We're very happy to announce that the winner of this year's Royal Society Young People's Book Prize is 'The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals' by award-winning author Mike Barfield, illustrated by Paula Bossio. #YoungSciBooks royalsociety.org/news/2026/04...

Registration *CLOSES SOON* for *C460- From Kranz to Crops: Celebrating 60 Years of C4 Discovery and Innovation* Generously funded by @annbot.bsky.social, @newphyt.bsky.social, @li-corenv.bsky.social, @gpsep.bsky.social, @westsyduhie.bsky.social, @ripeproject.bsky.social

Update: carbonic anhydrases in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria Jim Moroney LSU. academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...

We are thrilled to welcome Tingting to @thepallavisinghlab.bsky.social as our new Postdoctoral Researcher! 🌿Tingting joins us to explore the fascinating biology of mistletoe. We are excited to see her expertise in our group! 🌳 Welcome to the team, Tingting! #PlantScience

@crispus-mbaluto.bsky.social, now a visiting researcher from our group, is at #Monogram2026 today! He is presenting our work on pearl millet-rice intergrafts and how they perform under extreme drought through a molecular biology lens🌾💧 #PlantScience

Exciting to share that our Research Assistant, Mouesanao Kandjoze, is presenting a poster on how grafting different rice varieties can be used to improve photosynthetic efficiency in #Monogram2026 🌾 This research is a key part of our efforts to boost crop resilience and productivity. #PlantScience

We are proud to see our Master student, Ella Whiteley, presenting her research at #Monogram2026! 🌾 Her poster explores RNAi rice mutants for aquaporins and evaluates their photosynthetic performance. #PlantScience

Here’s the link to Daniil’s thread 🧵 explaining why Stoic is so cool 😎🧪 #AI #ProteinPrediction bsky.app/profile/dani...

Simultaneous Overexpression of Three Enzymes of Chloroplast Metabolism Fails to Improve CO2 Assimilation or Biomass academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social

C460- From Kranz to Crops: Celebrating 60 Years of C4 Discovery and Innovation 23-25 July 2026 at Lancaster University, UK Generously funded by @annbot.bsky.social , @newphyt.bsky.social, @plantspeopleplanet.bsky.social, @westsyduhie.bsky.social and others! 🧪🌱 registration.lancaster.ac.uk/C460

Remembering Barbara McClintock on International Women's Day! She discovered that genes aren't static, they can actually "jump" around on a chromosome. Her discovery of transposons ("jumping genes") fundamentally changed how we understand evolution and the complexity of DNA! 🧬🌽 #WomenInScience

🔬🚪 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🚪🔬 The movement of molecules through plasmodesmata is dictated by physical principles at the nanoscale. Here, the available experimental methods to detect this flow, and applicable physical laws are evaluated - Vasina et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🧬📍 SPECIAL ISSUE EXPERT VIEW 📍🧬 📄 Implementation of proximity labeling technologies will advance our understanding of plasmodesmata. ✍️ Li & Aung 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

🌿🧭 SPECIAL ISSUE REVIEW 🧭🌿 Linh & Ueda present an in-depth investigation of the potential pathways - at the suborganelle level - provided by plasmodesmata for auxin signal movement in leaf vein patterning. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

Functional characterisation of bicarbonate transporters from the cyanobacterial SbtA2 family and subsequent expression in tobacco academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social

Led by Professor Jane Langdale @biology.ox.ac.uk, the C4 Rice Project builds on decades of interdisciplinary research working to ensure global food security. Discover the incredible story of the multi-decade battle to make better rice ⬇️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3RY0vxzFpg

Together with the @royalsociety.org, we invite applications for the International Fellowships 2026. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3LaMIBC

🛰️ TECHNICAL INNOVATION 🌡️ An automated thermal-imagery pipeline by Mayanja et al. calibrates stomatal conductance models and predicts across environments, replacing laborious manual measurements and achieving R²≈0.7 compared to porometer readings. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/... #PlantScience 🧪

One of the best #TeamTomo studies of phase-separated condensates I’ve seen. I am reminded of Rubisco condensates (pyrenoids) for the ability to make such quantitative measurements of molecular organization. It really helps to have intrinsic ~500 kDa fiducials. Awesome mechanistic stuff!! 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬

New paper from the Hanson lab - KO of all 11 rbcS genes (!!) in tobacco to create a null line for rubisco engineering, plus resurrection of ancestral forms www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The #ChlamyDataset is on the cover of @cp-molcell.bsky.social 🖼️🥰! Read @lifeonthewedge.bsky.social's great thread🧵 for the inside scoop🍨 on all the #TeamTomo developments already made possible since these 1829 tomos hit EMPIAR 🧪 🧶🧬 For more, here's the old preprint thread: bsky.app/profile/cell...

📣 We're hiring: Science Adviser Do you have policy experience and the skill to translate complex science into actionable advice? Work with leading scientists to deliver evidence-based advice on national and global issues. 📍 Canberra ACT (Hybrid) ⏰ Apply by 27 Jan 2026 https://bit.ly/45B5oBf

📣 Nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 ASPB Awards. It is important that ASPB honor the most notable achievements and contributions of plant scientists worldwide.🌱 👉 The deadline is Friday, February 13! buff.ly/ziJ3tAt. #plantscience

📚 Former Australian of the Year and renowned epidemiologist Professor Fiona Stanley AC FAA joins Barbara Miller on ABC Radio’s RN Breakfast to share what she's reading this summer – from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Tim Winton. Listen: https://ab.co/4jwyuYr

Thiamine triphosphate puts the brake on the activation state of chloroplast ATP synthase (Kai Wang , Jean Alric , Teresa B Fitzpatrick) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

Vale Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE The Academy is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of one of our Fellows, Prof Emma Johnston AO FAA FTSE. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022 recognising her leadership in the field of marine ecology, 🧵 vimeo.com/762105195

Research into #AI has been happening in the UK long before the current explosion of LLMs. On our blog, Royal Society Modern Records Archivist Jon Bushell takes a look at the AI research of Christopher Longuet-Higgins FRS in the 1960s and 70s: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2025/12/brain-boxes/

More recommendations from our summer reading and listening list … @svcaemmerer.bsky.social

Want more book picks from Australia's leading scientists? Check out our Fellows' 2025 reading list: https://www.science.org.au/videos-and-publications/publications/summer-reading-recommendations-from-our-fellows/fellows-reading-and-listening-list-2025

See more recommendations from Australia's top scientists in our annual reading and listening list: https://bit.ly/4pt7Xgm

Should we try to talk to aliens? Do they already know about us, and what are the risks of trying to make contact? Experts answer these questions and more in our new video made in partnership with #BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHHAhFzLuCA

Metabolite profiling reveals slow and uncoordinated adjustment of C4 photosynthesis to sudden changes in irradiance (Stéphanie Arrivault , David Barbosa Medeiros , Cristina et al) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

Save the date for 'Science at the Shine Dome 2026': 15-17 September Don’t miss one of the only conference in Australia where you can hear about the breadth and depth of Australian science from the very best scientists in our country, all under one roof. Registrations will open in mid-2026.

INTRODUCING our new President! Epilepsy genetics pioneer Laureate Professor Sam Berkovic has been elected the 21st President of the Australian Academy of Science, Australia's leading independent voice for science. bit.ly/4oLqKCK

Congratulations to Nalini Joshi @monsoon0.bsky.social and team, who have been awarded $35m from the ARC to establish the ARC Centre of Excellence in Mathematics for Quantum Era Security and Trust (MathQuEST) #mathsky

Very happy this review is out 😊🌱 I've collected recent advances in transcriptional and epigenetic 🧬 Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis and Differentiation url: academic.oup.com/jxb/article/...

Regulation of Chloroplast Biogenesis and Differentiation academic.oup.com/jxb/article/... @jxbotany.bsky.social

We are hiring a Senior Education Officer – Mathematics, a role focused on developing quality teaching resources for Year 7-10 maths teachers. 📍 Canberra (remote considered) 📅 Fixed term until Dec 2026 Learn more: bit.ly/4oxsf7l

President of the Royal Society Sir Paul Nurse has spoken out on the challenges currently facing science, criticising those who put ideology ahead of evidence and called for smarter funding of UK science: royalsociety.org/news/2025/12...

Complex sphingolipid metabolism impacts cell division and plasmodesmal development in the moss Physcomitrium patens (Linus Wegner, Cornelia Herrfurth, Ivo Feussner, Katrin Ehlers, Tegan M Haslam) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

Born #OnThisDay in 1931 was plant scientist Enid MacRobbie FRS, whose work helped explain the workings behind the stomata of plants. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1991. #WomenInSTEM https://royalsociety.org/people/enid-macrobbie-11862/

🌟 Celebrating the JXB editors featured in Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers 2025 🌟 📝 Editor-in-Chief John Lunn 📝 Darwin Reviews Editor Don Ort 📝 Associate Editor Tracy Lawson Congratulations to all! 👏 #PlantScience 🧪 @proftlawson.bsky.social

🧪🌾REVIEW - Curious about how to study plant organelles?🔬🧬 This review from @nowako76.bsky.social group highlights the potential of fluorescence-activated organelle sorting to isolate organelles and study processes inside plant cells. Take a look in @jxbotany.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...

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

NEWS & VIEWS: When opposites compensate: proton flux crosstalk between envelope antiporters and ATP synthase (Ritu Singh) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial

We also congratulate Professor Anita Ho-Baillie (@anitaho-baillie.bsky.social) of the University of Sydney, who received the NSW Premier's Prize for Excellence in Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry or Physics. She was the recipient of the Academy's Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science in 2024

The NSW Premier's Prizes for Science and Engineering also recognised Professor Brajesh Singh FAA (@prof-braj-singh.bsky.social) – elected a Fellow of the Academy in 2023 – a world-leading soil microbial ecologist from Western Sydney University. He was awarded for Excellence in Biological Sciences.

Congratulations to Academy Fellow Professor Nalini Joshi who has been named NSW Scientist of the Year – the first time a mathematician has received NSW’s highest honour for scientific endeavour! Prof Joshi was elected an Academy Fellow in 2008.

High-throughput genetic transformation and genome editing in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.) (V Mohan Murali Achary, L Ruben B. Hernandez, Huirong Gao, Ning Wang, Ana I R. Castillo, Todd Jones, Sarah J Hearne, Anindya Bandyopadhyay) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial