"No one’s Ph.D. journey is the same, and no one deserves to be shamed for how long it takes." #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4gaZ4GS

PhD project on Blast Fungus host pentration open in my #Proteomics group at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social for an October 2026 entry. Collaborative project with @talbotlabtsl.bsky.social. Deadline: 30th July. Open to Home Fee status applicants. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/inv...

🚀 Job alert: We’re starting a new Facility – and you can lead it! The MPI-IE & @mariekeoudelaar.bsky.social are hiring a Head of Protein Biochemistry & Biophysics to launch and lead a brand-new Core Facility in Freiburg 🇩🇪. Once-in-lifetime-chance. Details ⬇️ jobs.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/jobposting/b...

"They were held up by an electric storm but, after the skies had cleared, Mexico kept the lightning bolts coming. This was a climactic night that utterly engulfed the senses and its ramifications will be far reaching." 💜⚽ www.theguardian.com/football/202...

#Technological advances in #imaging & #modelling of leaf structural traits: a review of #heat stress in #wheat academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... #PlantScience @jxbotany.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social @plantscience.bsky.social @sciplant.bsky.social @wheattrials.bsky.social @plant-sci.bsky.social

"Reannotation is not the most glamorous part of genomics. It does not generate splashy press releases and doesn’t feed the obsession with CNS papers. But infrastructure matters. And so does interpretation consistency."

🌲 Europe's forests need a common language. For years, European countries conserved forest genetic resources in isolation. Not anymore! #EUFORGEN's new report establishes harmonised standards for ex situ conservation across Europe. www.euforgen.org/about-us/new...

We have an open position for lab technician to support our research @uni-muenster.de : stellen.uni-muenster.de/jobposting/9... Experience in molecular biology, laboratory management, and strong communication skills are required. The position is initially offered at 50% for one year. 🌱🍅🧪

Barbara McClintock was born #OTD in 1902. 🧪 🌽 McClintock, who spent most of her career at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, won a Basic Medical Research Lasker in 1981 for the discovery of transposons, genetic elements that can move from one location to another: http://ow.ly/hVNI50Jvkql#OTD #WomenInSTEM

Fascinating story! First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet Mycorrhizal fungi form underground networks that sustain plant life and help regulate Earth's climate by drawing carbon into soils. phys.org/news/2026-06...

Leaf rather than soil water potential controls stomatal behaviour 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... by Bourbia et al. @bourbia.bsky.social, @coeplantsuccess.bsky.social, @WileyPlantSci

Katalin Karikó's inspiring story captures the power of persisting against all odds -- a timely reminder for us in science. We're proud to have produced this winning episode, in partnership w/ @scifri.bsky.social. Stories like hers are at the ❤️ of why we support early-stage, unconventional science.

also, including beautiful MALDI-MSI images on B.subtilis colonies with specialised metabolite distributions @manuelliebeke.bsky.social might appreciate another nice example for application of MALDI-MSI on B. subtilis

Harnessing natural variation for photosynthetic improvement in next‐generation crop breeding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jipb.bsky.social

I would love that scientific research reflects what we should look for as society, working towards equitable collaborations. Looking forward for equitable research WITH the Global South 💜 beyond studying their amazing biodiversity.

All Reforestation Methods Can Support Tropical Tree Diversity Recovery, but Drivers and Species Composition Vary 🔗 buff.ly/VB4ptsy

New nutrients&roots paper out! 🌳🌲🧪 Douglas fir and beech saplings partition ammonium vs. nitrate under competition, enabling complementary N use and their coexistence in mixed stands. @mrakklara.bsky.social @bmwildermuth.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #forestecol

"If 100 people apply for one job, 99 will fail" –and it's not random who those 99 are. Great interview on women, failure, and who academia sometimes feels built for 👇

Mitochondrial Retrograde Signaling – Integrating Metabolic, Environmental, and Hormonal Cues to Shape Plant Development and Growth: Molecular Plant www.cell.com/molecular-pl... @mplantpcom.bsky.social

Sensing Plant Photosynthesis Using Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence: From Chloroplasts to the Globe www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... @annualreviews.bsky.social

The Plant Epigenetics & Stress Adaptation lab at Uni Potsdam are very happy to present our latest review on plant heat stress responses. Here we cover some fascinating new developments in the field, including biomolecular condensates, phenotypic plasticity and epigenetic memory: rdcu.be/fknSe

"We validate a filter that selects for the fortunate and calls it excellence" psyche.co/ideas/true-r...

Continuous plant water potential: best practices and key challenges Restrepo-Acevedo et al. @christina-hn.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/B2K3H7...

Such a beautiful concert 💜🎶 youtube.com/watch?v=p7Yp...

...because unfortunately, now often, "excellent cvs" are translated into "excellent science" 🫣🫠

New research from the Marine Biological Association reveals that marine algae use glutamate signalling - a key communication system also found in animal nervous systems. Read the full story - https://www.mba.ac.uk/research-in-algae-provides-insight-into-the-origins-of-the-animal-nervous-system/

Check-out our last review about ER-contact sites and autophagosome biogenesis by @julianedagraca.bsky.social and @dobrawaamiri.bsky.social

New layer of plant immune system "membrane mechanosensing immunity (MSI), a third layer of cell surface immune signaling" is nicely demonstrated by @julien-gronnier.bsky.social group Cool finding! Congratulations!

🌱 Connecting membranes to cope with stress More information in our new article ⬇️ doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

Preprint alert 🚨 (1/10) 🧵 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺: It can promote resistance, susceptibility, or restrict cell death 🤯 So what is its actual role? We show it acts as a spatial organizer of immunity across cell types 🌱🦠 #proteostasis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

#TansleyReview: Shaping future forests: how can ecophysiology support climate-smart forest management? Gessler et al. 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue @wslresearch.bsky.social; @arthurobuntspecht.bsky.social; @annekempel.bsky.social; @josegruenzweig.bsky.social

Just published: Breaking the Pattern with AlphaFold: Introducing the Structural Novelty Index AlphaFold has transformed how we predict protein structures. But sometimes most interesting discoveries come from asking a different question: which proteins break the pattern? medium.com/p/breaking-t...

💜 Love is.... youtube.com/watch?v=IJ6F...

New paper where we report that Npc2 - a shuttle-like lipid transfer protein - in yeast directly transports sphingolipids to the = vacuole membrane during formation of microautophagy-linked ordered domains #lipidtime www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ara Monadjem is highlighting the issue of visas that African scientists face when attending scientific conferences, visiting colleagues, examining type specimens in museums, etc. This needs to stop.

#MicrobiologyMonday: Gliding motility allows cells to move smoothly along surfaces without flagella. Although this strategy has evolved independently across many microbial lineages, common mechanical principles emerge. Learn more in #JBacteriology: asm.social/2SJ

Acute remodeling of phosphoinositide lipids promotes endocytosis downstream of RALF/FERONIA signaling: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

Biodiversity includes genetic diversity within species. A framework for predicting changes in genetic diversity under realistic habitat change scenarios suggests that species have already lost up to 13% of nucleotide genetic diversity. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/s0R150YCr5K

Our work on chromatin evolution in brown algae is now published in @natecoevo.nature.com! We show that developmentally complex brown algae evolved without epigenetic silencing pathways long thought universal, underscoring why non-model lineages are important to study. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How microalgae use phytochrome to sense the ocean’s light #TansleyInsight by Duchêne et al. @afalciat.bsky.social nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #plantscience

#PlantJob Are you looking for a place to start your independent group and develop all the amazing ideas you have in mind?, consider this to join us @cragenomica.bsky.social www.cragenomica.es/events/sympo...

📣 Job opportunity: ERC-funded position as a Five-Year Postdoctoral Researcher (all genders welcome) in @jandevries.bsky.social lab in Göttingen, Germany. Find more info here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/644546.ht... #plantsci

Ante la duda... BAILA! 🤔💃💜💚 @jorgedrexler.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrR-...

Holm oak forests (Quercus ilex) cover around 2.79 million hectares in Spain, making them one of the most widespread forest types in the country. Incredibly resilient, this species thrives under summer drought, wide temperature fluctuations, and a broad range of soils.

Meet Stoic from @daniil-litvinov.bsky.social and @ninjani.bsky.social: embeddings to predict stoichiometry of protein complexes from sequence fast and accurately 🧬🧩💻🤩 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Great course with great people, cool projects and awesome instructors 💜

NEWS & VIEWS: Don’t add pressure to stress: Measured water potentials differ by method under severe drought (Laura Fernández-de-Uña) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

These Bridge-like lipid transfer proteins are so amazing. Backward lipid flow from autophagosomes to ER through Atg2!

New #Sci #Job ! Together with six other PI’s we are looking for two PhD students and a Postdoc for our LEAP project, which is part of @greenrobust.de backend.cos.uni-heidelberg.de/en/documents...