From influencers to governments, everyone is telling us to eat more protein. The latest to join the fray is the U.S. dietary recommendations. But here's an indisputable fact: plant-forward meals have much less impact on the planet than animal-based options. Learn more: go.wri.org/plant-protei...

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All too often I’ve noticed that the men who are most strident about social justice online are often not very good at treating the women in their real lives with basic respect. 1/7

"Let's invade Belgium." "All I'm saying is we pop over, we take it and we call it Greater Kent."

Der "Genome Editing - WieWasWozu?"-Podcast startet eine neue Staffel. Kompakt, präzise und unaufgeregt erläutern Fachleute im Gespräch mit Sabine Schuh verschiedene Aspekte zum Thema. Die zwei ersten der neuen Folgen sind schon online: genomeediting.podcaster.de

Our new article is now online on @natplants.nature.com! ✨ We identified and characterised AvrPm4 and SvrPm4, a pair of powdery mildew effectors controlling avirulence on the wheat kinase fusion resistance protein Pm4 🌾 check it out ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One of the biggest tells of gen-AI ants is the waist. I think this is because most ants belong to one of two subfamilies- Myrmicinae and Formicinae- that have very different waist structures, but the algorithms often average them into fake ants in a non-existent morphospace in between.

Our Zeavolution webinar begins again this week. Starting its 8th year and with more than 270 speakers, it’s come a long way — even has a YouTube channel now! m.youtube.com/@zeavolution...

Wondering who wins in a war between the United States and Europe? Putin.

PhD fellowship in Conservation Genetics, Basel jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell... The project aims to verify how well reported dynamics of decline in rare plant species align with inferred trajectories of effective population size. #PlantSciJobs

Are you working on ancient plant DNA? 🌿 We are organising a symposium on Ancient plant genomics at #SMBE2026 in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 Join Nathan Wales, Shuya Zhang, Marcela Sandoval Velasco, me, and our fantastic speaker Logan Kistler from the Smithsonian Institution. Help us spread the word!

What is the major role of anthocyanins—painting flowers, acting as sunscreens, responding to stress, or defending against pathogens? Our latest paper dives into the diversity and ecological functions of anthocyanins 🌈🌿 doi.org/10.1186/s128... #PlantSciences #Anthocyanins @bpucker.bsky.social

And when you’re done with Fay-Wei’s excellent book, get a copy of this awesomeness by Neil Bell, which explains why mosses are almost as cool as liverworts, including stunning photography and the latest science

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

"I'm afraid there's many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances." - President of the Royal Society. Er... Yes... And we can understand and appreciate the scientific advances without honouring and valorising the bad people. That's not a particularly difficult concept.

"I'm afraid there's many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances." - President of the Royal Society. The Royal Society continues to be happy to be associated with, indeed honour Elon Musk with fellowship, despite the Grok scandal. I will never understand this.

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Saskia Hogenhout as the new BSPP President, whose pioneering research on plant-microbe-insect interactions is transforming our understanding of pathogen transmission and plant health. More about her work @johninnescentre.bsky.social www.jic.ac.uk/people/saski...

NEWS - New group leader outlines big, broad, shared vision Dr Chris Whitewoods, a specialist in leaf development, will return to our institute as a tenure track group leader in 2026 🌱👉 www.jic.ac.uk/news/new-gro...

We’re hiring! @jcellsci.bsky.social is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves #cellbiology and wants to stay connected with the field. A great chance to work for an organisation that believes in helping the community! Details below👇

I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.

Did a really fun video with the V&A at their cool storehouse location! WAs such a delight to get to see some of really cool objects up close and chat about art ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Js3LV1KZ7M

Looking for a new 📕 to read about plants?? I highly recommend the brilliant book ‘Ferns, Lessons in survival from Earth’s most adaptable plants’ Written by @fernway.bsky.social and Jacob Suissa with amazing illustrations by Laura Silburn 🌿 #FernFriday 🌿

Not every game company is hopping onboard the AI hype train. Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse bans gen AI art in its contracts. "If I sound frustrated, it's because, like, honestly, all this thing has done is made our... https://kotaku.com/hooded-horse-gen-ai-art-ban-4x-strategy-steam-2000658179

Look who is adorning the shopping centre in Cambridge. @camplantsci.bsky.social very own Nicola Patron #plants

I'm doing a talk for the Norwich Science Festival in an event called OutThinkers! Sat 21st Feb 7pm-9:30 It's about LGBTQ+ people in STEM, talking about their science and being LGBTQ+. Tickets are completely free - see you there! norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/out...

It's #DryJanuary, so let's take a moment to talk about vaginal dryness. This vaginal health condition is *incredibly* common, but surrounded by shame. It's normal, and it's *very* treatable.

BARVISTA visualises gene expression in the barley shoot apical meristem with single-cell resolution @edgardemesa.bsky.social @usadellab.bsky.social @simonrdg.bsky.social @isaiavardanega.bsky.social @plantgen-hhu.bsky.social @hhu.de @ceplas.bsky.social www.plabipd.de/projects/han...

⏰ Last call – apply by 11 Jan! Are you finishing your PhD or recently graduated in plant science?🧪🌾 Applications for the UPSC Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists (28–29 Apr 2026, Umeå, Sweden) are closing soon! 👉 www.upsc.se/about-upsc/e...

Dear @dfg.de So, I will spend months writing a grant and you will let people judge it with AI tools that are trained on predatory journals like Frontiers, MDPI or alike that are practically not peer-reviewed??? Is this how you will select cutting edge science??? #idiocracy

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The Vagina Museum is a proudly trans inclusive organisation 🏳️‍⚧️ We won't be silenced with our commitment to telling the entire story about anatomy, reproductive justice and bodily autonomy! Trans people have always existed and will always exist.

Ye olde massive teosinte

In #Profile: Christine Faulkner 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

🎉 Great news! The paper ‘Between wind and visitors? Insights into floral anatomy, taxonomy and reproductive biology in Cryptangieae (Cyperaceae)’ in @annbot.bsky.social by Ana Luisa Arantes Chaves and co-authors is now #free for 2 weeks 🧵(1/8) 👉 doi.org/qmbh #AoBpapers

Why are academic societies still on X it must violate all their code of conducts?

Anyway, become ungovernable

paper is out now in Nature Plants, here is a link: Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development. Nat. Plants (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

When I tallied up reasons for hope last month, I said, “Individuals have been strong, where institutions have been weak.” Trump’s rise and hold on power is so much the story of elite collapse and failure—in the face of incredible bravery by regular people. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/donald-tru...

Last newsletter of 2025 highlighting a few of GetGenome’s recent activities.

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

We need everyone who can: • Email your MP using our template • Sign our open letter calling out “biological sex” framing as a slur • Submit complaints using our guide on BBC articles that use degrading or misleading language about trans people tacc.org.uk/2026/01/02/e... 2/3

🌾 Join us at the 4th International Wheat Congress! Register now and save with Early Bird offers (until 31 Jan 2026). Join the global wheat community shaping the future of wheat science & innovation. 👉 www.iwc2026.com/register/

Ten days left to apply for our International Undergraduate Summer School 2026 with the @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social! A unique opportunity for global undergraduates to spend 8 weeks with us on Norwich Research Park 🧬🧪 ⏰ Deadline 16 January 2026

Rejoining the European Customs Union would boost UK public finances by £25bn, say Westminster LibDems | Sir Graham Watson and Martin Roche

PlantBiophysics.jl: a high-performance, modular software for prototyping and scaling biophysical models from leaf to canopy doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience #photosynthesis

I’m rewatching The Expanse. One thing that I really love about this show is that it’s one of the only I’ve seen that envisions a future that depicts climate change impacts. It feels like such a glaring omission when other media just…don’t address it.

Endorse. The Republican plan to “Make America Healthy Again” is literally to kill people they perceive as weak or genetically inferior, leaving just “the healthy” MAHA is just Nazism, and Republican rule will result in the intentional killings of vast numbers of innocent people.

The CDC changed the universal vaccine schedule & no longer recommends Rotavirus Hepatitis A & B Meningitis Influenza RSV I’ve cared for previously healthy kids who died from RSV, influenza and meningitis. We all are going to be caring for a lot more now. In our already overflowing hospitals

MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want? M: *yells*