌾
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
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Cambridge University Botanic Garden @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social · 13d

We’re going live on @itvanglia.bsky.social! Tune in tomorrow 6-6.30pm to watch a special climate change programme live from the Garden, featuring our Director @beverleycubg.bsky.social discussing how the Garden is responding to the changing climate.

View across the Mediterranean Beds to the Glasshouse Range at Cambridge University Botanic Garden

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boehninglab @boehninglab.com · 14d

A single brain infusion of miRNA targeting CAG repeats slows the progression of Huntington's disease by 75% in patients. This is something that I never thought I would see in my lifetime. www.uniqure.com/investors-me...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16d

Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16d

Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.

So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong

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The Pallavi Singh Lab @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social · 16d

Another exciting opportunity to be a part of our team!!

Please spread the news.

Pallavi Singh @thepallavisingh.bsky.social · 16d

We are looking for a Postdoc with expertise in plant molecular/synthetic biology, or single-cell/spatial transcriptomics to join the UKRI-FLF funded project focused on understanding and improving water-use efficiency in rice.

Apply online before 15/10/2025:
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

RP

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Monica G. Turner @monicagturner.bsky.social · Aug 4

Please, please, please-submit to good journals (society + reputed publishers), respect peer review, and do your reviews with integrity. So important. Thanks to all of you who do. @steve-carpenter.bsky.social @esajournals.bsky.social #Ecosystems

Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 4

A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ

Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds

Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers

scim.ag

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Jamie Blaza @jnb-lab.bsky.social · 18d

Great to see a) stunning tomography and b) eLife’s newish publication model working well with big hitters like @cellarchlab.com and @profmattjohnson.bsky.social using it

eLife @elife.bsky.social · 18d

🌱 Using ‘compelling’ methods, including #CryoET, researchers mapped spinach thylakoid membranes at single-molecule precision, revealing how photosynthetic complexes are organised and settling long-standing debates on chloroplast architecture.
buff.ly/j3TSIkn

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Matthew Terry @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social · 18d

I served on the SEB Plant Section committee with Steve for a while and was privileged to get to know him a little bit. A lovely man and one of the most influential plant scientists of his generation and this obituary will explain.

John Manners @jmaus.bsky.social · 18d

Sad news. Plant science has lost a global champion with the passing of Steve Long. His recent work on engineering enhanced photosynthesis portends future breakthroughs in crop yield and food security. Here is a tribute from the Uni Essex where started 🧪 #plantscience www.essex.ac.uk/blog/staff/p...

Tribute to Professor Steve Long | Blog | University of Essex

Professor Steve Long was a visionary scientist. His research helped shape our understanding of fundamental plant biology and the long-term impacts of climate change on plant productivity, with wide-ra...

www.essex.ac.uk

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 21d

If you’ve experienced authoritarianism previously in your life as a citizen & now you live in a democracy at risk of being demolished you gotta speak up. You gotta tell those with no lived experience how awful & terrifying it is. How degrading to your dignity as a human. You gotta warn the careless.

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 21d

We are so honoured that we are hosting our second Black in Plant Science Conference which wouldn't be possible without our incredible sponsors:

@TheGatsbyFoundation
@SEB
@JohnInnesCentre
@UniversityofLeeds
@GrowMoreFoundation
@NewPhytologist
@ThePlantJournal
@BioImaging UK and @PhysicsofLife

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Jane Langdale 🌱 🌾 @janelangdale.bsky.social · 23d

Come and join us in our new home - great colleagues and brand new facilities

Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 23d

Oxford Biology is growing 📢

We’re appointing 3 Associate Professors in:
🌱 Plant Sciences
🦉 Animal Behaviour
🔬 Molecular Cell Biology

3 fields. 3 opportunities. One new home for Oxford Biology.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41S2Tc7
Apply now 👉 bit.ly/488CNW3

Photo showing the inside atrium of the new Life and Mind Building

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Matthew Terry @mjtplantbiology.bsky.social · 23d

3 people, 8 1/2 (gruelling) hours, but with a break for dinner, to produce 10L of red grape juice and 23L of white for this year's Wagtail Park vintage. We combine our allotment grapes with those from a friend's allotment.

Two large white buckets containing red and white grape juice

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