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Prof of Plant Cell Biology at UC Riverside. Views are my own. She/her
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Kai Johnsson
3 days ago
A high-affinity split-HaloTag for live-cell protein labeling. And much more.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A high-affinity split-HaloTag for live-cell protein labeling
Nature Communications - Lin and colleagues present high-affinity split-HaloTag pairs for protein tagging and multiplexed labelling. This versatile system allows protein visualisation with diverse...
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Umeå Plant Science Centre
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🧪🌾PAPER - What do essential genes of unknown function actually do? The Niittylä group targeted conserved but uncharacterized genes in Arabidopsis and identified EBO1, a nuclear protein required for gametophyte and seed development.🧬 Read more in
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Arif Ashraf
18 days ago
🔬🍀🎉 I am happy and excited to share that graduate student,
@ohazel.bsky.social
Olivia's first author research article is published now
@newphyt.bsky.social
We are grateful to editor, reviewers, and
@newphyt.bsky.social
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John Fowler (he/him)
20 days ago
Very pleased to see this work from the group out in The Plant Journal - led by PhD student Diana Ruggiero from the Leiboff group, a truly collaborative project, addressing the question: how often does pollen genotype influence spatial patterns of inheritance?
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Excited to share what we learned about Katanin in maize
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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KATANIN promotes cell elongation and division to generate proper cell numbers in maize organs - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show that two genes encoding KATANIN p60 in maize promote growth and fertility via proper cell expansion and division. Aberrant microtubule organization in mutants alters cell shape,...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71200-w
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Kendall Vesica Piscis
4 days ago
First tulip at our house this season.
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#photography
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Olivier George
5 days ago
I have to be honest about something, though. We would love to continue this work. But last year, the grant supporting this research was canceled, then reinstated 6 months later, and the damage was done.
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Mariko Bennett
5 days ago
I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.
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Michelle Facette
5 days ago
Bumping this and flagging some corny folks - anyone know the best place for PH207 seeds (and if there are RILs or NILs)?
@jefowlerjr.bsky.social
@jrossibarra.bsky.social
@carolynplants.bsky.social
@maizegdb.bsky.social
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7 days ago
I saw this picture at some point and it burned into my brain that bathing suits should be hot pink!
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Gwen 🌈🌺🐦📚
7 days ago
Good morning! 🪶
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FrontRangeWildflowers
8 days ago
One year ago today 🌿 Tulip bloom in my yard
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New Phytologist
10 days ago
#PriorityReport
: Golgi-localized mannanases sustain hemicellulose biosynthesis Jacobson et al. 👇 📖
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#LatestIssue
#PlantScience
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Devonian Stone
10 days ago
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Stand Up for Science!
11 days ago
Email your senators to urge them not to confirm Jim O’Neill as Director of the National Science Foundation. He's not a scientist, has no relevant expertise, promoted vaccine misinformation, helped gut the CDC, and his Silicon Valley ties raise questions about protecting the public interest. (1/2🧵)
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Excited to read this paper!
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Leah McElrath
11 days ago
From Dolores Huerta: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for… I can no longer stay silent…” Full statement:
medium.com/@dolores_hue...
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March 18, 2026
Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:
https://medium.com/@dolores_huerta/march-18-2026-e74c20430555
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FrontRangeWildflowers
12 days ago
Eight years ago today 🌿 Thunbergia mysorensis (Doll's Shoes) blooming in the Denver Botanic Gardens conservatory 😎
#BloomScrolling
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Plantae.org
12 days ago
📅New
#PlantSciEvents
Event Added: Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton Gordon Research Conference 👉
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Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton Gordon Research Conference
Sun 9 Aug - Fri 14 [EDT]: The Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of…
https://eventform.plantae.org/plantae.calendar/detail/1576/1786248000000
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Mark Peifer (He, him)
12 days ago
We each are shaped by many mentors & one of my most important ones is Jean DeSaix. Jean taught our introductory courses for literally 50 years & mentored tens of thousands of undergraduates. She taught me so much & is an inspiration. Yesterday I learned about another facet of her career 1/2
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Tiny fringed Linanthus
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James ⛰️🌾🇵🇸
14 days ago
Some of my favorite blooms as the temperatures have climbed and winds have picked up
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Cornelius (aka Con) Traas
14 days ago
In my
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I'm delighted to share this Erica carnea specimen, for
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Frémont deathcamas!
#NativePlants
. Had to look up the dramatic name, beautiful but not for eating…
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Mariposa Nature Tours
15 days ago
Tour update 🚨 Well, that didn't take long! The second
#OrchidsOfRhodes
tour dates for 2028, provided due to popular demand, already have a booking. It's the ultimate
#orchid
tour of Rhodes, it generates a donation to
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, and it's here:
www.mariposanature.com/tours/botani...
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Jeremy Sell
16 days ago
Manzanitas (Ericaceae: Arctostaphylos spp.) are commonly found in arid shrublands and woodlands of western North America. Made up of dozens of species, these woody plants grow as bushes or small trees. Once pollinated the pink flowers become red fruit. Great Basin National Park, Nevada, 19 May 2016.
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Gale
15 days ago
Such a beautiful variety of blooms. Nature is awesome 💐
#landscapephotography
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#landscape
#nature
#flowers
#Spring
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Wendy Miller
16 days ago
Good morning! 🪶
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Moms Demand Action
16 days ago
Six years ago today, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was shot six times and killed by police officers who forced entry into her Louisville, KY apartment. Her death sparked nationwide outrage and calls for an end to police brutality and gun violence against Black people.
#SayHerName
#BlackLivesMatter
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404 Media
17 days ago
This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon. Part of a lawsuit by
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@modernlanguage.bsky.social
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surprise rattler edition taken from a respectful distance 😅
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Mysterious Johnson
20 days ago
first crocus of the year! yaya! pretty purple little thing, poking up through last years leaves and the desolation of winter.
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#photography
#EastCoastKin
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Daniel Suitor
20 days ago
This is to say: if you're an attorney who's hesitated to take on habeas cases because you think you lack the knowledge, or you're worried about whether you'll really help, I PROMISE you can make a difference. I'm just a dipshit with a 7-year-old laptop and a bad attitude. If I can do it, so can you.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist
21 days ago
And yes, it is different, the Hobbit is basically a book for anyone of any age, LOTR is for an adult who liked the Hobbit
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Thomas Ott
21 days ago
Happy to share our latest work in collaboration with the lab of
@pengbo10.bsky.social
. Here, we describe that a formin protein mediates the polarity switch from root hair to infection thread growth during symbiotic interactions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Nanodomain-localized formin gates symbiotic microbial entry in legume and solanaceous plants
Colonization of plant roots by symbionts requires substantial morphodynamic reorganization. Examples are actin-scaffolded microcompartments called infection pockets formed during root nodule symbiosis...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx8542
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Charming Physalia minor spotted on campus
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM
22 days ago
"Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are..." - Edgar Guest. Wishing you a lovely evening and a winning Sunday! 🧡
#OrangeSaturday
#dailyflowers
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#bloomscrolling
#dahlia
#EastCoastKin
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Claudia Fragata
23 days ago
🚨🚨🚨URGENTE🚨🚨🚨
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Jenna Norton
23 days ago
Current NIH leadership want you to think they are using rigorous, consistent & scientific processes to screen studies to align them with agency priorities. But the process that they have put down on paper is a sham. It’s important to know NIH is not following its own guidance. Here’s why: 🧵1/
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K.B. Spangler
26 days ago
Instead of spraying for mosquitos this summer, try the Mosquito Murder Bucket! It's cheaper than paying a company and doesn't kill all of the beneficial insects in the area.
#garden
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Mosquito Bucket Challenge - Homegrown National Park
Natural mosquito control: The Mosquito Bucket Challenge is a safe, affordable way to control mosquitoes without harming kids, pets, or pollinators.
https://homegrownnationalpark.org/mosquito-bucket-challenge/
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tomate 🍅
26 days ago
When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
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Katharina Melkonian
25 days ago
1/ ✨ New preprint alert ✨ It is my pleasure to share: "Stepwise evolution of the developmental and symbiotic functions of DELLA in land plants" Here we investigated the role of the single GRAS transcription factor DELLA in
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Sophie G Martin
26 days ago
You are finishing your PhD and looking to continue in science? The Martin lab
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has an open postdoctoral position in cell biology to study cell-cell fusion. For more information, please consult
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Contact/Job - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - UNIGE
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Aaron Rupar
26 days ago
DURBIN: Is DHS required to follow federal court orders? NOEM: Yes sir, and we do DURBIN: How do you explain that your agency has repeatedly violated them, as your own administration has admitted? NOEM: We follow them when they apply DURBIN: I'm sorry
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Cream cups, another
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching
28 days ago
I'm in love.
#WildflowerHour
Agamous Galanthus.
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Wendy Miller
28 days ago
Master blister beetle feeding on a phacelia flower. These guys are amazing!
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Colin Carlson
28 days ago
Logged on to post the sentence “I’ve started stress dreaming about granular lab budgets” and what better visual to accompany that than
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Horned lizard 🦎
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