🌱 Just out: our new review on ABA’s surprising roles in flowering & seed development in J. Plant Physiology! Dive into fresh insights on how ABA shapes plant reproduction ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantBiology #ABA #Flowering #SeedDev

Breaking News from @theathletic.bsky.social: Iga Swiatek won her first Wimbledon title in a historic victory over Amanda Anisimova, 6-0, 6-0. www.nytimes.com/athletic/648...

Droughts worldwide pushing tens of millions towards starvation, says report - “This is not a dry spell. This is a slow-moving global catastrophe, the worst I’ve ever seen” #climatecrisis Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

insightful review on how seeds decide to germinate from omics research perpective transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenetics - it’s not just germination, it’s well-organized coordination worth reading! doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #seedomics #plantdevelopment #spatialomics @lewseylab.bsky.social

our spatial transcriptomics research on ABA-treated germinating barley coleoptile as signaling hub not just what’s expressed — but where it whispers first doi.org/10.1101/2025... #spatialtranscriptomics #seedbiology #barley #10xGenomics @10xgenomics.bsky.social

Plese consider signing this open letter to remind EU leadership of the importance of ring-fencing the budget for ERC, Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowships and other basic research essential for innovation. www.petitions.com/open_letter_...

On the final day of Poland’s EU Presidency, 🇵🇱 Deputy Minister for Science ‪Andrzej Szeptycki @szeptycki.bsky.social ‬argues that Europe’s global standing depends on stronger investment in research and innovation. 🧠 “Strategic sovereignty starts with research” Read the piece 👉 europa.eu/!6BkvPj

climate resilience? we’re testing it in model plants meanwhile, cassava, millet, sorghum watch the world warm from the sidelines molecular biology needs to leave the model and hit the field doi.org/10.1038/s418... #climatescience #staplecrops #plantscience #plantgenetic

dry seeds stall ribosomes at start codons — with Kozak-like motifs calling the shots hydration triggers a sharp translational shift a gorgeous map of ribosome positioning during germination made by Prof. Leónie Bentsink and team doi.org/10.1101/2025... #riboseq #seedbiology #translationalcontrol

E. coli turns plastic into painkillers🤩 chemistry crashes the party in metabolism — and it works www.nature.com/articles/s41... #synbio #metabolichacking #LossenRearrangement

Excited to share my new Tansley Review @newphyt.bsky.social on emerging single-cell and spatial omics technologies, many of which are just beginning to be applied in plant biology! Big opportunities lie ahead for the field. [1/n]  nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Meet the newest member of the #VisiumHD family! We’re excited to bring you a species-agnostic, whole transcriptome spatial discovery solution with the Visium HD 3’ assay—now at true single cell resolution with our cell segmentation software: bit.ly/4kaTrqJ

Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy

Nature research paper: Spatial transcriptomics reveals human cortical layer and area specification https://go.nature.com/3GUX8Tm

I’m happy that our commentary is out! (It would be wonderful if this made a difference!) In defense of funding foundational plant science academic.oup.com/plcell/artic...

Recently published by our group! HvSNAC1 mutations enhance barley’s drought response by tweaking stomatal behavior. Could tweaking transcription factors like HvSNAC1 be the future of drought-proof crops? 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #barley #drought

Insightful and beautiful at the same time!

📣 IBH Seminar‼ 📜 A barley pan-transcriptome reveals layers of genotype-dependent transcriptional complexity 📆 20th February 2025, 14.00 BST 🔊 Miriam Schreiber @mirischreiber.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk & Vanda Marosi @www.helmholtz-munich.de Register here: t.co/eDKicEeM3k

Very inspiring! www.linkedin.com/posts/judith...

Women make up only 35% of STEM graduates worldwide. UNESCO encourages more women and girls to get involved in science education. On #WomenInScience Day, let's amplify their voices! www.unesco.org/en/days/wome...

The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out what they do https://go.nature.com/41amXq2

valuable resource for advancing barley genomics. I’m excited about its potential to drive new discoveries and innovations in our field 🤩 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hi everyone - I’ve just joined Bluesky after my account on X was hacked. I’m excited to rebuild #barley and other #plants friends community and share updates!