How did oxygen-sensing evolve in plants? In collaboration with @syno2xis.bsky.social Great work from @lauradc.bsky.social et. al. #plantscience @leverhulme.ac.uk “ERFVIIs as transducers of oxygen-sensing in the evolution of land plant response to hypoxia” www.cell.com/molecular-pl...

Are you a postdoc/grad student preparing to launch a faculty search? Do you have a track record of excellence in research, leadership, mentorship & community engagement? Apply to the 2025 Next Generation Faculty Symposium: www.berkeleystanfordnextgensymposium.com! Pls repost! (1/3)

And now formally published, a chemical probe that can detect hypoxia in plants - congratulations to all authors! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We are pleased to announce that the next speaker in the ProSE seminar series will be Dr. Klara Hlouchova with a talk on "Protein Structure Before LUCA" May 13, 4PM CET Registration link: tinyurl.com/prose-seminar4 Please share!

“The goal is really to ensure that you're able to come in and do your work effectively. Have a safe space to collaborate, move, grow." – Teddy Prompichai, IGI's Building Manager and occasional grill master! Read more: ow.ly/Q8Y650VlWlp

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

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Grateful to @replsimon.bsky.social & @reptedlieu.bsky.social for visiting IGI to learn how federal funding is critical to supporting cutting-edge science & medicine, as well as training future generations. Cutting science funding affects real families across the US. Read here: shorturl.at/8cqRh

I wrote about NASA, its people and the mission to connect us. slate.com/technology/2...

Scientists have created an actual treatment for prions, the cause of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease in deer, & mad cow disease. "Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo

Do journals have policies in place for when reviewers insist on scientifically accurate wording/analysis ("climate change," continuous variation in sex characters, etc.) but authors are forbidden by their .gov employment (or conditions of grants / university ... we know that's coming too)?

Hi folks, I'm excited to share a whale of a tale (sorry, bad pun), where we engineer snowflake yeast to express sperm whale myoglobin, and explore how oxygen-binding proteins may have helped overcome anatomical limitations to early multicellularity. 🧪 #MEvoSky journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

New research from IGI Investigator Dave Savage and first author Noam Prywes details the landscape of possible Rubisco variants, suggesting ways to make the world's most abundant enzyme better at its job. 🌱 Read more: ow.ly/t2JO50ULh10

What limits rubisco function? Is it the chemical mechanism? Evolution? In this paper, @prywes.bsky.social et. al explore this question by assaying >99% of single amino acid mutants in Form II rubisco (1/7) doi.org/10.1038/s415...