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Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso @yoselin.bsky.social · 22d

I can't stress it more. This conference has been designed for us by us. Support @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at the University of Leeds funded by the SEB, Faculty of Biological Science at Leeds, the Grow More and New Phytologist foundations and Gastby. Join us on 24/10, details below.

Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · 28d

📢Deadlines fast approaching for the BiPS Conference 2025!

Join us for a day of connection and celebration where we'll be hearing from the renowned academics Nicola Patron and Kevin Cox. With workshops on a variety of topics and a chance for you to build your community.

Register: buff.ly/J9PM0Wj

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · 28d

📌 C-SPIRIT Institutional Feature 14: University of Cambridge

Nicola Patron (@nicolabiologist.bsky.social) & Konstantina Beritza support Aim 4 through synthetic pathway engineering, compound optimization, & detection strategies. We are lucky to have them!

🔗 c-spirit.org/research

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Institutional Feature
University of Cambridge
Aims
4: Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds
C-SPIRIT Members
Nicola Patron
Konstantina Beritza

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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · Mar 14

Call for Papers: 2027 Focus Issue on Specialized Metabolites. This focus issue aims to provide a forum to improve our understanding of plant specialized metabolism. Submission Deadline: 05/2026. academic.oup.com/plcell/pages...

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Plantae.org @plantaeofficial.bsky.social · Aug 22

#JustIn on Plantae — Embracing Curiosity: Advancing in Plant Science by Asking Questions
In this recent piece, ASPB Plantae Editors Dennis Baffour-Awuah and Rajarshi Sanyal discuss how curiosity and the practice of asking meaningful questions drive progress in #plantscience.

Embracing Curiosity: Advancing in Plant Science by Asking Questions | Plantae

In the rapidly changing field of plant science, where new technologies and interdisciplinary methods are transforming our understanding of plant biology, one timeless driver of progress remains…

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Andreas P.M. Weber 🌾🌱🧬 @apmweber.bsky.social · Aug 22

How amino acids are transported in plants | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

@hhu.de @franzikuhnert.bsky.social @weberlab.bsky.social @ceplas.bsky.social

How amino acids are transported in plants

Plants produce all amino acids essential for human life. This commonly occurs in specialised cell organelles, so-called plastids. A research team headed by Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (H...

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The Global Plant Council @globalplantgpc.bsky.social · Aug 18

#PaperAlert Why do scientific societies matter now more than ever?

Members of GPC board explore how societies support researchers, foster global collaboration, & shape the future of science. A must-read for all career stages 👍

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#plantscience #science

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Ryan Lister @ryanlister.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just a few days left to apply! (closes Aug 25)

Ryan Lister @ryanlister.bsky.social · Jul 16

We're hiring! Need a microscopy wizard to help build the world’s first synthetic plant chromosome! Bring your lights, lasers, & lens-craft to characterise new artificial chromosomes. Join our ARIA-funded project at UWA in Perth & ‪@plants4space.bsky.social‬. Apply: bit.ly/3GKSRSA

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Dan Udwary @danudwary.secondarymetabolism.com · Aug 15

Hey, calling all Natural Products and Secondary Metabolism people! @jgi.doe.gov is looking for feedback prior to reorganizing data structures and portals. #secmet is underrepresented right now. Hit the link if you want to share your ideas or complaints! Even (especially) if you don't use our stuff!

Tell Us Your BER Data Integration Stories

JGI, EMSL, ESS-DIVE, NMDC and KBase would love to sit with you (over Zoom) for 45 minutes to hear your stories relating to data integration or provide feedback on some of our proposed solutions. How ...

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Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology @mpi-ce.bsky.social · Aug 1

Meet our director Sarah O'Connor, @oconnorlab.bsky.social, a presence to be reckoned with in the plant science community! Read the latest interview with @newphyt.bsky.social ‬to learn about her passion for plant science and the scientists who inspired her:
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · Aug 7

🌿 Black in Plant Science Conference 2025 🌿
Join us for a powerful celebration of Black excellence in plant research!

🗓️ Registration & Poster Submission Deadline: 28 Sept 2025
📍 Connect with researchers, share your work, and grow your network.

🎟️ Register now:
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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · Aug 8

Super proud of @honghaosu.bsky.social for this award at #terpnet25 👏 @nrpdtp.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social

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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our story on the biosynthesis of anti-inflammatory triterpenes from pot marigold is published ☺️ We had a lot of fun working on this beautiful & interesting species. Well done team marigold! 🌼 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Biosynthesis and bioactivity of anti-inflammatory triterpenoids in Calendula officinalis - Nature Communications

Calendula, a plant used in traditional medicine for centuries, helps reduce inflammation. Here the authors identify natural compounds that are key to its anti-inflammatory activity, revealing how they...

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · Jul 30

🚨 A postdoc position is open in the Wilkins Lab (@oli-wilkins.bsky.social) at @umanitoba.bsky.social!

Join C-SPIRIT, a global research center advancing sustainable agriculture through plant & microbe science! (c-spirit.org)

📬 Apply here: viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/DEFAULT.ASPX...

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Methods
Skills
New open position:
Postdoctoral Researcher in Plant Systems Biology
within the Wilkins Lab at the University of Manitoba
Focus
Understanding how plants regulate specialized metabolite production
Investigating plant systems biology at the cellular level
Advancing sustainable agriculture through global collaboration
Single-cell RNA sequencing to map gene expression
Spatial transcriptomics to capture tissue-specific patterns
Integration of multi-omic and imaging data for regulatory modeling
Analyzing high-dimensional functional genomics data
Applying computational biology tools and pipelines
Mentoring students and contributing to collaborative research teams

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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · Jul 4

Excited that our paper with @bradylabs.bsky.social on conservation and divergence in nitrogen regulatory networks is finally published. This was a fun & rewarding collaboration that will continue in new projects to engineer 🍅 N responses academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

Conservation and divergence of regulatory architecture in nitrate-responsive plant gene circuits

Gene circuits that control transcriptional regulation of nitrate-responses have similarities and differences, despite the equivalent effects of nitrogen on

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North American Arabidopsis Steering Committee @naascarabidopsis.bsky.social · Jun 18

NAASC is thrilled to announce Jade Bleau - University of Dundee - is the early career recipient of the 225 Arabidopsis Community Impact award! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social #ICAR2025

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · Apr 24

If you haven't already - make sure to save the date to the Black in Plant Science Conference taking place on Friday 24 October at the University of Leeds. Registration will soon be opening so make sure to save the date to avoid disappointment.

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · Jun 13

Summer Studentship 2025 - Meet Our Students!

We are pleased to introduce you to Hamda Hassan and Noir Tucker who tell you more about themselves on our website - buff.ly/jBvClog. We can't wait to hear all about what they get up to at our conference on Friday 24 October 2025. Registration now open!

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Spoel Lab @spoel-lab.bsky.social · Apr 22

How does immunisation establish durable disease resistance in plants?
Mobile immune signals released upon immunisation boost effectiveness of the defence hormone salicylic acid by ten times!😲 This results in higher immune gene expression and systemic acquired resistance against infection.

bioRxiv Plant Bio @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social · Apr 18

Mobile immune signals potentiate salicylic acid-mediated plant immunity via WRKY38/62 transcription factors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.649115v1

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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · May 27

One more week to apply for a postdoc in our group (patronlab.org) @Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge. This is a 3-year position to investigate regulatory sequences and engineer gene expression in plants with the aim of optimising yields from metabolic pathways. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49769/

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C-SPIRIT @c-spirit.org · May 22

🌱 It’s Biodiversity Day!

At C-SPIRIT, we work with the diversity of plants and microbes to find bioactive compounds that help crops thrive and soils stay healthy.

Science across five countries, powered by the natural chemistry of plants and microbes. 🌾

#BiodiversityDay #PlantScience

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Nicholas Provart @bar-plantbio.bsky.social · Mar 21

Want to travel to Portland, Maine and present at the Gordon Research Conference on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology? Short talk submissions are open until April 30, 2025. All other applications for this conference are due July 13th. To apply: bit.ly/ApplyforGRC (submit as a poster abstract)

2025 Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology will be held in Portland, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · Mar 21

Submissions to present a short talk at the Single-Cell Approaches in Plant Biology Gordon Research Conference are open now. Hope to see you in Portland, Maine, August 10-15, 2025!
To apply: bit.ly/ApplyforGRC

Poster advertising Ingle cell approaches in Plant Biology GRC conference 2025 with logos of funders and images of Portland, Maine, USA.

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NicolaJPatron @nicolabiologist.bsky.social · Mar 17

Deadline for BiPS summer studentships coming up - 31st March

Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · Jan 17

Undergraduate students can now apply to our Summer Studentship scheme, supported by @theplantjournal.bsky.social and the Gatsby Foundation.

For more information, head to our website: blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · Jan 17

Undergraduate students can now apply to our Summer Studentship scheme, supported by @theplantjournal.bsky.social and the Gatsby Foundation.

For more information, head to our website: blackinplantscience.org/2025/01/17/b...

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Black In Plant Science- UK @blackinplantsci.bsky.social · Jan 8

📢We are now inviting labs that are able to host the successful candidate of the 2025 BiPS Summer Studentship to share the projects that they are working on so that we can match the student with the lab. Supported by @ThePlantJournal

Info here: forms.gle/YWkza3HDn4hN...

BiPS Summer Studentship 2025: Host Labs Call Out

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