Anna has some cool results from a pretty bonkers hybrid system - hit her up if you're looking for a speaker in your PAG workshop!

Straight to Nature

Inside a thylakoid membrane The molecular architecture of the thylakoid membrane in a vascular plant has been determined with single-molecule precision. buff.ly/U9TzrOh

EAST ASIA HISTORIC HEAT MINIMUMS 25.2 Jeju,25.1 Sogwipo HOTTEST OCTOBER NIGHT IN KOREAS Record High max:30.5 Wando In CHINA Absolute madness October Record High Minimums: 27.0 Shanghai 27.8 Hangzhou 28.9 Jinhua 28.5 Nanchang 27.2 Fuzhou Shaoxing, Jiaxing,Ningde...

Plz re-post A wonderful place to be... Come and join us a group leader position in „Phage Biology & Biotechnology“. www.fz-juelich.de/de/karriere/... Get in touch with @frunzkelab.bsky.social for more information

After examining 10,494 herbarium specimens of the orchid genus Caladenia, new Australian research suggests there’s been a >60% decline in orchid pollination since 1977 with sexually deceptive orchid species more impacted #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #pollination www.abc.net.au/news/science...

A bit late 🙃 but happy to share our recent findings on #cdiAMP signaling in controlling #cyanobacteria #diurnal rhythm in @cp-iscience.bsky.social www.cell.com/iscience/ful... #cdiAMP is involved in almost all cellular processes, explaining it's essentiality in #cyano @hhu.de @mibinet.bsky.social

📖 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 📖 In this review, Wang et al. describe the protease, chaperone-like, and substrate processing working modes of plant FtsH, and summarize the role of FtsH in organelle protein homeostasis 🔄 🌱 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Plants grow better if they receive more CO2, aren’t they? IBut if that is good news for everyone, that is something that remains to be seen. A new study dives into this for oaks, read more about it on my blog plantenzo.net/2025/10/07/t... open.substack.com/pub/plantenz... 🧪 #PlantScience

Wet commute on the Dirty Mongrel this morning

**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.

Just got home from three days at the @nteunion.bsky.social 2025 council conference. Together we are strong! Proud to be Union! Talk of governance dominated the conference. Grand things are coming. Watch this space. @nteuact.bsky.social 💪🏽✊🏽

♻️Thriving in the tropics: spatial variation in heat resilience in the early diverging land plant, Marchantia inflexa by Hansika Herath and Nicholas McLetchie Full #openaccess 👉 doi.org/10.1093/aobp... #PlantScience

Not quick enough to snap a pic but almost had to bunny hop a 2m long red bellied black snake on today's ride. Ah, spring!

Ready to take molecular ecology into the wild? @arc-pbtc.bsky.social is seeking a PhD student to use eDNA to protect Northern Australia’s biosecurity. Mix molecular biology, remote fieldwork and real-world impact. Generous stipend + national training network. See link to apply tinyurl.com/mw5uk32z

Hey Botany friends, any PI at a grad-degree-granting institution want to help us out with a "applying to grad school" panel on Oct 9th at 4:30 est? 🙏 Come share your wisdom!

📣 NEW SPECIAL ISSUE 📣 🔬Plant Proteases - Guardians of Proteome Integrity & Function 🌱 Exploring the fascinating diversity, function & regulation of proteases in plants 📘 Edited by Pitter Huesgen, Annick Stintzi & Andreas Schaller 🔗 academic.oup.com/jxb... #JXBspecialissues #PlantScience 🧪

Great PhD project in an excellent lab #PlantScience #PhDChat #Photosynthesis #AwesomePeople #Rubisco

We are searching for a 4- year postdoctoral fellow to work us on Microbial Ecology and Crop Disease Management. More details below. The position will start next year. Please circulate and repost. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...

Another #PhD project available for applications in #photosynthesis with @ecarmosilva.bsky.social @sci-tech-lancaster.bsky.social looking at ways to improve Rubisco. Details below including how the successful nominee will play a direct role in shaping the project proposal tinyurl.com/2a8szv3y

@arc-pbtc.bsky.social is seeking a #PhD student to explore how Australian growers engage with biosecurity preparedness and design strategies to boost on-farm readiness. Work with industry, growers & government on impactful research. Generous stipend + national network. tinyurl.com/ykwj97th

Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...

PROTON GRADIENT REGULATION 5 enables efficient C4 photosynthesis under fluctuating light url: academic.oup.com/plphys/artic... @mariaermakova.bsky.social

Awesome postdoc opportunity!

🌽📊 RESEARCH 🌽📊 With GWAS, Ali et al. identified high confidence signals associated with chlorophyll, ΦPSII, ΦNPQ, & qL variation. Arabidopsis ortholog insertion alleles of maize candidates had photosynthesis-related phenotypes in line with the GWAS. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌾🔄 EDITOR’S CHOICE 🌾🔄 Loss-of-function of DWARF14 Like (D14L), a paralog of the strigolactone receptor D14, caused enhanced root growth with a shoot growth penalty, revealing an interaction between D14L and central metabolism – Salem et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Apparently the "radical left" (in a right dominant senate and congress) has shut down the govt so now many websites biologists need will not be updated. Truly the worst administration in the history of this country. Also apparently we are saving corn with Ai now...

Most Portland thing I've ever seen

☀️🌿 RESEARCH ☀️🌿 Gossypium herbaceum Rubisco carboxylation efficiency was greater than that of G. hirsutum and was modelled to improve photosynthetic carbon above 25 °C. However, Sargent et al. observed no differences in gas exchange parameters. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

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

First bloom!!!

On a visit to New Zealand in July, FBI Director Kash Patel presented three senior security officials with 3D-printed guns that were later destroyed.

🇨🇳 Every second, China bolts down ~100 solar panels. H1 2025: 67% of global solar already. And before decade’s end, China’s solar capacity ALONE will eclipse the whole US grid. The first true electrostate is here—rising at hyperscale, rewriting energy history in real time. ⚡☀️ #Solar #EV #Energy #BESS

🚨 FINAL CALL 🚨 ⏰ Our 2026 Editorial Internship call closes TOMORROW at 23:59 BST 🌱✍️ ⚠️ Don’t leave it to last minute – the application takes a bit of work. You'll need: 📄 A CV 📝 A Cover letter 🔍 An Insight-style article Apply here: bit.ly/jxbinterns #PlantScience 🧪 @sebiology.bsky.social

As the planet heats, liveable climate niches shift north. We can adapt to manage these movements in crops, families, expertise, human activity… as I explain in #NomadCentury

Riding bikes FTW.

🧬🌽 RESEARCH 🧬🌽 🧬🌽 Genetic and transcriptome analyses of ZmNRL1, a DUF630 and DUF632 domains-containing protein, revealed its positive role in regulating the response of maize to nitrogen starvation – Zheng et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Okay so I definitely need a CRISPR system and the only real path forward is the OpenCrispr protein. A friend donated a human optimized plasmid, so first is retooling for plants. If anyone wants access to it early, help me pay for the synthesis. DM's open. 💚

10:30 am spring morning ride.

We really enjoyed putting together this Darwin Review for JXB. Fun to think about how carboxysomes work and why plants don't have them. @jxbotany.bsky.social Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article-...

Function, Evolution, and Future of Carboxysomes academic.oup.com/jxb/article-... @jxbotany.bsky.social

⏰ Don’t forget – applications for the JXB 2026 Editorial Internships closes next Tuesday (30 Sept)! 🌱✍️ ⚠️ Don’t leave it to last minute – the application takes some work: 📄 CV 📝 Cover letter 🔍 Commentary (Insight style, max 1500 words, based on a JXB paper ≥ July 2024) Apply now: bit.ly/jxbinterns

““It really never should have come to this … consult with workers before you do [things]. “[The ANU needs] to have more awareness of the human cost of the executive’s prerogative.” Ian Prager region.com.au/federal-work...

Engineering Spatial Control of Bacterial Organelles www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @cellforganized.bsky.social

🚨 Calling all #PlantScience ECRs! 🚨 JXB is now inviting applications for its 2026 Editorial Internships 🌱✍️ 🧪 ✨ You’ll gain: 🌿 Behind-the-scenes publishing experience 📝 Write commentary pieces 🤝 Join our 2026 Editorial Board meeting 👩‍💻 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Sept 👉 bit.ly/jxbinterns @sebiology.bsky.social

🍎🌻 REVIEW 📱🌿 Mobile RNAs and proteins act as key regulators of shoot apical meristem development, leaf morphology, root architecture, flowering, fleshy fruit ripening, tuberization, yield & responses to abiotic stresses in plants - Kondhare et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

SimpleFold, a lightweight protein folding modeller from Apple (- I didn't see that coming). arxiv.org/abs/2509.184...

🧬🌱RESEARCH 🧬🌱 🧬🌱 Overexpression in Brassica napus of Arabidopsis G-protein genes increases biomass of seedling plants under low and high nitrogen conditions, and increases nitrogen use efficiency and yield under low nitrogen condition – Xie et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪