Reflecting on what an incredible week #APBC2025 was! From being on the organising committee, to presenting our (CCFI | SABC - @murdoch.edu.au) latest research in #papaya sex determination, what a fantastic experience! Loved connecting with old friends and meeting new ones. Until next time! 🌱🧬

Kickstarting the #APBC2025 is our fantastic MC, Dr Joel Gilmore! Looking forward to three days jam-packed with exciting talks! 🌱🧬 #plantbreeding #plantgenetics #plantscience #science @murdoch.edu.au

Transcriptional crosstalk linking color, acidity, and aroma in peach #plantscience

Congratulations @aliraza6.bsky.social! Another fantastic achievement 🎉 #plantscience

Thrilled to share some of my PhD research in the 🆕 #OpenAccess article "An Update on Root Lesion #Nematode Species Infecting #Cereal Crops in the Southwest of Western Australia". Check it out in #Crops @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social 🔗 www.mdpi.com/2673-7655/5/... 🪱🧬🔬 #PlantScience #Pratylenchus

New article showing critical role of jasmonate signalling in Verticillium wilt in Arabidopsis #plantscience 🧪 academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-...

Scientists Witness Living Plant Cells Generate Cellulose and Form Cell Walls For the First Time www.newswise.com/articles/sci... #cellulose #biofuel #plantcellwalls #synthesis #SelfAssembly #plantcell

🎊🎉🎊 My first Bluesky post is to tell you all that our latest work published today 🍾 is the chromosome-scale genome assembly of 🌾 wheat wild relative Aegilops mutica in collab with @sangerinstitute.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social @uonresearch.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Procrastination is best with a good book 📖 "The Gene" by Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee has been a fascinating read - while the science is familiar, the journey through the #history of #genetics and #genomics is eye-opening. A must-read that offers an insight into how genetics has shaped our world 🌏

#Research alert: Researchers from CCFI & international institutes collaborated on a new @biomedcentral.bsky.social paper: "A special short-wing petal faba genome and genetic dissection of floral and yield-related traits accelerate breeding and improvement of faba bean" 🔗 shorturl.at/Gu2hE

Exciting news from the lab of my colleague Alberto Carbonell @ibmcp.bsky.social Meet syn-tasiR-VIGS: a new method using friendly viruses to deliver small RNA for precise RNAi in transgene-free plants 🌿✨ Out now @NAR_Open 👉 doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

Genomic divergence across the tree of life

💻 🌧️🍃 Identifying Overexpression Targets to Enhance #Poplar Drought Tolerance using a Multi-Tissue Genome-Scale #Model doi.org/10.1093/insi... #genomics #PlantScience 🧪

🌱📢 Registrations are open for the 17th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC 2025)! Join us in Perth, Western Australia, 4-6 June 2025! Featuring a diverse program designed to facilitate meaningful discussions and showcase advancements in plant breeding! 👉🏼 Register now: apbconference.net

#Research alert: Members of our group at the Centre for Crop and Food Innovation, Murdoch University, contributed to a new @natureplants.bsky.social paper entitled “Hordeum I genome unlocks adaptive evolution and genetic potential for crop improvement”. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Three months old, but as pertinent as ever. Our most recent #review "Fighting to thrive via plant growth regulators: Green chemical strategies for #drought #stresstolerance". A great resource on enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in plants, using plant growth regulators. #plantscience