_AlexBowles
@alexmcbowles.bsky.social
📤 247
📥 656
📝 5
Research Fellow at
@biology.ox.ac.uk
interested in the evolution of plants and algae
🌱 Dispatch for
@currentbiology.bsky.social
- Plant evolution: Making a splash! Discover how plants have evolved to life in water in surprising ways 🔗
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
3 days ago
0
10
3
reposted by
_AlexBowles
Genetics Society Non-Seed Plant SIG
27 days ago
Comparative genomics to understand the evolution of water conducting tissues. A great overview by
@alexmcbowles.bsky.social
🌱
#nonseedUK25
0
13
4
reposted by
_AlexBowles
Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
about 1 month ago
This year’s
@embo.org
Workshop is held at the
@viennabiocenter.bsky.social
. Open to 120 participants, it is over-enrolled with 180 attendees! Thank you to the organizers
@isabelmonte.bsky.social
, Aino Komatsu,
@moodytomato.bsky.social
, and Liam Dolan for making this event possible.
#EMBOplantEvo
0
71
28
A great opportunity! As a current Glasstone Research Fellow, I’d strongly encourage any early-career researcher to apply.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
0
2
0
reposted by
_AlexBowles
Oxford Biology
6 months ago
"As roses fill gardens and hedgerows this season, there is a story, millions of years in the making, unfolding beneath their petals." Whether you're a gardener or just a lover of roses, here's their hidden history, from
@alexmcbowles.bsky.social
👇
theconversation.com/the-hidden-h...
loading . . .
The hidden history behind every rose blooming this summer
Roses don’t look beautiful by accident - humans and nature have shaped them.
https://theconversation.com/the-hidden-history-behind-every-rose-blooming-this-summer-259719
0
12
6
The hidden history behind every rose blooming this summer For
@theconversation.com
theconversation.com/the-hidden-h...
A story, millions of years in the making, unfolding beneath every petal 🌹🌍
loading . . .
The hidden history behind every rose blooming this summer
Roses don’t look beautiful by accident - humans and nature have shaped them.
https://theconversation.com/the-hidden-history-behind-every-rose-blooming-this-summer-259719
6 months ago
0
3
0
Join
@jameswclark.bsky.social
and I at
#ESEB2025
to discuss the latest research on 'Reductive evolution across the tree of life' - Symposium 32. We have two exciting invited speakers
@rosafernandez.bsky.social
and
#SvenGould
- looking forward to welcoming you in Barcelona
@eseb2025.bsky.social
9 months ago
0
8
6
Great to speak with
@biology.ox.ac.uk
about my journey to
@ox.ac.uk
and research on plant evolution 'By studying the plants of the past, we can better understand those of the present and make informed predictions about plants of the future'
add a skeleton here at some point
9 months ago
0
6
0
reposted by
_AlexBowles
Will Ratcliff
10 months ago
1/46 Hey folks, we have a new paper out on the MuLTEE. Strap in and I’ll tell you the story of how this “little paper on polyploidy” turned into the most data rich paper our lab has produced, largely thanks to the leadership and work ethic of
@kaitong25.bsky.social
.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
loading . . .
Genome duplication in a long-term multicellularity evolution experiment - Nature
In the Multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment, diploid yeast evolve to be tetraploid under selection for larger multicellular size, revealing how whole-genome duplication can arise due to its...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08689-6
16
362
184
you reached the end!!
feeds!
log in