How does wheat tell time?🌾🕰️ New model by @abhibiotech.bsky.social with @alexwebblab.bsky.social & James Locke reveals the flexibility of plant circadian clocks. Unlike Arabidopsis, wheat ELF3 peaks at dawn, model suggests TOC1 repression drives this shift doi.org/10.1098/rsif... @royalsociety.org

Jade vine looking incredible in the Tropics House 💚 Meet the ‘sassy ceiling swinger’, part of our Talking Plants exhibition 🌿 Scan the QR code and ask about its unusual pollination and celebrity status! More: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/talking-plants/ #JadeVine #TalkingPlants #CUBG

Engineering Biology Symposium & Forum - Register and submit your abstract for a chance to win up to £500 to support conference registration and expenses. More information: www.engbio.cam.ac.uk/events/engbi...

#Monogram2026 Session 6 - From Meristem to Harvest: Building the Plant Big session seeing us through to lunch, featuring not one but two Keynotes! 🕐 Alex Webb @alexwebblab.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social 🌾 Sarah McKim @intbarleyhub.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk

Now it's time for the Women (& allies) in Crop Science discussion session with Dame Ottoline Leyser 🧪👩‍🔬 #Monogram2026 #womeninscience #plantscience @camplantsci.bsky.social

📣 Call for abstracts from global #plantsci community working on plant development! ⏰ Abstracts close in 7 days (due Monday 30 March) Registration fees due later (15 June) Register at: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sainsbury-la...

Springtime glimpses from the Garden this Monday 🌸 #MondayMood #CUBG #Spring

Job opportunity! Research Assistant / Research Associate An opportunity to join our team working on the generation of a completely engineered chloroplast genome (= synplastome). Apply by Thursday 02 April 2026: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54695/

Job opportunity! Broodbank Fellow The Research Fellow is required to carry out research in biochemistry/biophysics, with focus on the principles and practice of food preservation. Apply by Tuesday 31 March 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/broodba...

Job opportunity! Research Assistant / Research Associate An opportunity to join our team to investigate the regulation of nutrient exchange during the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Apply by Sunday 29 March 2026: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

In October 2026 we held our second Black in Plant Science (BiPS) Conference at the University of Leeds. We asked the members of our community why BiPS is important to them, and here is what they had to say: buff.ly/OClLBP3 Thank you to everyone who contributed to this video.

Our free, informal plant science talks return 🌿 Join us on Sunday for a short, engaging talk on trees, marking the International Day of Forests 🌳Learn how human ideas about progress can impact forests and the people who rely on them. 📆Sun 22 March, 2.30pm 📍Garden Classroom https://shorturl.at/dk6Na

#Congratulations to all the winners of 2025 awards for Research Impact and Engagement. #Inspired! And I am incredibly honoured to be a runner-up with Tamás Mona for the Early Career Researcher category, for our contributions to the wheat disease early warning system. www.cam.ac.uk/public-engag...

Thinking about applying to the MPhil in Biological Sciences? 👇 Join our online Admissions Drop in Session for answers to your questions. 📅 31 March, 1pm UK 📝 Sign up so we know you're coming: bit.ly/4ssYYO4 💬 Open to all prospective MPhil applicants We look forward to seeing you there!

I had the pleasure of co-organising and participating in an international Spatial Omics Workshop in Japan (7–9 Jan). Really happy to receive such positive feedback—many attendees found it both helpful and enjoyable 🙏

Reminder: 2 weeks left to submit your #SLS26 abstract Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis 22-24 September 2026 | Cambridge UK | In-person and online live-stream of talks Full details at: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls #plantsci

The international conference on photosynthesis research will be happening in Liverpool at the end of July. It promises to be a broad and interesting conference about all things photosynthesis! ☀️🌱🥼 Abstract deadlines: 31st March - presentations 15th May - posters Hope to see you there!

How effective are plant conservation efforts? A new tool, the Green Status of Species, has been used to assess this in 3 key species of wild tulip. Learn more when you visit our National Collection of Tulips in the Mountain House or from our website: bit.ly/4sNQMaT

Follow in the footsteps of Charles Darwin 🌿 New Certificate in Botany at Cambridge University Botanic Garden 6 July-1 August 2026 Study plant form, classification & diversity in a world-leading garden Find out more: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/learning/certificate-in-botany/

Could Natural Sciences at @cam.ac.uk be right for you? Ella Mason, PhD student at @camplantsci.bsky.social & @kingscollege.bsky.social explains why she chose it. tinyurl.com/bddsyz5y @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social #cambridge #oxbridge #stem #womeninstem

📢We are excited to announce the Cambridge Morphogenesis Symposium - a full day event at SLCU @slcuplants.bsky.social (and virtually) on 5 June 2026! 🎉Come celebrate the 5th anniversary of the seminar series! 🚩Register & submit abstracts by 3 April! Check out the details: t.ly/YYM3u Please repost!🙏

Super human work by @kirkamundson.bsky.social & Anat Hendelman! Dr Amundson: “These sequences are not frozen relics. They can move, duplicate and diversify, yet still preserve the regulatory logic required for development.”

Hiding in plain sight! 2.3M conserved non-coding sequences traced back 300M years across 284 plant species Ground-breaking study out in First Release @science.org from labs of @madelaineb.bsky.social, @idane.bsky.social & Zach Lippman ▶️ doi.org/10.1126/scie... ▶️ www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/hiding-...

Not strictly plant sciences - but what a fantastic 'Dance your PhD' video from Dina Haddad at @ceb.cam.ac.uk - watch to the end for amazing double-helix pole dancing!

Congratulations to Prof. John Carr who has won a prestigious @cam.ac.uk Pilkington Prize for outstanding teaching. tinyurl.com/4uy88emb @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @corpuscambridge.bsky.social @camphilsoc.bsky.social

Back on blossom watch! 🌸 Yoshino cherry and cyclamen cherry buds will soon burst into pink clouds, with magnolias following. Spring has arrived! #BlossomWatch #CUBG #MondayMood

Looking to understand, predict, and manage viral disease epidemics in crops like #cassava?🌱🦠📊 Check out the blog post introducing tools from Ruairí and Israël. #Ecology #PlantEpidemiology #InsectVectors @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social #UMR-IGEPP methodsblog.com/2026/02/21/m...

🔬 ENSA research uncovers SYFO2, a molecular gatekeeper that reorganizes actin in legume root hairs to allow rhizobial entry. The team showed that tomato can activate its own SYFO2 pathway, revealing deep evolutionary roots of symbiosis @science.org @ottlab.bsky.social @pierremarcdelaux.bsky.social

Thrilled our latest paper is finally online @springernature.com 😀 You can read it for free 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... This study was a long time coming @camplantsci.bsky.social. We uncover why nearshore zones of lakes emit large amounts of the greenhouse gas methane. 1/n 🧵

Calling all colleagues with teenagers. Join us on Saturday 28 March, 2pm-3.30pm in the Jean Thomas Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building for our #CamFest event on how AI can be applied to big questions in Biochemistry for ages 12+. All welcome, book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/biochemist...

Our March #EngBio newsletter is out! This month we are delighted to introduce the EngBio IRC's new Coordinator and Events Manager, Dr Francis Krampa. We are also sharing more details about the forthcoming EngBio Symposium & Forum on 21 May... Read it here 👉🏼 mailchi.mp/519dc97b6e60...

⭐ Spotlight on: Viktoria Krivdova Our ‘Spotlight on’ series is back! Today, we’re featuring Viktoria Krivdova, a PhD student on our BBSRC Doctoral Training Programme, to hear about her academic journey and experiences. Read Viktoria’s story: bio-cam-spotlight-on.my.canva.site/viktoria-kri...

After ten years with the organisation, Niab Chief Executive Professor Mario Caccamo will leave this summer to pursue a global opportunity ➡️https://ow.ly/8TMl50YmSjb

Voluntary biodiversity credits could help fund global nature recovery alongside other approaches, finds UK rewilding study involving members of @camplantsci.bsky.social & @conservation.cam.ac.uk: Read more: tinyurl.com/bddy8sc2

New paper from the lab. Important insights into the compartmentalisation of terpene biosynthesis in Marchantia oil body cells. #PlantScience #SynBio www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Register Now! #SLS26 Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium | 22-24 Sept 2026 | Cambridge, UK Theme - Shaping Life: Mechanisms of Morphogenesis! If you are into Plant Development - join us! In-person + livestream Limited fee waivers www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/sls

We were delighted to welcome our incredible research & development partners for the first UK-CGIAR Bambara groundnut consortium meeting at St John's College, Cambridge last month. Read more: tinyurl.com/47d5vhbv @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

Job opportunity! Research Assistant / Research Associate An opportunity to join our team working on the generation of a completely engineered chloroplast genome (= synplastome). Apply by Thursday 02 April 2026: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54695/

Job opportunity! Broadbank Fellow An opportunity to carry out research in biochemistry or biophysics, with special reference to the principles and practice of food preservation. Apply by Tuesday 31 March 2026: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54707/

Congratulations to John Carr, Head of the Virology & Molecular Plant Pathology group at @camplantsci.bsky.social, who has been elected this year’s new Honorary Member of the British Society of Plant Pathology. tinyurl.com/ybmbjfbn @bspp.bsky.social @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social #PlantSci 🧪

Come and Join us next Monday for great talks, company and pizza (come before it goes!). Handful of spaces left. 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/engin...

New blog post! 🚨 Find out more about the EpiPvr package, a new tool to better predict virus risk 🌱 🦟 @camplantepidem.bsky @camplantsci.bsky.social 🌍 🧪

The method published in STAR Protocols, developed by Dr Schiessl and lab members Georgina Wickens and Ella Greensmith, combines highly controlled rhizobial spot inoculation with advanced deep-tissue imaging, enabling researchers to determine exactly where and when nodules form along the root.

Powerful new protocol from @kathschiessl.bsky.social's lab to trigger & visualise earliest stages of symbiotic root nodule formation in Medicago truncatula — no genetic reporters needed means broad species application! Protocol: doi.org/10.1016/j.xp... Summary: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/new-pro...

Meet Kasi, one of 20 wonderful plants you can speak to in our Glasshouse Range, thanks to our AI experimental exhibition, Talking Plants 🪴 Scan the QR codes in the Glasshouses to strike up a conversation 🌿 More info: https://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/talking-plants/ #CUBG #TalkingPlants

🎤🍕Cafe Synthetique is back! Mon 2 Mar,6pm Join Gabriela Guedes, Joel Roca & Gorjan Stojanovski for talks on #proteins #nanomedicine #plastic-eatingenzymes 🧫 🎟️Sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/engin... @hollfelderlab.bsky.social @lauraitzhaki.bsky.social @cambiochem.bsky.social @phar.cam.ac.uk

Be part of OMGN! Open to all researchers with an interest in oomycetes, from molecular genetics & genomics to biology, population biology, and ecology, at either an experimental or a computational level. Investigators new to the field are always welcome oomycetes.com

Always amazing to see Angraecum sesquipedale in flower @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social

ENSA2 researchers Jens Stougaard & Jesús Montiel González share their journey in @theplantjournal.bsky.social. From pioneering Lotus japonicus to uncovering how bacteria infect plants, their work shows how collaboration drives global agricultural innovation. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Job opportunity! Building Services Technician An opportunity to support the department for it to effectively operate and help with the day to day upkeep. Apply by Monday 02 March: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/buildin...