New publication! My report in @hepi-news.bsky.social looks at racial equity in UK higher education, and finds that even in TEF Gold institutions there are large awarding gaps and serious underrpresentation of Global Majority staff #HigherEducation #Equity www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/maki...

New review from P Genschik’s team in @jxbotany.bsky.social 🧬 A fresh look at the huge diversity and functions of plant F-box proteins. 👉 Open questions & new perspectives for 🌱 biology. ▶️https://academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jxb/erag074/8475508?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Plants use cell-surface and intracellular receptors that collaborate to detect pathogens🦠. We discovered that a key #ubiquitin recognition event recruits both receptor types into an unexpected dual receptor complex that boost the translation of defence proteins and establishes robust #PlantImmunity👇🏾

And publish in society owned journals like @theplantcell.bsky.social @theplantjournal.bsky.social Plant Biotechnology Journal, @jxbotany.bsky.social @newphyt.bsky.social @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social and many others!

Congrats to @robertoskar.bsky.social for passing his PhD viva last Friday, investigating the role of mobile signals in ‘vaccinating’ plants against diseases!!🥳🎊🥳 Many thanks to examiners @jurriaanton.bsky.social and @drannisr.bsky.social !!

Congrats to @tamatar.bsky.social for passing her PhD viva with flying colours, studying the role of diverse ubiquitin topologies in plant immunity!!🥳🎊🥳 Many thanks to examiners @djgibbs.bsky.social and Lucas Frungillo!

We were delighted to welcome Steven Spoel @spoel-lab.bsky.social to Cologne. Thanks to the @sfb1403.bsky.social for supporting his invitation. We learned a lot about ubiquitin chains and their role in plant immunity 🤯.

Very excited to announce that our collaborative manifesto for 🌱 #PlantScience #Education has now been published! Educators from >10 countries and 30 institutions have contributed to it and we are incredibly proud of the final output. Here is a short thread 🧵1/4 doi.org/10.1002/ppp3...

1/2 This manifesto is the result of a collaborative effort started earlier this year at the Plant Biology Education conference in Lancaster, UK. We are delighted to see it out and we are proud that our Comms team contributed to such an important resource for the community! 🌱

Watch the Community Impact Awards Presentations! Times: 5:20-15:06: Jose Dinneny. 19:35-30:07: Jade Bleau. 33:30-15:06: Joanna Friesner. 46:40-1:01: Q&A by Mary Gehring @jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social @stanfordstomata.bsky.social @spoel-lab.bsky.social

The New Phytologist Foundation is delighted to support this year's @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference! #PlantScience

Excited to welcome speakers and delegates to Black In Plant Science 2025, today in Leeds! Thanks @newphyt.bsky.social & other sponsors! @blackinplantsci.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @yoselin.bsky.social

Ready…Set…GO!!! for the @blackinplantsci.bsky.social conference at The Helix in Leeds today!!🎊🎊

We are advertising a PhD project investigating a cellular mechanism that ensures protein quality control during mRNA translation in plants. Please get in touch on here or via email if you are interested and I can provide further details! Lab website: sites.google.com/site/danielg...

FRET sensor for SA developed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

SALICYLIC ACID SENSOR1 reveals the propagation of an SA hormone surge during plant pathogen advance www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

RSVP to join the October 29th webinar and hear from the 2025 Arabidopsis Community Impact Awardees! bit.ly/naascawards @jadebleau.bsky.social @jfriesner.bsky.social r.bsky.social @josedinneny.bsky.social

Pleased to have been awarded a Proof-of-Concept grant from @erc.europa.eu In collaboration with Elsoms Seed Ltd, Dr Lindsay Williams in our team will aim to improve the longevity of some of world’s most popular vegetables!! @instmolplantsci.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social tinylink.net/Z348F

I’m happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!) In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

🚨 Deadline extended! 🚨 Registration for the 2nd UK Proteostasis Network meeting in Dundee is open until 30 April! 🧬 Plenty of chances for selected talks from abstracts 📅 3–5 June 2025 📍 Dundee 🗓️ Program now live! Sign up and view the programme here: dundee.ac.uk/events/joint...

!!New Preprint!! On the activation of RRS1-R/RPS4 paired NLRs!! Thanks to @jonathandgjones.bsky.social for this opportunity to work on this project, and thanks to all the coauthors for their effort and support! Thread (1/) @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @instmolplantsci.bsky.social t.co/aHNCKj4KUn

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.

Pseudomonas syringae secretes the iminosugar glycosyrin to block plant immune recognition. It mimics galactose to inhibit β-galactosidase, disrupt flagellin sensing, and rewire host glycobiology! doi.org/10.1126/scie... Huge congrats to Tee and everyone involved! #PlantImmunity #PlantChemeticsLab

Seed and tuber collections are really, really, REALLY important. A short thread 🧵 1/5 🧪 #plantscience

Two weeks left to submit your abstract for the Genetics Society Seed Plant Research Meeting in Durham!

Could you be amongst the next cohort of BiPS Summer Studentships? This year we want to ensure that it's more accessible for those from low economic backgrounds and ensure that there is adequate support from host labs. You can apply and learn more about the last cohort here: https://buff.ly/4b7frji

February 25th, 11AM EST. Join us for a panel discussion on "Perspectives from Black Professionals in the Plant Sciences" featuring Dr. Margaret Young, Dr. Stephon Fitzpatrick, & Dr. Jason B. Thomas. rootandshoot.org/root-shoot-w... Open to all, come be a part of it! #BlackHistoryMonth

📢Find out how you, an African scientist, can get access to genome sequencing services and bioinformatic skills development through the GetGenome project. Dr. James Canham will speak at the African Plant Genomics Symposium about how @getgenome.bsky.social addresses inequitable access to genomics. 🌱🧬

“ERC succeeds because it’s different. Its simple, tailored procedures allow Europe’s best researchers to thrive. Bureaucratic processes designed for other programmes should not be imposed on it.” @marialep.bsky.social spoke up for an independent ERC with a doubled budget today @europarl.europa.eu

Shocking and appalling Mass firings decimate U.S. science agencies | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Carin Ragland!🌱 👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn #plantscience

#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Cornelius Nichodemus!🌱 👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://buff.ly/41fCJQn #plantscience

#BlackHistoryMonth Plant Scientist Spotlight - Meet Coumba Fall!🌱 👉 See the full list of incredible plant scientists featured at https://plantae.org/2025-black-history-month-black-plant-spotlight/ #plantscience

Autophagy UK & Proteostasis UK joint meeting -June 3-5. Exploring the lifecycle of cellular components from synthesis to degradation. Going to be a great meeting and we look forward to welcoming you to Dundee! Exciting lineup of speakers and opportunities for ECRs Register here: tinyurl.com/mr3p49f9

Profile: John is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and cereal geneticist based at RAGT Seeds Ltd., focusing on the implementation of genomic and genetic solutions to cereal breeding. Head to the link in our bio for the full video and transcript. https://buff.ly/4aWpLua

The LMB Rising Talent Fellowship for Black heritage scientists is open for applicants! With this 3 year postdoc position we want to enable scientists of Black heritage to learn & grow their experience. To apply and for full details check here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/recruitment/...  Please share!

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delighted to be able to share an updated website for our project to bring Precision Bred disease resistant potatoes to public use in the UK biopotatoes.tsl.ac.uk

The Genetics Society Seed Plant Research meeting is back this year on 8-9 Apr 2025 in Durham, UK. Join us to hear about exciting recent advances in plant science from a great line up of speakers and selected abstracts. Register cheaply here👉🏾 genetics.org.uk/events/seed-...

Hold this date for the 2nd UK Proteostasis Network in Dundee👉🏾 3-5 June 2025. This will be a joint meeting with the UK Autophagy network. More info coming soon proteostasisuk.co.uk/conference-2... @ukproteostasis.bsky.social

The Genetics Society Seed Plant Research meeting is back this year on 8-9 Apr 2025 in Durham, UK. Join us to hear about exciting recent advances in plant science from a great line up of speakers and selected abstracts. Register cheaply here👉🏾 genetics.org.uk/events/seed-...

The deadline for the Research Excellence Award has now been extended to Friday 14 February and we are calling on all supervisors and PIs to nominate any ECRs they believe to be eligible for this award. Please contact us with a name and email of the candidate at [email protected].