It's June, which means even though it's not technically summer, it's basically summer. Which means it's gonna get hot out there. Which means you better look hot out there. With a shrimp shirt. Nothing hotter, in MY opinion, than fashion involving marine invertebrates. Get a shirt: SquidFacts.net

Wrapped up our International Symposium on Cereal Leaf Blights #isclb2026 in Banff! Deeply grateful to our brilliant speakers & attendees, & a huge thanks to our sponsors SeCan AlbertaGrain SaskWheat @wheatinitiative.bsky.social phytopathca @bspp.bsky.social incredible to bring it to Canada!

Yes... of course.

Any suggestions for a protein with a molecular weight of about 70 kDa that would be good for native page standard? I know BSA is around there but also know it can oligomerize. Thanks in advance.

🇪🇺 needs to integrate all European states and leave no room for grey zones and geopolitical vacuums. Otherwise, an emboldened 🇷🇺 is a threat to all of the world, as we so painfully see it. If 🇪🇺 needs voting reforms or gradual integration efforts to successfully enlarge, so be it. Just do it. 3/3.

Russia forcing Armenia to choose between the EU and the EAEU, a choice that isn't even here yet for Armenia's very level-headed reasoning, has one major gamble in mind: 1/3

Wanted: Outstanding plant scientist and fantastic colleague. If your science combines fundamental discovery with future applications, we would love to hear from you @dompsfr.bsky.social @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social @cibss.bsky.social @uni-freiburg.de uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

Come to join us in beautiful Freiburg #PlantSciJob #Plantscience. 🌱

Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center @bzh-hd.bsky.social is looking for a #professor of #biochemistry. Please spread the word‼️ www.bzh.uni-heidelberg.de

Social Identity Matters in Mentoring: Applications are NOW OPEN for the Fall SI-MI Mentoring Course. This is a free, online training aimed to help plant scientists be more effective mentors, emphasizing how social identity impacts the mentoring relationship. rootandshoot.org/simi2026/

Before I go home after #IWC2026Bologna, a visit to Bologna Botanic Garden with displays on food plants, crop wild relatives and plants of the future.

Dear #plantscience friends, we're looking to recruit a new colleague at @uni-freiburg.de @biologyunifreiburg.bsky.social: a Professor in Plant Biotechnology. 🌱🧪 The @dompsfr.bsky.social community is truly fantastic. Interested? Please share far and wide and join us! uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

🎧 Listen to the full interview with Chloe on today’s episode of the Page 94 podcast. In feeds now. youtu.be/o6Dnm2wdXDw

Chloe Hadjimatheou’s investigation into the story behind the publishing sensation The Salt Path uncovered a trail of deceit, questionable claims and dubious medical diagnosis at odds with the inspiring story of triumph over adversity portrayed in the bestselling books and film.

Today at #IWC2026Bologna I spoke about starch granule formation in Aegilops tauschii and wheat. The fruitful discussions afterwards left me feeling excited and given me new ideas for future experiments 🧪👩‍🔬 Thanks to the @wheatinitiative.bsky.social for funding my travel and making this possible!

LAX PANICLE1 acts as a canonical bHLH transcription factor to regulate inflorescence axillary meristem formation in rice #research #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-commun...

In case you didn't make it to the end of a jam-packed day of talks - I spoke about the potential of a small signalling molecule T6P to make big impacts for yield and NUE #IWC2026Bologna #cropscience #biotech photo creds @rosemcn.bsky.social

Dear PhD students and postdocs — we want to hear about your science firsthand at our annual Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK) this September. For more information and to apply: www.jic.ac.uk/event/early-...

Day 3 of #IWC2026Bologna included the technical tours. I was lucky enough to visit the Barilla pasta factory where I enjoyed seeing spaghetti coming off the production line and was amazed to learn that they produce 1.1 million tonnes of pasta each year 🍝🍝

Nighthawks, our vampire RPG, is coming in FALL OF 2026!! Seize the night as a modern monster, stepping out of the shadows to build a thriving nightclub empire through fear, seduction, and forbidden supernatural gifts. See our new trailer below, and wishlist here: bit.ly/4o36HRx

Huge congratulations to Beverley Glover & Uta Paszkowski on being elected Fellows of the @royalsociety.org - a wonderful recognition of their significant contributions to plant sciences! 🎉 Read more: tinyurl.com/3vetucr4 @beverleycubg.bsky.social @paszkowskilab.bsky.social 🧪

How to make ‘Small Talk’ with an Introvert: Step 1: Identify the introvert Step 2: Smile at the introvert and walk away without speaking Step 3: Understand that the introvert enjoyed your time together

Mechanical forces & cell shape guide how plant stomata form🥬👄 @leoserra.bsky.social & Euan Smithers from @robinsonsci.bsky.social's team uncover how the interplay between cell shape & mechanical stress influences the orientation of stomata doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/news/mechani...

Happy to announce that I have started my own research group at the MPIPZ and that I am looking for a postdoc who would like to investigate Marchantia prothallus development with me! Please spread the word and/or apply if interested :)

I learned from activism spaces that hope is something you have to cultivate and maintain, not just something that spontaneously happens. I find that I most enjoy working with people who actively work at being hopeful, even as they feel ⬇️ (PS: "hopeful young people" grinds my gears - all can hope!)

Georgians begin to gather for the Independence Day march as part of the daily #GeorgiaProtests 📷 MOSE

Brother Gregor gone fishin'

#IWC2026Bologna Meet some of the winners of our travel grant and registration waiver!

#IWC2026Bologna Meet some of the winners of our travel grant and registration waiver!

Exciting start to #IWC2026Bologna, this morning highlighting that optimising wheat crops needs to look beyond the plant, to nutrient cycling, crop rotations, precision planting and more. #research #sustainableagriculture

Day 1 of #IWC2026Bologna 🌾 I enjoyed hearing about how we can try and make wheat more sustainable and enjoyed meeting old (and new!) friends all connected by a common interest in wheat. Looking forward to day 2 tomorrow....

My periodic post saying that 1 in 6 people in the UK were born abroad. And yet most public discourse about us treats us either as an evil to be expunged from the country, or as a number which you can reduce at will without any consideration for the lives of the people affected.

And my medieval hood is done! All hand embroidered by yours truly and attached a linen lining by hand because i think that's fun 😌💚

Solar power is generating 46.3% of the UK's electricity right now. Only 7.2% is from fossil fuels. And so many rooftops don't yet have solar panels on them - this is only going to get better. Balcony solar panels will also soon be available in the UK: no middle man between you & the sun. 🎉☀️😎

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

This holiday, are you looking for family days out without a car? Good Journey has oodles of ideas, from caves to cable cars, woods to wildlife parks, castles to Cadbury World. Find out how to get there by public transport, & you'll often get money off entry!

Very sad to be on #UCUstrike action today at #NottinghamUni. A university only functions through goodwill, and academic staff are not the enemies that UEB seem determined to think they are. Since Future Nottingham 1 gutted administrative staff, academic staff have increasingly picked up their 1/?

Striking University of Nottingham staff demand cuts U-turn www.timeshighereducation.com/news/strikin...

We’re looking for a postdoc to identify polarity determining factors in bundle sheath cells of C4 grasses and their role in the carbon concentrating mechanism. @johninnescentre.bsky.social Applications close 15th June. Please check out the job ad below or get in touch! #PlantSciJobs

Job opportunity in Plant Science at Adelaide University in South Australia. Learn more at jobs.adelaide.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

An exciting opportunity to join Dr Schreier's new group as a postdoctoral researcher is open for applications until 15 June 2026: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

There's still time to get the Perfect Tides games for 15% off! Station to Station is on sale in the eShop: www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

What long teeth you have! Meet Dragonfish. #LetsChangeThat

We are hiring a PhD student or PostDoc in the field of understanding and manipulating ubiquitin ligase specificities at @sonjalorenzlab.bsky.social. 📅 The positions should be filled as soon as possible. 👉 More info: www.mpinat.mpg.de/19-26?c=2501...

absolutely wild to see people out here saying that it is responsibility of peer reviewers to check for hallucinated references. it is hard enough to persuade people to read articles and provide reviews. expecting them to spend hours cross reffing literature is unreal.

BBSRC Early Independence Fellowships had an Outline stage this year to try help with amount of peer review. Turns out they received 586 applications, a 110% increase on 2025, and only typically fund 15 a year. They are cancelling this stage and going straight to full app with an institutional sift.