We're counting down to the start of #NewYearPlantHunt & just look at this map showing all the Group Hunts we know about so far, across Britain & Ireland: a record number! Lots of family & solo hunts planned too. How many of you will take part this year? Can we break our record of 3,336 participants?

Which came first: the tomato or the potato? That may not be the classic conundrum, but it’s the basis for this piece about the evolution of two of our most important crops—a story that also gave rise to our favorite headline of the year. https://scim.ag/4sh83d6

Happy New Year! Check out 👀our new protocol paper on the analysis of transcription factor-nucleosome interactions! Hope you find it useful 🔬🧬Was a pleasure to write up with you @wkobayashi.bsky.social and Kikuë Tachibana!

In our #VirtualIssue on #Herbivore-derived elicitors of plant responses we bring together New Phytologist articles that highlight recent developments in the study of how plants respond to herbivores 👇 📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #PlantScience

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!🎄✨

🗓️ Mark your calendars! The Norwich #SingleCell and #Spatial Symposium with the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social returns in 2026! Register your interest now to join us 08-09 July, exploring the latest technologies, research, and applications in single-cell and spatial genomics.

Excited to share our latest preprint on the conservation of RAR1-SGT1 across plants and their unexpected divergence in ferns! @hynmn-jeong.bsky.social @michaelwebster.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @yusugihara.bsky.social. Check out the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I’m excited to share a new preprint from Carella group #CarellaCapybaras! biorxiv.org/content/10.6... In this study, we show molecular co-evolution of two popular nonhost resistance genes in plants, RAR1 and SGT1, in ferns. For a quick read before Christmas, here’s the thread:

New opportunity to join our #EvoMPMI group @johninnescentre.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Researcher working on the mechanistic basis of immunity in diverse plants. Please spread the word, reach out by email, and/or apply if interested! More details here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Very happy to see this remarkable work published. Led by @tommclean.bsky.social and @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social. We show how Streptomyces bacteria sense & respond to misfolded secreted proteins. A great collaboration with @barriewilks.bsky.social #microsky 1/2 journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....

Really wonderful minisymposium today at IIT Gandhinagar, thank you to Ashutosh Srivastava for coordinating this

This #Perspective from #JRSocInterface shows how rising temperatures reshape microbial communities, affecting metabolism, biodiversity and pathogen risks. It calls for urgent interdisciplinary research to embed microbiology into climate science buff.ly/bicFokr #Biogeochemistry #Biogeography

Do you have a PhD in microbiology, molecular microbiology or a related discipline, with experience in molecular genetics, microbial genomics or microbiome analysis? Check out our current vacancy ⤵️ 🗓️ Apply by 28 December 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/hRhxVH7

New postdoc position for 3 years in my group at the University of Glasgow to develop mathematical models of plant cold response. Check out the advert or contact me for more details! www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Delighted to be at IISER Bhopal for a @newphyt.bsky.social workshop on light and plant development 🇮🇳 #plantsci

Our recent collaborative paper is now published in the latest issue of Cell Reports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social accompanied by a cover image highlighting how Bacillus gathers iron in the biofilm for promoting plant growth www.cell.com/issue/S2211-...

Upcoming Biophysics Colloquium 🧫 Join us Wed, Dec 10 (4:30–5:45 PM) in Rockefeller 221 to hear CMU’s Fangwei Si on how bacterial cells manage membrane space—bridging physics and biology at the molecular scale. 🧪 #Biophysics #CWRU #CMU #CellBiology

Our plant-focused REU program, led by Prof Nagel, is open for applications, please forward to undergrads and reskeet etap.nsf.gov/award/7573/o... 🌱 🧪

#TansleyReview: Tuning the C4 supercharger: improving #photosynthesis and yield in C4 #crops Ermakova, Sharwood & Furbank 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue #PlantScience @mariaermakova.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social.

Plants, People, Planet is 7 today! 🎂 We've shared some highlights from our seventh year 👇 www.newphytologist.org/news/plants-... #PlantScience @katiefield4.bsky.social @christhorogood.bsky.social

Annual Conference is the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Register now to secure your spot: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

🆕 Our #LatestIssue is online now! 📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14698137... Highlights include: 🌱 Improving #photosynthesis and yield in C4 crops 🌱 #Forest canopies & aerosols 🌱 #ClimateChange effects on beneficial plant–microbe interactions @merijnkerstens.bsky.social #PlantScience

We are hiring! There is a PhD-position available in my group on environmental signal integration in plants. @swammerdamuva.bsky.social More information: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Apply for our Pathway to Independence (PI) programme, supporting postdocs in #devbio and #stemcell research during the transition to their first group leader position: www.biologists.com/grants/devel... Application deadline: 2 February 2026.

We are looking for a Head of Cell Biology here at @kwsgroup.bsky.social Vegetables. This is a permanent, full-time position located in Wageningen, Netherlands. jobs.kws.com/job/Wagening... #PlantScience #PlantSciJobs #PlantScienceJobs #PlantCellBiology #PlantBreeding #PlantSciJob #PlantScienceJob

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen: Smashing Pumpkins Pixies Bauhaus Sisters of Mercy The Birthday Massacre

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen: Nirvana Built to Spill The Shins Blonde Redhead Beach House

Please apply for our fully funded BBSRC SWBio DTP PhD lnkd.in/ecUVSmHw on Circadian ageing lnkd.in/e6zkTpFi at Bristol University with @krasimiratsaneva.bsky.social @hughp.bsky.social Edgar Buhl @mino-belle.bsky.social Deadline 3 Dec lnkd.in/e2qFY-4Z

🍃 Save the date 🍃 Photosynthesis 2026 is coming to Liverpool! 📆 26 - 30th July 2026 📍 ACC Liverpool, UK Join us - abstract submission is now open! Find out more 👉 photosynthesis2026.com #photosynthesis #plantscience #ICPR26

"The circadian rhythm extends far beyond sleep. It controls metabolism, your mood, how sharp you are at what time of the day, your alertness, all kinds of things." www.americanscientist.org/article/fixi...

Very excited to advertise 15 plant engineering biology PhD projects @biologyatyork.bsky.social @camplantsci.bsky.social @slcuplants.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social & University of Bristol. 🪴 🥬 🔧 🧬 Come join this new Plant BioDesign community! www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...

🌱✨ Excited to share our latest work exploring the role of CYCP3s and style morphology in Arabidopsis thaliana. Our findings offer a new step forward in understanding the fundamental mechanisms that shape plant reproduction and organ development. @jamileqra.bsky.social More soon—stay tuned! 🌿🔬

💭Are you a researcher or practitioner with an interest in publishing? We are looking for Associate Editors who can help advance outstanding ecological research by joining the Editorial Board for one of our seven Society-owned journals.

Live within 40 miles of Norwich and think you might be low in vitamin D? 📍 Take part in our study investigating whether tomatoes biofortified through gene editing to be high in vitamin in D can help boost vitamin D levels🌞 ➡️ buff.ly/eH1w2rB @johninnescentre.bsky.social

#TansleyInsight: Could photoperiodic responses have evolved before the emergence of #CircadianClocks? @jabbur.bsky.social & Carl Hirschie Johnson 👇 📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LatestIssue

📣 Applications are NOW OPEN for our International Undergraduate Summer School 2026 🗓️ 29 June - 22 August 2026 📍 John Innes Centre, NR4 7UH ⏰ Deadline: 16 January 2026 Find out more and apply: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

Which Arabidopsis gene discoveries have informed crop trait improvements? Here are just a few... Are you aware of others? 🧪 #plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience

TUM Offers a professorship in Crop Production. Geat opportunity! portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess...

Congrats @shaonsengupta.bsky.social @chopresearch.bsky.social @jci.org Effect of external cues on clock-driven protection from influenza A infection www.jci.org/articles/vie...

New database of c-Fos Circadian Expression in Whole Mouse Brain by Hiroki Ueda, to use at will and freely! circadian.cfosdb.systems-based-medicine.org/database/

Wonderful few days this week in Munich for the first retreat of the @microclockerc.bsky.social team from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social with special guest @lflarrondo.bsky.social

Marjory Stephenson Prize 2026: Professor Mark Buttner — @johninnescentre.bsky.social Outreach and Engagement Prize 2026: @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social — @uniofsurrey.bsky.social Translational Microbiology Prize 2026: @alanlparker.bsky.social — @cancerwales.bsky.social

Luis Larrondo (from Santiago, Chile) at LMU Munich presents their work about light responses and transcriptional circuits in fungi, including circadian clocks and optoecology - happy to have Luis also attending our @microclockerc.bsky.social retreat this week

Last days to apply for the Research Highlights editor positions @theplantjournal.bsky.social Develop scientific writing and communication skills, gain an insight into scientific publishing and work with an enthusiastic editorial team. deadline nov 24th

Lecture by @lflarrondo.bsky.social

Expressions of interest are open for our 2026 short courses! 🧠 Sleep Measurement Masterclass: www.scni.ox.ac.uk/study-with-u... 🕙 Circadian Rhythm Disorders Masterclass: www.scni.ox.ac.uk/study-with-u... These courses provide advanced, research-focused training in sleep and circadian science.

Let's round off this week with another wonderful Research Spotlight blog. Read all about Valentina Paz's research experiences and her work looking at circadian rhythms and mood. www.circadianmentalhealth.org/post/how-our... #ECRs #mentalhealthresearch

📣 Calling all senior microbiology postdocs! The University of St Andrews is inviting applications from outstanding visionary Research Fellow and Future Leader candidates to attend a Biomolecular Science Fellowship Day. Applications due by 12th Dec, see link for full details: tinyurl.com/4n3na8vn

Great talk today from Luis Larrondo on the remarkable circadian clock control exhibited by fungi and the exquisite light-sensing behaviour that possess, which can be evidenced by image capture using their hyphae as a canvas @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social

Incredible Friday Seminar today from Luis Larrondo- fungal circadian clocks, and can fungi see? @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social #chronobiology