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Sergio Cerezo Medina
@sergio-cm.bsky.social
Plant Biotechnologist at IRNASA-CSIC
Interested in Plant Science and Biotechnology.
*Dad of twins*
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📢 Final days to apply! #IRNASA-CSIC is looking for candidates to join the Photosynthesis Group with a Juan de la Cierva contract.

🔗More info:
👉 www.irnasa.csic.es/en/irnasa-cs...
👉 www.irnasa.csic.es/el-irnasa-cs...

#ClimateChange #PostdocOpportunity #ScienceJobs
@rubenvicper.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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We are seeking for candidates to apply to Juan de la Cierva call (early postdoc, thesis defended on 01.2024-12.2025) in the next few days/weeks. If you are interested in biochemical, physiological, and agronomic response of cereal crops to climate change, and have a competitive CV... 👇
📢Attention! New opportunity! #IRNASA-CSIC is looking for candidates to join the Photosynthesis Group with a Juan de la Cierva contract.

🔗More info:
👉 www.irnasa.csic.es/en/irnasa-cs...
👉 www.irnasa.csic.es/el-irnasa-cs...

#ClimateChange #PostdocOpportunity #ScienceJobs @rubenvicper.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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📢 Ofrecemos contrato para realización de tesis doctoral (4 años, programa PIF2025, antiguas FPI) dentro del proyecto EARomics, financiado por @ageinves.bsky.social, disponible en mi grupo en el
@irnasa.bsky.social. Área multidisciplinar innovadora con investigación básica y aplicada, lee más👇
November 1, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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🧪🌾VACANCY - Are you expert in plant embryo development and planning your next career step?

Join the excellence initiative "SLU Future" at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and become group leader @umeaplantsciencecentre.se!

Read more here👇:
www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

#PlantSciJobs
June 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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🔔 Reminder! Two positions open in the project “Enhancing plant nutrition via host genetic modulation of the rhizosphere microbiota” 🌱🔬

Technician👉 acortar.link/fp4VAN
Postdoc 👉 acortar.link/K6gvvK

📅 Deadline: 30 June
📩 Inquiries: [email protected] - @carmen-escudero.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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"How to eat an idea – a roadmap for the translation and impact in plant biology". Nice personal thought-piece from @johnathan-n.bsky.social in @plantphys.bsky.social on the challenges and rewards of moving from lab science to impact in plant breeding.
academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
May 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Rothamsted scientists welcome signing of UK gene editing regulations into law this week
Full story 👇
www.rothamsted.ac.uk/news/precisi...
May 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations!

These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs.

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May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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New Perspective: "The future of genome editing in plants" rdcu.be/ef8aa

Genome editing will mimic the natural evolutionary processes that shape genomes; will be used to reshape genomes in a manner that could have happened naturally, but more precisely and more rapidly.
April 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Exciting day at the animation training with Will at @rothamsted.bsky.social! Learning how to bring science to life through #Animation, #ScienceCommunication, and #Storytelling
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Disfrutando siempre de cualquier iniciativa con @eduolpe.bsky.social 🤩 Gracias por la invitación para hablar en "Biteando con ciencia" @radionacional.bsky.social de mi investigación en #fijaciónnitrógeno y los beneficios de las bacterias del suelo en #agricultura! 🦠🌱 👇🏻

www.rtve.es/play/audios/...
Bacterias para impulsar la agricultura
La investigación se centra en aumentar la fertilidad de los suelos agrícolas mediante la interacción beneficiosa entre plantas y bacterias
www.rtve.es
January 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Now @jennbrophy.bsky.social talks about precise genetic engineering for next generation crops and the difficulty of translating Arabidopsis findings to crop species.

Jenn wrote a thought-provoking Perspective for @plosbiology.org -take a 👀 plos.io/3Dbov6z

#KSFutureAg25 #KSSustainFuture25
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Policy makers, genetic engineers, and an engaged public can work together to create climate-resilient plants
As climate change affects weather patterns and soil health, agricultural productivity could decrease substantially. This Perspective argues that synthetic biology could be used to enhance climate resi...
plos.io
January 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Great plenary talk from Dan Voytas on plant genome editing at scale. #PAG32
January 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Amazing talk from Cathie Martin at #PAG32 today on how crops can be fortified through biotechnology to improve diets and address the global challenge of escalating chronic disease.
January 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Judge blocks rule that eased U.S. reviews of biotech crops
Some plant researchers fear the setback could last years and will stifle innovation. (From Science) #PlantScience
www.science.org/content/arti...
Judge blocks rule that eased U.S. reviews of biotech crops
Some plant researchers fear the setback could last years and will stifle innovation
www.science.org
December 11, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines started in northern Italy in September 2024. These Chardonnay vines were edited by CRISPR/Cas9 to inactivate a gene involved in the plant's immune response by limiting the production of salicylic acid.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Italy tests first gene-edited vines for winemaking - Nature Biotechnology
Europe’s first field trial of gene-edited vines began in northern Italy on 30 September 2024. Developed by EdiVite, a spinoff from the University of Verona, these Chardonnay vines have undergone gene ...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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📢 SWBio DTP PhD Opportunity - The enemy of my enemy… why does Zymoseptoria infect wheat but not wheat’s worst weed blackgrass?
📄 Full details: www.swbio.ac.uk/agriculture-...
Apply www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
🗓️ Closing Date: Midnight, Wed 11 Dec #PhD #PlantPathology #WeedScience #AgriResearch
November 22, 2024 at 9:20 AM
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Engineering a nitrogen-fixing organelle into the non–nitrogen-fixing crops could benefit both environmental sustainability and global food security.

#biotechnology www.cell.com/trends/plant...
Can a nitrogen-fixing organelle be engineered within plants?
Given that crop yields are strongly limited by nitrogen, engineering crop plants with self-nitrogen-fertilization capacity holds great promise for sustainable agriculture. Recently, a nitrogen-fixing ...
www.cell.com
August 26, 2024 at 6:09 PM
An interesting paper in Nature Biotech on how to increase the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation in plants and fungi by increasing the copy number of binary vectors. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Binary vector copy number engineering improves Agrobacterium-mediated transformation - Nature Biotechnology
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plants and fungi is enhanced by plasmid copy number variants.
www.nature.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 11:23 AM