🎯🌾 DARWIN REVIEW 🌾🎯 Schreier et al. list gene targets and propose genetic strategies to begin engineering enhanced plasmodesmata-mediated cell-to-cell connectivity in crops, aiming to increase yield and improve climate resilience. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @magdalenoxford.bsky.social It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete, then Bishop of Winchester "Mrs Cass asked me to send you this with her love - also the Cromer one" If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Our study led by the extraordinary multitasking Daai Zhang shows here (tinyurl.com/3uhbkh54) that an additional O2 sensing mechanism based on histone methylation helps roots to prepare for potentially lethal hypoxic stress (such as in waterlogging)

Led by Professor Jane Langdale @biology.ox.ac.uk, the C4 Rice Project builds on decades of interdisciplinary research working to ensure global food security. Discover the incredible story of the multi-decade battle to make better rice ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3RY0vxzFpg

Join us for a PhD in Oxford to decipher how a genetic-hormonal pas de deux drives pea pod growth and development. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📢 #LegumeGeneration is heading to Edinburgh🇬🇧 for #Euroseeds2025! 🌱 From 19–22 Oct, the Congress will bring 3 days of insights on key issues for the seed sector plus a vibrant exhibition & trade. 🔜 Stay tuned for updates from Scotland! #legumebreeding @EuroseedsEU

NEW: The Life and Mind Building is now open 🎉 Home to @biology.ox.ac.uk, @oxexppsy.bsky.social and @ineosoxford.bsky.social, the building will bring together 1,400+ researchers and students to tackle global challenges – from mental health to climate change. [1/7]

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

Some great Principles ♻️ 🌎 #sustainability #recycle #rethink #refuse #reduce #reuse #refurbish #repair #repurpose #sustainable #sustainableliving #green #waste #pollution #renewables #plastic #environmental #change #sustain

Our department (Berkeley PMB) is hiring an asst. prof. in Plant Resilience to Climate Change! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05049

I am 76 & I have had most of these vaccinations at one time or another. Also vaccinations against Covid, Tetanus, plus Cholera & Yellow Fever when travelling in foreign countries. These prevented me catching horrible diseases & dying a gruesome death. They did not harm me, they protected me!

Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky

👉 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Join us and be part of shaping the future of #plantscience at Oxford as we move to the new Life and Mind Building lifeandmind.web.ox.ac.uk/home (recognised for its potential to change the World edition.cnn.com/2025/01/01/s...) @biology.ox.ac.uk www.biology.ox.ac.uk

📢 To all molecular mossers 📢 The Moss Workshop will be held in (not always as sunny as this) Oxford next year (30th June until 2nd July 2026). More details will follow soon, but in the meantime please make a note of the dates 😃 👍

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute: Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr... 🗓️ Closes 25 August Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in... 🗓️ Closes 5 September

GROUP LEADER VACANCY JIC is recruiting a Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences. If you think your research would synergise and thrive at JIC, please apply. www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🌱 Passionate About Plant Development? Join the "Summer School", a dynamic three-day intensive program tailored for enthusiastic PhD students and postdocs eager to deepen their understanding of plant developmental biology. Register here: www.graduateschool-eps.info/events/eps-s...

Come join us in Wageningen for awesome plant developmental biology!!!

Matyas Fendyrch introduces his auxin work #ICAR2025 A reminder AAB are organising Auxin2026 and the logo design competition is OPEN…. a free registration for the successful designer! 🤩 @diorkelley.bsky.social @larsostergaard.bsky.social auxin2026.info

Our second logo design competition of the week is now live! 🌱Auxin-artistes: Enter a logo for #Auxin2026 and the winner will receive free registration for our conference in Portugal next October! 🗓️Submission deadline: 15th July > auxin2026.info #plantscience #sciart

We are delighted that Professor Philip Poole has been elected as a Fellow of @royalsociety.org! Phil’s work focuses on the rhizosphere – a nutrient-rich area which is key in plant productivity – and how bacteria establish symbiotic interactions with plants 👇 bit.ly/3H3LvJJ

Finally out… „Transport of phenoxyacetic acid herbicides by PIN-FORMED auxin transporters“ www.nature.com/articles/s41.... A collaboration between my group and @bjornppedersen.bsky.social led by the magic duo @lukas-schulz.bsky.social and @unglam.bsky.social

Join our group (www.luginbuehllab.com) at @camplantsci.bsky.social! Are you excited about mycorrhiza, (single-cell) transcriptomics, carbon physiology, and the model crop rice? We have a 2-year postdoc position available, starting ASAP. Closing date 23rd May 2025! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51214/

#LegumeGenerationCrops 🤔How can the breeding of lupins in Europe🇪🇺 be advanced? Learn in the visual below 👇 ℹ️ legumehub.eu @LegumeHubEU #lupins #innovation #research #legumes #plantbreeding

In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.” A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...

How better to spend an afternoon?

Join the GMI as a Junior Group Leader! The GMI is seeking a talented scientist to lead an independent research group, addressing fundamental questions in molecular plant biology. More information is below.

IPGSA 2025 is going on in BEAUTIFUL Fort Collins, Colorado, from June 29th to July 3rd. EARLY REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION deadlines due April 15th! 54 talks chosen from abstracts and 22 Travel Awards to USA and INTERNATIONAL scientists. Register and apply for awards NOW. 🌱 #plantscience

Rubisco enzyme is responsible for capturing CO2 from the atmosphere, crucial for photosynthesis. Recent research has mapped mutant Rubisco molecules which could revolutionize plant CO2 assimilation & adapt to future climates buff.ly/7Ms2OZt v @innovativegenomics.bsky.social #PlantScience #Science

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

Remarkable climate news from Germany! Conservatives (CDU/CSU) and Social Democrats (SPD) agreed in principle with the Green Party on plans for a massive increase in state borrowing for infrastructure and military. The Greens secured a €100 billion fund for climate and economic transformation.

Welcome to our Bluesky community! 🔬 We're excited to share our knowledge on legumes and their use as feed and food products in Europe and bring together researchers, scientists, and enthusiasts to spark discussions, and collaborate in this open and engaging space. 🌱🌍 #ScienceCommunity #Legumes

The Eiffel Tower lights up in support of Ukraine.

Just back from an amazing UK #Legume Research Community (www.uklrc.org) annual conference at Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social Thanks to Caspar Chater @casparchater.bsky.social for organising such a successful event! Can’t wait for this vibrant and important community to get together again next year.

Just a week left to apply for this postdoc position in my lab in Oxford.

"Auxin2026" More details: https://web.cvent.com/event/81f0e85c-4539-4956-a42c-30ce527a0d6c/summary #Events

Immensely proud of Heather and @yang-brassicaceae.bsky.social for having led this work from conception to publication, connecting non-canonical ETT-mediated auxin signalling with canonical auxin signalling in #Arabidopsis and #Capsella @dev-journal.bsky.social

We are looking for a new Executive Editor on the journal, with @katherine-brown.bsky.social taking on a new role at @biologists.bsky.social. If you're an experienced editor with a love of developmental biology and its community, this could be the job for you. Full details in the link below.

This is wonderful news all round. Congratulations @cristobaluauy.bsky.social , congratulations @johninnescentre.bsky.social and congratulations to plant/microbial science!

🚨SAVE the DATE!🚨 Auxin 2026 October 4-8 2026 Portugal 🇵🇹 auxin2026.info Logo Design Competition is now live! 👀 @diorkelley.bsky.social @larsostergaard.bsky.social

We're gearing up for our second UK Legume Research Community/PCGIN Conference in the wonderful Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social on 25-27 Feb 2025. Come, listen and/or share your science by registering at uklrc.org/uklrc2024/ (I know the web address says 2024. We reused the one from last year 🫢).

I'm happy to announce a postdoctoral position is available in my lab. We have lots of great data to analyze with respect to transposons & epigenetics and cool biological questions to answer. Please reskeet and share.

Cathie has previously produced and commercialized tomatoes that have high levels of anthocyanins. These “purple tomatoes” are now on the market. 🧪

A brassica joke! xkcd.com/2827/

🌾🌱🌍🌿🍄🌳🌺🧪 Third Student Botany Festival 2025 hosted by Cambridge University Botanic Garden for student team members who participated in Botanical University Challenge 2025. #BUC2025 Held Cambridge 20 - 22 August 2025. Join your University/Botanic garden team! See botanicaluniversitychallenge.co.uk

Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Steve Reed MP has just announced at The Oxford Farming Conference that secondary legislation to implement the Precision Breeding Act (for plants) will be introduced to Parliament by the end of March 2025.

This is a remarkable website, launching Jan 1 , that will look at a different plant that can be found in London each day. A lifetime’s work by a distinguished botanist and true friend Tom Maxwell. Start subscribing on Jan1…. www.londonnaturedaybyday.com

Do you want to know how to live-image internal floral organs with confocal microscope for up to 2 weeks? Check out our protocol: bio-protocol.org/en/bpdetail?... #Arabidopsis #Flower